Asylum applications and refugees from Belarus
1,671 people from Belarus have fled in 2020 and applied for asylum in other countries. This corresponds to approximately 0.018% of all residents. The most destination countries hereof have been Poland, United States and Israel. Overall, 86 percent of the asylum applications have been rejected. The most successful have been the refugees in the United Kingdom and in Czechia.A total of 142 people from Belarus fled to Germany. With a total of 5 positive decisions 5.38 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 Belarus.
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Development of asylum applications from citizens from Belarus 2000 to 2020
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 Belarus
The total number of initial and continuing applications refers to the year 2020. 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 387 | 10 | 20 | 33.3 % | |
| United States | 259 | 30 | 74 | 28.8 % | |
| Israel | 165 | 0 | 29 | 0.0 % | |
| Germany | 142 | 5 | 88 | 5.4 % | |
| France | 96 | 10 | 42 | 19.2 % | |
| Sweden | 87 | 0 | 36 | 0.0 % | |
| Netherlands | 84 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Lithuania | 81 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 % | |
| Czechia | 58 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 % | |
| Belgium | 57 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 % | |
| Latvia | 44 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Spain | 42 | 5 | 24 | 17.2 % | |
| Switzerland | 30 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 % | |
| Ukraine | 28 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| United Kingdom | 26 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Italy | 25 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 % | |
| Austria | 24 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 % | |
| Denmark | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Finland | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Luxembourg | 7 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 % | |
| Norway | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Greece | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iceland | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Canada | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Totals | 1,671 | 70 | 419 | 14.3 % | |
Reviews | ||||
| Destination | applied | accepted | rejected | acceptance rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poland | 25 | 0 | 32 | 0.0 % |
| United States | 157 | 13 | 0 | 100.0 % |
| Israel | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Germany | 25 | 0 | 48 | 0.0 % |
| France | 36 | 14 | 10 | 58.3 % |
| Sweden | 75 | 5 | 56 | 8.2 % |
| Netherlands | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Lithuania | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Czechia | 7 | 0 | 0 | |
| Belgium | 15 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % |
| Latvia | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Switzerland | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| United Kingdom | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Austria | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Denmark | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % |
| Finland | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Luxembourg | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Norway | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Greece | 5 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 % |
| Iceland | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % |
| Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 366 | 32 | 173 | 15.6 % |
Asylum applications of foreign refugees in Belarus
Belarus 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 2020 there have been 562 asylum applications from refugees of other countries. The most successful have been the refugees from Afghanistan and from West Bank.New Applications | |||||
| Origin | applied | accepted | rejected | acceptance rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 441 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 % | |
| Russia | 21 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 % | |
| Syria | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Turkey | 12 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Afghanistan | 11 | 10 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Yemen | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Armenia | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Cameroon | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Kazakhstan | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 % | |
| Iraq | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Azerbaijan | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Mongolia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Pakistan | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Uzbekistan | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Egypt | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Cuba | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| West Bank | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Tajikistan | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Totals | 562 | 15 | 75 | 16.7 % | |
Reviews | ||||
| Origin | applied | accepted | rejected | acceptance rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ukraine | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % |
| Russia | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 % |
| Syria | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Yemen | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Armenia | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % |
| Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Kazakhstan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Iraq | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Azerbaijan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mongolia | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % |
| Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Uzbekistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Egypt | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cuba | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % |
| West Bank | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Tajikistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 22 | 0 | 30 | 0.0 % |