Asylum applications and refugees in Chad

Development of incoming asylum applications in Chad 2000 to 2018

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 foreign refugees in Chad

The total number of initial and continuing applications refers to the year 2018. 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
Origin		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
Sudan		1,833	35	5	87.5 %		0	0	0
Central Africa		1,360	287	5	98.3 %		0	0	0
Nigeria		24	0	0			0	0	0
Libya		18	8	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Congo (Dem. Republic)		16	25	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Ethiopia		11	11	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Eritrea		10	5	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Cameroon		7	0	0			0	0	0
South Sudan		6	0	0			0	0	0
Syria		5	16	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Yemen		0	5	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Totals		3,290	392	10	97.5 %		0	0	0
Asylum applications of refugees from Chad Chad is one of the countries, were refugees are not only migratiing in. Only in the year 2018 there have been 2,612 asylum applications, which were received for citizens from Chad in other countries. Most successful have been the applications in Central Africa and in Algeria.
		New Applications					Reviews
Destination		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
France		889	133	646	17.1 %		527	85	148	36.5 %
Niger		881	0	0			0	0	0
Canada		242	70	26	72.9 %		33	0	24	0.0 %
Cameroon		191	29	41	41.4 %		41	0	29	0.0 %
Germany		63	0	37	0.0 %		129	0	7	0.0 %
Central Africa		51	56	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Netherlands		34	0	0			0	0	0
United Kingdom		32	6	7	46.2 %		0	0	0
Italy		32	5	31	13.9 %		0	0	0
Gabon		30	0	18	0.0 %		0	0	0
United States		24	23	20	53.5 %		25	0	5	0.0 %
Algeria		22	8	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Belgium		20	0	0			5	0	0
Benin		15	0	0			0	0	0
Spain		15	0	0			0	0	0
Nigeria		14	0	0			0	0	0
Libya		10	0	0			0	0	0
Malta		10	0	6	0.0 %		5	0	0
Greece		9	0	0			0	0	0
Congo		8	0	0			0	0	0
Egypt		8	7	10	41.2 %		0	0	0
Jordan		6	0	0			0	0	0
Morocco		6	0	0			0	0	0
Switzerland		0	0	0			5	0	0
Sweden		0	0	0			6	0	5	0.0 %
Totals		2,612	337	842	28.6 %		776	85	218	28.1 %

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.