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Migration Trends 2006-2008
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Asylums Seekers and Refugees

  Asylum applications received Status received (refugee and subsidiary) Recognition
Asylum applications received 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2003-2007 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2003-2007 rate
Total 1077 662 592 464 742 3537 164 76 69 57 161 527 15%
including by nationality                          
Iraq 329 109 102 78 283 901 86 27 33 30 113 289 32%
China 204 92 47 50 28 421       1   1 0%
India 157 65 28 1 15 266 1         1 0%
Somalia 63 43 26 51 32 215 9 25 11 7 18 70 33%
Turkey 36 48 38 28 44 194 6 5 5   5 21 11%
Serbia (before Yugoslavia) 11 7 2 3 186 209 1 4       5 2%
Iran 66 35 33 21 10 165 17 4   1 1 23 14%
Syria 15 33 36 23 12 119 5 2 3   1 11 9%
Pakistan 23 34 35 18 8 118 1 1       2 2%
Bangladesh 6 30 50 5 11 102             0%
Palestine 26 17 12 19 12 86 3 2 1 2 2 10 12%
Moldova 5 13 7 11 16 52       1 1 2 4%
Georgia   15 16 16 4 51         1 1 2%
Congo 13 11 11 13   48 13 3 5 2 1 24 50%
Jordan 13 7 11 13 3 47 2       6 8 17%
Sudan 10 12 11 4 7 44 6   3 4   13 30%
Nigeria 3 5 21 9 2 40 1       1 2 5%
Liberia 7 10 16 3 1 37             0%
Lebanon 12 8 6 7 1 34 2 1   2 1 6 18%
Russia 5 7 5 10 5 32 1         1 3%
Egypt 10 2 5 6 5 28         1 1 4%
Afghanistan 16 1   5 5 27 3       2 5 19%
Cameroon 4 8 2 5 1 20 1 1     2 4 20%
Tunisia 3 2 6 4 3 18     1     1 6%
Guinea 2 1 5 5 4 17 1   1 1 1 4 24%
Zaire 2 5 1 6 3 17         1 1 6%
Cote d'Ivoire   4 6 5 1 16             0%
Israel   4 4 2 6 16             0%
Ukraine 2 2 2 3 6 15             0%
Ethiopia 6 2 1 2 1 12             0%
Zimbabwe   2 2 5 3 12             0%
Marocco 2 3 4 1 1 11       1   1 9%
South Africa 8 3       11             0%
Sri Lanka   1 4   5 10             0%
Uzbekistan   2 5 2 1 10     4 2   6 60%
Other(statless,etc) 18 19 32 30 17 116 5 1 2 3 3 14 12%