Asylum applications and refugees from Thailand
1,305 people from Thailand have fled in 2019 and applied for asylum in other countries. This corresponds to approximately 0.002% of all residents. The most destination countries hereof have been Australia, South Korea and the United Kingdom. Overall, 99 percent of the asylum applications have been rejected. The most successful have been the refugees in Laos and in the United States.In a second listing below you find the refugees, who came from foreign countries and made their appication in Thailand.
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Development of asylum applications from citizens from Thailand 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 Thailand
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 | |||||
| Destination | applied | accepted | rejected | acceptance rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 919 | 0 | 1,113 | 0.0 % | |
| South Korea | 284 | 0 | 77 | 0.0 % | |
| United Kingdom | 40 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 % | |
| United States | 19 | 5 | 15 | 25.0 % | |
| Sweden | 13 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 % | |
| Israel | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Laos | 10 | 10 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Canada | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Germany | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Totals | 1,305 | 15 | 1,243 | 1.2 % | |
Reviews | ||||
| Destination | applied | accepted | rejected | acceptance rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 964 | 0 | 18 | 0.0 % |
| South Korea | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| United Kingdom | 5 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 % |
| United States | 51 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % |
| Sweden | 10 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 % |
| Israel | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Laos | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Canada | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % |
| Germany | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,030 | 5 | 46 | 9.8 % |
Asylum applications of foreign refugees in Thailand
Thailand 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 701 asylum applications from refugees of other countries. The most successful have been the refugees from Cameroon and from Afghanistan.New Applications | |||||
| Origin | applied | accepted | rejected | acceptance rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vietnam | 227 | 82 | 89 | 48.0 % | |
| Cambodia | 125 | 43 | 48 | 47.3 % | |
| Pakistan | 123 | 88 | 22 | 80.0 % | |
| Cameroon | 46 | 25 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Afghanistan | 34 | 19 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Iran | 28 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 % | |
| Burma | 24 | 15 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| China | 22 | 10 | 5 | 66.7 % | |
| Somalia | 19 | 12 | 5 | 70.6 % | |
| Syria | 13 | 10 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Yemen | 10 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Egypt | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ethiopia | 5 | 10 | 5 | 66.7 % | |
| West Bank | 5 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 % | |
| Iraq | 5 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 % | |
| Kuwait | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Laos | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Totals | 701 | 339 | 194 | 63.6 % | |
Reviews | ||||
| Origin | applied | accepted | rejected | acceptance rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vietnam | 118 | 5 | 96 | 5.0 % |
| Cambodia | 48 | 5 | 44 | 10.2 % |
| Pakistan | 41 | 0 | 29 | 0.0 % |
| Cameroon | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % |
| Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Iran | 10 | 10 | 0 | 100.0 % |
| Burma | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| China | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Somalia | 12 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 % |
| Syria | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Yemen | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Egypt | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| West Bank | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Iraq | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kuwait | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Laos | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 234 | 25 | 179 | 12.3 % |