Asylum applications and refugees in Belize

59 asylum applications by refugees were received in 2020 in Belize - according to UNHCR. All these refugees had come from El Salvador. A total of 0 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 2020. 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
	New Applications
El Salvador	59	0	0
Totals	59	0	0

Origin	applied	accepted	rejected
	Reviews
El Salvador	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 2020 there have been 23 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
United States	13	0	11	0.0 %
Mexico	10	5	0	100.0 %
Ireland	0	0	5	0.0 %
Totals	23	5	16	23.8 %

Destination	applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
	Reviews
United States	52	0	5	0.0 %
Mexico	0	0	0
Ireland	0	0	0
Totals	52	0	5	0.0 %

National migrant stock from 1960 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.

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