Asylum applications and refugees in Suriname
759 asylum applications by refugees were received in 2020 in Suriname - according to UNHCR. The countries of origin were exclusively Cuba and Venezuela. A total of 25 decisions have been made on initial applications. Which were around 60% answered positively. 40 percent of asylum applications have been rejected in the first instance. Most successful have been the applications of refugees from Venezuela and from Cuba.In a second table below you find the refugees, who fled from Suriname and made their asylum application in other countries.
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Asylum applications of foreign refugees in Suriname
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 | |
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Cuba | 683 | 10 | 10 | 50.0 % | |
Venezuela | 76 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
Totals | 759 | 15 | 10 | 60.0 % |
Asylum applications of refugees from Suriname
Suriname is one of the countries, were refugees are not only migratiing in. Only in the year 2020 there have been 82 asylum applications, which were received for citizens from Suriname in other countries.New Applications | |||||
Destination | applied | accepted | rejected | acceptance rate | |
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Belgium | 36 | 0 | 95 | 0.0 % | |
France | 24 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 % | |
Netherlands | 17 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
United States | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
Totals | 82 | 0 | 115 | 0.0 % |
Reviews | ||||
Destination | applied | accepted | rejected | acceptance rate |
---|---|---|---|---|
Belgium | 8 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 % |
France | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % |
Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
United States | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Totals | 13 | 0 | 25 | 0.0 % |