Asylum applications and refugees from Qatar

6 people from Qatar fled in 2021 and applied for asylum in other countries, according to UNHCR data. The mostly chosen host country has been the United Kingdom. A total of only 0 percent of asylum applications have been rejected. The most successful have been the refugees in the United Kingdom and Canada.

In a second table below you can additionally find the refugees who came from abroad and applied for asylum in Qatar.

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Asylum applications of refugees from Qatar

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.

Destination	Applied	Accepted	Rejected	Acceptance rate
	New Applications
United Kingdom	6	10	0	100.0 %
Canada	0	5	0	100.0 %
United States	0	5	0	100.0 %
Totals	6	20	0	100.0 %

Destination	Applied	Accepted	Rejected
	Reviews
United Kingdom	0	0	0
Canada	0	0	0
United States	5	0	0
Totals	5	0	0

Asylum applications from foreign refugees in Qatar

Qatar 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. In the year 2021, there have been 5 asylum applications from refugees of other countries. The most successful have been the refugees from Pakistan.

Origin	Applied	Accepted	Rejected	Acceptance rate
	New Applications
Pakistan	5	5	0	100.0 %
Totals	5	5	0	100.0 %

Origin	Applied	Accepted	Rejected
	Reviews
Pakistan	0	0	0
Totals	0	0	0

National migrant stock from 1960 to 2020

In 2020 a total of 2,226,192 migrants lived in Qatar, representing about 3 percent of the total population. These are all residents who live permanently in the country but were born in another country. The numbers includes granted refugees but no asylum seekers. The data are based on the results of censuses, as well as on estimates and projections from the United Nations Population Division.

(Values of the graph in millions of immigrants)

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