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"_meta": {
"title": "Refuge — Global Country Reference Data",
"description": "Complete reference for all 149 states parties to the 1951 Refugee Convention and/or its 1967 Protocol, plus key non-signatory countries with alternative pathways. Global scope — serves displaced people from any origin, going to any destination. This is the authoritative data layer for Refuge's country recommendation system.",
"schema_version": "3.0.0",
"last_curated": "2026-06-06",
"total_signatories_documented": 146,
"total_non_signatories_documented": 23,
"sources": [
"UNHCR Refugee Statistics API — https://api.unhcr.org/population/v1/",
"UNHCR 1951 Convention page — https://www.unhcr.org/about-unhcr/overview/1951-refugee-convention",
"UNHCR States Parties list — https://www.unhcr.org/media/states-parties-1951-convention-and-its-1967-protocol",
"Asylum Information Database (AIDA) — aida.ecre.org",
"DWRAP — World Bank/UNHCR Joint Data Center",
"Country asylum authority websites (per entry)",
"Norwegian Refugee Council country guides"
],
"tier_system": {
"1": "Major active asylum system — high volume, full procedures and contacts (step-by-step registration, required docs, legal aid orgs)",
"2": "Active asylum system — moderate volume or significant for specific origin groups, detailed entry",
"3": "Functioning system but low volume, primarily transit or origin country — summary entry with strategic note",
"4": "Signatory in name only — micro-state, collapsed state, or system non-functional — minimal entry, warn if dangerous"
},
"non_signatory_tiers": {
"non_signatory_viable_temporary": "Not a signatory but has real alternative pathways (UAE: Humanitarian Permit, Green Residency). Viable waiting country while pursuing formal asylum elsewhere.",
"non_signatory_skilled_only": "Not a signatory. Viable only for highly skilled with formal employment. No protection framework.",
"non_signatory_resettlement_pipeline": "Not a signatory. UNHCR present and active. Primary value is third-country resettlement, not local integration.",
"non_signatory_not_recommended": "Not a signatory and actively hostile, dangerous, or collapsed. Do not recommend as destination."
},
"convention_intro": "The 1951 Refugee Convention and its 1967 Protocol define who is a refugee and outline the legal protection, rights and assistance they are entitled to receive. The cornerstone principle is non-refoulement: a refugee must not be returned to a country where they face serious threats to their life or freedom. To date, 149 States are parties to the Convention and/or its Protocol. Even states that have not acceded are bound by non-refoulement as a norm of customary international law.",
"stats_enrichment": "All fields marked PENDING are enriched from the UNHCR Refugee Statistics API via data/scripts/enrich_countries.py after running unhcr_downloader.py --all",
"enrichment_mapping": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "asylum-decisions.json → dec_recognized / dec_total for most recent year",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "asylum-decisions.json → (dec_recognized + dec_other) / dec_total",
"applications_last_year": "asylum-applications.json → applied field for most recent year",
"refugee_population_total": "population.json → refugees field, most recent year",
"data_year": "most recent year available in asylum-decisions.json for this country"
}
},
"signatories": {
"KEN": {
"name": "Kenya",
"iso3": "KEN",
"flag": "🇰🇪",
"tier": 1,
"region": "East Africa",
"unhcr_region": "East and Horn of Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"oau_1969": true,
"year": 1966,
"notes": "Encampment policy (Dadaab, Kakuma, Kalobeyei). 2021 Refugee Act improved rights on paper."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Department of Refugee Services (DRS)",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Nairobi",
"procedure": "individual_rsd",
"work_right": true,
"education_right": true,
"movement": "restricted — encampment; urban tolerated",
"processing_months": {
"min": 6,
"max": 36,
"typical": 18
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": true,
"orgs": [
{
"name": "Refugee Consortium of Kenya (RCK)",
"url": "https://rckkenya.org"
},
{
"name": "UNHCR Kenya",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/kenya"
},
{
"name": "Kituo cha Sheria",
"url": "https://kituochasheria.or.ke"
}
],
"steps": [
"Register at UNHCR or DRS",
"Biometric registration + asylum seeker cert",
"Individual RSD interview",
"Decision",
"Refugee ID if recognised"
],
"docs_required": [
"Any identity document",
"Written persecution account",
"Supporting evidence"
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Swahili",
"English"
],
"secondary": [
"Somali",
"Oromo",
"Arabic"
],
"hosts": [
"Somalia",
"South Sudan",
"DRC",
"Ethiopia",
"Burundi"
],
"integration": "moderate",
"safety": "generally safe — insecurity near borders",
"economic_access": "improving under 2021 Act"
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"UGA": {
"name": "Uganda",
"iso3": "UGA",
"flag": "🇺🇬",
"tier": 1,
"region": "East Africa",
"unhcr_region": "East and Horn of Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"oau_1969": true,
"year": 1976,
"notes": "Africa's most progressive framework. Self-reliance model. No mandatory encampment."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Office of the Prime Minister (OPM)",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Kampala",
"procedure": "individual_rsd",
"work_right": true,
"education_right": true,
"movement": "free",
"processing_months": {
"min": 3,
"max": 24,
"typical": 12
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": true,
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Uganda",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/uganda"
},
{
"name": "InterAid Uganda",
"url": "https://interaiduganda.org"
}
],
"steps": [
"Register at Reception Centre",
"OPM biometric + UNHCR registration",
"RSD interview",
"Decision",
"Settlement or urban registration"
],
"docs_required": [
"Any available documents",
"Persecution statement",
"Photos"
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"English",
"Swahili",
"Luganda"
],
"hosts": [
"South Sudan",
"DRC",
"Somalia",
"Burundi",
"Rwanda"
],
"integration": "good — world's most generous refugee policy",
"safety": "generally safe",
"economic_access": "strong — work and land from arrival"
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"ETH": {
"name": "Ethiopia",
"iso3": "ETH",
"flag": "🇪🇹",
"tier": 1,
"region": "East Africa",
"unhcr_region": "East and Horn of Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"oau_1969": true,
"year": 1969,
"notes": "2019 Refugee Proclamation expanded rights. Internal displacement (Tigray, Oromia)."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Ethiopia Refugees and Returnees Service (ERRS)",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Addis Ababa",
"procedure": "individual_rsd",
"work_right": true,
"education_right": true,
"movement": "improving",
"processing_months": {
"min": 6,
"max": 48,
"typical": 24
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": true,
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Ethiopia",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/ethiopia"
}
],
"steps": [
"Register at ERRS or border",
"Biometric registration",
"RSD interview",
"Decision + refugee ID"
],
"docs_required": [
"Any identity document",
"Persecution statement",
"Supporting evidence"
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Amharic",
"Oromo",
"Tigrinya",
"English"
],
"hosts": [
"South Sudan",
"Somalia",
"Eritrea",
"Sudan",
"DRC"
],
"integration": "moderate",
"safety": "variable — Addis safe; borders/Tigray/Oromia conflict",
"economic_access": "improving under 2019 proclamation"
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"TZA": {
"name": "Tanzania",
"iso3": "TZA",
"flag": "🇹🇿",
"tier": 1,
"region": "East Africa",
"unhcr_region": "East and Horn of Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"oau_1969": true,
"year": 1964,
"notes": "Increasingly restrictive since 2017. Strict encampment enforced."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Ministry of Home Affairs",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Dar es Salaam",
"procedure": "individual_rsd",
"work_right": false,
"education_right": true,
"movement": "restricted — strict encampment (Nyarugusu, Nduta, Mtendeli)",
"processing_months": {
"min": 12,
"max": 60,
"typical": 30
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": true,
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Tanzania",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/tanzania"
}
],
"steps": [
"Present at camp reception",
"UNHCR registration + biometrics",
"RSD interview",
"Decision"
],
"docs_required": [
"Any available documents",
"Persecution statement"
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Swahili",
"English"
],
"hosts": [
"Burundi",
"DRC",
"Rwanda"
],
"integration": "poor — strict encampment limits all rights",
"safety": "safe",
"economic_access": "very limited"
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"ZAF": {
"name": "South Africa",
"iso3": "ZAF",
"flag": "🇿🇦",
"tier": 1,
"region": "Southern Africa",
"unhcr_region": "Southern Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"oau_1969": true,
"year": 1996,
"notes": "Urban-based, no camps. DHA severely backlogged. Xenophobic violence documented."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Department of Home Affairs (DHA)",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Pretoria",
"procedure": "individual_rsd",
"work_right": true,
"education_right": true,
"movement": "free",
"processing_months": {
"min": 12,
"max": 120,
"typical": 48,
"note": "severe backlog"
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": true,
"orgs": [
{
"name": "Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR)",
"url": "https://www.lhr.org.za"
},
{
"name": "Scalabrini Centre",
"url": "https://www.scalabrini.org.za"
}
],
"steps": [
"Apply at Refugee Reception Office",
"Section 22 asylum permit",
"RSD interview (long wait)",
"Section 24 refugee status",
"RAB appeal if rejected"
],
"docs_required": [
"Any origin identity doc",
"Persecution statement",
"Evidence"
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"English",
"Zulu",
"Xhosa",
"Afrikaans"
],
"hosts": [
"Zimbabwe",
"DRC",
"Somalia",
"Ethiopia",
"Mozambique"
],
"integration": "good legally, hard practically — xenophobia + backlog",
"safety": "moderate — high crime, periodic xenophobic violence",
"economic_access": "full rights while permit valid"
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"ZMB": {
"name": "Zambia",
"iso3": "ZMB",
"flag": "🇿🇲",
"tier": 1,
"region": "Southern Africa",
"unhcr_region": "Southern Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"oau_1969": true,
"year": 1969
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Commission for Refugees (CORS)",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Lusaka",
"procedure": "individual_rsd",
"work_right": true,
"education_right": true,
"movement": "settlement requirement; urban tolerated",
"processing_months": {
"min": 6,
"max": 24,
"typical": 12
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": true,
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Zambia",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/zambia"
}
],
"steps": [
"Apply at CORS or border",
"UNHCR/CORS registration",
"RSD interview",
"Settlement or urban permit"
],
"docs_required": [
"Identity docs if available",
"Persecution statement"
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"English",
"Bemba",
"Nyanja"
],
"hosts": [
"DRC",
"Angola",
"Zimbabwe",
"Rwanda",
"Somalia"
],
"integration": "moderate",
"safety": "safe",
"economic_access": "improving"
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"RWA": {
"name": "Rwanda",
"iso3": "RWA",
"flag": "🇷🇼",
"tier": 1,
"region": "East Africa",
"unhcr_region": "East and Horn of Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"oau_1969": true,
"year": 1980
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Directorate General of Immigration (DGIE)",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Kigali",
"procedure": "individual_rsd",
"work_right": true,
"education_right": true,
"movement": "relatively free",
"processing_months": {
"min": 3,
"max": 18,
"typical": 9
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": true,
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Rwanda",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/rwanda"
}
],
"steps": [
"Apply at DGIE or UNHCR Kigali",
"Biometric registration",
"RSD interview",
"Decision"
],
"docs_required": [
"Any available documents",
"Persecution statement"
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Kinyarwanda",
"French",
"English"
],
"hosts": [
"Burundi",
"DRC",
"Somalia",
"Ethiopia"
],
"integration": "moderate",
"safety": "safe",
"economic_access": "improving"
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"EGY": {
"name": "Egypt",
"iso3": "EGY",
"flag": "🇪🇬",
"tier": 1,
"region": "North Africa",
"unhcr_region": "North Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"oau_1969": true,
"year": 1981,
"notes": "UNHCR conducts RSD (delegated). MOU basis. No formal work right. Severe post-2023 backlog."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "UNHCR Egypt (government-delegated RSD)",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Cairo",
"procedure": "unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": false,
"education_right": true,
"movement": "relatively free",
"processing_months": {
"min": 12,
"max": 60,
"typical": 24
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": true,
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Egypt",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/egypt"
},
{
"name": "Caritas Egypt",
"url": "https://www.caritasegypt.org"
}
],
"steps": [
"Register at UNHCR Cairo",
"Asylum seeker cert issued",
"UNHCR RSD interview",
"Yellow card (mandate refugee) if recognised"
],
"docs_required": [
"Any identity documents",
"Persecution statement",
"Photos"
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Arabic"
],
"secondary": [
"English",
"Tigrinya",
"Somali"
],
"hosts": [
"Sudan",
"South Sudan",
"Syria",
"Ethiopia",
"Eritrea",
"Somalia"
],
"integration": "limited — no citizenship; informal work",
"safety": "generally safe; periodic migration crackdowns",
"economic_access": "informal economy primary avenue"
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"MAR": {
"name": "Morocco",
"iso3": "MAR",
"flag": "🇲🇦",
"tier": 1,
"region": "North Africa",
"unhcr_region": "North Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"oau_1969": false,
"year": 1956,
"notes": "Government took over RSD from UNHCR in 2013 via BRA. Transit country for those heading to Europe."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Bureau des Réfugiés et Apatrides (BRA)",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Rabat",
"procedure": "government_rsd",
"work_right": true,
"education_right": true,
"movement": "relatively free",
"processing_months": {
"min": 6,
"max": 36,
"typical": 18
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": true,
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Morocco",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/morocco"
},
{
"name": "GADEM",
"url": "https://www.gadem-asso.org"
}
],
"steps": [
"Apply at BRA Rabat or UNHCR",
"Preliminary registration",
"BRA interview",
"Refugee card (3yr renewable)"
],
"docs_required": [
"Any identity docs",
"Persecution statement in French or Arabic"
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Arabic",
"French",
"Tamazight"
],
"hosts": [
"Syria",
"Sub-Saharan Africa",
"DRC",
"Cameroon"
],
"integration": "moderate",
"safety": "generally safe",
"economic_access": "limited for asylum seekers; improving for recognised"
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"IRN": {
"name": "Iran",
"iso3": "IRN",
"flag": "🇮🇷",
"tier": 1,
"region": "Middle East",
"unhcr_region": "Middle East and North Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1976,
"notes": "Hosts 3M+ Afghans. Prima facie for Afghans. No citizenship. Periodic deportation."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Bureau for Aliens and Foreign Immigrants Affairs (BAFIA)",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Tehran",
"procedure": "prima_facie_plus_individual",
"work_right": "limited — specific sectors",
"education_right": true,
"movement": "restricted — designated areas",
"processing_months": {
"min": 6,
"max": 48,
"typical": 18
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Iran",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/iran"
}
],
"steps": [
"Register with BAFIA or UNHCR",
"Amayesh card issued",
"RSD if not prima facie"
],
"docs_required": [
"Any documents",
"Registration form"
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Farsi/Persian",
"Dari",
"Kurdish"
],
"hosts": [
"Afghanistan",
"Iraq"
],
"integration": "very limited — no citizenship, periodic crackdowns",
"safety": "mixed — discrimination and deportation risk",
"economic_access": "limited — specific sectors"
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"TUR": {
"name": "Turkey",
"iso3": "TUR",
"flag": "🇹🇷",
"tier": 1,
"region": "Middle East / Europe",
"unhcr_region": "Europe",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1962,
"notes": "Geographic limitation retained — only European-origin refugees get full refugee status. Non-Europeans get conditional/subsidiary protection. Hosts ~3.5M Syrians. Deportations increasing."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Directorate General of Migration Management (DGMM)",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Ankara",
"procedure": "government_rsd_conditional",
"work_right": true,
"education_right": true,
"movement": "satellite city assignment",
"processing_months": {
"min": 6,
"max": 36,
"typical": 18
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": true,
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Turkey",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/turkey"
},
{
"name": "SGDD-ASAM",
"url": "https://sgdd.org.tr/en"
}
],
"steps": [
"Apply at Provincial Directorate of Migration",
"Foreigner ID card issued",
"Interview",
"Conditional refugee or subsidiary protection"
],
"docs_required": [
"Passport or any ID",
"Registration form",
"Persecution statement"
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Turkish",
"Arabic",
"Kurdish"
],
"hosts": [
"Syria",
"Afghanistan",
"Iraq",
"Iran",
"Somalia"
],
"integration": "limited — no citizenship; satellite city system",
"safety": "generally safe but increasing deportation risk",
"economic_access": "formal work permit available but difficult for many"
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"DEU": {
"name": "Germany",
"iso3": "DEU",
"flag": "🇩🇪",
"tier": 1,
"region": "Western Europe",
"unhcr_region": "Europe",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1953
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF)",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Berlin",
"procedure": "government_rsd",
"work_right": "after 3 months",
"education_right": true,
"movement": "restricted early (Wohnsitzauflage)",
"processing_months": {
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"BAMF interview",
"Decision",
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"Persecution statement"
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"Arabic",
"Tigrinya"
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"Afghanistan",
"Eritrea",
"Somalia",
"Nigeria",
"Ethiopia"
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"OFPRA interview",
"Decision",
"CNDA appeal"
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"Persecution narrative",
"Supporting evidence"
]
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],
"secondary": [
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"Wolof",
"Bambara",
"Lingala"
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"Guinea",
"Côte d'Ivoire",
"Mali",
"Afghanistan",
"Sudan"
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{
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"Eritrea",
"Afghanistan",
"Sudan",
"Syria"
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"1967": true,
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"Afghanistan",
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"Afghanistan",
"Ethiopia"
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"1967": true,
"year": 1953
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"Guinea",
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"1967": true,
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"legal_aid": true,
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"Persecution statement"
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"French",
"Italian"
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"Afghanistan",
"Syria",
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}
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"1967": true,
"year": 1954
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"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": true,
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"Persecution statement"
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"Afghanistan",
"Iraq",
"Nigeria",
"Somalia"
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"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
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"data_year": "PENDING"
}
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"1967": true,
"year": 1954,
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"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": true,
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"name": "UNHCR Italy",
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{
"name": "ASGI",
"url": "https://www.asgi.it"
}
],
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"Commission interview",
"Decision",
"Civil court appeal"
],
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"Any documents",
"Persecution statement"
]
},
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"Italian"
],
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"Pakistan",
"Afghanistan",
"Bangladesh",
"Tunisia"
],
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"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
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"name": "Spain",
"iso3": "ESP",
"flag": "🇪🇸",
"tier": 1,
"region": "Southern Europe",
"unhcr_region": "Europe",
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"1967": true,
"year": 1978
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Office of Asylum and Refuge (OAR)",
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"education_right": true,
"movement": "free",
"processing_months": {
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"max": 36,
"typical": 18
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"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": true,
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"name": "CEAR",
"url": "https://www.cear.es"
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{
"name": "UNHCR Spain",
"url": "https://www.acnur.org"
}
],
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"OAR interview",
"Decision",
"Court appeal"
],
"docs_required": [
"Any documents",
"Persecution statement"
]
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"Spanish"
],
"hosts": [
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"Colombia",
"Syria",
"Honduras",
"Mali",
"Senegal"
],
"integration": "good",
"safety": "very safe",
"economic_access": "work after 6 months"
},
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"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
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"flag": "🇵🇹",
"tier": 1,
"region": "Southern Europe",
"unhcr_region": "Europe",
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"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1960,
"notes": "Important destination for Lusophone Africans. More welcoming than many EU neighbours."
},
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"education_right": true,
"movement": "free",
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"max": 24,
"typical": 14
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"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": true,
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"name": "CPR (Portuguese Refugee Council)",
"url": "https://www.cpr.pt"
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{
"name": "UNHCR Portugal",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/portugal"
}
],
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"Registration and interview",
"Decision",
"Administrative court appeal"
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"Persecution statement in Portuguese"
]
},
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"languages": [
"Portuguese"
],
"hosts": [
"Ukraine",
"Afghanistan",
"Venezuela",
"Angola",
"Guinea-Bissau",
"Syria"
],
"integration": "good — language bridge for Lusophone Africans especially",
"safety": "very safe",
"economic_access": "work after 3 months"
},
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"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
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"flag": "🇬🇷",
"tier": 1,
"region": "Southern Europe",
"unhcr_region": "Europe",
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"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1960,
"notes": "Major EU entry point. Pushbacks documented. Reception conditions criticised."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Asylum Service",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Athens",
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"education_right": true,
"movement": "restricted initially",
"processing_months": {
"min": 6,
"max": 48,
"typical": 24
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": true,
"orgs": [
{
"name": "Greek Council for Refugees",
"url": "https://www.gcr.gr"
},
{
"name": "UNHCR Greece",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/greece"
}
],
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"Registration",
"Asylum interview",
"Decision",
"Appeals Authority"
],
"docs_required": [
"Any documents",
"Persecution statement"
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Greek"
],
"secondary": [
"English",
"Arabic",
"Farsi"
],
"hosts": [
"Afghanistan",
"Syria",
"Pakistan",
"Iraq",
"Somalia"
],
"integration": "difficult — limited support",
"safety": "safe but poor reception conditions",
"economic_access": "very limited in practice"
},
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"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
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"name": "Poland",
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"flag": "🇵🇱",
"tier": 1,
"region": "Central Europe",
"unhcr_region": "Europe",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1991,
"notes": "Massive Ukrainian intake since 2022. Hostile toward non-European applicants. Belarus border pushbacks documented."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Office for Foreigners",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Warsaw",
"procedure": "government_rsd",
"work_right": "after 6 months (non-Ukrainian)",
"education_right": true,
"movement": "free",
"processing_months": {
"min": 6,
"max": 36,
"typical": 18
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": true,
"orgs": [
{
"name": "Helsinki Foundation for Human Rights",
"url": "https://www.hfhr.pl"
},
{
"name": "UNHCR Poland",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/poland"
}
],
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"Apply at border or Office for Foreigners",
"Interview",
"Decision",
"Administrative court appeal"
],
"docs_required": [
"Any documents",
"Persecution statement"
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Polish"
],
"secondary": [
"English",
"Ukrainian",
"Russian"
],
"hosts": [
"Ukraine",
"Chechnya/Russia",
"Afghanistan"
],
"integration": "good for Ukrainians; hostile for others",
"safety": "safe",
"economic_access": "work after 6 months"
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"CAN": {
"name": "Canada",
"iso3": "CAN",
"flag": "🇨🇦",
"tier": 1,
"region": "North America",
"unhcr_region": "Americas",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1969,
"notes": "One of world's strongest systems. High acceptance rates. Inland claims + resettlement + private sponsorship."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Immigration and Refugee Board (IRB)",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Ottawa",
"procedure": "government_rsd",
"work_right": true,
"education_right": true,
"movement": "free",
"processing_months": {
"min": 12,
"max": 36,
"typical": 21
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": true,
"orgs": [
{
"name": "CCR (Canadian Council for Refugees)",
"url": "https://ccrweb.ca"
},
{
"name": "Refugee Law Office",
"url": "https://refugeelaw.ca"
}
],
"steps": [
"File inland claim at port or IRCC",
"Eligibility determination",
"IRB RPD hearing",
"Protected Person status",
"PR application within 180 days"
],
"docs_required": [
"Travel/identity document",
"Basis of Claim (BOC) form",
"Supporting evidence"
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"English",
"French"
],
"hosts": [
"Syria",
"Eritrea",
"Ethiopia",
"DRC",
"Somalia",
"Nigeria",
"Afghanistan",
"Colombia",
"Venezuela"
],
"integration": "excellent — clear PR and citizenship path",
"safety": "very safe",
"economic_access": "full work rights; strong support services"
},
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"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"USA": {
"name": "United States",
"iso3": "USA",
"flag": "🇺🇸",
"tier": 1,
"region": "North America",
"unhcr_region": "Americas",
"convention": {
"1951": false,
"1967": true,
"year": 1968,
"notes": "Protocol only. Implements via Refugee Act 1980. Two tracks: Resettlement and Asylum. 2M+ case backlog. Policies shift with administrations."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "USCIS (affirmative) + EOIR Immigration Courts (defensive)",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Washington DC",
"procedure": "government_rsd_dual",
"work_right": "after 180 days",
"education_right": true,
"movement": "free",
"processing_months": {
"min": 12,
"max": 84,
"typical": 36
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "no right to government-funded counsel",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "IRC (International Rescue Committee)",
"url": "https://www.rescue.org"
},
{
"name": "Human Rights First",
"url": "https://www.humanrightsfirst.org"
}
],
"steps": [
"File I-589 within 1 year of entry",
"USCIS interview (affirmative) or Immigration Court (defensive)",
"Decision",
"BIA appeal then federal court"
],
"docs_required": [
"I-589 form",
"Identity documents if available",
"Country condition evidence"
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"English",
"Spanish"
],
"hosts": [
"El Salvador",
"Guatemala",
"Venezuela",
"China",
"India",
"Colombia",
"Syria",
"Ethiopia"
],
"integration": "good once status secured",
"safety": "very safe",
"economic_access": "work after 180 days"
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"MEX": {
"name": "Mexico",
"iso3": "MEX",
"flag": "🇲🇽",
"tier": 1,
"region": "North America",
"unhcr_region": "Americas",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 2000,
"notes": "Cartagena. Major transit and destination. African, Central American, Venezuelan, Cuban, Haitian applicants."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Mexican Commission for Refugee Assistance (COMAR)",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Mexico City",
"procedure": "government_rsd",
"work_right": true,
"education_right": true,
"movement": "free",
"processing_months": {
"min": 3,
"max": 24,
"typical": 12
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": true,
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Mexico",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/mexico"
},
{
"name": "Sin Fronteras IAP",
"url": "https://www.sinfronteras.org.mx"
}
],
"steps": [
"Apply at COMAR within 30 days",
"Interview",
"Decision",
"Interior Ministry appeal"
],
"docs_required": [
"Any identity documents",
"Persecution statement"
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Spanish"
],
"hosts": [
"Honduras",
"El Salvador",
"Guatemala",
"Venezuela",
"Cuba",
"Haiti",
"Africa (mixed)"
],
"integration": "moderate",
"safety": "variable by region",
"economic_access": "work rights from application"
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"BRA": {
"name": "Brazil",
"iso3": "BRA",
"flag": "🇧🇷",
"tier": 1,
"region": "South America",
"unhcr_region": "Americas",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1960,
"notes": "1997 Refugee Act one of most progressive globally. Cartagena."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "National Committee for Refugees (CONARE)",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Brasília",
"procedure": "government_rsd",
"work_right": true,
"education_right": true,
"movement": "free",
"processing_months": {
"min": 6,
"max": 36,
"typical": 18
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": true,
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Brazil",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/brazil"
},
{
"name": "Caritas Brasileira",
"url": "https://caritas.org.br"
}
],
"steps": [
"Apply at Federal Police",
"CONARE case review",
"Decision",
"Ministry of Justice appeal"
],
"docs_required": [
"Any identity documents",
"Persecution statement"
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Portuguese"
],
"hosts": [
"Venezuela",
"Syria",
"Angola",
"DRC",
"Haiti",
"Colombia"
],
"integration": "good — language barrier main challenge",
"safety": "generally safe — high crime some cities",
"economic_access": "work rights from application"
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"ARG": {
"name": "Argentina",
"iso3": "ARG",
"flag": "🇦🇷",
"tier": 1,
"region": "South America",
"unhcr_region": "Americas",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1961,
"notes": "Cartagena."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "National Commission for Refugees (CONARE)",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Buenos Aires",
"procedure": "government_rsd",
"work_right": true,
"education_right": true,
"movement": "free",
"processing_months": {
"min": 6,
"max": 30,
"typical": 15
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": true,
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Argentina",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/argentina"
}
],
"steps": [
"Apply at CONARE",
"Interview",
"Decision"
],
"docs_required": [
"Any identity documents",
"Persecution statement"
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Spanish"
],
"hosts": [
"Venezuela",
"Colombia",
"Senegal",
"Cuba"
],
"integration": "good",
"safety": "generally safe",
"economic_access": "work rights from application"
},
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"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"COL": {
"name": "Colombia",
"iso3": "COL",
"flag": "🇨🇴",
"tier": 1,
"region": "South America",
"unhcr_region": "Americas",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1961,
"notes": "Cartagena. World's largest Venezuelan host under TPS. Also major origin country."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Ministry of Foreign Affairs — Refugee Status Committee",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Bogotá",
"procedure": "government_rsd",
"work_right": true,
"education_right": true,
"movement": "free",
"processing_months": {
"min": 6,
"max": 24,
"typical": 14
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": true,
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Colombia",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/colombia"
}
],
"steps": [
"Apply at Ministry of Foreign Affairs",
"Interview",
"Decision"
],
"docs_required": [
"Identity documents",
"Persecution statement"
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Spanish"
],
"hosts": [
"Venezuela",
"Ecuador",
"Haiti"
],
"integration": "good for Venezuelans (TPS)",
"safety": "variable — conflict in rural areas",
"economic_access": "work rights for recognised"
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"AUS": {
"name": "Australia",
"iso3": "AUS",
"flag": "🇦🇺",
"tier": 1,
"region": "Oceania",
"unhcr_region": "Asia and Pacific",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1954,
"notes": "Strong resettlement program. Harsh offshore processing for boat arrivals."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Department of Home Affairs (DHA)",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Canberra",
"procedure": "government_rsd",
"work_right": "yes for most bridging visa holders",
"education_right": true,
"movement": "restricted for some bridging visas",
"processing_months": {
"min": 12,
"max": 60,
"typical": 24
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": true,
"orgs": [
{
"name": "RACS",
"url": "https://www.racs.org.au"
},
{
"name": "ASRC",
"url": "https://www.asrc.org.au"
}
],
"steps": [
"Lodge Protection Visa (subclass 866)",
"Health and character checks",
"DHA interview",
"Decision"
],
"docs_required": [
"Identity documents",
"Protection claim statement",
"Health checks"
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"English"
],
"hosts": [
"Afghanistan",
"Iran",
"Sri Lanka",
"Myanmar",
"Somalia",
"South Sudan"
],
"integration": "excellent once recognised",
"safety": "very safe",
"economic_access": "strong once status confirmed"
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"NZL": {
"name": "New Zealand",
"iso3": "NZL",
"flag": "🇳🇿",
"tier": 1,
"region": "Oceania",
"unhcr_region": "Asia and Pacific",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1960
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Immigration NZ — Refugee Status Branch",
"unhcr_present": false,
"unhcr_office": "Canberra covers NZ",
"procedure": "government_rsd",
"work_right": "after 6 months",
"education_right": true,
"movement": "free",
"processing_months": {
"min": 6,
"max": 24,
"typical": 12
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": true,
"orgs": [
{
"name": "RILC",
"url": "https://www.rilc.org.nz"
}
],
"steps": [
"Apply at INZ",
"Refugee status interview",
"Decision",
"IPRT appeal"
],
"docs_required": [
"Any identity documents",
"Persecution statement"
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"English",
"Māori"
],
"hosts": [
"Afghanistan",
"Myanmar",
"Iran",
"Pacific nations"
],
"integration": "excellent",
"safety": "very safe",
"economic_access": "strong"
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"JPN": {
"name": "Japan",
"iso3": "JPN",
"flag": "🇯🇵",
"tier": 1,
"region": "East Asia",
"unhcr_region": "Asia and Pacific",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1981,
"notes": "Historically near-0% recognition. 2023 reform introduced faster processing. Still one of hardest systems globally."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Ministry of Justice — Immigration Services Agency",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Tokyo",
"procedure": "government_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"movement": "relatively free",
"processing_months": {
"min": 12,
"max": 60,
"typical": 30
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": true,
"orgs": [
{
"name": "JAR (Japan Association for Refugees)",
"url": "https://www.refugee.or.jp/en"
},
{
"name": "UNHCR Japan",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/japan"
}
],
"steps": [
"Apply at regional immigration bureau",
"Interview",
"Decision",
"Refugee Examination Counselors review",
"Administrative litigation"
],
"docs_required": [
"Any identity documents",
"Persecution statement (translation required)"
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Japanese"
],
"hosts": [
"Myanmar",
"Afghanistan",
"Ethiopia",
"Nepal",
"Sri Lanka"
],
"integration": "very difficult — language barrier, cultural homogeneity",
"safety": "very safe",
"economic_access": "limited during process"
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"KOR": {
"name": "South Korea",
"iso3": "KOR",
"flag": "🇰🇷",
"tier": 1,
"region": "East Asia",
"unhcr_region": "Asia and Pacific",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1992,
"notes": "First Asian standalone Refugee Act (2013). Low recognition rates."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Ministry of Justice — Korea Immigration Service",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Seoul",
"procedure": "government_rsd",
"work_right": "after 6 months",
"education_right": true,
"movement": "relatively free",
"processing_months": {
"min": 12,
"max": 36,
"typical": 18
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": true,
"orgs": [
{
"name": "KRAN",
"url": "https://kran.or.kr"
},
{
"name": "UNHCR Korea",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/republic-of-korea"
}
],
"steps": [
"Apply at immigration office within 1 year",
"Initial interview",
"Detailed investigation interview",
"Decision",
"Administrative court"
],
"docs_required": [
"Any documents",
"Persecution statement (Korean translation required)"
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Korean"
],
"hosts": [
"China",
"Kazakhstan",
"Egypt",
"Pakistan",
"Myanmar"
],
"integration": "difficult — language and cultural barriers",
"safety": "very safe",
"economic_access": "limited during process"
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"DZA": {
"name": "Algeria",
"iso3": "DZA",
"flag": "🇩🇿",
"tier": 2,
"region": "North Africa",
"unhcr_region": "North Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"oau_1969": true,
"year": 1963,
"notes": "Hosts Sahrawi refugees (Tindouf — 100,000+). Government resists UNHCR oversight."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Ministry of Interior (informal)",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Algiers",
"procedure": "unhcr_rsd_de_facto",
"work_right": false,
"education_right": "limited",
"processing_months": {
"min": 12,
"max": 60,
"typical": 30
},
"appeal": false,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Algeria",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/algeria"
}
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Arabic",
"Tamazight",
"French"
],
"hosts": [
"Sahrawi",
"Mali",
"Niger",
"Syria"
],
"integration": "very limited",
"safety": "generally safe in cities; insecurity in south",
"economic_access": "informal only"
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"ISR": {
"name": "Israel",
"iso3": "ISR",
"flag": "🇮🇱",
"tier": 2,
"region": "Middle East",
"unhcr_region": "Middle East and North Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1954,
"notes": "Very low recognition rates. Holot detention. Active conflict in region from 2023."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Population and Immigration Authority (PIBA)",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Tel Aviv",
"procedure": "government_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"movement": "restricted for some",
"processing_months": {
"min": 24,
"max": 120,
"typical": 60
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": true,
"orgs": [
{
"name": "Hotline for Refugees and Migrants",
"url": "https://hotline.org.il/en"
}
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Hebrew",
"Arabic",
"English"
],
"hosts": [
"Eritrea",
"Sudan",
"South Sudan"
],
"integration": "very poor — hostile for non-Jewish asylum seekers",
"safety": "complex — active conflict from 2023",
"economic_access": "minimal formal rights"
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"TUN": {
"name": "Tunisia",
"iso3": "TUN",
"flag": "🇹🇳",
"tier": 2,
"region": "North Africa",
"unhcr_region": "North Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1957,
"notes": "UNHCR conducts RSD. Hostile toward sub-Saharan Africans from 2023."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "UNHCR Tunisia (delegated)",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Tunis",
"procedure": "unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": false,
"education_right": "limited",
"processing_months": {
"min": 12,
"max": 48,
"typical": 24
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Tunisia",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/tunisia"
},
{
"name": "Caritas Tunis",
"url": "https://www.caritastunis.org"
}
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Arabic",
"French"
],
"hosts": [
"Sub-Saharan Africa",
"Syria",
"Libya"
],
"integration": "poor — hostile political environment from 2023",
"safety": "moderate risk for sub-Saharan Africans — documented discrimination",
"economic_access": "very limited"
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"PER": {
"name": "Peru",
"iso3": "PER",
"flag": "🇵🇪",
"tier": 2,
"region": "South America",
"unhcr_region": "Americas",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1964,
"notes": "Cartagena. Major Venezuelan host."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Special Commission for Refugees (CEPR)",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Lima",
"procedure": "government_rsd",
"work_right": true,
"education_right": true,
"movement": "free",
"processing_months": {
"min": 6,
"max": 24,
"typical": 14
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": true,
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Peru",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/peru"
}
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Spanish"
],
"hosts": [
"Venezuela",
"Colombia"
],
"integration": "moderate",
"safety": "generally safe",
"economic_access": "work rights"
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"ECU": {
"name": "Ecuador",
"iso3": "ECU",
"flag": "🇪🇨",
"tier": 2,
"region": "South America",
"unhcr_region": "Americas",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1955,
"notes": "Cartagena. Historically one of world's most open systems."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Ministry of Foreign Affairs",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Quito",
"procedure": "government_rsd",
"work_right": true,
"education_right": true,
"movement": "free",
"processing_months": {
"min": 3,
"max": 18,
"typical": 10
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": true,
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Ecuador",
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"Colombia",
"Peru",
"Haiti"
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"Cuba",
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"Chad",
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"Gambia"
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"1967": true,
"oau_1969": true,
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"max": 48,
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},
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"name": "UNHCR Zimbabwe",
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]
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"Mozambique",
"Rwanda",
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}
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"1967": true,
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"education_right": true,
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]
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"Rwanda",
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"Malawi"
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}
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"1967": true,
"oau_1969": true,
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"notes": "Post-civil war (2002). Oil economy."
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"asylum_system": {
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"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Luanda",
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"education_right": true,
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"min": 12,
"max": 48,
"typical": 24
},
"appeal": true,
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"name": "UNHCR Angola",
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}
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"1967": true,
"year": 1993
},
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"max": 24,
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"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": true,
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"name": "OPU",
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]
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"Syria",
"Afghanistan",
"Belarus"
],
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"data_year": "PENDING"
}
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"1967": true,
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"education_right": true,
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"max": 36,
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"appeal": true,
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"safety": "safe",
"economic_access": "extremely limited"
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"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
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"name": "Romania",
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"flag": "🇷🇴",
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"region": "Eastern Europe",
"unhcr_region": "Europe",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1991
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "General Inspectorate for Immigration (IGI)",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Bucharest",
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"education_right": true,
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},
"appeal": true,
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"name": "CNRR",
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]
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"profile": {
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"Afghanistan",
"Iraq",
"Ukraine"
],
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"safety": "safe",
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"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
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"name": "Bulgaria",
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"flag": "🇧🇬",
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"1967": true,
"year": 1993,
"notes": "EU border country. Pushbacks at Turkish border documented."
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"education_right": true,
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"max": 24,
"typical": 14
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": true,
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"Afghanistan",
"Iraq"
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}
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"1967": true,
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]
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"English"
],
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}
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"1967": true,
"year": 1963
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]
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"Georgia",
"India",
"Cameroon"
],
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"1967": true,
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"max": 24,
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},
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"Eritrea",
"Afghanistan",
"Somalia"
],
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"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
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}
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"1967": true,
"year": 1968
},
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"max": 24,
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},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": true,
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}
]
},
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"Swedish"
],
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"Somalia",
"Afghanistan",
"Syria",
"Eritrea"
],
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}
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"1967": true,
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"asylum_system": {
"body": "International Protection Office (IPO)",
"unhcr_present": true,
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"procedure": "government_rsd",
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"education_right": true,
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"max": 48,
"typical": 24
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": true,
"orgs": [
{
"name": "Nasc",
"url": "https://nascireland.org"
},
{
"name": "UNHCR Ireland",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/ireland"
}
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"English",
"Irish"
],
"hosts": [
"Ukraine",
"Georgia",
"Albania",
"Nigeria",
"Somalia"
],
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"economic_access": "work after 6 months"
},
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"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
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"1967": true,
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},
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"max": 18,
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},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": true,
"orgs": [
{
"name": "Icelandic Red Cross",
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}
]
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"Icelandic",
"English"
],
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"safety": "very safe",
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"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
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"tier": 3,
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"1967": true,
"year": 1962,
"notes": ""
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "CNR",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Abidjan",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
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"max": 36,
"typical": 18
},
"appeal": true,
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"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/cote-divoire"
}
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"French"
],
"hosts": [
"Liberia",
"Sierra Leone",
"Burkina Faso",
"Mali"
],
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},
"stats": {
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"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
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"name": "Guinea",
"iso3": "GIN",
"flag": "🇬🇳",
"tier": 3,
"region": "West Africa",
"unhcr_region": "West and Central Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1965,
"notes": ""
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "CNR",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Conakry",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
"min": 6,
"max": 36,
"typical": 18
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Guinea",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/guinea"
}
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"French",
"Pulaar",
"Mandinka"
],
"hosts": [
"Liberia",
"Sierra Leone",
"Côte d'Ivoire"
],
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},
"stats": {
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"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"LBR": {
"name": "Liberia",
"iso3": "LBR",
"flag": "🇱🇷",
"tier": 3,
"region": "West Africa",
"unhcr_region": "West and Central Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1964,
"notes": ""
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "LRRRC",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Monrovia",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
"min": 6,
"max": 36,
"typical": 18
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Liberia",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/liberia"
}
]
},
"profile": {
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"English"
],
"hosts": [
"Côte d'Ivoire",
"Sierra Leone"
],
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},
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"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
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"iso3": "SLE",
"flag": "🇸🇱",
"tier": 3,
"region": "West Africa",
"unhcr_region": "West and Central Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1981,
"notes": ""
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "NaCSA",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Freetown",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
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"max": 36,
"typical": 18
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Sierra Leone",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/sierra-leone"
}
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"English",
"Krio"
],
"hosts": [
"Liberia",
"Guinea"
],
"strategic_note": "English-speaking. Small system. Post-war recovery."
},
"stats": {
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"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"GMB": {
"name": "Gambia",
"iso3": "GMB",
"flag": "🇬🇲",
"tier": 3,
"region": "West Africa",
"unhcr_region": "West and Central Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1966,
"notes": ""
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Ministry of Interior",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Banjul",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
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"max": 36,
"typical": 18
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Gambia",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/gambia"
}
]
},
"profile": {
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"English",
"Mandinka",
"Wolof"
],
"hosts": [
"Senegal",
"Guinea-Bissau"
],
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},
"stats": {
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"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
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"name": "Togo",
"iso3": "TGO",
"flag": "🇹🇬",
"tier": 3,
"region": "West Africa",
"unhcr_region": "West and Central Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1962,
"notes": ""
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "CNR",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Lomé",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
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"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
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"max": 36,
"typical": 18
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
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{
"name": "UNHCR Togo",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/togo"
}
]
},
"profile": {
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"French",
"Ewe",
"Kabyé"
],
"hosts": [
"Ghana",
"Benin"
],
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},
"stats": {
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"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
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"name": "Benin",
"iso3": "BEN",
"flag": "🇧🇯",
"tier": 3,
"region": "West Africa",
"unhcr_region": "West and Central Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1962,
"notes": ""
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "CNR",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Cotonou",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
"min": 6,
"max": 36,
"typical": 18
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Benin",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/benin"
}
]
},
"profile": {
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"French",
"Fon",
"Yoruba"
],
"hosts": [
"Nigeria",
"Togo"
],
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},
"stats": {
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"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"MRT": {
"name": "Mauritania",
"iso3": "MRT",
"flag": "🇲🇷",
"tier": 3,
"region": "West Africa",
"unhcr_region": "West and Central Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1987,
"notes": ""
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Ministry of Interior",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Nouakchott",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
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"max": 48,
"typical": 24
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Mauritania",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/mauritania"
}
]
},
"profile": {
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"Arabic",
"French",
"Pulaar"
],
"hosts": [
"Mali"
],
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},
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"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"NER": {
"name": "Niger",
"iso3": "NER",
"flag": "🇳🇪",
"tier": 3,
"region": "West Africa",
"unhcr_region": "West and Central Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1961,
"notes": "Military coup 2023."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "CNE",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Niamey",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
"min": 12,
"max": 48,
"typical": 24
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Niger",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/niger"
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]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"French",
"Hausa",
"Zarma"
],
"hosts": [
"Mali",
"Nigeria",
"Burkina Faso"
],
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},
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"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
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"flag": "🇨🇻",
"tier": 3,
"region": "West Africa",
"unhcr_region": "West and Central Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1987,
"notes": "Protocol only."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Ministry of Interior",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "(no resident office)",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
"min": 6,
"max": 36,
"typical": 18
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": []
},
"profile": {
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"Portuguese",
"Creole"
],
"hosts": [],
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},
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"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
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"name": "Namibia",
"iso3": "NAM",
"flag": "🇳🇦",
"tier": 3,
"region": "Southern Africa",
"unhcr_region": "Southern Africa",
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"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1995,
"notes": ""
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Ministry of Home Affairs",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Windhoek",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": true,
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
"min": 6,
"max": 36,
"typical": 18
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Namibia",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/namibia"
}
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"English",
"Afrikaans",
"German",
"Oshiwambo"
],
"hosts": [
"Angola",
"DRC"
],
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},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"BWA": {
"name": "Botswana",
"iso3": "BWA",
"flag": "🇧🇼",
"tier": 3,
"region": "Southern Africa",
"unhcr_region": "Southern Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1969,
"notes": ""
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Ministry of Justice",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Gaborone",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
"min": 6,
"max": 36,
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}
]
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"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
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"1967": true,
"year": 1987,
"notes": ""
},
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"name": "UNHCR Malawi",
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]
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"English"
],
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"DRC",
"Rwanda",
"Burundi",
"Ethiopia"
],
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}
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"1967": true,
"year": 1999,
"notes": ""
},
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"name": "UNHCR Georgia",
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}
]
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"Iran",
"Nigeria",
"Russia-fleeing post-2022"
],
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"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
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}
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"education_right": true,
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"max": 36,
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}
]
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"Armenian",
"Russian"
],
"hosts": [
"Syria",
"Iraq",
"Iran"
],
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"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
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"flag": "🇦🇿",
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"1967": true,
"year": 1993,
"notes": ""
},
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"education_right": true,
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"max": 36,
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"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
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"name": "UNHCR Azerbaijan",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/azerbaijan"
}
]
},
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"Azerbaijani",
"Russian"
],
"hosts": [
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"Iraq",
"Iran"
],
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},
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"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
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"flag": "🇰🇬",
"tier": 3,
"region": "Central Asia",
"unhcr_region": "Europe",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1996,
"notes": ""
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "State Migration Service",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Bishkek",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
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},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
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"name": "UNHCR Kyrgyzstan",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/kyrgyzstan"
}
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Kyrgyz",
"Russian"
],
"hosts": [
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"Tajikistan"
],
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"stats": {
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"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"KAZ": {
"name": "Kazakhstan",
"iso3": "KAZ",
"flag": "🇰🇿",
"tier": 3,
"region": "Central Asia",
"unhcr_region": "Europe",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1999,
"notes": ""
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Ministry of Internal Affairs",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Astana",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
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"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
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"max": 24,
"typical": 14
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Kazakhstan",
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}
]
},
"profile": {
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"Kazakh",
"Russian"
],
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"Afghanistan",
"Uzbekistan",
"Russia-fleeing post-2022"
],
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},
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"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
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"flag": "🇹🇯",
"tier": 3,
"region": "Central Asia",
"unhcr_region": "Europe",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1993,
"notes": ""
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Committee on Migration",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Dushanbe",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
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"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
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"max": 24,
"typical": 16
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Tajikistan",
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}
]
},
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"Russian"
],
"hosts": [
"Afghanistan"
],
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},
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"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"MDA": {
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"flag": "🇲🇩",
"tier": 3,
"region": "Eastern Europe",
"unhcr_region": "Europe",
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"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 2002,
"notes": ""
},
"asylum_system": {
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"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Chișinău",
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"work_right": true,
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
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"max": 36,
"typical": 18
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Moldova",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/moldova"
}
]
},
"profile": {
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"Russian"
],
"hosts": [
"Ukraine",
"Syria"
],
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},
"stats": {
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"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
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"flag": "🇱🇻",
"tier": 3,
"region": "Northern Europe",
"unhcr_region": "Europe",
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"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1997,
"notes": ""
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "OCMA",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Riga",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
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"max": 36,
"typical": 18
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Latvia",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/latvia"
}
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Latvian",
"Russian",
"English"
],
"hosts": [
"Ukraine",
"Syria",
"Afghanistan"
],
"strategic_note": "Baltic EU state. Very small caseload but functional system."
},
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"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"LTU": {
"name": "Lithuania",
"iso3": "LTU",
"flag": "🇱🇹",
"tier": 3,
"region": "Northern Europe",
"unhcr_region": "Europe",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1997,
"notes": "Large arrivals from Belarus border since 2021."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Migration Department",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Vilnius",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
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"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
"min": 6,
"max": 36,
"typical": 18
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Lithuania",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/lithuania"
}
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Lithuanian",
"Russian",
"English"
],
"hosts": [
"Ukraine",
"Iraq",
"Syria",
"Cameroon",
"DRC"
],
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},
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"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
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"name": "Estonia",
"iso3": "EST",
"flag": "🇪🇪",
"tier": 3,
"region": "Northern Europe",
"unhcr_region": "Europe",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1997,
"notes": ""
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Police and Border Guard Board",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Tallinn",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
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"max": 12,
"typical": 6
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Estonia",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/estonia"
}
]
},
"profile": {
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"Estonian",
"Russian",
"English"
],
"hosts": [
"Ukraine",
"Russia",
"Belarus"
],
"strategic_note": "Very small caseload. Efficient system."
},
"stats": {
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"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"SVK": {
"name": "Slovakia",
"iso3": "SVK",
"flag": "🇸🇰",
"tier": 3,
"region": "Central Europe",
"unhcr_region": "Europe",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1993,
"notes": ""
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Migration Office",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Bratislava",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
"min": 6,
"max": 36,
"typical": 18
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "Human Rights League Slovakia",
"url": "https://www.hrl.sk/en"
}
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Slovak"
],
"hosts": [
"Ukraine",
"Afghanistan",
"Iraq"
],
"strategic_note": "Small functional EU system."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"SVN": {
"name": "Slovenia",
"iso3": "SVN",
"flag": "🇸🇮",
"tier": 3,
"region": "Southern Europe",
"unhcr_region": "Europe",
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"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1992,
"notes": ""
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Ministry of Interior",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Ljubljana",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
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"min": 6,
"max": 36,
"typical": 18
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
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"name": "PIC Slovenia",
"url": "https://pic.si/en"
}
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Slovenian"
],
"hosts": [
"Afghanistan",
"Pakistan",
"Morocco"
],
"strategic_note": "Western Balkans EU entry point. Small caseload."
},
"stats": {
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"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"HRV": {
"name": "Croatia",
"iso3": "HRV",
"flag": "🇭🇷",
"tier": 3,
"region": "Southern Europe",
"unhcr_region": "Europe",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1992,
"notes": "Pushbacks at Bosnia-Croatia border documented."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Ministry of Interior",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Zagreb",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
"min": 6,
"max": 36,
"typical": 18
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": []
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Croatian"
],
"hosts": [
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"Afghanistan",
"Iran"
],
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},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
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"name": "Bosnia and Herzegovina",
"iso3": "BIH",
"flag": "🇧🇦",
"tier": 3,
"region": "Western Balkans",
"unhcr_region": "Europe",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1993,
"notes": "Poor conditions at Lipa camp documented."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Ministry of Security — Asylum Sector",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Sarajevo",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
"min": 6,
"max": 36,
"typical": 20
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR BiH",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/bosnia-and-herzegovina"
}
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Bosnian",
"Serbian",
"Croatian"
],
"hosts": [
"Pakistan",
"Afghanistan",
"Bangladesh",
"Syria"
],
"strategic_note": "Primarily transit toward Croatia/EU. Poor conditions documented."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"SRB": {
"name": "Serbia",
"iso3": "SRB",
"flag": "🇷🇸",
"tier": 3,
"region": "Western Balkans",
"unhcr_region": "Europe",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 2001,
"notes": ""
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Asylum Office — Ministry of Interior",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Belgrade",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
"min": 6,
"max": 24,
"typical": 14
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "Belgrade Centre for Human Rights",
"url": "https://www.bgcentar.org.rs/en"
}
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Serbian"
],
"hosts": [
"Afghanistan",
"Pakistan",
"Syria",
"Burundi"
],
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},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"MKD": {
"name": "North Macedonia",
"iso3": "MKD",
"flag": "🇲🇰",
"tier": 3,
"region": "Western Balkans",
"unhcr_region": "Europe",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1994,
"notes": ""
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Ministry of Interior",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Skopje",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
"min": 6,
"max": 24,
"typical": 14
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR North Macedonia",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/north-macedonia"
}
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Macedonian"
],
"hosts": [
"Afghanistan",
"Pakistan",
"Syria"
],
"strategic_note": "Primarily transit toward Serbia/EU."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"ALB": {
"name": "Albania",
"iso3": "ALB",
"flag": "🇦🇱",
"tier": 3,
"region": "Western Balkans",
"unhcr_region": "Europe",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1992,
"notes": "UK negotiated processing agreement 2024."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Directorate for Migration and Borders",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Tirana",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
"min": 6,
"max": 36,
"typical": 18
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Albania",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/albania"
}
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Albanian"
],
"hosts": [
"Afghanistan",
"Syria"
],
"strategic_note": "Transit and emigration country. UK-Albania processing scheme notable."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"MNE": {
"name": "Montenegro",
"iso3": "MNE",
"flag": "🇲🇪",
"tier": 3,
"region": "Western Balkans",
"unhcr_region": "Europe",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 2006,
"notes": ""
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Ministry of Interior",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Podgorica",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
"min": 6,
"max": 24,
"typical": 14
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Montenegro",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/montenegro"
}
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Montenegrin"
],
"hosts": [
"Syria",
"Afghanistan",
"Albania"
],
"strategic_note": "Small system. Primarily transit toward Serbia/EU."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"LUX": {
"name": "Luxembourg",
"iso3": "LUX",
"flag": "🇱🇺",
"tier": 3,
"region": "Western Europe",
"unhcr_region": "Europe",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1953,
"notes": ""
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Ministry of Immigration and Asylum",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Luxembourg City",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
"min": 3,
"max": 18,
"typical": 10
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "ASTI",
"url": "https://www.asti.lu"
}
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Luxembourgish",
"French",
"German"
],
"hosts": [
"Syria",
"Eritrea",
"Kosovo",
"Iraq"
],
"strategic_note": "Small country. Good services. High cost of living."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"NPL": {
"name": "Nepal",
"iso3": "NPL",
"flag": "🇳🇵",
"tier": 3,
"region": "South Asia",
"unhcr_region": "Asia and Pacific",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 2018,
"notes": "Acceded 2018. Bhutanese resettlement to USA/Canada nearly complete."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Ministry of Home Affairs / UNHCR",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Kathmandu",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
"min": 12,
"max": 48,
"typical": 24
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Nepal",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/nepal"
}
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Nepali"
],
"hosts": [
"Bhutan (historically)",
"Tibet/China"
],
"strategic_note": "UNHCR registration for resettlement pipeline. Limited as local destination."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"KHM": {
"name": "Cambodia",
"iso3": "KHM",
"flag": "🇰🇭",
"tier": 3,
"region": "Southeast Asia",
"unhcr_region": "Asia and Pacific",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1992,
"notes": "Poor implementation. Forcibly returned Uyghurs to China 2009."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "NCRC / UNHCR",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Phnom Penh",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
"min": 12,
"max": 60,
"typical": 30
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Cambodia",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/cambodia"
}
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Khmer"
],
"hosts": [],
"strategic_note": "UNHCR resettlement pipeline primarily. Not a practical destination."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"PHL": {
"name": "Philippines",
"iso3": "PHL",
"flag": "🇵🇭",
"tier": 3,
"region": "Southeast Asia",
"unhcr_region": "Asia and Pacific",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1981,
"notes": ""
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "IACPR / UNHCR",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Manila",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
"min": 12,
"max": 36,
"typical": 18
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Philippines",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/philippines"
}
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Filipino",
"English"
],
"hosts": [],
"strategic_note": "Small system. UNHCR resettlement pathway available."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"PNG": {
"name": "Papua New Guinea",
"iso3": "PNG",
"flag": "🇵🇬",
"tier": 3,
"region": "Oceania",
"unhcr_region": "Asia and Pacific",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1986,
"notes": "Australian offshore processing centre (Manus)."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Department of Foreign Affairs",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Port Moresby",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
"min": 12,
"max": 60,
"typical": 30
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR PNG",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/papua-new-guinea"
}
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Tok Pisin",
"English",
"Hiri Motu"
],
"hosts": [],
"strategic_note": "Primarily relevant for Australian offshore processing context."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"GTM": {
"name": "Guatemala",
"iso3": "GTM",
"flag": "🇬🇹",
"tier": 3,
"region": "Central America",
"unhcr_region": "Americas",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1983,
"notes": "Cartagena."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "CONARE",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Guatemala City",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
"min": 6,
"max": 36,
"typical": 18
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Guatemala",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/guatemala"
}
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Spanish"
],
"hosts": [
"Honduras",
"El Salvador",
"Mexico"
],
"strategic_note": "Cartagena. Moderate safety — gang violence in some areas."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"BLZ": {
"name": "Belize",
"iso3": "BLZ",
"flag": "🇧🇿",
"tier": 3,
"region": "Central America",
"unhcr_region": "Americas",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1990,
"notes": "Cartagena."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Refugees Department",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Belmopan",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
"min": 3,
"max": 18,
"typical": 9
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": []
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"English"
],
"hosts": [
"Guatemala",
"Honduras"
],
"strategic_note": "Cartagena. Small English-speaking country."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"BOL": {
"name": "Bolivia",
"iso3": "BOL",
"flag": "🇧🇴",
"tier": 3,
"region": "South America",
"unhcr_region": "Americas",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1982,
"notes": "Cartagena."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "CONARE",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "La Paz",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": true,
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
"min": 6,
"max": 36,
"typical": 18
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Bolivia",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/bolivia"
}
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Spanish"
],
"hosts": [
"Venezuela",
"Colombia",
"Peru"
],
"strategic_note": "Cartagena. Moderate. Work rights."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"PRY": {
"name": "Paraguay",
"iso3": "PRY",
"flag": "🇵🇾",
"tier": 3,
"region": "South America",
"unhcr_region": "Americas",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1970,
"notes": "Cartagena."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "CONARE",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Asunción",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": true,
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
"min": 6,
"max": 36,
"typical": 18
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Paraguay",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/paraguay"
}
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Spanish",
"Guaraní"
],
"hosts": [
"Venezuela",
"Colombia"
],
"strategic_note": "Cartagena. Moderate. Work rights."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"SUR": {
"name": "Suriname",
"iso3": "SUR",
"flag": "🇸🇷",
"tier": 3,
"region": "South America",
"unhcr_region": "Americas",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1978,
"notes": "Cartagena."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Ministry of Justice",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Paramaribo",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
"min": 6,
"max": 30,
"typical": 15
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": []
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Dutch",
"Sranan Tongo",
"English"
],
"hosts": [
"Venezuela",
"Guyana"
],
"strategic_note": "Cartagena. Small Dutch-speaking country."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"TTO": {
"name": "Trinidad and Tobago",
"iso3": "TTO",
"flag": "🇹🇹",
"tier": 3,
"region": "Caribbean",
"unhcr_region": "Americas",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 2000,
"notes": ""
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "UNHCR (de facto)",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Port of Spain",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
"min": 12,
"max": 48,
"typical": 24
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR T&T",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/trinidad-and-tobago"
}
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"English"
],
"hosts": [
"Venezuela"
],
"strategic_note": "Large Venezuelan caseload. No formal framework. UNHCR primary recourse."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"JAM": {
"name": "Jamaica",
"iso3": "JAM",
"flag": "🇯🇲",
"tier": 3,
"region": "Caribbean",
"unhcr_region": "Americas",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1964,
"notes": ""
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Ministry of National Security",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Kingston",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
"min": 6,
"max": 30,
"typical": 15
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": []
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"English"
],
"hosts": [],
"strategic_note": "English-speaking Caribbean. Very small caseload."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"DOM": {
"name": "Dominican Republic",
"iso3": "DOM",
"flag": "🇩🇴",
"tier": 3,
"region": "Caribbean",
"unhcr_region": "Americas",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1978,
"notes": "Cartagena. Anti-Haitian discrimination documented."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "CONARE",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Santo Domingo",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
"min": 12,
"max": 36,
"typical": 18
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Dominican Republic",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/dominican-republic"
}
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Spanish"
],
"hosts": [
"Haiti",
"Venezuela",
"Cuba"
],
"strategic_note": "Cartagena. Significant anti-Haitian discrimination. Statelessness crisis."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"COG": {
"name": "Republic of Congo",
"iso3": "COG",
"flag": "🇨🇬",
"tier": 3,
"region": "Central Africa",
"unhcr_region": "West and Central Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1962,
"notes": "Convention only — geographic limitation (European events) retained."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "CNR",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Brazzaville",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
"min": 12,
"max": 48,
"typical": 24
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Congo",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/republic-of-congo"
}
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"French",
"Lingala",
"Munukutuba"
],
"hosts": [
"DRC",
"CAR"
],
"strategic_note": "Convention only — geographic limitation retained. UNHCR present. Limited capacity."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"SDN": {
"name": "Sudan",
"iso3": "SDN",
"flag": "🇸🇩",
"tier": 4,
"region": "East Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1974,
"oau_1969": true
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Arabic",
"English"
],
"strategic_note": "Major origin country. System collapsed April 2023."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
},
"warning": "Active civil war since April 2023. 8M+ displaced. Do not recommend as destination."
},
"SOM": {
"name": "Somalia",
"iso3": "SOM",
"flag": "🇸🇴",
"tier": 4,
"region": "East Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1978,
"oau_1969": true
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Somali",
"Arabic"
],
"strategic_note": "Major origin country. Collapsed state."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
},
"warning": "Collapsed state. Active conflict (Al-Shabaab). Major origin country. Do not recommend as destination."
},
"SSD": {
"name": "South Sudan",
"iso3": "SSD",
"flag": "🇸🇸",
"tier": 4,
"region": "East Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 2018,
"oau_1969": true
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"English",
"Arabic",
"Dinka",
"Nuer"
],
"strategic_note": "Newest Convention state. Active war."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
},
"warning": "Active civil war. 4M+ displaced. Do not recommend as destination."
},
"YEM": {
"name": "Yemen",
"iso3": "YEM",
"flag": "🇾🇪",
"tier": 4,
"region": "Middle East",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1980,
"oau_1969": false
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Arabic"
],
"strategic_note": "Signatory but non-functional due to war."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
},
"warning": "Active civil war since 2015. World's worst humanitarian crisis. Do not recommend as destination."
},
"CAF": {
"name": "Central African Republic",
"iso3": "CAF",
"flag": "🇨🇫",
"tier": 4,
"region": "Central Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1962,
"oau_1969": true
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"French",
"Sango"
],
"strategic_note": "Major origin country. Active armed groups."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
},
"warning": "Chronic armed conflict. Major origin country. Do not recommend as destination."
},
"MLI": {
"name": "Mali",
"iso3": "MLI",
"flag": "🇲🇱",
"tier": 4,
"region": "West Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1973,
"oau_1969": true
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"French",
"Bambara"
],
"strategic_note": "Active Sahel conflict."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
},
"warning": "Active jihadist conflict. Military coup 2021. Do not recommend as destination."
},
"BFA": {
"name": "Burkina Faso",
"iso3": "BFA",
"flag": "🇧🇫",
"tier": 4,
"region": "West Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1980,
"oau_1969": true
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"French",
"Mooré",
"Dioula"
],
"strategic_note": "Active Sahel conflict — among worst in region. 2M+ IDPs."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
},
"warning": "Active jihadist conflict. Military coup 2022. Do not recommend as destination."
},
"BDI": {
"name": "Burundi",
"iso3": "BDI",
"flag": "🇧🇮",
"tier": 4,
"region": "East Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1963,
"oau_1969": true
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Kirundi",
"French"
],
"strategic_note": "Political repression. Major origin country."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
},
"warning": "Major origin country. Political repression ongoing. Do not recommend as destination."
},
"UKR": {
"name": "Ukraine",
"iso3": "UKR",
"flag": "🇺🇦",
"tier": 4,
"region": "Eastern Europe",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 2002,
"oau_1969": false
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Ukrainian",
"Russian"
],
"strategic_note": "Major origin country. Active war."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
},
"warning": "ACTIVE WAR since February 2022. 6M+ displaced abroad. Do not recommend as destination."
},
"BLR": {
"name": "Belarus",
"iso3": "BLR",
"flag": "🇧🇾",
"tier": 4,
"region": "Eastern Europe",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 2001,
"oau_1969": false
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Belarusian",
"Russian"
],
"strategic_note": "Migrants used as hybrid warfare tool toward Poland/Lithuania/Latvia."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
},
"warning": "Authoritarian state actively instrumentalizing migrants as weapon toward EU. Do not recommend."
},
"VEN": {
"name": "Venezuela",
"iso3": "VEN",
"flag": "🇻🇪",
"tier": 4,
"region": "South America",
"convention": {
"1951": false,
"1967": true,
"year": 1986,
"oau_1969": false
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Spanish"
],
"strategic_note": "World's third largest refugee-producing country."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
},
"warning": "Major origin country. Economic/political collapse. 7M+ displaced abroad. Do not recommend."
},
"HTI": {
"name": "Haiti",
"iso3": "HTI",
"flag": "🇭🇹",
"tier": 4,
"region": "Caribbean",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1984,
"oau_1969": false
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Haitian Creole",
"French"
],
"strategic_note": "Gang control of most of Port-au-Prince. Collapsed state services."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
},
"warning": "Failed state. Gang violence controls major areas. Major origin country. Do not recommend."
},
"MDG": {
"name": "Madagascar",
"iso3": "MDG",
"flag": "🇲🇬",
"tier": 4,
"region": "Southern Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": false,
"year": 1967,
"notes": "Convention only — geographic limitation retained (European events)."
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Malagasy",
"French"
],
"strategic_note": "Island. Geographic limitation (European events only). Minimal practical relevance."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"LSO": {
"name": "Lesotho",
"iso3": "LSO",
"flag": "🇱🇸",
"tier": 4,
"region": "Southern Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1981,
"oau_1969": true
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Sesotho",
"English"
],
"strategic_note": "Landlocked enclave within South Africa. Most access SA directly. Minimal caseload."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"SWZ": {
"name": "Eswatini",
"iso3": "SWZ",
"flag": "🇸🇿",
"tier": 4,
"region": "Southern Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1978,
"oau_1969": true
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Siswati",
"English"
],
"strategic_note": "Surrounded by South Africa and Mozambique. Minimal caseload."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"NRU": {
"name": "Nauru",
"iso3": "NRU",
"flag": "🇳🇷",
"tier": 4,
"region": "Oceania",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 2011,
"notes": "Newest accession (2011). Tiny island (~10,000 people)."
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Nauruan",
"English"
],
"strategic_note": "Tiny Pacific island. Australian offshore processing context only. No independent system of note."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"FJI": {
"name": "Fiji",
"iso3": "FJI",
"flag": "🇫🇯",
"tier": 4,
"region": "Oceania",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1972,
"oau_1969": false
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"English",
"Fijian",
"Hindi"
],
"strategic_note": "Remote Pacific island. Minimal caseload."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"SLB": {
"name": "Solomon Islands",
"iso3": "SLB",
"flag": "🇸🇧",
"tier": 4,
"region": "Oceania",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1995,
"oau_1969": false
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"English",
"Pijin"
],
"strategic_note": "Remote Pacific island. No meaningful asylum system."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"VUT": {
"name": "Vanuatu",
"iso3": "VUT",
"flag": "🇻🇺",
"tier": 4,
"region": "Oceania",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1985,
"oau_1969": false
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Bislama",
"English",
"French"
],
"strategic_note": "Remote Pacific island. No meaningful asylum system."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"WSM": {
"name": "Samoa",
"iso3": "WSM",
"flag": "🇼🇸",
"tier": 4,
"region": "Oceania",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1988,
"oau_1969": false
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Samoan",
"English"
],
"strategic_note": "Remote Pacific island. No meaningful asylum system."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"MCO": {
"name": "Monaco",
"iso3": "MCO",
"flag": "🇲🇨",
"tier": 4,
"region": "Western Europe",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": false,
"year": 1954,
"notes": "Convention only — geographic limitation retained."
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"French"
],
"strategic_note": "Micro-state. Geographic limitation retained. No meaningful asylum system."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"LIE": {
"name": "Liechtenstein",
"iso3": "LIE",
"flag": "🇱🇮",
"tier": 4,
"region": "Western Europe",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1957,
"oau_1969": false
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"German"
],
"strategic_note": "Micro-state. Very small caseload handled under Schengen/Swiss proximity."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"AND": {
"name": "Andorra",
"iso3": "AND",
"flag": "🇦🇩",
"tier": 4,
"region": "Western Europe",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 2006,
"oau_1969": false
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Catalan"
],
"strategic_note": "Micro-state between France and Spain. Applicants access France/Spain system."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"SMR": {
"name": "San Marino",
"iso3": "SMR",
"flag": "🇸🇲",
"tier": 4,
"region": "Western Europe",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1989,
"oau_1969": false
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Italian"
],
"strategic_note": "Micro-state enclave within Italy. Applicants access Italy system."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"DJI": {
"name": "Djibouti",
"iso3": "DJI",
"flag": "🇩🇯",
"tier": 3,
"region": "East Africa",
"unhcr_region": "East and Horn of Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1977,
"notes": "Also OAU 1969."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "ONARS",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Djibouti City",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
"min": 12,
"max": 48,
"typical": 24
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Djibouti",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/djibouti"
}
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Somali",
"Afar",
"French",
"Arabic"
],
"hosts": [
"Somalia",
"Ethiopia",
"Eritrea",
"Yemen"
],
"strategic_note": "Strategic location. Hosts Somali and Ethiopian refugees. UNHCR active. Very small economy."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"GAB": {
"name": "Gabon",
"iso3": "GAB",
"flag": "🇬🇦",
"tier": 3,
"region": "Central Africa",
"unhcr_region": "West and Central Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1964,
"notes": ""
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Commission Nationale d'Eligibilité",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Libreville",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
"min": 12,
"max": 48,
"typical": 24
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Gabon",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/gabon"
}
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"French"
],
"hosts": [
"Cameroon",
"CAR",
"DRC"
],
"strategic_note": "Oil economy. Very small caseload. Limited infrastructure."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"GNB": {
"name": "Guinea-Bissau",
"iso3": "GNB",
"flag": "🇬🇼",
"tier": 3,
"region": "West Africa",
"unhcr_region": "West and Central Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1976,
"notes": "Protocol only."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "CONAC",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Bissau",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
"min": 12,
"max": 60,
"typical": 30
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Guinea-Bissau",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/guinea-bissau"
}
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Portuguese",
"Creole"
],
"hosts": [
"Senegal",
"Guinea"
],
"strategic_note": "Lusophone. Very poor and politically unstable. Very small caseload."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"GUY": {
"name": "Guyana",
"iso3": "GUY",
"flag": "🇬🇾",
"tier": 3,
"region": "South America",
"unhcr_region": "Americas",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1967,
"notes": "Cartagena."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Ministry of Citizenship",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Georgetown",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
"min": 6,
"max": 24,
"typical": 14
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": []
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"English"
],
"hosts": [
"Venezuela",
"Cuba"
],
"strategic_note": "Cartagena. English-speaking. Hosts Venezuelan spillover. Very small caseload."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"HND": {
"name": "Honduras",
"iso3": "HND",
"flag": "🇭🇳",
"tier": 3,
"region": "Central America",
"unhcr_region": "Americas",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1992,
"notes": "Cartagena."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "CONARE",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Tegucigalpa",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
"min": 6,
"max": 24,
"typical": 14
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Honduras",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/honduras"
}
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Spanish"
],
"hosts": [
"Nicaragua",
"El Salvador"
],
"strategic_note": "Cartagena. Major origin country (gang violence). Small system as destination."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"MUS": {
"name": "Mauritius",
"iso3": "MUS",
"flag": "🇲🇺",
"tier": 3,
"region": "Southern Africa",
"unhcr_region": "Southern Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1969,
"notes": ""
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Ministry of Labour",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Port Louis",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
"min": 6,
"max": 24,
"typical": 12
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": []
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"English",
"French",
"Creole"
],
"hosts": [],
"strategic_note": "Small island state. Very small caseload. High income economy."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"NIC": {
"name": "Nicaragua",
"iso3": "NIC",
"flag": "🇳🇮",
"tier": 3,
"region": "Central America",
"unhcr_region": "Americas",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1980,
"notes": "Cartagena. Political crisis from 2018."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "Ministry of Interior — DGME",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Managua",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
"min": 12,
"max": 48,
"typical": 24
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Nicaragua",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/nicaragua"
}
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Spanish"
],
"hosts": [
"Honduras",
"El Salvador",
"Cuba"
],
"strategic_note": "Cartagena. Political crisis since 2018. Government hostile to NGOs. Very limited."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"SLV": {
"name": "El Salvador",
"iso3": "SLV",
"flag": "🇸🇻",
"tier": 3,
"region": "Central America",
"unhcr_region": "Americas",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1983,
"notes": "Cartagena."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "CONARE",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "San Salvador",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
"min": 6,
"max": 24,
"typical": 14
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR El Salvador",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/el-salvador"
}
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Spanish"
],
"hosts": [
"Honduras",
"Guatemala",
"Nicaragua"
],
"strategic_note": "Cartagena. Major origin country (gang violence). Very small system as destination."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"TLS": {
"name": "Timor-Leste",
"iso3": "TLS",
"flag": "🇹🇱",
"tier": 3,
"region": "Southeast Asia",
"unhcr_region": "Asia and Pacific",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 2003,
"notes": "Acceded 2003."
},
"asylum_system": {
"body": "SESIM",
"unhcr_present": true,
"unhcr_office": "Dili",
"procedure": "government_or_unhcr_rsd",
"work_right": "limited",
"education_right": true,
"processing_months": {
"min": 12,
"max": 60,
"typical": 30
},
"appeal": true,
"legal_aid": "limited",
"orgs": [
{
"name": "UNHCR Timor-Leste",
"url": "https://www.unhcr.org/countries/timor-leste"
}
]
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Tetum",
"Portuguese",
"English"
],
"hosts": [],
"strategic_note": "Newest Asian signatory. Very small caseload. Limited infrastructure."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"COM": {
"name": "Comoros",
"iso3": "COM",
"flag": "🇰🇲",
"tier": 4,
"region": "East Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 2017,
"oau_1969": true
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Comorian",
"Arabic",
"French"
],
"strategic_note": "Island micro-state. Very recent accession (2017). No meaningful asylum system."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"GNQ": {
"name": "Equatorial Guinea",
"iso3": "GNQ",
"flag": "🇬🇶",
"tier": 4,
"region": "Central Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1986,
"oau_1969": true
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Spanish",
"French",
"Portuguese"
],
"strategic_note": "Oil state. Major origin country for political dissidents. No independent asylum system."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"STP": {
"name": "São Tomé and Príncipe",
"iso3": "STP",
"flag": "🇸🇹",
"tier": 4,
"region": "Central Africa",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1975,
"oau_1969": true
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Portuguese"
],
"strategic_note": "Tiny island micro-state. No meaningful asylum system."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
},
"TKM": {
"name": "Turkmenistan",
"iso3": "TKM",
"flag": "🇹🇲",
"tier": 4,
"region": "Central Asia",
"convention": {
"1951": false,
"1967": true,
"year": 2005,
"oau_1969": false
},
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Turkmen",
"Russian"
],
"strategic_note": "Protocol only. Authoritarian state. No meaningful asylum system. Primarily of note for Afghans crossing en route."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
},
"warning": "Authoritarian closed state. Do not recommend as destination."
},
"AFG": {
"name": "Afghanistan",
"iso3": "AFG",
"flag": "🇦🇫",
"tier": 4,
"region": "South Asia",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 2005,
"notes": "Acceded 2005. World's largest origin country. Taliban takeover 2021 — system non-functional."
},
"warning": "ACTIVE CRISIS. Taliban control since August 2021. 6M+ displaced abroad. World's largest origin country. Do not recommend as destination.",
"profile": {
"languages": [
"Dari/Persian",
"Pashto"
],
"strategic_note": "Major origin country. Taliban takeover 2021 — no asylum system. UNHCR Kabul present but severely restricted. Not a destination."
},
"stats": {
"acceptance_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"total_protection_rate_recent": "PENDING",
"applications_last_year": "PENDING",
"refugee_population_total": "PENDING",
"data_year": "PENDING"
}
}
},
"non_signatories": {
"UAE": {
"name": "United Arab Emirates",
"iso3": "ARE",
"flag": "🇦🇪",
"region": "Gulf / Middle East",
"tier": "non_signatory_viable_temporary",
"convention": {
"1951": false,
"1967": false
},
"alternative_pathways": {
"humanitarian_permit": {
"exists": true,
"name": "Humanitarian Resident Permit",
"launched": "2025-2026",
"description": "Temporary permit for conflict-affected. Requires financial self-sufficiency or sponsor. Healthcare, education, integration support.",
"path_to_pr": false
},
"golden_visa": {
"exists": true,
"duration_years": 10,
"requirement": "investment / exceptional talent"
},
"green_residency": {
"exists": true,
"duration_years": 5,
"requirement": "skilled worker or freelancer — no employer sponsor needed"
},
"blue_visa": {
"exists": true,
"duration_years": 10,
"requirement": "environmental contributions — launched Feb 2025"
},
"work_visa": {
"exists": true,
"requirement": "employer sponsorship (kafala — being reformed)"
}
},
"strategic_guidance": "Viable temporary country for skilled/educated displaced persons while pursuing formal asylum in a 1951 signatory country. Green Residency removes employer-tie. Humanitarian Permit for conflict-affected. NOT a durable solution — plan onward move.",
"kafala": true,
"languages": [
"Arabic",
"English"
],
"safety": "very safe",
"economic_opportunity": "high — tech, finance, healthcare, construction"
},
"SAU": {
"name": "Saudi Arabia",
"iso3": "SAU",
"flag": "🇸🇦",
"region": "Gulf / Middle East",
"tier": "non_signatory_skilled_only",
"convention": {
"1951": false,
"1967": false
},
"alternative_pathways": {
"work_visa": {
"exists": true,
"requirement": "employer sponsorship"
},
"premium_residency": {
"exists": true,
"cost_usd": 800000
},
"wusool": {
"exists": true,
"description": "Talent attraction for skilled professionals under Vision 2030"
}
},
"strategic_guidance": "Only for highly skilled with secure verified employment. Mass deportations of irregular African migrants documented. High risk for vulnerable persons.",
"kafala": true,
"languages": [
"Arabic"
],
"safety": "safe for legal residents; high risk for irregular migrants",
"economic_opportunity": "high for skilled"
},
"QAT": {
"name": "Qatar",
"iso3": "QAT",
"flag": "🇶🇦",
"region": "Gulf / Middle East",
"tier": "non_signatory_skilled_only",
"convention": {
"1951": false,
"1967": false
},
"alternative_pathways": {
"work_visa": {
"exists": true
},
"kafala_reform_2022": "Abolished exit permit. Minimum wage introduced. Still employer-tied."
},
"strategic_guidance": "Similar to UAE for skilled workers. Post-2022 labour reforms improved conditions. Not a protection destination.",
"kafala": true,
"languages": [
"Arabic",
"English"
],
"safety": "safe for legal residents",
"economic_opportunity": "high for skilled"
},
"KWT": {
"name": "Kuwait",
"iso3": "KWT",
"flag": "🇰🇼",
"region": "Gulf / Middle East",
"tier": "non_signatory_not_recommended",
"convention": {
"1951": false,
"1967": false
},
"strategic_guidance": "Not recommended. Strictest kafala in Gulf. Bidoon stateless (100,000+) illustrates structural discrimination. Prioritise signatory country.",
"kafala": true,
"languages": [
"Arabic"
],
"safety": "risky for irregular migrants"
},
"OMN": {
"name": "Oman",
"iso3": "OMN",
"flag": "🇴🇲",
"region": "Gulf / Middle East",
"tier": "non_signatory_skilled_only",
"convention": {
"1951": false,
"1967": false
},
"alternative_pathways": {
"work_visa": {
"exists": true,
"requirement": "employer sponsorship"
}
},
"strategic_guidance": "Possible temporary for skilled workers with formal employment. No protection framework. Omanisation quotas affect job market. Onward planning only.",
"kafala": true,
"languages": [
"Arabic",
"English"
],
"safety": "safe for legal residents",
"economic_opportunity": "moderate"
},
"BHR": {
"name": "Bahrain",
"iso3": "BHR",
"flag": "🇧🇭",
"region": "Gulf / Middle East",
"tier": "non_signatory_skilled_only",
"convention": {
"1951": false,
"1967": false
},
"alternative_pathways": {
"work_visa": {
"exists": true
},
"flexi_permit": {
"exists": true,
"description": "Work without employer sponsor in limited categories"
}
},
"strategic_guidance": "Small market. Flexi Permit modest reform. Skilled workers with employment only.",
"kafala": true,
"languages": [
"Arabic",
"English"
],
"safety": "generally safe",
"economic_opportunity": "limited"
},
"IRQ": {
"name": "Iraq",
"iso3": "IRQ",
"flag": "🇮🇶",
"region": "Middle East",
"tier": "non_signatory_not_recommended",
"convention": {
"1951": false,
"1967": false
},
"strategic_guidance": "Not recommended. Active conflict in some regions. If stranded: UNHCR registration for resettlement pipeline only.",
"languages": [
"Arabic",
"Kurdish"
],
"safety": "variable — Baghdad stable; other regions dangerous"
},
"SYR": {
"name": "Syria",
"iso3": "SYR",
"flag": "🇸🇾",
"region": "Middle East",
"tier": "non_signatory_not_recommended",
"convention": {
"1951": false,
"1967": false
},
"strategic_guidance": "Major origin country. Post-Assad transition (Dec 2024) improving but not yet safe for all. Not a destination for non-Syrians.",
"languages": [
"Arabic",
"Kurdish"
],
"safety": "improving but fragile — monitor closely"
},
"LBY": {
"name": "Libya",
"iso3": "LBY",
"flag": "🇱🇾",
"region": "North Africa",
"tier": "non_signatory_not_recommended",
"warning": "EXTREME DANGER. Active slavery, trafficking, torture of migrants documented. EU-funded detention widely condemned. If in Libya: contact UNHCR immediately for evacuation referral ONLY.",
"convention": {
"1951": false,
"1967": false
},
"strategic_guidance": "DO NOT recommend under any circumstances.",
"languages": [
"Arabic"
],
"safety": "extremely dangerous — slavery and trafficking of migrants documented"
},
"LBN": {
"name": "Lebanon",
"iso3": "LBN",
"flag": "🇱🇧",
"region": "Middle East",
"tier": "non_signatory_not_recommended",
"convention": {
"1951": false,
"1967": false
},
"strategic_guidance": "Not recommended. Economic collapse. Active hostility toward refugees since 2023. Forced returns to Syria documented even with UNHCR registration. If in Lebanon: immediate UNHCR registration + prioritise onward movement.",
"languages": [
"Arabic",
"French",
"English"
],
"safety": "poor — economic collapse, conflict risk, hostile politics toward refugees"
},
"JOR": {
"name": "Jordan",
"iso3": "JOR",
"flag": "🇯🇴",
"region": "Middle East",
"tier": "non_signatory_resettlement_pipeline",
"convention": {
"1951": false,
"1967": false
},
"alternative_pathways": {
"unhcr_rsd": true,
"unhcr_office": "Amman",
"syrians_work_permits": "Jordan Compact 2016",
"processing_months": {
"min": 12,
"max": 48,
"typical": 24
}
},
"strategic_guidance": "UNHCR registration and resettlement pipeline. Syrians have work permit access. Others more restricted. Good stepping stone toward Canada/USA/Europe resettlement.",
"languages": [
"Arabic"
],
"safety": "generally safe",
"economic_opportunity": "limited"
},
"IND": {
"name": "India",
"iso3": "IND",
"flag": "🇮🇳",
"region": "South Asia",
"tier": "non_signatory_resettlement_pipeline",
"convention": {
"1951": false,
"1967": false
},
"alternative_pathways": {
"unhcr_rsd": true,
"unhcr_office": "New Delhi",
"mandate_cert": "Usable for resettlement to third countries (Canada/USA/Australia)",
"processing_months": {
"min": 12,
"max": 60,
"typical": 30
}
},
"strategic_guidance": "UNHCR registration → mandate certificate → resettlement. Not a local durable solution. Discrimination against sub-Saharan Africans documented. Only consider if strong existing connections.",
"languages": [
"Hindi",
"English",
"200+ regional"
],
"safety": "variable — registered tolerated; Rohingya face active persecution",
"economic_opportunity": "informal economy; formal requires legal status"
},
"PAK": {
"name": "Pakistan",
"iso3": "PAK",
"flag": "🇵🇰",
"region": "South Asia",
"tier": "non_signatory_not_recommended",
"convention": {
"1951": false,
"1967": false
},
"strategic_guidance": "Not recommended for non-Afghan displaced persons. Mass deportations of Afghans 2023. Very limited infrastructure for non-Afghan cases.",
"languages": [
"Urdu",
"English",
"Punjabi",
"Pashto"
],
"safety": "variable — complex security; deportation risk"
},
"BGD": {
"name": "Bangladesh",
"iso3": "BGD",
"flag": "🇧🇩",
"region": "South Asia",
"tier": "non_signatory_not_recommended",
"convention": {
"1951": false,
"1967": false
},
"strategic_guidance": "Not recommended. Rohingya in Cox's Bazar in extremely difficult conditions. No framework for others.",
"languages": [
"Bengali"
],
"safety": "variable — Cox's Bazar extremely dangerous"
},
"MYS": {
"name": "Malaysia",
"iso3": "MYS",
"flag": "🇲🇾",
"region": "Southeast Asia",
"tier": "non_signatory_resettlement_pipeline",
"convention": {
"1951": false,
"1967": false
},
"alternative_pathways": {
"unhcr_rsd": true,
"unhcr_office": "Kuala Lumpur",
"unhcr_card": "Partial — NOT guaranteed protection from deportation",
"detention_risk": "HIGH — regular immigration raids even against registered refugees",
"processing_months": {
"min": 12,
"max": 60,
"typical": 36
}
},
"strategic_guidance": "UNHCR KL processes for resettlement. High detention risk even with card. Register with UNHCR immediately if there. Keep card on person at all times. Not recommended as deliberate destination.",
"languages": [
"Malay",
"English",
"Chinese"
],
"safety": "risky — regular enforcement operations even against registered refugees"
},
"IDN": {
"name": "Indonesia",
"iso3": "IDN",
"flag": "🇮🇩",
"region": "Southeast Asia",
"tier": "non_signatory_resettlement_pipeline",
"convention": {
"1951": false,
"1967": false
},
"alternative_pathways": {
"unhcr_rsd": true,
"unhcr_office": "Jakarta",
"work_right": false,
"processing_months": {
"min": 24,
"max": 84,
"typical": 48,
"note": "5-7 years typical"
}
},
"strategic_guidance": "UNHCR Jakarta registers for resettlement. Very long wait (5-7 years). No work right — severe hardship. Not recommended as deliberate destination.",
"languages": [
"Indonesian",
"English"
],
"safety": "generally safe — less enforcement than Malaysia"
},
"THA": {
"name": "Thailand",
"iso3": "THA",
"flag": "🇹🇭",
"region": "Southeast Asia",
"tier": "non_signatory_resettlement_pipeline",
"convention": {
"1951": false,
"1967": false
},
"alternative_pathways": {
"unhcr_rsd": true,
"unhcr_office": "Bangkok",
"detention_risk": "HIGH",
"processing_months": {
"min": 24,
"max": 72,
"typical": 48
}
},
"strategic_guidance": "UNHCR resettlement pipeline only. High detention risk. Do not recommend as deliberate destination. If there: urgent UNHCR registration. Keep UNHCR documentation on person at all times.",
"languages": [
"Thai",
"English"
],
"safety": "risky for undocumented"
},
"CHN": {
"name": "China",
"iso3": "CHN",
"flag": "🇨🇳",
"region": "East Asia",
"tier": "non_signatory_not_recommended",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1982,
"note": "SIGNATORY but near-0% recognition rate. Forcibly returns North Korean defectors. Effectively non-implementing."
},
"strategic_guidance": "Not recommended despite formal signatory status. Near-0% recognition. North Korean defectors actively returned. Skilled employment visa possible if highly educated — not protection.",
"note_on_classification": "Formally a signatory (1982) but listed here due to effective non-implementation",
"languages": [
"Mandarin Chinese"
],
"safety": "safe for legal residents — surveillance state",
"economic_opportunity": "high for skilled professionals with legal status"
},
"RUS": {
"name": "Russia",
"iso3": "RUS",
"flag": "🇷🇺",
"region": "Europe / Central Asia",
"tier": "non_signatory_not_recommended",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": true,
"year": 1992,
"note": "SIGNATORY but active war in Ukraine since 2022, very low recognition, hostile environment."
},
"strategic_guidance": "Not recommended. Active war in Ukraine. Hostile political environment. Low recognition. Not a practical destination.",
"note_on_classification": "Formally a signatory but listed here due to current war and impracticability",
"languages": [
"Russian"
],
"safety": "not recommended — active war zone risk, hostile politics toward foreigners"
},
"SGP": {
"name": "Singapore",
"iso3": "SGP",
"flag": "🇸🇬",
"region": "Southeast Asia",
"tier": "non_signatory_skilled_only",
"convention": {
"1951": false,
"1967": false
},
"alternative_pathways": {
"employment_pass": {
"exists": true,
"requirement": "employer sponsorship, SGD 5,000+/month salary"
},
"entrepass": {
"exists": true,
"requirement": "entrepreneur visa"
}
},
"strategic_guidance": "Only for highly educated with verified employment at professional salary. Immediate detention for undocumented. Viable temporary stay while pursuing formal asylum in a signatory country.",
"languages": [
"English",
"Mandarin",
"Malay",
"Tamil"
],
"safety": "very safe for legal residents — strict enforcement for undocumented",
"economic_opportunity": "high for skilled professionals"
},
"CUB": {
"name": "Cuba",
"iso3": "CUB",
"flag": "🇨🇺",
"region": "Caribbean",
"tier": "non_signatory_not_recommended",
"convention": {
"1951": true,
"1967": false,
"year": 1954,
"notes": "Convention only. Non-implementing. Major origin country."
},
"strategic_guidance": "Not recommended. No asylum framework. Cuba is itself a major origin country. Authoritarian state.",
"languages": [
"Spanish"
],
"safety": "complex — authoritarian government",
"note_on_classification": "Cuba acceded to the 1951 Convention (1954) but has no functional asylum system and is itself a major origin country. Listed here accordingly."
},
"ERI": {
"name": "Eritrea",
"iso3": "ERI",
"flag": "🇪🇷",
"region": "East Africa",
"tier": "non_signatory_not_recommended",
"convention": {
"1951": false,
"1967": false
},
"strategic_guidance": "Not recommended. Major origin country. Forced conscription and political repression. Closed authoritarian state. No asylum framework.",
"languages": [
"Tigrinya",
"Arabic",
"English"
],
"safety": "dangerous — authoritarian state, forced conscription"
},
"MNG": {
"name": "Mongolia",
"iso3": "MNG",
"flag": "🇲🇳",
"region": "East Asia",
"tier": "non_signatory_not_recommended",
"convention": {
"1951": false,
"1967": false
},
"strategic_guidance": "Not recommended for most displaced persons. Remote, extreme climate, very limited infrastructure.",
"languages": [
"Mongolian"
],
"safety": "generally safe but extremely remote"
}
}
}