Asylum applications and refugees from Gabon

141 people from Gabon fled in 2021 and applied for asylum in other countries, according to UNHCR data. This corresponds to approximately 0.006% of all residents. The most common destination countries have been France, United States and Germany. Overall, 86 percent of the asylum applications have been rejected. The most successful have been the refugees in Canada and the United Kingdom.

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Asylum applications of refugees from Gabon

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	90	29	272	9.6 %
United States	24	0	13	0.0 %
Germany	7	0	11	0.0 %
Belgium	5	0	10	0.0 %
Canada	5	13	0	100.0 %
Italy	5	0	5	0.0 %
Spain	5	5	0	100.0 %
United Kingdom	0	5	0	100.0 %
South Korea	0	0	5	0.0 %
Totals	141	52	316	14.1 %

Destination	Applied	Accepted	Rejected	Acceptance rate
	Reviews
France	129	12	69	14.8 %
United States	9	0	0
Germany	6	0	10	0.0 %
Belgium	0	0	0
Canada	5	5	0	100.0 %
Italy	0	0	0
Spain	0	0	0
United Kingdom	0	0	0
South Korea	0	0	0
Totals	149	17	79	17.7 %

Asylum applications from foreign refugees in Gabon

Origin	Applied	Accepted	Rejected	Acceptance rate
	New Applications
Chad	0	0	5	0.0 %
Congo (Dem. Republic)	0	0	10	0.0 %
Totals	0	0	15	0.0 %

Origin	Applied	Accepted	Rejected
	Reviews
Chad	0	0	0
Congo (Dem. Republic)	0	0	0
Totals	0	0	0

National migrant stock from 1960 to 2020

In 2020 a total of 416,651 migrants lived in Gabon, 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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