Asylum applications and refugees from Mauritius

Asylum applications of refugees from Mauritius

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
Destination		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
United Kingdom		80	0	56	0.0 %		13	5	5	50.0 %
Ireland		10	5	11	31.3 %		10	0	10	0.0 %
Canada		10	5	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Italy		10	0	11	0.0 %		0	0	0
Sweden		5	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
United States		5	5	5	50.0 %		0	0	0
Germany		5	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Totals		125	15	93	13.9 %		23	5	15	25.0 %
Asylum applications of foreign refugees in Mauritius Mauritius is not only a country from which many people escape. There are also refugees from other countries, who apply for asylum here and hope for a better future. Only in the year 2019 there have been 10 asylum applications from refugees of other countries. The most successful have been the refugees from Pakistan and from South Africa.
		New Applications					Reviews
Origin		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
Pakistan		5	5	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
South Africa		5	5	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Totals		10	10	0	100.0 %		0	0	0

National migrant stock from 1980 to 2015

In 2015 a total of 28,585 migrants lived in Mauritius. 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.