Asylum applications and refugees from the Fijis

57 people from the Fijis fled in 2021 and applied for asylum in other countries, according to UNHCR data. This corresponds to approximately 0.006% of all residents. The mostly chosen host country has been the United States. Overall, 73 percent of the asylum applications have been rejected. The most successful have been the refugees in New Zealand and the United States.

A total of 47 people fled to the United States from Fiji. With 5 positive decisions, 18.52 percent of all new applications have been accepted. Another 22 applications were rejected, and no decisions were made on those remaining in 2021.

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Asylum applications of refugees from the Fijis

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.

Destination	Applied	Accepted	Rejected	Acceptance rate
	New Applications
United States	47	5	22	18.5 %
Canada	5	0	5	0.0 %
New Zealand	5	5	0	100.0 %
Australia	0	0	0
Totals	57	10	27	27.0 %

Destination	Applied	Accepted	Rejected	Acceptance rate
	Reviews
United States	18	0	0
Canada	5	0	5	0.0 %
New Zealand	0	0	0
Australia	275	5	21	19.2 %
Totals	298	5	26	16.1 %

Asylum applications from foreign refugees on the Fijis

Origin	Applied	Accepted	Rejected	Acceptance rate
	New Applications
Bangladesh	0	5	0	100.0 %
Totals	0	5	0	100.0 %

Origin	Applied	Accepted	Rejected
	Reviews
Bangladesh	0	0	0
Totals	0	0	0

National migrant stock from 1960 to 2020

In 2020 a total of 14,087 migrants lived on the Fijis, representing about 0 percent of the total population. 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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