Asylum applications and refugees from Indonesia

Development of asylum applications from citizens from Indonesia 2000 to 2019

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 2019. 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
Australia		752	16	57	21.9 %		44	0	71	0.0 %
United States		261	75	415	15.3 %		444	33	15	68.8 %
Malaysia		92	29	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
South Korea		87	0	36	0.0 %		0	0	0
Japan		53	0	0			263	0	596	0.0 %
Canada		45	23	5	82.1 %		5	0	5	0.0 %
Greece		41	0	11	0.0 %		0	0	0
United Kingdom		37	5	5	50.0 %		0	0	0
Germany		11	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	5	0.0 %
Denmark		0	0	5	0.0 %		5	0	10	0.0 %
Italy		0	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Totals		1,379	148	544	21.4 %		761	33	702	4.5 %
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 2019 there have been 987 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		372	79	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Yemen		158	5	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Sri Lanka		128	5	24	17.2 %		25	0	5	0.0 %
Somalia		66	35	0	100.0 %		5	5	0	100.0 %
Eritrea		60	22	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Sudan		49	5	10	33.3 %		10	0	0
West Bank		33	5	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Iran		29	10	10	50.0 %		29	30	10	75.0 %
Burma		24	0	0			0	0	0
Iraq		18	0	0			0	0	0
Egypt		10	5	5	50.0 %		5	0	0
Cameroon		10	0	5	0.0 %		5	0	10	0.0 %
Ethiopia		10	5	10	33.3 %		10	0	10	0.0 %
Bangladesh		5	0	5	0.0 %		5	0	5	0.0 %
Ivory Coast		5	0	5	0.0 %		5	0	5	0.0 %
Pakistan		5	5	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Turkey		5	0	0			0	0	0
Angola		0	5	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Congo (Dem. Republic)		0	5	0	100.0 %		0	0	5	0.0 %
Totals		987	191	74	72.1 %		99	35	50	41.2 %

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.