"Almost 6,700 American nationals had applied for a visa to work, be with family or study in the Netherlands by the end of November this year, according to immigration service figures, and that is by far the highest number in the past 10 years.
The total is likely to be higher once December, traditionally a busy month, is taken into account, current affairs programme Nieuwsuur reported at the weekend. (…)
Asylum requests submitted via the IND are also rising, with over 60 since the beginning of this year, compared with around 20 in the whole of 2024. Most are from members of the LGBTQ+ community fleeing repression under Trump."
Still seems low TBH. Though the EU as a whole isn’t particularly receptive to US refugees, anyway, especially the asylum route.
wait until trump croaks and nothing “returns to normal” (ie. unsustainable ratfucking), that’s when shit gets real for a lot of people
Compared to the 2022 numbers it would put the US into 6 place in terms of migrants countries of origin. Obviously Ukraine was top, but second place Syria was at only 16.276. If you want to look at it another way last year there were 166,143 people born in the Netherlands. So 6,700 Americans making the move is noticeable.
Moving to another country is hard and few people actually do it. So those numbers tend to be low.
Yeah as an American if I thought I reasonably could I would’ve seriously been considering it. For now I moved to a less oppressive part of America and maintain plans to flee if it looks like I won’t just get sent back