The Gambia

• Author: Joint Research Centre (European Commission)
• Pages: 224-225

THE GAMBIA

2005

Imm Emi

2010

Imm Emi

2015

Imm Emi

2019

Imm Emi

O:182

EU:0 O:39

EU:22

O:186

EU:0 O:46

EU:32

O:193

EU:0 O:56

EU:35

O:215

EU:0 O:60

EU:59

2016

2017

2018

2019

79%

81%

67%

44%

16%

15%

26%

44%

Work Family Educat. Other

>100

90-99

80-89

70-79

60-69

50-59

40-49

30-39

20-29

10-19

<10 376

272

206

131

80

53

2

9

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4

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3



0

369

269

211

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88

59

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15



3

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0

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

)

TheGambia

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

Longterm

non-EUcountry/territory

TheGambia

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

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Migration

2000

2005

2010

2015

2019

2016 2017 2018 2019

11%

89%

7%

93%

4%

96%

3%

97% 327043551240015510

Firsttimeapplications

Firstinstancedecisions

2016

2017

2018

2019

70%

77%

75%

90%

24%

19%

21%

6110

10820

13800

9920

AsylumEU

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

M F

Geneva Subsid. Human. Reject.

2016

2017

2018

2019 5025

6465

7180

7200

Personsfoundtobeillegallypresent

2016

2017

2018

2019

Irreg.EU

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

4053690

4005770

2456345

1702355

11%

7%

4%

7%

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

Population(2019) 2348

17%83% 17813

4302

4000

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]

+35.1%

Res.Perm.EU

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

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

2019

61%30%

8

%

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

17872

48911

Val.Perm.EU

2019

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

4228

6852

10610

9275

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IRREGULAR MIGRATION IN EU (Eurostat)

DEMOGRAPHY [in thousand] (UNDESA)

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

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