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Current Trends and Challenges
Table 11. Iranian nationals detected in a situation of illegal residence within selected reporting
countries
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
1 Jan.–
30 June 2013
Australia 48 29
Belgium 442 295 399 472 492 200
Finland 136 182 113 136 122 52
France 2 796 2 835 3 038 3 217 1 894 729
Germany 690 779 1 017 1 297 1 832
Norway 33 27 79 74 84 53
Spain 61 79 65 117 127 33
Sweden 3 26 24 32 30 2
United Kingdom 1 570 1 120 1 020 1 160 1 140 500
Frontex* 6 760 8 285 7 777 8 801 8 053 2 967
UNODC distributed in late 2013 on the smuggling of migrants in Asia. *=The European Union data on detected illegal residence provided by Frontex comprises
– Iceland, Norway and Switzerland) within the framework of the Frontex Risk Analysis Network.
Table 12. Smuggled Iranian migrants detected by selected reporting countries
1 Jan.–
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
30 June 2013
Australia Total 2 785 4 344
Austria Total 287 326 622 369*
Total 257 304 342 282 230
Canada
By air 257 304 342 282 230
United Kingdom Total 110 550 820 880 540
this column.
2013 on the smuggling of migrants in Asia.
Iraq is primarily a source country for irregular
migrants, many of whom are smuggled along the
same routes and together with migrants from
other parts of South-West Asia. Based on available
literature, it appears that most of the irregular
migration from Iraq is facilitated by smugglers
and is primarily directed to destinations in
Western Europe. In 2008, for instance, European
authorities apprehended 23,425 Iraqi nationals
who had entered or resided illegally in EU Member
States. 21 And in 2009 and 2010, approximately
12,000 irregular Iraqi migrants were apprehended
in Greece after entering from Turkey. 22 In Western
Europe, according to the research literature,
Europol reports and data from national authorities’
responses to the UNODC questionnaire, the
main destinations for smuggled migrants include
Germany, Scandinavian countries and the United
Kingdom. 23 Until late 2013, Iraqi migrants were
also smuggled to Australia. The smuggling of Iraqi
migrants into Canada and the United States also
occurs, although figures for those apprehended
were not available for the United States at the
time of writing. 24
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