Early Angolan migrants in Europe typically settled in Portugal, the former colonial power in their home country.
[7] In 1999, State Secretary for Justice Job Cohen pushed to have the delay of departure scheme ended; though in his judgment the situation in Angola as a whole was still not safe, Luanda was stable enough to enable Angolans to return.
[10] Under the Return and Emigration of Aliens from the Netherlands programme, rejected asylum seekers are eligible for a variety of support including an airline ticket to the airport nearest their return destination, reimbursement of fees paid to acquire travel documents, and a resettlement payment to assist with the initial period after relocation.
[12] As of today, Angolans are part of the wider Portuguese-speaking community in the Netherlands, comprising around 35,000 people from PALOP countries (the overwhelming majority being from Angola or from Cape Verde), Timor-Leste or Macau,[13] 65,000 Brazilians[14] and 35,600 Portuguese.
[15] As of 2022, statistics of the Dutch Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek with regards to people of Angolan origin showed:[1] For a total of 9,363 persons.