Female asylum-seekers in the Netherlands: an empirical study

• Published in: International migration 2001, Vol.39 (3), p.85-98
• Main Authors: Wetten, J W, Bijleveld, C C, Heide, F, Dijkhoff, N
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Asylum; Decision Making; Female; Gender; Gender Identity; History of medicine; History, 20th Century; Human Rights - economics; Human Rights - education; Human Rights - history; Human Rights - legislation & jurisprudence; Human Rights - psychology; Humans; Immigrants; Immigration; Migration; Naturalization; Netherlands; Netherlands - ethnology; Population Dynamics; Population Groups - education; Population Groups - ethnology; Population Groups - history; Population Groups - legislation & jurisprudence; Population Groups - psychology; Prejudice; Refugees; Refugees - education; Refugees - history; Refugees - legislation & jurisprudence; Refugees - psychology; Sex Differences; Social Change - history; Social Welfare - economics; Social Welfare - ethnology; Social Welfare - history; Social Welfare - legislation & jurisprudence; Social Welfare - psychology; Sociodemographic Characteristics; Women; Women - education; Women - history; Women - psychology; Women's Health - economics; Women's Health - ethnology; Women's Health - history; Women's Health - legislation & jurisprudence; Women's Rights - economics; Women's Rights - education; Women's Rights - history; Women's Rights - legislation & jurisprudence; Women, Working - education; Women, Working - history; Women, Working - legislation & jurisprudence; Women, Working - psychology
• ISSN: 0020-7985

This article presents the findings from a study into the chances for refugee status, or a temporary residence permit, for three cohorts of male & female asylum-seekers to the Netherlands. The study investigated whether men & women with similar backgrounds in terms of country of origin & social & demographic characteristics have a similar likelihood of obtaining permission to stay in the Netherlands. The quantitative findings are corroborated with an in-depth qualitative study of refugees' files from the Immigration & Naturalization Service (IND), as well as with an experiment in which decision-making personnel were asked to judge hypothetical case studies of refugees in which gender as well as other gender-specific properties were systematically varied. We recommend that further in-depth studies be conducted to capture elements in the decision-making process that could not be investigated in our kind of large-scale study. 2 Tables, 8 References. Adapted from the source document.