Asylum

• 2026, Eurostat: With the Pact on Migration and Asylum (in force 12 June 2026), Eurostat counts registered asylum applicants from July 2026, where the previous definition referred to lodged applications. source · page
• 2025, UNHCR: UNHCR's figures for new applications in Australia are given as new and repeat applications combined from 2025; in the previous year with data they were given as persons. source · page
• 2025, UNHCR: UNHCR footnote for 2025: "All figures are as of mid-2025." source · page
• 2025, UNHCR: UNHCR's figures for new applications in Colombia are given as persons and cases from 2025; in the previous year with data they were given as persons. source · page
• 2025, Eurostat: Eurostat marks Spain's data as provisional since March 2025. source · page
• 2025, UNHCR: UNHCR footnote for 2025: "Figures are as of mid-2025." source · page
• 2025, UNHCR: UNHCR's figures for new applications in Nigeria are given as new and repeat applications combined from 2025; in the previous year with data they were given as persons. source · page
• 2025, UNHCR: UNHCR's figures for new applications in Panama are given as cases from 2025; in the previous year with data they were given as persons. source · page
• 2025, UNHCR: UNHCR's figures for new applications in United States of America are given as persons and cases from 2025; in the previous year with data they were given as persons. source · page
• 2025, UNHCR: UNHCR footnote for 2025: "Statistics for the United States of America in 2025 are based on official data published by the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) and the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR). EOIR data covers the full year. USCIS data is reported as cases from January to September 2025, on this basis UNHCR counts one person per case. USCIS data does not include the applicants’ nationality for new asylum applications." source · page
• 2025, Eurostat: Eurostat flags a break in time series in 2025 for: TOTAL decisions. source · page
• 2024, UNHCR: UNHCR footnote for 2024: "All data is as of end-2022." source · page
• 2024, UNHCR: UNHCR's figures for new applications in Panama are given as persons from 2024; in the previous year with data they were given as cases. source · page
• 2024, UNHCR: UNHCR footnote for 2024: "Only those asylum-seekers facing acute or imminent protection risks are registered by UNHCR. In addition, there are some 3,900 other asylum-seekers who were individually assessed, counselled and advised to inform UNHCR of any changes in their situation, which would justify a decision to register them." source · page
• 2024, UNHCR: UNHCR footnote for 2024: "All statistics reported by the United States of America apart from resettlement arrivals are as of mid-2024. Hence, the data of new applications and decisions only include the period between January and June 2024, and the number of pending applications is as of 30 June 2024. The full year statistics for each of these are likely to be higher." source · page
• 2023, UNHCR: UNHCR footnote for 2023: "The statistics on asylum-seekers (new applications, re-opened/repeat applications and/or appeal application) in Canada include persons who had their claim assessed before the Refugee Protection Division and the Refugee Appeal Division of the Immigration Refugee Board as well as by the Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada through a Pre-Removal Risk Assessment." source · page
• 2023, Eurostat: Eurostat flags a break in time series (flag "b") in the population of Germany on 1 January 2023, the base of this rate. source · page
• 2023, Eurostat: Eurostat says France's data include estimated figures for unaccompanied minors since January 2023. source · page
• 2023, UNHCR: UNHCR's figures for new applications in South Africa are given as new and repeat applications combined from 2023; in the previous year with data they were given as persons. source · page
• 2022, UNHCR: UNHCR's figures for new applications in Panama are given as cases from 2022; in the previous year with data they were given as persons. source · page
• 2022, UNHCR: UNHCR footnote for 2022: "Statistics on asylum applications and decisions processed by the government of Rwanda are reported by UNHCR based on information shared by Government of Rwanda. The comprehensive data is however only available with the government of Rwanda. Please also note, that small figures have been redacted for data protection reasons. Among asylum applications decided upon by the government of Rwanda, the total number of recognised asylum-seekers in 2022 was 41, while 103 applications were rejected and 27 cased were otherwise closed. Statistics on applications and decisions processed by UNHCR, reflect case processing for the purpose of durable solutions as part of the Emergency Transit Mechanism (ETM)." source · page
• 2022, UNHCR: UNHCR footnote for 2022: "Only those asylum-seekers facing acute or imminent protection risks are registered by UNHCR. There are some 13,400 other asylum-seekers who were individually assessed, counselled and advised to inform UNHCR of any changes in their situation, which would justify a decision to register them." source · page
• 2022, UNHCR: UNHCR footnote for 2022: "In South Africa, all refugees and asylum-seekers with valid permits were considered to be active during the COVID-19 pandemic era as long as their permit’s expiry dates were after the breakout of the pandemic. With the resumption of normal services in 2022, many permits have been inactivated and are therefore considered to be administrative closures. In total, some 72,200 individuals either did not extend their permits or the extended permits became inactive by the end of the year. Individuals whose permits have been inactivated can reapply although asylum-seekers and refugees have reported challenges in accessing the online renewal system." source · page
• 2021, Eurostat: Eurostat's metadata lists January 2021 as the start of data under the 2021 Asylum Guidelines. source · page
• 2021, UNHCR: UNHCR footnote for 2021: "The 2014 ministerial declaration that offered Prima Facie refugee status to persons fleeing generalised violence from Central African Republic from January 2013 onwards is no longer applicable. As such, all refugees are assessed on an individual basis by the National Commission for Refugees." source · page
• 2021, UNHCR: UNHCR footnote for 2021: "The number of asylum applications includes 38,278 asylum applications not yet formalized, i.e. individuals with an appointment to complete the application procedure, as well as 11,066 applicants whose cases have been processed but have yet to receive notification of the decision on their asylum applications. The latter relate primarily to cases received prior to 2020. Until end-2020 these were reported under others of concern and have since been re-classified as asylum applications since the 2021 mid-year statistical report." source · page
• 2021, Eurostat: Eurostat flags a break in time series (flag "b") in the population of Czechia on 1 January 2021, the base of this rate. source · page
• 2021, Eurostat: Eurostat flags a break in time series (flag "bep") in the population of Poland on 1 January 2021, the base of this rate. source · page
• 2021, UNHCR: UNHCR footnote for 2021: "Only those asylum-seekers facing acute or imminent protection risks are registered by UNHCR. In addition, there are some 12,400 other asylum-seekers who were individually assessed, counselled and advised to inform UNHCR of any changes in their situation, which would justify a decision to register them." source · page
• 2021, UNHCR: UNHCR's figures for new applications in United States of America are given as persons from 2021; in the previous year with data they were given as persons and cases. source · page
• 2021, UNHCR: UNHCR footnote for 2021: "UNHCR’s global reporting standard for asylum statistics is for individual level data. To meet this standard, US Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) shared the 2021 asylum data expressed in terms of individuals. Previously, USCIS provided data based on asylum “cases” and average family household size, which UNHCR used to estimate the total number of individual asylum applications before USCIS. The shift in 2021 to USCIS reporting of individuals (not cases) allows for more precise reporting, as well as more consistency across the U.S. asylum data, since the U.S. Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) has already been reporting individual-level asylum statistics to UNHCR. UNHCR notes that the increase in the reported number of asylum applications filed with USCIS in 2021 primarily reflects this change in reporting modality." source · page
• 2020, UNHCR: UNHCR footnote for 2020: "The statistics on asylum-seekers (new applications, re-opened/repeat applications and/or appeal application) and refugees individually recognized in Canada include persons who had their claim assessed before the Refugee Protection Division and the Refugee Appeal Division of the Immigration Refugee Board as well as by the Department of Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada through a Pre-Removal Risk Assessment." source · page
• 2020, UNHCR: UNHCR footnote for 2020: "UNHCR is currently working with the authorities and other actors to determine the size of the population that found an effective nationality solution under Law 169-14. Since the adoption of Law 169-14 in May 2014, important steps have been taken by the Dominican Republic to confirm Dominican nationality through the validation of birth certificates of individuals born in the country to two migrant parents before 2007. According to information shared by the Dominican delegation during the 2019 High-Level Segment on Statelessness, approximately 48 per cent of the total Group A population of 61,049 persons had been authorized by the National Electoral Board (JCE) to request their nationality documentation. Additionally, as of December 2019, over 1,700 Group B persons (900 of which were children) had submitted applications for naturalization to the Ministry of Interior and of the Police (MIP). However, no naturalization decisions concerning this population had been issued by end 2020." source · page
• 2020, UNHCR: UNHCR's figures for new applications in Finland are given as persons from 2020; in the previous year with data they were given as cases. source · page
• 2020, Eurostat: Eurostat's metadata gives United Kingdom first-time applicant data until November 2020 and "after not applicable"; the last full year in the annual table is 2019. source · page
• 2020, UNHCR: UNHCR footnote for 2020: "Only those asylum-seekers facing acute or imminent protection risks are registered by UNHCR. In addition, there are some 6,100 other asylum-seekers who were individually assessed, counselled and advised to inform UNHCR of any changes in their situation, which would justify a decision to register them." source · page
• 2020, UNHCR: UNHCR footnote for 2020: "Asylum applications which are reported as cases can be multiplied overall by average number of person per case of 1.5 when summarising the data by country of asylum, but not origin. This is due to the significant variance in the average case size by country of origin." source · page
• 2020, UNHCR: UNHCR's figures for new applications in Yemen are given as persons from 2020; in the previous year with data they were given as new and repeat applications combined. source · page
• 2019, UNHCR: UNHCR's figures for new applications in Bulgaria are given as new and repeat applications combined from 2019; in the previous year with data they were given as persons. source · page
• 2019, UNHCR: UNHCR footnote for 2019: "UNHCR is currently working with the authorities and other actors to determine the size of the population that found an effective nationality solution under Law 169-14. Since the adoption of Law 169-14 in May 2014, important steps have been taken by the Dominican Republic to confirm Dominican nationality through the validation of birth certificates of individuals born in the country to two migrant parents before 2007. According to information shared by the Dominican delegation during the 2019 High-Level Segment on Statelessness, approximately 48 per cent of the total Group A population of 61,049 persons had been authorized by the National Electoral Board (JCE) to request their nationality documentation. Additionally, as of December 2019, over 1,700 Group B persons (900 of which were children) had submitted applications for naturalization to the Ministry of Interior and of the Police (MIP). However, no naturalization decisions concerning this population have been issued to date." source · page

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