Refugees from Angola
2,827 people from Angola have fled in 2016 and applied for asylum in other countries. This corresponds to approximately 0.010% of all residents. The most destination countries hereof have been Brazil, France and the United States. Overall, 85 percent of the asylum applications have been rejected. The most successful have been the refugees in the United States and in Canada.› Refugee countries by origin and destination
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Development of asylum applications from citizens from Angola 2000 to 2016
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 2016. 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 | applied | accepted | rejected | acceptance rate | applied | accepted | rejected | acceptance rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brazil | 1,353 | 26 | 62 | 29.5 % | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| France | 674 | 53 | 357 | 12.9 % | 335 | 41 | 273 | 13.1 % | ||
| United States | 274 | 10 | 0 | 100.0 % | 17 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Germany | 168 | 0 | 41 | 0.0 % | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Belgium | 75 | 0 | 31 | 0.0 % | 43 | 0 | 25 | 0.0 % | ||
| United Kingdom | 56 | 0 | 39 | 0.0 % | 21 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 % | ||
| Canada | 51 | 14 | 9 | 60.9 % | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Portugal | 30 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Netherlands | 17 | 0 | 8 | 0.0 % | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Spain | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Congo (Dem. Republic) | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Austria | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Ireland | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Sweden | 11 | 0 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 % | |||
| Finland | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Argentina | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gabon | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Norway | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Uruguay | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Cuba | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Indonesia | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Kenya | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Switzerland | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Italy | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Totals | 2,827 | 103 | 562 | 15.5 % | 438 | 41 | 326 | 11.2 % | ||