STATISTICAL SNAPSHOT - ASYLUM
UNHCR Croatia 2020 Registered asylum seekers* Key Figures* 500 449 1,932 asylum seekers registered 450
(Jan – Dec 2020) 400
42 persons granted international 350 325 262 protection (Jan – Dec 2020) 300 274 234 235 247 250 218 950 persons granted international 199 197 200 142 165 protection (2004 – Dec 2020) 141 155 133 150 88 129 250 Syrian refugees resettled from 95 100 63 Turkey within the EU resettlement 40 44 40 50 33 8 framework (2017-2019) 0 st 378 pending asylum applications (1 and Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec 2nd instance) 2019 (Total: 1987) 2020 (Total: 1932)
Country of origin of asylum seekers Country of origin of persons granted registered Jan-Dec 2020* international protection Jan - Dec
2020* Afghanistan 934 12 Iraq 435
Iran 100 8 7 6 Syria 96 5
Turkey 93 3 1
Egypt 56 Others 218
0 200 400 600 800 1000
Occupancy in reception centers for asylum Demographic overview of seekers** asylum seekers in reception
centers**
540 Women 477 450 454 443 22% 417 392 382 376 Children 314 328 43% 300
Men
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC 35%
* Data source: Ministry of Interior of Republic of Croatia, as at 31 December 2020. Under Croatian legislation asylum seekers are registered from the moment when they express intention for international protection. ** Data source: Ministry of Interior of Republic of Croatia, as at 28 December 2020. Reception centers refer to reception centers for asylum1 seekers in Kutina and Zagreb. Occupancy relates to the number of asylum seekers present at the last Monday of the month.
ANNUAL STATISTICAL SNAPSHOT ASYLUM CROATIA 2020
UNHCR Project on provision of information on asylum and legal counseling
UNHCR implements a project providing initial legal information to potential asylum seekers and legal counselling to persons of concern. Under the project, persons informing of their intention to seek asylum are referred to relevant Croatian authorities. The first charts below reflects the profile of those persons who contacted UNHCR in 2020. Majority were new arrivals from Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia. The second chart refers to persons who received counselling on various legal issues related to the asylum system in Croatia.
Profile of persons who contacted UNHCR and expressed intention for asylum in 2020*** Persons with specific needs UASC Afghanistan 1527 1% 11% Iraq 584 Families without Iran 177 children and Single men Families Syria 93 3% with children Other 122 85%
Nationality breakdown Demographic breakdown
Profile of persons who received legal counselling in 2020*** Others Asylum 4% Afghanistan 15 Seekers Syria 15 26% Beneficiaries of Iran 14 International Iraq 9 Protection 28% Egypt 6 Nigeria 4 Foreigners 16% Other 40 UASC 26%
Nationality breakdown Demographic breakdown
Dublin Returns 2020* Total: 40 Dublin Transfers to Croatia Jan – Dec 2020 to Croatia by country of origin from EU/EEA member states
Iraq 17 Germany 22 Algeria 6 Switzerland 4 Syria 6 Libya 2 Austria 4 Iran 2 Belgium 3 Afghanistan 2 Slovenia Turkey 1 2 Unknown 1 Netherlands 2 Pakistan 1 France 2 Morocco 1 Egypt 1 Finland 1
* Data source: Ministry of Interior of Republic of Croatia, as at 31 December 2020. 2 *** Data source: UNHCR, as at 31 December 2020.
CONTACTS Jan Kapic, Communications/PI Associate, Croatia, [email protected], Tel: +385 91 115 0115 115