Statistical report on UNHCR population of concern

UNHCR Morocco - 31 July 2018

Active population Individuals: 7,159 Cases: 4,064

Increase Decrease
New Other
Active population Voluntary Other Active population
New registration (1) registration of Reactivation (2) Births Resettlement closure
Start of period repatriation closure (3) End of period
Syrians (Syrians)
Total 2016 5,478 3,947 1,566 967 86 60 2 3,682 1,686 6,734
Total 2017 6,734 3,124 833 1,153 111 94 0 4,249 1,938 6,779
2018
January 6,779 385 78 100 11 1 0 280 99 6,994
February 6,994 291 69 130 11 8 0 506 172 6,912
March 6,912 313 56 195 8 12 0 277 137 7,139
Avril 7,139 320 120 129 16 2 1 319 133 7,282
Mai 7,282 299 52 92 10 1 0 330 72 7,352
Juin 7,352 247 47 38 5 2 0 437 176 7,203
July 7,203 256 38 108 6 2 0 412 174 7,159
Total 2018 6,779 2,111 460 792 67 28 1 2,561 963 7,159

Population of concern by status and country of origin

Refugees/Persons in need of Refugee trends 2014-2018
Country of origin Total Asylum seekers
international protection (4)
Syrian Arab Republic 2,990 0 2,990 6000
Cameroon 685 590 95 5000
Yemen 602 0 602
4000
Guinea 566 528 38
Ivory Coast 537 208 329 3000
Central African Republic 416 48 368
2000
Democratic Republic of 191
325 134
Congo 1000
Iraq 162 5 157
157 86 71 0
Senegal December

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Palestine 136 55 81
Others 583 436 147
Total 7,159 2,090 5,069
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Count of Country of Origin 46 38

Refugee's and Persons in need of international protection demographic data

Education
Repartition by age and gender
0-5 6-12 13-17 18-59 60+ Total
Women 334 350 219 1,116 56 2,075 40.9% 16% 3% 20% 37% 24%
Men 353 395 242 1,928 76 2,994 59.1%
Total 687 745 461 3,044 132 5,069 University level Technical/vocational High school
Primary No education
13.6% 14.7% 9.1% 60.1% 2.6%

Dependants Refugee's occupation in Average family size for Syrians 3.56

Moroccan dependants 203 country of origin Average family size others 1.29
1.5% 6.6%
13.0% 2.6% Place of residence
Specific needs Rabat 955 18.8%
Serious medical condition 288 5.7% Casablanca 631 12.4%
Legal and physical protection need 310 6.1% Oujda 582 11.5%
Survivor of sexual/gender-based violence 196 3.9% Kénitra 377 7.4%
41.4%
Single parent 119 2.3% 34.9% Temara 303 6.0%
Women at risk 80 1.6% Tanger 300 5.9%
Unaccompanied or separated child 44 0.9% Marrakech 230 4.5%
Disabled 34 0.7% Meknes 229 4.5%
Child at risk 25 0.5% Primary (agriculture, fisheries, forestry) Others 1,462 28.8%
Elderly at risk 44 0.9% Secondary (transformation, industry) Unknown 0 0.0%
Tertiary (services, liberal professions)
Family unity (Family reunification, tracing) 5 0.1% Total 5,069 100%
No occupation
Torture 16 0.3% Student At the reporting date, UNHCR had
Nombre des personnes vulnérables 798 15.7% Unknown registered refugees in 52 localities.

Refugee status determination

(cases processed in 2018, excluding Syrians and Yemenites)

First instance Appeal

Pending
Pending interview New applications Interview Interviews
Recognition (5) Rejection interview (end Recognition Rejection Recognition Rate
(start of period) during period conducted conducted
of period)(6)

2016 769 1,944 768 206 479 1,224 135 18 293 22%
2017 1,224 1,932 955 217 637 1,130 27 7 79 24%
2018
January 1,130 281 104 37 68 1,228 10 0 14
February 1,228 186 52 10 55 1,211 7 2 8
March 1,211 223 70 33 20 1,201 5 1 6
April 1,201 170 105 42 52 1,188 7 0 11
May 1,188 205 131 44 45 1,221 3 4 16
June 1,221 162 74 33 53 1,149 0 0 16
July 1,149 156 93 25 61 1,094 2 1 9
Total 1,130 1,383 629 224 354 1,094 34 8 80 35%
(1) New registration: new applications for asylum during the reporting period including syrians.
(2) Reactivation: includes persons whose case was closed for any of the reasons mentioned in (3) and return to UNHCR office to renew their certificate on the basis of a reasonable justification.
(3) Other closure: persons for whom a final rejection has been issued after the RSD procedure; persons who have abandonned their asylum application prior to final decision on their status; persons who have not been in contact with UNHCR office after the
expiry date of their certificate; persons who have departed spontaneously from Morocco to another country or to their country of origin.
(4) Refugee figure: includes persons for whom UNHCR has made a positive determination on their refugee claim and who are pending review of their case by the ad hoc Commission on Regularisation chaired by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation;
and those who need an international protection and not undergoing RSD.
(5) Recognition figure: see footnote 4.
(6) Pending interview figure: The Syrians and Yemenites population are not included in this column, because they are not undergoing RSD.