[2][3] According to Dutch government statistics, 16,719 persons of first or second-generation Philippine background lived in the Netherlands in 2011.
[2][3] In the 1960s, a larger number of Filipinos arrived to work in hospitals in Leiden and Utrecht, as well as a clothing factory in Achterhoek.
[3] Partly because of the large number of Filipinos living in the Netherlands, in 2009 KLM increased the number of direct flights to Ninoy Aquino International Airport (in Manila) to seven per week, and seven per week amongst other Filipino airports.
[5] More than 80 Filipino students attend Dutch universities pursuing Masters or Doctorate degrees.
[6] The first Filipino organisation in the Netherlands, Philippine Nurses Association of the Academisch Ziekenhuis in Leiden, was created in 1965.