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TABLE 21 Asylum applications lodged in 44 industrialized countries by origin | fourth quarter 2011
Covering all 44 asylum countries which provided monthly data to UNHCR. See notes in Annex Table 1.
Top-20 ranking of countries based on applications lodged in all countries. An asterisk (*) denotes between 1 and 4 applications.
TABLE 21
Asylum applications lodged in 44 industrialized countries by origin | fourth quarter 2011 (ctnd)
Covering all 44 asylum countries which provided monthly data to UNHCR. See notes in Annex Table 1.
Top-20 ranking of countries based on applications lodged in all countries. An asterisk (*) denotes between 1 and 4 applications.
Origin Albania Australia Austria Belgium
Bosnia
and H. Bulgaria Canada Croatia Cyprus Czech Rep. Denmark Estonia Finland France Germany
Afghanistan - 882 1,183 612 - 16 102 186 9 16 226 - 48 162 1,671
Iraq - 154 105 517 - 97 42 * * * 31 - 151 58 1,336
Serbia (and Kosovo:
S/RES/1244 (1999))
- - 120 470 * - 48 * - - 114 - 80 548 2,757
China - 339 64 78 - * 490 - 8 * * - * 583 73
Islamic Rep. of Iran - 720 169 109 * 6 89 21 17 * 127 - 34 51 991
Pakistan - 284 283 265 - * 268 8 35 * 19 - * 435 1,142
Russian Federation - * 584 471 - * 118 7 7 6 103 - 70 1,119 475
Somalia * * 187 156 * 12 125 32 - - 48 * 109 238 264
Syrian Arab Rep. - 34 155 139 - 14 67 * 85 * 154 - 51 61 710
Nigeria - 25 94 41 - * 190 * 5 * 21 - 22 212 183
Mexico - - * - - - 164 - - - - - - - -
Eritrea - - 10 10 - - 20 7 - - 5 - * 254 152
Sri Lanka - 142 * 27 - - 156 - 22 - 9 - 5 756 142
Georgia - 5 78 94 - * * - * * 8 - 27 515 169
Turkey - 17 78 145 - * 109 * * * 9 - 13 547 397
Hungary - - - - - - 1,837 - - - - - - - -
Bangladesh - 42 32 218 - * 26 * 51 - 7 - * 769 42
dem. Rep. of
the Congo
- * 15 338 - - 76 - - - 7 - 11 1,010 45
India - 217 100 40 - - 223 - 22 * * - 5 5 190
Armenia - * 67 102 - 5 11 - * * 19 * * 994 72
Origin Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy (1) Japan (2) Latvia
Afghanistan 246 179 * 19 236 * * - 13 - - - 453 * 255
Iraq 83 24 * * 79 * * - - 11 - * 314 * 60
Serbia (and Kosovo:
S/RES/1244(1999))
* 57 - * 44 - - - - 293 - - 37 - 68
China 67 * - 10 5 * - * - - - - 67 * 21
Islamic Rep. of Iran 111 11 * * 45 11 * * - 15 - * 240 5 84
Pakistan 486 62 * 39 283 60 - - - - - - 46 * 16
Russian Federation 17 * * - - - * - 28 9 - - 173 - 101
Somalia 34 55 * 6 37 - - - - - 43 - 238 - 536
Syrian Arab Rep. 75 49 - 5 59 * 6 - - * 107 * 66 - 76
Nigeria 95 6 * 37 538 20 - - * * * - 21 * 63
Mexico - - - * * * - - - - - - - - -
Eritrea * * - * 33 - - - - * * - 116 - 235
Sri Lanka 22 - - - 11 36 - - - * - - 36 7 13
Georgia 252 5 * * * - 19 * 83 - - * 44 - 7
Turkey 8 8 - - 124 76 - - - 5 - - 17 * 9
Hungary - - - - - - - - - - - - - * 6
Bangladesh 94 * * 7 92 26 - - - - - - * 6 35
dem. Rep. of
the Congo
- 5 - 21 7 * 18 - * - - - 8 - 12
India 59 6 - * * 14 - - - - - - 6 * 6
Armenia 15 * - * * - - * 10 - - - 112 - -
Lithuania
Malta
Liechtenstein
Luxembourg
Montenegro
Netherlands
New
Zealand
Norway
Origin Poland Portugal Rep. of Korea Romania Serbia (3) Slovakia Slovenia Spain Sweden Switzerland
TfYR
Macedonia (4) Turkey
United
Kingdom
United
States (5)
Afghanistan - * 8 40 322 44 9 * 1,312 253 89 741 405 65
Iraq * * * 11 - - * 8 346 94 - 3,848 85 96
Serbia (and Kosovo:
S/RES/1244(1999))
- - - - - - * - 1,935 873 - - 5 54
China * - * 7 - * - - 27 203 - 16 230 3,925
Islamic Rep. of Iran * * - * * * * 15 293 101 * 1,512 925 175
Pakistan * 6 144 84 49 * * 30 54 26 20 11 1,225 141
Russian Federation 867 - * * - 7 - 13 228 47 - - 25 163
Somalia - 15 - 21 144 22 11 8 1,473 153 36 245 175 45
Syrian Arab Rep. - - - 12 * 5 7 15 222 250 - * 205 115
Nigeria * 10 21 * * - * 78 77 439 - 7 250 58
Mexico - - - - - - - - * * - - 5 2,257
Eritrea - - - - - - - * 439 757 - 5 165 104
Sri Lanka * * 67 - - - - 7 5 125 - * 565 60
Georgia 371 * - * - 17 - * 96 81 - - 10 15
Turkey * - - 5 * - 25 5 30 150 - - 55 23
Hungary - - - - - - - - - 5 - - - 6
Bangladesh - * 12 5 12 * - * 38 7 - - 220 66
dem. Rep. of
the Congo
- * * - * * - 17 30 30 - 33 45 22
India * - 8 9 7 - - 9 8 5 - - 165 540
Armenia 59 - - * - * - 9 67 20 - - - 30
1 This table excludes a significant number of asylum applications lodged in Italy due to lack of data.
2 UNHCR estimates.
3 Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999)).
4 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
5 Combination of number of cases (DHS) and persons (EOIR).
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