Asylum applications and refugees in Tajikistan

Development of incoming asylum applications in Tajikistan 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 foreign refugees in Tajikistan

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
Origin		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
Afghanistan		3,235	1,925	210	90.2 %		0	0	0
Totals		3,235	1,925	210	90.2 %		0	0	0
Asylum applications of refugees from Tajikistan Tajikistan is one of the countries, were refugees are not only migratiing in. Only in the year 2019 there have been 1,265 asylum applications, which were received for citizens from Tajikistan in other countries. Most successful have been the applications in Russia and in Canada.
		New Applications					Reviews
Destination		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
Germany		412	59	249	19.2 %		187	79	616	11.4 %
Lithuania		217	16	93	14.7 %		0	0	0
Netherlands		109	0	5	0.0 %		5	0	0
Sweden		86	12	27	30.8 %		46	0	56	0.0 %
Poland		80	10	61	14.1 %		74	0	27	0.0 %
Russia		73	18	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
United States		71	14	43	24.6 %		85	16	0	100.0 %
Ukraine		61	10	40	20.0 %		138	5	13	27.8 %
France		58	0	52	0.0 %		61	5	5	50.0 %
Austria		28	30	19	61.2 %		0	0	0
South Korea		10	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Finland		10	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
United Kingdom		10	0	5	0.0 %		5	0	0
Slovenia		10	0	0			5	0	0
Switzerland		10	5	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Canada		5	5	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Hungary		5	0	10	0.0 %		0	0	0
Italy		5	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
India		5	0	0			0	0	0
Belgium		0	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Egypt		0	0	16	0.0 %		10	0	5	0.0 %
Totals		1,265	179	640	21.9 %		616	105	722	12.7 %

National migrant stock from 1990 to 2015

In 2015 a total of 275,059 migrants lived in Tajikistan. 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.