Asylum applications and refugees in Djibouti

Asylum applications of foreign refugees in Djibouti

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					Reviews
Origin		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
Ethiopia		704	0	0			0	0	0
Eritrea		90	50	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Somalia		46	0	0			0	0	0
Totals		840	50	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Asylum applications of refugees from Djibouti Djibouti is one of the countries, were refugees are not only migratiing in. Only in the year 2019 there have been 222 asylum applications, which were received for citizens from Djibouti in other countries. Most successful have been the applications in Belgium and in Canada.
		New Applications					Reviews
Destination		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
France		89	5	24	17.2 %		27	29	19	60.4 %
Canada		67	150	32	82.4 %		42	25	33	43.1 %
Sweden		15	0	5	0.0 %		20	0	15	0.0 %
Belgium		14	10	0	100.0 %		5	0	10	0.0 %
Egypt		12	10	5	66.7 %		0	0	0
United States		10	50	13	79.4 %		14	11	0	100.0 %
Germany		10	0	5	0.0 %		5	0	0
Switzerland		5	0	0			0	0	0
Totals		222	225	84	72.8 %		113	65	77	45.8 %

National migrant stock from 1980 to 2015

In 2015 a total of 112,351 migrants lived in Djibouti. 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.