Asylum applications and refugees from the Congo

1,242 people from the Congo have fled in 2020 and applied for asylum in other countries. This corresponds to approximately 0.023% of all residents. The most destination countries hereof have been France, United States and Greece. Overall, 79 percent of the asylum applications have been rejected. The most successful have been the refugees in Canada and in Zambia.

A total of 29 people from the Congo fled to Germany. With a total of 5 positive decisions 33.33 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 the Republic of the Congo.

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Development of asylum applications from citizens from the Congo 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 the Congo

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	647	85	600	12.4 %
United States	179	34	55	38.2 %
Greece	62	19	45	29.7 %
Mexico	48	0	0
Canada	36	24	0	100.0 %
Cyprus	30	0	5	0.0 %
Germany	29	5	10	33.3 %
Belgium	26	0	10	0.0 %
United Kingdom	23	0	5	0.0 %
Ivory Coast	17	5	5	50.0 %
Netherlands	17	0	0
Morocco	16	5	11	31.3 %
Italy	15	5	5	50.0 %
India	14	5	0	100.0 %
South Africa	13	14	78	15.2 %
Sweden	12	0	14	0.0 %
Zambia	9	10	0	100.0 %
Austria	7	0	5	0.0 %
Libya	7	0	0
Australia	5	5	0	100.0 %
Kenya	5	5	0	100.0 %
Russia	5	0	0
Spain	5	5	17	22.7 %
Switzerland	5	0	5	0.0 %
Togo	5	5	5	50.0 %
Ukraine	5	0	0
Israel	0	0	5	0.0 %
Armenia	0	5	0	100.0 %
Romania	0	0	5	0.0 %
Totals	1,242	236	885	21.1 %

Destination	applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
	Reviews
France	532	46	306	13.1 %
United States	277	16	29	35.6 %
Greece	27	0	24	0.0 %
Mexico	0	0	0
Canada	0	0	0
Cyprus	0	0	0
Germany	0	0	15	0.0 %
Belgium	5	0	5	0.0 %
United Kingdom	5	0	5	0.0 %
Ivory Coast	0	0	0
Netherlands	6	0	5	0.0 %
Morocco	5	0	0
Italy	0	0	0
India	0	0	0
South Africa	0	52	27	65.8 %
Sweden	19	0	13	0.0 %
Zambia	0	0	0
Austria	0	0	0
Libya	0	0	0
Australia	5	0	0
Kenya	0	0	0
Russia	0	0	0
Spain	0	0	0
Switzerland	0	0	0
Togo	5	0	0
Ukraine	0	0	0
Israel	0	0	0
Armenia	0	0	0
Romania	5	0	0
Totals	891	114	429	21.0 %

Asylum applications of foreign refugees in the Republic of the Congo

The Republic of the Congo 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 216 asylum applications from refugees of other countries. The most successful have been the refugees from Central Africa.

Origin	applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
	New Applications
Central Africa	195	1,075	0	100.0 %
Congo (Dem. Republic)	21	0	0
Totals	216	1,075	0	100.0 %

Origin	applied	accepted	rejected
	Reviews
Central Africa	0	0	0
Congo (Dem. Republic)	0	0	0
Totals	0	0	0

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.