Asylum application report in France : Benin in the top 60

160. This is the number of Beninese who have submitted asylum applications to the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPRA) during the year 2020. This is the main thing to remember from the report published a few days ago by this humanitarian structure.

The details provided by this report state 157 new requests and 3 requests for review, which include 54 women including 36 major. If certain requests addressed to OFPRA are still awaiting review, others have already received the anointing of those responsible for the proceedings. Among the requests deemed favorable, on note 19 persons in the category of applicants for refugee status. Regarding subsidiary protection category, 8 files are declared admissible according to the document. On 107 pays, Benin occupies the 60^th position on the list of asylum applications made in 2020. The United States and Equatorial Guinea bring up the rear with respectively 10 and 8 requests. Note that the report made public provides information that at the level of all countries and other nationalities, the French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (OFPRA) received last year 87.513 new claims against 123.682 in 2019. The Office informs through the published document that the observed deviation is linked to the current health situation marked by Covid-19.

Edmond HOUESSIKINDE