South Africa

• Author: Joint Research Centre (European Commission)
• Pages: 216-217

SOUTH AFRICA

2005

Imm Emi

2010

Imm Emi

2015

Imm Emi

2019

Imm Emi

O:1231

EU:120 O:532

EU:70

O:1927

EU:188 O:661

EU:84

O:3505

EU:311

O:666

EU:89

O:3875

EU:349

O:727

EU:97

2016

2017

2018

2019 18%

35%

35%

35%

39%

35%

37%

39%

33%

Work Family Educat. Other

>100

90-99

80-89

70-79

60-69

50-59

40-49

30-39

20-29

10-19

<10 5861

5161

5154

5006

3370

2269

1348

558

126



6

5721

5079

5077

4936

3476

2525

1720



873



272



18

M F

Orderedtoleave Returned

other(O)

EU

Population

2019

DEMOGRAPHY[inthousands](

UNDESA

)

MIGRATION[inthousands](

UNDESA

)

ASYLUMINEU[1stinstance](

Eurostat

) RESIDENCEPERMITSINEU(

Eurostat

)

IRREGULARMIGRATIONINEU(

Eurostat

)

SouthAfrica

AtlasofMigration-onlineversion2020.1KnowledgeCentreonMigrationandDemography,©EuropeanUnion,2020

Longterm

non-EUcountry/territory

SouthAfrica

Migrationinnon-EUcountries&territories

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Migration

2000

2005

2010

2015

2019

2016 2017 2018 2019

53%

47%

52%

48%

50%

50%

46%

5

4%

460315170130

Firsttimeapplications

Firstinstancedecisions

2016

2017

2018

2019

95%

67%

65%

80%

25%

18%

8%

8

%125

85

65

110

AsylumEU

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

M F

Geneva Subsid. Human. Reject.

2016

2017

2018

2019 350

330

260

265

Personsfoundtobeillegallypresent

2016

2017

2018

2019

Irreg.EU

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

90345

40220

60230

60335

26%

18%

26%

18%

Personsorderedtoleave,personsreturnedandreturnrate

Population(2019) 58558

441

89285

350

Refugeesfrom/withinthecountry/territory&IDPs(2019)

Fromthecountry:

Withinthecountry:

REFUGEESANDIDPs(

UNHCR,UNWRA,IDMC

)

Refugees(EU)

Refugees

Refugees(other)

IDPs

Refugees

2019

Populationchange(2019-2030)

[mediumfertilityvariantscenario]

+12.6%

Res.Perm.EU

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

MAPANDFLAGFORILLUSTRATIVEPURPOSESONLY

2019

20%49%25%

Validresidencepermitsattheendoftheyear

6003

28967

Val.Perm.EU

2019

Firstresidencepermitsissuedduringtheyear

8526

6621

5477

4632

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MIGRATION [in thousand] (UNDESA) REFUGEES AND IDPs (UNHCR, UNRWA, IDMC)

IRREGULAR MIGRATION IN EU (Eurostat)

DEMOGRAPHY [in thousand] (UNDESA)

ASYLUM IN EU [1st instance] (Eurostat) RESIDENCE PERMITS IN EU (Eurostat)

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