Asylum applications and refugees in Slovenia

5,205 asylum applications by refugees were received in 2021 in Slovenia — according to UNHCR. Most of them came from Afghanistan, Pakistan and from Iran. A total of 62 decisions have been made on initial applications. Around 24% of them were answered positively. 76 percent of asylum applications have been rejected in the first instance. The most successful have been the applications of refugees from Syria and from Iran.

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

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Incoming asylum applications in Slovenia 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 Slovenia

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	2,593	5	10	33.3 %
Pakistan	491	0	12	0.0 %
Iran	325	5	5	50.0 %
Turkey	276	0	0
Bangladesh	265	0	0
Iraq	254	0	0
Morocco	162	0	5	0.0 %
Egypt	107	0	0
Syria	89	5	0	100.0 %
Algeria	82	0	5	0.0 %
Serbia	68	0	5	0.0 %
Nepal	53	0	0
Tunisia	53	0	0
Gambia	45	0	0
Cuba	39	0	0
India	34	0	0
Somalia	30	0	0
Palestine	24	0	0
Ghana	24	0	0
Guinea	20	0	0
Cameroon	19	0	0
Mali	17	0	0
Burkina Faso	14	0	0
Kuwait	12	0	0
Togo	11	0	0
Albania	10	0	0
Senegal	10	0	0
Congo (Dem. Republic)	9	0	0
Central Africa	8	0	0
Libya	8	0	0
Russia	8	0	0
Bolivia	5	0	0
China	5	0	0
Eritrea	5	0	0
Ivory Coast	5	0	0
Kazakhstan	5	0	0
Sri Lanka	5	0	0
Niger	5	0	0
Nigeria	5	0	0
Sudan	5	0	0
Azerbaijan	0	0	5	0.0 %
Totals	5,205	15	47	24.2 %

Origin	Applied	Accepted	Rejected
	Reviews
Afghanistan	21	0	0
Pakistan	0	0	0
Iran	6	0	0
Turkey	5	0	0
Bangladesh	0	0	0
Iraq	0	0	0
Morocco	13	0	0
Egypt	0	0	0
Syria	5	0	0
Algeria	24	0	0
Serbia	0	0	0
Nepal	0	0	0
Tunisia	0	0	0
Gambia	0	0	0
Cuba	0	0	0
India	0	0	0
Somalia	0	0	0
Palestine	0	0	0
Ghana	0	0	0
Guinea	0	0	0
Cameroon	0	0	0
Mali	0	0	0
Burkina Faso	0	0	0
Kuwait	0	0	0
Togo	0	0	0
Albania	0	0	0
Senegal	0	0	0
Congo (Dem. Republic)	0	0	0
Central Africa	0	0	0
Libya	0	0	0
Russia	0	0	0
Bolivia	0	0	0
China	0	0	0
Eritrea	0	0	0
Ivory Coast	0	0	0
Kazakhstan	0	0	0
Sri Lanka	0	0	0
Niger	0	0	0
Nigeria	0	0	0
Sudan	0	0	0
Azerbaijan	0	0	0
Totals	74	0	0

Asylum applications of refugees from Slovenia

Slovenia is one of the countries where refugees are not only coming in. In the year 2021, there have been 5 asylum applications received from citizens from Slovenia in other countries.

Destination	Applied	Accepted	Rejected	Acceptance rate
	New Applications
Germany	5	0	0
Canada	0	0	5	0.0 %
Totals	5	0	5	0.0 %

Destination	Applied	Accepted	Rejected
	Reviews
Germany	0	0	0
Canada	5	0	0
Totals	5	0	0

National migrant stock from 1990 to 2015

In 2015 a total of 235,966 migrants lived in Slovenia. 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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