Asylum applications and refugees from Indonesia
1,082 people from Indonesia have fled in 2020 and applied for asylum in other countries. The most destination countries hereof have been Australia, United States and New Zealand. Overall, 94 percent of the asylum applications have been rejected. The most successful have been the refugees in the United Kingdom and in Malaysia.A total of 202 people fled to the United States from Indonesia. With 18 positive decisions, 18.00 percent of all new applications have been accepted.
In a second listing below you find the refugees, who came from foreign countries and made their appication in Indonesia.
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Development of asylum applications from citizens from Indonesia 2000 to 2020
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 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 | |||||
| Destination | applied | accepted | rejected | acceptance rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 605 | 14 | 664 | 2.1 % | |
| United States | 202 | 18 | 82 | 18.0 % | |
| New Zealand | 111 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greece | 71 | 0 | 50 | 0.0 % | |
| United Kingdom | 41 | 12 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Malaysia | 32 | 11 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| South Korea | 15 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 % | |
| Sweden | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Belgium | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Totals | 1,082 | 55 | 816 | 6.3 % | |
Reviews | ||||
| Destination | applied | accepted | rejected | acceptance rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 547 | 0 | 78 | 0.0 % |
| United States | 168 | 15 | 17 | 46.9 % |
| New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greece | 15 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 % |
| United Kingdom | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Malaysia | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| South Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sweden | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Belgium | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 730 | 15 | 109 | 12.1 % |
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 2020 there have been 571 asylum applications from refugees of other countries. The most successful have been the refugees from Afghanistan and from Somalia.New Applications | |||||
| Origin | applied | accepted | rejected | acceptance rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burma | 405 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Afghanistan | 40 | 89 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Sri Lanka | 33 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| West Bank | 22 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Yemen | 19 | 15 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Somalia | 17 | 75 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Cameroon | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Sudan | 7 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Eritrea | 6 | 48 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Iran | 5 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 % | |
| Iraq | 5 | 14 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Libya | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Totals | 571 | 251 | 25 | 90.9 % | |
Reviews | ||||
| Origin | applied | accepted | rejected | acceptance rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burma | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sri Lanka | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| West Bank | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Yemen | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Somalia | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cameroon | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Eritrea | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Iran | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Iraq | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Libya | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bangladesh | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 22 | 0 | 0 | |
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