Asylum applications and refugees from Bosnia and Herzegovina

Development of asylum applications from citizens from Bosnia and Herzegovina 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 Bosnia and Herzegovina

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
Destination		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
France		787	22	375	5.5 %		276	12	92	11.5 %
Germany		286	0	251	0.0 %		347	0	102	0.0 %
Netherlands		72	0	59	0.0 %		22	0	5	0.0 %
Italy		67	5	61	7.6 %		0	0	0
Sweden		64	0	53	0.0 %		86	0	66	0.0 %
Switzerland		24	0	18	0.0 %		20	0	0
United States		21	12	13	48.0 %		33	10	18	35.7 %
Austria		18	5	27	15.6 %		0	0	0
Belgium		15	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Denmark		5	0	5	0.0 %		5	0	0
Slovenia		5	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Norway		0	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Totals		1,364	44	877	4.8 %		789	22	283	7.2 %
Asylum applications of foreign refugees in Bosnia and Herzegovina Bosnia and Herzegovina 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 762 asylum applications from refugees of other countries. The most successful have been the refugees from Iran and from Afghanistan.
		New Applications					Reviews
Origin		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
Iraq		327	0	0			0	0	0
Iran		121	5	5	50.0 %		5	0	0
Afghanistan		79	0	14	0.0 %		10	0	10	0.0 %
Turkey		74	0	0			0	0	0
Pakistan		68	0	5	0.0 %		5	0	5	0.0 %
Syria		58	0	0			0	0	0
West Bank		10	0	0			0	0	0
India		10	0	0			0	0	0
Libya		5	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Morocco		5	0	0			0	0	0
Somalia		5	0	0			0	0	0
Totals		762	5	29	14.7 %		20	0	15	0.0 %

National migrant stock from 1990 to 2015

In 2015 a total of 34,803 migrants lived in Bosnia and Herzegovina. 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.