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Overview of statistical practice
Statistics in Spain are collected by the Office on Asylum and Refuge (OAR), and published on an annual basis by the Ministry of Interior.
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 |
Humanitarian protection |
Rejection |
Refugee rate |
Sub. Prot. rate |
Hum. Prot. rate |
Rejection rate |
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Total |
117,800 |
: |
1,640 |
1,540 |
35,240 |
19,620 |
2.8% |
2.6% |
60.7% |
33.9% |
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Breakdown by top 5 countries of origin of the total numbers
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Venezuela |
40,135 |
: |
50 |
0 |
35,130 |
190 |
0.1% |
0% |
99.4% |
0.5% |
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Columbia |
29,285 |
: |
50 |
0 |
10 |
4,270 |
1.1% |
0% |
0.3% |
98.6% |
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Honduras |
6,780 |
: |
225 |
0 |
15 |
950 |
18.9% |
0% |
1.3% |
79.8% |
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Nicaragua |
5,905 |
: |
165 |
0 |
0 |
785 |
17.3% |
0% |
0% |
82.7% |
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El Salvador |
4,770 |
: |
245 |
0 |
20 |
1,790 |
11.9% |
0% |
0.9% |
87.2% |
Source: Eurostat.
The Ministry of Interior also released limited statistics at the beginning of 2020.[1] According to the latter, the total number of applications lodged (‘solicitudes presentadas‘) in 2019 was 118,264, out of which the large majority originated from Latin-American countries, namely Venezuela (40,906), Colombia (29,363), Honduras (6,792), Nicaragua (5,931) and El Salvador (4,784). Moreover, a total of 111,740 cases were pending at the end of 2019.
In terms of positive decisions, the number of humanitarian protection (35,237) exceeded by far the number of refugee status (1,660) and subsidiary protection status (1,569). The majority of positive decisions (refugee status and subsidiary protection) were granted to individuals originating from Syria (1,119), El Salvador (245), Honduras (226), Morocco (196) and Nicaragua (167), while the quasi majority of humanitarian protection status were granted to Venezuelans (35,128).
In terms of negative decisions, a total of 14,939 applications were rejected on the merits and 2,200 were removed from the register. The negative decisions mainly concerned nationals from Colombia (3,896), El Salvador (1,722), Palestine (1,053), Ukraine (1,024) and Honduras (779).
Gender/age breakdown of the total number of applicants: 2019
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Number |
Percentage |
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Total number of applicants |
140,637 |
100% |
|
Men |
64,541 |
46% |
|
Women |
53,723 |
38% |
|
Children |
22,373 |
16% |
|
Unaccompanied children |
– |
– |
Source: Ministry of Interior – OAR, avalaible in Spanish at: https://cutt.ly/7tOpeDg.
Comparison between first instance and appeal decision rates: 2019
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First instance |
Appeal |
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Number |
Percentage |
Number |
Percentage |
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Total number of decisions |
58,035 |
100% |
– |
– |
|
Positive decisions |
38,420 |
66.2% |
– |
– |
|
Refugee status |
1,640 |
2.8% |
– |
– |
|
Subsidiary protection |
1,540 |
2.6% |
– |
– |
|
Humanitarian protection |
35,240 |
60.7% |
– |
– |
|
Negative decisions |
19,620 |
33.9% |
– |
– |
Source: Eurostat. For figures from the Ministry of Interior on first instance decisions, see above.
[1] Ministry of Interior – OAR, ‘Avance de datos de protección internacional, aplicación del Reglamento de Dublín y reconocimiento del estatuto de apátrida Datos provisionales acumulados entre el 1 de enero y el 31 de diciembre de 2019’, avalaible in Spanish at: https://cutt.ly/7tOpeDg.