Asylum applications and refugees in Namibia

829 asylum applications by refugees were received in 2021 in Namibia — according to UNHCR. Most of them came from the Congo. A total of 224 decisions have been made on initial applications. Around 100% of them were answered positively. 0 percent of asylum applications have been rejected in the first instance. The most successful have been the applications of refugees from the Congo and from Burundi.
In a second table below you can find the refugees who fled from Namibia and made their asylum application to other countries.
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Asylum applications from foreign refugees in Namibia

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.

Origin	Applied	Accepted	Rejected	Acceptance rate
	New Applications
Congo (Dem. Republic)	805	199	0	100.0 %
Congo	14	0	0
Angola	5	5	0	100.0 %
Rwanda	5	5	0	100.0 %
Burundi	0	15	0	100.0 %
Totals	829	224	0	100.0 %

Origin	Applied	Accepted	Rejected
	Reviews
Congo (Dem. Republic)	0	0	0
Congo	0	0	0
Angola	0	0	0
Rwanda	0	0	0
Burundi	0	0	0
Totals	0	0	0

Asylum applications of refugees from Namibia

Namibia is one of the countries where refugees are not only coming in. In the year 2021, there have been 191 asylum applications received from citizens from Namibia in other countries. The most successful have been the applications in the United Kingdom.

Destination	Applied	Accepted	Rejected	Acceptance rate
	New Applications
United Kingdom	169	26	86	23.2 %
Germany	22	0	10	0.0 %
Canada	0	0	0
Sweden	0	0	0
Totals	191	26	96	21.3 %

Destination	Applied	Accepted	Rejected	Acceptance rate
	Reviews
United Kingdom	60	28	53	34.6 %
Germany	10	0	0
Canada	5	0	5	0.0 %
Sweden	5	0	5	0.0 %
Totals	80	28	63	30.8 %

National migrant stock from 1960 to 2015

In 2015 a total of 93,888 migrants lived in Namibia. 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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