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Migrant Smuggling in Asia
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
1 Jan.–
30 June 2013
Total 90 170 80 50 50
United Kingdom
By land
By sea
By air
TOTAL 601 917 1 369 1 192 970 80
Table A2.14 Indian nationals refused entry into reporting countries
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
1 Jan.–
30 June 2013
Australia 38 33
Maldives 18
United States 6 577 5 983
TOTAL 6 577 5 983 0 0 56 33
Table A2.15 Economic data for India and other South Asian countries, 2012
GDP per capita (PPP)
in US$
Unemployment
Labour force
Bangladesh 154 695 368 1 851 5.0% 71%
Bhutan 741 822 6 591 2.1% 72%
India 1 236 686 732 3 813 3.6% 56%
Maldives 338 442 8 925 28.0% 67%
Nepal 27 474 377 1 457 2.7% 59%
Sri Lanka 20 328 000 6 146 4.0% 55%
worldbank.org/indicator/NY.GDP.PCAP.PP.CD (accessed 6 April 2014); unemployment= Unless stated otherwise: World
TOTL.IN (accessed 6 April 2014).
Table A2.16 Indian nationals in refugee or asylum-seeker status, by host country
Refugees
Asylum seekers
33 61
Australia 196 769
Austria 50 545
Belgium 10 9
Brazil 10
Bulgaria *
Canada 5 287 1 284
Costa Rica 7
232