Asylum applications and refugees from Angola

4,163 people from Angola have fled in 2019 and applied for asylum in other countries. This corresponds to approximately 0.013% of all residents. The most destination countries hereof have been France, Canada and Brazil. Overall, 85 percent of the asylum applications have been rejected. The most successful have been the refugees in Indonesia and in Uruguay.

A total of 364 people from Angola fled to Germany. With a total of 5 positive decisions 4.95 percent of all applications have been accepted.

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Development of asylum applications from citizens from Angola 2000 to 2019

The top line represents the total number of asylum applications (first applications + reviews). Below there are the number of recognized refugees (green) and the rejected applications (red).





Asylum applications of refugees from Angola

The total number of initial and continuing applications refers to the year 2019. Please note that the number of decisions (acceptations or rejections) does not have to sum up with the number of applications, because there may still have been open cases from previous years. Also they dont have to be closed within the same calendar year. In addition, asylum procedures can also be closed, if the applicant disappeared or withdrew the application.

  

New Applications

 

Reviews

Destination appliedacceptedrejectedacceptance
rate		 appliedacceptedrejectedacceptance
rate
France 1,243485368.2 % 4767348113.2 %
Canada 7121139454.6 % 855538.6 %
Brazil 50951762.8 % 000
Germany 3645965.0 % 220430.0 %
Portugal 30700 000
United States 2322514314.9 % 301242747.1 %
Mexico 18400 000
Belgium 1260400.0 % 250110.0 %
United Kingdom 101123127.9 % 2452020.0 %
Switzerland 590100.0 % 500
Netherlands 560120.0 % 1000
Greece 50050.0 % 000
Spain 450100.0 % 000
Costa Rica 43050.0 % 5050.0 %
Sweden 33050.0 % 260280.0 %
Finland 3351033.3 % 000
Norway 20050.0 % 1000
Ireland 160110.0 % 10050.0 %
Ecuador 10050.0 % 000
South Korea 50130.0 % 000
Italy 5050.0 % 000
Poland 5050.0 % 500
Romania 5050.0 % 000
Argentina 0050.0 % 500
Uruguay 050100.0 % 000
Indonesia 050100.0 % 000
Totals 4,1632231,22715.4 % 1,00910767313.7 %



National migrant stock from 1980 to 2015

In 2015 a total of 106,845 migrants lived in Angola. These are all residents who live permanently in the country but were born in another country. The amount includes granted refugees but no asylum seekers. The data are based on the results of censuses, as well as on estimates and projections of the United Nations Population Division.