Asylum applications and refugees from Bosnia and Herzegovina

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

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
France		826	19	471	3.9 %		445	16	130	11.0 %
Germany		408	0	346	0.0 %		807	0	216	0.0 %
Sweden		80	0	62	0.0 %		87	0	66	0.0 %
Italy		64	0	35	0.0 %		0	0	0
Netherlands		49	0	52	0.0 %		8	0	0
Switzerland		48	0	25	0.0 %		6	0	0
United States		40	10	11	47.6 %		38	0	10	0.0 %
Austria		21	0	20	0.0 %		0	0	0
Belgium		15	5	20	20.0 %		10	0	20	0.0 %
Denmark		14	0	7	0.0 %		0	0	0
Luxembourg		5	0	5	0.0 %		5	0	5	0.0 %
Canada		0	0	7	0.0 %		0	0	0
Iceland		0	0	6	0.0 %		9	0	5	0.0 %
Totals		1,570	34	1,067	3.1 %		1,415	16	452	3.4 %
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 2018 there have been 1,547 asylum applications from refugees of other countries. The most successful have been the refugees from Russia and from Algeria.
		New Applications					Reviews
Origin		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
Iran		364	0	0			0	0	0
Pakistan		350	0	6	0.0 %		6	0	0
Afghanistan		334	0	0			0	0	0
Syria		188	0	0			0	0	0
Iraq		116	0	0			0	0	0
unknown		38	0	0			0	0	0
Libya		35	0	0			0	0	0
Morocco		22	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Turkey		22	0	0			0	0	0
Algeria		18	0	8	0.0 %		0	0	0
Yemen		18	0	0			0	0	0
India		16	0	0			0	0	0
Nepal		13	0	0			0	0	0
Russia		7	0	16	0.0 %		15	0	10	0.0 %
Somalia		6	0	0			0	0	0
Totals		1,547	0	35	0.0 %		21	0	10	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.