Asylum applications and refugees in Argentina

Development of incoming asylum applications in Argentina 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 foreign refugees in Argentina

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
Origin		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
Venezuela		2,157	294	5	98.3 %		5	0	0
Dominican Republic		196	0	64	0.0 %		37	0	11	0.0 %
Cuba		188	5	45	10.0 %		38	0	10	0.0 %
Senegal		98	0	173	0.0 %		317	0	203	0.0 %
Haiti		86	5	221	2.2 %		156	0	23	0.0 %
Colombia		65	11	0	100.0 %		0	0	11	0.0 %
India		33	0	22	0.0 %		16	0	5	0.0 %
Ghana		26	0	5	0.0 %		10	0	10	0.0 %
Russia		24	10	5	66.7 %		10	0	10	0.0 %
Armenia		21	0	27	0.0 %		19	0	0
unknown		20	17	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Nigeria		16	0	0			0	0	0
El Salvador		14	10	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
China		13	0	12	0.0 %		16	0	0
Nicaragua		13	5	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Peru		12	0	0			0	0	0
Bangladesh		10	0	0			5	0	0
Honduras		10	0	0			0	0	0
Syria		10	21	5	80.8 %		5	0	0
Ukraine		10	11	5	68.8 %		5	0	0
Brazil		5	0	0			0	0	0
Cameroon		5	0	0			5	0	0
Jamaica		5	5	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Pakistan		5	5	5	50.0 %		5	0	0
Afghanistan		0	5	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Angola		0	0	5	0.0 %		5	0	0
Congo (Dem. Republic)		0	5	0	100.0 %		16	0	0
Guatemala		0	5	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Yemen		0	5	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Totals		3,042	419	599	41.2 %		670	0	283	0.0 %
Asylum applications of refugees from Argentina Argentina is one of the countries, were refugees are not only migratiing in. Only in the year 2019 there have been 435 asylum applications, which were received for citizens from Argentina in other countries. Most successful have been the applications in the United States and in Italy.
		New Applications					Reviews
Destination		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
Spain		272	0	12	0.0 %		0	0	0
United States		34	0	18	0.0 %		81	0	11	0.0 %
Italy		34	0	13	0.0 %		0	0	0
Mexico		30	0	0			0	0	0
Canada		25	0	5	0.0 %		5	0	10	0.0 %
Sweden		14	0	12	0.0 %		18	0	10	0.0 %
Germany		11	0	10	0.0 %		5	0	0
Costa Rica		10	0	0			0	0	0
Bolivia		5	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Totals		435	0	75	0.0 %		109	0	31	0.0 %

National migrant stock from 1980 to 2015

In 2015 a total of 2,086,302 migrants lived in Argentina. 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.


(Values of the graph in millions of immigrants)