Asylum applications and refugees in Portugal
932 asylum applications by refugees were received in 2020 in Portugal - according to UNHCR. Most of them came from Gambia, Angola and from Guinea-Bissau. A total of 133 decisions have been made on initial applications. Which were around 59% answered positively. 41 percent of asylum applications have been rejected in the first instance. Most successful have been the applications of refugees from Syria and from Turkey.In a second table below you find the refugees, who fled from Portugal and made their asylum application in other countries.
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Asylum applications of foreign refugees in Portugal
The total number of initial and continuing applications refers to the year 2020. 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 | |||||
| Origin | applied | accepted | rejected | acceptance rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gambia | 157 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 % | |
| Angola | 117 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Guinea-Bissau | 92 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Morocco | 85 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Guinea | 79 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Senegal | 79 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nigeria | 42 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Afghanistan | 30 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Congo (Dem. Republic) | 28 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mali | 25 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Pakistan | 23 | 15 | 5 | 75.0 % | |
| Sierra Leone | 21 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Cameroon | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ghana | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Venezuela | 14 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ukraine | 12 | 0 | 18 | 0.0 % | |
| Iran | 11 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Bangladesh | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Ivory Coast | 10 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Algeria | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brazil | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Sudan | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Togo | 7 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Iraq | 6 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Turkey | 6 | 17 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| China | 5 | 0 | 11 | 0.0 % | |
| Colombia | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| West Bank | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Haiti | 5 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Syria | 5 | 21 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Ethiopia | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Russia | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Zimbabwe | 0 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Totals | 932 | 78 | 55 | 58.6 % | |
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| Origin | applied | accepted | rejected | acceptance rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gambia | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Angola | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Guinea-Bissau | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Morocco | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Guinea | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Senegal | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Nigeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Afghanistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Congo (Dem. Republic) | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mali | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Pakistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sierra Leone | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ghana | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Venezuela | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ukraine | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Iran | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ivory Coast | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Algeria | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Brazil | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Sudan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Togo | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Iraq | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Turkey | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| China | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Colombia | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| West Bank | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Haiti | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Syria | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Ethiopia | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Russia | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Zimbabwe | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Asylum applications of refugees from Portugal
Portugal is one of the countries, were refugees are not only migratiing in. Only in the year 2020 there have been 28 asylum applications, which were received for citizens from Portugal in other countries. Most successful have been the applications in Mexico.New Applications | |||||
| Destination | applied | accepted | rejected | acceptance rate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 23 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % | |
| Mexico | 5 | 5 | 0 | 100.0 % | |
| Australia | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Canada | 0 | 0 | 59 | 0.0 % | |
| Totals | 28 | 5 | 64 | 7.2 % | |
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| Destination | applied | accepted | rejected | acceptance rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 21 | 0 | 0 | |
| Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Australia | 9 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % |
| Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Totals | 30 | 0 | 5 | 0.0 % |