Asylum applications and refugees in Slovakia

377 asylum applications by refugees were received in 2021 in Slovakia — according to UNHCR. Most of them came from Morocco, Afghanistan and from Algeria. A total of 147 decisions have been made on initial applications. Around 21% of them were answered positively. 79 percent of asylum applications have been rejected in the first instance. The most successful have been the applications of refugees from Iran and from Yemen.

In a second table below you can find the refugees who fled from Slovakia and made their asylum application to other countries.

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Asylum applications from foreign refugees in Slovakia

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
Morocco	126	0	42	0.0 %
Afghanistan	103	16	5	76.2 %
Algeria	29	0	14	0.0 %
India	25	0	10	0.0 %
Libya	19	0	5	0.0 %
Syria	18	0	5	0.0 %
Turkey	12	0	5	0.0 %
Pakistan	11	0	12	0.0 %
Tunisia	9	0	0
Egypt	5	0	0
Bangladesh	5	0	13	0.0 %
Cameroon	5	0	0
unknown	5	0	0
Yemen	5	5	0	100.0 %
Ghana	0	0	5	0.0 %
Iran	0	10	0	100.0 %
Totals	377	31	116	21.1 %

Origin	Applied	Accepted	Rejected
	Reviews
Morocco	0	0	0
Afghanistan	0	0	0
Algeria	0	0	0
India	0	0	0
Libya	0	0	0
Syria	0	0	0
Turkey	0	0	0
Pakistan	0	0	0
Tunisia	0	0	0
Egypt	0	0	0
Bangladesh	0	0	0
Cameroon	0	0	0
unknown	0	0	0
Yemen	0	0	0
Ghana	0	0	0
Iran	0	0	0
Totals	0	0	0

Asylum applications of refugees from Slovakia

Slovakia is one of the countries where refugees are not only coming in. In the year 2021, there have been 9 asylum applications received from citizens from Slovakia in other countries. The most successful have been the applications in Canada.

Destination	Applied	Accepted	Rejected	Acceptance rate
	New Applications
Canada	9	30	0	100.0 %
United States	0	0	5	0.0 %
Totals	9	30	5	85.7 %

Destination	Applied	Accepted	Rejected
	Reviews
Canada	0	0	0
United States	6	0	0
Totals	6	0	0

National migrant stock from 1990 to 2015

In 2015 a total of 177,190 migrants lived in Slovakia. 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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