Statistical report on UNHCR population of concern

UNHCR Morocco - 31 August 2019

Active population Individuals: 9 056 Cases: 5 549

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
Total 2018 6 779 3 835 796 1 260 128 82 1 4 144 1 114 7 775
2019
January 7 775 418 155 28 10 0 0 119 22 8 112
February 8 112 486 140 50 14 1 0 177 0 8 484
March 8 484 482 104 66 26 3 0 343 101 8 712
April 8 712 602 61 54 21 2 0 511 169 8 876
May 8 876 454 15 50 16 15 0 387 88 8 994
June 8 994 366 26 40 14 11 0 339 57 9 064
July 9 064 425 62 68 18 20 0 394 179 9 161
August 9 161 280 20 105 12 15 0 487 70 9 056
Total 2019 7 775 3 513 583 461 131 67 0 2 757 686 9 056

Population of concern by status and country of origin

Country of origin Total Asylum seekers Refugees/Persons in need of

3 445 0 3 445
Refugee trends 2014-2019
Syrian Arab Republic
Yemen 873 0 873 8000

Cameroon 772 674 98 7000

Ivory Coast 713 390 323 6000

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Guinea 636 589 47
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Central African Republic 497 29 468
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Democratic Republic of 168
294 126 2000
Congo
Palestine 161 0 161 1000
Iraq 144 8 136 0

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Senegal 280 197 83

Others 1 241 799 442

Total 9 056 2 812 6 244
2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019
Count of Country of Origin 41 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 384 406 226 1 316 65 2 397 38,4% 20% 3% 21% 32% 23%
Men 394 418 268 2 677 90 3 847 61,6%
Total 778 824 494 3 993 155 6 244 University level Technical/vocational High school
Primary No education
12,5% 13,2% 7,9% 63,9% 2,5%

Dependants Refugee's occupation in country Average family size for Syrians 3,49
Moroccan dependants 231 of origin Average family size others 1,23
0,9% 6,1%
2,0% Place of residence
17,5%
Specific needs Rabat 1 086 17,4%
Serious medical condition 307 4,9% Casablanca 726 11,6%
Legal and physical protection need 396 6,3% Oujda 570 9,1%
Survivor of sexual/gender-based violence 240 3,8% Nador 417 6,7%
27,0%
Single parent 122 2,0% Temara 383 6,1%
46,4% Kénitra
Women at risk 144 2,3% 369 5,9%
Unaccompanied or separated child 50 0,8% Meknes 297 4,8%
Disabled 48 0,8% Tanger 289 4,6%
Child at risk 38 0,6% Others 2 074 33,2%
Primary (agriculture, fisheries, forestry)
Elderly at risk 57 0,9% Secondary (transformation, industry) Unknown 33 0,5%
Family unity (Family reunification, tracing) 7 0,1% Tertiary (services, liberal professions) Total 6 244 100%
No occupation
Torture 31 0,5% At the reporting date, UNHCR had
Student
Nombre des personnes vulnérables 965 15,5% Unknown registered refugees in 50 localities.

Refugee status determination

(cases processed in 2019, excluding Palestinians, South Sudanese, Syrians and Yemenites)

First instance Appeal

New
Pending interview Interview Recognition Pending interview Interviews
applications Rejection Recognition Rejection
(start of period) conducted (5) (end of period)(6) conducted
during period
2016 769 1 944 768 206 479 1 224 135 18 293
2017 1 224 1 932 955 217 637 1 130 27 7 79
2018 1 130 2 447 1 096 332 673 784 54 10 131
2019
January 784 179 82 17 64 830 4 0 26
February 830 231 91 32 43 868 3 0 17
March 868 256 88 43 49 825 3 1 10
April 825 415 129 30 78 926 0 0 16
May 926 366 110 26 62 1 048 3 0 6
June 1 048 280 92 15 74 1 170 1 0 6
July 1 799 308 112 24 72 1 967 0 1 11
August 1 967 214 84 16 72 2 014 2 0 4
Total 784 2 249 788 203 514 2 014 16 2 96
(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.