Asylum applications and refugees in Portugal

1,440 asylum applications by refugees were received in 2021 in Portugal — according to UNHCR. Most of them came from Afghanistan, Morocco and from India. A total of 338 decisions have been made on initial applications. Around 73% of them were answered positively. 27 percent of asylum applications have been rejected in the first instance. The most successful have been the applications of refugees from Syria and from Afghanistan.
In a second table below you can find the refugees who fled from Portugal and made their asylum application to other countries.
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Incoming asylum applications in Portugal 2000 to 2021

The top line represents the total number of asylum applications (first applications + reviews). Below are the number of recognized refugees (green) and rejected applications (red).

Asylum applications from foreign refugees in Portugal

The total number of initial and continuing applications refers to the year 2021. Please note that the number of decisions (acceptances or rejections) does not have to add up with the number of applications because there may still have been open cases from previous years. Also, they don't 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.

Origin	Applied	Accepted	Rejected	Acceptance rate
	New Applications
Afghanistan	665	67	0	100.0 %
Morocco	118	0	0
India	82	0	0
Gambia	68	5	10	33.3 %
Guinea	58	0	0
Guinea-Bissau	53	0	5	0.0 %
Angola	47	0	18	0.0 %
Senegal	44	0	5	0.0 %
Pakistan	37	5	0	100.0 %
Sierra Leone	27	0	5	0.0 %
Turkey	25	12	0	100.0 %
Ghana	20	0	5	0.0 %
Nigeria	19	12	0	100.0 %
Algeria	17	0	0
Syria	17	73	0	100.0 %
Iraq	16	17	0	100.0 %
Brazil	15	0	0
Ivory Coast	14	0	5	0.0 %
Venezuela	14	0	14	0.0 %
Congo (Dem. Republic)	13	0	0
Ukraine	11	5	25	16.7 %
Colombia	10	0	0
Iran	9	10	0	100.0 %
Somalia	9	0	0
Sri Lanka	7	5	0	100.0 %
Egypt	5	5	0	100.0 %
Congo	5	5	0	100.0 %
Eritrea	5	10	0	100.0 %
Liberia	5	5	0	100.0 %
Sudan	5	0	0
China	0	5	0	100.0 %
Russia	0	5	0	100.0 %
Totals	1,440	246	92	72.8 %

Origin	Applied	Accepted	Rejected
	Reviews
Afghanistan	0	0	0
Morocco	0	0	0
India	0	0	0
Gambia	0	0	0
Guinea	0	0	0
Guinea-Bissau	0	0	0
Angola	0	0	0
Senegal	0	0	0
Pakistan	0	0	0
Sierra Leone	0	0	0
Turkey	0	0	0
Ghana	0	0	0
Nigeria	0	0	0
Algeria	0	0	0
Syria	0	0	0
Iraq	0	0	0
Brazil	0	0	0
Ivory Coast	0	0	0
Venezuela	0	0	0
Congo (Dem. Republic)	0	0	0
Ukraine	0	0	0
Colombia	0	0	0
Iran	0	0	0
Somalia	0	0	0
Sri Lanka	0	0	0
Egypt	0	0	0
Congo	0	0	0
Eritrea	0	0	0
Liberia	0	0	0
Sudan	0	0	0
China	0	0	0
Russia	0	0	0
Totals	0	0	0

Asylum applications of refugees from Portugal

Portugal is one of the countries where refugees are not only coming in. In the year 2021, there have been 96 asylum applications received from citizens from Portugal in other countries.

Destination	Applied	Accepted	Rejected	Acceptance rate
	New Applications
United States	61	0	19	0.0 %
Canada	22	0	29	0.0 %
Brazil	8	0	5	0.0 %
Mexico	5	0	0
New Zealand	0	0	5	0.0 %
Totals	96	0	58	0.0 %

Destination	Applied	Accepted	Rejected	Acceptance rate
	Reviews
United States	17	0	0
Canada	5	0	5	0.0 %
Brazil	0	0	0
Mexico	0	0	0
New Zealand	0	0	0
Totals	22	0	5	0.0 %

National migrant stock from 1960 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 numbers includes granted refugees but no asylum seekers. The data are based on the results of censuses, as well as on estimates and projections from the United Nations Population Division.

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