Asylum applications and refugees from Tajikistan
1,146 people from Tajikistan have fled in 2018 and applied for asylum in other countries. This corresponds to approximately 0.012% of all residents. The most destination countries hereof have been Germany, Netherlands and Lithuania. Overall, 79 percent of the asylum applications have been rejected. The most successful have been the refugees in Canada and in Switzerland.
A total of 411 people from Tajikistan fled to Germany. With a total of 68 positive decisions 11.37 percent of all applications have been accepted.
In a second listing below you find the refugees, who came from foreign countries and made their appication in Tajikistan.
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Refugee countries by origin and destinationBack to overview: TajikistanDevelopment of asylum applications from citizens from Tajikistan 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 refugees from Tajikistan
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 |
| Destination | | applied | accepted | rejected | acceptance
rate | | applied | accepted | rejected | acceptance
rate |
|---|
| Germany | | 411 | 68 | 530 | 11.4 % | | 1,113 | 5 | 460 | 1.1 % |
| Netherlands | | 178 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lithuania | | 118 | 28 | 23 | 54.9 % | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Turkey | | 72 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| United States | | 64 | 17 | 34 | 33.3 % | | 49 | 16 | 0 | 100.0 % |
| Sweden | | 56 | 0 | 35 | 0.0 % | | 70 | 0 | 27 | 0.0 % |
| Russia | | 46 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Poland | | 36 | 10 | 77 | 11.5 % | | 53 | 0 | 106 | 0.0 % |
| Austria | | 34 | 52 | 17 | 75.4 % | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ukraine | | 25 | 0 | 30 | 0.0 % | | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Canada | | 23 | 8 | 0 | 100.0 % | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| South Korea | | 11 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Belgium | | 10 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Switzerland | | 9 | 7 | 0 | 100.0 % | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greece | | 9 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Egypt | | 8 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| United Kingdom | | 7 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Israel | | 7 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jordan | | 7 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Latvia | | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Portugal | | 5 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | | 5 | 0 | 0 | | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | | 1,146 | 195 | 751 | 20.6 % | | 1,306 | 21 | 593 | 3.4 % |
Asylum applications of foreign refugees in TajikistanTajikistan 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 2018 there have been 521 asylum applications from refugees of other countries. The most successful have been the refugees from Afghanistan. |
| | | New Applications | | Reviews |
| Origin | | applied | accepted | rejected | acceptance
rate | | applied | accepted | rejected | acceptance
rate |
|---|
| Afghanistan | | 521 | 580 | 66 | 89.8 % | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | | 521 | 580 | 66 | 89.8 % | | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
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.