ASYLUM STATISTICS 2016

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1 ASYLUM STATISTICS 216 GENERAL OVERVIEW ASYLUM APPLICATIONS 2,16 Number of persons who introduced a first application * 14,67 Number of persons who introduced a subsequent asylum application 4,4 Total 18,71 DECISIONS 2,16 Intermediary decisions decision to take into consideration their subsequent asylum application 1,533 Final decisions decision granting refugee status 12,197 decision granting subsidiary protection status 3,281 decision refusing to take into consideration their subsequent asylum application 2,445 decision refusing to take into consideration their asylum application (EU, safe country of origin, refugee in another EU Member State) 351 decision refusing refugee status and refusing subsidiary protection status 7,757 Number of persons whose protection status was revoked or ended 114 Total number of persons having received an asylum decision 27,678 CASELOAD End december dossiers * This category includes asylum made at the border and on Belgian territory, as well as from beneficiaries of relocation and resettlement in Belgium. Date of publication: 6 January 217 Contact person: Tine Van Valckenborgh tine.vanvalckenborgh@ibz.fgov.be

2 I. ASYLUM APPLICATIONS (Source: Immigration Office) Number of persons who claimed asylum in 215 and 216 Total number of asylum 215 First 215 Subsequent 215 Total number of asylum 216 First 216 Subsequent 216 January 1,717 1, January 2,842 2, February 1,642 1,72 57 February 1,523 1, March 1,755 1, March 1,374 1, April 1,627 1, April 1,3 1, May 2,94 1, May 1, June 2,894 2, June 1, July 3,61 3, July 1,322 1, August 5,595 5, August 1,673 1, September 6,83 6,36 47 September 1,496 1, October 6,43 5, October 1,75 1, November 5,724 5, November 1,614 1, December 5,238 4, December 1,579 1, Total 44,76 39,64 5,696 Total 18,71 14,67 4,4 8. Monthly evolution of the number of persons who claimed asylum in 215 and Asylum statistics 216 1

3 Yearly evolution of the number of persons who introduced a first or a subsequent asylum application in the period Number of persons who introduced a subsequent application Number of persons who introduced a first application Asylum statistics 216 2

4 Top 1 of countries of origin of persons who claimed asylum application in 216 Country of origin Total number of asylum First Subsequent 1 Afghanistan 2,767 2, Syria 2,766 2, Iraq 1, Guinea Somalia Albania Turkey Russia Indefinite Congo (DRC) Other countries 6,667 4,787 1,88 Total ,71 14,67 4,4 3. Top 1 of countries of origin of persons who claimed asylum in 216, breakdown according to first and subsequent First Subsequent Asylum statistics 216 3

5 II. ASYLUM DECISIONS (Source: CGRS) n asylum decision Decisions Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Tot Intermediairy decisions Number of persons who received a decision take into consideration their subsequent asylum application Final decisions decision recognising refugee status decision granting subsidiary protection status decision refusing to take into consideration their subsequent asylum application decision refusing to take into consideration their subsequent asylum application decision refusing refugee status and refusing subsidiary protection status , ,16 1,149 1,118 1,143 1, , , , ,757 Number of persons whose protection status was revoked or ended Total number of persons who received an asylum decision 1,921 2,369 2,569 2,52 2,33 2,924 2,114 2,12 2,249 2,294 1,796 2,49 27,678 Number of decisions (cases) Decisions Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Tot Intermediary decisions Decision to take the application into consideration (subsequent asylum application) Final decisions ,149 Recognition of refugee status (RS) , ,63 Granting of subsidiary protection status (SP) Refusal to take the application into consideration (subsequent asylum application) Refusal to take the application into consideration (EU, Safe country, Refugee in another EU Member State) , , Refusal of refugee status and refusal of subsidiary protection ,576 status Protection status revoked or ended Total number of decisions 1,558 1,946 2,54 2, 1,81 2,337 1,728 1,689 1,822 1,815 1,456 2,1 22,27 Asylum statistics 216 4

6 Top 1 of countries of origin for recognition of refugee status in 216 Country of origin Decisions recognising refugee status Decisions granting subsidiary protection Refusals Total number of final decisions * 1 Syria 5,436 1, ,337 2 Iraq 2, ,774 6,72 3 Somalia ,433 4 Afghanistan ,36 2,522 5 Undetermined * Guinea Eritrea Russia Burundi China Other countries 1, ,65 5,782 Total ,197 3,281 1,553 26,31 * The decisions to refuse to take into consideration a subsequent asylum application are included in the final decisions of the CGRS. The decisions to take into consideration a subsequent asylum application are a kind of intermediary decision and are therefore not included in the final decisions. Nor does the number of final decisions include decisions to revoke or end a protection status. Top 1 of countries of origin for recognition of refugee status in Decisions recognising refugee status Decisions granting subsidiary protection Refusals * Undetermined includes persons whose nationality could not be ascertained, stateless persons, Asylum statistics 216 5

7 7,% Evolution of the protection rate of the CGRS in the period ,% 5,% 4,% 3,% 52,7% 57,7% 2,% 1,% 22,5% 28,1% 37,7%,% protection rate * * The protection rate is the percentage of leading to recognition of refugee status or granting of subsidiary protection status compared to the total number of in which a decision was taken Evolution of the type of decisions taken by the CGRS (in number of persons) Refugee status Subsidiary protection Refusals Intermediairy decisions * Protection status revoked or ended * Intermediary decisions are decisions to take into consideration a subsequent asylum application. As of 1 September 213, the CGRS is competent to examine subsequent asylum in first instance. This was formerly the competence of the immigration Office. Asylum statistics 216 6

8 jan 15 feb 15 mar15 apr 15 may15 jun 15 jul 15 aug 15 sep 15 oct15 nov 15 dec 15 jan 16 feb 16 mar16 apr 16 may16 jun 16 jul 16 aug 16 sep 16 oct16 nov 16 dec III. CASELOAD (Source: CGRS) At the end of December 216, the total caseload of the CGRS amounted to 14,815 asylum dossiers (18,92 persons). As a normal caseload corresponds to 5, dossiers, the actual backlog amounts to 9,815 dossiers Evolution of the caseload between January December Asylum statistics 216 7