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Sweden at a glance<br />

• Population: 9 482 855<br />

• GDP (Per capita): 127 PPS (available for 2011 only)<br />

PPS=Purchasing Power Standard, based on the EU 27 average of 100<br />

• Asylum applications total: 43 865<br />

• Total decisions reached in 2012: 31 520<br />

• Positive decisions (refugee status, subsidiary protection and humanitarian reasons): 12 400<br />

2012 data, published by Eurostat in May 2013<br />

The Swedish resettlement programme at a glance<br />

Resettlement quota and actors<br />

Chapter VI - European Resettlement Programmes<br />

Start of annual quota: 1950<br />

Current quota: 1,900<br />

Main national actors: Swedish Migration Board (S<strong>MB</strong>), central government<br />

authority on Aliens Affairs (under the Ministry of Justice), Ministry of Employment,<br />

municipalities and the Swedish Public Employment Service (PES).<br />

Resettlement numbers<br />

Year Accepted Arrivals<br />

2013<br />

anticipated<br />

1900 SomalisKenya<br />

AfghansIran<br />

EritreansSudan<br />

NationalityCountry of Asylum of<br />

largest groups<br />

2012 1827 1728 AfghansIran<br />

SomalisKenya<br />

EritreanSudan<br />

ColombiansEcuador / Costa Rica<br />

2011 1885 1900 SomalisKenya<br />

Afghans Iran<br />

EritreansSudan

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