Asylum applications and refugees in Lithuania

295 asylum applications by refugees were received in 2021 in Lithuania — according to UNHCR. Most of them came from Russia, Belarus and from Tajikistan. A total of 329 decisions have been made on initial applications. Around 22% of them were answered positively. 78 percent of asylum applications have been rejected in the first instance. The most successful have been the applications of refugees from Syria and from Iran.

In a second table below you can find the refugees who fled from Lithuania and made their asylum application to other countries.

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Asylum applications from foreign refugees in Lithuania

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.

Origin	Applied	Accepted	Rejected	Acceptance rate
	New Applications
Russia	88	24	102	19.0 %
Belarus	81	0	10	0.0 %
Tajikistan	62	12	114	9.5 %
Turkey	16	17	5	77.3 %
Iraq	14	0	5	0.0 %
Afghanistan	9	0	5	0.0 %
Syria	9	10	0	100.0 %
Kyrgyzstan	6	0	5	0.0 %
Armenia	5	0	0
Uzbekistan	5	5	0	100.0 %
Iran	0	5	0	100.0 %
Moldova	0	0	5	0.0 %
Ukraine	0	0	5	0.0 %
Totals	295	73	256	22.2 %

Origin	Applied	Accepted	Rejected
	Reviews
Russia	0	0	0
Belarus	0	0	0
Tajikistan	0	0	0
Turkey	0	0	0
Iraq	0	0	0
Afghanistan	0	0	0
Syria	0	0	0
Kyrgyzstan	0	0	0
Armenia	0	0	0
Uzbekistan	0	0	0
Iran	0	0	0
Moldova	0	0	0
Ukraine	0	0	0
Totals	0	0	0

Asylum applications of refugees from Lithuania

Lithuania is one of the countries where refugees are not only coming in. In the year 2021, there have been 13 asylum applications received from citizens from Lithuania in other countries.

Destination	Applied	Accepted	Rejected	Acceptance rate
	New Applications
United States	8	0	5	0.0 %
Belarus	5	0	0
Denmark	0	0	5	0.0 %
Totals	13	0	10	0.0 %

Destination	Applied	Accepted	Rejected
	Reviews
United States	6	0	0
Belarus	0	0	0
Denmark	0	0	0
Totals	6	0	0

National migrant stock from 1990 to 2020

In 2020 a total of 145,184 migrants lived in Lithuania, representing about 0 percent of the total population. These are all residents who live permanently in the country but were born in another country. The numbers includes granted refugees but no asylum seekers. The data are based on the results of censuses, as well as on estimates and projections from the United Nations Population Division.

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