Refugees from Paraguay

Asylum applications of refugees from Paraguay

The total number of initial and continuing applications refers to the year 2017. 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
Brazil		23	0	0			0	0	0
United States		15	0	0			5	0	0
Spain		13	0	0			0	0	0
Uruguay		6	0	0			0	0	0
Totals		57	0	0			5	0	0
Asylum applications of foreign refugees in Paraguay Paraguay 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 2017 there have been 52 asylum applications from refugees of other countries. The most successful have been the refugees from Cuba.
		New Applications					Reviews
Origin		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
Cuba		19	7	6	53.8 %		0	0	0
Syria		15	0	0			0	0	0
Venezuela		12	0	0			0	0	0
El Salvador		6	0	0			0	0	0
Totals		52	7	6	53.8 %		0	0	0

National migrant stock from 1980 to 2015

In 2015 a total of 156,462 migrants lived in Paraguay. 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.