Asylum applications and refugees in Bolivia

Asylum applications of foreign refugees in Bolivia

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
Venezuela		870	0	480	0.0 %		0	0	0
Colombia		16	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Argentina		5	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Cuba		5	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Totals		896	0	495	0.0 %		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 2019 there have been 305 asylum applications, which were received for citizens from Bolivia in other countries. Most successful have been the applications in Ireland and in Italy.
		New Applications					Reviews
Destination		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
Spain		112	0	33	0.0 %		0	0	0
United States		47	5	34	12.8 %		74	10	5	66.7 %
United Kingdom		37	5	25	16.7 %		5	0	5	0.0 %
France		26	0	12	0.0 %		10	0	5	0.0 %
Sweden		26	0	25	0.0 %		45	0	54	0.0 %
Ireland		19	5	5	50.0 %		0	0	0
Italy		18	5	18	21.7 %		0	0	0
Canada		10	0	5	0.0 %		5	0	0
Mexico		10	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Totals		305	20	162	11.0 %		139	10	69	12.7 %

National migrant stock from 1980 to 2015

In 2015 a total of 142,989 migrants lived in Bolivia. 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.