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refusing refugee status and refusing subsidiary protection status 7,757 Number of persons whose protection status was revoked or ended 114 Total number of persons having received an asylum decision 27,678 CASELOAD End december 216 14.815 dossiers * This category includes asylum made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 25 5 56
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 1,213 54 January 2,842 2,396 446 February 1,642 1,72 57 February 1,523 1,313 21 March 1,755 1,171 584 March 1,374 1,16 358 April 1,627 1,117 51 April 1,3 1,33 267 May 2,94 1,615 479 May 1,193 836 357 June 2,894 2,326 568 June 1,89 79 299 July 3,61 3,137 464 July 1,322 1,84 238 August 5,595 5,166 429 August 1,673 1,254 419 September 6,83 6,36 47 September 1,496 1,176 32 October 6,43 5,532 511 October 1,75 1,33 375 November 5,724 5,528 196 November 1,614 1,261 353 December 5,238 4,827 411 December 1,579 1,181 398 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 216 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. 215 216 Asylum statistics 216 1
5. 45. 4. Yearly evolution of the number of persons who introduced a first or a subsequent asylum application in the period 29-216 5.696 35. 3. 25. 2. 15. 1. 5. 5.748 17.26 4.884 21.675 6.688 25.583 9.899 18.452 9.161 12.61 8.717 14.131 39.64 4.4 14.67 29 21 211 212 213 214 215 216 Number of persons who introduced a subsequent application Number of persons who introduced a first application Asylum statistics 216 2
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 2,227 54 2 Syria 2,766 2,612 154 3 Iraq 1,179 759 42 4 Guinea 924 721 23 5 Somalia 847 727 12 6 Albania 817 649 168 7 Turkey 736 652 84 8 Russia 724 49 315 9 Indefinite 682 624 58 1 Congo (DRC) 61 53 98 Other countries 6,667 4,787 1,88 Total 216 18,71 14,67 4,4 3. Top 1 of countries of origin of persons who claimed asylum in 216, breakdown according to first and subsequent 2.5 2. 1.5 1. 5 First Subsequent Asylum statistics 216 3
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 99 96 128 188 124 166 14 151 157 116 68 1 1,533 934 1,16 1,149 1,118 1,143 1,34 942 948 956 967 75 934 12,197 25 342 377 346 245 329 237 181 232 251 21 29 3,281 138 218 216 23 176 263 16 29 23 191 216 252 2,445 36 31 24 13 17 24 19 13 36 31 31 76 351 458 662 668 633 616 797 67 612 646 725 515 818 7,757 Number of persons whose protection status was revoked or ended 6 4 7 1 9 5 9 6 19 13 15 2 114 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 82 8 15 136 95 117 99 19 118 91 45 72 1,149 Recognition of refugee status (RS) 769 831 98 96 851 1,41 751 738 75 739 585 734 9,63 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) 177 258 257 243 182 246 179 15 196 194 167 237 2,486 125 177 178 173 137 22 141 163 172 16 176 21 2,32 21 26 19 1 1 2 14 1 26 25 22 49 252 Refusal of refugee status and refusal of subsidiary protection 378 57 58 531 517 688 535 513 545 593 447 679 6,576 status Protection status revoked or ended 6 4 7 1 9 5 9 6 15 13 14 2 19 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
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 1,615 286 7,337 2 Iraq 2,742 556 2,774 6,72 3 Somalia 769 29 455 1,433 4 Afghanistan 656 83 1,36 2,522 5 Undetermined * 484 4 115 63 6 Guinea 286 45 736 7 Eritrea 277 57 334 8 Russia 196 6 456 658 9 Burundi 159 49 28 1 China 121 225 346 Other countries 1,71 61 4,65 5,782 Total 216 12,197 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 216 8. 7. 6. 5. 4. 3. 2. 1. 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,% Evolution of the protection rate of the CGRS in the period 212-216 6,% 5,% 4,% 3,% 52,7% 57,7% 2,% 1,% 22,5% 28,1% 37,7%,% 212 213 214 215 216 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. 3. 25. 2. Evolution of the type of decisions taken by the CGRS (in number of persons) 212-216 87 71 98 744 3.417 59 2.65 114 1.533 1.553 15. 19.748 15.646 12.748 9.283 3.281 1. 5. 1.649 1.59 12.197 1.569 2.374 9.151 6.549 4.33 3.939 212 213 214 215 216 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
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 16 6.376 6.269 6.165 5.861 5.775 5.816 5.83 5.872 6.738 7.847 9.739 11.35 13.655 16.481 17.51 18.375 18.32 17.629 17.226 16.992 16.776 16.29 15.828 14.815 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. 2. 18. 16. 14. Evolution of the caseload between January 215 - December 216 12. 1. 8. 6. 4. 2. Asylum statistics 216 7