At the end of 2022, Spain had registered around 118,800 new asylum applications. As in previous years, the top nationalities were asylum-seekers from Latin American countries such as Venezuela and Colombia, although it also registered applications from Moroccan, Malians and Afghan persons. Additionally over 161,000 temporary protection requests were lodged before the Spanish authorities during 2022 from people fleeing the war in Ukraine. Around 31,700 arrivals were registered by sea and land (Ceuta and Melilla) through the Western Mediterranean route and the North/West Africa Atlantic route towards the Canary Islands, almost half of them to the Canaries shores. More than 1,200 persons lost their lives in the attempt. UNHCR has been present in Spain since late 1960 and has a role in the asylum procedure. UNHCR has a Central Office in Madrid and field presence in main sea & land entry points such as Melilla, Málaga, Algeciras (covering Ceuta) and the Canary Islands. UNHCR teams in the field support the Spanish authorities in identifying persons in need of international protection, providing training and advice on asylum and refugee matters. Spain has been a signatory of the 1951 Geneva Convention and its Protocol since 1978 and counts on national asylum legislation (law 12/2009). Spain acceded to the UN Statelessness Conventions in 1997 and 2018 and established a statelessness determination procedure in 2001. This activity shows details of the UNHCR operation in Spain for 2023 including the budget, funding, expenditure and results.

Cette activité montre les détails de l'opération du HCR en Espagne pour 2023 et les années à venir, y compris le budget, les financements, les dépenses et les résultats.

El ACNUR, la Agencia de la ONU para los Refugiados, es una organización mundial dedicada a salvar las vidas, proteger los derechos y construir un futuro mejor para los refugiados, las comunidades desplazadas por la fuerza y las personas apátridas.

Le HCR, l'Agence des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés, est une organisation internationale qui a pour mission de sauver des vies, de protéger les droits des réfugiés et de construire un avenir meilleur pour les réfugiés, les communautés déplacées et les apatrides.

UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organisation dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people.

UNHCR's work is made possible by the generosity of its donors, including dozens of governments, hundreds of companies and their employees, and millions of private individuals who give directly or through UNHCR's National Partners. The activities of the UNHCR operation in Spain are governed by the Financial Rules for Voluntary Funds Administered by the High Commissioner for Refugees.