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Migration Trends 2006-2008
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Asylum Seekers and Refugees

  Asylum applications received   Status received (refugee and subsidiary)  
Asylum applications received 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2003-2007   2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2003-2007 Recognition rate
Total 644 458 410 459 357 2328   420 419 343 397 301 1880 81%
including by nationality                            
Russia 481 358 342 369 281 1831   380 360 303 352 260 1655 90%
Afghanistan 25 28 20 23 19 115   16 26 21 23 18 104 90%
Pakistan 14 20 2 7   43   0 0 2 2 1 5 12%
Belarus 12 4 3 7 6 32   0 1 0 3 2 6 19%
India 25         25             0 0%
Ukraine 16 5 0 3   24   1 6 0 0   7 29%
Georgia 1 2 4 4 9 20             0 0%
Nigeria 2 2 12 2 1 19   1 2 0 1   4 21%
Somalia 5 2 4 2 3 16   5 1 3 4 2 15 94%
Palestine 9 7       16             0 0%
Sri Lanka 4 4 4 2   14   3 4 5 2   14 100%
Iraq 1 2 5 4   12   2 2 2 1 3 10 83%
Uzbekistan   1   6 4 11         2 4 6 55%
Kazakhstan 3 5     3 11     4       4 36%
Armenia 3 1   1 5 10   1 1       2 20%
Azerbaijan 5 1 1   1 8   1 2       3 38%
Kongo 2 1 1 1 1 6   2 1 1 1 1 6 100%
Egypt   5   1   6             0 0%
Ghana       6   6             0 0%
Poland 5         5     1       1 20%
Cameroon     1 3   4         2   2 50%
Others 31 10 11 18 24 94   8 8 6 4 10 36 38%