The Netherlands has had a dedicated minister responsible for immigration affairs and asylum policy in multiple cabinets. From 2024, the officeholder has held the official title minister of Asylum and Migration (). The current minister, Bart van den Brink, has served since 23 February 2026.
List of ministers of migration CabinetMinisterTerm of officeTitleImageNamePartyStartEnd Balkenende I Hilbrand Nawijn LPF 22 July 2002 27 May 2003Minister for Immigration and Integration Balkenende II Rita Verdonk VVD 27 May 2003 14 December 2006 Balkenende III colspan="8" Rutte I Gerd Leers CDA 14 October 2010 5 November 2012Minister for Immigration and Asylum colspan="8" Schoof Marjolein Faber PVV 2 July 2024 3 June 2025Minister of Asylum and Migration David van Weel VVD 3 June 2025 23 February 2026NSC19 June 202522 August 2025Minister for Asylum and MigrationBBB19 June 202523 February 2026 Jetten CDA 23 February 2026 IncumbentMinister of Asylum and Migration
List of state secretaries for migration Prior to the Schoof cabinet – with the exception of the first, second and third Balkenende cabinets, and the first Rutte cabinet – a state secretary of the Ministry of Justice was responsible for immigration affairs and asylum policy. In later years, this state secretary was allowed to use the title 'minister for migration' in diplomatic contexts.
CabinetState secretaryTerm of officeMinistryImageNamePartyStartEnd De Jong Klaas WiersmaVVD20 April 1970 6 July 1971Justice Biesheuvel I Hans GrosheideARP28 July 197111 May 1973 Biesheuvel IIDen Uyl Jan Glastra van LoonD6613 June 197327 May 1975 Henk ZeevalkingD666 June 19758 September 1977Van Agt I Bert HaarsCHU28 December 197711 September 1981CDA Van Agt II Michiel ScheltemaD6611 September 19814 November 1982 Van Agt III Lubbers I Virginie Korte-van HemelCDA8 November 19827 November 1989 Lubbers II Lubbers III Aad KostoPvdA7 November 198927 May 1994 Kok I Elizabeth SchmitzPvdA22 August 1994 3 August 1998Kok II Job CohenPvdA3 August 19981 January 2001 Ella KalsbeekPvdA1 January 200122 July 2002 colspan="8" Balkenende IV Nebahat AlbayrakPvdA22 February 200723 February 2010 Justice colspan="8" Rutte II Fred TeevenVVD5 November 201210 March 2015Security and Justice Klaas DijkhoffVVD20 March 20154 October 2017Rutte III Mark HarbersVVD26 October 201721 May 2019 Justice and Security Ankie Broekers-KnolVVD11 July 201910 January 2022 Rutte IV Eric van der BurgVVD10 January 20222 July 2024
See also List of ministers of justice of the Netherlands Ministry of Asylum and Migration
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