Asylum applications and refugees from Chad
2,253 people from Chad have fled in 2019 and applied for asylum in other countries. This corresponds to approximately 0.014% of all residents. The most destination countries hereof have been France, Niger and Canada. Overall, 73 percent of the asylum applications have been rejected. The most successful have been the refugees in the United Kingdom and in Jordan.
A total of 62 people from Chad fled to Germany. With a total of 5 positive decisions 20.00 percent of all applications have been accepted.
In a second listing below you find the refugees, who came from foreign countries and made their appication in Chad.
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Refugee countries by origin and destinationBack to overview: ChadDevelopment of asylum applications from citizens from Chad 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 Chad
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 | | applied | accepted | rejected | acceptance
rate | | applied | accepted | rejected | acceptance
rate |
|---|
| France | | 1,033 | 121 | 592 | 17.0 % | | 707 | 136 | 338 | 28.7 % |
| Niger | | 438 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Canada | | 243 | 96 | 10 | 90.6 % | | 13 | 10 | 37 | 21.3 % |
| Cameroon | | 195 | 16 | 43 | 27.1 % | | 70 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % |
| United Kingdom | | 75 | 12 | 0 | 100.0 % | | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % |
| Germany | | 62 | 5 | 20 | 20.0 % | | 27 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 % |
| Central Africa | | 53 | 10 | 53 | 15.9 % | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| United States | | 29 | 13 | 13 | 50.0 % | | 30 | 15 | 0 | 100.0 % |
| Italy | | 28 | 5 | 43 | 10.4 % | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Netherlands | | 22 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Egypt | | 21 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Morocco | | 17 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Algeria | | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Switzerland | | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Spain | | 5 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 % | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| United Arab Emirates | | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jordan | | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | | 2,253 | 293 | 789 | 27.1 % | | 862 | 161 | 401 | 28.6 % |
Asylum applications of foreign refugees in ChadChad 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. Only in the year 2019 there have been 1,163 asylum applications from refugees of other countries. The most successful have been the refugees from Central Africa and from Sudan. |
| | | New Applications | | Reviews |
| Origin | | applied | accepted | rejected | acceptance
rate | | applied | accepted | rejected | acceptance
rate |
|---|
| Central Africa | | 697 | 57 | 0 | 100.0 % | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nigeria | | 302 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sudan | | 112 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Congo (Dem. Republic) | | 12 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cameroon | | 10 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Libya | | 10 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Syria | | 10 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eritrea | | 5 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Yemen | | 5 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | | 1,163 | 62 | 0 | 100.0 % | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
National migrant stock from 1980 to 2015
In 2015 a total of 516,968 migrants lived in Chad. 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.