Asylum applications and refugees from Rwanda

Development of asylum applications from citizens from Rwanda 2000 to 2019

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 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
Uganda		1,998	460	379	54.8 %		0	0	0
Malawi		638	110	0	100.0 %		5	0	0
Canada		546	269	20	93.1 %		23	5	26	16.1 %
France		358	135	104	56.5 %		121	35	70	33.3 %
United States		299	140	126	52.6 %		121	28	10	73.7 %
Kenya		235	44	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Germany		94	27	36	42.9 %		0	20	0	100.0 %
Belgium		93	37	27	57.8 %		34	10	53	15.9 %
Sweden		61	10	27	27.0 %		36	0	16	0.0 %
Burundi		42	64	0	100.0 %		31	22	10	68.8 %
Finland		27	5	10	33.3 %		5	0	0
Cameroon		26	0	5	0.0 %		5	0	0
Swaziland		21	13	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
United Kingdom		17	5	10	33.3 %		5	5	5	50.0 %
Congo		15	0	53	0.0 %		0	0	0
Zambia		14	12	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
South Korea		11	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Norway		5	0	0			5	0	5	0.0 %
Philippines		5	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Denmark		5	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Italy		5	5	5	50.0 %		0	0	0
Switzerland		5	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Netherlands		5	0	0			5	0	5	0.0 %
Egypt		5	5	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Australia		0	0	0			11	11	5	68.8 %
Congo (Dem. Republic)		0	38	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Ireland		0	5	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Totals		4,530	1,384	822	62.7 %		407	136	205	39.9 %
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 2019 there have been 364 asylum applications from refugees of other countries. The most successful have been the refugees from Eritrea and from the Congo.
		New Applications					Reviews
Origin		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
Eritrea		245	105	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Congo (Dem. Republic)		60	52	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Somalia		37	13	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Sudan		17	13	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Burundi		5	5	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Totals		364	188	0	100.0 %		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.