Asylum Trends 2012 - Tagesschau

Asylum Trends 2012 Levels and Trends in Industrialized Countries

Trends at a Glance

2012 in review

355,500 The 38 countries in Europe received 355,500 claims, an increase of 9 per cent compared to 2011 (327,600 claims).

8%

An estimated 479,300 asylum applications were registered in the 44 industrialized countries in 2012, an increase of 8 per cent over 2011. This is the second highest level in the past decade. Only in 2003 were more asylum claims recorded (505,000).

38%

Among regions in Europe, the largest relative increase in annual asylum levels was reported by the Nordic countries. The five countries received 62,900 asylum requests during 2012, a 38 per cent increase over 2011. With a record high of 43,900 asylum applications, Sweden was the main destination country, accounting for 70 per cent of all claims registered by the Nordic States.

+9%

27%

83%

The 27 Member States of the European Union registered 296,700 new asylum claims in 2012, a 7 per cent increase compared to 2011 (277,800). These 27 States together accounted for 83 per cent of all asylum claims in Europe.

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Asylum Levels and Trends in Industrialized Countries - 2012

In Southern Europe, the number of newly registered asylum-seekers decreased by 27 per cent to 48,600, the second lowest level in six years. This decrease is mainly due to fewer boat arrivals in Italy as a result of a changed situation in North Africa, with 15,700 asylum applications in 2012, less than half the number received in 2011.

3%

In North America, an estimated 103,900 new asylum applications were submitted in 2012, a marginal increase of 3 per cent compared to 2011 (101,400 claims). Canada registered 20,500 new applications, 19 per cent less than in 2011. The United States of America recorded an estimated 83,400 claims, a 10 per cent increase.

16,100

28%

11,800

Japan and the Republic of Korea registered a combined number of 3,700 new asylum claims in 2012, a 28 per cent increase compared to 2011 (2,900 claims). Although it is the highest level on record in both countries, the number continues to be modest in comparison with other industrialized countries.

The reported number of asylumseekers in Australia increased 37 per cent compared to 2011, with a total of 15,800 applications registered. The total number of claims in Australia and New Zealand in 2012 was 16,100 claims, compared to 11,800 for the previous year.

Top 5

1. USA 4. SWE 2. GER 5. UK 3. FRA

57 %

22,600 For asylum-seekers from the Syrian Arab Republic, Pakistan and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia levels were at a record high among the industrialized countries. Asylumseekers originating from these three countries submitted in total 22,600 claims more than in 2011.

others

43 %

With an estimated 83,400 asylum applications, the United States of America was the largest single recipient of new asylum claims among the 44 industrialized countries for the seventh consecutive year. Germany was second with 64,500 asylum applications, followed by France (54,900), Sweden (43,900), and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (27,400). The top five receiving countries together accounted for more than half (57%) of all asylum claims received in the countries included in this report.

1. AFGHANISTAN 2. SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC 3. SERBIA (AND KOSOVO: S/RES/1244 (1999)) 4. CHINA 5. PAKISTAN

With 36,600 asylum claims lodged in 2012, Afghanistan remained the most important source country of asylum-seekers in the 44 industrialized countries, followed by the Syrian Arab Republic (24,800 claims), Serbia (and Kosovo: Security Council resolution 1244 (1999)) (1) (24,300), China (24,100), and Pakistan (23,200).

Slightly less than half of all asylum claims were submitted by individuals originating from Asia (46%). Africa was the second most important source continent (25% of all claims), followed by Europe (17%), and the Americas (8%).

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Henceforth referred to in this document as “Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999))”.

Asylum Levels and Trends in Industrialized Countries - 2012 3

Chechen asylum-seekers in the Biala Podlaska Reception Center in Biala Podlaska, Poland.

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Introduction

A new system for registering asylum-seekers (INDIGO) is currently being implemented in the Netherlands. As a consequence, the information available is limited to the number of new asylum applications lodged between January and July 2012 (5,400). Data from August to December have been estimated by UNHCR using a statistical model (seasonal ARIMA). Because no information is available on the country of origin of asylumseekers in the Netherlands, the country of origin analysis should be considered as indicative only.

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An asylum-seeker is an individual who has sought international protection and whose claim for refugee status has not yet been determined. As part of internationally recognized obligations to protect refugees on their territories, countries are responsible for determining whether an asylum-seeker is a refugee or not. This responsibility is derived from the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and relevant regional instruments, and is often incorporated into national legislation. 3 During the period 2008-2012, UNHCR conducted refugee status determination under its mandate in Cyprus (northern part of Cyprus only), Serbia, and Turkey (see notes in Annex Table 1 for more details). 4 See Annex Table 1 for a list of countries. 5 See UNHCR’s 2011 Global Trends at http://www.unhcr.org/statistics. http://www.unhcr.org/statistics 6 According to EURODAC (an EU-wide fingerprint database), 22.4 per cent of all asylum claims registered in the system in 2011 were multiple claims, i.e. the applicant had submitted at least one previous application in the same or another Member State of the European Union. ()Source: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/ LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2012:0533:FIN:EN:PDF) LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2012:0533:FIN:EN:PDF


An asylum-seeker in his room at the reception centre in Banya, Bulgaria. Asylum-seekers in Bulgaria are provided with shelter, health insurance and a modest allowance while waiting for their asylum claims to be processed.

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Global and Regional Trends

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Asylum claims lodged in 44 industrialized countries | 1990-2012

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See notes in Annex Table 1 for a list of countries included under each regional grouping. Refers to Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. 9 Refers to Albania, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Spain and Turkey. 8


TABLE 1

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Asylum claims lodged in selected regions

Regions

2010

Europe - EU-total - EU-old - EU-new USA/Canada Australia/New Zealand Japan/Rep. of Korea

2011

274,710

Total

2012

Change ‘12-‘11

327,640

355,550

9% 7%

240,410

277,800

296,690

224,850

262,840

275,790

5%

15,560

14,960

20,900

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101,350

103,930

3%

12,980

11,820

16,110

36%

1,630 368,010

2,880 443,690

3,680 479,270

28% 8%

See notes in Annex Table 1 for list of countries included.

asylum-seekers decreased by 27 per cent to 48,600, the second lowest level of the past six years. This decrease is mainly due to fewer boat arrivals in Italy, bringing down the number of asylum applications in 2012 by more than half (15,700 claims). By contrast, the number of asylum-seekers registered with UNHCR in Turkey continued to climb for the third consecutive year; 16,700 new asylum applications were registered in 2012 (+4%). (10) The number of asylum-seekers in Australia and New Zealand increased by 36 per cent during 2012 (16,100 claims) compared to the previous year (11,800). In Australia, a total of 15,800 claims were registered, up 37 per cent from 2011. (11) One third of asylum-seekers in Australia originate from Afghanistan or Sri Lanka. However, by comparison, asylum levels in Australia continue to remain below those recorded by many other industrialized and non-industrialized countries. In New Zealand, levels have remained low and fairly stable in the past seven years (on average 300 new claims per year). Japan and the Republic of Korea registered a combined number of 3,700 new

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asylum claims in 2012, a 28 per cent increase compared to 2011 (2,900 claims). These are the highest levels on record in both countries. Japan registered an estimated 2,500 (12) new asylum applications (+36%), and the Republic of Korea registered 1,100 claims (+13%) in 2012. People seeking international protection in Japan were predominantly from Turkey and Myanmar while Sri Lanka and Pakistan were the main countries of origin of asylum-seekers in the Republic of Korea. In North America, an estimated 103,900 new asylum applications were submitted in 2012, a marginal increase of 3 per cent compared to 2011 (101,400 claims). The figures show a divergent trend for Canada and the United States of America. The former registered 20,500 new applications, 19 per cent less than in 2011 (25,400), while the latter recorded approximately 83,400 (13) claims, a 10 per cent increase from 2011 (76,000). Although 2012 saw the highest level in almost a decade for this region, it is two thirds that of 2001, when close to 150,000 applications in total were lodged in Canada and the United States of America. n

Figures of Syrians registered in refugee camps and urban areas in Turkey are not included in this report. Based on figures provided by the Government of Turkey, the total number of Syrians registered in camps, in urban areas or those awaiting registration as at 8 March 2013 is 258,200. The Government of Turkey estimates that there are 400,000 Syrians in the country (see http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/country.php?id=224 http://data.unhcr.org/syrianrefugees/country.php?id=224). 11 These figures, provided by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship in Australia, do not include asylum-seekers arriving by boat after 13 August 2012 who have not yet entered a refugee status determination process, or been able to lodge a formal claim for protection. 12 Monthly asylum data for Japan is available from 2002. Figures for Japan are UNHCR estimates. 13 Estimated number of individuals based on the number of new cases (43,100) and multiplied by 1.4 to reflect the average number of individuals per case (Source: US Department of Homeland Security); and the number of new defensive asylum requests lodged with the Executive Office of Immigration Review (23,200 individuals).

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Levels and Patterns in Countries of Asylum

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According to the German Federal Office for Migration and Refugees, 92 per cent of all asylum applicants in Germany originating from Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999)) are of Roma origin.


An Angolan asylum-seeker in France waiting for her asylum claim to be processed.

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Trends in asylum claims lodged in 44 industrialized countries Absolute and relative increase or decrease in 2012 compared to 2011

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cent increase compared to 2011 (52,100 claims) and the highest value since 2004 (58,600 claims). The increase in 2012 is partly attributed to a higher number of asylum-seekers recorded as from the Russian Federation (+32%), the Democratic Republic of the Congo (+39%), and Albania (+456%). Overall, the Russian Federation was the top country of origin of asylum-seekers in France, with more than 5,300 applications, followed by the Democratic Republic of the Congo (5,300 claims) and Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999)) (3,900 claims). On average, every fifth application in the country was lodged either by Russian or Congolese asylum-seekers. Sweden ranked fourth among the 44 industrialized countries, with 43,900 applications received during the year. In line with the top three receiving countries but with a significantly higher impact, Sweden experienced a 48 per cent increase compared to 2011 (29,600 claims). The year 2012 was the second highest level on record after 1992,

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Note: This map is limited to the 44 countries which provide monthly asylum statistics to UNHCR. All figures are rounded off to the closest ten. Figures for the Netherlands are UNHCR estimates.

when more than 84,000 people, many of them fleeing the former Yugoslavia, requested asylum in Sweden. This sharp increase is mainly as a result of a 12-fold increase in applications of asylum-seekers from the Syrian Arab Republic registered in 2012 (7,800 claims) compared to 2011 (650 claims). The number of Somali and Afghan asylum-seekers in the country also increased (+42% and +15% respectively). Afghanistan, Somalia and

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the Syrian Arab Republic were the top three source countries of asylum applications in Sweden, accounting together for 41 per cent of all claims registered. The United Kingdom ranked fifth among the 44 industrialized countries, with 27,400 applications received during the year. The United Kingdom experienced an increase in 2012: levels were up by 6 per cent compared to 2011 (25,900 claims). This is mainly as a result of the increase in numbers of asylum-seekers from Pakistan and the Syrian Arab Republic. In the case of Pakistan, figures went up from 4,000 applications to 4,800 a year later (+19%). The number of Syrian asylum-seekers more than doubled from 500 claims in 2011 to almost 1,300 a year later. Pakistan remained the leading country of origin of asylum-seekers in the United Kingdom. The number of asylum applications (25,900) registered in Switzerland in 2012 was at the highest level in a decade. The number increased by one third (+33%) compared to 2011, making Switzerland the sixth largest receiving country during the reporting period. Figures in Switzerland have almost doubled compared to 2010 (13,500 claims). It is mainly Eritrean asylum-seekers who account for this rise, due to a 33 per cent increase of asylum claims, from 3,200 in 2011 to 4,300 one year later. The number of Nigerian asylum-seekers doubled from 1,300 claims in 2011 to 2,600 in 2012. Eritrea has been the leading country of TABLE 2

Changes in the ranking of the top-15 receiving countries | 2008-2012 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

United States Germany France Sweden United Kingdom Switzerland Canada Belgium Austria Turkey Australia Italy Norway Greece Poland

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origin of asylum-seekers in Switzerland for the past three years. Canada was the seventh largest recipient of new asylum-seekers in 2012, with 20,500 claims, a decrease by 19 per cent compared to 2011 and the lowest level since 2005. Canada was followed by Belgium (18,500 claims), Austria (17,400 claims), and Turkey (16,700 claims). While Belgium witnessed a decrease of 29 per cent during the year, Austria and Turkey observed the opposite with 21 and 4 per cent increases respectively. RANKING OF COUNTRIES

The numbers of people requesting international protection have fluctuated significantly between countries and years, largely depending on political developments in countries of origin or changes in asylum policies and practices in receiving countries. However, other factors may also be of relevance, including the existence of social networks of certain communities in destination countries, improved capacity to register asylum-seekers, and the fact that some countries are perceived as being more likely to grant refugee status than others. These factors are reflected in the current and past rankings of some of the countries included in this report. Italy, for instance, saw a sharp increase in new asylum applicants in 2011, many of them arriving by boat. This was the result of the ‘Arab Spring’ in North Africa in early 2011 which led to a tripling of the number of asylum applications in 2011 (34,100 claims). The alltime-high in 2011 made Italy the fourth largest recipient of asylum-seekers among the group of 44 industrialized countries. In 2012, however, the number of boat arrivals dropped significantly as a result of which the country’s ranking dropped to 12th place. In 2008 and 2009, Canada was, respectively, the second and third highest destination country for asylum-seekers among the group of 44 industrialized countries. The relatively high number of Czech asylum applications during this period partly contributed to Canada’s high ranking. In the second half of 2009, Canada introduced visa requirements for Czech citizens. As a

TABLE 3

Share of main receiving countries of asylum-seekers in total number of applications 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

United States Germany France Sweden United Kingdom Switzerland Canada Belgium Austria Turkey Australia Italy Norway Greece Poland

13% 6% 9% 6% 8% 4% 10% 3% 3% 3% 1% 8% 4% 5% 2%

13% 7% 11% 6% 8% 4% 9% 5% 4% 2% 2% 5% 5% 4% 3%

15% 11% 13% 9% 6% 4% 6% 6% 3% 3% 3% 3% 3% 3% 2%

17% 10% 12% 7% 6% 4% 6% 6% 3% 4% 3% 8% 2% 2% 1%

17% 13% 11% 9% 6% 5% 4% 4% 4% 3% 3% 3% 2% 2% 2%

result, the number of asylum-seekers from the Czech Republic dropped from more than 2,000 in 2009, to almost zero in subsequent years. Canada’s ranking subsequently dropped. TRENDS OVER THE PAST FIVE YEARS

Between 2008 and 2012, the United States of America received the largest number of new asylum-seekers (313,500claims), followed by France (232,700 claims), Germany (201,300 claims), Sweden (153,900 claims), and Canada (139,200 claims). Together, the three leading asylum countries received more than one-third of all asylum requests submitted in the 44 industrialized countries listed in Annex Table 1. The countries’ individual share in the total number of applications received reveals a changing pattern over time. As a result of significantly more people seeking asylum in the United States of America, the country’s share as the main recipient over the five-year period from 2008 to 2012 increased from 13 per cent in 2008-2009 to 17 per cent in 2011-2012. A similar trend has been observed for Germany, where the countries’ share has gradually increased from 6 per cent in 2008 to 13 per cent in 2012. By contrast, Canada’s share had increased to 10 per cent in 2008 because of the highest number of asylum applicants registered during the decade. With

significantly lower numbers seeking asylum in Canada in subsequent years, the country’s share dropped gradually to 4 per cent in 2012. The share of Italy, on the other hand, which stood at 8 per cent in 2011 as a result of major arrivals of asylum-seekers by boat, dropped to 3 per cent one year later. The trends described above are based on the absolute numbers of reported asylum claims. The analysis changes when comparing the number of asylum-seekers to the size of the national population or the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (PPP) (15). These measures may allow for a better comparison among countries as these indicators tend to more accurately reflect the contributions of a country to host asylum-seekers. (16) Based on the first indicator (national population), between 2008 and 2012 Malta received, on average, the highest number of asylum-seekers compared to its national population: 21.7 applicants per 1,000 inhabitants. Sweden ranked second (16.4 applicants per 1,000 inhabitants), followed by Liechtenstein (16.1 applicants per 1,000 inhabitants), Norway (12.4 applicants per 1,000 inhabitants), and Cyprus (12.4 applicants per 1,000 inhabitants) [see Figure 3]. The United States of America and France, the two main recipients of new asylum-seekers during this period, were ranked respectively 24th and 15th, with an average of one and four asylumseekers per 1,000 inhabitants. At the regional level, the 27 Member States of the European Union received on average 2.6 asylum-seekers per 1,000 inhabitants during 2008-2012. Sixteen countries ranked below the average of the 27 countries, including 10 of the 12 new Member States. Among the latter, only Cyprus and Malta received on average more asylum-seekers per 1,000 inhabitants than the Member States as a whole. The 38 European countries included in Annex Table 1 received on average 2.5 asylum-seekers per 1,000 inhabitants, whereas the cor-

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Number of asylum-seekers per 1,000 inhabitants | 2008-2012 21.7

Malta 16.4

Sweden

16.1

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12.4

Cyprus

12.4

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11.7

Luxembourg

11.5

Belgium

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Number of asylum-seekers per 1 USD GDP (PPP) per capita | 2008-2012 France

6.5

United States

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Germany

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Turkey

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3.7

Sweden

3.6

Italy

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Canada Greece Belgium

responding figure for North America and Australia/New Zealand was 1.3 and 2.0 respectively. Japan and the Republic of Korea received 0.07 asylum-seekers per 1,000 inhabitants given the high national populations (about 175 million together) and comparatively low numbers of asylum-seekers. Comparing the number of asylumseekers to the Gross Domestic Product

2.6 2.4

(PPP) of a country reveals a different picture. Here, France and the United States of America are the countries with the highest number of asylum-seekers (6.5 and 6.2 applicants per capita each) compared to the national economy, followed by Germany (5.2 applicants per capita), Turkey (4.1 applicants per capita), and the United Kingdom (3.7 applicants per capita) [see Figure 4]. (17) n

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In order to compare countries, the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) GDP is considered (Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database, October 2012; accessed 5 March 2013). Source for national populations: United Nations Population Division, “World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision”, New York, 2011. 16 For the purposes of this type of analysis, the number of asylum applications registered over a five-year period may account for some extreme fluctuations in the values. 17 Among the 44 countries included in this report, the number of asylum-seekers per 1 USD GDP (PPP) per capita appears as rather modest when compared to the ‘burden’ some developing countries shoulder in receiving asylum-seekers. For instance, Kenya and Rwanda, two major countries receiving asylum-seekers with 20,100 and 17,100 applications respectively registered in 2012, received 11 and 12 asylum-seekers respectively per 1 USD GDP (PPP) per capita in 2012 only.


Asylum-seekers at the federal asylum reception centre in Kapellen, Belgium. This centre is run by Fedasil, the federal agency for the reception of asylum-seekers.

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Origin of asylum-seekers

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Distribution of asylum claims by region of origins | 2012

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46% 17%

Europe

25% Africa

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The geographical regions used are those of the UN Statistics Division (http://unstats.un.org/unsd/methods/m49/m49.htm).


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stan, China, Iraq, Serbia and Pakistan were the top-ranking source countries. In 2012, Afghanistan remained the main country of origin of asylum-seekers in industrialized countries. Provisional data indicate that some 36,600 Afghans requested refugee status in 2012. This was virtually unchanged compared to 2011 (36,200 claims). The continued volatile situation in the country may be one reason why Afghans continue to seek asylum abroad. The share of asylum-seekers from Afghanistan in the total number of asylum claims has remained stable at 8 per cent in the past two years [see Figure 6]. Afghan asylum-seekers sought international protection in almost all of the 44 industrialized countries. The levels were highest in Germany (7,500 claims) and Sweden (4,800 claims). In Germany, the number of Afghan asylum claims dropped by 3 per cent while in Sweden it went up by 13 per cent. Other important destination countries were Turkey (4,400 claims; UNHCR procedure), Austria (4,000 claims), and Australia (3,100). In all three cases, figures went up, with increases ranging from 11 per

Main nationalities of asylum-seekers | 2012

Afghanistan Syrian Arab Rep.

8% 6%

Serbia* 5% China

5% Other

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Russian Federation

cent (Austria) to 79 per cent (Australia). Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999)) emerged as a new destination country for Afghan asylum-seekers in 2011: 1,700 asylum claims were lodged during the year. In 2012, this figure was halved. With 24,800 asylum applications submitted by Syrians in 2012, this is the highest figure on record [see Figure 7]. The number almost tripled compared to 2011 (8,500 claims). This made the Syrian Arab Republic the second highest-ranking source country of asylumseekers among the 44 industrialized countries, up from 15th place a year earlier. (19) In virtually all countries included in this report, the number of Syrian asylum-seekers went up in 2012, with the exception of Greece. A growing number of Syrian nationals were recorded irregularly entering or present in Greece but asylum claim numbers from this group remained low. (20) More than half of the Syrian asylumseekers requested refugee status in Sweden (7,800 claims) and Germany (6,200 claims). In Sweden, the figure increased twelve-fold (650 claims in 2011), while in Germany it more than doubled (2,600 claims in 2011). Other important destination countries were the United Kingdom (1,300 claims), Switzerland (1,400 claims) and Austria (920 claims). The increase in Syrian asylum-seekers was particularly strong during the second half of the year as the armed conflict in the country intensified dramatically. During the first half of 2012, some 6,500 Syrian claims were registered in the 44 industrialized countries, whereas the second half saw the figure almost triple to more than 18,200. After having constituted the main group of asylum-seekers in industrialized countries in 2010 (30,600 claims), the number of asylum-seekers originating from Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999)) had dropped by one third in 2011

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See footnote 10. http://www.frontex.europa.eu/news/ situational-update- migratory-situation-at-thegreek-turkish-border-HATxN9 20

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only continent to show a significant increase as a sourceregion of asylum applications in 2012 (+9%). By contrast, fewer asylum-seekers from Africa requested international protection in the 44 industrialized countries (-9%). Out of the 40 main asylum-seeker nationalities, a rise in 25 was registered during 2012 amounting to 58,800 claims. This is less than in 2011 when an increase was recorded for 32 asylum-seeker nationalities. Syrian asylum-seekers accounted for more than one quarter of this rise. A decline was registered for 15 nationalities in 2012, resulting in a total of 24,200 claims less than in 2011. Among the major countries of origin of asylum-seekers, significant increases were registered from the Syrian Arab Republic (+191%), Albania (+129%), Bosnia and Herzegovina (+104%), and Georgia (+55%). Conversely, of the 15 nationalities for which a decrease was recorded in 2012 as compared to 2011, a drop of more than 20 per cent was registered, including for asylum-seekers from Côte d’Ivoire (-55%), Tunisia (-49%), Ghana (-43%), and Armenia (-26%). Afghanistan, the Syrian Arab Republic, Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999)), China, and Pakistan were the five top source countries of asylum-seekers in the 44 industrialized countries in 2012. This is comparable to 2011, when Afghani-

Despite the fact that Syrians constituted the second largest group of asylum-seekers among industrialized countries in 2012, their number remains modest compared to the number of Syrian refugees hosted by countries in the Middle East. On 6 March 2013, UNHCR reported that a total of one million Syrian refugees had been registered or were awaiting registration in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey.

Bushra, the one millionth Syrian refugee to be registered, with her son in Tripoli, Lebanon (see http://www.unhcr.org/513623756.html).

(21,300 claims). This trend was reversed in 2012 with 24,300 people from the country requesting international protection - 3,000 claims more (+14%) than the year before. Serbia (and Kosovo: S/ RES/1244 (1999)) thus became the third highest country of origin of asylumseekers among the group of industrialized countries. The increase was particularly significant in Germany (+74%), the main destination country, with 10,400 applications lodged during 2012. Belgium, on the other hand, experienced a rather dramatic decrease in the number of asylum claims from people originating from Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999)), with figures falling from about 3,100 in 2011 to less than 1,000 a year later. Luxembourg experienced a similar development, with figures halved between 2011 (1,100 claims); and 2012 (590 claims). Other important

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Asylum requests from Afghanistan, Syrian Arab Rep., Serbia and Pakistan | 2001-2012

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With 24,800 asylum applications submitted by Syrians in 2012, this is the highest figure on record destination countries were France (3,900 claims), Sweden (3,600 claims) and Switzerland (2,100 claims). About four-fifths of the countries reporting monthly asylum statistics to UNHCR distinguish applicants originating from Kosovo (S/RES/1244 (1999)) in their data. The available evidence shows that the proportion of asylumseekers from Kosovo (S/RES/1244 (1999)) in these countries has decreased over the past four years. In 2009, on average, 74 per cent of applicants from Serbia came from Kosovo. This figure dropped to 45 per cent in 2010 and to a further 41 per cent in 2011. In 2012, it stood at 35 per cent. Among the main receiving countries recording this type of information, the proportion of people originating from Kosovo (S/RES/1244 (1999)) is highest in France (81%), Austria (52%), and Belgium (51%). It is relatively low in Germany (18%), Denmark (19%), Switzerland (24%), and Sweden (26%). With 24,100 asylum applications submitted by Chinese asylum-seekers in 2012, the figure remained relatively stable compared to 2011 (24,600 claims). TABLE 4

Changes in the ranking of the top-15 countries of origin * 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012

Afghanistan Syrian Arab Rep. Serbia * * China Pakistan Russian Federation Iraq Islamic Rep. of Iran Somalia Eritrea Mexico Nigeria Georgia Sri Lanka Dem. Rep. of the Congo

4 20 6 5 8 3 1 11 2 9 10 7 17 12

1 19 6 5 8 4 2 9 3 12 13 7 10 11

2 20 1 3 8 5 4 7 6 11 17 9 12 10

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* With country of origin data for the

Netherlands in 2012 not being available, the ranking in 2012 should be considered as indicative only. ** Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999)).

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This made China the fourth highestranking source country of asylumseekers among the 44 industrialized countries. Similar to previous years, the United States of America registered two-thirds of all Chinese asylum applications (15,900). France was the second largest recipient with 2,200 Chinese asylum requests, followed by Canada (1,700 claims) and Australia (1,100 claims) [see Figure 7]. With 23,200 applications submitted by asylum-seekers from Pakistan in 2012, this figure is the highest on record. The number increased by onefifth (+21%) compared to 2011 (19,100 claims) and more than doubled compared to 2010 (11,000 claims). This made Pakistan the fifth highest source country of asylum-seekers in the industrialized world in 2012. The increase was particularly significant in the United Kingdom and Germany, the two main destination countries. In the former, close to 4,800 asylum applications were registered, up 19 per cent from 4,000 the year earlier. In the latter, figures went up by 34 per cent from 2,500 claims to more than 3,400 during the same period. Among the 22 countries registering 100 or more asylum claims by Pakistani citizens in 2011, 15 reported an increase. The number of asylum-seekers recorded as originating from the Russian Federation increased by one quarter in 2012 (+26%), the highest since 2004 when some 30,500 claims were lodged. Some 21,900 asylum-seekers were registered during the year in the 44 countries covered by this report. France remained the prime destination with 5,300 asylum claims or one quarter of all requests from the Russian Federation being lodged. Poland and Germany also received a significant number of asylum-seekers from the Russian Federation with 4,900 and 3,200 claims respectively. In both cases, the numbers went up significantly compared to 2011 (+56% and +90% respectively). The number of requests for asylum or refugee status from Iraqis has fluc-

tuated over the past five years. Iraqis were the main group of asylum-seekers in industrialized countries in 2008 (40,400 claims), after which the numbers steadily decreased until end 2010 when the number was nearly half of the 2008 figure (20,600 claims). This trend reversed in 2011 when 23,700 Iraqis requested international protection. However, in 2012, the figure again dropped, falling below the 20,000 mark (19,600 claims). Iraq has shifted from the third to the seventh highest country of origin of asylum-seekers among the group of industrialized countries. The decrease in 2012 was particularly significant in Belgium, where figures dropped from 2,000 claims in 2011 to 640 a year later. Turkey, the main destination country for Iraqi asylum-seekers, registered 6,900 new claims from Iraqis, about 1,000 fewer than in 2011 (-12%). Sweden, on the other hand, experienced a rather dramatic decrease in claims from Iraqis in the past years, with figures having fallen from as high as 18,600 in 2006 to 1,300 in 2012. An increase in security and a reduction in sectarian violence in Iraq may be contributing factors to this trend. Figures for the Netherlands, traditionally an important destination country for Iraqi asylum-seekers, are not available for 2012. Other significant source countries of asylum-seekers in the 44 industrialized countries in 2012 were the Islamic Republic of Iran (19,100 claims), Somalia (17,800), Eritrea (11,900), and Mexico (11,500). Over the last five years, some changes have occurred in the ranking of the main countries of origin of asylum applicants. In 2008, Afghanistan ranked as the 4th highest source country. Over the last four years, it has moved up the list, consistently occupying either the first or second position. The Russian Federation was the 3rd largest source country in 2008 but fell to 6th place in 2012, while the Syrian Arab Republic moved up from 20th in 2010 to 2nd place in 2012. Somalia saw a significant change, dropping from 2nd in 2008 to 9th place in 2012. n

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Annex


TABLE 1

Asylum applications submitted in Europe and selected non-European countries | 2008-2012 For country notes and regional classification, see next page.

Country/ region of asylum

Albania Australia Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Canada Croatia Cyprus Czech Rep. Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Japan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Montenegro Netherlands New Zealand Norway Poland Portugal Rep. of Korea Romania Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999)) - of which Kosovo Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Turkey United Kingdom United “States EU-“Old” (15) EU-“New”(12) EU-Total (27) Nordic countries (5) Western Europe (19) Southern Europe (8) Former Yugoslavia (6) Total Europe (38) Canada/USA Australia/ New Zealand Japan/Rep. of Korea

Per 1 USD/GDP per capita (1)

Per 1,000 inhabitants Total

Rank

Total

Rank

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

10 4,770 12,840

7,420 15,820

10 12,640 11,010

20 11,510 14,420

20 15,790 17,420

60 52,130 71,510

0% 37% 21%

0% 3% 4%

0% 3% 3%

45 11 9

45 15 10

0.0 0.7 2.1

0.0 2.3 8.5

44 15 6

44 19 9

0.0 0.4 0.4

0.0 1.2 1.7

43 14 12

43 15 13

12,250

17,190

21,760

26,000

18,520

95,720

-29%

4%

5%

8

8

1.7

8.9

9

8

0.5

2.4

10

10

2012 ‘08-‘12 2012 ‘08-‘12 2012 ‘08-‘12 2012 ‘08-‘12

100

50

50

40

50

290

25%

0%

0%

43

43

0.0

0.1

43

41

0.0

0.0

40

40

750 36,900 160 3,920 1,710 2,360 10 4,020 35,400 22,090 19,880 3,120 80 3,870 30,320 1,600 50 30 220 460 2,610 10 13,400 250 14,430 7,200 160 360 1,170

850 33,250 150 3,200 1,360 3,820 40 5,910 42,120 27,650 15,930 4,670 40 2,690 17,600 1,390 50 290 210 480 2,390 20 14,910 340 17,230 10,590 140 320 840

1,030 23,160 290 3,160 490 4,970 30 4,020 48,070 41,330 10,270 2,100 50 1,940 10,050 1,200 60 110 370 740 140 10 13,330 340 10,060 6,530 160 430 860

890 25,350 810 1,770 490 3,810 70 3,090 52,150 45,740 9,310 1,690 80 1,290 34,120 1,870 340 80 410 2,080 1,860 240 11,590 310 9,050 5,090 280 1,010 1,720

1,230 20,500 1,190 1,630 520 6,140 80 2,920 54,940 64,540 9,580 2,160 120 940 15,710 2,540 190 70 530 2,050 2,060 1,530 8,850 320 9,790 9,180 300 1,140 2,510

4,750 139,160 2,600 13,680 4,570 21,100 230 19,960 232,680 201,350 64,970 13,740 370 10,730 107,800 8,600 690 580 1,740 5,810 9,060 1,810 62,080 1,560 60,560 38,590 1,040 3,260 7,100

38% -19% 47% -8% 6% 61% 14% -6% 5% 41% 3% 28% 50% -27% -54% 36% -44% -13% 29% -1% 11% 538% -24% 3% 8% 80% 7% 13% 46%

0% 4% 0% 0% 0% 1% 0% 1% 11% 13% 2% 0% 0% 0% 3% 1% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 2% 0% 2% 2% 0% 0% 1%

0% 7% 0% 1% 0% 1% 0% 1% 11% 10% 3% 1% 0% 1% 5% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 3% 0% 3% 2% 0% 0% 0%

28 7 29 26 35 17 41 18 3 2 14 23 40 31 12 21 39 42 34 25 24 27 16 36 13 15 37 30 22

28 5 32 21 29 17 44 18 2 3 11 20 42 22 7 24 39 40 34 27 23 33 13 36 14 16 38 30 26

0.2 0.6 0.3 1.5 0.0 1.1 0.1 0.5 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.2 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.1 1.9 0.2 4.0 4.9 2.4 0.5 0.1 2.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1

0.6 4.1 0.6 12.4 0.4 3.8 0.2 3.7 3.7 2.4 5.7 1.4 1.2 2.4 1.8 0.1 0.3 16.1 0.5 11.5 21.7 2.9 3.7 0.4 12.4 1.0 0.1 0.1 0.3

30 16 23 10 39 11 37 17 12 14 13 28 20 29 25 42 35 8 31 3 1 5 18 36 7 26 40 41 33

29 11 31 5 34 12 39 14 15 17 10 22 23 18 21 42 38 3 33 7 1 16 13 35 4 25 40 43 37

0.1 0.5 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.1 1.5 1.7 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.0 .. 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.2

0.3 3.3 0.1 0.6 0.2 0.6 0.0 0.5 6.5 5.2 2.6 0.7 0.0 0.3 3.6 0.2 0.0 .. 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 1.5 0.1 1.1 1.8 0.0 0.1 0.6

22 9 28 26 35 19 41 24 3 1 13 21 42 34 8 27 37 .. 31 32 25 20 16 38 18 11 36 30 17

25 8 31 19 28 20 41 22 1 3 9 18 42 26 7 27 39 .. 34 35 24 29 14 36 16 12 37 33 21

90

310

790

3,320

2,770

7,280

-17%

1%

0%

19

25

0.3

0.7

22

28

0.3

0.9

15

17

910 240 4,520 24,350 16,610

30 820 180 3,010 24,190 14,490

270 540 250 2,740 31,820 13,520

190 320 310 3,410 29,650 19,440

50 550 260 2,580 43,890 25,950

540 3,140 1,240 16,260 153,900 90,010

-74% 72% -16% -24% 48% 33%

.. 0% 0% 1% 9% 5%

.. 0% 0% 1% 8% 4%

.. 33 38 20 4 6

.. 31 37 19 4 9

.. 0.1 0.1 0.1 4.7 3.4

.. 0.6 0.6 0.4 16.4 11.7

.. 34 32 38 2 4

.. 32 30 36 2 6

.. 0.0 0.0 0.1 1.0 0.5

.. 0.1 0.0 0.5 3.6 1.9

.. 33 39 23 5 7

.. 32 38 23 6 11

50

90

180

740

640

1,700

-14%

0%

0%

32

35

0.3

0.8

21

27

0.1

0.2

29

30

12,980 31,320 49,560

7,830 30,670 49,020

9,230 22,640 55,530

16,020 25,900 76,000

16,730 27,410 83,430

62,790 137,940 313,540

4% 6% 10%

3% 6% 17%

3% 7% 15%

10 5 1

12 6 1

0.2 0.4 0.3

0.9 2.2 1.0

27 19 24

26 20 24

1.1 0.7 1.7

4.1 3.7 6.2

4 6 2

4 5 2

262,840 275,790 14,960 20,900 277,800 296,690 45,680 62,860 291,490 311,720 66,790 48,610 5,270 6,390 327,640 355,550

1,202,850 98,530 1,301,380 255,890 1,354,370 275,660 14,380 1,529,430

5% 40% 7% 38% 7% -27% 21% 9%

58% 4% 62% 13% 65% 10% 1% 74%

59% 5% 64% 12% 66% 13% 1% 75%

0.7 0.2 0.6 2.5 0.8 0.2 0.3 0.6

3.0 1.0 2.6 10.0 3.3 1.3 0.6 2.5

3% 22%

217,240 222,130 224,850 21,910 25,200 15,560 239,150 247,330 240,410 45,240 51,190 50,920 248,390 254,180 248,590 74,400 50,100 35,760 650 770 1,300 283,700 287,830 274,710 86,460

82,270

78,690

101,350

103,930

452,700

22%

0.3

1.3

5,020

7,760

12,980

11,820

16,110

53,690

36%

3%

3%

0.6

2.0

2,880 3,680 11,860 443,690 479,270 2,047,680

28% 8%

1%

1%

0.0 0.4

0.1 1.8

1,960 1,710 1,630 Total 377,140 379,570 368,010

20

Total

Annual Share Rank change ‘12-‘11 2012 ‘08-‘12 2012 ‘08-‘12


Notes Source: Governments, UNHCR.

Spain. Includes applications lodged at Spanish embassies.

This table includes final data for 2008 to 2011. In the following tables, the 2011 figures are based on the monthly database. This results in some discrepancies. All figures in this table have been rounded to the closest ten. (1) This refers to Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Purchasing Power Parity (PPP), per capita.

Switzerland. Figures exclude repeat applications.

a. Country notes Australia. Figures for 2008 are based on the number of applications for protection

visas lodged, not asylum applications. The 2012 figures, provided by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship in Australia, do not include asylum-seekers arriving by boat after 13 August 2012 who have not yet entered a refugee status determination process, or been able to lodge a formal claim for protection. Belgium. Figures include accompanying children since 2009. Data include repeat applications in 2008 (3,330), 2009 (4,260) and 2010 (3,410). Canada. Source: Citizenship and Immigration Canada. Cyprus. In addition, UNHCR registered asylum applications in the northern part of Cyprus in 2008 (19), 2011 (31) and 2012 (96). Denmark. Figures for 2008 exclude Iraqi interpreters who worked for the Danish Forces in Iraq. France. Includes asylum applications of minors. Ireland. Data for 2008-2010 include repeat applications. Japan. Figures are UNHCR estimates. Netherlands. January to July 2012 data provided by the Dutch authorities. August to December 2012 estimated by UNHCR using a statistical model (seasonal ARIMA). No information is available on the country of origin of asylum-seekers. Poland. Data excludes a significant number of repeat applications. Serbia. Source: UNHCR (2008-2010). Slovakia. Data for 2008-2010 includes repeat applications.

Turkey. Source: UNHCR. United States. Figures include (1) statistics from the US Department of Homeland

Security (DHS), based on the number of cases and multiplied by 1.4 to reflect the estimated number of individuals; and (2) the number of new (“defensive”) requests lodged with the Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), based on the number of individuals. b. Regional classification EU-“old” (15). Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,

Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and United Kingdom. EU-“new” (12). Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and Slovenia. EU-Total (27). EU-“old” and EU-“new”. Nordic countries (5). Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden. Western Europe (19). EU-“old” plus Iceland, Norway, Liechtenstein and Switzerland. Southern Europe (8). Albania, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Spain and Turkey. Former Yugoslavia (6). Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999)), Slovenia, and The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. Total Europe (38). All European countries listed. Source for national population: United Nations, Population Division, “World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision”, New York, 2011. Source for Gross Domestic Product (PPP): International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database, October 2012 (accessed 5 March 2013).


TABLE 2

Asylum applications submitted in selected countries in Eastern Europe | 2008-2012 All figures are based on annual data.

Country of asylum

Armenia Azerbaijan Belarus Georgia Rep. of Moldova Russian Federation Ukraine Total

2008

2009

2010

2011

2012

Total

Annual change ‘12-‘11

210 380 90 40 60 5,420 2,240 8,440

70 250 160 40 90 2,710 1,360 4,680

50 270 150 70 130 2,180 1,500 4,350

70 150 90 80 70 1,270 890 2,620

580 280 110 600 180 1,240 .. 2,990

980 1,330 600 830 530 12,820 5,990 23,080

729% 87% 22% 650% 157% -2% .. 14%

Per 1,000 inhabitants Share 2012

‘08-‘12

19% 9% 4% 20% 6% 41% ..

4% 6% 3% 4% 2% 56% 26%

Rank 2012 3 4 6 2 5 1 ..

Total

‘08-‘12 4 3 6 5 7 1 2

Per 1 USD/GDP per capita

Rank

2012

‘08-‘12

0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.0 .. 0.0

0.3 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

2012 1 4 5 2 3 6 ..

Total

‘08-‘12

‘08-‘12

0.1 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 -

0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.7 0.8

1 4 7 2 3 6 5

Notes Source: Governments, UNHCR.

All figures in this table have been rounded to the closest ten. Azerbaijan. Source: Government and UNHCR. Russian Federation. In addition, 2,990 persons applied for temporary asylum in 2009; 1,710 in 2010; 1,030 in 2011; and 1,080 in 2012. Ukraine. Data for 2012 is not available. Source for national population: United Nations, Population Division, “World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision”, New York, 2011. Source for Gross Domestic Product (PPP): International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database, October 2012 (accessed 5 March 2013).

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Rank

2012

2012 2 5 6 1 4 3 ..

‘08-‘12 3 6 7 5 4 2 1

TABLE 3

Origin of asylum applications lodged in 44 industrialized countries | 2011-2012 Covering all 44 countries which provided monthly data to UNHCR. (1)

Origin

2011

2012

Total

Afghanistan Syrian Arab Rep. Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999)) China Pakistan Russian Federation Iraq Islamic Rep. of Iran Somalia Eritrea Mexico Nigeria Georgia Sri Lanka Dem. Rep. of the Congo The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Albania India Turkey Algeria Bangladesh Bosnia and Herzegovina Egypt El Salvador Guinea Armenia Tunisia Guatemala Stateless Morocco Haiti Ethiopia Sudan (2) Nepal Mali Côte d’Ivoire Ghana Senegal Honduras Cameroon Other

36,247 8,495 21,349 24,566 19,139 17,362 23,743 18,175 16,233 10,935 8,908 13,920 6,902 8,561 6,665 5,630 3,356 6,777 6,843 5,025 8,508 2,891 3,881 4,616 6,365 6,230 8,944 3,656 3,369 2,775 3,918

36,634 24,755 24,340 24,109 23,229 21,856 19,584 19,068 17,794 11,860 11,477 11,303 10,725 10,119 8,571 7,912 7,698 6,979 6,802 6,720 6,462 5,908 5,356 5,125 4,978 4,622 4,543 4,303 4,261 3,933 3,653

72,881 33,250 45,689 48,675 42,368 39,218 43,327 37,243 34,027 22,795 20,385 25,223 17,627 18,680 15,236 13,542 11,054 13,756 13,645 11,745 14,970 8,799 9,237 9,741 11,343 10,852 13,487 7,959 7,630 6,708 7,571

Total

Annual change

Share 2011

2012

Total 2011 excluding Netherlands

Rank Total

1% 191% 14% -2% 21% 26% -18% 5% 10% 8% 29% -19% 55% 18% 29% 41% 129% 3% -1% 34% -24% 104% 38% 11% -22% -26% -49% 18% 26% 42% -7%

8.5 2.0 5.0 5.8 4.5 4.1 5.6 4.3 3.8 2.6 2.1 3.3 1.6 2.0 1.6 1.3 0.8 1.6 1.6 1.2 2.0 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.5 1.5 2.1 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.9

7.9 5.4 5.3 5.2 5.0 4.7 4.2 4.1 3.9 2.6 2.5 2.4 2.3 2.2 1.9 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.1 1.1 1.0 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8

8.2 3.7 5.1 5.5 4.8 4.4 4.9 4.2 3.8 2.6 2.3 2.8 2.0 2.1 1.7 1.5 1.2 1.5 1.5 1.3 1.7 1.0 1.0 1.1 1.3 1.2 1.5 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.9

2011

2012 1 15 4 2 5 7 3 6 8 10 12 9 16 13 19 23 34 18 17 24 14 36 29 26 20 21 11 31 33 37 28

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

34,362 8,327 21,229 24,290 19,045 16,911 22,308 17,246 14,818 10,477 8,907 13,791 6,713 8,437 6,647 5,364 3,336 6,755 6,747 5,012 8,485 2,866 3,817 4,612 6,156 5,759 8,922 3,651 3,304 2,753 3,918

3,385

3,541

6,926

5%

0.8

0.8

0.8

32

32

3,304

3,669 2,910 3,945 6,172 4,694 2,243 1,945 2,384 71,272 426,603

3,301 2,864 2,836 2,799 2,679 2,629 2,495 2,356 71,838 462,017

6,970 5,774 6,781 8,971 7,373 4,872 4,440 4,740 143,110 888,620

-10% -2% -28% -55% -43% 17% 28% -1% 1%

0.9 0.7 0.9 1.4 1.1 0.5 0.5 0.6 16.7 100.0

0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 15.5 100.0

0.8 0.6 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.5 16.1 100.0

30 35 27 22 25 39 40 38

33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

3,507 2,778 3,933 6,049 4,658 2,234 1,944 2,369 69,272 415,013

(1) Netherlands: January to July 2012 data includes information provided by the Dutch authorities. August to December 2012 estimated by UNHCR using a statistical model (seasonal ARIMA). No information is available on the country of origin of asylum-seekers. (2) Figures may include citizens of South Sudan in the absence of separate statistics available for Sudan and South Sudan.


TABLE 4

Origin of asylum applications lodged in Europe (38) | 2011-2012 Covering 38 European countries which provided monthly data to UNHCR. (1)

Origin

Afghanistan Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999)) Syrian Arab Rep. Russian Federation Pakistan Iraq Somalia Islamic Rep. of Iran Eritrea Georgia Nigeria Dem. Rep. of the Congo The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Albania Sri Lanka Algeria Bosnia and Herzegovina Turkey Bangladesh China Guinea Armenia Tunisia Morocco Stateless India Sudan (2) Mali Egypt Côte d’Ivoire Senegal Ghana Ethiopia Azerbaijan Gambia Mauritania Libya Haiti Cameroon Viet Nam Other Total

2011

2012

Total

33,837 21,013 7,958 16,052 16,206 22,585 15,529 15,046 10,058 6,794 12,828 6,156 5,585 2,941 6,956 4,827 2,674 6,096 7,769 6,025 5,964 6,047 8,823 2,683 2,735 2,735 3,374 3,619 2,157 5,551 2,025 4,464 2,016 2,299 1,581 1,479 3,413 2,051 1,701 1,562 34,196 327,410

32,972 23,902 23,389 20,522 19,757 18,047 17,088 16,109 11,449 10,611 9,695 8,010 7,872 7,108 6,535 6,526 5,820 5,790 5,671 5,281 4,685 4,450 4,446 3,844 3,647 3,132 3,002 2,531 2,502 2,478 2,437 2,328 2,070 2,015 1,990 1,720 1,624 1,622 1,570 1,562 39,707 355,516

66,809 44,915 31,347 36,574 35,963 40,632 32,617 31,155 21,507 17,405 22,523 14,166 13,457 10,049 13,491 11,353 8,494 11,886 13,440 11,306 10,649 10,497 13,269 6,527 6,382 5,867 6,376 6,150 4,659 8,029 4,462 6,792 4,086 4,314 3,571 3,199 5,037 3,673 3,271 3,124 73,903 682,926

(1)

Annual change -3% 14% 194% 28% 22% -20% 10% 7% 14% 56% -24% 30% 41% 142% -6% 35% 118% -5% -27% -12% -21% -26% -50% 43% 33% 15% -11% -30% 16% -55% 20% -48% 3% -12% 26% 16% -52% -21% -8% 0% 16% 9%

Share 2011

2012

10.3 6.4 2.4 4.9 4.9 6.9 4.7 4.6 3.1 2.1 3.9 1.9 1.7 0.9 2.1 1.5 0.8 1.9 2.4 1.8 1.8 1.8 2.7 0.8 0.8 0.8 1.0 1.1 0.7 1.7 0.6 1.4 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.5 1.0 0.6 0.5 0.5 10.4 100.0

9.3 6.7 6.6 5.8 5.6 5.1 4.8 4.5 3.2 3.0 2.7 2.3 2.2 2.0 1.8 1.8 1.6 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 11.2 100.0

Rank Total 9.8 6.6 4.6 5.4 5.3 5.9 4.8 4.6 3.1 2.5 3.3 2.1 2.0 1.5 2.0 1.7 1.2 1.7 2.0 1.7 1.6 1.5 1.9 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.7 1.2 0.7 1.0 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 10.8 100.0

2011 1 3 11 5 4 2 6 7 9 14 8 15 20 27 13 22 31 16 12 18 19 17 10 30 28 28 26 24 33 21 35 23 36 32 38 40 25 34 37 39

2012 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

Total 2011 excluding Netherlands 31,952 20,893 7,790 15,601 16,112 21,150 14,114 14,117 9,600 6,605 12,699 6,138 5,319 2,921 6,832 4,814 2,649 6,000 7,746 5,749 5,755 5,576 8,801 2,661 2,670 2,713 3,212 3,607 2,093 5,428 2,016 4,428 1,935 2,184 1,557 1,473 3,277 2,051 1,686 1,558 32,338 315,820

Netherlands: January to July 2012 data includes information provided by the Dutch authorities. August to December 2012 estimated by UNHCR using a statistical model (seasonal ARIMA). No information is available on the country of origin of asylum-seekers. (2) Figures may include citizens of South Sudan in the absence of separate statistics available for Sudan and South Sudan.

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TABLE 5

Origin of asylum applications lodged in the European Union (27) | 2011-2012 Covering 27 European Union countries which provided monthly data to UNHCR. (1)

Share Origin

Afghanistan Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999)) Syrian Arab Rep. Russian Federation Pakistan Somalia Islamic Rep. of Iran Iraq Georgia Dem. Rep. of the Congo Nigeria Albania The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Sri Lanka Eritrea Bosnia and Herzegovina Bangladesh Turkey Algeria China Armenia Guinea Stateless India Morocco Côte d’Ivoire Sudan (2) Egypt Mali Tunisia Senegal Azerbaijan Ghana Mauritania Haiti Ethiopia Viet Nam Cameroon Gambia Libya Other Total

2011

2012

Total

26,679 19,175 6,838 15,430 15,380 11,407 10,850 13,893 6,454 5,891 11,246 2,848 4,722 6,470 5,527 2,434 7,651 5,531 4,105 5,202 5,939 5,592 2,446 2,615 1,938 5,242 2,991 2,033 3,562 6,285 1,855 2,215 4,258 1,421 2,046 1,504 1,529 1,560 1,243 2,846 30,734 277,587

24,681 21,538 21,427 19,823 18,835 12,475 11,690 10,464 9,877 7,664 6,923 6,853 6,807 6,057 5,783 5,333 5,218 5,211 4,468 4,391 4,320 4,292 3,354 3,058 2,545 2,304 2,260 2,257 2,255 2,144 2,072 1,956 1,952 1,626 1,614 1,541 1,533 1,463 1,399 1,302 35,904 296,669

51,360 40,713 28,265 35,253 34,215 23,882 22,540 24,357 16,331 13,555 18,169 9,701 11,529 12,527 11,310 7,767 12,869 10,742 8,573 9,593 10,259 9,884 5,800 5,673 4,483 7,546 5,251 4,290 5,817 8,429 3,927 4,171 6,210 3,047 3,660 3,045 3,062 3,023 2,642 4,148 66,638 574,256

Annual change -7% 12% 213% 28% 22% 9% 8% -25% 53% 30% -38% 141% 44% -6% 5% 119% -32% -6% 9% -16% -27% -23% 37% 17% 31% -56% -24% 11% -37% -66% 12% -12% -54% 14% -21% 2% 0% -6% 13% -54% 17% 7%

2011

2012

9.6 6.9 2.5 5.6 5.5 4.1 3.9 5.0 2.3 2.1 4.1 1.0 1.7 2.3 2.0 0.9 2.8 2.0 1.5 1.9 2.1 2.0 0.9 0.9 0.7 1.9 1.1 0.7 1.3 2.3 0.7 0.8 1.5 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.4 1.0 11.1 100.0

8.3 7.3 7.2 6.7 6.3 4.2 3.9 3.5 3.3 2.6 2.3 2.3 2.3 2.0 1.9 1.8 1.8 1.8 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.4 1.1 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 12.1 100.0

Rank Total 8.9 7.1 4.9 6.1 6.0 4.2 3.9 4.2 2.8 2.4 3.2 1.7 2.0 2.2 2.0 1.4 2.2 1.9 1.5 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.0 1.0 0.8 1.3 0.9 0.7 1.0 1.5 0.7 0.7 1.1 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.7 11.6 100.0

2011 1 2 10 3 4 6 8 5 12 15 7 26 21 11 18 30 9 17 23 20 14 16 29 28 34 19 25 33 24 13 35 31 22 39 32 38 37 36 40 27

2012 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40

Total 2011 excluding Netherlands 24,794 19,055 6,670 14,979 15,286 9,992 9,921 12,458 6,265 5,873 11,117 2,828 4,456 6,346 5,069 2,409 7,628 5,435 4,092 4,926 5,468 5,383 2,381 2,593 1,916 5,119 2,829 1,969 3,550 6,263 1,846 2,100 4,222 1,415 2,046 1,423 1,525 1,545 1,219 2,710 28,876 265,997

(1)

Netherlands: January to July 2012 data includes information provided by the Dutch authorities. August to December 2012 estimated by UNHCR using a statistical model (seasonal ARIMA). No information is available on the country of origin of asylum-seekers. (2) Figures may include citizens of South Sudan in the absence of separate statistics available for Sudan and South Sudan.


TABLE 6

Applications submitted by country of asylum and origin | 2011 Covering all 44 asylum countries which provided monthly data to UNHCR. See notes in Annex Table 1. Top-20 ranking of countries based on applications lodged in all countries. An asterisk (*) denotes between 1 and 4 applications.

Origin

Albania Australia Austria Belgium Bosnia and H. Bulgaria

Afghanistan China Iraq Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999)) Pakistan Islamic Rep. of Iran Russian Federation Somalia Nigeria Eritrea Tunisia Mexico Sri Lanka Bangladesh Syrian Arab Rep. Georgia Turkey India Dem. Rep. of the Congo Guinea

Origin

Canada

Croatia

Cyprus

Estonia

Finland

France

* *

1,719 1,190 495

3,623 238 484

2,773 292 2,004

* -

80 * 307

397 1,853 164

487 7

16 30 52

25 * 8

903 26 115

8 *

292 26 588

651 2,184 252

7,767 339 5,831

8

*

541

3,067

8

*

142

5

-

*

325

-

160

3,458

5,974

* * * -

821 2,142 7 15 58 11 * 371 127 93 10 91 767

952 457 2,319 611 411 27 182 * 13 87 423 261 414 463

924 367 1,747 454 165 83 100 * 129 493 494 347 430 157

* * * * * -

26 26 * 40 * 9 * * 67 7 * -

828 319 433 409 685 100 76 653 629 115 176 26 331 751

70 40 15 42 * 9 14 * 9 * 9 *

148 68 12 22 * * 114 182 187 17 33 134

6 7 25 16 10 * * 7 6 17 *

57 461 304 107 52 20 56 22 32 428 19 25 32

* * * 6 * *

23 125 294 365 105 7 25 * 25 20 109 70 74 10

1,432 193 4,042 755 799 924 198 3,183 3,568 119 1,646 1,737 42

2,539 3,352 1,689 984 759 632 473 521 143 2,634 471 1,578 822

-

7

49

1,084

-

-

370

-

*

6

15

11

39

3,804

190

-

*

41

2,046

-

-

99

-

17

-

7

*

16

2,017

281

Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland


637 406 257

649 8 54

* 5

67 142 18

Italy

Japan

1,289 34 309

* 20 *

Czech Rep. Denmark

Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Montenegro Netherlands New Zealand * *

* * -

45 * -

21 * 43

* *

8 *

1,885 276 1,435

Germany

Norway

11 20 11

979 101 357

5

238

*

10

194

-

-

31

-

1,097

-

-

120

-

240

2,309 247 69 68 362 37 23 * 45 615 352 1,121 34 179

121 33 12 61 22 * 30 * * 91 21 25 11

* * 7 * 6 * * * * *

175 13 17 21 182 8 * * 22 9 15 9

2,058 217 17 1,205 6,208 498 4,558 * 75 1,595 288 29 612 29

170 48 51 5 * 226 98 * 235 51

* 16 18 * * 16 176 5 -

* 14 * * * -

58 * * 202 * -

* 35 49 13 11 12 42 * * * 11 16 22 -

45 * 454 246 306 6 33 122 -

* 7 * * 31 * * * -

94 929 451 1,415 129 458 22 * 124 23 168 189 96 22

22 29 * * * * 19 8 * * *

92 355 365 2,216 240 1,256 76 8 40 75 198 49 42 56

11

15

*

70

107

*

39

-

*

10

-

-

18

*

110

*

-

*

517

6

*

-

*

*

*

-

209

-

…47/… 54

…/…

26


TABLE 6

Applications submitted by country of asylum and origin | 2011 (ctnd) Covering all 44 asylum countries which provided monthly data to UNHCR. See notes in Annex Table 1. Top-20 ranking of countries based on applications lodged in all countries. An asterisk (*) denotes between 1 and 4 applications.

Origin

Poland

Portugal

Rep. of Korea

Romania

Serbia (1)

Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

33 7 25

* 5

60 8 *

107 47 59

1,757 16

65 7 *

57 7

30 * 19

4,120 101 1,634

1,006 688 378


TfYR Sweden Switzerland Macedonia (2)

Turkey

United Kingdom

United States (3)

2,486 32 7,912

1,529 1,026 377

219 15,450 480

427 13

-

0

-

6

-

*

35

-

3,915

1,539

5

-

26

193

9 11 3,170 9 14 12 * * 5 10 1,442 13 *

11 11 8 26 22 * * 5 * -

434 * * 39 * 100 38 * 15

144 31 8 24 7 218 * 19 36 22 28 18

356 37 * 501 * 11 77 6 12 33 * 27

10 9 19 77 * * 5 32 11 *

26 8 * 17 5 24 10 * 39 *

78 62 65 59 259 12 5 17 36 12 97 12 12 15

183 1,118 930 3,979 340 1,649 266 8 24 116 646 280 139 45

97 326 217 558 1,303 3,224 2,324 5 433 23 688 281 508 13

172 10 * 53 * * * * * 11

29 3,411 744 23 27 13 5 5 188 7

4,005 3,051 99 660 1,105 827 39 10 2,142 671 508 41 181 615

658 590 865 279 257 766 35 8,186 260 353 262 72 86 2,457

5

14

6

-

*

7

*

70

109

139

-

76

213

121

-

46

8

*

-

-

-

150

50

295

-

23

65

287

(1)

Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999)) The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia (3) Combination of number of persons (EOIR) and cases (DHS). (2)

TABLE 7

Applications submitted by country of asylum and origin | 2012 Covering all 44 asylum countries which provided monthly data to UNHCR. See notes in Annex Table 1. Top-20 ranking of countries based on applications lodged in all countries. An asterisk (*) denotes between 1 and 4 applications.

Origin

Afghanistan Syrian Arab Rep. Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999)) China Pakistan Russian Federation Iraq Islamic Rep. of Iran Somalia Eritrea Mexico Nigeria Georgia Sri Lanka Dem. Rep. of the Congo The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Albania India Turkey Algeria

Albania Australia Austria * *

Belgium Bosnia and H. Bulgaria

Canada

Croatia

362 336

365 86

*

241

26 7 283 28 * * * 5 * *

1,741 808 428 174 264 413 92 324 700 62 414 357

-

8

*

-

*

* * 70

348 765 369 164

* * 17 145

* 64 25 *

* 10 8

3,079 141

4,003 922

2,349 798

35

95 436

*

*

606

995

*

* 5

1,135 1,512 19 760 1,839 12 14 * 63 8 2,345 6

241 1,827 3,098 491 761 483 18 400 300 24 47

345 710 1,190 636 347 293 65 * 167 386 87 1,392

* * -

-

*

122

425

-

* -

23 943 108 5

34 401 273 573

607 91 340 173

*

Cyprus Czech Rep. Denmark Estonia

Finland

51 564

10 57

576 907

* *

188 180

10

-

8

689

-

59 12 15 20 295 22 * * -

7 108 12 * 43 6 12 10 58 6

* 11 29 5 * * 7 6 -

43 67 521 133 548 914 57 115 75 23 29

* 8 35 *

13

-

39 39 54 134

* * -

France Germany 520 627

7,498 6,201

167

3,936

10,383

17 20 199 784 121 173 5 7 93 29 29 44

2,225 1,941 5,324 173 234 507 474 18 967 2,546 3,085 5,269

280 3,412 3,202 5,352 4,348 1,243 650 11 892 1,298 430 249

32

845

4,546

18 10 56 54

2,643 43 2,043 1,162

232 885 1,457 489

…/…


TABLE 7

Applications submitted by country of asylum and origin | 2012 (ctnd) Covering all 44 asylum countries which provided monthly data to UNHCR. See notes in Annex Table 1. Top-20 ranking of countries based on applications lodged in all countries. An asterisk (*) denotes between 1 and 4 applications.

Origin



Origin


584 275

880 145

9 *

Italy

31 14

1,364 335

* 26

* 18

* *

73 6

11 14

147

119 44

New Zealand

Norway

9 13

986 327

*

246

*

5

181

-

*

14

-

587

6

*

-

246

195 2,339 34 315 211 60 138 267 893 29 20

5 327 * 28 45 69 5 27 12 10 *

* * * 12 * * 17 8 -

32 104 10 11 24 6 7 158 18 * 58

26 2,366 18 387 154 778 722 * 1,513 65 69 50

32 298 * * 46 112 255 7

* 8 6 106 23

* 12 * * * -

* 38 * 6 * 296 * *

* 18 31 30 13 7 24 6 * 7

24 * 1,249 434 66 *

108 * 7 6 * -

33 24 * 6 39 5 * * 5 25 *

84 147 371 221 441 2,181 1,183 9 355 109 32 51

*

*

-

*

11

-

-

*

-

169

-

-

-

30

384 165 32 105

* 12 30 59

11 * 6

46 6 * 29

57 65 438 96

125 422 -

* *

* * *

-

302 * 10 33

* -

10 895

9 9 *

169 34 42 122

Poland

Portugal

Rep. of Korea

Romania

Serbia (2) Slovakia

Slovenia

Spain

TfYR Sweden Switzerland Macedonia (3)

Not available

Turkey

United Kingdom

United States (4)

88 107

5 20

* 146

200 256

815 288

63 *

50 32

46 255

4,755 7,814

1,349 1,146

243 5

4,401 24

1,234 1,289

204 704

*

-

-

14

-

-

28

*

3,639

2,084

*

-

38

195

* 34 4,940 25 15 7 * 13 2,960 * *

9 6 * 5 10 * 27 * 14 18

* 244 * * * * 102 308 10

37 335 10 45 23 40 15 33 6 9

247 19 29 505 128 * *

* 5 6 198 28 42 25

6 6 * * 20 * 6 -

5 88 36 20 59 98 20 17 204 9 35 78

67 283 941 1,322 1,529 5,644 2,356 12 501 748 18 85

801 159 298 382 315 762 4,295 * 2,353 614 443 212

174 * 5 93 6 5 * -

5 24 6,942 3,589 776 27 29 * 77

859 4,783 158 411 3,155 663 764 6 1,428 28 2,128 245

15,884 586 881 592 767 274 305 11,067 337 39 237 180

-

-

-

-

*

-

-

*

634

1,031

-

-

*

31

6 8

* *

7 -

* 17 20

8 *

* 11

26

6 10 22

1,490 56 149

73 20 515

-

* -

987 1,180 196

219 1,998 104

-

-

-

600

183

13

23

202

352

681

19

*

291

24

(1)

UNHCR estimates. Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999)). (3) The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. (4) Combination of number of persons (EOIR) and cases (DHS). (2)

28

Japan (1) Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Montenegro Netherlands


TABLE 8

All asylum applications lodged in 44 industrialized countries | 2011-2012 Covering all 44 countries which provided monthly data to UNHCR. See notes in Annex Table 1.

2011 Asylum country

Q1

Q2

2012 Q3

Q4

Q1

Q2

Quarterly change 2012 Q3

Q4

Q2-Q1

Q3-Q2

Q4-Q3

Albania Australia Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Canada Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Japan (1) Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Montenegro Netherlands (2) New Zealand Norway Poland Portugal Republic of Korea Romania Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999)) - of which Kosovo Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Turkey United Kingdom United States

12 2,623 2,757 6,260 10 239 5,949 127 458 110 959 15 712 13,386 10,896 2,529 341 9 385 5,876 404 25 27 66 500 45 23 2,862 75 2,143 716 43 158 258 552 110 51 92 937 6,214 3,722 148 2,653 6,214 17,301

1 2,332 3,055 5,719 7 118 5,567 199 436 104 825 19 662 13,499 9,787 1,953 427 23 301 15,026 466 80 18 43 395 1,587 73 2,848 90 2,359 1,036 53 228 295 973 42 55 82 1,010 6,381 4,758 217 2,528 6,225 19,364

3 2,757 4,547 6,816 18 183 6,368 170 446 145 873 25 844 12,065 11,811 2,428 356 21 319 9,667 482 163 22 136 691 57 66 3,083 76 2,436 1,487 92 233 579 1,149 13 89 65 825 7,425 4,727 213 4,013 6,591 18,912

1 3,776 4,067 7,189 9 165 7,463 311 425 133 1,154 8 867 12,963 13,247 2,401 569 20 285 3,548 515 67 7 161 576 164 73 2,797 64 2,115 2,021 87 392 588 646 23 124 68 642 9,628 6,232 162 6,827 6,868 18,443

3,342 3,527 5,092 5 166 5,527 122 373 138 1,173 16 578 13,689 12,300 1,948 457 13 239 2,211 514 64 14 86 559 123 98 2,670 85 2,086 1,429 68 419 682 392 14 40 42 643 7,553 6,157 52 2,862 6,192 20,451

5 4,537 3,813 4,299 155 5,091 291 403 127 1,492 42 613 12,215 11,000 2,411 363 23 210 3,368 567 61 12 151 640 809 356 1,950 78 2,176 1,696 84 248 775 604 8 129 48 652 8,785 6,608 249 4,025 6,224 22,439

5 4,407 5,184 4,689 13 267 4,560 360 470 110 1,586 10 888 13,537 17,163 2,084 537 47 242 4,542 648 36 24 153 497 693 499 2,168 82 2,776 2,935 95 242 740 841 9 220 67 600 13,380 7,312 152 4,160 7,248 20,364

6 3,500 4,891 4,444 35 641 5,323 421 384 142 1,890 9 843 15,494 24,076 3,134 799 32 248 5,594 814 28 24 139 356 431 578 2,064 79 2,747 3,122 48 234 313 931 14 159 107 684 14,169 5,871 185 5,678 7,746 20,171

.. 36% 8% -16% -100% -7% -8% 139% 8% -8% 27% 163% 6% -11% -11% 24% -21% 77% -12% 52% 10% -5% -14% 76% 14% 558% 263% -27% -8% 4% 19% 24% -41% 14% 54% -43% 223% 14% 1% 16% 7% 379% 41% 1% 10%

0% -3% 36% 9% .. 72% -10% 24% 17% -13% 6% -76% 45% 11% 56% -14% 48% 104% 15% 35% 14% -41% 100% 1% -22% -14% 40% 11% 5% 28% 73% 13% -2% -5% 39% 13% 71% 40% -8% 52% 11% -39% 3% 16% -9%

20% -21% -6% -5% 169% 140% 17% 17% -18% 29% 19% -10% -5% 14% 40% 50% 49% -32% 2% 23% 26% -22% 0% -9% -28% -38% 16% -5% -4% -1% 6% -49% -3% -58% 11% 56% -28% 60% 14% 6% -20% 22% 36% 7% -1%

EU-”Old” (15) EU-”New” (12) EU-Total (27) Nordic countries (5) Western Europe (19) Southern Europe (8) Total Europe (38)

60,530 2,416 62,946 10,037 66,431 9,900 72,372

67,739 4,282 72,021 10,250 74,897 20,066 83,177

68,077 3,731 71,808 11,599 75,283 13,518 84,646

66,319 4,493 70,812 13,784 74,693 7,268 87,215

58,442 3,616 62,058 11,403 66,712 5,366 73,859

57,756 4,759 62,515 13,089 66,575 7,732 76,864

73,903 6,238 80,141 18,677 84,062 8,489 96,330

85,681 6,274 91,955 19,681 94,355 10,281 108,463

-1% 32% 1% 15% -0% 44% 4%

28% 31% 28% 43% 26% 10% 25%

16% 1% 15% 5% 12% 21% 13%

Canada/USA Australia/New Zealand Japan/Rep. of Korea Total non-Europe (6)

23,250 2,698 562 26,510 98,882

24,931 2,422 694 28,047 111,224

25,280 2,833 715 28,828 113,474

25,906 3,840 907 30,653 117,868

25,978 3,427 933 30,338 104,197

27,530 4,615 815 32,960 109,824

24,924 4,489 890 30,303 126,633

25,494 3,579 1,048 30,121 138,584

6% 35% -13% 9% 5%

-9% -3% 9% -8% 15%

2% -20% 18% -1% 9%

Total (1)

Japan: UNHCR estimate. Netherlands: January to July 2012 data includes information provided by the Dutch authorities. August to December 2012 estimated by UNHCR using a statistical model (seasonal ARIMA). No information is available on the country of origin of asylum-seekers.

(2)


TABLE 9

Origin of asylum applicants in 44 industrialized countries by quarter | 2011 Covering all 44 countries which provided monthly data to UNHCR.

No. of applications Origin

Afghanistan China Iraq Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999)) Pakistan Islamic Rep. of Iran Russian Federation Somalia Nigeria Eritrea Tunisia Mexico Sri Lanka Bangladesh Syrian Arab Rep. Georgia Turkey India Dem. Rep. of the Congo Guinea Armenia Côte d’Ivoire The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Algeria Ghana El Salvador Hungary Libya Mali Haiti Egypt Sudan (1) Guatemala Ethiopia Stateless Albania Nepal Bosnia and Herzegovina Morocco Azerbaijan Other Total (1)

30

Change (%)

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Total

7,256 5,723 5,554 6,439 3,755 4,048 3,820 2,935 2,254 2,378 3,721 1,936 2,309 1,713 1,400 1,355 1,910 1,601 1,611 1,625 1,335 1,342 1,545 1,047 420 1,181 711 479 323 1,159 788 689 819 760 913 500 647 416 503 604 16,090 95,614

8,563 6,053 4,709 4,055 4,379 3,567 3,680 4,384 4,886 3,643 1,911 2,238 2,054 2,802 1,649 1,456 1,591 1,671 1,618 1,552 1,631 2,683 2,076 1,149 2,326 1,189 904 1,555 1,850 1,093 828 1,053 861 966 781 593 649 529 560 482 17,186 107,405

10,619 6,521 5,905 3,339 5,424 4,648 4,818 4,429 4,112 2,581 1,769 2,297 1,972 2,148 2,688 1,967 1,466 1,845 1,656 1,634 1,633 1,320 829 1,380 1,408 1,141 1,015 1,351 1,321 824 1,021 1,081 939 908 872 786 826 762 829 617 16,851 109,552

9,809 6,269 7,575 7,516 5,581 5,912 5,044 4,485 2,668 2,333 1,543 2,437 2,226 1,845 2,758 2,124 1,876 1,660 1,780 1,554 1,631 827 1,180 1,449 540 1,105 1,858 578 451 842 1,244 846 1,037 751 803 1,477 788 1,184 883 685 16,878 114,032

36,247 24,566 23,743 21,349 19,139 18,175 17,362 16,233 13,920 10,935 8,944 8,908 8,561 8,508 8,495 6,902 6,843 6,777 6,665 6,365 6,230 6,172 5,630 5,025 4,694 4,616 4,488 3,963 3,945 3,918 3,881 3,669 3,656 3,385 3,369 3,356 2,910 2,891 2,775 2,388 67,005 426,603

Q3-Q2

Q4-Q3

18% 6% -15% -37% 17% -12% -4% 49% 117% 53% -49% 16% -11% 64% 18% 7% -17% 4% 0% -4% 22% 100% 34% 10% 454% 1% 27% 225% 473% -6% 5% 53% 5% 27% -14% 19% 0% 27% 11% -20% 7% 12%

24% 8% 25% -18% 24% 30% 31% 1% -16% -29% -7% 3% -4% -23% 63% 35% -8% 10% 2% 5% 0% -51% -60% 20% -39% -4% 12% -13% -29% -25% 23% 3% 9% -6% 12% 33% 27% 44% 48% 28% -2% 2%

-8% -4% 28% 125% 3% 27% 5% 1% -35% -10% -13% 6% 13% -14% 3% 8% 28% -10% 7% -5% -0% -37% 42% 5% -62% -3% 83% -57% -66% 2% 22% -22% 10% -17% -8% 88% -5% 55% 7% 11% 0% 4%

Figures may include citizens of South Sudan in the absence of separate statistics available for Sudan and South Sudan.


Share (%)

Q2-Q1

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

7.6 6.0 5.8 6.7 3.9 4.2 4.0 3.1 2.4 2.5 3.9 2.0 2.4 1.8 1.5 1.4 2.0 1.7 1.7 1.7 1.4 1.4 1.6 1.1 0.4 1.2 0.7 0.5 0.3 1.2 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.8 1.0 0.5 0.7 0.4 0.5 0.6 16.8 100.0

8.0 5.6 4.4 3.8 4.1 3.3 3.4 4.1 4.5 3.4 1.8 2.1 1.9 2.6 1.5 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.5 2.5 1.9 1.1 2.2 1.1 0.8 1.4 1.7 1.0 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 16.0 100.0

9.7 6.0 5.4 3.0 5.0 4.2 4.4 4.0 3.8 2.4 1.6 2.1 1.8 2.0 2.5 1.8 1.3 1.7 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.2 0.8 1.3 1.3 1.0 0.9 1.2 1.2 0.8 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.6 15.4 100.0

8.6 5.5 6.6 6.6 4.9 5.2 4.4 3.9 2.3 2.0 1.4 2.1 2.0 1.6 2.4 1.9 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.4 0.7 1.0 1.3 0.5 1.0 1.6 0.5 0.4 0.7 1.1 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.7 1.3 0.7 1.0 0.8 0.6 14.8 100.0

TABLE 10

Origin of asylum applicants in 44 industrialized countries by quarter | 2012 Covering all 44 countries which provided monthly data to UNHCR. (1)


Afghanistan Syrian Arab Rep. Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999)) China Pakistan Russian Federation Iraq Islamic Rep. of Iran Somalia Eritrea Mexico Nigeria Georgia Sri Lanka Dem. Rep. of the Congo The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Albania India Turkey Algeria Bangladesh Bosnia and Herzegovina Egypt El Salvador Guinea Armenia Tunisia Guatemala Stateless Morocco Haiti Ethiopia Sudan (2) Nepal Mali Côte d’Ivoire Ghana Senegal Honduras Cameroon Other Total

Change (%)

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Total

7,748 2,834 4,899 6,045 4,712 4,340 4,472 3,984 3,406 2,313 2,662 2,383 2,039 2,347 2,329 1,044 988 1,827 1,712 1,515 1,699 687 1,366 1,362 1,238 1,282 1,176 1,073 683 830 1,071 736 675 749 376 613 542 636 585 612 18,588 100,178

8,761 3,671 3,277 6,368 5,350 3,944 4,642 4,380 4,751 2,524 3,220 2,510 2,417 2,681 2,106 1,109 2,124 1,821 1,659 1,704 1,525 976 1,254 1,378 1,218 866 1,193 1,119 936 980 951 835 775 685 604 701 633 821 653 626 17,501 105,249

9,796 8,193 6,695 6,043 6,431 5,831 4,973 5,123 4,535 3,202 2,932 2,993 3,295 2,836 2,008 3,204 2,027 1,711 1,577 1,667 1,433 1,967 1,274 1,147 1,161 1,177 1,039 990 1,214 955 746 928 904 760 775 730 823 494 622 522 17,572 122,305

10,329 10,057 9,469 5,653 6,736 7,741 5,497 5,581 5,102 3,821 2,663 3,124 2,974 2,255 2,128 2,555 2,559 1,620 1,854 1,834 1,805 2,278 1,462 1,238 1,361 1,297 1,135 1,121 1,428 1,168 885 1,042 947 670 1,081 755 681 678 635 596 18,470 134,285

36,634 24,755 24,340 24,109 23,229 21,856 19,584 19,068 17,794 11,860 11,477 11,010 10,725 10,119 8,571 7,912 7,698 6,979 6,802 6,720 6,462 5,908 5,356 5,125 4,978 4,622 4,543 4,303 4,261 3,933 3,653 3,541 3,301 2,864 2,836 2,799 2,679 2,629 2,495 2,356 72,131 462,017

Share (%)

Q2-Q1

Q3-Q2

Q4-Q3

13% 30% -33% 5% 14% -9% 4% 10% 39% 9% 21% 5% 19% 14% -10% 6% 115% -0% -3% 12% -10% 42% -8% 1% -2% -32% 1% 4% 37% 18% -11% 13% 15% -9% 61% 14% 17% 29% 12% 2% -6% 5%

12% 123% 104% -5% 20% 48% 7% 17% -5% 27% -9% 19% 36% 6% -5% 189% -5% -6% -5% -2% -6% 102% 2% -17% -5% 36% -13% -12% 30% -3% -22% 11% 17% 11% 28% 4% 30% -40% -5% -17% 0% 16%

5% 23% 41% -6% 5% 33% 11% 9% 13% 19% -9% 4% -10% -20% 6% -20% 26% -5% 18% 10% 26% 16% 15% 8% 17% 10% 9% 13% 18% 22% 19% 12% 5% -12% 39% 3% -17% 37% 2% 14% 5% 10%

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

7.7 2.8 4.9 6.0 4.7 4.3 4.5 4.0 3.4 2.3 2.7 2.4 2.0 2.3 2.3 1.0 1.0 1.8 1.7 1.5 1.7 0.7 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.1 0.7 0.8 1.1 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 18.6 100.0

8.3 3.5 3.1 6.1 5.1 3.7 4.4 4.2 4.5 2.4 3.1 2.4 2.3 2.5 2.0 1.1 2.0 1.7 1.6 1.6 1.4 0.9 1.2 1.3 1.2 0.8 1.1 1.1 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.6 16.6 100.0

8.0 6.7 5.5 4.9 5.3 4.8 4.1 4.2 3.7 2.6 2.4 2.4 2.7 2.3 1.6 2.6 1.7 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.6 1.0 0.9 0.9 1.0 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.5 0.4 14.4 100.0

7.7 7.5 7.1 4.2 5.0 5.8 4.1 4.2 3.8 2.8 2.0 2.3 2.2 1.7 1.6 1.9 1.9 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.7 1.1 0.9 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.8 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 13.8 100.0



TABLE 11

Origin of asylum applicants in Europe by quarter | 2011 Covering 38 European countries which provided monthly data to UNHCR.


Afghanistan Iraq Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999)) Pakistan Russian Federation Somalia Islamic Rep. of Iran Nigeria Eritrea Tunisia Syrian Arab Rep. Bangladesh Sri Lanka Georgia Dem. Rep. of the Congo Turkey Armenia China Guinea The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Côte d’Ivoire Algeria Ghana Mali Libya Sudan (1) Albania India Stateless Morocco Bosnia and Herzegovina Azerbaijan Egypt Haiti Senegal Ethiopia Cameroon Gambia Mongolia Viet Nam Other Total (1)

32

Change (%)

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Total

6,901 5,208 6,370 3,141 3,534 2,760 3,288 1,994 2,078 3,683 1,340 1,539 1,933 1,323 1,470 1,717 1,281 1,500 1,517 1,530 1,207 1,001 363 224 419 620 403 639 691 483 350 583 391 576 450 386 390 403 338 417 7,931 72,372

8,083 4,467 3,966 3,720 3,260 4,230 2,977 4,638 3,390 1,894 1,546 2,643 1,660 1,428 1,500 1,431 1,593 1,429 1,457 2,069 2,442 1,106 2,269 1,751 1,323 986 495 693 728 532 454 456 447 593 537 673 401 411 357 394 8,748 83,177

10,102 5,633 3,263 4,668 4,497 4,225 3,865 3,843 2,381 1,735 2,530 1,920 1,605 1,942 1,514 1,299 1,585 1,591 1,540 823 1,176 1,341 1,348 1,261 1,147 1,005 677 748 721 801 711 590 589 455 504 554 407 407 397 427 8,819 84,646

8,751 7,277 7,414 4,677 4,761 4,314 4,916 2,353 2,209 1,511 2,542 1,667 1,758 2,101 1,672 1,649 1,588 1,505 1,450 1,163 726 1,379 484 383 524 763 1,366 655 595 867 1,159 670 730 427 534 403 503 360 473 324 8,612 87,215

33,837 22,585 21,013 16,206 16,052 15,529 15,046 12,828 10,058 8,823 7,958 7,769 6,956 6,794 6,156 6,096 6,047 6,025 5,964 5,585 5,551 4,827 4,464 3,619 3,413 3,374 2,941 2,735 2,735 2,683 2,674 2,299 2,157 2,051 2,025 2,016 1,701 1,581 1,565 1,562 34,110 327,410

Q3-Q2

Q4-Q3

17% -14% -38% 18% -8% 53% -9% 133% 63% -49% 15% 72% -14% 8% 2% -17% 24% -5% -4% 35% 102% 10% 525% 682% 216% 59% 23% 8% 5% 10% 30% -22% 14% 3% 19% 74% 3% 2% 6% -6% 10% 15%

25% 26% -18% 25% 38% -0% 30% -17% -30% -8% 64% -27% -3% 36% 1% -9% -1% 11% 6% -60% -52% 21% -41% -28% -13% 2% 37% 8% -1% 51% 57% 29% 32% -23% -6% -18% 1% -1% 11% 8% 1% 2%

-13% 29% 127% 0% 6% 2% 27% -39% -7% -13% 0% -13% 10% 8% 10% 27% 0% -5% -6% 41% -38% 3% -64% -70% -54% -24% 102% -12% -17% 8% 63% 14% 24% -6% 6% -27% 24% -12% 19% -24% -2% 3%



Share (%)

Q2-Q1

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

9.5 7.2 8.8 4.3 4.9 3.8 4.5 2.8 2.9 5.1 1.9 2.1 2.7 1.8 2.0 2.4 1.8 2.1 2.1 2.1 1.7 1.4 0.5 0.3 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.9 1.0 0.7 0.5 0.8 0.5 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 11.0 100.0

9.7 5.4 4.8 4.5 3.9 5.1 3.6 5.6 4.1 2.3 1.9 3.2 2.0 1.7 1.8 1.7 1.9 1.7 1.8 2.5 2.9 1.3 2.7 2.1 1.6 1.2 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 10.5 100.0

11.9 6.7 3.9 5.5 5.3 5.0 4.6 4.5 2.8 2.0 3.0 2.3 1.9 2.3 1.8 1.5 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.0 1.4 1.6 1.6 1.5 1.4 1.2 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 10.4 100.0

10.0 8.3 8.5 5.4 5.5 4.9 5.6 2.7 2.5 1.7 2.9 1.9 2.0 2.4 1.9 1.9 1.8 1.7 1.7 1.3 0.8 1.6 0.6 0.4 0.6 0.9 1.6 0.8 0.7 1.0 1.3 0.8 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.4 9.9 100.0

TABLE 12

Origin of asylum applicants in Europe by quarter | 2012 Covering 38 European countries which provided monthly data to UNHCR. (1)


Afghanistan Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999)) Syrian Arab Rep. Russian Federation Pakistan Iraq Somalia Islamic Rep. of Iran Eritrea Georgia Nigeria Dem. Rep. of the Congo The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Albania Sri Lanka Algeria Bosnia and Herzegovina Turkey Bangladesh China Guinea Armenia Tunisia Morocco Stateless India Sudan (2) Mali Egypt Côte d’Ivoire Senegal Ghana Ethiopia Azerbaijan Gambia Mauritania Libya Haiti Cameroon Viet Nam Other Total

Change (%)

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Total

6,786 4,792 2,532 4,029 3,852 4,085 3,241 3,408 2,187 2,011 2,058 2,199 1,037 845 1,806 1,466 654 1,429 1,532 1,279 1,155 1,229 1,147 808 574 752 610 305 650 519 589 469 422 571 371 417 400 545 404 312 10,382 73,859

7,349 3,146 3,432 3,554 4,450 4,302 4,591 3,620 2,446 2,391 2,219 1,984 1,099 1,987 1,693 1,663 949 1,422 1,333 1,399 1,152 836 1,173 956 677 742 723 519 607 618 771 580 490 412 451 416 405 454 401 388 9,064 76,864

9,093 6,611 7,873 5,505 5,557 4,574 4,362 4,307 3,106 3,259 2,630 1,856 3,194 1,891 1,513 1,624 1,952 1,337 1,225 1,282 1,082 1,141 1,018 933 1,067 819 801 693 669 665 445 703 538 462 474 429 411 296 355 439 10,139 96,330

9,744 9,353 9,552 7,434 5,898 5,086 4,894 4,774 3,710 2,950 2,788 1,971 2,542 2,385 1,523 1,773 2,265 1,602 1,581 1,321 1,296 1,244 1,108 1,147 1,329 819 868 1,014 576 676 632 576 620 570 694 458 408 327 410 423 10,122 108,463

32,972 23,902 23,389 20,522 19,757 18,047 17,088 16,109 11,449 10,611 9,695 8,010 7,872 7,108 6,535 6,526 5,820 5,790 5,671 5,281 4,685 4,450 4,446 3,844 3,647 3,132 3,002 2,531 2,502 2,478 2,437 2,328 2,070 2,015 1,990 1,720 1,624 1,622 1,570 1,562 39,707 355,516

Share (%)

Q2-Q1

Q3-Q2

Q4-Q3

8% -34% 36% -12% 16% 5% 42% 6% 12% 19% 8% -10% 6% 135% -6% 13% 45% -0% -13% 9% -0% -32% 2% 18% 18% -1% 19% 70% -7% 19% 31% 24% 16% -28% 22% -0% 1% -17% -1% 24% -13% 4%

24% 110% 129% 55% 25% 6% -5% 19% 27% 36% 19% -6% 191% -5% -11% -2% 106% -6% -8% -8% -6% 36% -13% -2% 58% 10% 11% 34% 10% 8% -42% 21% 10% 12% 5% 3% 1% -35% -11% 13% 12% 25%

7% 41% 21% 35% 6% 11% 12% 11% 19% -9% 6% 6% -20% 26% 1% 9% 16% 20% 29% 3% 20% 9% 9% 23% 25% 0% 8% 46% -14% 2% 42% -18% 15% 23% 46% 7% -1% 10% 15% -4% -0% 13%

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

9.2 6.5 3.4 5.5 5.2 5.5 4.4 4.6 3.0 2.7 2.8 3.0 1.4 1.1 2.4 2.0 0.9 1.9 2.1 1.7 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.1 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.4 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.4 14.1 100.0

9.6 4.1 4.5 4.6 5.8 5.6 6.0 4.7 3.2 3.1 2.9 2.6 1.4 2.6 2.2 2.2 1.2 1.9 1.7 1.8 1.5 1.1 1.5 1.2 0.9 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 11.8 100.0

9.4 6.9 8.2 5.7 5.8 4.7 4.5 4.5 3.2 3.4 2.7 1.9 3.3 2.0 1.6 1.7 2.0 1.4 1.3 1.3 1.1 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.1 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.5 10.5 100.0

9.0 8.6 8.8 6.9 5.4 4.7 4.5 4.4 3.4 2.7 2.6 1.8 2.3 2.2 1.4 1.6 2.1 1.5 1.5 1.2 1.2 1.1 1.0 1.1 1.2 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 9.3 100.0



TABLE 13

Origin of asylum applicants in the European Union (27) by quarter | 2011 Covering 27 European Union countries which provided monthly data to UNHCR.


Afghanistan Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999)) Russian Federation Pakistan Iraq Somalia Nigeria Islamic Rep. of Iran Bangladesh Syrian Arab Rep. Sri Lanka Georgia Tunisia Armenia Dem. Rep. of the Congo Guinea Turkey Eritrea Côte d’Ivoire China The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Ghana Algeria Mali Sudan (1) Albania Libya India Stateless Bosnia and Herzegovina Azerbaijan Haiti Egypt Morocco Senegal Cameroon Viet Nam Ethiopia Mongolia Mauritania Other Total (1)

34

Change (%)

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Total

5,808 6,029 3,374 3,022 3,612 2,146 1,632 2,496 1,518 1,128 1,767 1,254 3,417 1,256 1,391 1,412 1,578 1,088 1,103 1,364 1,354 332 875 214 522 383 386 610 613 322 551 574 349 337 411 327 409 262 323 328 7,069 62,946

6,348 3,674 3,141 3,444 3,173 3,264 4,341 2,210 2,624 1,351 1,577 1,340 1,069 1,570 1,453 1,379 1,301 1,783 2,364 1,257 1,717 2,234 929 1,741 892 482 1,177 673 663 416 440 592 416 363 497 374 386 532 335 392 8,107 72,021

7,619 3,003 4,312 4,368 3,837 2,832 3,436 2,960 1,898 2,148 1,507 1,851 1,096 1,546 1,452 1,433 1,164 1,451 1,114 1,317 707 1,302 1,138 1,243 912 644 905 695 634 655 581 453 561 628 464 395 421 422 373 321 8,010 71,808

6,904 6,469 4,603 4,546 3,271 3,165 1,837 3,184 1,611 2,211 1,619 2,009 703 1,567 1,595 1,368 1,488 1,205 661 1,264 944 390 1,163 364 665 1,339 378 637 536 1,041 643 427 707 610 483 464 313 288 431 380 7,329 70,812

26,679 19,175 15,430 15,380 13,893 11,407 11,246 10,850 7,651 6,838 6,470 6,454 6,285 5,939 5,891 5,592 5,531 5,527 5,242 5,202 4,722 4,258 4,105 3,562 2,991 2,848 2,846 2,615 2,446 2,434 2,215 2,046 2,033 1,938 1,855 1,560 1,529 1,504 1,462 1,421 30,515 277,587

Q3-Q2

Q4-Q3

9% -39% -7% 14% -12% 52% 166% -11% 73% 20% -11% 7% -69% 25% 4% -2% -18% 64% 114% -8% 27% 573% 6% 714% 71% 26% 205% 10% 8% 29% -20% 3% 19% 8% 21% 14% -6% 103% 4% 20% 15% 14%

20% -18% 37% 27% 21% -13% -21% 34% -28% 59% -4% 38% 3% -2% -0% 4% -11% -19% -53% 5% -59% -42% 22% -29% 2% 34% -23% 3% -4% 57% 32% -23% 35% 73% -7% 6% 9% -21% 11% -18% -1% -0%

-9% 115% 7% 4% -15% 12% -47% 8% -15% 3% 7% 9% -36% 1% 10% -5% 28% -17% -41% -4% 34% -70% 2% -71% -27% 108% -58% -8% -15% 59% 11% -6% 26% -3% 4% 17% -26% -32% 16% 18% -9% -1%



Share (%)

Q2-Q1

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

9.2 9.6 5.4 4.8 5.7 3.4 2.6 4.0 2.4 1.8 2.8 2.0 5.4 2.0 2.2 2.2 2.5 1.7 1.8 2.2 2.2 0.5 1.4 0.3 0.8 0.6 0.6 1.0 1.0 0.5 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.5 11.2 100.0

8.8 5.1 4.4 4.8 4.4 4.5 6.0 3.1 3.6 1.9 2.2 1.9 1.5 2.2 2.0 1.9 1.8 2.5 3.3 1.7 2.4 3.1 1.3 2.4 1.2 0.7 1.6 0.9 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.5 0.5 11.3 100.0

10.6 4.2 6.0 6.1 5.3 3.9 4.8 4.1 2.6 3.0 2.1 2.6 1.5 2.2 2.0 2.0 1.6 2.0 1.6 1.8 1.0 1.8 1.6 1.7 1.3 0.9 1.3 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.8 0.6 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 11.2 100.0

9.7 9.1 6.5 6.4 4.6 4.5 2.6 4.5 2.3 3.1 2.3 2.8 1.0 2.2 2.3 1.9 2.1 1.7 0.9 1.8 1.3 0.6 1.6 0.5 0.9 1.9 0.5 0.9 0.8 1.5 0.9 0.6 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.5 10.3 100.0

TABLE 14

Origin of asylum applicants in the European Union (27) by quarter | 2012 Covering 27 European Union countries which provided monthly data to UNHCR. (1)


Afghanistan Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999)) Syrian Arab Rep. Russian Federation Pakistan Somalia Islamic Rep. of Iran Iraq Georgia Dem. Rep. of the Congo Nigeria Albania The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Sri Lanka Eritrea Bosnia and Herzegovina Bangladesh Turkey Algeria China Armenia Guinea Stateless India Morocco Côte d’Ivoire Sudan (2) Egypt Mali Tunisia Senegal Azerbaijan Ghana Mauritania Haiti Ethiopia Viet Nam Cameroon Gambia Libya Other Total

Change (%)

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Total

5,753 4,042 2,212 3,902 3,746 2,359 2,412 2,595 1,899 2,109 1,492 816 758 1,680 896 552 1,470 1,290 1,224 1,085 1,199 1,068 507 741 550 475 512 598 284 557 497 558 382 395 545 299 303 380 271 327 9,318 62,058

5,673 2,728 3,059 3,412 4,259 3,154 2,512 2,397 2,234 1,901 1,553 1,922 833 1,569 986 871 1,210 1,271 1,099 1,159 810 1,051 606 731 625 571 557 535 449 539 676 392 474 383 454 376 381 379 323 307 8,094 62,515

6,612 5,656 7,334 5,323 5,226 3,271 3,092 2,802 3,023 1,780 1,831 1,824 2,712 1,389 1,596 1,724 1,080 1,194 1,037 1,044 1,104 975 977 799 634 623 598 609 622 535 375 442 602 402 292 369 436 331 316 337 9,213 80,141

6,643 9,112 8,822 7,186 5,604 3,691 3,674 2,670 2,721 1,874 2,047 2,291 2,504 1,419 2,305 2,186 1,458 1,456 1,108 1,103 1,207 1,198 1,264 787 736 635 593 515 900 513 524 564 494 446 323 497 413 373 489 331 9,279 91,955

24,681 21,538 21,427 19,823 18,835 12,475 11,690 10,464 9,877 7,664 6,923 6,853 6,807 6,057 5,783 5,333 5,218 5,211 4,468 4,391 4,320 4,292 3,354 3,058 2,545 2,304 2,260 2,257 2,255 2,144 2,072 1,956 1,952 1,626 1,614 1,541 1,533 1,463 1,399 1,302 35,904 296,669

Share (%)

Q2-Q1

Q3-Q2

Q4-Q3

-1% -33% 38% -13% 14% 34% 4% -8% 18% -10% 4% 136% 10% -7% 10% 58% -18% -1% -10% 7% -32% -2% 20% -1% 14% 20% 9% -11% 58% -3% 36% -30% 24% -3% -17% 26% 26% -0% 19% -6% -13% 1%

17% 107% 140% 56% 23% 4% 23% 17% 35% -6% 18% -5% 226% -11% 62% 98% -11% -6% -6% -10% 36% -7% 61% 9% 1% 9% 7% 14% 39% -1% -45% 13% 27% 5% -36% -2% 14% -13% -2% 10% 14% 28%

0% 61% 20% 35% 7% 13% 19% -5% -10% 5% 12% 26% -8% 2% 44% 27% 35% 22% 7% 6% 9% 23% 29% -2% 16% 2% -1% -15% 45% -4% 40% 28% -18% 11% 11% 35% -5% 13% 55% -2% 1% 15%

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

9.3 6.5 3.6 6.3 6.0 3.8 3.9 4.2 3.1 3.4 2.4 1.3 1.2 2.7 1.4 0.9 2.4 2.1 2.0 1.7 1.9 1.7 0.8 1.2 0.9 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.5 0.9 0.8 0.9 0.6 0.6 0.9 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.5 15.0 100.0

9.1 4.4 4.9 5.5 6.8 5.0 4.0 3.8 3.6 3.0 2.5 3.1 1.3 2.5 1.6 1.4 1.9 2.0 1.8 1.9 1.3 1.7 1.0 1.2 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.9 1.1 0.6 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 12.9 100.0

8.3 7.1 9.2 6.6 6.5 4.1 3.9 3.5 3.8 2.2 2.3 2.3 3.4 1.7 2.0 2.2 1.3 1.5 1.3 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.5 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.4 11.5 100.0

7.2 9.9 9.6 7.8 6.1 4.0 4.0 2.9 3.0 2.0 2.2 2.5 2.7 1.5 2.5 2.4 1.6 1.6 1.2 1.2 1.3 1.3 1.4 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 1.0 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.4 10.1 100.0



TABLE 15

Origin of asylum applicants in Canada and the United States of America | 2011


Q1

China Mexico Hungary El Salvador Guatemala India Haiti Honduras Colombia Pakistan Nepal Ethiopia Russian Federation Egypt Nigeria Islamic Rep. of Iran Sri Lanka Eritrea Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Namibia Ecuador Jamaica Somalia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Iraq United States (1) Cameroon Afghanistan Côte d’Ivoire Saint Lucia Dem. Rep. of the Congo Bangladesh Syrian Arab Rep. Kenya Turkey Cuba Brazil Romania Albania Dem. People’s Rep. of Korea Other Total (1)

36

3,905 1,918 707 1,135 811 824 583 409 397 337 338 358 285 251 231 196 249 297 223 325 202 187 173 181 216 138 172 121 131 170 138 123 51 104 95 118 113 67 95 90 3,518 19,982

Q2 4,376 2,221 893 1,149 851 773 500 509 415 328 330 288 415 292 231 194 197 251 218 274 212 196 149 132 145 140 154 149 214 117 117 112 87 107 100 112 111 76 96 94 3,787 21,112

Refers to applications lodged in Canada.


Change (%)

Q3

Q4

Total

4,607 2,279 1,009 1,083 929 848 369 473 360 412 397 340 317 340 232 255 227 194 211 134 175 168 196 192 145 168 152 179 143 131 138 141 118 107 90 93 98 113 103 95 3,597 21,358

4,415 2,421 1,843 1,073 1,027 763 415 469 348 409 365 332 281 397 248 264 216 124 210 102 241 158 170 152 138 176 144 167 92 160 98 92 182 109 132 94 83 147 109 117 3,587 22,070

17,303 8,839 4,452 4,440 3,618 3,208 1,867 1,860 1,520 1,486 1,430 1,318 1,298 1,280 942 909 889 866 862 835 830 709 688 657 644 622 622 616 580 578 491 468 438 427 417 417 405 403 403 396 14,489 84,522

Q2-Q1 12% 16% 26% 1% 5% -6% -14% 24% 5% -3% -2% -20% 46% 16% 0% -1% -21% -15% -2% -16% 5% 5% -14% -27% -33% 1% -10% 23% 63% -31% -15% -9% 71% 3% 5% -5% -2% 13% 1% 4% 8% 6%

Q3-Q2 5% 3% 13% -6% 9% 10% -26% -7% -13% 26% 20% 18% -24% 16% 0% 31% 15% -23% -3% -51% -17% -14% 32% 45% 0% 20% -1% 20% -33% 12% 18% 26% 36% 0% -10% -17% -12% 49% 7% 1% -5% 1%

Share (%) Q4-Q3 -4% 6% 83% -1% 11% -10% 12% -1% -3% -1% -8% -2% -11% 17% 7% 4% -5% -36% -0% -24% 38% -6% -13% -21% -5% 5% -5% -7% -36% 22% -29% -35% 54% 2% 47% 1% -15% 30% 6% 23% -0% 3%

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

19.5 9.6 3.5 5.7 4.1 4.1 2.9 2.0 2.0 1.7 1.7 1.8 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.2 1.5 1.1 1.6 1.0 0.9 0.9 0.9 1.1 0.7 0.9 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.5 17.6 100.0

20.7 10.5 4.2 5.4 4.0 3.7 2.4 2.4 2.0 1.6 1.6 1.4 2.0 1.4 1.1 0.9 0.9 1.2 1.0 1.3 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.7 1.0 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.4 17.9 100.0

21.6 10.7 4.7 5.1 4.3 4.0 1.7 2.2 1.7 1.9 1.9 1.6 1.5 1.6 1.1 1.2 1.1 0.9 1.0 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 16.8 100.0

20.0 11.0 8.4 4.9 4.7 3.5 1.9 2.1 1.6 1.9 1.7 1.5 1.3 1.8 1.1 1.2 1.0 0.6 1.0 0.5 1.1 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.4 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.7 0.5 0.5 16.3 100.0

TABLE 16

Origin of asylum applicants in Canada and the United States of America | 2012


China Mexico El Salvador Guatemala India Egypt Honduras Haiti Hungary Nepal Ecuador Pakistan Ethiopia Russian Federation Colombia Syrian Arab Rep. Nigeria Islamic Rep. of Iran Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) Iraq Dem. People’s Rep. of Korea Croatia Cameroon Somalia Sri Lanka Romania Jamaica Albania Afghanistan Dem. Rep. of the Congo Kenya Brazil Turkey Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999)) Ukraine Bangladesh Saint Lucia Slovakia Eritrea Peru Other Total

Q1

Q2

Q3

4,435 2,643 1,316 1,067 833 601 552 526 698 427 271 283 302 306 321 236 277 239 186 171 176 149 193 157 168 131 153 138 121 118 130 112 138 107 87 109 124 274 124 97 7,898 21,959

4,690 3,195 1,335 1,109 789 580 632 497 709 388 393 354 326 383 359 192 240 255 215 169 198 96 189 160 209 167 150 131 121 122 137 146 118 131 141 115 110 68 76 111 8,139 22,955

4,426 2,912 1,094 982 596 525 607 450 119 500 385 307 368 316 294 228 253 246 204 213 164 153 149 166 131 124 119 128 149 147 127 133 121 84 103 100 113 13 95 100 7,578 20,596

Change (%) Q4 4,074 2,641 1,204 1,106 545 747 625 558 319 403 374 450 395 304 324 384 267 291 217 213 167 302 163 204 143 163 154 170 175 150 134 109 96 114 93 99 70 55 102 84 7,081 21,195

Total 17,625 11,391 4,949 4,264 2,763 2,453 2,416 2,031 1,845 1,718 1,423 1,394 1,391 1,309 1,298 1,040 1,037 1,031 822 766 705 700 694 687 651 585 576 567 566 537 528 500 473 436 424 423 417 410 397 392 30,696 86,705

Q2-Q1 6% 21% 1% 4% -5% -3% 14% -6% 2% -9% 45% 25% 8% 25% 12% -19% -13% 7% 16% -1% 13% -36% -2% 2% 24% 27% -2% -5% 0% 3% 5% 30% -14% 22% 62% 6% -11% -75% -39% 14% 3% 5%

Q3-Q2 -6% -9% -18% -11% -24% -9% -4% -9% -83% 29% -2% -13% 13% -17% -18% 19% 5% -4% -5% 26% -17% 59% -21% 4% -37% -26% -21% -2% 23% 20% -7% -9% 3% -36% -27% -13% 3% -81% 25% -10% -7% -10%

Share (%) Q4-Q3 -8% -9% 10% 13% -9% 42% 3% 24% 168% -19% -3% 47% 7% -4% 10% 68% 6% 18% 6% 0% 2% 97% 9% 23% 9% 31% 29% 33% 17% 2% 6% -18% -21% 36% -10% -1% -38% 323% 7% -16% -7% 3%

Q1 20.2 12.0 6.0 4.9 3.8 2.7 2.5 2.4 3.2 1.9 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.4 1.5 1.1 1.3 1.1 0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.6 1.2 0.6 0.4 36.0 100.0

Q2 20.4 13.9 5.8 4.8 3.4 2.5 2.8 2.2 3.1 1.7 1.7 1.5 1.4 1.7 1.6 0.8 1.0 1.1 0.9 0.7 0.9 0.4 0.8 0.7 0.9 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.5 35.5 100.0

Q3 21.5 14.1 5.3 4.8 2.9 2.5 2.9 2.2 0.6 2.4 1.9 1.5 1.8 1.5 1.4 1.1 1.2 1.2 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.1 0.5 0.5 36.8 100.0

Q4 19.2 12.5 5.7 5.2 2.6 3.5 2.9 2.6 1.5 1.9 1.8 2.1 1.9 1.4 1.5 1.8 1.3 1.4 1.0 1.0 0.8 1.4 0.8 1.0 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.5 0.4 33.4 100.0


TABLE 17

Origin of asylum applicants in Australia and New Zealand | 2011

No. of applications

Change (%)

Origin

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Total

Islamic Rep. of Iran Afghanistan China Pakistan India Stateless Iraq Egypt Sri Lanka Fiji Nepal Libya Malaysia Zimbabwe Indonesia Lebanon Bangladesh Viet Nam Syrian Arab Rep. Turkey Other

548 221 309 157 132 200 125 146 63 118 75 10 49 71 48 37 35 36 7 30 281 2,698

389 316 239 204 194 27 96 86 132 44 58 52 39 39 50 31 19 30 16 24 337 2,422

513 312 318 191 222 118 127 92 46 55 86 118 42 46 41 39 33 41 40 22 331 2,833

721 881 344 291 220 183 158 114 149 89 55 26 53 27 37 53 48 24 32 19 316 3,840

2,171 1,730 1,210 843 768 528 506 438 390 306 274 206 183 183 176 160 135 131 95 95 1,265 11,793

Total

TABLE 18

Q2-Q1 -29% 43% -23% 30% 47% -87% -23% -41% 110% -63% -23% 420% -20% -45% 4% -16% -46% -17% 129% -20% 20% -10%

Q3-Q2 32% -1% 33% -6% 14% 337% 32% 7% -65% 25% 48% 127% 8% 18% -18% 26% 74% 37% 150% -8% -2% 17%

Share (%) Q4-Q3 41% 182% 8% 52% -1% 55% 24% 24% 224% 62% -36% -78% 26% -41% -10% 36% 45% -41% -20% -14% -5% 36%

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

20.3 8.2 11.5 5.8 4.9 7.4 4.6 5.4 2.3 4.4 2.8 0.4 1.8 2.6 1.8 1.4 1.3 1.3 0.3 1.1 10.4 100.0

16.1 13.0 9.9 8.4 8.0 1.1 4.0 3.6 5.5 1.8 2.4 2.1 1.6 1.6 2.1 1.3 0.8 1.2 0.7 1.0 13.9 100.0

18.1 11.0 11.2 6.7 7.8 4.2 4.5 3.2 1.6 1.9 3.0 4.2 1.5 1.6 1.4 1.4 1.2 1.4 1.4 0.8 11.7 100.0

18.8 22.9 9.0 7.6 5.7 4.8 4.1 3.0 3.9 2.3 1.4 0.7 1.4 0.7 1.0 1.4 1.3 0.6 0.8 0.5 8.2 100.0

Origin of asylum applicants in Australia and New Zealand | 2012 An asterisk (*) denotes between 1 and 4 applications.

No. of applications

Change (%)

Origin

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Total

Afghanistan Sri Lanka Islamic Rep. of Iran Pakistan China India Iraq Stateless Egypt Lebanon Fiji Nepal Palestinian Malaysia Libya Bangladesh Syrian Arab Rep. Indonesia Zimbabwe Turkey Other

838 153 324 388 324 207 216 94 107 27 98 46 36 31 18 26 60 27 42 26 339 3,427

1,288 632 491 440 269 260 171 241 63 64 63 58 57 71 * 23 28 31 33 20 308 4,615

553 1,099 563 442 322 256 184 131 80 129 41 51 41 47 26 59 29 32 29 36 339 4,489

409 486 500 266 253 229 195 78 139 107 55 38 44 26 126 59 37 39 21 35 437 3,579

3,088 2,370 1,878 1,536 1,168 952 766 544 389 327 257 193 178 175 174 167 154 129 125 117 1,423 16,110

Total

38


Q2-Q1 54% 313% 52% 13% -17% 26% -21% 156% -41% 137% -36% 26% 58% 129% -78% -12% -53% 15% -21% -23% -9% 35%

Q3-Q2 -57% 74% 15% 0% 20% -2% 8% -46% 27% 102% -35% -12% -28% -34% 550% 157% 4% 3% -12% 80% 10% -3%

Share (%) Q4-Q3 -26% -56% -11% -40% -21% -11% 6% -40% 74% -17% 34% -25% 7% -45% 385% 0% 28% 22% -28% -3% 29% -20%

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

24.5 4.5 9.5 11.3 9.5 6.0 6.3 2.7 3.1 0.8 2.9 1.3 1.1 0.9 0.5 0.8 1.8 0.8 1.2 0.8 9.9 100.0

27.9 13.7 10.6 9.5 5.8 5.6 3.7 5.2 1.4 1.4 1.4 1.3 1.2 1.5 0.1 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.4 6.7 100.0

12.3 24.5 12.5 9.8 7.2 5.7 4.1 2.9 1.8 2.9 0.9 1.1 0.9 1.0 0.6 1.3 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.8 7.6 100.0

11.4 13.6 14.0 7.4 7.1 6.4 5.4 2.2 3.9 3.0 1.5 1.1 1.2 0.7 3.5 1.6 1.0 1.1 0.6 1.0 12.2 100.0

TABLE 19

Origin of asylum applicants in Japan and the Republic of Korea | 2011 An asterisk (*) denotes between 1 and 4 applications.


Q1

Pakistan Myanmar Sri Lanka Nepal Turkey Bangladesh Uganda Nigeria India Afghanistan Cameroon Islamic Rep. of Iran Côte d’Ivoire Kyrgyzstan China Liberia Ethiopia Philippines Ghana Guinea Other Total

TABLE 20

120 123 64 37 68 16 9 19 6 13 * 16 * * 9 * 8 8 * * 30 562

Q2

Q3

127 191 65 78 36 28 16 11 11 15 7 7 27 17 9 6 * * * * 38 694

153 104 94 70 55 54 22 19 27 26 24 15 * * 5 5 6 5 * * 20 715

Change (%) Q4 204 135 103 79 76 38 61 41 22 10 21 11 9 6 5 9 * * 8 6 59 907

Total 604 553 326 264 235 136 108 90 66 64 54 49 41 29 28 22 17 16 15 14 147 2,878

Q2-Q1 6% 55% 2% 111% -47% 75% 78% -42% 83% 15% 250% -56% 575% 750% 0% 200% -88% -88% -33% -67% 27% 23%

Q3-Q2 20% -46% 45% -10% 53% 93% 38% 73% 145% 73% 243% 114% -96% -76% -44% -17% 500% 400% 0% 300% -47% 3%

Share (%) Q4-Q3 33% 30% 10% 13% 38% -30% 177% 116% -19% -62% -13% -27% 800% 50% 0% 80% -67% -60% 300% 50% 195% 27%

Q1 21.4 21.9 11.4 6.6 12.1 2.8 1.6 3.4 1.1 2.3 0.4 2.8 0.7 0.4 1.6 0.4 1.4 1.4 0.5 0.5 5.3 100.0

Q2

Q3

Q4

18.3 27.5 9.4 11.2 5.2 4.0 2.3 1.6 1.6 2.2 1.0 1.0 3.9 2.4 1.3 0.9 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.1 5.5 100.0

21.4 14.5 13.1 9.8 7.7 7.6 3.1 2.7 3.8 3.6 3.4 2.1 0.1 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.7 0.3 0.6 2.8 100.0

22.5 14.9 11.4 8.7 8.4 4.2 6.7 4.5 2.4 1.1 2.3 1.2 1.0 0.7 0.6 1.0 0.2 0.2 0.9 0.7 6.5 100.0

Origin of asylum applicants in Japan and the Republic of Korea | 2012 An asterisk (*) denotes between 1 and 4 applications.


Q1

Sri Lanka Pakistan Turkey Myanmar Nepal Nigeria Bangladesh Syrian Arab Rep. India Ghana Cameroon Uganda Islamic Rep. of Iran China Ethiopia Liberia Philippines South Africa Dem. Rep. of the Congo Indonesia Other Total

220 189 119 83 76 29 32 6 35 * 15 11 13 7 * 8 10 * 11 * 57 933

Q2 147 106 99 72 88 43 54 19 30 * 34 27 14 10 10 10 * * * 40 815

Q3 93 125 83 84 89 84 49 63 40 62 18 19 7 13 8 * * * 7 39 890

Change (%) Q4

Total

Q2-Q1

Q3-Q2

103 122 121 161 110 58 66 84 27 44 21 23 16 5 11 7 6 9 6 6 42 1,048

563 542 422 400 363 214 201 172 132 113 88 80 50 35 32 29 20 19 17 16 178 3,686

-33% -44% -17% -13% 16% 48% 69% 217% -14% -25% 127% 145% 8% 43% 233% 25% -70% 0% -100% 100% -30% -13%

-37% 18% -16% 17% 1% 95% -9% 232% 33% 1967% -47% -30% -50% 30% -20% -60% -67% -50% .. 250% -3% 9%

Share (%) Q4-Q3 11% -2% 46% 92% 24% -31% 35% 33% -33% -29% 17% 21% 129% -62% 38% 75% 500% 350% .. -14% 8% 18%

Q1 23.6 20.3 12.8 8.9 8.1 3.1 3.4 0.6 3.8 0.4 1.6 1.2 1.4 0.8 0.3 0.9 1.1 0.4 1.2 0.1 6.1 100.0

Q2

Q3

Q4

18.0 13.0 12.1 8.8 10.8 5.3 6.6 2.3 3.7 0.4 4.2 3.3 1.7 1.2 1.2 1.2 0.4 0.5 0.2 4.9 100.0

10.4 14.0 9.3 9.4 10.0 9.4 5.5 7.1 4.5 7.0 2.0 2.1 0.8 1.5 0.9 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.8 4.4 100.0

9.8 11.6 11.5 15.4 10.5 5.5 6.3 8.0 2.6 4.2 2.0 2.2 1.5 0.5 1.0 0.7 0.6 0.9 0.6 0.6 4.0 100.0


TABLE 21

Asylum applications lodged in 44 industrialized countries by origin, fourth quarter | 2012 Covering all 44 asylum countries which provided monthly data to UNHCR. See notes in Annex Table 1. Top-20 ranking of countries based on applications lodged in all countries. An asterisk (*) denotes between 1 and 4 applications.

Origin

Albania

Afghanistan Syrian Arab Rep. Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999)) Russian Federation Pakistan China Islamic Rep. of Iran Iraq Somalia Eritrea Nigeria Georgia Mexico Albania The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Bosnia and Herzegovina Sri Lanka Dem. Rep. of the Congo Turkey Algeria

Origin

Australia

Austria

Belgium

Bosnia and H.

Bulgaria

Canada

Croatia

Cyprus

Czech Rep.

Estonia

Finland

France

*

406 33

947 285

437 340

23

35 263

128 115

121 46

6 152

29

135 232

* -

59 44

151 268

2,075 2,493

*

*

225

201

-

*

68

-

-

5

360

-

33

1,628

5,111

-

* 264 249 494 195 9 11 *

918 662 62 271 92 74 5 91 72 10

307 137 123 93 105 68 21 39 108 158

* -

5 10 9 85 * * * -

110 282 505 78 54 130 31 199 19 50 108

* 12 5 * 96 12 * -

15 * 19 * * * * -

10 * * * * * *

198 19 17 178 22 269 21 37 17 9

* * *

55 5 8 64 232 50 41 * * 11

1,590 535 495 89 26 123 92 263 689 9 1,210

1,620 1,016 89 1,359 1,367 438 232 260 550 * 104

Germany

-

-

29

92

-

-

*

-

-

-

*

-

8

228

1,952

* -

480 * 32 *

64 5 8 75 128

19 30 333 120 39

*

* 63

5 92 106 66 53

* * 60

15 * * -

* * *

12 * * 13 36

-

22 7 14 17 9

244 678 1,321 525 310

1,461 95 51 410 141



Denmark

Italy

Japan(1)

New Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Montenegro Netherlands Zealand Norway

238 118

322 67

* -

11 *

531 165

* 12

* 11

-

20 5

* *

72

18 25

* *

233 127

*

126

*

*

69

-

-

*

-

71

6

-

-

60

11 921 26 32 105 29 35 78 212 94

* 120 9 7 8 * 11 5 *

* * * * * * 8

* 22 14 16 * * * 42 8 16

5 691 6 48 141 394 558 564 18 * 20

* 82 5 15 * 47 -

* * 6 -

* * *

18 * 51 -

8 * 12 5 * * 13 26

* * 91 235 -

* 46 * * -

* * 6 * -

128 34 25 102 56 591 430 111 17 59

-

*

-

-

-

-

-

-

-

7

-

-

-

*

8 * 7 27

* 9 10 18

* * -

* 17 9

135 9 12 152 25

82 * 121 -

* -

11 *

* -

108 5

-

359

6 * -

* 7 16 12 33

Not available

…/…

40


TABLE 21

Asylum applications lodged in 44 industrialized countries by origin, fourth quarter | 2012 (ctnd) Covering all 44 asylum countries which provided monthly data to UNHCR. See notes in Annex Table 1. Top-20 ranking of countries based on applications lodged in all countries. An asterisk (*) denotes between 1 and 4 applications.

Origin


Rep. Poland Portugal of Korea

Romania Serbia (2) Slovakia Slovenia

Spain

Sweden

Switzerland

TfYR Macedonia (3)

Turkey

United Kingdom

United States (4)

* 87

6

72

* 84

151 171

31 *

20 19

12 74

1,272 3,569

358 321

26 *

2,192 12

330 433

47 269

-

-

-

-

-

-

8

*

1,261

177

*

-

*

46

2,013 11 * 6 * * * * 762 -

* * 0 * * * -

* 40 * * 11 -

9 62 6 8 8 * 5 *

55 12 * 232 112 -

* * 53 22 21 -

5 5 -

16 18 17 6 49 47 * * *

348 74 17 462 353 1,843 851 149 178 5 277

108 72 193 72 89 102 848 623 209 26

* 70 51 * -

* 903 2,268 131 * * -

32 1,275 233 980 108 184 221 392 12 * 351

194 168 3,569 213 159 74 71 68 5 2,591 62

-

-

-

-

*

-

-

*

181

35

-

-

-

10

* * -

* * -

21 * -

6 7 9 18

* * 5

5 *

6 14 13

* 20 9 74

113 * 20 35 99

64 95 63 128 199

6

* 17 -

546 59 50 91

8 51 44 30 6

(1)

UNHCR estimates. Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999)). (3) The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. (4) Combination of number of persons (EOIR) and cases (DHS). (2)


Top-10 populations of origin of asylum applicants by country of asylum | 2011

TABLE 22

Covering 44 industrialized countries which provided monthly data to UNHCR. See notes in Annex Table 1. An asterisk (*) denotes between 1 and 4 applications.

Albania

Serbia (1) Somalia Iraq Algeria China Bangladesh Pakistan

Australia

Austria

Islamic Rep. of Iran

2,142

Afghanistan

3,623

*

Afghanistan China Pakistan India Stateless Iraq Egypt Sri Lanka

1,719

2,319

371

Russian Fed. Pakistan Somalia Serbia (1) Iraq India Islamic Rep. of Iran Algeria

277

Syrian Arab Rep.

* * * * *

1,190 821 767 527 495 418

Fiji Bulgaria

Iraq Afghanistan Syrian Arab Rep. Stateless Somalia Islamic Rep. of Iran Pakistan

Canada 307 80 67 44 40 26 26

Algeria

21

Morocco Tunisia

19 9

Hungary China Colombia Namibia Pakistan India Nigeria Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Mexico Sri Lanka

Denmark

Afghanistan Islamic Rep. of Iran Syrian Arab Rep. Serbia (1) Russian Fed. Iraq Somalia Algeria Palestinian Libya

461 428 325 304 115 107 103 68 67

170 98 51 51 48 48

*

Czech Republic

21

653

Morocco Sudan

13

Philippines Islamic Rep. of Iran

84

Cuba Turkey

20

68

629

70 42 40 19 15

9

Finland 11 8 7 6 * * * * * *

Iraq Somalia Russian Fed. Afghanistan Serbia (1) Islamic Rep. of Iran Syrian Arab Rep. Nigeria Belarus Turkey

238 121 91 61 56 54 36 33 30

Russian Fed. Nigeria Algeria Iraq India Belarus Ethiopia Georgia Islamic Rep. of Iran Afghanistan

365 294 292 160 125 109 105 83 74

Russian Fed. Dem. Rep. of Congo Armenia Bangladesh Serbia (1) Sri Lanka China Guinea Haiti Turkey

18 16 16 10 10 5 5 5

184 182 148 134

6 5 5 * * * * * *

Nigeria Pakistan China Dem. Rep. of Congo Zimbabwe Afghanistan Algeria South Africa Albania Rep. of Moldova

Georgia

14

Russian Fed. Afghanistan Kyrgyzstan Armenia Belarus Uzbekistan Tajikistan Stateless Rep. of Moldova

* * * * * * * *

27 25 25 24 23

17

3,804 3,638 3,568 3,458 3,183 2,184 2,017 2,010 1,737

Afghanistan Serbia (1) Iraq Islamic Rep. of Iran Syrian Arab Rep. Pakistan Russian Fed. Turkey TfYR Macedonia (2) Somalia

7,767 5,974 5,831 3,352 2,634 2,539 1,689 1,578 1,131 984

Italy 182 175 142 70 67 67 48 45 34 28

Nigeria Tunisia Ghana Mali Pakistan Côte d’Ivoire Bangladesh Afghanistan Somalia Senegal

Lithuania 31

38

Germany 4,042

Ireland 7

Liechtenstein

Serbia (1) Russian Fed. Islamic Rep. of Iran Nigeria Kyrgyzstan Afghanistan Georgia Turkmenistan Stateless Poland

187

France 588

Iceland 649

39

226

101

*

Kyrgyzstan

Latvia

235

212

Cyprus

*

114

Dem. Rep. of Congo Russian Fed. Syrian Arab Rep. Islamic Rep. of Iran Cameroon Lebanon Côte d’Ivoire Turkey Libya

Japan

*

1,084

*

102

250

306

Nigeria

1,117

*

Nepal

Nepal Turkey Sri Lanka Pakistan Bangladesh Nigeria India Cameroon Islamic Rep. of Iran

352

556

1,152

*

14

751

Dem. Rep. of Congo Afghanistan Armenia Georgia Russian Fed. Belarus Uzbekistan Somalia Stateless Cameroon

924

1,747

6

14

828

176

362

457

2,046 2,004

Libya

831

Georgia

375

463

8

654

892

489

406

484

Serbia (1) Morocco Pakistan Palestinian Islamic Rep. of Iran Tunisia Cameroon Afghanistan

685

1,853

Myanmar

615

487

541

9

2,773

Ukraine Belarus Viet Nam Russian Fed. Afghanistan Uzbekistan Myanmar

276

637

Armenia

611

Algeria

Viet Nam Syrian Arab Rep. Egypt Bangladesh Pakistan India Sri Lanka

Afghanistan Serbia (1) Pakistan Syrian Arab Rep. Somalia Algeria Iraq Palestinian Islamic Rep. of Iran Tunisia

1,121

423

952

Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,067

Afghanistan Pakistan Somalia Islamic Rep. of Iran Palestinian Russian Fed. Tunisia

Hungary 2,309

446

Serbia (1) Afghanistan Guinea Iraq Russian Fed. Albania TfYR Macedonia (2) Dem. Rep. of Congo Pakistan

Croatia 4,409

Estonia 903

Greece

Pakistan Georgia Afghanistan Bangladesh China Senegal Nigeria Syrian Arab Rep. Egypt Albania

Belgium

8

6,208 4,558 3,128 2,582 2,058 1,938 1,595 1,289 1,205 775

Luxembourg 202 58 45 30 28 12 7 * * *

Serbia (1) TfYR Macedonia (2) Montenegro Bosnia-Herzegovina Russian Fed. Iraq Tunisia Islamic Rep. of Iran Algeria Albania

1,097 446 103 51 49 43 42 35 30 27

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Top-10 populations of origin of asylum applicants by country of asylum | 2011 (ctnd)

TABLE 22


Malta

Somalia Eritrea Nigeria Syrian Arab Rep. Ethiopia Côte d’Ivoire Mali Ghana Libya Sudan

Montenegro 454 306 246 122 113 110 92 76 66 58

Poland

Russian Fed. Georgia Armenia Belarus Ukraine Kyrgyzstan Afghanistan Viet Nam Iraq Kazakhstan

1,442 179 65 46 40 33 26 25 17

65 31 21 8 7 * * * *

Guinea Somalia Nigeria Côte d’Ivoire Dem. Rep. of Congo Colombia Pakistan Islamic Rep. of Iran Guinea-Bissau Russian Fed.

65 32 31 19 11 10 9 7 7

Afghanistan Turkey Serbia (1) Pakistan Tunisia Somalia Syrian Arab Rep. Morocco Islamic Rep. of Iran Algeria

26 22 18 14 13 11 11 11 8

172 53 15 13 11 10 8 6 5

Iraq Islamic Rep. of Iran Afghanistan Somalia Syrian Arab Rep. Kyrgyzstan Palestinian Uzbekistan Dem. Rep. of Congo Yemen

New Zealand 1,885 1,435 1,415 929 471 458 451 276 266 256

Pakistan Sri Lanka Uganda Myanmar Afghanistan Nigeria Bangladesh Côte d’Ivoire Kyrgyzstan Liberia

39 35 26 24 17 10 9 8 8

Côte d’Ivoire Cuba Nigeria Guinea Western Sahara Palestinian Cameroon Algeria Colombia Syrian Arab Rep.

100 78 64 60 39 38 36 28 20

3,411 2,486 744 188 169 157 147 76 72

Pakistan Islamic Rep. of Iran Sri Lanka Afghanistan Libya Nigeria China Eritrea Sudan Zimbabwe

Norway 29 29 22 22 20 20 19 14 11 11

Algeria Morocco Tunisia Pakistan Afghanistan Rep. of Moldova Iraq China Palestinian Syrian Arab Rep.

440 259 150 131 131 129 122 104 97

Afghanistan Somalia Serbia (1) Eritrea Iraq Islamic Rep. of Iran Stateless Bosnia-Herzegovina Russian Fed. TfYR Macedonia (2)

Somalia Eritrea Afghanistan Russian Fed. Iraq Islamic Rep. of Iran Ethiopia Stateless Serbia (1) Nigeria

2,216 1,256 979 365 357 355 293 262 240 240

Serbia (1) 456 219 218 144 107 61 59 47 43 36

Sweden 550

Afghanistan Somalia Pakistan Libya Palestinian Morocco Tunisia Algeria Islamic Rep. of Iran Syrian Arab Rep.

1,757 501 356 145 129 95 77 65 37 33

Switzerland 4,120 3,979 3,915 1,649 1,634 1,118 1,105 981 930 885

Eritrea Tunisia Serbia (1) Nigeria Afghanistan TfYR Macedonia (2) Syrian Arab Rep. China Somalia Turkey

3,224 2,324 1,539 1,303 1,006 838 688 688 558 508

United States (3)

United Kingdom 7,912

Islamic Rep. of Iran Fiji Bahrain Pakistan China Egypt Sri Lanka South Africa Iraq Afghanistan Romania

434

Spain 57

Turkey 427

Afghanistan Iraq Somalia Islamic Rep. of Iran Armenia Eritrea Russian Fed. China TfYR Macedonia (2) Belarus Rep. of Korea

46

Slovenia 77

TfYR Macedonia (2)

Afghanistan Pakistan Somalia Palestinian Iraq India Islamic Rep. of Iran Morocco Sudan Serbia (1)

Netherlands 84

Portugal 3,170

Slovakia

Somalia Afghanistan Georgia Rep. of Moldova Russian Fed. Turkey Pakistan Islamic Rep. of Iran Dem. Rep. of Congo China

Morocco Algeria Tunisia Palestinian Afghanistan Islamic Rep. of Iran Libya Pakistan Turkey Iraq

4,005 3,051 2,142 1,529 1,204 1,105 1,026 827 793 757

China Mexico El Salvador Guatemala India Honduras Nepal Haiti Egypt Ethiopia

15,450 8,186 4,011 3,363 2,457 1,528 1,384 1,348 1,131 1,056

(1)

Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999)). former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. (3) Combination of cases (DHS) and persons (EOIR). (2) The


Top-10 populations of origin of asylum applicants by country of asylum | 2012

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Albania

Dem. Rep. of Congo Syrian Arab Rep. Serbia (1) Gambia Nigeria Turkey Barbados Afghanistan

Australia 5 * * * * * * *

Bulgaria

Syrian Arab Rep. Iraq Stateless Afghanistan Algeria Morocco

28

Pakistan Rwanda Cameroon

26 14 13

Denmark 907 689 576 548 521 148 134 133 115

Hungary China Pakistan India Colombia Nigeria Dem. People’s Rep.of Korea Croatia Russian Fed. Haiti

943 760 544 385 327

Afghanistan Russian Fed. Pakistan Syrian Arab Rep. Islamic Rep. of Iran Serbia (1) Algeria Iraq Somalia India

422 368 320 298 255 169 125 112 104 58

Georgia Dem. Rep. of Congo Syrian Arab Rep. Russian Fed. Islamic Rep. of Iran Egypt Palestinian Afghanistan Kyrgyzstan Ghana

606 573 491 483 401

Afghanistan Dem. Rep. of Congo Guinea Russian Fed. Serbia (1) Syrian Arab Rep. Pakistan Iraq Albania Cameroon

365 295 145 86 59 27

Syrian Arab Rep. Viet Nam Bangladesh Egypt Pakistan India

1,827 922 761

Afghanistan Somalia Algeria Syrian Arab Rep. Pakistan Morocco

Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,349 1,392

798 710 636 607 457

Syrian Arab Rep. Serbia (1) Eritrea Morocco Algeria Palestinian Libya Rep. of Moldova Myanmar Islamic Rep. of Iran

564 198 188 156 108 64

Ukraine Syrian Arab Rep. Viet Nam Belarus Myanmar Russian Fed.

1,370 1,190 995

Cyprus

35 * * * * * * * * *

Czech Republic 101 57 35 33 30 29

700

Eritrea

22

Sri Lanka

58

Armenia

19

693 428 419

Islamic Rep. of Iran Tunisia Sudan

20 19 18

Afghanistan Islamic Rep. of Iran Philippines

51 43 36

Kazakhstan Stateless Cuba

18 14 14

35

Iraq Russian Fed. Afghanistan Syrian Arab Rep. Somalia Serbia (1) Islamic Rep. of Iran Nigeria Bosnia-Herzegovina Turkey

784

56

Russian Fed. Dem. Rep. of Congo Serbia (1) Sri Lanka Albania Georgia China Armenia Turkey Pakistan

17 12 11 9 8 6 6 * * *

Nigeria Pakistan Dem. Rep. of Congo Zimbabwe Albania South Africa China Afghanistan Algeria Islamic Rep. of Iran

14 14 12 9 5 * * * * *

Georgia Afghanistan Viet Nam Russian Fed. Belarus Stateless Syrian Arab Rep. Eritrea Uzbekistan Lebanon

Finland 8 5 * * * * * * *

Hungary

Afghanistan Pakistan Serbia (1) Syrian Arab Rep. Somalia Algeria Morocco Islamic Rep. of Iran Turkey Iraq

Belgium 4,003 3,098

Croatia 1,823 1,741 808 765 724 700

Georgia Russian Fed. Armenia Syrian Arab Rep. Belarus Viet Nam Turkey Pakistan Afghanistan Egypt

2,339 1,007 893 584 384 373 315 275 267 257

Japan (3)

Turkey Myanmar Nepal Pakistan Sri Lanka Bangladesh India Nigeria Ghana Cameroon

1,839 1,512 1,135

Estonia 914

Greece

Pakistan Bangladesh Georgia Afghanistan Albania Senegal Iraq Syrian Arab Rep. Nigeria Dominican Rep.

Austria 3,079 2,345

Canada 436 283 137 95 70 32

Islamic Rep. of Iran

Somalia Syrian Arab Rep. Serbia (1) Afghanistan Islamic Rep. of Iran Russian Fed. Belarus Algeria Iraq Nigeria

Afghanistan Sri Lanka Islamic Rep. of Iran Pakistan China India Iraq Stateless Egypt Lebanon

France 199 188 180 173 167 121 93 90

Iceland 880 327 246 145 69 59 47 45 30 28

Nigeria Islamic Rep. of Iran Albania Afghanistan Georgia Algeria Croatia Pakistan Russian Fed. Syrian Arab Rep.

106 23 18 8 6 5 * * * *

Serbia (1) Bosnia-Herzegovina Russian Fed. Ukraine Armenia Afghanistan Algeria TfYR Macedonia (2) Croatia Albania

Latvia

Germany 5,324 5,269 3,936 3,085 2,643 2,546 2,225 2,184 2,043 1,941

Ireland

Liechtenstein

Serbia (1) Afghanistan Syrian Arab Rep. Iraq TfYR Macedonia (2) Islamic Rep. of Iran Pakistan Russian Fed. Bosnia-Herzegovina Turkey

10,383 7,498 6,201 5,352 4,546 4,348 3,412 3,202 2,025 1,457

Italy 158 104 58 48 46 33 32 31 29 24

Pakistan Nigeria Afghanistan Tunisia Ghana Somalia Senegal Eritrea Mali Côte d’Ivoire

296 73 47 38 12 8 6 6 6 5

Serbia (1) Albania Montenegro Bosnia-Herzegovina TfYR Macedonia (2) Tunisia Algeria Iraq Islamic Rep. of Iran Nigeria

Lithuania

2,366 1,513 1,364 852 803 778 746 722 702 509

Luxembourg 587 302 297 286 169 46 33 31 30 24

…/…

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TABLE 23

Top-10 populations of origin of asylum applicants by country of asylum | 2012 (ctnd) Covering 44 industrialized countries which provided monthly data to UNHCR. See notes in Annex Table 1. An asterisk (*) denotes between 1 and 4 applications.

Malta

Somalia Eritrea Syrian Arab Rep. Nigeria Libya Ethiopia Pakistan Sudan Serbia (1) Niger

Montenegro

5

Algeria Tunisia Morocco Afghanistan Pakistan Syrian Arab Rep. India Bangladesh Islamic Rep. of Iran Palestinian

4,940 2,960 380 120 107 102 88 61 58 50

Guinea Nigeria Syrian Arab Rep. Guinea-Bissau Dem. Rep. of Congo Belarus Sri Lanka Côte d’Ivoire Somalia Colombia

1,249 434 147 66 54 38 24 6 6

Poland

Russian Fed. Georgia Armenia Kazakhstan Syrian Arab Rep. Egypt Afghanistan Belarus Ukraine Viet Nam

37 28 26 25 24 13 11

TfYR Macedonia (2)

Afghanistan Pakistan Somalia Morocco Algeria Palestinian Eritrea Bangladesh Syrian Arab Rep. Islamic Rep. of Iran

129 119 108 44 10 8 7

Afghanistan Syrian Arab Rep. Serbia (1) Turkey Algeria Somalia Tunisia Bosnia-Herzegovina Cuba Morocco

Rep. of Korea 64 27 20 19 18 15 14 11 10 10

Sri Lanka Pakistan Syrian Arab Rep. Nigeria Uganda Nepal Myanmar Bangladesh Cameroon Liberia

50 32 28

Syrian Arab Rep. Nigeria Algeria Cameroon Côte d’Ivoire Mali Somalia Pakistan Palestinian Dem. Rep. of Congo

26 23 20 8 7 7 7

Iraq Afghanistan Islamic Rep. of Iran Somalia Palestinian Dem. Rep. of Congo Uzbekistan Yemen Ethiopia Senegal

Algeria Morocco Pakistan Syrian Arab Rep. Afghanistan Tunisia Bangladesh Palestinian Egypt Iraq

255 204 202

Syrian Arab Rep. Somalia Afghanistan Serbia (1) Eritrea Stateless Bosnia-Herzegovina Islamic Rep. of Iran Albania Iraq

Pakistan Islamic Rep. of Iran Sri Lanka Nigeria Syrian Arab Rep. Afghanistan India Bangladesh Albania China

33 25 24 21 20 13 12 9 9

121 106 101 98 88 78 78

Somalia Eritrea Afghanistan Sudan Islamic Rep. of Iran Russian Fed. Nigeria Syrian Arab Rep. Stateless Serbia (1)

2,181 1,183 986 472 441 371 355 327 263 246

Serbia (1) 600 350 335 256 200 105 69 65 55 45

Sweden

Afghanistan Somalia Syrian Arab Rep. Pakistan Algeria Eritrea Bangladesh Morocco Sudan Palestinian

815 505 288 247 183 128 124 87 65 61

Switzerland 7,814 5,644 4,755 3,639 2,356 2,289 1,549 1,529 1,490 1,322

Eritrea Nigeria Serbia (1) Tunisia Afghanistan Syrian Arab Rep. TfYR Macedonia (2) Morocco China Somalia

4,295 2,353 2,084 1,993 1,349 1,146 1,031 860 801 762

United States (4)

United Kingdom 6,942 4,401 3,589 776 236 77 76 58 51 46

Norway 39

Romania 308 244 146 102 56 43 32 32 30 28

Spain

Turkey 243 174 93 34 19 13 6 5 5 5

Not available

6

Slovenia 198 63 42

New Zealand

Islamic Rep. of Iran China Sri Lanka Pakistan Fiji SaudiArabia Syrian Arab Rep. Czech Rep. Turkey India

174

Portugal

Slovakia

Somalia Afghanistan Georgia Congo Eritrea Armenia Dem. Rep. of Congo Rep. of Moldova Algeria Turkey

Netherlands 895

4,783 3,155 2,128 1,428 1,289 1,234 1,180 1,155 987 859

China Mexico El Salvador Guatemala Egypt Honduras India Nepal Haiti Ecuador

15,884 11,067 4,587 4,152 2,285 2,115 1,998 1,666 1,612 1,394

(1)

Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999)). The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia. (3) UNHCR estimates. (4) Combination of cases (DHS) and persons (EOIR). (2)


TABLE 24

Monthly asylum applications lodged in 44 industrialized countries | 2012 Covering 44 countries which provided monthly data to UNHCR.

Change Nov-Dec

Asylum country

Jan.

Feb.

Mar.

Apr.

May

Jun.

Jul.

Aug.

Sep.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

Total

Albania Australia Austria Belgium Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Canada Croatia Cyprus Czech Rep. Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Japan Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Montenegro Netherlands (1) New Zealand Norway Poland Portugal Rep. of Korea Romania Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999)) - of which Kosovo Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Turkey United Kingdom United States

1,115 1,311 1,952 1 61 1,795 47 122 45 393 8 204 4,327 4,667 556 185 6 99 758 166 9 8 28 223 75 29 935 24 779 392 34 117 199

1,035 997 1,537 3 53 1,929 33 114 54 319 5 172 4,794 3,916 682 105 4 83 614 163 23 2 22 133 20 14 901 24 641 445 7 143 183

1,192 1,219 1,603 1 52 1,803 42 137 39 461 3 202 4,568 3,717 710 167 3 57 839 185 32 4 36 203 28 55 834 37 666 592 27 159 300

856 1,239 1,431 28 1,698 50 132 22 448 7 165 4,002 3,283 886 95 13 67 949 182 16 4 51 195 16 91 672 24 662 610 29 102 234

5 1,905 1,345 1,505 63 1,763 126 150 54 428 25 204 3,911 3,590 718 136 4 75 1,452 219 26 3 50 264 395 180 618 41 676 498 37 69 266

1,776 1,229 1,363 64 1,630 115 121 51 616 10 244 4,302 4,127 807 132 6 68 967 166 19 5 50 181 398 85 660 13 838 588 18 77 275

1 1,596 1,653 1,554 3 57 1,424 107 156 25 569 2 255 4,832 4,752 589 197 22 91 1,538 180 7 9 66 235 171 137 734 22 882 812 34 79 241

2 1,614 1,756 1,479 8 107 1,427 117 151 52 504 7 309 4,480 5,486 751 179 17 84 1,558 223 9 5 37 137 176 132 .. 18 964 869 46 76 239

2 1,197 1,775 1,656 2 103 1,709 136 163 33 513 1 324 4,225 6,925 744 161 8 67 1,446 245 20 10 50 125 346 230 .. 42 930 1,254 15 87 260

1 1,405 2,117 1,756 15 189 1,847 168 157 59 629 3 302 5,689 10,196 1,255 319 8 105 2,219 274 10 10 37 167 41 268 .. 40 1,010 1,206 9 62 159

2 849 1,523 1,388 10 199 2,025 128 138 39 663 2 319 4,614 9,000 1,030 259 18 72 2,074 272 13 10 52 120 329 151 .. 26 879 944 21 90 93

3 1,246 1,251 1,300 10 253 1,451 125 89 44 598 4 222 5,191 4,880 849 221 6 71 1,301 268 5 4 50 69 61 159 .. 13 858 972 18 82 61

16 15,786 17,415 18,524 53 1,229 20,501 1,194 1,630 517 6,141 77 2,922 54,935 64,539 9,577 2,156 115 939 15,715 2,543 189 74 529 2,052 2,056 1,531 8,852 324 9,785 9,182 295 1,143 2,510

205

72

115

108

229

267

240

242

359

358

336

237

2,768

-29%

6 17 10 215 2,717 2,316

8 7 19 215 2,366 1,935

16 13 213 2,470 1,906

19 7 150 2,447 2,128

2 43 12 211 3,242 2,124

6 67 29 291 3,096 2,356

2 103 26 191 4,108 2,615

58 18 206 4,356 2,605

7 59 23 203 4,916 2,092

63 32 254 5,512 2,213

2 51 27 258 4,567 2,194

12 45 48 172 4,090 1,464

45 548 264 2,579 43,887 25,948

500% -12% 78% -33% -10% -33%

15

10

27

48

80

121

49

47

56

82

59

44

638

-25%

638 2,204 6,609

880 1,840 6,477

1,344 2,148 7,366

1,038 1,887 7,166

1,422 2,350 7,738

1,565 1,987 7,535

1,428 2,394 6,938

1,119 2,319 7,389

1,613 2,535 6,036

1,534 2,824 7,695

2,007 2,692 6,419

2,137 2,230 6,057

16,725 27,410 83,425

6% -17% -6%

EU-“Old” (15) EU-“New” (12) EU-Total (27) Nordic countries (5) Western Europe (19) Southern Europe (8) Total Europe (38)

20,595 1,151 21,746 4,099 23,704 2,398 25,790

18,576 1,050 19,626 3,502 21,158 2,532 23,220

19,271 1,415 20,686 3,802 21,850 3,298 24,849

17,850 1,237 19,087 3,735 20,657 3,200 23,229

19,950 1,718 21,668 4,554 22,757 4,390 26,517

19,956 1,804 21,760 4,800 23,161 4,167 27,118

23,529 1,863 25,392 5,836 27,057 4,108 30,885

24,197 1,902 26,099 6,150 27,788 4,009 31,357

26,177 2,473 28,650 6,691 29,217 4,532 34,088

33,751 2,275 36,026 7,461 36,992 5,470 41,693

29,025 2,146 31,171 6,446 32,126 5,859 36,965

22,905 1,853 24,758 5,774 25,237 4,630 29,805

275,782 20,887 296,669 62,850 311,704 48,593 355,516

-21% -14% -21% -10% -21% -21% -19%

Canada/USA Australia/New Zealand Japan/Rep. of Korea Total non-Europe (6)

8,404 1,139 283 9,826 35,616

8,406 1,059 306 9,771 32,991

9,169 1,229 344 10,742 35,591

8,864 880 284 10,028 33,257

9,501 1,946 288 11,735 38,252

9,165 1,789 243 11,197 38,315

8,362 1,618 259 10,239 41,124

8,816 1,632 299 10,747 42,104

7,745 1,239 332 9,316 43,404

9,542 1,445 336 11,323 53,016

8,444 875 362 9,681 46,646

7,508 1,259 350 9,117 38,922

103,926 16,110 3,686 123,722 479,237

-11% 44% -3% -6% -17%

Total

See notes in Annex Table 1. (1) January to July 2012 data includes information provided by the Dutch authorities. August to December 2012 estimated by UNHCR using a statistical model (seasonal ARIMA). No information is available on the country of origin of asylum-seekers.

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