Asylum applications and refugees in Belize

Asylum applications of foreign refugees in Belize

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
El Salvador		367	0	23	0.0 %		0	0	0
Honduras		107	0	10	0.0 %		0	0	0
Nicaragua		30	0	0			0	0	0
Guatemala		21	0	0			0	0	0
Cuba		5	0	0			0	0	0
Totals		530	0	33	0.0 %		0	0	0
Asylum applications of refugees from Belize Belize is one of the countries, were refugees are not only migratiing in. Only in the year 2019 there have been 37 asylum applications, which were received for citizens from Belize in other countries. Most successful have been the applications in Mexico and in the United States.
		New Applications					Reviews
Destination		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
Mexico		26	5	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
United States		11	0	12	0.0 %		84	0	20	0.0 %
Totals		37	5	12	29.4 %		84	0	20	0.0 %

National migrant stock from 1980 to 2015

In 2015 a total of 53,860 migrants lived in Belize. 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.