Refugees from Rwanda

Development of asylum applications from citizens from Rwanda 2000 to 2016

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 refugees from Rwanda

The total number of initial and continuing applications refers to the year 2016. 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
Malawi		757	74	0	100.0 %		41	0	57	0.0 %
Uganda		500	135	109	55.3 %		0	0	0
Burundi		499	51	0	100.0 %		68	11	14	44.0 %
Mozambique		293	0	0			0	0	0
Kenya		269	12	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Belgium		191	78	98	44.3 %		200	10	115	8.0 %
France		191	97	46	67.8 %		43	22	45	32.8 %
South Africa		152	48	139	25.7 %		0	0	0
United States		133	59	0	100.0 %		5	20	0	100.0 %
Canada		93	42	22	65.6 %		0	0	0
Germany		81	7	0	100.0 %		0	11	0	100.0 %
Congo		59	0	0			0	0	0
Congo (Dem. Republic)		39	0	0			0	0	0
Cameroon		30	0	31	0.0 %		31	0	19	0.0 %
United Kingdom		22	0	15	0.0 %		9	0	0
Swaziland		19	9	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Netherlands		16	0	0			0	0	0
Zambia		15	6	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Australia		12	22	0	100.0 %		7	0	0
Sweden		11	0	0			8	0	8	0.0 %
Ghana		9	0	0			0	0	0
Switzerland		8	0	0			0	0	0
Central Africa		6	0	0			0	0	0
Finland		6	0	0			0	0	0
Namibia		6	0	0			0	0	0
Austria		5	0	0			0	0	0
Burkina Faso		5	7	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Ireland		5	0	0			6	5	0	100.0 %
Norway		0	0	0			5	0	0
Totals		3,432	647	460	58.4 %		423	79	258	23.4 %
Asylum applications of foreign refugees in Rwanda Rwanda 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 2016 there have been 50 asylum applications from refugees of other countries.
		New Applications					Reviews
Origin		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
Burundi		24	0	0			0	0	0
Congo (Dem. Republic)		19	0	0			0	0	0
Eritrea		7	0	0			0	0	0
Totals		50	0	0			0	0	0

National migrant stock from 1980 to 2015

In 2015 a total of 441,525 migrants lived in Rwanda. 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.