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Spain at a glance
• Population: 46 196 276
• GDP (Per capita): 98 (available for 2011 only)
PPS=Purchasing Power Standard, based on the EU 27 average of 100
• Asylum applications total: 2 565
• Total decisions reached in 2012: 2 600
• Positive decisions (including refugee status, subsidiary protection or humanitarian reasons): 525
2012 data, published by Eurostat in May 2013
The Spanish resettlement programme at a glance
Resettlement quota and actors
Start of ad-hoc pilot programme: 2011-12
Most recent quota (2011): Up to 100 persons per year
Main national actors: Ministry of the Interior (MoI), Spanish Office for Asylum and
Refugees (OAR), Ministry of Employment and Social Security (ESS), Spanish Red
Cross, ACCEM, Spanish Commission for Refugee Aid (CEAR).
Resettlement numbers
Year Accepted Arrivals
Nationality ÜCountry of
Asylum of largest groups
2013-14
anticipated
30 To be determined (anticipated to be in
line with the common EU priorities for
2013)
2011-12 80 Eritrean, Sudanese, Somali Ü Tunisia
UNHCR Submission categories considered for resettlement
þ Legal and physical protection needs
þ Survivors of violence and torture
þ Medical Needs
þ Women and girls at risk
¨ Family reunification
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