Asylum applications and refugees from Comoros

1,815 People from Comoros fled and applied for asylum in other countries in 2020, according to UNHCR data. This corresponds to approximately 0.209% of all residents. As host countries, there were only France and Italy. Overall, 91 percent of the asylum applications have been rejected. The most successful have been the refugees in France.

In a second listing below you find the refugees, who came from foreign countries and made their appication in Comoros.

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Development of asylum applications from citizens from Comoros 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 Comoros

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	1,815	89	945	8.6 %
Italy	0	0	5	0.0 %
Totals	1,815	89	950	8.6 %

Destination	applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
	Reviews
France	381	0	129	0.0 %
Italy	0	0	0
Totals	381	0	129	0.0 %

Asylum applications of foreign refugees in Comoros

Comoros 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 14 asylum applications from refugees of other countries.

Origin	applied	accepted	rejected
	New Applications
Burundi	14	0	0
Totals	14	0	0

Origin	applied	accepted	rejected
	Reviews
Burundi	0	0	0
Totals	0	0	0

National migrant stock from 1960 to 2015

In 2015 a total of 12,555 migrants lived in Comoros. 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.

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