UNHCR seeks to contribute to informed decision-making and public debate by providing accurate, relevant and up-to-date statistics. This page provides statistical data on refugees, asylum-seekers, stateless persons, unaccompanied and separated children and female asylum seekers, as well as statistical trends of asylum applications and refugee recognitions in the Central European region.

Asylum Trends in Central Europe 2007-2009

Although the total number of new applications increased in 2009 by 19.4% (19431 in 2009; 16273 in 2008), the number of persons accorded international protection decreased by 3.2%. In comparison to 2008, the number of persons recognised as refugees decreased, while the number of those provided with complementary protection slightly increased. Slovenia witnessed the highest increase in recognitions: 320% compared to 2008. Bulgaria, Hungary and Poland witnessed an increase in the number of new asylum applications, while the rest of the countries in the region showed a decline in applications. English (pdf)

Asylum Trends in Central Europe in 2006-2008

Bulgarian (pdf) Czech (pdf) English (pdf) Hungarian (pdf) Polish (pdf) Romanian (pdf) Slovak (pdf) Slovene (pdf)

Asylum Trends in Central Europe in 2005-2007

Bulgarian (pdf) English (pdf) Hungarian (pdf) Polish (pdf) Romanian (pdf) Slovak (pdf) Slovene (pdf)

Asylum Systems in Central Europe 2009

Asylum applications at Central European international airports

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Contributions to UNHCR programme by countries of the Central European region

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