Asylum applications and refugees from Tunisia

Development of asylum applications from citizens from Tunisia 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 Tunisia

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
Italy		920	15	650	2.3 %		0	0	0
Germany		573	9	323	2.7 %		561	11	132	7.7 %
France		479	32	246	11.5 %		154	0	67	0.0 %
Netherlands		387	0	55	0.0 %		24	0	10	0.0 %
Switzerland		246	0	49	0.0 %		35	0	0
Spain		146	0	11	0.0 %		0	0	0
Sweden		97	0	56	0.0 %		104	0	70	0.0 %
Luxembourg		90	0	0			0	0	0
Canada		75	11	5	68.8 %		0	0	0
South Korea		73	0	11	0.0 %		0	0	0
Austria		59	0	51	0.0 %		0	0	0
United States		59	17	27	38.6 %		49	5	5	50.0 %
Japan		58	0	0			61	0	0
Greece		55	0	32	0.0 %		26	0	9	0.0 %
United Kingdom		48	5	28	15.2 %		15	7	11	38.9 %
Belgium		45	0	0			5	0	0
Slovenia		42	0	17	0.0 %		0	0	0
Denmark		38	0	0			0	0	0
Brazil		37	0	0			0	0	0
Croatia		18	0	13	0.0 %		14	0	12	0.0 %
Albania		14	0	0			0	0	0
Montenegro		14	0	0			0	0	0
Turkey		10	0	0			0	0	0
Czechia		8	0	8	0.0 %		0	0	0
Finland		8	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Iceland		8	0	0			0	0	0
Romania		8	0	0			0	0	0
Norway		7	0	0			7	0	7	0.0 %
Australia		6	0	0			0	0	0
Malta		5	0	0			0	0	0
Ireland		0	0	9	0.0 %		10	0	0
Totals		3,633	89	1,596	5.3 %		1,065	23	323	6.6 %
Asylum applications of foreign refugees in Tunisia Tunisia 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 253 asylum applications from refugees of other countries. The most successful have been the refugees from Lebanon.
		New Applications					Reviews
Origin		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
Ivory Coast		66	0	0			0	0	0
Eritrea		47	0	0			0	0	0
Cameroon		26	0	0			0	0	0
Nigeria		18	0	0			9	0	7	0.0 %
Yemen		16	0	0			0	0	0
Guinea		14	0	0			7	0	0
Central Africa		9	0	0			0	0	0
Congo (Dem. Republic)		9	0	0			8	0	0
Iraq		9	0	0			0	0	0
unknown		9	0	0			0	0	0
Sudan		7	0	0			0	0	0
Senegal		7	0	0			0	0	0
Lebanon		6	6	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Algeria		5	0	0			0	0	0
Sierra Leone		5	0	0			0	0	0
Totals		253	6	0	100.0 %		24	0	7	0.0 %

National migrant stock from 1980 to 2015

In 2015 a total of 56,701 migrants lived in Tunisia. 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.