Asylum applications and refugees from Angola

2,182 people from Angola fled in 2021 and applied for asylum in other countries, according to UNHCR data. This corresponds to approximately 0.006% of all residents. The most common destination countries have been France, Brazil and the United States. Overall, 86 percent of the asylum applications have been rejected. The most successful have been the refugees in the Congo and Namibia.

A total of 193 people fled to the United States from Angola. With 14 positive decisions, 27.45 percent of all new applications have been accepted. Another 37 applications were rejected, and no decisions were made on those remaining in 2021.

In a second table below you can additionally find the refugees who came from abroad and applied for asylum inAngola.

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Development of asylum applications from citizens from Angola 2000 to 2021

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

Asylum applications of refugees from Angola

The total number of initial and continuing applications refers to the year 2021. Please note that the number of decisions (acceptances or rejections) does not have to add up with the number of applications because there may still have been open cases from previous years. Also, they don't 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.

Destination	Applied	Accepted	Rejected	Acceptance rate
	New Applications
France	791	90	1,674	5.1 %
Brazil	718	10	118	7.8 %
United States	193	14	37	27.5 %
Mexico	184	0	0
Germany	60	5	136	3.5 %
Portugal	47	0	18	0.0 %
Canada	38	252	206	55.0 %
United Kingdom	28	5	20	20.0 %
Spain	27	14	44	24.1 %
Belgium	25	5	110	4.3 %
Switzerland	20	0	25	0.0 %
Greece	14	5	11	31.3 %
Austria	7	0	10	0.0 %
Congo (Dem. Republic)	5	5	0	100.0 %
Ireland	5	0	5	0.0 %
Italy	5	0	0
Namibia	5	5	0	100.0 %
Netherlands	5	0	16	0.0 %
Poland	5	0	5	0.0 %
Finland	0	0	0
South Korea	0	5	18	21.7 %
Sweden	0	0	15	0.0 %
Totals	2,182	415	2,468	14.4 %

Destination	Applied	Accepted	Rejected	Acceptance rate
	Reviews
France	1,159	51	831	5.8 %
Brazil	0	0	0
United States	178	25	24	51.0 %
Mexico	0	0	0
Germany	152	0	77	0.0 %
Portugal	0	0	0
Canada	211	38	180	17.4 %
United Kingdom	14	11	5	68.8 %
Spain	0	0	0
Belgium	0	0	0
Switzerland	5	0	0
Greece	21	0	10	0.0 %
Austria	0	0	0
Congo (Dem. Republic)	0	0	0
Ireland	5	0	5	0.0 %
Italy	0	0	0
Namibia	0	0	0
Netherlands	5	0	5	0.0 %
Poland	0	0	0
Finland	5	0	0
South Korea	0	0	0
Sweden	18	0	25	0.0 %
Totals	1,773	125	1,162	9.7 %

Asylum applications from foreign refugees in Angola

Angola is not only a country from which many people escape. There are also refugees from other countries, who apply for asylum here and hope for a better future. In the year 2021, there have been 6 asylum applications from refugees of other countries.

Origin	Applied	Accepted	Rejected
	New Applications
Turkey	6	0	0
Totals	6	0	0

Origin	Applied	Accepted	Rejected
	Reviews
Turkey	0	0	0
Totals	0	0	0

National migrant stock from 1960 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 numbers includes granted refugees but no asylum seekers. The data are based on the results of censuses, as well as on estimates and projections from the United Nations Population Division.

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