Asylum applications and refugees in Saudi Arabia

Development of incoming asylum applications in Saudi Arabia 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 foreign refugees in Saudi Arabia

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
Origin		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
Syria		2,187	89	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Yemen		56	19	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
China		10	0	0			0	0	0
unknown		7	0	0			0	0	0
Eritrea		6	0	0			0	0	0
Totals		2,266	108	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Asylum applications of refugees from Saudi Arabia Saudi Arabia is one of the countries, were refugees are not only migratiing in. Only in the year 2018 there have been 653 asylum applications, which were received for citizens from Saudi Arabia in other countries. Most successful have been the applications in Italy and in Lebanon.
		New Applications					Reviews
Destination		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
Canada		204	100	8	92.6 %		12	0	6	0.0 %
United States		166	62	35	63.9 %		82	7	5	58.3 %
United Kingdom		88	27	23	54.0 %		12	0	10	0.0 %
Germany		36	12	14	46.2 %		20	5	12	29.4 %
Australia		34	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
New Zealand		31	6	8	42.9 %		0	0	0
Jordan		14	0	0			0	0	0
Italy		13	6	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Ecuador		11	0	0			0	0	0
Turkey		9	0	0			0	0	0
Switzerland		7	0	0			0	0	0
Lebanon		7	5	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
South Korea		6	0	0			0	0	0
Norway		6	0	0			6	0	5	0.0 %
Sweden		6	0	0			9	0	7	0.0 %
Brazil		5	0	0			0	0	0
Netherlands		5	0	0			0	0	0
Philippines		5	0	0			0	0	0
Totals		653	218	93	70.1 %		141	12	45	21.1 %

National migrant stock from 1980 to 2015

In 2015 a total of 10,185,945 migrants lived in Saudi Arabia. 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.


(Values of the graph in millions of immigrants)