Asylum applications and refugees in the Republic of the Congo
8,975 asylum applications by refugees were received in 2019 in the Republic of the Congo - according to UNHCR. Most of them came from the Congo. A total of 192 decisions have been made on initial applications. Which were around 15% answered positively. 85 percent of asylum applications have been rejected in the first instance. Most successful have been the applications of refugees from Central Africa.In a second table below you find the refugees, who fled from the Congo and made their asylum application in other countries.
› Refugee countries by origin and destination
Back to overview: Congo
Development of incoming asylum applications in the Republic of the Congo 2000 to 2019
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 2019. 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 | |||||
| Origin | applied | accepted | rejected | acceptance rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Congo (Dem. Republic) | 8,950 | 0 | 110 | 0.0 % | |
| Rwanda | 15 | 0 | 53 | 0.0 % | |
| Cameroon | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sudan | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Central Africa | 0 | 29 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Totals | 8,975 | 29 | 163 | 15.1 % | |
Reviews | ||||
| Origin | applied | accepted | rejected | acceptance rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Congo (Dem. Republic) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Rwanda | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Central Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 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 2019 there have been 1,536 asylum applications, which were received for citizens from the Congo in other countries. Most successful have been the applications in Kenya and in Eswatini.New Applications | |||||
| Destination | applied | accepted | rejected | acceptance rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 966 | 77 | 507 | 13.2 % | |
| Greece | 107 | 32 | 34 | 48.5 % | |
| Canada | 70 | 21 | 19 | 52.5 % | |
| Spain | 49 | 24 | 52 | 31.6 % | |
| Morocco | 44 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 % | |
| Netherlands | 43 | 0 | 28 | 0.0 % | |
| Germany | 43 | 5 | 18 | 21.7 % | |
| Cyprus | 40 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 % | |
| United Kingdom | 30 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Eswatini | 25 | 10 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Kenya | 24 | 10 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Mauritania | 24 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Sweden | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Portugal | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Egypt | 12 | 10 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Belgium | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Romania | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Switzerland | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Lebanon | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Austria | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Congo (Dem. Republic) | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 % | |
| Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Totals | 1,536 | 199 | 721 | 21.6 % | |
Reviews | ||||
| Destination | applied | accepted | rejected | acceptance rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| France | 589 | 105 | 590 | 15.1 % |
| Greece | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Canada | 16 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 % |
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Morocco | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Netherlands | 24 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 % |
| Germany | 0 | 0 | 19 | 0.0 % |
| Cyprus | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| United Kingdom | 10 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 % |
| Eswatini | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kenya | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mauritania | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sweden | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % |
| Portugal | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Egypt | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Belgium | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Romania | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lebanon | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| United States | 181 | 28 | 28 | 50.0 % |
| Austria | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Congo (Dem. Republic) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ukraine | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % |
| Totals | 850 | 138 | 677 | 16.9 % |