Asylum applications and refugees from Papua New Guinea

173 people from Papua New Guinea have fled in 2019 and applied for asylum in other countries. This corresponds to approximately 0.002% of all residents. All refugees fled to Iran. Overall, 73 percent of the asylum applications have been rejected. The most successful have been the refugees in Australia.

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Asylum applications of refugees from Papua New Guinea

The total number of initial and continuing applications refers to the year 2019. 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.

Destination	applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
	New Applications
Australia	173	64	169	27.5 %
Totals	173	64	169	27.5 %

Destination	applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
	Reviews
Australia	149	11	10	52.4 %
Totals	149	11	10	52.4 %

Asylum applications of foreign refugees in Papua New Guinea

Origin	applied	accepted	rejected	acceptance rate
	New Applications
Iran	0	10	0	100.0 %
Totals	0	10	0	100.0 %

Origin	applied	accepted	rejected
	Reviews
Iran	0	0	0
Totals	0	0	0

National migrant stock from 1980 to 2015

In 2015 a total of 25,782 migrants lived in Papua New Guinea. 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.