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The 2020 January e still pending which is half compar 2020 February 2020 March 17 ease o 2020 April 41 234 views out o f 41.5%. Since J 2020 May 175 e closed af A p 2020 June p 99 y for lic 2020 July 15 views).f which 58% wer a 4 ter the applicantsm o abscondedanuar tions 2020 August 209 f pr ed to the situation in 2020. 2020 September 163 otection). Since y sin Sy c 2020 October 180 e conducted in Serbia. The ria e 2 2020 November 0 113 Ira 1 M q 8 2020 December or b oc y 2021 January 47 co c 123 en, including 23 unaccompanied and P ount ak 2021 February is 130 A ta fg n r 2021 March ha y ni of 76 st 2021 April an or Al ge ig 2021 May ri i S a n ta 2. te 8K of Ira P n 2. al 1. 5K es 8K ti 5 ne .3K 1. 8K Lib ya 1.3K Tu rk 1. 8. ey 1K 4K Y 0. em 7K e n 0.4K E gy 0. pt 2K T un B i 0. a sia 2K ng la Kosovo*: Designations o de 0. sh 1K (1999). Data sour 0. concer 1K ning this factsheet please contact: Gabriel MA gover ce: SEE Regionalf K Asylum Statistics and UNHCR data available at https://popstats.unhcr osovo* ar nmental institutions. Retr e without pr ejudice to positions on status, and ar oactive changes in data may occur THIEU, mathieu@unhcr e in line with the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 . .or g In most cases, data for this factsheet is pr .or g. For fur ther infor mation or any questions ovided by countr y level / RBE - Western Balkans - Asylum Statistics - 2021 Trends Analysis As of 31 May 2021 New Applications Regional Trends 2021 Total New Asylum Applications by Country of Asylum Total Asylum Intentions by Country of Asylum Total New Asylum Applications by Month Total New Asylum Intentions by Month Key figures 130 2335 Kosovo* 156 123 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5497 113 Montenegro 139 1771 1547 Montenegro 1250 489 Serbia 75 76 New Bosnia and Herzegovina 54 Serbia 439 47 759 855 Applications Albania 40 Kosovo* 41 of which: North Macedonia 25 January February March April May January February March April May 23 New Asylum Applications by Month and Country of Asylum Unaccompanied Albania 50 54 or separated 46 Bosnia and Herzegovina children* Kosovo* 29 21 34 34 Montenegro 16 16 16 19 16 14 14 16 North Macedonia 11 Serbia Recognized January February March April May Refugees New Asylum Intentions by Month and Country of Asylum Bosnia and Herzegovina Kosovo* Montenegro 22 1835 1221 Serbia Subsidiary 1172 Protection 580 689 444 380 57 January February March April May Rejected First Instance Decisions Trends Total Decisions by Country of Asylum First instance Decisions by Type and Country Total Otherwise Closed Applications by Country 21 19 Kosovo* 26 234 14 161 Serbia 25 8 555 6 6 3 3 4 3 97 Closed cases Bosnia and Herzegovina 22 1 2 North Macedonia 8 40 21 2 Montenegro 7 Kosovo* Serbia Bosnia and North Montenegro Albania *disaggregated figures Herzegovina Macedonia Albania 2 Kosovo* Monteneg… Bosnia and Serbia North Albania by age/gender are not Type of decision Refugee Rejected Subsidiary Protection Herzegovi… Macedonia always available Kosovo*: Designations of Kosovo* are without prejudice to positions on status, and are in line with the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1244 (1999). Data source: SEE Regional Asylum Statistics and UNHCR data available at https://popstats.unhcr.org. For further information or any questions concerning this factsheet please contact: Gabriel Mathieu, [email protected] In most cases, data for this factsheet is provided by country level governmental institutions. Retroactive changes in data may occur. / RBE - Western Balkans - Asylum Statistics - Monthly Analysis As of 31 May 2021 Monthly New Applications May 2021 Monthly New Asylum Applications by Country of Asylum Monthly New Asylum Applications by Country of Origin (Top 10) Monthly Otherwise Closed Applications by Nationality (Top 10) Key figures* Kosovo* 29 Algeria 9 Iraq 14 Serbia 19 Morocco 8 Morocco 14 Montenegro 16 Pakistan 8 76 Albania 4 Afghanistan 13 New Applications Bosnia and Herzegovina 4 Burundi 7 Iran 10 North Macedonia 4 Syria 7 Cameroon 8 Turkey 7 Monthly New Intentions to Seek Asylum by Reporting Country Pakistan 8 Bangladesh 6 Syria 8 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1835 Congo, Republic of 4 Iraq Algeria 6 Montenegro 380 4 2 Iran 3 Libya 6 Women Serbia 112 Libya 3 Palestine 6 Monthly First Instance Decisions Monthly Decisions by Type of Decision Monthly Interviews by Country of Asylum Average Lenght of Procedure (days) by Country Reporting Country Avg Duration (Days) Otherwise closed 111 between application and decision 15 Bosnia and Herzegovina 452 3 3 3 4 Rejected 8 2 0 Children ia na ro a o* ia rb i g oni an Se ov ne d ov lb including: Subsidiary Protection 2 eg e ce Kos A rz ont a He M M d th an or a N ni os Monthly Type of Decisions by Nationality B Type of decision Rejected Subsidiary Protection 4 Monthly Decisions by Country of Asylum and Type of Decision Total Pending Asylum Applications by Country of Asylum Unaccompanied 1 Bosnia and Herzegovina 200 or separated Albania Type of decision N/A Rejected Subsidiary Protection child(ren) Montenegro 167 1 Burundi Serbia 100 1 Serbia 3 Kosovo* 91 1 2 Kosovo* 593 North Macedonia 35 Kosovo* 2 Pending opened 1 Albania 0 Morocco asylum North Macedonia 2 Albania has not provided any pending cases information for August applications 2 Pakistan *disaggregated figures Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 Kosovo*: Designations of Kosovo* are without prejudice to positions on status, and are in line with the United Nations Security Council 1 Somalia Resolution 1244 (1999). by age/gender are not 1 0 Data source: SEE Regional Asylum Statistics and UNHCR data available at https://popstats.unhcr.org. For further information or any always available Albania 1 Turkey questions concerning this factsheet please contact: Gabriel MATHIEU, [email protected] In most cases, data for this factsheet is provided by country level governmental institutions. Retroactive changes in data may occur. /.
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