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Migration Trends 2006-2008
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Asylums Seekers and Refugees

  Foreigners applied for refugee status   Foreigners received refugee status or complementary protection Recognition rate
COUNTRY OF CITIZENSHIP 2004 2005 2006 2007 2004-2007   2004 2005 2006 2007 2004-2007 2004-2007
total total total total total   total total total total total total
TOTAL 8079 6860 7093 10048 32080   1131 2144 2471 2982 8728 27%
including by nationality                        
Russian Federation 7183 6248 6405 9238 29074   993 2053 2399 2928 8373 29%
Pakistan 210 69 66 61 406   8 3     11 3%
Belarus 50 73 70 83 276   19 14 23 4 60 22%
Ukraine 72 84 60 55 271   10   1   11 4%
India 151 36 19 48 254     1 1   2 1%
Georgia 47 47 35 31 160   1 1   1 3 2%
Armenia 18 27 48 43 136   1 3 1 2 7 5%
Viet Nam 16 23 27 48 114   2     1 3 3%
Kyrgyzstan 19 18 39 21 97     3     3 3%
Afghanistan 57 6 17 10 90   24 15 3   42 47%
Kazakhstan 30 24 18 12 84       1   1 1%
Sri Lanka 4 6 4 57 71     3 4 9 16 23%
Turkey 30 11 17 12 70   12 6 6 4 28 40%
Iraq 6 15 35 28 84   10 2 10 23 45 54%
Moldova 13 19 12 13 57         1 1 2%
Nigeria 10 10 15 21 56   7 2   1 10 18%
China 19 9 5 22 55     2 2   4 7%
Cameroon 5 2 24 16 47   2 2   1 5 11%
Bangladesh 2 5 8 30 45       2   2 4%
Azerbaijan 10 18 8 8 44     3 7   10 23%
Somalia 19 4 8 9 40   10 13 2 2 27 68%
Mongolia 3 4 8 12 27   1       1 4%
Guinea 4 14 1 7 26           0 0%
Bulgaria 7 15 2   24   2       2 8%
Syria 7 7 3 6 23     1 1   2 9%
Egypt 2 1 12 6 21           0 0%
Stateless 11 15 13 19 58   10 2   2 14 24%
Other states 74 50 114 132 370   19 15 8 3 45 12%













In 2004 - 305 persons, in 2005 - 321, in 2006 - 423 persons and in 2007 - 116 persons were granted refugee status.