Asylum applications and refugees from the Dominican Republic

Development of asylum applications from citizens from the Dominican Republic 2000 to 2019

The top line represents the total number of asylum applications (first applications + reviews). Below there are the number of recognized refugees (green) and the rejected applications (red).

Asylum applications of refugees from the Dominican Republic

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
Destination		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
France		375	5	352	1.4 %		291	0	54	0.0 %
Argentina		196	0	64	0.0 %		37	0	11	0.0 %
Uruguay		193	0	0			0	0	0
Spain		165	5	105	4.5 %		0	0	0
Brazil		123	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Canada		74	16	18	47.1 %		10	0	5	0.0 %
United States		42	16	68	19.0 %		355	16	111	12.6 %
Italy		28	5	34	12.8 %		0	0	0
Greece		20	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Germany		11	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	5	0.0 %
Chile		10	0	13	0.0 %		0	0	0
Netherlands		10	0	0			0	0	0
Ecuador		5	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Panama		5	0	0			0	0	0
Totals		1,257	47	674	6.5 %		693	16	186	7.9 %
Asylum applications of foreign refugees in the Dominican Republic The Dominican Republic is not only a country from which many people escape. There are also refugees from other countries, who apply for asylum here and hope for a better future. Only in the year 2019 there have been 179 asylum applications from refugees of other countries. The most successful have been the refugees from Venezuela.
		New Applications					Reviews
Origin		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
Venezuela		179	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Totals		179	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0

National migrant stock from 1980 to 2015

In 2015 a total of 415,564 migrants lived in the Dominican Republic. 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.