Asylum applications in Nigeria 2019, by status and country of origin

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Doris Dokua Sasu,
Dec 12, 2022
In 2019, Nigeria received 19.6 thousand asylum applications and accepted 19.4 thousand. Among Cameroon applicants, over 19 thousand received a positive answer. That year, Cameroon represented by far the most frequent country of origin of asylum applicants.

Number of asylum applications in Nigeria in 2019, by status and country of origin

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April 2021

Region

Nigeria

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2019

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new applications

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