OFFICE OF THE COMMISSIONER GENERAL FOR REFUGEES AND STATELESS PERSONSS ASYLUM Overview STATISTICS Publisher: Office of the Commissioner General for Refugees and Stateless Personss Communication Information Press cgra.info@ibz.fgov.be Contact: Tine Van Valckenborgh tine.vanvalckenborgh@ibz.fgov.be (+) Date: //
Table I. Asylum figures in.... Annually. In December II. Asylum applications in Belgium.... Number of asylum applications (first applications + multiple applications)... a. Applications per month (-) b. Applications per year (from -) c. Top of countries of origin in December d. Top of countries of origin in e. Asylum applications male/female ration in 7- f. Asylum applications in 8,, and according to nationality. First asylum applications............ a. First applications per month (-) b. First applications per year (-). Multiple asylum applications... 7 a. Multiple applications per month (-) b. Multiple applications per year (-) c. Top of countries of origin for multiple applications in December d. Top of countries of origin for multiple applications in. Unaccompanied foreign minors... a. Applications from unaccompanied minors per month (-) b. Applications from unaccompanied minors per year (-) c. Top of countries of origin of unaccompanied minors in December d. Top of countries of origin of unaccompanied minors in e. Male/female ratio of unaccompanied foreign minor applicants in 7- III. Asylum decisions in.... Decisions by the Immigration Department. Decisions by the CGRS a. Number of decisions b. Recognition of refugee status, per nationality c. Granting subsidiary protection status, per nationality IV. Evolution of the caseload at the CGRS... Asylum Statistics Overview -
I. Asylum figures in (source: Immigration department). Annually Asylum applications Number of asylum applications First asylum applications Multiple asylum applications Unaccompanied foreign minors Decisions CGRS decisions Recognition of refugee status Subsidiary Protection (SP) Refusal to grant refugee status and SP Other Number of files.7... Number of decisions.88.87..7.8 % of asylum applications 7,7%,%,7% % of decisionsd,8%,% 7,%,% Caseload at the CGRA.. December Asylum applications Number of asylum applications First asylum applications Multiple asylum applications Unaccompanied foreign minors Decisions CGRS decisions Recognition of refugee status Subsidiary Protection (SP) Refusal to grant refugee status and SP Other Number of files..8 7 Number of decisions.8 7.8 % of asylum applications 7,%,8% 7,% % of decisions,8% 7,87% 7,8% 8,% Caseload at the CGRA. Asylum Statistics Overview -
II. Asylum applications in Belgium (source: Immigration Department unless otherwise stated). Number of asylum applications (first applications + multiple applications) a. Applications per month (-) January February March April June July August September October November December.8 88 87 8 8 87 87.8.8..87 7 787.8 8 8 8 8 887.. 8 +/- in % +/- in % vs last vs month.7 8 7 8 7.87..7...7...8.8.....8..8.8. 7.8.7.8....7..77..7....77.8....87...8..8..7 8,% -,%,%,%,%,%,%,%,%,%,7%,% 7,77% -,7%,% 7,% -,8%,7% -,%,%,%,%,% -,8%,% 7 Jan Feb Mar Apr June July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 7 8 b. Applications per year ( -).8.7 7 7.7.88 88....788..778.. 8.8..7.7.87.. 7.8 8..7 8 8 7 7 Asylum Statistics Overview -
c. Top of countries of origin in December Russia Guinea Afghanistan Iraq Kosovo Bangladesh 7Congo RD 8Pakistan Cameroon Serbia Other countries December Percentage top Number 7 8 8.7.,% % 8,% 8,% 8,%,%,%,7%,%,%,%,%,% % d. Top of countries of origin in Afghanistan Guinea Iraq Russia Kosovo Serbia 7Congo RD 8Pakistan Macedoniaa Albania Other countries Percentage top Number.78..8.8.8..7 8 8.88.7 7,% %,8% 8,% 7,%,%,7%,%,%,7%,%,%,7% % e. Asylum applications : male/female ratio of applicants from 7 until (source: CGRS) Male 7 7,% 8,7%,7% 8,%,% Female,8%,7%,8%,78%,%,% December M F 8,% Asylum Statistics Overview -
f. Applications in 8,, and according to nationality (in color and bold : top in ) Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Argentina Armenia Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belorussia Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia-Herzegovina Brasil Bulgaria Burkina-Faso Burundi Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central African Rep. Chad Chili China Colombia Congo RD Congo RP Croatia Cuba Czech Rep. Djibouti Dominican Rep. Ecuador Egypt Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fidji France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haïti Hungary India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Italy Ivory Coast Jamaica Jordania Kampuchea Kazakhstan Kenia Kirghizistan Kosovo Kuwait Latvia Libanon Liberia Libya 8 8 87...78 Lithuania 7 8 Macedonia.8 8 7 87 Madagascar 8 Malawi 8 Malaysia. 8 Mali 7 8 Malta 7 7 77 Mauretania 8 87 8 8 Mauritius 8 7 Mexico Moldova 7 Mongolia 8 7 8 Montenegro 7 Morocco 7 7 Mozambique Myanmar 8 7 Nepal 7 7 Netherlands Nicaragua Niger 7 7 78 7 7 Nigeria 8 North Corea 7 Pakistan 8 78 Palestina 7 8 Panama 7 7 78.7 Peru Philippines 8 Poland Romania 8 8 Russia....8 Rwanda 7 8 7 Salvador 7 Saoudi Arabia Senegal 7 Serbia 7.. 7 Sierra Leone 77 Slovakia 7 8 7 7 Slovenia Somalia 8 South Africa South Corea 7 Spain 7 Sri Lanka 8 78 Sudan 8 7 Surinam Syria 8 7 88 7 Tadzhikistan 7 7..8. Tanzania 8 Thailand Timor-Leste Togo 7 8 7 Tunisia 8 7 Turkey 8 77 Turkmenistan 7 8 Uganda.7.8.7.8 Ukraine 7 8 8 7 United Arabic Emirates USA 888 7 7 Uzbekistan 7 Venezuela 8 Vietnam 8 Yemen 7 8 7 Zambie 7 Zimbabwe 8 7 78..88.8 Others 8 Indefinite 8 Stateless Persons 7 7 8 7 8 Refugees 7 7. 7.8..7 Asylum Statistics Overview -
. First asylum applications a. First applications per month (-) January February March April June July August September October November December b. First applications per year (-) 7 8 +/- en % +/- in % vs last vs month 87 788 88 77 7 7 7 7 7 8 8 88. 7 88 77 7 7 77 8 8 78 7 8. 87 7 8 7 7 7 8 8 7 8. 8 7 88 8 7 8..8..7.. 8. 7. 88. 77. 8.. 8. 77.. 7..7..8....7.78...88.8.,,% -,8%,,8% 7,,%,,8%,,% 7,,7%,,8%,,8% 8,,78%,,%,,%,7% -,%,8%,% -,% -,8% -,7%,% 8,%,%,% -,% -,% Jan Feb Mar Apr Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 7 8. 8. 8.... 7 8 Asylum Statistics Overview -
. Multiple asylum applications a. Multiple applications per month (-) January February March April June July August September October November December 7 8 +/ /- in % +/- in % vs last vs month 8 8 7.87 8 8 8 8 7 8.8 7 7 8 7 88. 7 7 8 77 7. 8 7 8 7 8 8. 8 8 8 8.,,%,,%,,%,,8% 7,,% 7,,%,,% 7,,7%,,%,,%,,%,,%,% -,% 7,% 7,% -,% 7,7%,8% -,% -,%,% 8,% -,%,% 7 Jan Feb Mar Apr Juny July Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 7 8 b. Multiple applications per year (-).87.8.... 7 8 Asylum Statistics Overview - 7
c. Top of countries of origin for multiple applications in December Russia Kosovo Guinea Serbia Afghanistan Armenia 7Macedoniaa 8Iraq Rwanda Cameroon Other countries December Percentage top Number 8 7 7 8 8 7 7,8% %,7%,%,8%,%,%,%,%,%,%,8%,% % d. Top of countries of origin for multiple applications in Russia Kosovo Guinea Afghanistan Serbia Armenia 7Iraq 8Macedoniaa Rwanda Syria Other countries Percentage top Number 78..,% %,%,% 8,% 7,%,%,%,%,%,%,8%,8% % Asylum Statistics Overview - 8
. Unaccompanied foreign minors The figures given by Immigration department are liable to change according to the results of the bone age tests carried out to ascertain whether an alleged minor is younger than 8. a. Applications from unaccompanied foreign minors per month (-) January February March April June July August September October November December b. Applications from unaccompanied foreign minors per year (-) 7 8 +/ /- in % +/- in % vs last vs month 7 7 7 8 7 8 7 7 7 8 7 7 8 7 7 7 8 7 7 7 8 8 8 8 87 7.,,%,,7% 7,,87% 8,,8%,,% 7,,7%,,%,,% 78,,%,,% -7,%,,7% 8,%,8%,%,7% -,%,%,% -,8% -,7%,% -,% -,%,% Jan Feb Mar Apr Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 7 8 8 7 7 8. 7 8 Asylum Statistics Overview -
c. Top of countries of origin of unaccompanied minors in November Afghanistan Guinea Congo DR Bangladesh Somalia Cameroon Ivory Coast Iraq Pakistan Other countries December Percentage top Number 8 8 7 8,% %,8%,%,7%,%,%,%,%,%,% 8,% % d. Top of countries of origin of unaccompanied minors in Afghanistan Guinea Congo RD Iraq Somalia Other countries Percentage top Number 7 8 8. 7,% %,% 7,%,%,%,% 7,% % e. Male/femalee ratio of unaccompanied minor applicants Boys 7 8,% 8 7,% 77,8% 7,88% 8,8% Girls,% 8,%,% 7,%,% December,7% B G 8, % Asylum Statistics Overview -
III. Asylum decisions in (source: CGRS). Decisions by the Immigration Department Transfer of files to CGRS / / quater (Dublin) quater Renunciation, Jan-Nov 7.8.7.8.8.88 December...8.8..8.8 The Immigration Department decides on certain kinds of applications: applications falling under the Dublin Regulation, multiple applications, renunciations etc. Applications not who de not falll within to these categories are transferred to the CGRS.. Decisions by the CGRS a. Number of decisions Recognition of refugee status Granting of subsidiary protection Refusal to grant refugeee status and subsidiary protection Refusal to take an asylum application into consideration (EU nationals) Technical refusal Exclusion from refugee status and from subsidiary protection Exclusion from refugee status and refusal to grant subsidiary protection Refusal to grant refugeee status and exclusion form subsidiary protection Abolition of refugee status and/or subsidiary protection Withdrawal of refugee status and/or subsidiary protection Renunciation + closing of the case + departure IOM Application which does not proceed to judgment: regularization under art Application which does not proceed to judgment: (naturalization, death, administrative reasons) Jan Feb March April June July 7 8 8 88 7 8 8 7 8 7 8. 7 77 7 8 7 7 88.8...7.8. Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec 8 8.. 7 7 7 8 7.87. 7.8.7 7 8 88 7 8 8 77 8 8..7.87..8.88 Asylum Statistics Overview -
b. Recognition of refugee status, per nationality (in color and bold : countries in the top of asylum applications in ) Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Armenia Azerbaijan Bangladesh Belorussia Benin Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Chad China Colombia Congo Brazzaville Congo RD Djibouti Egypt Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Georgia Ghana Guinea Indefinitee India Iran Iraq Ivory Coast Jordania Kazakhstan Kenia Kosovo Kuwait Libanon Liberia Macedonia Madagascar Mali Mauretania Mauritius Morocco Myanmar Niger Nigeria North Corea Pakistan Palestina Russia Rwanda Senegal Serbia Sierra Leone Somalia Sri Lanka Sudan Syria Tanzania Togo Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Zimbabwe Jan Feb 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 Mar April 8 8 8 7 7 8 June 8 8 7 8 7 8 8 8 July Aug Sept Oct Nov Dec 8 7 7 8 7 8 7 8 7 8 8 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 7 7 8 7 8 8 7 88 8 8 7.87 Asylum Statistics Overview -
c. Granting of subsidiary protection, per nationality (in color and bold : countries in the top of asylum applications in ) Afghanistan Angola Armenia Burundi Cameroon Congo (RD) El Salvador Erytrea Guinea Indefinite Iraq Ivory Coast Macedonia Palestina Russia Somalia Sudan Tanzania Togoo Yemen Jan 7 Feb Mar 7 April 8 June 8 July Aug Sept 7 Oct Nov 7 Dec 8 8 8 88 7 8. Asylum Statistics Overview -
IV. Evolution of the caseload at the CGRS (Caseload in assessing asylum applications at the CGRS) At the end of December, the CGRA had a total caseload of, dossiers, of which, dossiers may be considered a normal workload. The backlog as such amounted therefore to, dossiers. Caseload per year 8. 8. 8.8.8 8 8.8...8 7.7.. // // // // // // /7 //8 // // // // Caseload per month in -.7.78....8...7.......8..7...77..7.88 7.7 8 7 Jan Feb Mar Apr July Aug June Sept Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr July Aug June Sept Oct Nov Dec Dec Asylum Statistics Overview -