Asylum applications and refugees from Burkina Faso

Development of asylum applications from citizens from Burkina Faso 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 Burkina Faso

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.

Asylum applications from foreign refugees in Burkina Faso

Burkina Faso 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 211 asylum applications from refugees of other countries. The most successful have been the refugees from Turkey and from Central Africa.

National migrant stock from 1960 to 2020

In 2020 a total of 723,989 migrants lived in Burkina Faso, representing about 1 percent of the total population. 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.