Asylum applications and refugees in Zimbabwe

Development of incoming asylum applications in Zimbabwe 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 foreign refugees in Zimbabwe

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
Origin		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
Congo (Dem. Republic)		2,291	209	10	95.4 %		0	0	0
Mozambique		270	0	0			0	0	0
Burundi		120	0	0			0	0	0
Rwanda		30	0	0			0	0	0
Sudan		27	0	0			0	0	0
Mali		18	0	0			0	0	0
Ivory Coast		17	0	0			0	0	0
Somalia		8	0	0			0	0	0
Ethiopia		7	0	0			0	0	0
Totals		2,788	209	10	95.4 %		0	0	0
Asylum applications of refugees from Zimbabwe Zimbabwe is one of the countries, were refugees are not only migratiing in. Only in the year 2018 there have been 1,805 asylum applications, which were received for citizens from Zimbabwe in other countries. Most successful have been the applications in Turkey and in the United States.
		New Applications					Reviews
Destination		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
South Africa		668	0	790	0.0 %		830	0	0
Ireland		282	23	129	15.1 %		136	55	39	58.5 %
Canada		200	59	29	67.0 %		23	0	12	0.0 %
United Kingdom		164	14	155	8.3 %		119	50	89	36.0 %
United States		133	62	30	67.4 %		47	0	6	0.0 %
Germany		114	25	92	21.4 %		112	18	26	40.9 %
China		79	0	11	0.0 %		5	0	12	0.0 %
Botswana		30	0	0			0	0	0
Turkey		26	6	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Australia		24	0	0			6	11	0	100.0 %
France		15	0	8	0.0 %		8	0	0
Egypt		14	0	0			0	0	0
Israel		11	0	0			0	0	0
Cyprus		10	0	0			0	0	0
Norway		9	0	0			0	0	0
South Korea		8	0	0			0	0	0
Italy		7	0	0			0	0	0
New Zealand		6	0	0			0	0	0
Portugal		5	0	0			0	0	0
Belgium		0	0	0			5	0	0
Greece		0	0	6	0.0 %		9	0	0
Netherlands		0	0	0			5	0	0
Totals		1,805	189	1,250	13.1 %		1,305	134	184	42.1 %

National migrant stock from 1980 to 2015

In 2015 a total of 398,866 migrants lived in Zimbabwe. 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.