P.P. Van Wulfften Palthe Director General for Regional Policy and Consular Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Netherlands

The Netherlands is unmistakably a country of net immigration. It currently has around 1.6 million non-Western ethnic minority residents, accounting for almost 10 per cent of the population. Since 1997 the total population of the Netherlands has risen by 3.5 per cent. Non-Western ethnic minorities have grown eight times faster over the same period.

Sustainable Development Goals:

Reduced Inequalities