(a) Reporting of asylum statistics is in line with calendar years (January to December):
Year |
(i) Received |
(ii) Approved |
(iii) Rejected |
(aa) 2015 |
*2079 |
618 |
1112 |
(aa) 2016 |
1643 |
1169 |
904 |
(aa) 2017 |
1932 |
732 |
1500 |
(bb) 2018 |
208 |
93 |
137 |
* The number of applications approved and rejected may differ with the total received in the specific year as not all applications received are finalised within the same year and there also applications that are finalised from a carryover from previous years.
(b) Main reasons for the rejections are :