Refugees from Angola

4,299 people from Angola have fled in 2017 and applied for asylum in other countries. This corresponds to approximately 0.014\% of all residents. The most destination countries hereof have been Brazil, France and the United States. Overall, 89 percent of the asylum applications have been rejected. The most successful have been the refugees in Canada and in the United States.

A total of 238 people from Angola fled to Germany. With a total of 29 positive decisions 18.95 percent of all applications have been accepted.

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Development of asylum applications from citizens from Angola 2000 to 2017

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 2017. 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
Brazil 2,03601200.0 % 000
France 879455128.1 % 4473425711.7 %
United States 287145021.9 % 49111837.9 %
Canada 258231462.2 % 1200
Germany 2382912419.0 % 60100.0 %
Portugal 1200600.0 % 000
Belgium 12010959.5 % 2000
Switzerland 73060.0 % 800
United Kingdom 5374114.6 % 200250.0 %
South Korea 3000 000
Ecuador 2900 000
Sweden 2500 110100.0 %
Spain 2000 000
Netherlands 20050.0 % 000
Finland 1900 000
Austria 1600 000
Italy 1400 000
Uruguay 1300 000
Greece 1200 000
Norway 900 110120.0 %
Ireland 800 000
Panama 700 000
Costa Rica 700 000
Chile 600 000
Argentina 000 500
Cuba 0070.0 % 7070.0 %
Gabon 0080.0 % 000
Luxembourg 000 500
Totals 4,2991281,04210.9 % 6014533911.7 %



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.