Asylum applications and refugees in Italy
53,055 asylum applications by refugees were received in 2021 in Italy — according to UNHCR. Most of them came from Pakistan, Bangladesh and from Tunisia. A total of 29,673 decisions have been made on initial applications. Around 23% of them were answered positively. 77 percent of asylum applications have been rejected in the first instance. The most successful have been the applications of refugees from Uganda and from Western Sahara.In a second table below you can find the refugees who fled from Italy and made their asylum application to other countries.
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Incoming asylum applications in Italy 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 Italy
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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 7,602 | 411 | 4,872 | 7.8 % | |
| Bangladesh | 6,948 | 89 | 2,956 | 2.9 % | |
| Tunisia | 6,487 | 83 | 1,548 | 5.1 % | |
| Nigeria | 5,450 | 1,086 | 4,353 | 20.0 % | |
| Afghanistan | 4,381 | 2,046 | 104 | 95.2 % | |
| Egypt | 2,712 | 59 | 552 | 9.7 % | |
| Morocco | 1,649 | 75 | 481 | 13.5 % | |
| Georgia | 1,364 | 60 | 465 | 11.4 % | |
| Ivory Coast | 1,268 | 98 | 653 | 13.0 % | |
| Mali | 1,251 | 46 | 249 | 15.6 % | |
| Senegal | 1,175 | 34 | 859 | 3.8 % | |
| Somalia | 1,167 | 524 | 32 | 94.2 % | |
| Gambia | 1,161 | 41 | 855 | 4.6 % | |
| Ghana | 852 | 33 | 545 | 5.7 % | |
| Albania | 788 | 67 | 269 | 19.9 % | |
| El Salvador | 649 | 309 | 337 | 47.8 % | |
| Peru | 612 | 154 | 567 | 21.4 % | |
| Guinea | 603 | 24 | 352 | 6.4 % | |
| Ukraine | 602 | 34 | 252 | 11.9 % | |
| Venezuela | 464 | 197 | 65 | 75.2 % | |
| unknown | 437 | 101 | 74 | 57.7 % | |
| Iraq | 431 | 153 | 84 | 64.6 % | |
| Serbia | 394 | 26 | 157 | 14.2 % | |
| Colombia | 390 | 109 | 246 | 30.7 % | |
| Turkey | 360 | 95 | 110 | 46.3 % | |
| Cameroon | 357 | 53 | 190 | 21.8 % | |
| Burkina Faso | 269 | 5 | 37 | 11.9 % | |
| Libya | 216 | 25 | 14 | 64.1 % | |
| Brazil | 207 | 101 | 95 | 51.5 % | |
| Algeria | 176 | 16 | 63 | 20.3 % | |
| Sudan | 171 | 57 | 49 | 53.8 % | |
| India | 159 | 13 | 187 | 6.5 % | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 145 | 5 | 25 | 16.7 % | |
| Moldova | 144 | 10 | 44 | 18.5 % | |
| Cuba | 122 | 17 | 49 | 25.8 % | |
| Sri Lanka | 121 | 5 | 113 | 4.2 % | |
| Togo | 114 | 5 | 63 | 7.4 % | |
| Sierra Leone | 98 | 5 | 67 | 6.9 % | |
| Guinea-Bissau | 96 | 0 | 74 | 0.0 % | |
| Hong Kong | 91 | 13 | 198 | 6.2 % | |
| Eritrea | 89 | 57 | 57 | 50.0 % | |
| Syria | 85 | 38 | 11 | 77.6 % | |
| Iran | 84 | 86 | 23 | 78.9 % | |
| Honduras | 83 | 79 | 46 | 63.2 % | |
| Palestine | 77 | 60 | 5 | 92.3 % | |
| North Macedonia | 77 | 5 | 16 | 23.8 % | |
| Belarus | 70 | 26 | 10 | 72.2 % | |
| Ethiopia | 70 | 21 | 17 | 55.3 % | |
| Nepal | 66 | 11 | 17 | 39.3 % | |
| Russia | 55 | 30 | 18 | 62.5 % | |
| Armenia | 54 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 % | |
| Benin | 44 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 % | |
| Lebanon | 44 | 0 | 19 | 0.0 % | |
| Liberia | 39 | 5 | 18 | 21.7 % | |
| Niger | 39 | 5 | 20 | 20.0 % | |
| Philippines | 37 | 0 | 20 | 0.0 % | |
| Chad | 36 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 % | |
| Ecuador | 30 | 5 | 17 | 22.7 % | |
| Argentina | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Azerbaijan | 22 | 18 | 14 | 56.3 % | |
| Congo (Dem. Republic) | 21 | 25 | 10 | 71.4 % | |
| Dominican Republic | 20 | 5 | 12 | 29.4 % | |
| Chile | 19 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Montenegro | 18 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Guatemala | 13 | 13 | 5 | 72.2 % | |
| Kenya | 13 | 10 | 5 | 66.7 % | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 13 | 5 | 18 | 21.7 % | |
| Congo | 11 | 10 | 5 | 66.7 % | |
| Uruguay | 11 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Myanmar | 10 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| South Africa | 10 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Paraguay | 9 | 0 | 10 | 0.0 % | |
| Mexico | 8 | 5 | 5 | 50.0 % | |
| Yemen | 8 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nicaragua | 7 | 5 | 14 | 26.3 % | |
| Turkmenistan | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| United States | 6 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Angola | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Burundi | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Central Africa | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Gabon | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Jordan | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 % | |
| Liechtenstein | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mauritius | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| stateless | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Tanzania | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Bolivia | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Mauritania | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Vietnam | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Uganda | 0 | 12 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Western Sahara | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Totals | 53,055 | 6,845 | 22,828 | 23.1 % | |
Asylum applications of refugees from Italy
Italy is one of the countries where refugees are not only coming in. In the year 2021, there have been 224 asylum applications received from citizens from Italy in other countries. The most successful have been the applications in the United Kingdom and in Canada.New Applications | |||||
| Destination | Applied | Accepted | Rejected | Acceptance rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 176 | 0 | 32 | 0.0 % | |
| Canada | 17 | 5 | 33 | 13.2 % | |
| Switzerland | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mexico | 7 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Germany | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Sweden | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| United Kingdom | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Totals | 224 | 10 | 80 | 11.1 % | |
Reviews | ||||
| Destination | Applied | Accepted | Rejected | Acceptance rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 31 | 0 | 0 | |
| Canada | 16 | 0 | 21 | 0.0 % |
| Switzerland | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Germany | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sweden | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| United Kingdom | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 47 | 0 | 21 | 0.0 % |
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