Refugees in Mozambique

Development of incoming asylum applications in Mozambique 2000 to 2017

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 Mozambique

The total number of initial and continuing applications refers to the year 2017. 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
Burundi		1,744	0	0			0	0	0
Congo (Dem. Republic)		1,372	0	0			0	0	0
Rwanda		1,037	0	0			0	0	0
Somalia		484	0	0			0	0	0
Totals		4,637	0	0			0	0	0
Asylum applications of refugees from Mozambique Mozambique is one of the countries, were refugees are not only migratiing in. Only in the year 2017 there have been 1,923 asylum applications, which were received for citizens from Mozambique in other countries. Most successful have been the applications in Kenya and in South Africa.
		New Applications					Reviews
Destination		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
Malawi		1,614	0	0			0	0	0
South Africa		229	0	237	0.0 %		0	0	0
Brazil		23	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Germany		20	0	0			0	0	0
United States		10	0	0			0	0	0
United Kingdom		9	0	0			0	0	0
South Korea		7	0	0			0	0	0
China		6	0	0			0	0	0
Norway		5	0	0			0	0	0
Canada		0	0	6	0.0 %		5	0	0
France		0	0	0			8	0	0
Kenya		0	5	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Totals		1,923	5	248	2.0 %		13	0	0

National migrant stock from 1980 to 2015

In 2015 a total of 222,928 migrants lived in Mozambique. 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.