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Current Trends and Challenges
Table 42. Number of illegal residencies recorded in Hong Kong (China), by year
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
1 Jan.–
30 June 2013
Illegal residencies 13 847 12 480 11 426 9 439 9 448 4 311
2013 on the smuggling of migrants in Asia.
Table 43. Number of illegal entries and residencies recorded in Macau (China), by year
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
1 Jan.–
30 June 2013
Illegal entries 1 637 1 762 1 562 1 570 1 467 688
Illegal residencies 5 804 3 098 1 834 1 517 1 294 728
on the smuggling of migrants in Asia.
Table 44. Illegal overstay detected in Macau (China), by nationality
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
1 Jan.–
30 June 2013
China 5 153 2 248 1 087 961 854 565
India 38 16
Indonesia 596 931 784 925 757 273
Nepal 188 140 60
Philippines 1 340 1 388 837 615 600 288
Republic of Korea 37
TOTAL 7 277 4 707 2 768 2 538 2 249 1 142
on the smuggling of migrants in Asia.
Japan is primarily a destination country for
irregular migrants from other parts of Asia, such
as China and the Philippines. 12 It is unclear to what
extent this migration is facilitated by smugglers.
According to Japanese authorities, 2,862 migrants
entered their country illegally in 2011 and 13,913
migrants were caught in situations of illegal work,
most of them Chinese and Filipino nationals. 13
Table 45 also shows that Japanese authorities have
apprehended more than 15,000 illegal residents
a year, most of them from China, Indonesia, the
Philippines, the Republic of Korea and Thailand.
Table 45. Illegal residencies detected in Japan, by nationality
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Brazil 537 536 581 825 814
China 10 963 9 522 7 294 6 350 4 545
Indonesia 2 284 1 632 735 449 327
Others 6 366 4 951 3 426 2 935 2 191
Peru 1 064 1 216 742 597 402
Philippines 7 847 6 370 5 058 4 346 2 972
1 Jan.–
30 June 2013
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