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Asylum applications and refugees from the Dominican Republic

754 People from the Dominican Republic fled and applied for asylum in other countries in 2021, according to UNHCR data. This corresponds to approximately 0.007% of all residents. The most destination countries hereof have been Mexico, United States and France. Overall, 81 percent of the asylum applications have been rejected. The most successful have been the refugees in the Netherlands and in Canada.

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Asylum applications of refugees from the Dominican Republic

The total number of initial and continuing applications refers to the year 2021. 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

DestinationAppliedAcceptedRejectedAcceptance
rate
Mexico200142734.1 %
United States1470400.0 %
France10351064.5 %
Spain960200.0 %
Uruguay6900
Canada52321765.3 %
Costa Rica4100
Italy2051229.4 %
Argentina1554011.1 %
Brazil60100.0 %
Greece50120.0 %
Netherlands050100.0 %
Totals7546628418.9 %

Reviews

DestinationAppliedAcceptedRejectedAcceptance
rate
Mexico000
United States2160720.0 %
France530630.0 %
Spain000
Uruguay000
Canada180120.0 %
Costa Rica000
Italy000
Argentina3400
Brazil000
Greece5050.0 %
Netherlands000
Totals32601520.0 %


National migrant stock from 1960 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.
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