Overview of statistical practice
Statistics are provided on the website migracje.gov.pl. The statistics presented below were provided upon request by the Office for Foreigners.
Applicants and granting of protection status at first instance: 2022
| Applicants in year | Pending at end of year | Refugee status | Subsidiary protection | Humanitarian protection | Rejection | Refugee rate | Sub. Prot. rate | Hum prot. rate[1] | Rejection rate | |
| Total | 9,933 | 2,829 | 372 | 4,594 | 28 | 1,602 | 5.6% | 69.6% | 0.4% | 24.3% |
| Breakdown by countries of origin of the total numbers | ||||||||||
| Belarus | 3,132 | 638 | 174 | 3,474 | 0 | 29 | 4.7% | 94.5% | 0% | 0.8% |
| Russian Federation | 2,227 | 765 | 41 | 73 | 9 | 630 | 5.4% | 9.7% | 1.2% | 83.7% |
| Ukraine | 1,778 | 372 | 3 | 962 | 11 | 33 | 0.3% | 95.3% | 1.1% | 3.2% |
| Iraq | 639 | 77 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 430 | 0.2% | 2.3% | 0% | 97.5% |
| Afghanistan | 362 | 218 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 97.3% | 0% | 0% | 2.7% |
| Egypt | 176 | 127 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 27 | 3,5% | 0% | 0% | 96,4% |
| Tajikistan | 173 | 82 | 2 | 38 | 0 | 124 | 1.2% | 23.2% | 0% | 75.6% |
| Armenia | 125 | 15 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 0% | 3.6% | 0% | 96.5% |
| Syria | 108 | 28 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 45% | 35% | 0% | 20% |
| Iran | 99 | 82 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 27.8% | 0% | 0% | 72.2% |
Source: Office for Foreigners.
Gender/age breakdown of the total number of applicants: 2022
| Number | Percentage | |
| Total number of applicants | 9,933 | 100% |
| Men | 6,044 | 60% |
| Women | 3,889 | 39% |
| Children | 2,695 | 27% |
| Unaccompanied children | 217 | 2% |
Source: Office for Foreigners.
Comparison between first instance and appeal decision rates: 2022
| First instance | Appeal | |||
| Number | Percentage | Number | Percentage | |
| Total number of persons covered by decisions | 6,568 | 100% | 1455 | 100% |
| Positive decisions (no of persons) | 4,966 | 75,7% | 6 | 0,4% |
|
372 | 5,6% | 6 | 0,4% |
|
4,594 | 69,6% | 0 | 0% |
| Negative decisions (no of persons) | 1,602 | 24,3% | 1,449 | 99.6% |
Source: Office for Foreigners.
[1] Humanitarian protection is granted in return proceedings by the Border Guard – is not a part of international protection proceedings before the Office for Foreigners. Therefore, the rate should not be summed to that regarding international protection decisions and should not be included in the overall recognition rate.