Asylum applications and refugees from Belarus

Development of asylum applications from citizens from Belarus 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 Belarus

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
United States		412	131	221	37.2 %		228	39	6	86.7 %
Israel		376	0	13	0.0 %		0	0	0
Netherlands		252	0	6	0.0 %		0	0	0
Germany		178	0	73	0.0 %		234	0	56	0.0 %
Sweden		83	0	53	0.0 %		114	0	67	0.0 %
France		72	0	35	0.0 %		36	0	7	0.0 %
Belgium		50	5	15	25.0 %		0	0	15	0.0 %
Switzerland		50	0	20	0.0 %		10	0	0
Spain		35	0	7	0.0 %		0	0	0
Finland		34	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Italy		32	0	7	0.0 %		0	0	0
Denmark		31	0	18	0.0 %		15	0	0
Poland		26	5	20	20.0 %		25	0	17	0.0 %
Austria		25	0	16	0.0 %		0	0	0
Liechtenstein		25	0	0			0	0	0
United Kingdom		15	0	14	0.0 %		8	0	0
Lithuania		15	0	24	0.0 %		0	0	0
Luxembourg		15	0	5	0.0 %		5	0	0
Ukraine		12	0	0			0	0	0
Greece		10	0	0			0	0	0
Canada		9	14	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Czechia		8	0	0			5	0	0
Estonia		0	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Totals		1,765	155	557	21.8 %		680	39	168	18.8 %
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 2018 there have been 861 asylum applications from refugees of other countries. The most successful have been the refugees from Ukraine and from Bangladesh.
		New Applications					Reviews
Origin		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
Ukraine		761	0	17	0.0 %		0	0	0
Afghanistan		35	0	0			0	0	0
Syria		19	0	0			0	0	0
Iraq		13	0	0			0	0	0
Russia		9	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Cuba		7	0	0			0	0	0
Turkey		7	0	0			0	0	0
Bangladesh		5	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Yemen		5	0	0			0	0	0
Totals		861	0	27	0.0 %		0	0	0

National migrant stock from 1990 to 2015

In 2015 a total of 1,082,905 migrants lived in Belarus. 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)