Asylum applications and refugees in the Republic of the Congo

Development of incoming asylum applications in the Republic of the Congo 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 the Republic of the Congo

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
Central Africa		1,879	760	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Congo (Dem. Republic)		1,001	0	131	0.0 %		0	0	0
Rwanda		81	0	66	0.0 %		0	0	0
Mauritania		55	0	19	0.0 %		0	0	0
Sudan		25	0	0			0	0	0
Cameroon		10	0	0			0	0	0
Syria		10	0	0			0	0	0
Chad		8	0	0			0	0	0
Totals		3,069	760	216	77.9 %		0	0	0
Asylum applications of refugees from the Congo The Republic of the Congo is one of the countries, were refugees are not only migratiing in. Only in the year 2018 there have been 1,871 asylum applications, which were received for citizens from the Congo in other countries. Most successful have been the applications in Guinea and in Swaziland.
		New Applications					Reviews
Destination		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
France		1,078	108	942	10.3 %		919	111	497	18.3 %
Canada		129	29	10	74.4 %		5	0	7	0.0 %
Greece		121	31	49	38.8 %		18	0	5	0.0 %
Spain		64	0	0			0	0	0
Morocco		45	0	28	0.0 %		13	0	20	0.0 %
Swaziland		43	8	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Germany		36	0	24	0.0 %		38	0	8	0.0 %
United Kingdom		33	0	18	0.0 %		17	6	11	35.3 %
Kenya		31	0	0			0	0	0
Netherlands		24	0	17	0.0 %		15	0	11	0.0 %
Senegal		21	0	0			0	0	0
Sweden		21	0	5	0.0 %		12	0	12	0.0 %
Costa Rica		19	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
South Africa		19	12	52	18.8 %		41	0	0
Belgium		15	5	10	33.3 %		5	0	10	0.0 %
Cyprus		14	0	0			0	0	0
Congo (Dem. Republic)		13	0	13	0.0 %		0	0	0
India		13	0	0			0	0	0
Guinea		12	12	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Austria		11	5	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Lebanon		11	0	0			0	0	0
Portugal		10	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Mauritania		9	0	0			0	0	0
Turkey		9	0	0			0	0	0
Georgia		8	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Ukraine		8	0	0			0	0	0
Ghana		7	0	0			0	0	0
South Korea		7	0	0			0	0	0
Cameroon		6	0	0			0	0	0
Egypt		6	0	0			0	0	0
Mexico		6	0	0			0	0	0
Macedonia		6	0	0			0	0	0
Peru		6	0	0			0	0	0
Ivory Coast		5	0	0			0	0	0
Russia		5	0	0			0	0	0
Algeria		0	0	0			5	0	0
Ireland		0	0	0			5	0	0
Italy		0	8	15	34.8 %		0	0	0
United States		0	0	0			96	16	0	100.0 %
Zambia		0	5	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Totals		1,871	223	1,198	15.7 %		1,189	133	581	18.6 %

National migrant stock from 1980 to 2015

In 2015 a total of 392,996 migrants lived in the Republic of the Congo. 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.