Asylum applications of foreign refugees in Lesotho
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 |
|---|
| Congo (Dem. Republic) | | 79 | 53 | 0 | 100.0 % | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eritrea | | 32 | 20 | 0 | 100.0 % | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ethiopia | | 5 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | | 116 | 73 | 0 | 100.0 % | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
National migrant stock from 1980 to 2015
In 2015 a total of 6,572 migrants lived in Lesotho. 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.