Migration - Intelpoint

The United Arab Emirates tops the list with immigrants making up 88% of its total population.
Qatar follows closely with 87% of its residents being immigrants.
Kuwait (73%) and Bahrain (55%) also feature prominently, showing a regional trend where nationals are a minority and foreign workers form the economic backbone
Middle Eastern dominance in the top rankings highlights how the Gulf region’s economic model is heavily dependent on imported labor and expatriate populations.

Nigerians submitted 1.1 million Schengen visa applications between 2009 and 2024.
The highest rejection rates occurred in 2017 (53%) and 2019 (51%).
A total of 491,844 applications were rejected, a cumulative denial rate of 42.1%.
Despite post-pandemic recovery, 2024 recorded the highest applications (111k), with a 45% rejection rate.
The year 2010 stands out as the period with the least number of Schengen visa applications submitted by the Nigerian consulate.

Comoros leads with a striking 62.8% rejection rate, the highest not just among African consulates, but also the global consulate countries
Guinea-Bissau, Senegal, and Nigeria follow with rejection shares between 45% and 47%.
Despite having one of the highest total visa rejections globally, Algeria does not appear in this chart, as its rejection share is comparatively lower.
Countries with smaller applicant pools tend to have higher rejection rates, shedding light on access disparities and approval scrutiny in consulate processes.

Algeria recorded the highest number of Schengen visa denials in 2024, with 185,101 applications not issued, representing 35.0% of its total requests.
Six countries out of the top 15 global consulate countries with the highest visa denials were from Africa -Morocco, Nigeria, Egypt, Senegal, Tunisia, and Algeria.
Nigeria, Senegal, and Pakistan showed alarmingly high rejection rates, each with over 45% of visa applications refused.
Collectively, over 1.7 million Schengen visa applications were not issued worldwide in 2024.
European consulates located in African and Asian countries made up a significant share of the rejections.

Eritrea has the highest net migration loss in Africa at -8.7 per 1,000 people.
Nigeria's net migration rate of -0.2 is significantly lower than any country in the top 10 list.
Sao Tome and Principe and Eswatini follow Eritrea with rates of -6.5 and -6.0, respectively.
Lesotho also experiences substantial out-migration, with a net rate of -4.5 per 1,000.
Three countries—Rwanda, Uganda, and CAR—have the same net migration rate of -3.1.

South Sudan ranks 2nd globally and 1st in Africa in net migration, with 19.1 migrants per 1,000 population.
Equatorial Guinea is the only other African country in the global top 10, with a rate of 12.1 per 1,000.
Djibouti (4.2), Gabon (3.5), and Botswana (2.7) round out the top 5 within Africa but trail far behind the top two.
Nigeria shows negative migration (-0.2), indicating more people are leaving than coming in.

Africa's migrant stock continues to rise, with several countries exceeding one million migrants in 2015.
Burkina Faso and the Democratic Republic of Congo round out the top ten, with over half a million migrants each.
Despite being Africa's youngest country, South Sudan ranked sixth, showing the country's rapid migration growth.
South Africa has led since 2010, despite facing fluctuations in the migrant stock.
East Africa sees significant migration, with Kenya and Ethiopia both exceeding one million migrants.

Key takeaways:

From 2012 to 2024, the refugee population in the United States increased by approximately 66%, growing from 262,006 to 435,333.
The overall trend indicates steady growth in the number of refugees in America, despite a brief period of stabilisation during 2020-2021.
The years from 2022 to 2024 demonstrate a significant rise, with annual totals increasing by more than 72,000 refugees during this time frame.
The figure for 2024, at 435,333 refugees, represents the highest number of refugees recorded from 2012 to 2024.

Key takeaways:

The top 11 nations accounted for 73% of the total asylum seekers in 2024, with each nation contributing more than 100,000 asylum seekers.
Venezuela (620,074) ranks first as the source country with the most asylum seekers in 2024.
Latin American countries dominate the top 11 list, with eight out of the eleven countries originating from the region.
Asian countries (China and India) make up a smaller share of the leading asylum-seeking populations.
Venezuela is the sole country of origin with an asylum seeker count exceeding 600,000 in 2024.

Key takeaways:

The increase has been continuous and exponential, with no year experiencing a decline since 2012.
The pace of growth has intensified in recent years, particularly during the last four years (2020-2024), which witnessed especially sharp increases.
The most significant one-year increase in absolute figures took place between 2022 and 2023, adding over 800,000 new asylum applicants.
The figure for 2024, standing at 3.18 million, is three times more than what was recorded in 2020.

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