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Overview of statistical practice
The State Agency for Refugees (SAR) publishes monthly statistical reports on asylum applicants and main nationalities, as well as overall first instance decisions.[1] Further information is shared with non-governmental organisations in the context of the National Coordination Mechanism. The Ministry of Interior also publishes monthly reports on the migration situation, which include figures on apprehension, capacity and occupancy of reception centres.[2]
Applications and granting of protection status at first instance: 2022
| Applicants in 2022 | Pending at end 2022 | Refugee status | Subsidiary
protection |
Rejection | Refugee rate | Sub. Prot. rate | Rejection rate | |
| Total | 20,407 | 1,009 | 100 | 4,273 | 445 | 2% | 89% | 9% |
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Breakdown by countries of origin of the total numbers
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| Syria | 8,598 | 5,695 | 65 | 3,651 | 53 | 2% | 97% | 1% |
| Afghanistan | 7,164 | 3,250 | 10 | 24 | 35 | 14% | 35% | 51% |
| Morocco | 1,712 | 1,000 | 0 | 3 | 78 | 0% | 4% | 96% |
| Ukraine[3] | 1,313 | 16 | 0 | 501 | 0 | 0% | 100% | 0% |
| Iraq | 656 | 570 | 9 | 22 | 37 | 13% | 32% | 54% |
| Russia | 170 | 135 | 0 | 7 | 41 | 0% | 15% | 85% |
| Pakistan | 167 | 85 | 1 | 4 | 76 | 1% | 5% | 94% |
| Algeria | 151 | 54 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Stateless | 92 | 65 | 4 | 36 | 14 | 7% | 67% | 26% |
| Iran | 82 | 84 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 9% | 52% | 39% |
Source: SAR.
Gender/age breakdown of the total number of applicants: 2022
| Number | Percentage | |
| Total number of applicants | 20,407 | 100% |
| Men | 13,757 | 67.4% |
| Women | 1,509 | 7.3% |
| Children | 1,793 | 8.7% |
| Unaccompanied children | 3,348 | 16.4% |
Source: SAR.
Comparison between first instance and appeal decision rates: 2022
| First instance | Appeal | |||
| Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | |
| Total number of decisions | 4,817* | 100% | 214 | 100% |
| Positive decisions | 4,373 | 23% | 0 | 0 |
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100 | 0,5% | 0 | 0 |
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4,273 | 22% | 0 | 0 |
| Negative decisions | 444 | 2% | 214 | 100% |
[1] SAR, Statistics and reports, available at: https://bit.ly/2ur0Y1a. Only the latest available statistics are published at any given time.
[2] Ministry of Interior, Migration statistics, available at: https://bit.ly/372jvz7.
[3] Prior the government’s decision №144 from 10 March 2022 to enable CID (EU) 2022/382 from 4 March 2022 of the Council effectuating the Temporary Protection Directive.