Asylum applications and refugees from Indonesia

Development of asylum applications from citizens from Indonesia 2000 to 2018

The top line represents the total number of asylum applications (first applications + reviews). Below there are the number of recognized refugees (green) and the rejected applications (red).

Asylum applications of refugees from Indonesia

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
Destination		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
Japan		634	0	1,480	0.0 %		1,047	0	1,057	0.0 %
Australia		618	55	543	9.2 %		398	9	36	20.0 %
United States		294	57	201	22.1 %		368	19	22	46.3 %
Malaysia		75	7	6	53.8 %		0	0	0
Canada		30	16	8	66.7 %		0	0	5	0.0 %
United Kingdom		20	7	14	33.3 %		7	0	6	0.0 %
South Korea		16	0	0			0	0	0
Germany		10	0	5	0.0 %		10	0	0
Greece		10	0	16	0.0 %		18	0	0
Netherlands		6	0	0			0	0	0
Denmark		0	0	6	0.0 %		5	0	0
Finland		0	0	9	0.0 %		0	0	0
Totals		1,713	142	2,288	5.8 %		1,853	28	1,126	2.4 %
Asylum applications of foreign refugees in Indonesia Indonesia 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 2018 there have been 1,356 asylum applications from refugees of other countries. The most successful have been the refugees from Afghanistan and from Somalia.
		New Applications					Reviews
Origin		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
Afghanistan		485	873	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Yemen		176	34	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Eritrea		171	7	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Burma		128	29	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Iraq		77	74	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Sudan		68	112	5	95.7 %		5	0	0
unknown		43	9	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Sri Lanka		41	43	43	50.0 %		43	0	31	0.0 %
Somalia		34	171	0	100.0 %		0	0	6	0.0 %
Iran		33	45	38	54.2 %		37	42	20	67.7 %
Turkey		28	0	0			0	0	0
Pakistan		22	19	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Egypt		12	0	5	0.0 %		5	0	0
Ethiopia		9	17	17	50.0 %		13	0	9	0.0 %
Cameroon		8	0	29	0.0 %		29	0	21	0.0 %
Congo (Dem. Republic)		8	0	8	0.0 %		8	0	5	0.0 %
Ivory Coast		7	0	9	0.0 %		9	0	0
Syria		6	0	0			0	0	0
Bangladesh		0	0	8	0.0 %		8	0	6	0.0 %
Libya		0	7	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Nigeria		0	0	5	0.0 %		5	0	11	0.0 %
Totals		1,356	1,440	167	89.6 %		162	42	109	27.8 %

National migrant stock from 1980 to 2015

In 2015 a total of 328,846 migrants lived in Indonesia. 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.