Asylum applications and refugees from Rwanda

Development of asylum applications from citizens from Rwanda 2000 to 2018

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 2018. 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
Mozambique		524	0	0			0	0	0
Canada		354	69	16	81.2 %		20	0	14	0.0 %
Malawi		341	27	0	100.0 %		6	0	0
Uganda		333	289	137	67.8 %		0	0	0
France		267	136	133	50.6 %		132	15	34	30.6 %
Kenya		264	0	0			0	0	0
United States		226	87	85	50.6 %		76	42	5	89.4 %
Burundi		188	46	0	100.0 %		27	0	10	0.0 %
Belgium		145	0	0			65	0	0
Germany		93	28	45	38.4 %		70	19	0	100.0 %
Congo		81	0	66	0.0 %		0	0	0
Zambia		62	19	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
South Africa		47	0	41	0.0 %		28	0	0
Cameroon		45	9	14	39.1 %		14	0	13	0.0 %
United Kingdom		31	0	29	0.0 %		24	7	8	46.7 %
Zimbabwe		30	0	0			0	0	0
Central Africa		26	26	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Sweden		24	0	8	0.0 %		17	0	10	0.0 %
South Korea		19	0	0			0	0	0
Netherlands		19	0	0			0	0	0
Swaziland		16	11	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Austria		8	8	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Switzerland		6	0	0			0	0	0
Finland		6	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Philippines		5	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Australia		0	12	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Congo (Dem. Republic)		0	11	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Norway		0	0	0			6	0	0
Totals		3,160	778	584	57.1 %		485	83	94	46.9 %
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 2018 there have been 216 asylum applications from refugees of other countries. The most successful have been the refugees from Burundi and from South Sudan.
		New Applications					Reviews
Origin		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
Congo (Dem. Republic)		160	6	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Burundi		48	25	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
South Sudan		8	7	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Totals		216	38	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.