Asylum applications and refugees from the Congo

1,147 people from the Congo fled in 2021 and applied for asylum in other countries, according to UNHCR data. This corresponds to approximately 0.020% of all residents. The most common destination countries have been France, United States and Cyprus. Overall, 75 percent of the asylum applications have been rejected. The most successful have been the refugees in Zambia and Austria.

A total of 156 people fled to the United States from Congo. With 20 positive decisions, 23.81 percent of all new applications have been accepted. Another 64 applications were rejected, and no decisions were made on those remaining in 2021.

In a second table below you can additionally find the refugees who came from abroad and applied for asylum in the Republic of the Congo.

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Development of asylum applications from citizens from the Congo 2000 to 2021

The top line represents the total number of asylum applications (first applications + reviews). Below are the number of recognized refugees (green) and rejected applications (red).

Asylum applications of refugees from the Congo

The total number of initial and continuing applications refers to the year 2021. Please note that the number of decisions (acceptances or rejections) does not have to add up with the number of applications because there may still have been open cases from previous years. Also, they don't 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	516	128	762	14.4 %
United States	156	20	64	23.8 %
Cyprus	94	0	17	0.0 %
Mexico	46	0	0
Zambia	33	18	0	100.0 %
Togo	30	0	5	0.0 %
Canada	25	52	20	72.2 %
Morocco	25	0	0
Netherlands	25	12	5	70.6 %
Germany	18	5	15	25.0 %
Eswatini	18	0	0
United Kingdom	16	5	5	50.0 %
Poland	15	0	5	0.0 %
Namibia	14	0	0
Spain	13	20	10	66.7 %
Sweden	12	0	0
Greece	11	16	22	42.1 %
Italy	11	10	5	66.7 %
Philippines	10	0	0
Austria	9	5	0	100.0 %
Egypt	5	0	5	0.0 %
Australia	5	15	13	53.6 %
Belgium	5	0	15	0.0 %
Belarus	5	0	0
India	5	0	0
Kenya	5	0	0
Portugal	5	5	0	100.0 %
Sudan	5	5	0	100.0 %
Tunisia	5	0	0
Ukraine	5	0	0
Ivory Coast	0	0	5	0.0 %
South Korea	0	0	5	0.0 %
Mali	0	5	0	100.0 %
Totals	1,147	321	978	24.7 %

Destination	Applied	Accepted	Rejected	Acceptance rate
	Reviews
France	626	57	452	11.2 %
United States	112	28	0	100.0 %
Cyprus	0	0	0
Mexico	0	0	0
Zambia	0	0	0
Togo	5	0	0
Canada	21	5	12	29.4 %
Morocco	5	0	0
Netherlands	5	0	0
Germany	19	0	12	0.0 %
Eswatini	0	0	0
United Kingdom	5	0	0
Poland	0	0	0
Namibia	0	0	0
Spain	0	0	0
Sweden	7	0	5	0.0 %
Greece	37	0	23	0.0 %
Italy	0	0	0
Philippines	0	0	0
Austria	0	0	0
Egypt	9	0	0
Australia	0	0	0
Belgium	0	0	0
Belarus	0	0	0
India	0	0	0
Kenya	0	0	0
Portugal	0	0	0
Sudan	0	0	0
Tunisia	0	0	0
Ukraine	0	0	0
Ivory Coast	0	0	0
South Korea	0	0	0
Mali	0	0	0
Totals	851	90	504	15.2 %

Asylum applications from 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. In the year 2021, there have been 287 asylum applications from refugees of other countries. The most successful have been the refugees from Central Africa and from the Congo.

Origin	Applied	Accepted	Rejected	Acceptance rate
	New Applications
Central Africa	152	57	0	100.0 %
Congo (Dem. Republic)	55	5	103	4.6 %
Rwanda	30	0	27	0.0 %
Mauritania	26	0	26	0.0 %
Cameroon	13	0	11	0.0 %
Sudan	6	0	5	0.0 %
Syria	5	0	5	0.0 %
Totals	287	62	177	25.9 %

Origin	Applied	Accepted	Rejected
	Reviews
Central Africa	0	0	0
Congo (Dem. Republic)	0	0	0
Rwanda	0	0	0
Mauritania	0	0	0
Cameroon	0	0	0
Sudan	0	0	0
Syria	0	0	0
Totals	0	0	0

National migrant stock from 1960 to 2020

In 2020 a total of 387,606 migrants lived in the Congo, representing about 1 percent of the total population. These are all residents who live permanently in the country but were born in another country. The numbers includes granted refugees but no asylum seekers. The data are based on the results of censuses, as well as on estimates and projections from the United Nations Population Division.

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