Asylum applications and refugees in Norway

Development of incoming asylum applications in Norway 2000 to 2017

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 foreign refugees in Norway

The total number of initial and continuing applications refers to the year 2017. 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
Origin		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
Serbia		1,032	1,818	48	97.4 %		27	24	22	52.2 %
Eritrea		840	746	19	97.5 %		231	22	251	8.1 %
Turkey		165	119	20	85.6 %		33	0	27	0.0 %
Iraq		132	338	381	47.0 %		646	24	758	3.1 %
stateless		129	218	45	82.9 %		120	0	110	0.0 %
Afghanistan		127	134	1,260	9.6 %		1,718	66	2,081	3.1 %
Albania		86	0	63	0.0 %		50	6	43	12.2 %
Iran		86	194	148	56.7 %		397	26	333	7.2 %
Ethiopia		85	59	69	46.1 %		297	8	379	2.1 %
Morocco		44	0	27	0.0 %		36	0	49	0.0 %
Somalia		43	45	46	49.5 %		174	0	327	0.0 %
Russia		42	0	27	0.0 %		77	7	80	8.0 %
Sudan		38	13	12	52.0 %		31	0	49	0.0 %
Georgia		36	0	31	0.0 %		18	0	13	0.0 %
Nigeria		35	0	8	0.0 %		53	0	59	0.0 %
Ukraine		31	0	21	0.0 %		25	0	26	0.0 %
China		23	15	0	100.0 %		17	0	17	0.0 %
Slovakia		19	0	19	0.0 %		10	0	10	0.0 %
Pakistan		18	0	15	0.0 %		40	0	61	0.0 %
Congo (Dem. Republic)		16	0	7	0.0 %		12	0	14	0.0 %
Algeria		15	0	6	0.0 %		17	0	17	0.0 %
Bosnia and Herzegovina		14	0	7	0.0 %		7	0	7	0.0 %
Colombia		13	0	16	0.0 %		12	0	7	0.0 %
Mongolia		12	0	12	0.0 %		9	0	0
South Sudan		11	9	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Venezuela		11	0	12	0.0 %		11	0	9	0.0 %
Yemen		11	12	0	100.0 %		9	0	6	0.0 %
Sri Lanka		10	0	8	0.0 %		18	0	18	0.0 %
El Salvador		10	0	8	0.0 %		9	0	12	0.0 %
Angola		9	0	0			11	0	12	0.0 %
Armenia		9	0	9	0.0 %		8	0	0
Guinea		9	0	0			6	0	13	0.0 %
Uganda		9	0	0			0	0	8	0.0 %
Uzbekistan		9	0	0			23	0	23	0.0 %
Belarus		8	0	0			6	0	6	0.0 %
Jordan		8	0	6	0.0 %		8	0	7	0.0 %
United States		8	0	7	0.0 %		5	0	0
Australia		7	0	7	0.0 %		0	0	0
Egypt		7	0	6	0.0 %		16	0	20	0.0 %
Gambia		7	0	0			5	0	10	0.0 %
South Korea		7	0	7	0.0 %		7	0	8	0.0 %
Philippines		7	0	0			6	0	7	0.0 %
Lebanon		6	0	7	0.0 %		22	0	25	0.0 %
Romania		6	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Tunisia		6	0	5	0.0 %		9	0	6	0.0 %
Cameroon		5	0	0			0	0	0
India		5	0	7	0.0 %		0	0	0
Kazakhstan		5	0	5	0.0 %		8	0	7	0.0 %
Burma		5	0	0			6	0	0
Mozambique		5	0	0			0	0	0
Rwanda		5	0	0			5	0	7	0.0 %
Senegal		5	0	0			0	0	5	0.0 %
Azerbaijan		0	0	0			16	0	8	0.0 %
Burundi		0	0	0			7	0	8	0.0 %
Bangladesh		0	0	0			29	0	30	0.0 %
Ivory Coast		0	0	0			20	0	17	0.0 %
Djibouti		0	0	0			0	0	7	0.0 %
Ghana		0	0	0			7	0	7	0.0 %
Kenya		0	0	0			0	0	7	0.0 %
Kyrgyzstan		0	0	0			0	0	7	0.0 %
Liberia		0	0	0			6	0	7	0.0 %
Libya		0	7	0	100.0 %		9	0	19	0.0 %
Moldova		0	0	0			5	0	0
Mexico		0	0	0			5	0	5	0.0 %
Sierra Leone		0	0	0			0	0	7	0.0 %
Syria		0	0	0			94	0	96	0.0 %
unknown		0	0	0			0	0	7	0.0 %
Totals		3,291	3,727	2,406	60.8 %		4,453	183	5,181	3.4 %
Asylum applications of refugees from Norway Norway is one of the countries, were refugees are not only migratiing in. Only in the year 2017 there have been 11 asylum applications, which were received for citizens from Norway in other countries. Most successful have been the applications in Belgium.
		New Applications					Reviews
Destination		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
Australia		6	0	0			0	0	0
Belgium		5	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Totals		11	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0

National migrant stock from 1980 to 2015

In 2015 a total of 741,813 migrants lived in Norway. 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.