Asylum applications and refugees in Belize

530 asylum applications by refugees were received in 2019 in Belize - according to UNHCR. Most of them came from El Salvador. A total of 33 decisions have been made on initial applications.

In a second table below you find the refugees, who fled from Belize and made their asylum application in other countries.

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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.

Origin	applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
	New Applications
El Salvador	367	0	23	0.0 %
Honduras	107	0	10	0.0 %
Nicaragua	30	0	0
Guatemala	21	0	0
Cuba	5	0	0
Totals	530	0	33	0.0 %

Origin	applied	accepted	rejected
	Reviews
El Salvador	0	0	0
Honduras	0	0	0
Nicaragua	0	0	0
Guatemala	0	0	0
Cuba	0	0	0
Totals	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.

Destination	applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
	New Applications
Mexico	26	5	0	100.0 %
United States	11	0	12	0.0 %
Totals	37	5	12	29.4 %

Destination	applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
	Reviews
Mexico	0	0	0
United States	84	0	20	0.0 %
Totals	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.