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In total, 23,935 people applied for asylum in the Netherlands last year, a 66% increase on 2013 and the highest level since 2002, the national statistics office CBS said on Wednesday.
The biggest group – 10,000 – were people from Syria and Palestinians who reached the Netherlands via Syria, the CBS said. Eritreans accounted for around 4,000 refugees.
The CBS says the true figure is actually higher because family members do not have to submit a separate application. Including family members, the total number of refugees is around 28,000.