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Migrant Smuggling in Asia
Table 9. Smuggled Pakistani migrants detected by selected reporting countries
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
1 Jan.–
30 June 2013
Australia Total 1 198 905
Austria
Total 104 159 211 804 1 705 492
By land 104 159 211 804 1 705 492
2013 on the smuggling of migrants in Asia.
Available information suggests that irregular
migration of Iranian nationals is, for the most part,
facilitated by smugglers. The main destinations
for Iranian migrants include France, Germany, the
United Kingdom and, to a lesser extent, Australia
and Canada. According to British authorities,
Iranian nationals are also the single-largest
group of persons detected attempting to enter
or residing in the United Kingdom irregularly. 17 In
Australia, between 21 per cent and 30 per cent
of the people who arrived irregularly by boat in
the 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 financial years
were Iranian nationals, most of them facilitated
by smugglers. 18 This is also reflected in the data
displayed in the Annexes and in Tables 10–11,
which show relatively high incidence of illegal
entry, illegal residence and smuggling of Iranian
migrants into those countries. Additional data
and evidence relating to the smuggling of Iranian
nationals is fragmented and only available
for selected countries. For example, Iranians
constitute one of the largest groups of migrants
smuggled into or residing illegally in Turkey. 19
The Islamic Republic of Iran also serves as a transit
and destination country for irregular migrants
from Afghanistan and Pakistan, although the level
of smuggling is unknown. 20
Table 10. Iranian nationals detected attempting illegal entry into selected reporting countries
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
1 Jan.–
30 June 2013
Total 392 390 396 341 316 101
Canada
By land 3 4 6 6 7 11
By sea 26 9 4
By air 363 377 386 335 309 90
France Total 70 100 85 68 87 51
Germany Total 398 502 728 1 045 878
United Kingdom Total 770 720 1230 1 610 1 480
Frontex* Total 937 501 1163 750 611 169
By land 748 354 841 601 457 70
By sea 189 147 322 149 154 99
UNODC distributed in late 2013 on the smuggling of migrants in Asia. *=The European Union data on detected illegal entries provided by Frontex comprises
Iceland, Norway and Switzerland) within the framework of the Frontex Risk Analysis Network.
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