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Overview of statistical practice
Statistics are published annually in Hungarian and English by the National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing (NDGAP) on their website.[1] NDGAP also regularly provides statistical data to EUROSTAT. The HHC requests statistical data quarterly from NDGAP.[2]
Applications and granting of protection status at first instance: figures for 2023 (1)
| Applicants in 2023 (2) | Pending at
end of 2023 |
In merit rejection | Refugee status | Subsidiary protection | Humanitarian protection (3) | |
| Total | 28[3] | 15 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 4 |
| Breakdown by countries of origin of the total numbers | ||||||
| Russia | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Unknown | 4 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 0 |
| Azerbaijan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Nigeria | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Syria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Iran | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ukraine | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Vietnam | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cuba | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nepal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bangladesh | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tajikistan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| China | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Burundi | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Egypt | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Information received from the NDGAP by the HHC on 19 February 2024.
Note 1: all statistics concern people, including children and dependents.
Note 2: “Applicants in year” refers to the total number of applicants, and not only to first-time applicants.
Applications and granting of protection status at first instance: rates for 2023
The following percentages should be read with caution, given the very low number of applications and decisions on international protection claims taken by the asylum authorities. Their relevance is thus necessarily limited.
| In merit rejection rate
(1) (2) |
In merit protection rate (1) (2) | Refugee rate (1) (2) | Subsidiary
protection rate (1) (2) |
Humanitarian protection rate (1) (2) | |
| Total | 25.7% | 74.3% | 31.4% | 31.4% | 11.4% |
| Breakdown by countries of origin of the total numbers | |||||
| Russia | 66.7% | 33.3% | 16.6% | 0% | 16.6% |
| Unknown | 0% | 100% | 62.5% | 37.5% | 0% |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Afghanistan | 0% | 100% | 28.6% | 71.4% | 0% |
| Nigeria | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| Syria | 0% | 100% | 0 % | 100% | 0% |
| Myanmar | 0% | 100% | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Iran | 0% | 100% | 100% | 0% | 0% |
| Ukraine | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Nepal | 0% | 100% | 0% | 100% | 0% |
| Tajikistan | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| China | 0% | 100% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Egypt | 100% | 0% | 0% | 0% | 0% |
Source of the percentages: calculated based on the previous table’s data
Note 1: these rates are calculated based on in merit decisions only, excluding non in merit rejections..
Note 2: all the rates are calculated including humanitarian protection among positive and total decisions.
Gender/age breakdown of the total number of applicants: 2023
| Adults | Children | ||
| Accompanied | Unaccompanied | ||
| Number | 18 | – | 11 |
| Percentage | 62% | – | 38% |
| Men | Women | |
| Number | 20 | 8 |
| Percentage | 71% | 29% |
Judicial remedy in asylum procedures in 2023
|
Judicial Remedy in Asylum Procedures in 2023 |
|
| Total number of appeals / judicial review requests submitted | 12 |
| Total number of judgments | 50 |
| Judgments rejecting the appeal/judicial review request | 15 |
| Judgments quashing the decision of NDGAP and ordering new procedure | 27 |
| Judgments quashing the decision of NDGAP | 7 |
| Judgments altering the decision of NDGAP | – |
| Judgments for the omission of NDGAP |
1 |
Source: Data received from the NDGAP by the HHC on 19 February 2024 and from the National Office of the Judiciary by the HHC on 2 February 2024.
Embassy Procedure: 2023
| Nationalities | Statement of intent | Authorisation by NDGAP | Rejection | Pending as of 31 December 2023 |
| Iranian | 1 | 5 | 16 | 0 |
| Myanmar | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Afghan | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 5 | 29 | 0 |
Source: Data received from the NDGAP by the HHC on 19 February 2024.
[1] Statistical reports of the NDGAP in Hungarian may be found at: https://bit.ly/3mUlboB.
[2] Modified according to the authorities’ comments to the report.
[3] The number is based on statistics the HHC requested from the NDGAP on a quaterly basis. 28 is the sum of the numbers the NDGAP provided on a quaterly basis. According to the statistical report published by the NDGAP, however, this number is 31.