Asylum applications and refugees in Eswatini

36 asylum applications by refugees were received in 2020 in Eswatini - according to UNHCR. All these refugees had come from the Congo. A total of 5 decisions have been made on initial applications. Which were around 100% answered positively. 0 percent of asylum applications have been rejected in the first instance. Most successful have been the applications of refugees from the Congo.

In a second table below you find the refugees, who fled from Eswatini and made their asylum application in other countries.

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Asylum applications of foreign refugees in Eswatini

The total number of initial and continuing applications refers to the year 2020. 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.

Origin	applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
	New Applications
Congo (Dem. Republic)	36	5	0	100.0 %
Totals	36	5	0	100.0 %

Origin	applied	accepted	rejected
	Reviews
Congo (Dem. Republic)	0	0	0
Totals	0	0	0

Asylum applications of refugees from Eswatini

Eswatini is one of the countries, were refugees are not only migratiing in. Only in the year 2020 there have been 10 asylum applications, which were received for citizens from Eswatini in other countries. Most successful have been the applications in Ireland.

Destination	applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
	New Applications
Ireland	5	5	5	50.0 %
South Africa	5	0	5	0.0 %
Totals	10	5	10	33.3 %

Destination	applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
	Reviews
Ireland	5	0	5	0.0 %
South Africa	0	10	0	100.0 %
Totals	5	10	5	66.7 %

National migrant stock from 1960 to 2015

In 2015 a total of 31,579 migrants lived in Eswatini. 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.

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