Asylum applications and refugees in Suriname

Asylum applications of foreign refugees in Suriname

The total number of initial and continuing applications refers to the year 2018. 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
Cuba		144	5	12	29.4 %		0	0	0
Venezuela		38	6	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Dominican Republic		14	0	0			0	0	0
Totals		196	11	12	47.8 %		0	0	0
Asylum applications of refugees from Suriname Suriname is one of the countries, were refugees are not only migratiing in. Only in the year 2018 there have been 28 asylum applications, which were received for citizens from Suriname in other countries. Most successful have been the applications in the Netherlands.
		New Applications					Reviews
Destination		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
Belgium		10	0	0			0	0	0
Canada		7	0	0			0	0	0
France		6	0	0			0	0	0
Netherlands		5	0	6	0.0 %		0	0	0
Totals		28	0	6	0.0 %		0	0	0

National migrant stock from 1980 to 2015

In 2015 a total of 46,836 migrants lived in Suriname. 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.