Asylum applications and refugees from Chad

1,879 people from Chad have fled in 2020 and applied for asylum in other countries. This corresponds to approximately 0.011% of all residents. The most destination countries hereof have been France, Niger and the United Kingdom. Overall, 68 percent of the asylum applications have been rejected. The most successful have been the refugees in Canada and in Egypt.

A total of 38 people from Chad fled to Germany. With a total of 5 positive decisions 16.67 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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Development of asylum applications from citizens from Chad 2000 to 2020

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 2020. 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.

Destination	applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
	New Applications
France	777	69	364	15.9 %
Niger	625	5	10	33.3 %
United Kingdom	140	10	5	66.7 %
Cameroon	56	11	46	19.3 %
Canada	39	104	0	100.0 %
Germany	38	5	25	16.7 %
Italy	32	0	16	0.0 %
Malta	27	0	5	0.0 %
United States	26	12	12	50.0 %
Libya	21	0	0
Belgium	17	10	10	50.0 %
Algeria	15	0	5	0.0 %
Tunisia	13	0	0
Netherlands	11	0	5	0.0 %
Egypt	10	10	0	100.0 %
Ghana	7	0	0
Congo (Dem. Republic)	5	5	0	100.0 %
Luxembourg	5	0	5	0.0 %
Nigeria	5	0	0
Spain	5	0	5	0.0 %
Switzerland	5	0	0
Greece	0	0	5	0.0 %
Totals	1,879	241	518	31.8 %

Destination	applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
	Reviews
France	475	123	356	25.7 %
Niger	12	0	0
United Kingdom	9	5	5	50.0 %
Cameroon	46	0	0
Canada	26	24	0	100.0 %
Germany	13	5	15	25.0 %
Italy	0	0	0
Malta	0	0	0
United States	8	0	0
Libya	0	0	0
Belgium	5	0	0
Algeria	0	0	0
Tunisia	0	0	0
Netherlands	0	0	0
Egypt	5	0	0
Ghana	0	0	0
Congo (Dem. Republic)	0	0	0
Luxembourg	0	0	0
Nigeria	0	0	0
Spain	0	0	0
Switzerland	30	0	0
Greece	0	0	0
Totals	629	157	376	29.5 %

Asylum applications of foreign refugees in Chad

Chad 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 2020 there have been 972 asylum applications from refugees of other countries. The most successful have been the refugees from Central Africa and from Sudan.

Origin	applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
	New Applications
Central Africa	855	32	0	100.0 %
Sudan	82	5	0	100.0 %
Nigeria	26	0	0
Libya	9	0	0
Syria	0	5	0	100.0 %
Totals	972	42	0	100.0 %

Origin	applied	accepted	rejected
	Reviews
Central Africa	0	0	0
Sudan	0	0	0
Nigeria	0	0	0
Libya	0	0	0
Syria	0	0	0
Totals	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.