Asylum applications and refugees in Poland

Development of incoming asylum applications in Poland 2000 to 2018

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 2018. 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		1,600	9	1,211	0.7 %		1,160	0	1,040	0.0 %
Ukraine		225	11	443	2.4 %		361	0	277	0.0 %
Iraq		63	19	11	63.3 %		9	0	0
Turkey		53	26	20	56.5 %		16	0	9	0.0 %
Afghanistan		42	8	0	100.0 %		0	0	6	0.0 %
Armenia		37	0	52	0.0 %		43	0	44	0.0 %
Tajikistan		36	10	77	11.5 %		53	0	106	0.0 %
Vietnam		33	0	17	0.0 %		9	0	5	0.0 %
Iran		32	9	12	42.9 %		12	0	10	0.0 %
Azerbaijan		30	0	27	0.0 %		23	0	12	0.0 %
Pakistan		27	14	26	35.0 %		25	0	11	0.0 %
Belarus		26	5	20	20.0 %		25	0	17	0.0 %
Syria		23	16	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Egypt		21	9	0	100.0 %		11	0	0
Georgia		21	0	49	0.0 %		37	0	31	0.0 %
India		13	0	12	0.0 %		6	0	6	0.0 %
Kazakhstan		12	0	10	0.0 %		6	7	11	38.9 %
Bangladesh		11	0	20	0.0 %		19	0	15	0.0 %
Yemen		11	0	0			0	0	0
Turkmenistan		9	10	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Algeria		8	0	5	0.0 %		7	0	10	0.0 %
Kyrgyzstan		7	0	43	0.0 %		39	9	37	19.6 %
Nigeria		6	0	8	0.0 %		8	0	5	0.0 %
stateless		6	7	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
China		5	0	0			0	0	0
Ethiopia		0	0	5	0.0 %		5	0	5	0.0 %
Moldova		0	0	7	0.0 %		5	0	5	0.0 %
Totals		2,357	153	2,075	6.9 %		1,879	16	1,662	1.0 %
Asylum applications of refugees from Poland Poland is one of the countries, were refugees are not only migratiing in. Only in the year 2018 there have been 195 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
United States		93	0	29	0.0 %		221	0	0
Canada		63	13	29	31.0 %		20	0	0
United Kingdom		21	0	24	0.0 %		0	0	0
Denmark		8	0	0			0	0	0
Australia		5	0	0			0	0	0
Iceland		5	0	0			0	0	0
Totals		195	13	82	13.7 %		241	0	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)