Development of incoming asylum applications in Djibouti 2001 to 2018
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 Djibouti
The total number of initial and continuing applications refers to the year 2018. 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 | | 2,096 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eritrea | | 45 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Somalia | | 28 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | | 2,169 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Asylum applications of refugees from DjiboutiDjibouti is one of the countries, were refugees are not only migratiing in. Only in the year 2018 there have been 326 asylum applications, which were received for citizens from Djibouti in other countries. Most successful have been the applications in Canada and in the United States. |
| | | New Applications | | Reviews |
| Destination | | applied | accepted | rejected | acceptance
rate | | applied | accepted | rejected | acceptance
rate |
|---|
| Canada | | 125 | 272 | 50 | 84.5 % | | 50 | 0 | 22 | 0.0 % |
| France | | 80 | 23 | 61 | 27.4 % | | 59 | 27 | 13 | 67.5 % |
| Belgium | | 35 | 35 | 45 | 43.8 % | | 25 | 5 | 45 | 10.0 % |
| Turkey | | 34 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Germany | | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| United States | | 13 | 12 | 7 | 63.2 % | | 11 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % |
| Egypt | | 7 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.0 % |
| Brazil | | 6 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greece | | 6 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sweden | | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | | 21 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 % |
| Totals | | 326 | 342 | 173 | 66.4 % | | 176 | 37 | 103 | 26.4 % |
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.