Asylum applications and refugees in France
89,354 asylum applications by refugees were received in 2021 in France — according to UNHCR. Most of them came from Afghanistan, Ivory Coast and from Bangladesh. A total of 125,422 decisions have been made on initial applications. Around 18% of them were answered positively. 82 percent of asylum applications have been rejected in the first instance. The most successful have been the applications of refugees from Malaysia and from China.In a second table below you can find the refugees who fled from France and made their asylum application to other countries.
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Incoming asylum applications in France 2000 to 2021
The top line represents the total number of asylum applications (first applications + reviews). Below are the number of recognized refugees (green) and rejected applications (red).Asylum applications from foreign refugees in France
The total number of initial and continuing applications refers to the year 2021. Please note that the number of decisions (acceptances or rejections) does not have to add up with the number of applications because there may still have been open cases from previous years. Also, they don't 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 | |||||
| Origin | Applied | Accepted | Rejected | Acceptance rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 12,488 | 4,611 | 4,108 | 52.9 % | |
| Ivory Coast | 5,308 | 1,762 | 5,948 | 22.9 % | |
| Bangladesh | 5,124 | 325 | 7,807 | 4.0 % | |
| Guinea | 4,603 | 2,189 | 5,823 | 27.3 % | |
| Turkey | 4,524 | 843 | 5,479 | 13.3 % | |
| Albania | 4,380 | 74 | 3,141 | 2.3 % | |
| Georgia | 3,785 | 93 | 2,919 | 3.1 % | |
| Nigeria | 2,984 | 259 | 6,870 | 3.6 % | |
| Congo (Dem. Republic) | 2,954 | 1,228 | 4,473 | 21.5 % | |
| Comoros | 2,933 | 169 | 3,873 | 4.2 % | |
| Somalia | 2,726 | 449 | 2,582 | 14.8 % | |
| Pakistan | 2,591 | 171 | 4,370 | 3.8 % | |
| Haiti | 2,552 | 351 | 3,594 | 8.9 % | |
| Syria | 2,255 | 1,088 | 697 | 61.0 % | |
| Ukraine | 2,039 | 63 | 3,224 | 1.9 % | |
| Mali | 2,038 | 478 | 2,270 | 17.4 % | |
| Eritrea | 1,808 | 1,781 | 764 | 70.0 % | |
| Sudan | 1,674 | 968 | 1,399 | 40.9 % | |
| Serbia | 1,445 | 73 | 2,248 | 3.1 % | |
| Algeria | 1,312 | 81 | 1,850 | 4.2 % | |
| Senegal | 1,156 | 245 | 1,689 | 12.7 % | |
| Moldova | 1,059 | 5 | 2,030 | 0.2 % | |
| Mauritania | 1,017 | 327 | 1,625 | 16.8 % | |
| Armenia | 962 | 17 | 1,100 | 1.5 % | |
| Russia | 923 | 450 | 2,565 | 14.9 % | |
| Sri Lanka | 909 | 285 | 2,556 | 10.0 % | |
| Chad | 906 | 162 | 1,262 | 11.4 % | |
| Angola | 791 | 90 | 1,674 | 5.1 % | |
| China | 785 | 624 | 118 | 84.1 % | |
| Cameroon | 781 | 142 | 705 | 16.8 % | |
| Ethiopia | 724 | 279 | 681 | 29.1 % | |
| Colombia | 658 | 51 | 734 | 6.5 % | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 554 | 10 | 997 | 1.0 % | |
| Congo | 516 | 128 | 762 | 14.4 % | |
| Iraq | 426 | 279 | 582 | 32.4 % | |
| Venezuela | 399 | 191 | 509 | 27.3 % | |
| Central Africa | 383 | 284 | 303 | 48.4 % | |
| Morocco | 372 | 111 | 561 | 16.5 % | |
| Burundi | 367 | 168 | 346 | 32.7 % | |
| Madagascar | 326 | 18 | 302 | 5.6 % | |
| North Macedonia | 321 | 5 | 263 | 1.9 % | |
| Egypt | 312 | 75 | 583 | 11.4 % | |
| Tunisia | 279 | 31 | 326 | 8.7 % | |
| stateless | 266 | 120 | 371 | 24.4 % | |
| Gambia | 257 | 54 | 484 | 10.0 % | |
| Rwanda | 232 | 138 | 232 | 37.3 % | |
| Iran | 229 | 139 | 296 | 32.0 % | |
| Libya | 227 | 104 | 225 | 31.6 % | |
| Sierra Leone | 221 | 89 | 267 | 25.0 % | |
| Western Sahara | 213 | 37 | 492 | 7.0 % | |
| Lebanon | 208 | 28 | 183 | 13.3 % | |
| Burkina Faso | 193 | 53 | 211 | 20.1 % | |
| Azerbaijan | 174 | 45 | 393 | 10.3 % | |
| Kuwait | 174 | 58 | 282 | 17.1 % | |
| Yemen | 167 | 50 | 95 | 34.5 % | |
| Belarus | 164 | 37 | 174 | 17.5 % | |
| Cuba | 144 | 45 | 197 | 18.6 % | |
| India | 124 | 5 | 390 | 1.3 % | |
| Palestine | 123 | 76 | 81 | 48.4 % | |
| Nepal | 118 | 5 | 109 | 4.4 % | |
| Peru | 118 | 14 | 151 | 8.5 % | |
| Dominican Republic | 103 | 5 | 106 | 4.5 % | |
| Brazil | 99 | 11 | 106 | 9.4 % | |
| Togo | 99 | 18 | 127 | 12.4 % | |
| Ghana | 98 | 5 | 142 | 3.4 % | |
| Benin | 97 | 14 | 101 | 12.2 % | |
| Gabon | 90 | 29 | 272 | 9.6 % | |
| Djibouti | 75 | 47 | 84 | 35.9 % | |
| Montenegro | 74 | 0 | 77 | 0.0 % | |
| Mongolia | 74 | 18 | 242 | 6.9 % | |
| Guinea-Bissau | 63 | 17 | 100 | 14.5 % | |
| South Sudan | 60 | 41 | 10 | 80.4 % | |
| Niger | 54 | 5 | 113 | 4.2 % | |
| unknown | 52 | 20 | 119 | 14.4 % | |
| Liberia | 42 | 11 | 86 | 11.3 % | |
| Kazakhstan | 40 | 18 | 127 | 12.4 % | |
| El Salvador | 32 | 5 | 13 | 27.8 % | |
| Vietnam | 27 | 5 | 40 | 11.1 % | |
| Honduras | 24 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 % | |
| Kenya | 22 | 10 | 22 | 31.3 % | |
| Myanmar | 21 | 0 | 37 | 0.0 % | |
| Mauritius | 20 | 0 | 19 | 0.0 % | |
| Uganda | 20 | 17 | 29 | 37.0 % | |
| Nicaragua | 19 | 18 | 37 | 32.7 % | |
| Jamaica | 16 | 14 | 10 | 58.3 % | |
| Uzbekistan | 15 | 5 | 35 | 12.5 % | |
| United States | 13 | 0 | 19 | 0.0 % | |
| Tanzania | 12 | 10 | 15 | 40.0 % | |
| Tajikistan | 12 | 5 | 58 | 7.9 % | |
| Argentina | 11 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 % | |
| Chile | 11 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 % | |
| Cambodia | 10 | 10 | 42 | 19.2 % | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 10 | 5 | 94 | 5.1 % | |
| Saudi Arabia | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Ecuador | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Spain | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 % | |
| Bolivia | 8 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 % | |
| Guyana | 8 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 % | |
| Saint Lucia | 8 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 % | |
| South Africa | 8 | 47 | 26 | 64.4 % | |
| Dominica | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Jordan | 7 | 5 | 14 | 26.3 % | |
| Philippines | 7 | 0 | 17 | 0.0 % | |
| Suriname | 7 | 0 | 18 | 0.0 % | |
| Turkmenistan | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Croatia | 6 | 0 | 15 | 0.0 % | |
| Poland | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 % | |
| Bhutan | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 % | |
| Hungary | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 % | |
| Mexico | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 % | |
| Malaysia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Paraguay | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Equatorial Guinea | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Laos | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mozambique | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Thailand | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Totals | 89,354 | 22,555 | 102,867 | 18.0 % | |
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| Origin | Applied | Accepted | Rejected | Acceptance rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 4,756 | 958 | 1,349 | 41.5 % |
| Ivory Coast | 4,542 | 670 | 2,893 | 18.8 % |
| Bangladesh | 7,892 | 666 | 4,018 | 14.2 % |
| Guinea | 5,724 | 1,016 | 3,283 | 23.6 % |
| Turkey | 5,194 | 861 | 1,475 | 36.9 % |
| Albania | 2,447 | 30 | 297 | 9.2 % |
| Georgia | 2,056 | 21 | 229 | 8.4 % |
| Nigeria | 5,646 | 501 | 2,651 | 15.9 % |
| Congo (Dem. Republic) | 3,647 | 384 | 1,869 | 17.0 % |
| Comoros | 1,499 | 22 | 185 | 10.6 % |
| Somalia | 2,027 | 258 | 603 | 30.0 % |
| Pakistan | 3,716 | 163 | 943 | 14.7 % |
| Haiti | 2,617 | 26 | 153 | 14.5 % |
| Syria | 987 | 765 | 373 | 67.2 % |
| Ukraine | 402 | 42 | 263 | 13.8 % |
| Mali | 1,809 | 125 | 596 | 17.3 % |
| Eritrea | 551 | 210 | 282 | 42.7 % |
| Sudan | 1,151 | 334 | 415 | 44.6 % |
| Serbia | 1,683 | 40 | 283 | 12.4 % |
| Algeria | 1,075 | 42 | 118 | 26.3 % |
| Senegal | 1,416 | 166 | 623 | 21.0 % |
| Moldova | 459 | 0 | 35 | 0.0 % |
| Mauritania | 1,718 | 169 | 391 | 30.2 % |
| Armenia | 1,144 | 21 | 393 | 5.1 % |
| Russia | 2,003 | 319 | 888 | 26.4 % |
| Sri Lanka | 3,102 | 450 | 1,054 | 29.9 % |
| Chad | 842 | 90 | 268 | 25.1 % |
| Angola | 1,159 | 51 | 831 | 5.8 % |
| China | 67 | 10 | 16 | 38.5 % |
| Cameroon | 679 | 144 | 389 | 27.0 % |
| Ethiopia | 499 | 159 | 381 | 29.4 % |
| Colombia | 491 | 19 | 243 | 7.3 % |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 432 | 5 | 57 | 8.1 % |
| Congo | 626 | 57 | 452 | 11.2 % |
| Iraq | 483 | 102 | 200 | 33.8 % |
| Venezuela | 333 | 60 | 159 | 27.4 % |
| Central Africa | 283 | 31 | 120 | 20.5 % |
| Morocco | 404 | 48 | 237 | 16.8 % |
| Burundi | 297 | 15 | 42 | 26.3 % |
| Madagascar | 122 | 12 | 63 | 16.0 % |
| North Macedonia | 157 | 5 | 34 | 12.8 % |
| Egypt | 523 | 96 | 110 | 46.6 % |
| Tunisia | 195 | 20 | 152 | 11.6 % |
| stateless | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Gambia | 335 | 16 | 212 | 7.0 % |
| Rwanda | 182 | 37 | 46 | 44.6 % |
| Iran | 292 | 202 | 152 | 57.1 % |
| Libya | 159 | 46 | 142 | 24.5 % |
| Sierra Leone | 245 | 39 | 108 | 26.5 % |
| Western Sahara | 372 | 22 | 113 | 16.3 % |
| Lebanon | 139 | 14 | 56 | 20.0 % |
| Burkina Faso | 174 | 27 | 104 | 20.6 % |
| Azerbaijan | 391 | 96 | 179 | 34.9 % |
| Kuwait | 113 | 69 | 28 | 71.1 % |
| Yemen | 101 | 13 | 17 | 43.3 % |
| Belarus | 124 | 21 | 47 | 30.9 % |
| Cuba | 203 | 5 | 63 | 7.4 % |
| India | 342 | 0 | 89 | 0.0 % |
| Palestine | 66 | 60 | 28 | 68.2 % |
| Nepal | 91 | 5 | 96 | 5.0 % |
| Peru | 95 | 5 | 44 | 10.2 % |
| Dominican Republic | 53 | 0 | 63 | 0.0 % |
| Brazil | 46 | 0 | 16 | 0.0 % |
| Togo | 104 | 14 | 69 | 16.9 % |
| Ghana | 94 | 0 | 39 | 0.0 % |
| Benin | 59 | 5 | 37 | 11.9 % |
| Gabon | 129 | 12 | 69 | 14.8 % |
| Djibouti | 82 | 15 | 15 | 50.0 % |
| Montenegro | 44 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 % |
| Mongolia | 176 | 5 | 64 | 7.2 % |
| Guinea-Bissau | 67 | 0 | 54 | 0.0 % |
| South Sudan | 6 | 0 | 14 | 0.0 % |
| Niger | 100 | 10 | 45 | 18.2 % |
| unknown | 8 | 0 | 0 | |
| Liberia | 76 | 10 | 38 | 20.8 % |
| Kazakhstan | 125 | 24 | 95 | 20.2 % |
| El Salvador | 8 | 0 | 12 | 0.0 % |
| Vietnam | 40 | 5 | 21 | 19.2 % |
| Honduras | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % |
| Kenya | 19 | 5 | 17 | 22.7 % |
| Myanmar | 40 | 5 | 10 | 33.3 % |
| Mauritius | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Uganda | 22 | 5 | 11 | 31.3 % |
| Nicaragua | 19 | 11 | 5 | 68.8 % |
| Jamaica | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % |
| Uzbekistan | 28 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 % |
| United States | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % |
| Tanzania | 16 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 % |
| Tajikistan | 43 | 15 | 17 | 46.9 % |
| Argentina | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Chile | 7 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 % |
| Cambodia | 41 | 0 | 30 | 0.0 % |
| Kyrgyzstan | 65 | 5 | 14 | 26.3 % |
| Saudi Arabia | 5 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 % |
| Ecuador | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % |
| Spain | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bolivia | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % |
| Guyana | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Saint Lucia | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| South Africa | 12 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 % |
| Dominica | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Jordan | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % |
| Philippines | 8 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % |
| Suriname | 14 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % |
| Turkmenistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Croatia | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Poland | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % |
| Bhutan | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % |
| Hungary | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mexico | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % |
| Malaysia | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Paraguay | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % |
| Laos | 10 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 % |
| Mozambique | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % |
| Thailand | 6 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 81,944 | 10,016 | 31,823 | 23.9 % |
Asylum applications of refugees from France
France is one of the countries where refugees are not only coming in. In the year 2021, there have been 55 asylum applications received from citizens from France in other countries.New Applications | |||||
| Destination | Applied | Accepted | Rejected | Acceptance rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 26 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Canada | 19 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 % | |
| Germany | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Sweden | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Totals | 55 | 0 | 23 | 0.0 % | |
Reviews | ||||
| Destination | Applied | Accepted | Rejected | Acceptance rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 16 | 0 | 0 | |
| Canada | 10 | 0 | 0 | |
| Germany | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sweden | 5 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 31 | 0 | 0 | |
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