Who is an asylum-seeker? - unhcr

TABLE 3 Origin of asylum applications lodged in 44 industrialized countries | 2010 and 2011
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Covering all 44 countries which provided monthly data to UNHCR.
Ranking based on 2011 data.
Origin of asylum applications lodged in Europe | 2010 and 2011
Covering 38 European countries which provided monthly data to UNHCR.
Ranking based on 2011 data.
Annual
Share
Rank
Origin 2010 2011 Total change 2010 2011 Total 2010 2011
Afghanistan 26,619 35,729 62,348 34% 7.5 8.4 8.0 2 1
China 21,597 24,446 46,043 13% 6.1 5.7 5.9 3 2
Iraq 20,572 23,469 44,041 14% 5.8 5.5 5.6 4 3
Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244(1999)) 29,605 21,246 50,851 -28% 8.3 5.0 6.5 1 4
Pakistan 10,959 18,141 29,100 66% 3.1 4.3 3.7 8 5
Islamic Rep. of Iran 15,185 18,128 33,313 19% 4.3 4.3 4.3 7 6
Russian Federation 18,542 16,977 35,519 -8% 5.2 4.0 4.5 5 7
Somalia 17,005 15,482 32,487 -9% 4.8 3.6 4.2 6 8
Eritrea 8,521 10,616 19,137 25% 2.4 2.5 2.5 11 9
Nigeria 9,668 10,498 20,166 9% 2.7 2.5 2.6 9 10
Mexico 5,497 8,906 14,403 62% 1.5 2.1 1.8 17 11
Sri Lanka 9,073 8,521 17,594 -6% 2.6 2.0 2.3 10 12
Syrian Arab Rep. 4,996 8,383 13,379 68% 1.4 2.0 1.7 20 13
Tunisia 910 7,907 8,817 769% 0.3 1.9 1.1 39 14
Bangladesh 6,195 7,644 13,839 23% 1.7 1.8 1.8 15 15
India 4,899 6,772 11,671 38% 1.4 1.6 1.5 21 16
Georgia 7,381 6,700 14,081 -9% 2.1 1.6 1.8 12 17
Turkey 6,509 6,688 13,197 3% 1.8 1.6 1.7 13 18
dem. Rep. of the Congo 5,834 6,574 12,408 13% 1.6 1.5 1.6 16 19
Armenia 5,288 6,220 11,508 18% 1.5 1.5 1.5 19 20
Guinea 5,352 6,113 11,465 14% 1.5 1.4 1.5 18 21
The former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia 6,289 5,607 11,896 -11% 1.8 1.3 1.5 14 22
Côte d’Ivoire 1,852 5,192 7,044 180% 0.5 1.2 0.9 35 23
Algeria 3,917 4,982 8,899 27% 1.1 1.2 1.1 23 24
El Salvador 3,366 4,610 7,976 37% 0.9 1.1 1.0 25 25
Hungary 2,424 4,488 6,912 85% 0.7 1.1 0.9 29 26
Haiti 4,176 3,915 8,091 -6% 1.2 0.9 1.0 22 27
Egypt 2,135 3,841 5,976 80% 0.6 0.9 0.8 32 28
Libya 823 3,825 4,648 365% 0.2 0.9 0.6 40 29
Guatemala 2,562 3,656 6,218 43% 0.7 0.9 0.8 28 30
Stateless 3,731 3,344 7,075 -10% 1.0 0.8 0.9 24 31
Albania 2,227 3,330 5,557 50% 0.6 0.8 0.7 31 32
Sudan 2,694 3,236 5,930 20% 0.8 0.8 0.8 27 33
Ethiopia 3,092 3,180 6,272 3% 0.9 0.7 0.8 26 34
Nepal 2,118 2,913 5,031 38% 0.6 0.7 0.6 33 35
Ghana 1,757 2,817 4,574 60% 0.5 0.7 0.6 36 36
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,326 2,732 5,058 17% 0.7 0.6 0.6 30 37
Morocco 1,369 2,696 4,065 97% 0.4 0.6 0.5 37 38
Mali 1,255 2,363 3,618 88% 0.4 0.6 0.5 38 39
Azerbaijan 1,996 2,363 4,359 18% 0.6 0.6 0.6 34 39
Other * 65,189 82,134 147,323 26% 18.3 19.3 18.8
Total 355,505 426,384 781,889 20% 100.0 100.0 100.0
Annual
Share
Rank
Origin 2010 2011 Total change 2010 2011 Total 2010 2011
Afghanistan 22,922 33,317 56,239 45% 8.4 10.2 9.4 2 1
Iraq 19,142 22,315 41,457 17% 7.0 6.8 6.9 3 2
Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244(1999)) 29,266 20,910 50,176 -29% 10.7 6.4 8.4 1 3
Russian Federation 17,257 15,667 32,924 -9% 6.3 4.8 5.5 4 4
Pakistan 9,227 15,212 24,439 65% 3.4 4.7 4.1 7 5
Islamic Rep. of Iran 12,923 14,985 27,908 16% 4.7 4.6 4.7 6 6
Somalia 16,070 14,778 30,848 -8% 5.9 4.5 5.1 5 7
Eritrea 7,865 9,739 17,604 24% 2.9 3.0 2.9 9 8
Nigeria 8,517 9,406 17,923 10% 3.1 2.9 3.0 8 9
Syrian Arab Rep. 4,782 7,845 12,627 64% 1.7 2.4 2.1 19 10
Tunisia 865 7,786 8,651 800% 0.3 2.4 1.4 39 11
Sri Lanka 6,669 6,917 13,586 4% 2.4 2.1 2.3 11 12
Bangladesh 5,716 6,905 12,621 21% 2.1 2.1 2.1 15 13
Georgia 7,263 6,592 13,855 -9% 2.7 2.0 2.3 10 14
dem. Rep. of the Congo 5,406 6,065 11,471 12% 2.0 1.9 1.9 16 15
Armenia 5,059 6,037 11,096 19% 1.8 1.9 1.8 17 16
Turkey 5,888 5,941 11,829 1% 2.1 1.8 2.0 14 17
China 5,928 5,907 11,835 0% 2.2 1.8 2.0 13 18
Guinea 4,876 5,712 10,588 17% 1.8 1.8 1.8 18 19
The former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia 6,251 5,562 11,813 -11% 2.3 1.7 2.0 12 20
Algeria 3,777 4,784 8,561 27% 1.4 1.5 1.4 20 21
Côte d’Ivoire 1,545 4,571 6,116 196% 0.6 1.4 1.0 32 22
Libya 761 3,277 4,038 331% 0.3 1.0 0.7 40 23
Sudan 2,474 2,941 5,415 19% 0.9 0.9 0.9 23 24
Albania 1,861 2,915 4,776 57% 0.7 0.9 0.8 28 25
India 3,085 2,732 5,817 -11% 1.1 0.8 1.0 21 26
Stateless 2,606 2,707 5,313 4% 1.0 0.8 0.9 22 27
Morocco 1,296 2,604 3,900 101% 0.5 0.8 0.6 34 28
Ghana 1,585 2,587 4,172 63% 0.6 0.8 0.7 31 29
Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,182 2,515 4,697 15% 0.8 0.8 0.8 24 30
Azerbaijan 1,928 2,274 4,202 18% 0.7 0.7 0.7 27 31
Egypt 1,147 2,118 3,265 85% 0.4 0.6 0.5 36 32
Haiti 2,041 2,048 4,089 0% 0.7 0.6 0.7 26 33
Mali 957 2,037 2,994 113% 0.3 0.6 0.5 37 34
Ethiopia 1,656 1,811 3,467 9% 0.6 0.6 0.6 30 35
Senegal 1,260 1,671 2,931 33% 0.5 0.5 0.5 35 36
Cameroon 1,463 1,609 3,072 10% 0.5 0.5 0.5 33 37
Viet Nam 2,163 1,560 3,723 -28% 0.8 0.5 0.6 25 38
Mongolia 1,670 1,559 3,229 -7% 0.6 0.5 0.5 29 39
Belarus 941 1,441 2,382 53% 0.3 0.4 0.4 38 40
Other * 35,609 49,807 85,416 40% 13.0 15.2 14.2
Total 273,899 327,166 601,065 19% 100.0 100.0 100.0
* The country of origin of 16,000 asylum-seekers in Italy in 2011 is unknown. * The country of origin of 16,000 asylum-seekers in Italy in 2011 is unknown.
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