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Country Report: Statistics Last updated: 08/07/25

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Statistics are provided on the website migracje.gov.pl. The statistics presented below were provided upon request by the Office for Foreigners.

Applications and granting of protection status at first instance: figures for 2023

	Applicants in 2023 (1)	Pending at end 2023	Total decisions in 2023 (2)	Total in merit decisions	Total rejection	In merit rejection	Refugee status	Subsidiary protection	Humanitarian protection (3)
Total	9,513	3,766	6,511	5,697	1,880	1,066	602	4,029	n/a
Breakdown by countries of origin of the total numbers
Belarus	3,713	1,339	2,928	2,927	49	48	228	2,651	n/a
Ukraine	1,771	781	1,229	1,226	88	85	15	1,126	n/a
Russia	1,766	683	1,069	502	877	310	113	79	n/a
Türkiye	248	49	62	62	24	24	38	0	n/a
Egypt	194	34	136	119	133	116	3	0	n/a
Afghanistan	170	170	163	161	4	2	106	53	n/a
Tajikistan	167	80	134	90	115	71	1	18	n/a
India	152	75	63	60	63	60	0	0	n/a
Syria	135	21	25	23	5	3	16	4	n/a
Iraq	124	76	62	42	51	31	4	7	n/a

Source: Office for Foreigners.

(1) “Applicants in year” refers to the total number of applicants, not only to first-time applicants.

(2) Statistics on decisions cover the decisions taken throughout the year, regardless of whether they concern applications lodged that year or in previous years.

(3) Humanitarian protection is not granted within the international protection proceedings, but return proceedings. The first instance authority is the Border Guard and the Office for Foreigners is the second instance authority. The number of humanitarian protection statuses granted annually is generally low. In 2023, humanitarian protection was granted to 35 persons in the first instance and to 7 in appeal proceedings.

Applications and granting of protection status at first instance: rates for 2023

	Overall rejection rate	In merit rejection rate	Overall protection rate	In merit protection rate	Refugee rate	Subsidiary protection rate	Humanitarian protection rate
Total	28%	18%	71%	81%	10%	70%	n/a
Breakdown by countries of origin of the total numbers
Belarus	1.6%	1.6%	98%	98%	7.8%	90.5%	n/a
Ukraine	7.1%	6.9%	92.8%	93%	1.2%	91.8%	n/a
Russia	82%	61%	17.9%	38%	22.5%	15.7%	n/a
Türkiye	38%	38%	61.2%	61.2%	61.2%	0%	n/a
Egypt	97%	97.4%	2.2%	2.5%	2.5%	0%	n/a
Afghanistan	2.4%	1.2%	97.5%	98.7%	65.8%	33%	n/a
Tajikistan	85%	78.8%	14%	21.1%	1.1%	20%	n/a
India	100%	100%	0%	0%	0%	0%	n/a
Syria	20%	13%	80%	86.9%	69.5%	17.3%	n/a
Iraq	82%	73.8%	17.7%	26%	9.5%	16.6%	n/a

Source of the percentages: percentages calculated by the authors of the report based on overall statistics provided by the Office for Foreigners (see table above).

Gender/age breakdown of the total number of applicants: 2023

	Adults	Children
	Adults	Accompanied	Unaccompanied
Number	7,138	2,083	292
Percentage	75%	21%	3%

	Men	Women
Number	5,860	3,653
Percentage	61%	38%

Source: Office for Foreigners.

First instance and appeal decision rates: 2023

It should be noted that, during the same year, the first instance and appeal authorities handle different caseloads. Thus, the decisions below do not concern the same applicants.

	First instance		Appeal
	Number	Percentage	Number	Percentage
Total number of decisions (persons affected by decisions)	6,511	100%	1,576	100%
Positive decisions	4,631	71%	23	1.5%
Refugee status	602	9%	9	0.6%
Subsidiary protection	4,029	61%	14	0.9%
Other^[1]	n/a		134	8,5%
Negative decisions (total)	1,880	28%	1,362	86.4%

Source: First instance – Office for Foreigners, Appeal – Refugee Board.

^[1] Decisions annulling the decisions of the Office for Foreigners and directing the case back to first instance proceedings.

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