Asylum applications and refugees in Argentina
2,173 asylum applications by refugees were received in 2021 in Argentina — according to UNHCR. Most of them came from Venezuela, Peru and from Syria. A total of 263 decisions have been made on initial applications. Around 37% of them were answered positively. 63 percent of asylum applications have been rejected in the first instance. The most successful have been the applications of refugees from Syria and from Paraguay.In a second table below you can find the refugees who fled from Argentina and made their asylum application to other countries.
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Incoming asylum applications in Argentina 2000 to 2021
The top line represents the total number of asylum applications (first applications + reviews). Below are the number of recognized refugees (green) and rejected applications (red).Asylum applications from foreign refugees in Argentina
The total number of initial and continuing applications refers to the year 2021. Please note that the number of decisions (acceptances or rejections) does not have to add up with the number of applications because there may still have been open cases from previous years. Also, they don't 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 | |||||
Origin | Applied | Accepted | Rejected | Acceptance rate | |
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Venezuela | 1,904 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
Peru | 44 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
Syria | 43 | 28 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
Colombia | 40 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
Cuba | 34 | 5 | 18 | 21.7 % | |
Haiti | 23 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 % | |
Senegal | 18 | 0 | 25 | 0.0 % | |
Ecuador | 16 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
Dominican Republic | 15 | 5 | 40 | 11.1 % | |
Nigeria | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
Paraguay | 8 | 10 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
unknown | 7 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
Armenia | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 % | |
Russia | 5 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 % | |
Algeria | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
China | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 % | |
Cameroon | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
Ghana | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
India | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 % | |
Iran | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
Libya | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
Nicaragua | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
South Africa | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
Ukraine | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
Totals | 2,173 | 98 | 165 | 37.3 % |
Reviews | ||||
Origin | Applied | Accepted | Rejected | Acceptance rate |
---|---|---|---|---|
Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Peru | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Syria | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Colombia | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Cuba | 14 | 0 | 0 | |
Haiti | 29 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % |
Senegal | 24 | 0 | 31 | 0.0 % |
Ecuador | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Dominican Republic | 34 | 0 | 0 | |
Nigeria | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
Paraguay | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
unknown | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Armenia | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
Russia | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
Algeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
China | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ghana | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
India | 9 | 0 | 0 | |
Iran | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Libya | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Nicaragua | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
South Africa | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 148 | 0 | 36 | 0.0 % |
Asylum applications of refugees from Argentina
Argentina is one of the countries where refugees are not only coming in. In the year 2021, there have been 717 asylum applications received from citizens from Argentina in other countries. The most successful have been the applications in the United Kingdom and in Canada.New Applications | |||||
Destination | Applied | Accepted | Rejected | Acceptance rate | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Spain | 285 | 0 | 85 | 0.0 % | |
Mexico | 201 | 0 | 64 | 0.0 % | |
United States | 148 | 0 | 28 | 0.0 % | |
Italy | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
Canada | 17 | 13 | 17 | 43.3 % | |
France | 11 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 % | |
Brazil | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
United Kingdom | 7 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
Netherlands | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
Sweden | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
Germany | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
Israel | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
Totals | 717 | 18 | 228 | 7.3 % |
Reviews | ||||
Destination | Applied | Accepted | Rejected | Acceptance rate |
---|---|---|---|---|
Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
United States | 32 | 0 | 0 | |
Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Canada | 27 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 % |
France | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
Brazil | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
United Kingdom | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Sweden | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
Germany | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Israel | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 69 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 % |