Asylum applications and refugees in Poland

Development of incoming asylum applications in Poland 2000 to 2019

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 Poland

The total number of initial and continuing applications refers to the year 2019. 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
Russia		1,708	10	961	1.0 %		898	0	473	0.0 %
Ukraine		189	5	357	1.4 %		251	5	142	3.4 %
Turkey		117	49	5	90.7 %		5	0	5	0.0 %
Tajikistan		80	10	61	14.1 %		74	0	27	0.0 %
Afghanistan		57	5	0	100.0 %		10	0	5	0.0 %
Georgia		50	0	39	0.0 %		37	0	19	0.0 %
Iran		35	19	20	48.7 %		15	0	12	0.0 %
Armenia		31	0	28	0.0 %		32	0	19	0.0 %
Belarus		28	5	31	13.9 %		29	0	10	0.0 %
Cuba		28	0	5	0.0 %		5	0	0
Iraq		27	14	14	50.0 %		11	0	10	0.0 %
Vietnam		26	0	23	0.0 %		19	0	16	0.0 %
Syria		25	5	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Lebanon		23	0	0			0	0	5	0.0 %
Azerbaijan		17	0	19	0.0 %		13	0	12	0.0 %
Egypt		16	5	5	50.0 %		10	0	5	0.0 %
Pakistan		16	0	15	0.0 %		19	0	17	0.0 %
India		15	0	10	0.0 %		11	0	5	0.0 %
Kazakhstan		13	0	29	0.0 %		29	0	5	0.0 %
Kyrgyzstan		11	0	34	0.0 %		34	0	5	0.0 %
China		11	5	0	100.0 %		5	0	0
Bangladesh		10	0	10	0.0 %		5	0	5	0.0 %
Nigeria		10	0	5	0.0 %		5	0	0
Algeria		5	0	12	0.0 %		5	0	0
Angola		5	0	5	0.0 %		5	0	0
Gambia		5	0	0			5	0	0
Jordan		5	0	0			5	0	0
Moldova		5	0	0			5	0	0
Uzbekistan		5	0	0			0	0	5	0.0 %
Yemen		5	0	0			0	0	0
stateless		5	0	5	0.0 %		5	0	0
Ethiopia		0	0	5	0.0 %		5	0	0
Uganda		0	0	5	0.0 %		5	0	0
Totals		2,583	132	1,703	7.2 %		1,557	5	802	0.6 %
Asylum applications of refugees from Poland Poland is one of the countries, were refugees are not only migratiing in. Only in the year 2019 there have been 129 asylum applications, which were received for citizens from Poland in other countries. Most successful have been the applications in Canada and in the United States.
		New Applications					Reviews
Destination		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
Canada		62	11	17	39.3 %		10	10	5	66.7 %
United States		33	0	142	0.0 %		256	0	5	0.0 %
United Kingdom		14	0	13	0.0 %		0	0	0
Denmark		5	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Norway		5	0	5	0.0 %		5	0	0
Switzerland		5	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Germany		5	0	10	0.0 %		0	0	0
Totals		129	11	197	5.3 %		271	10	10	50.0 %

National migrant stock from 1980 to 2015

In 2015 a total of 619,403 migrants lived in Poland. 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.


(Values of the graph in millions of immigrants)