Overview of statistical practice
Regular statistics are not published by the authorities. UNHCR Malta regularly publishes information on arrivals, asylum applications, decisions and reception of asylum seekers.[1]
Applications and granting of protection status at first instance: 2020[2]
| Applicants in 2020 | Pending at end 2020 | Refugee status | Subsidiary protection | Rejection | Refugee rate | Sub. Prot.rate | Rejection rate | |
| Total | 2,419 | 4,320 | 76 | 192 | 605 | 8.5% | 22% | 69.5% |
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Breakdown by countries of origin of the total numbers
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| Sudan | 444 | 1,149 | 19 | 0 | 24 | 44% | 0% | 56% |
| Bangladesh | 260 | 144 | 0 | 0 | 130 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Eritrea | 227 | 367 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 9% | 45.5% | 45.5% |
| Nigeria | 214 | 224 | 1 | 0 | 30 | 3% | 0% | 97% |
| Somalia | 146 | 205 | 0 | 5 | 79 | 0% | 6% | 94% |
| Syria | 136 | 366 | 45 | 107 | 57 | 21.5% | 51% | 27.5% |
| Morocco | 120 | – | 0 | 0 | 78 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Cote d’Ivoire | 115 | 189 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 6.5% | 0% | 93.5% |
| Guinea | 81 | 124 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Mali | 67 | 154 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0% | 0% | 100% |
Source: International Protection Agency (IPA), April 2021. It should be noted that rejections include inadmissibility decisions
Gender/age breakdown of the total number of applicants: 2020
| Number | Percentage | |
| Total number of applicants | 2,419 | 100% |
| Men | 2,024 | 83.5% |
| Women | 229 | 9.5% |
| Children | 154 | 6.5% |
| Unaccompanied children | 12 | 0.5% |
Source: International Protection Agency (IPA), April 2021.
Comparison between first instance and appeal decision rates: 2020
| First instance | Appeal | |||
| Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | |
| Total number of decisions | 873 | 100% | – | – |
| Positive decisions | 268 | 30.5% | – | – |
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76 | 8.5% | – | – |
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192 | 22% | – | – |
| Negative decisions | 605 | 69.5% | – | – |
Source: International Protection Agency (IPA), April 2021. Statistics on second instance decisions were not available at the time of writing of this report.
[1] UNHCR Malta, Figures at a glance, available at: https://bit.ly/3bgXj6a.
[2] UNHCR Malta, Figures at a glance, available at: https://bit.ly/2OJOKLF.