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Overview of statistical practice
The Department of Civil Liberties and Immigration of the Ministry of Interior publishes monthly statistical reports on asylum applications and first instance decisions.[1] More detailed statistics are made available by the National Commission for the Right to Asylum (Commissione nazionale per il diritto di asilo, CNDA).
Applications and granting of protection status at first instance: 2019
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|
Applicants in 2019 |
Pending at end 2019 |
Refugee status |
Subsidiary protection |
Special protection |
Rejection |
Refugee rate |
Subs. Prot. rate |
Spec. Prot. rate |
Rejection rate |
|
Total |
43,783 |
42,803 |
10,711 |
6.935 |
616 |
76,798 |
11% |
7% |
1% |
81% |
|
Breakdown by countries of origin of the total numbers
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|
Nigeria |
1,253 |
– |
2,471 |
207 |
76 |
13,840 |
15% |
1% |
0% |
83% |
|
Pakistan |
7,305 |
– |
710 |
919 |
53 |
10,272 |
6% |
8% |
0% |
85% |
|
Bangladesh |
1,340 |
– |
279 |
140 |
73 |
7,663 |
3% |
2% |
1% |
93% |
|
Senegal |
867 |
– |
214 |
72 |
19 |
5,360 |
4% |
1% |
0% |
94% |
|
Gambia |
– |
– |
280 |
59 |
24 |
4,041 |
6% |
1% |
1% |
91% |
|
Ukraine |
1,775 |
– |
105 |
338 |
39 |
3,586 |
3% |
8% |
1% |
88% |
|
Ivory Coast |
407 |
– |
342 |
82 |
21 |
3,319 |
9% |
2% |
1% |
88% |
|
El Salvador |
2,520 |
– |
700 |
897 |
5 |
1,581 |
22% |
28% |
0% |
49% |
|
Guinea |
– |
– |
208 |
39 |
15 |
2,808 |
7% |
1% |
0% |
91% |
|
Morocco |
1,510 |
– |
153 |
22 |
13 |
2,336 |
6% |
1% |
1% |
92% |
|
Albania |
1,547 |
– |
95 |
13 |
5 |
1,491 |
6% |
1% |
0% |
92% |
|
Perù |
2,445 |
– |
119 |
24 |
1 |
1,172 |
9% |
2% |
0% |
89% |
|
Venezuela |
1,544 |
– |
447 |
981 |
6 |
111 |
29% |
63% |
0% |
7% |
Source: CNDA, available in Italian at: https://bit.ly/2LczQZ3: data include inadmissibility decisions, suspended decisions and non-reachability decisions.[2]
Gender/age breakdown of the total number of applicants: 2019
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|
Number |
Percentage |
|
Total number of applicants |
43,783 |
100% |
|
Men |
32,085 |
73% |
|
Women |
11,698 |
26% |
|
Children |
6,623 |
– |
|
Unaccompanied children |
659 |
1.5% |
Source: Ministry of Interior, available in Italian at: https://bit.ly/35LOIXH
Comparison between first instance and appeal decision rates: 2019
Statistics on appeals are not available.
[1] Ministry of Interior, I numeri dell’asilo, available in Italian at: http://bit.ly/2pzBgnd.
[2] The Procedure Decree states that when the applicant, before having been interviewed, leaves the reception centre without any justification or absconds from CPR or from hotspots, the Territorial Commission suspends the examination of the application on the basis that the applicant is not reachable (irreperibile).