Refugees from the Congo

Development of asylum applications from citizens from the Congo 2000 to 2017

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 2017. 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
Destination		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
France		1,057	103	861	10.7 %		626	46	313	12.8 %
United States		411	86	63	57.7 %		64	37	31	54.4 %
Spain		221	0	0			0	0	0
Italy		119	23	20	53.5 %		0	0	0
Greece		99	18	29	38.3 %		22	0	0
South Africa		89	42	270	13.5 %		0	0	0
Canada		82	39	13	75.0 %		11	0	0
Kenya		73	0	0			0	0	0
Turkey		63	0	0			0	0	0
Uganda		58	54	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Portugal		55	0	45	0.0 %		0	0	0
Germany		55	22	72	23.4 %		5	0	0
Morocco		53	0	40	0.0 %		25	0	5	0.0 %
Netherlands		43	6	31	16.2 %		19	0	16	0.0 %
United Kingdom		42	5	20	20.0 %		21	7	9	43.8 %
Costa Rica		36	0	0			0	0	0
Cyprus		36	0	0			0	0	0
Swaziland		35	0	0			0	0	0
Egypt		18	0	10	0.0 %		0	0	0
Austria		17	15	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Sweden		15	0	13	0.0 %		13	0	12	0.0 %
Senegal		13	0	0			0	0	0
Mauritania		12	5	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Mexico		11	0	0			0	0	0
Australia		9	0	0			0	0	0
Switzerland		9	0	0			0	0	0
India		9	0	0			0	0	0
Cameroon		8	0	0			0	0	0
Benin		7	0	0			0	0	0
Ukraine		6	0	0			0	0	0
Finland		6	0	0			0	0	0
Zambia		5	0	0			0	0	0
Philippines		5	0	0			0	0	0
Sudan		5	0	0			0	0	0
Belgium		5	0	20	0.0 %		5	0	0
Mali		5	0	0			0	0	0
Bulgaria		0	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Totals		2,792	418	1,512	21.7 %		811	90	386	18.9 %
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 2017 there have been 1,985 asylum applications from refugees of other countries. The most successful have been the refugees from Central Africa and from the Congo.
		New Applications					Reviews
Origin		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
Central Africa		1,608	1,542	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Congo (Dem. Republic)		294	21	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Rwanda		48	0	0			0	0	0
Syria		12	5	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Sudan		10	0	0			0	0	0
Cameroon		8	0	0			0	0	0
Burundi		5	0	0			0	0	0
Totals		1,985	1,568	0	100.0 %		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.