Number of asylum applications from Ghana 2010-2020
In 2020, there were slightly over 10 thousand pending Ghanaian asylum-seeker applications. This slightly increased from the previous year. Overall, the number of individuals from Ghana seeking asylum elsewhere fluctuated, but generally increased within the period under study. The peak was observed in 2017 at 17.5 thousand, while the dip was in 2010 when two thousand pending applications were registered.