Asylum applications and refugees in Suriname

759 asylum applications by refugees were received in 2020 in Suriname - according to UNHCR. The amount of the origin countries with Cuba and Venezuela very limited. 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.

Origin	applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
	New Applications
Cuba	683	10	10	50.0 %
Venezuela	76	5	0	100.0 %
Totals	759	15	10	60.0 %

Origin	applied	accepted	rejected
	Reviews
Cuba	0	0	0
Venezuela	0	0	0
Totals	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 2020 there have been 82 asylum applications, which were received for citizens from Suriname in other countries.

Destination	applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
	New Applications
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 %

Destination	applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
	Reviews
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 %

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.