9,709 asylum applications by refugees were received in 2020 in Switzerland - according to UNHCR.

Most of them came from Eritrea, Afghanistan and from Turkey.

A total of 9,043 decisions have been made on initial applications. Which were around 60% answered positively. 40 percent of asylum applications have been rejected in the first instance. Most successful have been the applications of refugees from Yemen and from Djibouti.

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Statistical Concept and Methodology: The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) collects and maintains data on refugees in their Statistical Online Population Database. The refugee data does not include Palestinian refugees residing in areas under the mandate of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). However, the Palestinian refugees living outside the UNRWA areas of operation do fall under the responsibility of UNHCR and are thus included in the Statistical Online Population Database. Refugees are an important part of migrant stock. The refugee data refer to people who have crossed an international border to find sanctuary and have been granted refugee or refugee-like status or temporary protection. There are three main providers of refugee data: governmental agencies, UNHCR field offices and NGO

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Asylum applications of foreign refugees in Switzerland

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The total number of initial and continuing applications refers to the year 2020. Please note that the number of decisions (acceptations or rejections) does not have to sum up with the number of applications, because there may still have been open cases from previous years. Also they dont have to be closed within the same calendar year. In addition, asylum procedures can also be closed, if the applicant disappeared or withdrew the application.

Information is provided by world data.com

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World Total Population

7,794,798,729
Total refugees

20,313,342
Data sources: UNCHR Refugee Data, UN Population Data

Syria    6,688,996    

Afghanistan    2,594,702    

South Sudan    2,189,141    

Myanmar    1,103,154    

Congo    839,908    

Somalia    814,425    

Sudan    787,731    

Central African Republic    641,912    

Eritrea    521,925    

Burundi    372,807    

Nigeria    352,930    

Iraq    333,286    

Vietnam    316,707    

Rwanda    245,568    

Colombia    189,845    

China    188,144    

Venezuela    171,098    

Mali    164,589    

Ethiopia    151,310    

Sri Lanka    142,700    

Iran    134,738    

Pakistan    133,119    

Western Sahara    116,926    

Azerbaijan    101,510    

West Bank    100,317    

Turkey    93,589    

Cameroon    78,540    

Russia    52,535    

El Salvador    45,640    

Mauritania    37,941    

Ukraine    34,881    

Honduras    34,473    

Yemen    33,340    

Guinea    26,826    

Egypt    26,586    

Haiti    25,659    

Guatemala    24,559    

Bangladesh    18,987    

Niger    18,874    

Libya    17,530    

Burkina Faso    15,763    

Albania    15,536    

Mexico    15,408    

Senegal    14,004    

Ghana    13,877    

Indonesia    13,037    

Republic of the Congo    12,517    

India    12,423    

Cambodia    11,891    

Gambia    10,601    

Armenia    10,490    

Chad    10,483    

Cuba    8,925    

Nicaragua    8,711    

Zimbabwe    8,601    

Angola    8,246    

Togo    7,703    

Nepal    7,492    

Bosnia and Herzegovina    7,491    

Kenya    7,447    

Uganda    7,379    

Georgia    7,344    

Bhutan    6,808    

Laos    6,681    

Croatia    5,781    

Sierra Leone    5,749    

Lebanon    5,490    

Algeria    4,688    

Hungary    4,617    

Morocco    4,484    

Liberia    4,259    

Uzbekistan    3,080    

Belarus    3,060    

Kyrgyzstan    2,875    

Peru    2,854    

Kazakhstan    2,667    

Jamaica    2,518    

Jordan    2,484    

Djibouti    2,444    

Mongolia    2,284    

Tajikistan    2,224    

Moldova    2,203    

Saudi Arabia    2,024    

Ecuador    1,704    

Tunisia    1,653    

Guinea Bissau    1,643    

Brazil    1,588    

Kuwait    1,442    

Slovakia    1,368    

Romania    1,358    

Malaysia    1,078    

Poland    925    

COM    793    

VCT    742    

LCA    731    

Tanzania    709    

Chile    694    

North Korea    694    

Benin    661    

Dominican Republic    590    

Bolivia    580    

BHR    554    

Montenegro    545    

The Bahamas    544    

Bulgaria    525    

Malawi    524    

Fiji    516    

Papua New Guinea    515    

Turkmenistan    507    

South Africa    494    

Philippines    490    

Namibia    467    

Gabon    459    

Israel    398    

United States of America    369    

Trinidad and Tobago    297    

Madagascar    283    

Estonia    277    

Guyana    277    

Zambia    269    

BRB    245    

Costa Rica    233    

Botswana    206    

MUS    191    

United Arab Emirates    191    

Thailand    182    

Equatorial Guinea    170    

South Korea    156    

Latvia    153    

Argentina    139    

Paraguay    119    

ATG    118    

Greece    95    

Mozambique    91    

Canada    85    

Panama    85    

MDV    83    

Belize    78    

Germany    76    

Italy    72    

GRD    70    

Lithuania    68    

United Kingdom    67    

Netherlands    61    

DMA    60    

KNA    54    

Oman    52    

Spain    52    

France    49    

SGP    42    

Japan    40    

Qatar    38    

Solomon Islands    37    

Australia    35    

New Zealand    35    

Austria    33    

Belgium    33    

Portugal    32    

Slovenia    22    

Brunei    20    

Uruguay    20    

Suriname    17    

Cyprus    15    

Lesotho    11    

East Timor    11    

Denmark    10    

Iceland    10    

Sweden    8    

Ireland    5    

Luxembourg    5    

MCO          5    

MLT          5    

Norway    5    

Switzerland    5