Asylum applications and refugees in Bolivia
896 asylum applications by refugees were received in 2020 in Bolivia - according to UNHCR. Most of them came from Venezuela. A total of 541 decisions have been made on initial applications. Which were around 47% answered positively. 53 percent of asylum applications have been rejected in the first instance. Most successful have been the applications of refugees from Peru and from Venezuela.In a second table below you find the refugees, who fled from Bolivia and made their asylum application in other countries.
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Asylum applications of foreign refugees in Bolivia
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.New Applications | |||||
| Origin | applied | accepted | rejected | acceptance rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venezuela | 841 | 242 | 273 | 47.0 % | |
| Colombia | 22 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 % | |
| Peru | 21 | 11 | 5 | 68.8 % | |
| Ecuador | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cuba | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 896 | 253 | 288 | 46.8 % | |
Reviews | ||||
| Origin | applied | accepted | rejected | acceptance rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Colombia | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Peru | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ecuador | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cuba | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Asylum applications of refugees from Bolivia
Bolivia is one of the countries, were refugees are not only migratiing in. Only in the year 2020 there have been 256 asylum applications, which were received for citizens from Bolivia in other countries. Most successful have been the applications in Argentina and in Ireland.New Applications | |||||
| Destination | applied | accepted | rejected | acceptance rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 122 | 0 | 58 | 0.0 % | |
| Argentina | 65 | 60 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| United States | 37 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 % | |
| Ireland | 14 | 11 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| United Kingdom | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Sweden | 8 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 % | |
| France | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 256 | 71 | 90 | 44.1 % | |
Reviews | ||||
| Destination | applied | accepted | rejected | acceptance rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Argentina | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| United States | 28 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 % |
| Ireland | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| United Kingdom | 6 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % |
| Sweden | 20 | 0 | 23 | 0.0 % |
| France | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % |
| Totals | 64 | 5 | 38 | 11.6 % |