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Migration Trends 2006-2008
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Asylums Seekers and Refugees

TOTAL during the reported year Number of applications received Refugee status given Recognition rate
2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2003-2007 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2003-2007 2003-2007
  1367 1364 1765 2101 2272 8869 56 80 49 76 33 294 3%
Including by Countries of Origin
India 100 103 451 473 453 1580 1     1   2 0%
Pakistan 36 146 224 359 535 1300             0%
Afghanistan 283 320 187 129 233 1152 36 49 27 34 12 158 14%
Bangladesh 114 120 195 194 181 804       1   1 0%
Iraq 190 69 54 102 206 621   4 3 2 3 12 2%
Russia 101 126 165 85 84 561 6 6   3 1 16 3%
Somalia 72 34 42 66 126 340 10 4 2     16 5%
Palestine 21 72 83 128 34 338     1 2 1 4 1%
Georgia 25 22 39 46 49 181 1 1 2 2 2 8 4%
Iran 69 36 33 19 18 175   2 3 5   10 6%
Uzbekistan 1 4 23 84 48 160       6 2 8 5%
Armenia 54 36 29 18 14 151     1 2 2 5 3%
Nigeria 37 31 20 35 17 140       2   2 1%
Syria 33 38 25 18 16 130   3 1 1 1 6 5%
Sri Lanka 56 15 8 19 19 117         1 1 1%
Azerbaijan 3 21 45 15 20 104   5   2 4 11 11%
Viet Nam 13   1 26 56 96             0%
China 54 12   12 3 81             0%
Ethiopia 18 27 12 13   70             0%
Sudan 7 17 13 20 10 67 1     2   3 4%
Congo DR 2 18 10 14 15 59       1   1 2%
Lebanon 19 7 6 13 7 52     2     2 4%
Moldova   1 6 23 10 40             0%
Liberia 9 9 3 17   38   1       1 3%
Congo 4 6 1 23   34   2       2 6%
Ghana   6 1 23 3 33       6   6 18%
Kyrgyzstan 4 2 2 17 6 31             0%
Belarus   1 6 12 12 31     2 2 3 7 23%
Angola 8 12 6 3   29       1   1 3%
Kazakhstan 1   18 10   29             0%
Tajikistan 2 9 5 8 4 28             0%
Cameroon 4 1 2 11 3 21             0%
Algeria 2 4 5 2 6 19             0%
Uganda 3 3 2 6 5 19     1     1 5%
Jordan   5 5 3 4 17             0%
Côte d'Ivoire 2   1 12   15     1     1 7%
Cuba   3 6 5   14             0%
Turkey 6 1 3 1 3 14             0%
Turkmenistan   1 1 7 4 13             0%
Egypt 1 1     9 11             0%
Nepal     4   7 11             0%
Stateless 1 2 9 3   15 1 3 2 1   7 47%
Other states 12 23 14 27 52 128     1   1 2 2%