Asylum applications and refugees in Portugal

Development of incoming asylum applications in Portugal 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 Portugal

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
Syria		295	65	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Angola		225	0	65	0.0 %		0	0	0
Congo (Dem. Republic)		130	0	100	0.0 %		0	0	0
Ukraine		120	0	20	0.0 %		0	0	0
Iraq		110	20	5	80.0 %		0	0	0
Guinea		70	0	20	0.0 %		0	0	0
Eritrea		55	55	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Guinea-Bissau		50	0	10	0.0 %		0	0	0
Pakistan		50	0	20	0.0 %		0	0	0
Somalia		40	5	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Venezuela		40	0	10	0.0 %		0	0	0
Morocco		30	0	10	0.0 %		0	0	0
Brazil		25	0	15	0.0 %		0	0	0
Cameroon		25	0	15	0.0 %		0	0	0
Comoros		25	0	25	0.0 %		0	0	0
Sudan		25	20	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Turkey		25	0	0			0	0	0
Ivory Coast		20	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Colombia		20	0	10	0.0 %		0	0	0
Gambia		20	0	0			0	0	0
Nigeria		20	0	10	0.0 %		0	0	0
Senegal		20	0	10	0.0 %		0	0	0
Iran		15	0	0			0	0	0
Sierra Leone		15	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Afghanistan		10	0	0			0	0	0
Albania		10	0	0			0	0	0
Congo		10	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Ghana		10	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Sri Lanka		10	0	0			0	0	0
Mali		10	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Russia		10	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Togo		10	0	10	0.0 %		0	0	0
stateless		10	0	0			0	0	0
Armenia		5	0	0			0	0	0
Azerbaijan		5	0	0			0	0	0
Burkina Faso		5	0	0			0	0	0
Bangladesh		5	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
China		5	0	0			0	0	0
Algeria		5	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Ethiopia		5	5	0	100.0 %		0	0	0
Georgia		5	0	0			0	0	0
Haiti		5	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
Kenya		5	0	0			0	0	0
Mauritania		5	0	5	0.0 %		0	0	0
unknown		5	0	0			0	0	0
Tajikistan		5	0	0			0	0	0
Yemen		5	0	0			0	0	0
Zimbabwe		5	0	0			0	0	0
Totals		1,635	170	405	29.6 %		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 2018 there have been 87 asylum applications, which were received for citizens from Portugal in other countries. Most successful have been the applications in Canada.
		New Applications					Reviews
Destination		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate		applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
United States		37	0	0			63	0	0
Brazil		31	0	0			0	0	0
Peru		10	0	0			0	0	0
Canada		9	0	7	0.0 %		6	0	0
Totals		87	0	7	0.0 %		69	0	0

National migrant stock from 1980 to 2015

In 2015 a total of 837,257 migrants lived in Portugal. 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.