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Overview of statistical practice
The Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) publishes Asylum Trends with statistics on asylum and family reunification applications on a monthly basis.[1] These do not indicate decisions on asylum applications, however.
Applications and granting of protection status at first instance: 2020
| First time Applicants in 2020* | Pending at end 2020 | Refugee status | Subsidiary protection | Humanitarian protection | Rejection | Refugee rate | Subs. Prot. rate | Hum. Prot. rate | Rejection rate | |
| Total | 13,637 | Not available | 4,975 | 2,820 | 820 | 4,965 | 37% | 21% | 6% | 36% |
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Breakdown by countries of origin of the total numbers
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| Syria | 4,022 | : | 2,600 | 1,510 | 55 | 465 | 56% | 32% | 1% | 10% |
| Algeria | 993 | : | 0 | 0 | 0 | 420 | 0% | 0% | 0% | 100% |
| Turkey | 989 | : | 1,130 | 10 | 330 | 105 | 10% | 10 % | 20% | 7% |
| Morocco | 774 | : | 5 | 0 | 5 | 470 | 0% | 0% | 1% | 98% |
| Nigeria | 633 | : | 5 | 5 | 0 | 185 | 2,5% | 2.5% | 0% | 95% |
| Unknown | 581 | : | 240 | 85 | 30 | 135 | 17% | 17% | 6% | 28% |
| Yemen | 410 | : | 30 | 550 | 20 | 45 | 85% | 85% | 3% | 7% |
| Afghanistan | 389 | : | 90 | 60 | 105 | 280 | 11% | 11% | 20% | 53% |
| Iran | 370 | : | 285 | 10 | 110 | 435 | 1% | 1% | 13% | 525% |
| Eritrea | 368 | : | 5 | 260 | 25 | 150 | 59% | 59% | 5% | 34% |
Source: Eurostat. Note that the number of applicants concerns first time applicants and “rejection” covers inadmissibility decisions in Eurostat data. The total number of first time applicants and subsequent applicants was 15,320.
Gender/age breakdown of the total number of applicants*: 2020
| Number | Percentage | |
| Total number of asylum applicants | 13,637 | |
| Men | 10,540 (incl.children) | 77.29 % (incl.children) |
| Women | 3,120 (incl.children) | 22.88 % (incl.children) |
| Children (<18) | 3,175 | 23.28 % |
| Unaccompanied children | 986 | 7.23 % |
Source: Eurostat; IND Asylum Trends.
* It concerns the number of first time applicants.
Comparison between first instance and appeal decision rates: 2020
The number of appeal decisions is not available.
[1] IND, Asylum trends, available at: http://bit.ly/2jPWOVX.