Asylum applications and refugees from Afghanistan
125,483 people from Afghanistan fled in 2021 and applied for asylum in other countries, according to UNHCR data. This corresponds to approximately 0.313% of all residents. The most common destination countries have been Germany, Turkey and France. The most successful have been the refugees in Spain and Malaysia.A total of 465 people fled to the United States from Afghanistan. With 156 positive decisions, 82.54 percent of all new applications have been accepted. Another 33 applications were rejected, and no decisions were made on those remaining in 2021.
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Development of asylum applications from citizens from Afghanistan 2000 to 2021
The top line represents the total number of asylum applications (first applications + reviews). Below are the number of recognized refugees (green) and rejected applications (red).Asylum applications of refugees from Afghanistan
The total number of initial and continuing applications refers to the year 2021. Please note that the number of decisions (acceptances or rejections) does not have to add up with the number of applications because there may still have been open cases from previous years. Also, they don't 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 | |||||
| Destination | Applied | Accepted | Rejected | Acceptance rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 23,276 | 1,409 | 1,413 | 49.9 % | |
| Turkey | 21,926 | 4,340 | 2,828 | 60.5 % | |
| France | 12,488 | 4,611 | 4,108 | 52.9 % | |
| Austria | 8,739 | 2,568 | 1,086 | 70.3 % | |
| Tajikistan | 6,372 | 3,675 | 60 | 98.4 % | |
| Bulgaria | 6,026 | 50 | 32 | 61.0 % | |
| Belgium | 5,150 | 815 | 1,190 | 40.6 % | |
| Italy | 4,381 | 2,046 | 104 | 95.2 % | |
| Romania | 4,259 | 164 | 804 | 16.9 % | |
| Pakistan | 3,609 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Greece | 3,168 | 4,235 | 820 | 83.8 % | |
| United Kingdom | 3,088 | 792 | 173 | 82.1 % | |
| Netherlands | 3,008 | 2,344 | 82 | 96.6 % | |
| Switzerland | 2,960 | 446 | 51 | 89.7 % | |
| Slovenia | 2,593 | 5 | 10 | 33.3 % | |
| India | 1,829 | 1,570 | 175 | 90.0 % | |
| Poland | 1,664 | 751 | 52 | 93.5 % | |
| Croatia | 1,622 | 40 | 5 | 88.9 % | |
| Spain | 1,622 | 703 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Australia | 1,138 | 161 | 31 | 83.9 % | |
| Sweden | 772 | 186 | 141 | 56.9 % | |
| Portugal | 665 | 67 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Ukraine | 575 | 48 | 59 | 44.9 % | |
| Denmark | 555 | 0 | 34 | 0.0 % | |
| Russia | 531 | 216 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| United States | 465 | 156 | 33 | 82.5 % | |
| Canada | 337 | 363 | 56 | 86.6 % | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 308 | 0 | 30 | 0.0 % | |
| Norway | 256 | 32 | 17 | 65.3 % | |
| Malaysia | 244 | 245 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Finland | 224 | 281 | 102 | 73.4 % | |
| Kazakhstan | 208 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 % | |
| Ireland | 202 | 165 | 20 | 89.2 % | |
| Czechia | 174 | 118 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Azerbaijan | 147 | 136 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Cyprus | 133 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Luxembourg | 115 | 80 | 35 | 69.6 % | |
| Slovakia | 103 | 16 | 5 | 76.2 % | |
| Montenegro | 97 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iceland | 83 | 21 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Latvia | 70 | 22 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Serbia | 56 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Georgia | 40 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Belarus | 34 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 31 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| China | 24 | 14 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| South Korea | 18 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Estonia | 17 | 15 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Egypt | 15 | 10 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Lebanon | 10 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Lithuania | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Thailand | 9 | 18 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Sri Lanka | 7 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Hungary | 6 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Albania | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Indonesia | 5 | 146 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| North Macedonia | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Morocco | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| New Zealand | 5 | 18 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Brazil | 0 | 10 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Japan | 0 | 11 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Kenya | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Madagascar | 0 | 10 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Syria | 0 | 15 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Uruguay | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Totals | 125,483 | 33,184 | 13,577 | 71.0 % | |
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