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ASYLUM APPLICATIONS IN INDUSTRIALIZED COUNTRIES: 1980 - 1999

TRENDS IN ASYLUM APPLICATIONS LODGED IN 37, MOSTLY INDUSTRIALIZED, COUNTRIES

NOVEMBER 2001

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Page INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................ vii CHAPTER I. ASYLUM APPLICATIONS, 1980-1984

1. Total number of asylum applications submitted in industrialized countries, 1980-1984 .......................................................................

1

2. Asylum applications submitted in the European Union, 1980-1984 .................................................................................................

2

Asylum applications by origin, 1980-1984

3. - Austria ........................................................................................... 3 4. - Belgium ......................................................................................... 4 5. - Denmark ........................................................................................ 5 6. - France ........................................................................................... 6 7. - Germany ....................................................................................... 7 8. - Greece .......................................................................................... 8 9. - Italy ................................................................................................ 9 10. - Netherlands ................................................................................... 10 11. - Portugal ......................................................................................... 11 12. - Spain ............................................................................................. 12 13. - Sweden ......................................................................................... 13 14. - Switzerland .................................................................................... 14 15. - Turkey ........................................................................................... 15 16. - United Kingdom .............................................................................

16

17. Origin of asylum applicants in Europe by country of asylum, 1980-1984 ........................................................................................

17

18. Origin of asylum applicants in Europe by year of application, 1980-1984 ........................................................................................

20

19. Origin of asylum applicants in the European Union, 1980-1984 ...... 21 20. Origin of asylum applicants in the European Union, Norway and

Switzerland, 1980-1984 .................................................................... 22

21. Origin of asylum applicants in Northern Europe, 1980-1984 ............ 23 22. Origin of asylum applicants in Southern Europe, 1980-1984 ........... 24

CHAPTER II. ASYLUM APPLICATIONS, 1985-1989


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Asylum applications by origin, 1985-1989 3. - Austria ........................................................................................... 27 4. - Belgium ......................................................................................... 28 5. - Denmark ........................................................................................ 29 6. - Finland .......................................................................................... 30 7. - France ........................................................................................... 31 8. - Germany ....................................................................................... 32 9. - Greece .......................................................................................... 33 10. - Italy ................................................................................................ 34 11. - Netherlands ................................................................................... 35 12. - Norway .......................................................................................... 36 13. - Portugal ......................................................................................... 37 14. - Spain ............................................................................................. 38 15. - Sweden ......................................................................................... 39 16. - Switzerland .................................................................................... 40 17. - Turkey ........................................................................................... 41 18. - United Kingdom .............................................................................

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Switzerland, 1985-1989 .................................................................... 49

22. Origin of asylum applicants in Northern Europe, 1985-1989 ............ 50 23. Origin of asylum applicants in Southern Europe, 1985-1989 ........... 51

CHAPTER III. ASYLUM APPLICATIONS, 1990-1994

1. Total number of asylum applications submitted in industrialized

countries, 1990-1994 ....................................................................... 52


53

3. Asylum applications submitted in the candidate countries for European Union membership, 1990-1994 .......................................

54


4. - Austria ........................................................................................... 55 5. - Belgium ......................................................................................... 56 6. - Czech Republic ............................................................................. 57 7. - Denmark ........................................................................................ 58 8. - Finland .......................................................................................... 59 9. - France ........................................................................................... 60 10. - Germany ....................................................................................... 61 11. - Greece .......................................................................................... 62 12. - Ireland ........................................................................................... 63 13. - Italy ................................................................................................ 64


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14. - Malta ............................................................................................. 65 15. - Netherlands ................................................................................... 66 16. - Norway .......................................................................................... 67 17. - Poland ........................................................................................... 68 18. - Portugal ......................................................................................... 69 19. - Spain ............................................................................................. 70 20. - Sweden ......................................................................................... 71 21. - Switzerland .................................................................................... 72 22. - Turkey ........................................................................................... 73 23. - United Kingdom ............................................................................. 74 24. - Canada ......................................................................................... 75 25. - United States ................................................................................

76


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Switzerland, 1990-1994 .................................................................... 84

30. Origin of asylum applicants in Central Europe, 1990-1994 .............. 85 31. Origin of asylum applicants in Northern Europe, 1990-1994 ............ 86 32. Origin of asylum applicants in Southern Europe, 1990-1994 ........... 87 33. Origin of asylum applicants in the candidate countries for

European Union membership, 1990-1994 ....................................... 88

CHAPTER IV. ASYLUM APPLICATIONS, 1995-1999


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4. - Austria ........................................................................................... 92 5. - Belgium ......................................................................................... 93 6. - Bulgaria ......................................................................................... 94 7. - Cyprus ........................................................................................... 95 8. - Czech Republic ............................................................................. 96 9. - Denmark ........................................................................................ 97 10. - Estonia .......................................................................................... 98 11. - Finland .......................................................................................... 99 12. - France ........................................................................................... 100 13. - Germany ....................................................................................... 101 14. - Greece .......................................................................................... 102 15. - Hungary ........................................................................................ 103


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16. - Iceland .......................................................................................... 104 17. - Ireland ........................................................................................... 105 18. - Italy ................................................................................................ 106 19. - Latvia ............................................................................................ 107 20. - Liechtenstein ................................................................................. 108 21. - Lithuania ....................................................................................... 109 22. - Luxembourg .................................................................................. 110 23. - Malta ............................................................................................. 111 24. - Netherlands ................................................................................... 112 25. - Norway .......................................................................................... 113 26. - Poland ........................................................................................... 114 27. - Portugal ......................................................................................... 115 28. - Romania ........................................................................................ 116 29. - Slovak Republic ............................................................................ 117 30. - Slovenia ........................................................................................ 118 31. - Spain ............................................................................................. 119 32. - Sweden ......................................................................................... 120 33. - Switzerland .................................................................................... 121 34. - Turkey ........................................................................................... 122 35. - United Kingdom ............................................................................. 123 36. - Canada ......................................................................................... 124 37. - United States ................................................................................ 125 38. - Australia ........................................................................................ 126 39. - New Zealand ................................................................................. 127 40. - Japan ............................................................................................

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Switzerland, 1995-1999 .................................................................... 139



CHAPTER V. ASYLUM APPLICATIONS, 1980-1989 AND 1990-1999


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4. Origin of asylum applicants in Europe by year of application,


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1980-1989 ........................................................................................ 148 5. Origin of asylum applicants in the European Union, 1980-1989 ...... 149 6. Origin of asylum applicants in the European Union, Norway and

Switzerland, 1980-1989 .................................................................... 150

7. Origin of asylum applicants in Northern Europe, 1980-1989 ............ 151 8. Origin of asylum applicants in Southern Europe, 1980-1989 ........... 152 9. Total number of asylum applications submitted in industrialized

countries, 1990-1999 ....................................................................... 153


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Switzerland, 1990-1999 .................................................................... 162



20. Origin of asylum applicants in the United States, 1990-1999 ........... 167 21. Origin of asylum applicants in Canada, 1990-1999 .......................... 168

CHAPTER VI. ASYLUM APPLICATIONS PRIOR TO 1980

1. Asylum applications submitted in Austria, 1955-1959 ...................... 169 2. Asylum applications submitted in industrialized countries, 1960-

1964 .................................................................................................. 169

3. Asylum applications submitted in industrialized countries, 1965-1969 ..................................................................................................

169


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Asylum applications by origin

6. - Switzerland, 1960-1964 ................................................................ 171 7. - Germany, 1965-1969 .................................................................... 172 8. - Switzerland, 1965-1969 ................................................................ 173 9. - Austria, 1970-1974 ........................................................................ 174 10. - Belgium, 1970-1974 ...................................................................... 175 11. - Denmark, 1970-1974 .................................................................... 176 12. - Germany, 1970-1974 .................................................................... 177 13. - Italy, 1970-1974 ............................................................................ 178


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14. - Switzerland, 1970-1974 ................................................................ 179 15. - Turkey, 1970-1974 ........................................................................ 180 16. - Austria, 1975-1979 ........................................................................ 181 17. - Belgium, 1975-1979 ...................................................................... 182 18. - Denmark, 1975-1979 .................................................................... 183 19. - Germany, 1975-1979 .................................................................... 184 20. - Italy, 1975-1979 ............................................................................ 185 21. - Switzerland, 1975-1979 ................................................................ 186 22. - Turkey, 1975-1979 ........................................................................ 187 23. - United Kingdom, 1975-1979 ......................................................... 188

ANNEXES

1. Asylum applications submitted in industrialized countries, 1980-

1989 ................................................................................................. 189

2. Main origin of asylum applicants in Europe, 1980-1989 ................... 192 3. Origin of asylum applicants in Europe by regions, 1980-1989 ......... 195 4. Asylum applications submitted in industrialized countries, 1990-

1999 ................................................................................................. 196

5. Main origin of asylum applicants in Europe, 1990-1999 ................... 201 6. Main origin of asylum applicants in Canada, 1990-1999 .................. 204 7. Main origin of asylum applicants in the United States, 1990-

1999 ................................................................................................. 205

8. Origin of asylum applicants in industrialized countries by regions, 1990-1999 ..........................................................................

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Asylum applications lodged in37 countries, 1980-1999

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INTRODUCTION

1. Data collection is a key function of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). As stated in the UNHCR mandate: "The High Commissioner shall provide for the protection of refugees falling under the competence of his Office by: ... (f) Obtaining from Governments information concerning the number and conditions of refugees in their territories..." (emphasis added). 2. Much of the data contained in this report have not been published before, but was reported by Governments to UNHCR over the past decades. The information is based on national registration and data collection practices. In some countries, UNHCR has carried out, or continues to be engaged in, refugee status determination under its Mandate and/or on behalf of the Government. UNHCR’s involvement in the asylum process, e.g. in Belgium, Hungary, Italy and Turkey, has been indicated separately in the report. The data for Turkey have been solely provided by UNHCR. 3. The Population and Geographic Data Section acknowledges the assistance of Mr. Tarek Abou Chabake, consultant, in preparing this study.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 4. This study documents asylum flows during the last two decades of the 20th century. During this period, the asylum regime has undergone significant changes, not only from a numerical perspective, but also from the viewpoint of countries of origin and destination. In this section, the main trends are briefly touched upon. 5. During 1980-1999, some 8.4 million asylum applications were lodged in 37, mostly industrialized, countries in Europe, North America, Australia, New Zealand and Japan. During the 1990s, the number of applications submitted reached 6.1 million, an almost three-fold increase compared to the previous decade, when some 2.3 million applications were lodged. In 1992, a peak was reached when some 856,000 applications were submitted, whereas the lowest number of applications during the past two decades was recorded in 1983 (115,000). Since 1996, the number of asylum applications has increased to reach some 652,000 in 1999 (see chart). 6. During 1980-1999, Europe received some 6.3 million asylum applications, some 75 per cent of all applications lodged in the countries considered here. North America, comprising Canada and the United States, received another 2 million


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Applications lodged in 15 EU countries1980-1999

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asylum-seekers (24%), whereas Australia, Japan and New Zealand together recorded some 107,000 applications (1%) of all claims submitted. 7. During the 1980s, the current 15 member states of the European Union received 68 per cent of all persons who applied for asylum in the 37 industrialized countries. This percentage was virtually the same during the 1990s (66%) as well as in 1999 (64%). The share of the EU-countries in the total number of applications lodged in Europe during the 1990s (88%) was only two percentage points below the level of the 1980s (90%). 8. However, whereas the EU accounted for some 90 per cent or more of all asylum applications lodged in Europe during most of the period, its share fell to some 79 per cent during 1998 and 1999 (see chart). This decline is largely due to the growing importance of Central Europe as a destination for asylum-seekers. Here, the annual number of applications lodged almost quintupled, from 5,800 in 1990 to 27,300 in 1999. 9. Germany has been the major recipient country over the past 20 years receiving some 2.8 million applications or 45 per cent of all applications lodged in Europe. Although Germany received 46 per cent of all asylum applications submitted in Europe during the 1990s, its share had fallen to 27 per cent by 1999. The decrease in Germany’s share during the 1990s coincided with a rise in the share of other countries such as the Netherlands (from 5% in 1990 to 8% in 1999), Switzerland (from 8% to 11%) and, in particular, the United Kingdom (from 6% to 14%). In contrast, the share of France in the total number of applications lodged in Europe fell from 17 per cent during the 1980s to 6 per cent in the 1990s, whereas Sweden’s share fell from 8 to 5 per cent. 10. From the 1980s to the 1990s, the number of asylum applicants originating from Europe increased by 310%, the number of African asylum-seekers increased by 230%, whereas the number of applicants from Asia increased by 80%. Consequently, the share of European asylum applicants in the total number of asylum-seekers in Europe increased from 27 per cent in the 1980s to 42 per cent in the 1990s, making Europe the largest source region of asylum-seekers. 11. During the past two decades, the main nationalities of persons applying for asylum in Europe changed significantly. In the 1980s, Turkey was the major country of origin (243,000 applicants), followed by Poland (214,000), the Islamic Rep. of Iran (152,000) and Sri Lanka (106,000). The 1990s, however, recorded an important increase in applications lodged by citizens from the former Yugoslavia (Federal


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Republic of Yugoslavia). Their number rose from 68,000 in the 1980s to a total of 877,000 in the decade later. During the 1990s, Romanian asylum-seekers were the second-largest group with some 402,000 applications, followed by Turkish (337,000) and Iraqi citizens (229,000). 12. During the 1990s, some 50 per cent of all applications received by the US Immigration and Naturalization Service (INS) concerned nationals from El Salvador (221,000), Guatemala (176,000) and Mexico (54,000). In Canada, nationals from Sri Lanka (34,000) submitted 12 per cent of all applications lodged during the 1990s, whereas Somali’s constituted the second largest group of applicants (20,000). In Australia and New Zealand, Indonesia (6,400) and China (4,900) were the main nationalities applying for asylum during the second part of 1990s.

METHODOLOGY

13. This document presents a comprehensive overview of asylum flows in 37, mostly industrialized, countries in Europe, North America, Oceania and Asia by country of asylum, by detailed nationality as well as by year of application. While the emphasis of this report is on the period 1980-1999 (Chapters I-V), selected data on the period prior to 1980 has been included as well (Chapter VI). The countries included concern mostly those with developed asylum systems, whereas an effort was also made to include as many European countries as possible. 14. The first four Chapters cover the number of applications for each of the four five-year periods distinguished (1980-1984, 1985-1989, 1990-1994 and 1995-1999). Each of these four Chapters is organized as follows: The first section provides an overview of the total number of asylum applications submitted by year of application and by country of asylum. The second section provides, for each country of asylum listed in the first Section, the 40 main nationalities of asylum applicants by year of application. As such, this Section allows for a detailed review of applications by country of asylum as well as by origin. The third section provides a summary of the asylum data by five-year periods as well as by various regional groupings. 15. Chapter V provides a number of summary tables by ten-year period, whereas Chapter VI provides asylum application data submitted prior to 1980, dating back as far as 1955. In the Annexes, a number of charts are included indicating the main trends in the number of asylum applications lodged. 16. The following regional classifications have been adopted.

• Central Europe. This includes Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania and the Slovak Republic.

• Northern Europe. This includes Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and

Sweden. • Southern Europe. This includes Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal,

Slovenia, Spain and Turkey.


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• European Union (EU). This includes Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland,

France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

• Candidate countries for EU-membership. This includes Bulgaria, Cyprus,

Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Poland, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia and Turkey.

• Europe. This includes Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Cyprus,

Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom1.

17. All tables reflect calendar years, except for Australia, New Zealand and the United States, where the years refer to the respective fiscal years. A “dash” (-) in the tables indicates that value is zero, rounded to zero, not available or not applicable. Figures below five have been replaced by an asterisk (*). Generally, the data refer to the number of applicants or persons rather than the number of applications or families. 18. The data generally refer to “first” applications only and thus exclude re-opened, repeat or appeal applications. However, if available, the overview tables at the beginning of each Chapter reflect this additional information. In some cases, such as the Czech Republic or Ireland, first and second instance/appeal applications have been combined in the tables by nationality due to the unavailability of the required breakdown (see Country Notes below for further detail). In order to ensure the comparability of the data, the graphs in the Annexes show first instance applications only. 19. A number of states have ceased to exist during the period under review. To facilitate the classification and presentation of data, all statistics pertaining to the former Soviet Union have been classified under Russian Federation. For the same reason, data pertaining to the former Czechoslovakia have been classified under Czech Republic; data pertaining to the former German Democratic Republic have been classified under Germany; and data pertaining to the former Yugoslavia have been classified under the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia has been abbreviated to FYR Macedonia. The Special Administrative Region of Hong Kong, China is referred to as Hong Kong, China (SAR). In country names, the word “Democratic” has been shortened to “Dem.”, whereas the word “Republic” has been replaced by “Rep.”.

1 Cyprus and Turkey have been included in “Europe” in the country of asylum classification. However, as a country of origin they have been classified under “Asia” as per the regional classification of the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat.


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COUNTRY NOTES 20. These notes explain the main variations from and discrepancies with the standardized data as described above. The first part below refers to the overview tables by country of asylum (Tables I.1, II.1, III.1, IV.1, V.1 and V.9), while the second part pertains to the tables providing information by nationality.

Tables by country of asylum

- Canada. The 1980-1982 figures are estimates. - Denmark. "Inland" refers to applications lodged by asylum-seekers arriving

spontaneously in Denmark while "abroad" refers to applications lodged at embassies abroad. The 1971 figure refers to 1970 and 1971.

- Hungary. "Government" refers to applications submitted to the Hungarian

Government while "UNHCR" refers to applications submitted under the UNHCR mandate. The 1989-1991 figures exclude spontaneously arriving Romanian citizens (27,000 in 1989, 17,400 in 1990 and 3,750 in 1991).

- Italy. “Government" refers to applications submitted to the Italian

Government while "UNHCR" refers to applications submitted under the UNHCR mandate. Applications submitted to the Government during 1988 and 1989 are not available. The 1999 figure, provided by the Government, includes applications not yet officially recorded by the Eligibility Commission. During 1999, the Eligibility Commission received 12,150 asylum applicants.

- Malta. The 1992 figure refers to the number of applications (cases). - Netherlands. The 1976-1982 data refer to the number of applications

(cases). The 1999 figure excludes 3,434 asylum applications submitted by people from Kosovo under the Humanitarian Evacuation Programme (HEP).

- Portugal. The 1974-1981 and 1983 figures refer to the number of

applications (cases). - United Kingdom. The 1975-1984 figures refer to the number of applicants

(persons), whereas the period 1985-1999 indicates the number of applications (cases). There are some 1.3 persons per application in the UK.

- United States. Data by nationality have been provided by the Immigration

and Naturalization Service (INS). These figures refer to the number of applications (cases). There are some 1.45 persons per application in the USA. In the overview tables, the Executive Office of Immigration Review has been abbreviated to EOIR.

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- Czech Republic. The 1999 figure includes applications submitted in the

appeal stage. - Denmark. The 1980-1986 figures refer to applications submitted in Denmark

only, whereas the 1987-1999 figures refer to applications submitted in Denmark and at embassies abroad.

- Germany. The 1993-1994 and 1998-1999 figures exclude “second” or

“repeat” applications. - Hungary. The 1990-1998 figures refer to applications submitted to the

Hungarian Government and under the UNHCR mandate. - Italy. The 1980-1987 figures refer to applications submitted to the Italian

Government and under the UNHCR mandate. - Luxembourg. The 1996-1997 figures refer to the number of applications

(cases). - Turkey. Due to technical reasons, a breakdown by origin for 1985, 1986 and

1994 has not been included in the tables. The figures are as follows. For 1985: Islamic Rep. of Iran 79, Iraq 3, Others/unknown 5. For 1986: Islamic Rep. of Iran 1,566, Iraq 31, Afghanistan 14, Others/unknown 26. For 1994: Iraq 2,464, Islamic Rep. of Iran 1,806, Afghanistan 35, Algeria 19, Somalia 19, Azerbaijan 15, Syrian Arab Rep. 13, Georgia 12, Others/unknown 59.

COUNTRY ABBREVIATIONS

21. The following country codes have been used in the tables.

AUS = Austria LTU = Lithuania BEL = Belgium LUX = Luxembourg BUL = Bulgaria LVA = Latvia CYP = Cyprus MTA = Malta CZE = Czech Republic NET = Netherlands DEN = Denmark NOR = Norway EST = Estonia POL = Poland FIN = Finland POR = Portugal FRA = France ROM = Romania GFR = Germany SPA = Spain GRE = Greece SVK = Slovak Republic HUN = Hungary SVN = Slovenia ICE = Iceland SWE = Sweden IRE = Ireland SWI = Switzerland ITA = Italy TUR = Turkey LIE = Liechtenstein UK = United Kingdom

CHAPTER I.

ASYLUM APPLICATIONS: 1980-1984

Asylum Applications in Industrialized Countries: 1980-1999United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Geneva, November 2001

Table I.1 Total number of asylum applications submitted in industrialized countries, 1980-1984

Country 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 TotalAustria 9,259 34,557 6,314 5,898 7,208 63,236 Belgium 2,727 2,287 2,908 2,908 3,646 14,476 Canada* 1,000 3,000 5,000 9,400 11,000 29,400 Denmark* 65 123 298 800 4,312 5,598 Finland - 15 12 16 25 68 France 19,912 19,863 22,505 22,350 21,714 106,344 Germany 107,818 49,391 37,423 19,737 35,278 249,647 Greece 1,792 2,240 1,194 447 764 6,437 Italy (Government)* 1,541 2,767 2,520 1,993 2,766 11,587 Italy (UNHCR)* 585 871 616 1,044 1,793 4,909 Japan - - 530 44 62 636 Netherlands* 1,350 1,594 1,214 2,015 2,603 8,776 Norway 101 95 100 150 300 746 Portugal* 1,636 600 1,115 609 378 4,338 Spain - 325 2,459 1,416 1,179 5,379 Sweden - 12,651 10,225 7,050 12,000 41,926 Switzerland (1st instance) 3,020 4,226 7,135 7,886 7,435 29,702 Switzerland (2nd instance) - - - - 17,159 17,159 Turkey - - 786 1,309 2,137 4,232 United Kingdom* 2,352 2,425 4,223 4,296 4,171 17,467 United States* 26,512 61,568 33,296 26,091 24,295 171,762 Total 179,670 198,598 139,873 115,459 160,225 793,825 - Europe 152,158 134,030 101,047 79,924 124,868 592,027 - European Union 149,037 129,709 93,026 70,579 97,837 540,188 - Northern America 27,512 64,568 38,296 35,491 35,295 201,162

* See Country notes in Introduction.

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Table I.2 Asylum applications submitted in the European Union, 1980-1984

Country 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 TotalAustria 9,259 34,557 6,314 5,898 7,208 63,236 Belgium 2,727 2,287 2,908 2,908 3,646 14,476 Denmark* 65 123 298 800 4,312 5,598 Finland - 15 12 16 25 68 France 19,912 19,863 22,505 22,350 21,714 106,344 Germany 107,818 49,391 37,423 19,737 35,278 249,647 Greece 1,792 2,240 1,194 447 764 6,437 Ireland - - - - - - Italy (Government)* 1,541 2,767 2,520 1,993 2,766 11,587 Italy (UNHCR)* 585 871 616 1,044 1,793 4,909 Luxembourg - - - - - - Netherlands* 1,350 1,594 1,214 2,015 2,603 8,776 Portugal* 1,636 600 1,115 609 378 4,338 Spain - 325 2,459 1,416 1,179 5,379 Sweden - 12,651 10,225 7,050 12,000 41,926 United Kingdom* 2,352 2,425 4,223 4,296 4,171 17,467 Total 149,037 129,709 93,026 70,579 97,837 540,188


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Table I.3 Asylum applications submitted in Austria, 1980-1984

Origin 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 TotalPoland 2,181 29,091 1,870 1,823 2,466 37,431 Czech Rep. 3,241 2,196 1,929 1,651 1,941 10,958 Hungary 1,043 1,225 922 961 1,227 5,378 Romania 1,023 1,316 737 502 503 4,081 Islamic Rep. of Iran - 25 137 190 338 690 Bulgaria 109 108 86 74 126 503 Yugoslavia, FR 45 40 74 116 158 433 Afghanistan 31 31 68 161 14 305 Viet Nam - - 69 118 108 295 Turkey 120 35 54 39 31 279 Chile 39 13 72 8 25 157 Albania 12 12 29 27 62 142 Iraq - - 51 37 49 137 Russian Federation 24 39 19 15 20 117 Lebanon 18 6 * 8 5 41 Egypt - - 11 8 * 22 Dem. Rep. of the Congo - - 12 * 7 22 Germany - - - 8 12 20 Cambodia - - - * 16 17 Sri Lanka - - 11 - 5 16 Syrian Arab Rep. - - 6 * 6 16 Ethiopia - - * * 5 13 Pakistan - - * * 5 11 India - - 7 - * 10 Angola - - * 7 - 8 Ghana - - - * * 8 Lao People's Dem. Rep. - - 5 * * 8 Tunisia - - - - * *Bangladesh - - * - - *Mali - - - - * *Seychelles - - - - * *Jordan - - - - * *El Salvador - - - - * *Honduras - - - * - *Other/unknown 1,373 420 145 145 79 2,118 Total 9,259 34,557 6,314 5,898 7,208 63,236 Africa 43 14 37 31 26 151 Asia 1,210 379 423 568 585 3,165 Europe 7,726 34,038 5,691 5,180 6,515 59,150 Latin America and Caribbean 55 16 75 10 33 189 Other/unknown 225 110 88 109 49 581 Total 9,259 34,557 6,314 5,898 7,208 63,236

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Table I.4 Asylum applications submitted in Belgium, 1980-1984

Origin 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 TotalViet Nam 578 723 515 456 345 2,617 Turkey 785 175 174 458 789 2,381 Ghana 29 - 230 231 750 1,240 India - - 368 363 246 977 Poland 75 278 254 124 177 908 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 52 45 209 297 235 838 Pakistan 5 - 354 175 226 760 Yugoslavia, FR 129 183 142 137 116 707 Cambodia 324 183 29 8 35 579 Lao People's Dem. Rep. 259 103 19 6 6 393 Chile 113 65 57 64 92 391 Romania 46 36 79 57 60 278 Angola - - 53 134 54 241 Hungary 44 82 40 41 16 223 Islamic Rep. of Iran - - 31 47 91 169 Syrian Arab Rep. - - 69 57 22 148 Czech Rep. 14 33 8 5 14 74 Uruguay 35 10 14 6 * 67 Bangladesh - - * 29 30 61 Bulgaria 22 7 13 8 5 55 Argentina 22 9 13 5 * 50 Afghanistan - - 34 * 8 46 Sri Lanka - - 6 10 28 44 Iraq - - 11 10 12 33 Russian Federation * 17 7 * * 32 Ethiopia 7 7 6 * * 27 Lebanon - - * 14 7 22 Albania * * * * 9 19 Bolivia 18 - - - - 18 El Salvador - - - 5 11 16 Honduras - - - 13 - 13 Rwanda * - 8 - - 12 Haiti - - - 5 - 5 Burundi * * - - - *South Africa * * * - - *Spain * * - - - *Egypt - - - * - *Somalia - - - * - *Malaysia - - - * * *Guatemala - - - * - *Other/unknown 170 331 165 143 262 1,032 Total 2,727 2,287 2,908 2,908 3,646 14,476 Africa 95 156 603 779 1,262 2,895 Asia 1,951 1,346 1,624 1,642 1,857 8,420 Europe 340 639 546 377 401 2,303 Latin America and Caribbean 188 84 84 100 106 562 Other/unknown 153 62 51 10 20 296 Total 2,727 2,287 2,908 2,908 3,646 14,476

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Table I.5 Asylum applications submitted in Denmark, 1980-1984

Origin 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 TotalIslamic Rep. of Iran - - - - 2,698 2,698 Iraq - - - - 325 325 Poland - - - - 313 313 Sri Lanka - - - - 266 266 Lebanon - - - - 209 209 Turkey - - - - 176 176 Other/unknown 65 123 298 800 325 1,611 Total 65 123 298 800 4,312 5,598 Africa - - - - - - Asia - - - - 3,674 3,674 Europe - - - - 313 313 Latin America and Caribbean - - - - - - Other/unknown 65 123 298 800 325 1,611 Total 65 123 298 800 4,312 5,598

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Table I.6 Asylum applications submitted in France, 1980-1984

Origin 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 TotalCambodia - 3,788 3,982 3,525 3,143 14,438 Viet Nam - 3,468 3,681 3,258 2,738 13,145 Sri Lanka - 951 1,909 2,551 3,071 8,482 Lao People's Dem. Rep. - 2,569 2,252 1,220 1,575 7,616 Dem. Rep. of the Congo - 1,851 1,580 1,946 1,294 6,671 Poland - 1,240 1,303 750 558 3,851 Islamic Rep. of Iran - 296 884 1,062 1,547 3,789 Turkey - 261 719 1,120 1,204 3,304 Haiti - 562 296 1,047 1,015 2,920 Ghana - 121 702 904 1,159 2,886 Romania - 365 647 494 436 1,942 Pakistan - 277 438 663 455 1,833 Chile - 516 482 470 363 1,831 Angola - 503 259 423 219 1,404 Armenia - 359 277 355 280 1,271 India - 193 276 151 208 828 Guinea - 143 203 265 177 788 Afghanistan - 116 196 181 199 692 Yugoslavia, FR - 70 143 132 201 546 Congo - 204 96 120 90 510 Hungary - 189 133 83 59 464 Ethiopia - 107 113 117 98 435 Guinea-Bissau - 62 134 143 78 417 Uruguay - 186 120 48 30 384 Spain - - 186 132 47 365 Argentina - 145 115 47 5 312 Liberia - 153 77 31 42 303 Chad - 91 67 58 73 289 Czech Rep. - 54 99 66 37 256 Nigeria - 11 23 44 140 218 Central African Rep. - 21 24 47 125 217 Colombia - 76 75 26 31 208 Syrian Arab Rep. - 65 42 46 54 207 Bangladesh - 11 43 64 68 186 Algeria - 69 36 33 33 171 Iraq - 37 55 32 39 163 Togo - 24 27 59 51 161 Mali - 34 38 41 47 160 Gambia - 8 46 64 35 153 Russian Federation - 59 44 25 22 150 Other/unknown 19,912 608 683 507 668 22,378 Total 19,912 19,863 22,505 22,350 21,714 106,344 Africa - 3,583 3,733 4,590 4,043 15,949 Asia - 12,463 14,847 14,289 14,673 56,272 Europe - 2,037 2,631 1,719 1,382 7,769 Latin America and Caribbean - 1,683 1,252 1,684 1,518 6,137 Other/unknown 19,912 97 42 68 98 20,217 Total 19,912 19,863 22,505 22,350 21,714 106,344

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Table I.7 Asylum applications submitted in Germany, 1980-1984

Origin 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 TotalTurkey 57,913 6,302 3,654 1,548 4,180 73,597 Poland 2,090 9,901 6,627 1,949 4,240 24,807 Sri Lanka 2,673 2,750 1,406 2,645 8,063 17,537 Pakistan 6,824 5,188 3,101 763 1,587 17,463 India 6,693 3,220 2,817 1,548 1,083 15,361 Ghana 2,768 3,378 4,113 1,611 2,670 14,540 Afghanistan 5,466 3,610 2,047 687 1,198 13,008 Czech Rep. 2,385 2,000 2,092 1,400 1,475 9,352 Ethiopia 3,614 601 1,256 906 2,264 8,641 Lebanon 1,457 2,032 1,145 691 1,451 6,776 Islamic Rep. of Iran 749 915 955 1,190 2,658 6,467 Hungary 1,466 1,227 907 587 485 4,672 Stateless 1,414 2,920 - - - 4,334 Romania 777 929 1,006 587 644 3,943 Viet Nam 3,303 91 317 31 22 3,764 Bangladesh 2,401 - 437 103 212 3,153 Yugoslavia, FR 765 544 663 357 356 2,685 Egypt 789 616 - 177 122 1,704 Syrian Arab Rep. 743 393 - 137 231 1,504 Iraq 223 322 471 205 175 1,396 Jordan 288 230 142 53 48 761 Gambia 357 - - 161 105 623 Bulgaria 157 127 85 87 89 545 Russian Federation 68 73 102 41 22 306 Chile 117 - - 64 53 234 Senegal 71 - - 70 72 213 Angola - * - 121 63 188 Albania 28 31 28 18 49 154 Nigeria - - - 53 99 152 Somalia - - - 26 105 131 Morocco - - - 50 79 129 Dem. Rep. of the Congo - 38 - 39 35 112 Liberia 61 - - 5 5 71 Lao People's Dem. Rep. - 11 9 11 27 58 Argentina 49 - - 8 * 58 China - - - 23 28 51 Uganda - - - 29 21 50 Philippines - - - 19 26 45 Sierra Leone - - - 22 22 44 Algeria - - - 23 14 37 Other/unknown 2,109 1,942 4,043 1,692 1,200 10,981 Total 107,818 49,391 37,423 19,737 35,278 249,647 Africa 7,996 5,631 6,333 3,484 5,868 29,312 Asia 89,913 25,494 16,590 9,700 21,029 162,726 Europe 7,906 14,894 11,569 5,041 7,373 46,783 Latin America and Caribbean 213 160 139 113 85 710 Other/unknown 1,790 3,212 2,792 1,399 923 10,116 Total 107,818 49,391 37,423 19,737 35,278 249,647

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Table I.8 Asylum applications submitted in Greece, 1980-1984

Origin 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 TotalIraq 1,214 1,545 549 * 13 3,323 Romania 90 199 181 137 131 738 Turkey - 122 180 172 210 684 Poland 37 114 119 53 312 635 Islamic Rep. of Iran 313 56 * - 20 392 Czech Rep. 57 38 70 32 40 237 Ethiopia 36 56 56 7 8 163 Bulgaria 10 23 9 14 8 64 Albania * 10 - 16 11 38 Hungary 6 16 5 7 * 35 Russian Federation 11 5 10 * * 30 Afghanistan 9 16 * * - 27 Viet Nam - 24 - - - 24 Yugoslavia, FR * - 5 * * 14 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya - * * - - 7 Cambodia - 7 - - - 7 Syrian Arab Rep. - * * - - 6 Philippines * - - - - *Italy * - - - - *Stateless - - * - - *Other/unknown - 1 - 1 6 8 Total 1,792 2,240 1,194 447 764 6,437 Africa 36 60 59 8 8 171 Asia 1,539 1,774 735 175 243 4,466 Europe 217 405 399 264 507 1,792 Latin America and Caribbean - - - - - - Other/unknown - 1 1 - 6 8 Total 1,792 2,240 1,194 447 764 6,437

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Table I.9 Asylum applications submitted in Italy, 1980-1984

Origin 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 TotalRomania 669 1,066 1,191 345 383 3,654 Poland 159 905 242 384 1,351 3,041 Czech Rep. 242 352 438 302 366 1,700 Islamic Rep. of Iran - 65 184 503 798 1,550 Hungary 331 276 245 165 183 1,200 Ethiopia - 253 146 249 466 1,114 Albania 29 22 61 444 208 764 Viet Nam - 8 101 187 159 455 Iraq - 210 50 70 65 395 Afghanistan - 256 70 60 5 391 Yugoslavia, FR 31 69 145 99 46 390 Bulgaria 59 59 58 44 66 286 Ghana - * * 31 234 269 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya - 26 28 15 21 90 Dem. Rep. of the Congo - 14 5 25 36 80 Eritrea - - 75 - - 75 Chile - * 8 16 25 52 Russian Federation - - 22 11 11 44 Cambodia - 8 21 7 * 39 Syrian Arab Rep. - * * * 22 30 Uganda - * 5 * 11 23 Somalia - * 9 * 7 19 Angola - - * 11 * 18 Egypt - * * 11 * 18 Lao People's Dem. Rep. - * 8 5 - 15 Nigeria - - * - 13 14 Tunisia - - * 5 6 12 Sudan - * - * 6 10 Namibia - - - * 5 9 Sri Lanka - - - * 5 9 Algeria - * - * * 8 Chad - - * 5 * 8 El Salvador - * * - * 8 Morocco - * - * * 7 Cuba - * - * * 6 India - - - - 5 5 Turkey - - - * * 5 Nicaragua - - - - 5 5 China - - * - - *Jordan - - - * * *Other/unknown 606 24 7 14 19 670 Total 2,126 3,638 3,136 3,037 4,559 16,496 Africa - 309 277 380 833 1,799 Asia - 553 442 843 1,071 2,909 Europe 1,520 2,749 2,403 1,795 2,616 11,083 Latin America and Caribbean - 9 14 19 38 80 Other/unknown 606 18 - - 1 625 Total 2,126 3,638 3,136 3,037 4,559 16,496

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Table I.10 Asylum applications submitted in the Netherlands, 1980-1984

Origin 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 TotalTurkey 403 49 - - 456 908 Viet Nam - 831 - - - 831 Sri Lanka - - - - 553 553 Islamic Rep. of Iran - 24 - - 341 365 Suriname - - - - 306 306 Poland - 94 - - 209 303 Ethiopia - 135 - - 136 271 Eritrea 200 - - - - 200 Pakistan - 86 - - 53 139 Romania - 40 - - 61 101 Iraq - 61 - - 20 81 Syrian Arab Rep. - - - - 74 74 Hungary - 48 - - 24 72 India - - - - 53 53 Afghanistan - 16 - - 34 50 Lebanon - - - - 37 37 Chile - - - - 29 29 Morocco - - - - 26 26 Czech Rep. - 13 - - 11 24 Yugoslavia, FR - 9 - - 15 24 Ghana - - - - 23 23 Bulgaria - 9 - - 7 16 Somalia - - - - 15 15 Egypt - - - - 13 13 Bangladesh - - - - 13 13 Albania - 10 - - * 12 South Africa - - - - 10 10 Dem. Rep. of the Congo - - - - 8 8 Cameroon - - - - 7 7 Nigeria - - - - 7 7 El Salvador - - - - 7 7 Israel - - - - 6 6 Jordan - - - - 5 5 Indonesia - - - - * *Papua New Guinea - - - - * *Gambia - - - - * *Philippines - - - - * *Algeria - - - - * *Angola - - - - * *Sudan - - - - * *Other/unknown 747 169 1,214 2,015 22 4,167 Total 1,350 1,594 1,214 2,015 2,603 8,776 Africa 200 160 118 250 263 991 Asia 403 1,098 - 457 1,653 3,611 Europe 300 225 543 1,064 333 2,465 Latin America and Caribbean - 55 - 244 347 646 Other/unknown 447 56 553 - 7 1,063 Total 1,350 1,594 1,214 2,015 2,603 8,776

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Table I.11 Asylum applications submitted in Portugal, 1980-1984

Origin 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 TotalAngola - - 618 - 83 701 Mozambique - - 359 - 180 539 Guinea-Bissau - - 35 - - 35 Chile - - 20 - 5 25 Dem. Rep. of the Congo - - 14 - * 16 Sao Tome and Principe - - 15 - - 15 Cuba - - 12 - - 12 Islamic Rep. of Iran - - * - 7 11 Ghana - - - - 10 10 Cape Verde - - 8 - - 8 Czech Rep. - - * - 5 6 India - - 5 - - 5 Hungary - - * - * *Lebanon - - - - * *Turkey - - * - * *Poland - - - - * *Russian Federation - - - - * *Yugoslavia, FR - - - - * *Chad - - * - - *Ethiopia - - * - - *South Africa - - * - - *Brazil - - * - - *Stateless - - * - - *Cameroon - - * - - *Guinea - - * - - *Nigeria - - * - - *Senegal - - * - - *Uganda - - * - - *United Rep. of Tanzania - - * - - *Afghanistan - - * - - *Pakistan - - * - - *Syrian Arab Rep. - - * - - *Spain - - * - - *Uruguay 1,636 600 1 609 70 2,916 Total 1,636 600 1,115 609 378 4,338 Africa - - 1,061 - 338 1,399 Asia - - 13 - 14 27 Europe - - 4 - 16 20 Latin America and Caribbean - - 35 - 10 45 Other/unknown 1,636 600 2 609 - 2,847 Total 1,636 600 1,115 609 378 4,338

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Table I.12 Asylum applications submitted in Spain, 1980-1984

Origin 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 TotalIslamic Rep. of Iran - - 1,483 915 273 2,671 Cuba - - 134 102 281 517 Iraq - - 104 82 116 302 Poland - - 108 31 65 204 Chile - - 69 64 70 203 Argentina - - 86 19 * 108 Czech Rep. - - 66 20 17 103 Romania - - 39 22 23 84 Angola - - 8 * 62 73 Equatorial Guinea - - 10 21 41 72 Palestinians - - 62 * 5 68 Syrian Arab Rep. - - 29 25 6 60 Uruguay - - 29 17 14 60 Ghana - - 13 16 23 52 El Salvador - - 27 11 8 46 Dem. Rep. of the Congo - - 12 * 22 37 Afghanistan - - 20 9 * 30 Bulgaria - - 20 * * 25 Colombia - - 8 * 8 18 Morocco - - 8 * 7 17 Pakistan - - * * 14 17 Lebanon - - 11 * * 15 Nigeria - - * - 12 14 Russian Federation - - 7 * * 13 Cameroon - - * * 7 12 Gambia - - * * 7 12 Hungary - - 9 * * 12 Algeria - - 8 - * 11 Liberia - - 6 * * 11 Mozambique - - * 5 * 11 Yugoslavia, FR - - 8 - * 11 Tunisia - - 8 * - 10 Ethiopia - - 6 * * 9 Guinea - - * * * 9 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya - - 5 * * 9 Viet Nam - - * - 6 9 Bolivia - - 6 * * 9 Congo - - - - 8 8 Guinea-Bissau - - * * 6 8 Peru - - * * 5 8 Other/unknown - 325 30 19 37 411 Total - 325 2,459 1,416 1,179 5,379 Africa - - 105 71 232 408 Asia - - 1,662 1,040 427 3,129 Europe - - 260 79 122 461 Latin America and Caribbean - - 369 224 393 986 Other/unknown - 325 63 2 5 395 Total - 325 2,459 1,416 1,179 5,379

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Table I.13 Asylum applications submitted in Sweden, 1980-1984

Origin 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 TotalPakistan - 8,214 - - 407 8,621 Poland - 1,777 3,201 767 919 6,664 Iraq - 312 666 460 1,177 2,615 Islamic Rep. of Iran - 345 141 392 1,723 2,601 Chile - 714 462 576 653 2,405 Lebanon - 69 66 124 1,630 1,889 Turkey - 314 273 360 861 1,808 Palestinians - - - - 1,249 1,249 Ethiopia - 451 189 96 227 963 Hungary - 367 184 164 106 821 Syrian Arab Rep. - 88 83 53 174 398 Bangladesh - - - - 340 340 Other/unknown - - 4,960 4,058 2,534 11,552 Total - 12,651 10,225 7,050 12,000 41,926 Africa - 451 189 96 227 963 Asia - 9,342 1,229 1,389 6,312 18,272 Europe - 2,144 3,385 931 1,025 7,485 Latin America and Caribbean - 714 462 576 653 2,405 Other/unknown - - 4,960 4,058 3,783 12,801 Total - 12,651 10,225 7,050 12,000 41,926

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Table I.14 Asylum applications submitted in Switzerland, 1980-1984

Origin 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 TotalTurkey 627 155 1,341 1,972 2,639 6,734 Chile 185 395 1,244 1,224 487 3,535 Czech Rep. 742 720 751 383 214 2,810 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 70 317 593 1,005 756 2,741 Poland 184 929 580 267 319 2,279 Sri Lanka * * 109 845 1,236 2,195 Hungary 426 500 439 261 127 1,753 Romania 245 362 632 245 128 1,612 Angola 10 98 90 315 133 646 Islamic Rep. of Iran 59 84 182 112 119 556 Pakistan * 9 6 121 364 503 Ethiopia 32 53 153 153 106 497 Afghanistan 93 69 125 64 33 384 Viet Nam 30 15 44 162 90 341 Iraq * 31 143 79 29 285 Yugoslavia, FR 6 26 44 74 102 252 Bolivia 17 122 39 5 10 193 Congo * 6 45 106 * 163 Ghana * * 29 54 58 146 India - - * 21 119 141 Peru 14 22 67 21 14 138 Lebanon 12 24 27 19 49 131 Argentina 29 25 46 26 * 130 Bulgaria 22 20 37 26 21 126 Somalia 16 16 31 25 37 125 Tunisia 22 25 33 26 10 116 El Salvador 10 25 52 9 10 106 Morocco 15 23 21 11 10 80 Cambodia * * 10 33 22 68 Syrian Arab Rep. * 7 19 20 13 63 Egypt * 12 16 9 19 60 Uruguay 13 7 20 12 * 54 Bangladesh - - 5 26 15 46 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 14 * 6 * 10 36 Uganda - 15 6 10 * 35 Russian Federation 11 5 7 9 * 34 Chad * 11 * 11 6 33 Guinea * 10 12 6 * 30 South Africa - * * 7 19 28 China * * 8 6 7 25 Other/unknown 91 73 117 104 87 472 Total 3,020 4,226 7,135 7,886 7,435 29,702 Africa 227 627 1,090 1,793 1,208 4,945 Asia 842 413 2,040 3,503 4,757 11,555 Europe 1,642 2,568 2,503 1,276 929 8,918 Latin America and Caribbean 299 613 1,497 1,314 538 4,261 Other/unknown 10 5 5 - 3 23 Total 3,020 4,226 7,135 7,886 7,435 29,702

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Table I.15 Asylum applications submitted in Turkey, 1980-1984

Origin 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 TotalIslamic Rep. of Iran - - 589 785 1,789 3,163 Afghanistan - - 9 335 21 365 Romania - - 104 71 76 251 Iraq - - 7 13 113 133 Bulgaria - - 36 24 45 105 Poland - - 17 39 49 105 Czech Rep. - - 12 26 24 62 Russian Federation - - 5 5 11 21 Ethiopia - - * 5 - 6 Pakistan - - - * 5 6 Hungary - - * - * 5 Germany - - - * - *Ghana - - * - - *India - - - * * *Djibouti - - * - - *Syrian Arab Rep. - - * - - *Other/unknown - - - - - - Total - - 786 1,309 2,137 4,232 Africa - - 4 5 - 9 Asia - - 606 1,135 1,929 3,670 Europe - - 176 169 208 553 Latin America and Caribbean - - - - - - Other/unknown - - - - - - Total - - 786 1,309 2,137 4,232

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Table I.16 Asylum applications submitted in the United Kingdom, 1980-1984

Origin 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 TotalIslamic Rep. of Iran 1,421 1,547 2,280 1,862 1,310 8,420 Ghana 29 13 407 689 337 1,475 Iraq 146 14 271 298 348 1,077 Sri Lanka 18 12 16 380 548 974 Poland 55 92 494 127 109 877 Uganda 28 99 66 199 165 557 Ethiopia 97 90 90 126 135 538 Pakistan 38 79 63 36 133 349 Afghanistan 86 82 43 16 39 266 South Africa 27 62 54 61 54 258 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 41 41 48 26 78 234 Czech Rep. 53 55 55 26 19 208 Hungary 62 21 44 26 21 174 Somalia 14 11 14 50 83 172 Turkey 21 * 38 43 61 164 Seychelles 15 19 20 25 31 110 Sudan * 14 11 19 57 104 India * * 8 8 60 79 Romania 14 14 27 19 * 77 Chile 20 7 12 19 12 70 Zimbabwe - - * 31 33 65 Lebanon 9 - * 24 28 64 El Salvador 10 33 16 * * 64 Syrian Arab Rep. * - 18 14 17 52 Nigeria * - * * 47 51 Egypt 7 13 16 * 8 48 Bangladesh 13 * 12 10 5 44 Argentina 16 11 8 * - 37 Cyprus 6 9 5 5 11 36 Yugoslavia, FR * 5 6 12 5 30 Colombia 9 6 * 8 * 28 Russian Federation 8 6 6 5 * 27 United Rep. of Tanzania 6 * * 9 * 25 Bulgaria 9 * * 7 5 25 Sierra Leone * * 7 - 9 22 Angola - * * 10 * 21 Guyana * - 5 9 * 21 Dem. Rep. of the Congo * - * * 11 19 Malawi * 5 7 * * 17 Jordan * 6 * * * 16 Other/unknown 48 42 39 75 368 572 Total 2,352 2,425 4,223 4,296 4,171 17,467 Africa 288 392 761 1,279 1,081 3,801 Asia 1,782 1,758 2,772 2,711 2,576 11,599 Europe 207 201 638 223 164 1,433 Latin America and Caribbean 74 67 50 66 23 280 Other/unknown 1 7 2 17 327 354 Total 2,352 2,425 4,223 4,296 4,171 17,467

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Table I.17 Origin of asylum applicants in Europe by country of asylum, 1980-1984

Origin AUS BEL DEN FIN FRATurkey 279 2,381 176 - 3,304 Poland 37,431 908 313 10 3,851 Islamic Rep. of Iran 690 169 2,698 * 3,789 Sri Lanka 16 44 266 - 8,482 Pakistan 11 760 - - 1,833 Czech Rep. 10,958 74 - * 256 Viet Nam 295 2,617 - - 13,145 Ghana 8 1,240 - - 2,886 India 10 977 - - 828 Romania 4,081 278 - - 1,942 Afghanistan 305 46 - - 692 Cambodia 17 579 - - 14,438 Hungary 5,378 223 - - 464 Ethiopia 13 27 - 8 435 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 22 838 - 7 6,671 Iraq 137 33 325 * 163 Lebanon 41 22 209 - 140 Chile 157 391 - 10 1,831 Lao People's Dem. Rep. 8 393 - - 7,616 Yugoslavia, FR 433 707 - - 546 Stateless 384 * - - 284 Bangladesh * 61 - - 186 Angola 8 241 - - 1,404 Haiti - 5 - - 2,920 Syrian Arab Rep. 16 148 - * 207 Egypt 22 * - - 78 Bulgaria 503 55 - - 123 Palestinians - - - - 19 Armenia - - - - 1,271 Albania 142 19 - - 41 Guinea - - - - 788 Jordan * - - - 16 Gambia - - - - 153 Russian Federation 117 32 - * 150 Cuba - - - - 148 Uganda - - - - 51 Argentina - 50 - - 312 Congo - - - - 510 Uruguay - 67 - - 384 Mozambique - - - - 8 Other/unknown 1,751 1,087 1,611 23 23,979 Total 63,236 14,476 5,598 68 106,344 Africa 151 2,895 - 19 15,949 Asia 3,165 8,420 3,674 8 56,272 Europe 59,150 2,303 313 13 7,769 Latin America and Caribbean 189 562 - 12 6,137 Other/unknown 581 296 1,611 16 20,217 Total 63,236 14,476 5,598 68 106,344

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Table I.17 Origin of asylum applicants in Europe by country of asylum, 1980-1984(continued)

Origin GFR GRE ITA NET NORTurkey 73,597 684 5 908 - Poland 24,807 635 3,041 303 - Islamic Rep. of Iran 6,467 392 1,550 365 - Sri Lanka 17,537 - 9 553 - Pakistan 17,463 - * 139 - Czech Rep. 9,352 237 1,700 24 - Viet Nam 3,764 24 455 831 - Ghana 14,540 - 269 23 - India 15,361 - 5 53 - Romania 3,943 738 3,654 101 - Afghanistan 13,008 27 391 50 - Cambodia 8 7 39 * - Hungary 4,672 35 1,200 72 - Ethiopia 8,641 163 1,114 271 - Dem. Rep. of the Congo 112 - 80 8 - Iraq 1,396 3,323 395 81 - Lebanon 6,776 - - 37 - Chile 234 - 52 29 - Lao People's Dem. Rep. 58 - 15 - - Yugoslavia, FR 2,685 14 390 24 - Stateless 4,334 * - * - Bangladesh 3,153 - * 13 - Angola 188 - 18 * - Haiti * - - - - Syrian Arab Rep. 1,504 6 30 74 - Egypt 1,704 - 18 13 - Bulgaria 545 64 286 16 - Palestinians - - - - - Armenia - - - - - Albania 154 38 764 12 - Guinea 26 - - - - Jordan 761 - * 5 - Gambia 623 - * * - Russian Federation 306 30 44 * - Cuba 10 - 6 - - Uganda 50 - 23 * - Argentina 58 - * - - Congo 8 - * - - Uruguay 7 - * * - Mozambique 7 - * - - Other/unknown 11,785 19 924 4,759 746 Total 249,647 6,437 16,496 8,776 746 Africa 29,312 171 1,799 991 - Asia 162,726 4,466 2,909 3,611 - Europe 46,783 1,792 11,083 2,465 - Latin America and Caribbean 710 - 80 646 - Other/unknown 10,116 8 625 1,063 746 Total 249,647 6,437 16,496 8,776 746

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Table I.17 Origin of asylum applicants in Europe by country of asylum, 1980-1984(continued)

Origin POR SPA SWE SWI TUR UKTurkey * * 1,808 6,734 - 164 Poland * 204 6,664 2,279 105 877 Islamic Rep. of Iran 11 2,671 2,601 556 3,163 8,420 Sri Lanka - 5 - 2,195 - 974 Pakistan * 17 8,621 503 6 349 Czech Rep. 6 103 - 2,810 62 208 Viet Nam - 9 - 341 - - Ghana 10 52 - 146 * 1,475 India 5 * - 141 * 79 Romania - 84 - 1,612 251 77 Afghanistan * 30 - 384 365 266 Cambodia - * - 68 - - Hungary * 12 821 1,753 5 174 Ethiopia * 9 963 497 6 538 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 16 37 - 2,741 - 19 Iraq - 302 2,615 285 133 1,077 Lebanon * 15 1,889 131 - 64 Chile 25 203 2,405 3,535 - 70 Lao People's Dem. Rep. - * - 19 - 6 Yugoslavia, FR * 11 - 252 - 30 Stateless * - - 21 - - Bangladesh - * 340 46 - 44 Angola 701 73 - 646 - 21 Haiti - * - 6 - *Syrian Arab Rep. * 60 398 63 * 52 Egypt - * - 60 - 48 Bulgaria - 25 - 126 105 25 Palestinians - 68 1,249 - - - Armenia - * - - - - Albania - - - 12 - *Guinea * 9 - 30 - - Jordan - * - 9 - 16 Gambia - 12 - * - 5 Russian Federation * 13 - 34 21 27 Cuba 12 517 - 18 - 11 Uganda * * - 35 - 557 Argentina - 108 - 130 - 37 Congo - 8 - 163 - - Uruguay * 60 - 54 - 7 Mozambique 539 11 - 14 - *Other/unknown 2,984 625 11,552 1,251 40 1,746 Total 4,338 5,379 41,926 29,702 4,267 17,467 Africa 1,399 408 963 4,945 119 3,801 Asia 27 3,129 18,272 11,555 819 11,599 Europe 20 461 7,485 8,918 2,791 1,433 Latin America and Caribbean 45 986 2,405 4,261 527 280 Other/unknown 2,847 395 12,801 23 11 354 Total 4,338 5,379 41,926 29,702 4,267 17,467

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Table I.18 Origin of asylum applicants in Europe by year of application, 1980-1984

Origin 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 TotalTurkey 59,869 7,414 6,434 5,713 10,616 90,046 Poland 4,781 44,425 14,821 6,314 11,090 81,431 Islamic Rep. of Iran 2,542 3,357 6,873 7,058 13,716 33,546 Sri Lanka 2,692 3,717 3,459 6,435 13,778 30,081 Pakistan 6,870 13,853 3,970 1,763 3,250 29,706 Czech Rep. 6,734 5,462 5,521 3,911 4,164 25,792 Viet Nam 3,911 5,160 4,730 4,212 3,468 21,481 Ghana 2,828 3,517 5,498 3,540 5,268 20,651 India 6,695 3,414 3,484 2,093 1,778 17,464 Romania 2,864 4,327 4,643 2,479 2,448 16,761 Afghanistan 5,685 4,196 2,614 1,518 1,552 15,565 Cambodia 325 3,992 4,045 3,575 3,221 15,158 Hungary 3,378 3,951 2,932 2,297 2,255 14,813 Ethiopia 3,786 1,760 2,022 1,667 3,452 12,687 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 124 2,265 2,428 3,322 2,412 10,551 Iraq 1,586 2,532 2,379 1,288 2,482 10,267 Lebanon 1,496 2,163 1,304 900 3,464 9,327 Chile 474 1,714 2,428 2,505 1,821 8,942 Lao People's Dem. Rep. 262 2,692 2,302 1,252 1,611 8,119 Yugoslavia, FR 982 946 1,230 929 1,008 5,095 Stateless 1,551 3,080 125 143 131 5,030 Bangladesh 2,414 15 503 233 684 3,849 Angola 10 609 1,035 1,024 624 3,302 Haiti - 563 303 1,054 1,018 2,938 Syrian Arab Rep. 750 561 271 359 620 2,561 Egypt 800 671 61 231 186 1,949 Bulgaria 388 403 390 308 384 1,873 Palestinians - - 70 * 1,262 1,336 Armenia - 359 278 355 280 1,272 Albania 75 91 147 514 356 1,183 Guinea * 153 220 288 192 854 Jordan 294 246 147 65 63 815 Gambia 357 11 50 229 152 799 Russian Federation 125 204 230 118 103 780 Cuba 8 97 187 123 307 722 Uganda 28 130 92 254 217 721 Argentina 116 190 270 109 14 699 Congo * 211 141 229 107 690 Uruguay 48 210 185 91 49 583 Mozambique * 7 365 11 197 582 Other/unknown 27,305 5,362 12,860 11,411 7,909 64,847 Total 152,158 134,030 101,047 79,924 107,709 574,868 Africa 8,885 11,390 14,372 12,766 15,399 62,812 Asia 97,640 54,620 42,984 37,452 60,807 293,503 Europe 19,858 59,905 30,755 18,118 21,905 150,541 Latin America and Caribbean 829 3,404 3,979 4,350 3,751 16,313 Other/unknown 24,946 4,711 8,957 7,238 5,847 51,699 Total 152,158 134,030 101,047 79,924 107,709 574,868

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Table I.19 Origin of asylum applicants in the European Union, 1980-1984

Origin 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 TOTALTurkey 59,242 7,259 5,093 3,741 7,977 83,312 Poland 4,597 43,496 14,224 6,008 10,722 79,047 Islamic Rep. of Iran 2,483 3,273 6,102 6,161 11,808 29,827 Pakistan 6,867 13,844 3,964 1,641 2,881 29,197 Sri Lanka 2,691 3,713 3,350 5,590 12,542 27,886 Czech Rep. 5,992 4,742 4,758 3,502 3,926 22,920 Viet Nam 3,881 5,145 4,686 4,050 3,378 21,140 Ghana 2,826 3,514 5,467 3,486 5,210 20,503 India 6,695 3,414 3,483 2,071 1,658 17,321 Cambodia 324 3,990 4,035 3,542 3,199 15,090 Romania 2,619 3,965 3,907 2,163 2,244 14,898 Afghanistan 5,592 4,127 2,480 1,119 1,498 14,816 Hungary 2,952 3,451 2,491 2,036 2,125 13,055 Ethiopia 3,754 1,707 1,868 1,509 3,346 12,184 Iraq 1,583 2,501 2,229 1,196 2,340 9,849 Lebanon 1,484 2,139 1,277 881 3,415 9,196 Lao People's Dem. Rep. 261 2,686 2,298 1,245 1,610 8,100 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 54 1,948 1,835 2,317 1,656 7,810 Chile 289 1,319 1,184 1,281 1,334 5,407 Stateless 1,541 3,075 120 143 130 5,009 Yugoslavia, FR 976 920 1,186 855 906 4,843 Bangladesh 2,414 15 498 207 669 3,803 Haiti - 562 300 1,052 1,018 2,932 Angola - 511 945 709 491 2,656 Syrian Arab Rep. 746 554 251 339 607 2,497 Egypt 796 659 45 222 167 1,889 Bulgaria 366 383 317 258 318 1,642 Palestinians - - 70 * 1,262 1,336 Armenia - 359 278 355 280 1,272 Albania 74 90 146 511 350 1,171 Guinea - 143 208 282 191 824 Jordan 292 242 147 64 61 806 Gambia 357 10 50 229 151 797 Russian Federation 114 199 218 104 90 725 Cuba - 93 181 123 307 704 Uganda 28 115 86 244 213 686 Argentina 87 165 224 83 10 569 Mozambique - - 365 11 192 568 Uruguay 35 203 165 79 47 529 Congo - 205 96 123 103 527 Other/unknown 27,025 4,973 12,399 11,043 7,405 62,845 Total 149,037 129,709 93,026 70,579 97,837 540,188 Africa 8,658 10,763 13,278 10,968 14,191 57,858 Asia 96,798 54,207 40,338 32,814 54,121 278,278 Europe 18,216 57,337 28,076 16,673 20,768 141,070 Latin America and Caribbean 530 2,791 2,482 3,036 3,213 12,052 Other/unknown 24,835 4,611 8,852 7,088 5,544 50,930 Total 149,037 129,709 93,026 70,579 97,837 540,188

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Table I.20 Origin of asylum applicants in the European Union, Norway and Switzerland, 1980-1984

Origin 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 TOTALTurkey 59,869 7,414 6,434 5,713 10,616 90,046 Poland 4,781 44,425 14,804 6,275 11,041 81,326 Islamic Rep. of Iran 2,542 3,357 6,284 6,273 11,927 30,383 Sri Lanka 2,692 3,717 3,459 6,435 13,778 30,081 Pakistan 6,870 13,853 3,970 1,762 3,245 29,700 Czech Rep. 6,734 5,462 5,509 3,885 4,140 25,730 Viet Nam 3,911 5,160 4,730 4,212 3,468 21,481 Ghana 2,828 3,517 5,496 3,540 5,268 20,649 India 6,695 3,414 3,484 2,092 1,777 17,462 Romania 2,864 4,327 4,539 2,408 2,372 16,510 Afghanistan 5,685 4,196 2,605 1,183 1,531 15,200 Cambodia 325 3,992 4,045 3,575 3,221 15,158 Hungary 3,378 3,951 2,930 2,297 2,252 14,808 Ethiopia 3,786 1,760 2,021 1,662 3,452 12,681 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 124 2,265 2,428 3,322 2,412 10,551 Iraq 1,586 2,532 2,372 1,275 2,369 10,134 Lebanon 1,496 2,163 1,304 900 3,464 9,327 Chile 474 1,714 2,428 2,505 1,821 8,942 Lao People's Dem. Rep. 262 2,692 2,302 1,252 1,611 8,119 Yugoslavia, FR 982 946 1,230 929 1,008 5,095 Stateless 1,551 3,080 125 143 131 5,030 Bangladesh 2,414 15 503 233 684 3,849 Angola 10 609 1,035 1,024 624 3,302 Haiti - 563 303 1,054 1,018 2,938 Syrian Arab Rep. 750 561 270 359 620 2,560 Egypt 800 671 61 231 186 1,949 Bulgaria 388 403 354 284 339 1,768 Palestinians - - 70 * 1,262 1,336 Armenia - 359 278 355 280 1,272 Albania 75 91 147 514 356 1,183 Guinea * 153 220 288 192 854 Jordan 294 246 147 65 63 815 Gambia 357 11 50 229 152 799 Russian Federation 125 204 225 113 92 759 Cuba 8 97 187 123 307 722 Uganda 28 130 92 254 217 721 Argentina 116 190 270 109 14 699 Congo * 211 141 229 107 690 Uruguay 48 210 185 91 49 583 Mozambique * 7 365 11 197 582 Other/unknown 27,305 5,362 12,859 11,407 7,909 64,842 Total 152,158 134,030 100,261 78,615 105,572 570,636 Africa 8,885 11,390 14,368 12,761 15,399 62,803 Asia 97,640 54,620 42,378 36,317 58,878 289,833 Europe 19,858 59,905 30,579 17,949 21,697 149,988 Latin America and Caribbean 829 3,404 3,979 4,350 3,751 16,313 Other/unknown 24,946 4,711 8,957 7,238 5,847 51,699 Total 152,158 134,030 100,261 78,615 105,572 570,636

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Table I.21 Origin of asylum applicants in Northern Europe*, 1980-1984

Origin 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 TOTALPakistan - 8,214 - - 407 8,621 Poland - 1,781 3,207 767 1,232 6,987 Islamic Rep. of Iran - 345 141 392 4,425 5,303 Iraq - 312 667 460 1,503 2,942 Chile - 715 464 576 660 2,415 Lebanon - 69 66 124 1,839 2,098 Turkey - 314 273 360 1,037 1,984 Palestinians - - - - 1,249 1,249 Ethiopia - 458 189 96 228 971 Hungary - 367 184 164 106 821 Syrian Arab Rep. - 88 83 53 175 399 Bangladesh - - - - 340 340 Sri Lanka - - - - 266 266 Dem. Rep. of the Congo - - * - 6 7 Malawi - - * - * *Morocco - - - - * *Czech Rep. - * - - * *Bolivia - * - - - *Malaysia - - - - * *Russian Federation - - * - - *Other/unknown 166 218 5,358 5,024 3,159 13,925 Total 166 12,884 10,635 8,016 16,637 48,338 Africa - 458 191 96 237 982 Asia - 9,342 1,230 1,389 9,993 21,954 Europe - 2,149 3,392 931 1,339 7,811 Latin America and Caribbean - 717 464 576 660 2,417 Other/unknown 166 218 5,358 5,024 4,408 15,174 Total 166 12,884 10,635 8,016 16,637 48,338

* Northern Europe comprises Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.

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Table I.22 Origin of asylum applicants in Southern Europe*, 1980-1984

Origin 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 TOTALIslamic Rep. of Iran 313 121 2,263 2,203 2,887 7,787 Romania 759 1,265 1,515 575 613 4,727 Iraq 1,214 1,755 710 167 307 4,153 Poland 196 1,019 486 507 1,780 3,988 Czech Rep. 299 390 587 380 452 2,108 Ethiopia 36 309 211 262 476 1,294 Hungary 337 292 263 174 190 1,256 Afghanistan 9 272 101 405 27 814 Albania 30 32 61 460 219 802 Angola - - 629 14 149 792 Turkey - 122 181 173 219 695 Mozambique - - 361 5 185 551 Cuba - * 146 103 285 535 Viet Nam - 32 104 187 165 488 Bulgaria 69 82 123 84 122 480 Yugoslavia, FR 35 69 158 101 55 418 Ghana - * 17 47 267 333 Chile - * 97 80 100 280 Dem. Rep. of the Congo - 14 31 28 60 133 Argentina - - 88 21 * 112 Russian Federation 11 5 44 21 30 111 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya - 30 36 18 22 106 Syrian Arab Rep. - 8 34 28 28 98 Eritrea - - 75 - - 75 Equatorial Guinea - * 10 21 41 74 Palestinians - - 62 * 5 68 Uruguay - * 31 17 14 63 El Salvador - * 30 11 11 54 Cambodia - 15 21 7 * 47 Guinea-Bissau - - 36 * 6 43 Nigeria - - * - 25 29 Uganda - * 9 * 11 27 Pakistan - - 5 * 20 27 Morocco - * 8 * 11 24 Egypt - * * 12 6 22 Tunisia - - 9 7 6 22 Somalia - * 9 * 7 20 Algeria - * 8 * 6 19 Lao People's Dem. Rep. - * 10 7 - 19 Lebanon - - 11 * 6 18 Other/unknown 2,246 948 105 674 197 4,170 Total 5,554 6,803 8,690 6,818 9,017 36,882 Africa 36 369 1,506 464 1,411 3,786 Asia 1,539 2,327 3,458 3,193 3,684 14,201 Europe 1,737 3,154 3,242 2,307 3,469 13,909 Latin America and Caribbean - 9 418 243 441 1,111 Other/unknown 2,242 944 66 611 12 3,875 Total 5,554 6,803 8,690 6,818 9,017 36,882

* Southern Europe comprises Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Slovenia, Spain and Turkey.

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CHAPTER II.



Table II.1 Total number of asylum applications submitted in industrialized countries, 1985-1989

Country 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 TotalAustralia - - - - 1,262 1,262 Austria 6,724 8,639 11,406 15,790 21,882 64,441 Belgium 5,299 7,644 5,976 5,078 8,112 32,109 Canada* 13,000 26,000 38,000 48,000 19,934 144,934 Denmark (inland)* 8,698 9,299 2,726 4,668 4,588 29,979 Denmark (abroad)* - - 4,857 6,641 694 12,192 Finland 18 23 49 64 179 333 France 28,925 26,290 27,672 34,352 61,422 178,661 Germany 73,832 99,649 57,379 103,076 121,318 455,254 Greece 1,398 4,230 6,934 8,424 3,000 23,986 Hungary* - - - - 36 36 Iceland 1 1 - - 10 12 Italy (Government)* 4,093 5,429 10,115 - - 19,637 Italy (UNHCR)* 1,330 1,049 917 1,236 2,118 6,650 Japan 29 54 48 47 50 228 Malta* - - - 5 45 50 Netherlands* 5,644 5,865 13,460 7,486 13,900 46,355 Norway 829 2,722 8,613 6,602 4,433 23,199 Portugal* 70 275 442 326 156 1,269 Spain 2,360 2,280 2,477 4,516 4,077 15,710 Sweden 14,500 14,600 18,114 19,595 30,335 97,144 Switzerland (1st instance) 9,703 8,546 10,914 16,726 24,425 70,314 Switzerland (2nd instance) 5,533 - - - - 5,533 Turkey 87 1,637 3,260 5,532 3,243 13,759 United Kingdom* 4,389 4,266 4,256 3,998 11,640 28,549 United States* 16,622 18,889 26,107 60,736 101,679 224,033 Total 203,084 247,387 253,722 352,898 438,538 1,495,629 - Europe 173,433 202,444 189,567 244,115 315,613 1,125,172 - European Union 157,280 189,538 166,780 215,250 283,421 1,012,269 - Northern America 29,622 44,889 64,107 108,736 121,613 368,967


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Table II.2 Asylum applications submitted in the European Union, 1985-1989

Country 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 TotalAustria 6,724 8,639 11,406 15,790 21,882 64,441 Belgium 5,299 7,644 5,976 5,078 8,112 32,109 Denmark (inland)* 8,698 9,299 2,726 4,668 4,588 29,979 Denmark (abroad)* - - 4,857 6,641 694 12,192 Finland 18 23 49 64 179 333 France 28,925 26,290 27,672 34,352 61,422 178,661 Germany 73,832 99,649 57,379 103,076 121,318 455,254 Greece 1,398 4,230 6,934 8,424 3,000 23,986 Ireland - - - - - - Italy (Government)* 4,093 5,429 10,115 - - 19,637 Italy (UNHCR)* 1,330 1,049 917 1,236 2,118 6,650 Luxembourg - - - - - - Netherlands* 5,644 5,865 13,460 7,486 13,900 46,355 Portugal* 70 275 442 326 156 1,269 Spain 2,360 2,280 2,477 4,516 4,077 15,710 Sweden 14,500 14,600 18,114 19,595 30,335 97,144 United Kingdom* 4,389 4,266 4,256 3,998 11,640 28,549 Total 157,280 189,538 166,780 215,250 283,421 1,012,269


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Table II.3 Asylum applications submitted in Austria, 1985-1989

Origin 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 TotalRomania 890 2,329 1,460 2,134 7,932 14,745 Czech Rep. 2,333 2,147 2,705 1,728 3,307 12,220 Hungary 1,642 2,220 4,689 2,610 364 11,525 Poland 662 568 667 6,670 2,107 10,674 Turkey 56 163 408 644 3,263 4,534 Islamic Rep. of Iran 279 296 522 613 866 2,576 Yugoslavia, FR 410 488 402 477 634 2,411 Bulgaria 96 92 93 176 1,218 1,675 Lebanon 6 7 19 139 681 852 Syrian Arab Rep. 12 13 28 39 353 445 Iraq 11 36 122 83 142 394 Viet Nam 78 42 28 62 121 331 Afghanistan 36 31 25 79 120 291 Russian Federation 13 9 22 112 120 276 Albania 57 88 28 21 11 205 Ethiopia * 5 42 25 46 122 Ghana * * * 12 96 118 Stateless 40 23 14 12 8 97 Pakistan - * 22 17 52 95 Chile 17 14 18 14 9 72 Bangladesh 5 * - 16 47 70 India * * 17 * 26 49 Angola 6 - - 11 28 45 Sri Lanka * * 12 * 25 44 Cambodia 20 12 8 - * 41 China 13 * * * 18 35 Somalia - - - - 27 27 Dem. Rep. of the Congo - 6 - 5 11 22 Jordan * * * * 8 22 Egypt * * - 8 * 16 Palestinians - - - 16 - 16 Nigeria * - - * 11 15 Colombia - - - * 8 10 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya * - 5 * - 9 Lao People's Dem. Rep. - * - - 5 7 Tunisia - - - - 6 6 Israel - - - 6 - 6 Algeria * - - * * *Sudan - - * - - *Argentina * - * - - *Other/unknown 19 25 42 49 208 343 Total 6,724 8,639 11,406 15,790 21,882 64,441 Africa 26 24 75 72 233 430 Asia 526 620 1,220 1,706 5,728 9,800 Europe 6,110 7,945 10,070 13,930 15,694 53,749 Latin America and Caribbean 20 14 19 16 18 87 Other/unknown 42 36 22 66 209 375 Total 6,724 8,639 11,406 15,790 21,882 64,441

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Table II.4 Asylum applications submitted in Belgium, 1985-1989

Origin 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 TotalGhana 1,505 2,344 1,138 1,198 1,567 7,752 Turkey 788 1,013 464 452 1,000 3,717 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 402 548 553 525 802 2,830 India 372 711 571 476 583 2,713 Islamic Rep. of Iran 316 1,024 597 232 201 2,370 Pakistan 435 446 342 290 569 2,082 Yugoslavia, FR 194 187 577 450 427 1,835 Poland 202 162 376 195 243 1,178 Viet Nam 204 126 119 203 151 803 China - * * 5 574 582 Sri Lanka 105 78 326 36 23 568 Bangladesh 56 92 93 103 169 513 Nigeria - 103 58 117 228 506 Romania 50 75 72 80 218 495 Angola 54 31 53 69 272 479 Chile 82 80 110 87 101 460 Lebanon 10 50 106 81 185 432 Hungary 29 59 32 57 67 244 Syrian Arab Rep. 18 55 44 45 67 229 Gambia - 76 34 15 20 145 Afghanistan 25 15 21 17 45 123 Ethiopia 8 18 26 17 48 117 Morocco - 21 16 13 49 99 Togo - 28 8 23 25 84 Czech Rep. 5 * 19 15 40 82 Cambodia 13 29 11 20 5 78 South Africa - 18 15 12 14 59 Iraq 9 7 8 13 19 56 Senegal - 6 6 9 34 55 Bulgaria 5 16 8 5 19 53 Burkina Faso - 12 16 9 14 51 Somalia - * - 21 24 48 Algeria - * 5 14 21 43 Liberia - 16 * 8 17 43 Lao People's Dem. Rep. 11 12 6 * 7 40 Sierra Leone - 20 9 5 5 39 Guinea - 9 12 * 13 38 Chad - 5 * 10 17 34 Bolivia - 6 16 6 5 33 Benin - 13 5 7 7 32 Other/unknown 401 123 98 130 217 969 Total 5,299 7,644 5,976 5,078 8,112 32,109 Africa 2,310 3,336 2,013 2,148 3,268 13,075 Asia 2,382 3,675 2,713 1,990 3,617 14,377 Europe 493 518 1,091 813 1,041 3,956 Latin America and Caribbean 93 110 139 118 161 621 Other/unknown 21 5 20 9 25 80 Total 5,299 7,644 5,976 5,078 8,112 32,109

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Table II.5 Asylum applications submitted in Denmark, 1985-1989

Origin 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 TotalPalestinians - 2,694 494 3,356 1,477 8,021 Sri Lanka - 2,752 516 680 377 4,325 Islamic Rep. of Iran - 1,497 514 1,417 686 4,114 Lebanon - 491 111 2,725 288 3,615 Poland - 623 493 676 391 2,183 Iraq - 339 158 588 591 1,676 Romania - 32 38 301 102 473 Afghanistan - 27 * 272 145 447 Stateless - 124 * 254 41 420 Somalia - 24 28 89 244 385 Turkey - 112 69 121 27 329 Ethiopia - 137 34 83 63 317 Syrian Arab Rep. - 58 - 86 49 193 Yugoslavia, FR - 27 17 31 105 180 Hungary - 39 20 77 26 162 Viet Nam - - - 92 67 159 Ghana - 42 30 24 62 158 Bulgaria - * - 14 124 142 Czech Rep. - 10 20 42 43 115 Pakistan - 15 10 48 22 95 Chile - 27 15 36 16 94 Jordan - 25 - 43 17 85 India - 20 6 17 14 57 Russian Federation - * - 29 20 52 Bangladesh - 10 6 6 24 46 Uganda - 17 12 14 * 45 China - - - * 36 40 Algeria - 19 - 20 - 39 Gambia - 9 13 8 8 38 Dem. Rep. of the Congo - * - 20 9 33 Egypt - 12 - 7 8 27 Morocco - 6 - 9 10 25 Cambodia - - - 22 - 22 Nigeria - 5 - * 5 12 Benin - 8 - - * 11 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya - 5 - * 5 11 Congo - * - - 8 10 South Africa - * - 7 - 10 Tunisia - 6 - * - 10 Albania - 9 - * - 10 Other/unknown 8,698 62 4,975 82 167 13,984 Total 8,698 9,299 7,583 11,308 5,282 42,170 Africa - 335 168 304 491 1,298 Asia - 5,353 1,436 6,123 2,416 15,328 Europe - 753 597 1,175 818 3,343 Latin America and Caribbean - 37 22 37 39 135 Other/unknown 8,698 2,821 5,360 3,669 1,518 22,066 Total 8,698 9,299 7,583 11,308 5,282 42,170

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Table II.6 Asylum applications submitted in Finland, 1985-1989

Origin 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 TotalTurkey - - 5 10 37 52 Bulgaria - - - * 47 48 Islamic Rep. of Iran - - 6 7 11 24 Ghana - - * 8 8 19 Somalia - - * * 16 18 Poland - - * 11 * 17 Iraq - - 13 - * 15 Palestinians - - * 5 * 10 Chile - - * * 7 9 Czech Rep. - - - - 8 8 Egypt - - * 5 * 7 Ethiopia - - * - * 6 Lebanon - - * * * 6 India - - * * * 5 Sri Lanka - - - * * 5 Russian Federation - - * * * 5 Hungary - - - * * *Liberia - - * - - *Gambia - - * - * *Syrian Arab Rep. - - - - * *Romania - - - - * *Yugoslavia, FR - - - * * *Stateless - - - * - *Morocco - - - * - *Nigeria - - - - * *United Rep. of Tanzania - - * - - *Dem. Rep. of the Congo - - - - * *Afghanistan - - - - * *Bangladesh - - - - * *Viet Nam - - - - * *Spain - - * - - *Bolivia - - * - - *United States - - * - - *Other/unknown 18 23 15 15 35 106 Total 18 23 49 64 179 333 Africa - - 12 18 38 68 Asia - - 27 21 65 113 Europe - - 4 17 66 87 Latin America and Caribbean - - 2 1 7 10 Other/unknown 18 23 4 7 - 55 Total 18 23 49 64 179 333

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Table II.7 Asylum applications submitted in France, 1985-1989

Origin 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 TotalTurkey 1,885 3,026 5,490 6,735 17,355 34,491 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 2,620 3,314 3,494 4,255 7,417 21,100 Sri Lanka 4,536 1,445 1,356 1,498 3,236 12,071 Viet Nam 2,666 2,023 1,557 1,670 2,364 10,280 Ghana 2,581 1,822 1,081 1,240 1,409 8,133 Cambodia 2,087 1,695 1,393 1,416 1,341 7,932 Mali 121 313 802 2,703 3,807 7,746 Angola 782 1,055 1,201 1,876 2,773 7,687 Lao People's Dem. Rep. 2,042 1,762 1,272 1,377 1,204 7,657 Haiti 635 569 648 1,450 2,240 5,542 Pakistan 626 718 594 814 1,865 4,617 Guinea 265 479 703 988 1,570 4,005 Poland 665 530 534 1,040 1,205 3,974 Cape Verde 866 1,040 685 400 266 3,257 Islamic Rep. of Iran 1,014 892 564 324 384 3,178 Romania 413 438 470 658 1,198 3,177 Guinea-Bissau 204 397 695 683 995 2,974 China 110 286 1,320 175 1,052 2,943 India 513 428 343 466 1,110 2,860 Congo 355 268 305 501 905 2,334 Senegal 13 49 201 447 1,388 2,098 Nigeria 777 433 97 128 207 1,642 Chile 344 302 275 376 324 1,621 Bangladesh 103 144 206 327 719 1,499 Mauritius 63 396 245 284 499 1,487 Yugoslavia, FR 156 139 184 267 438 1,184 Côte d'Ivoire 78 45 153 228 378 882 Colombia 29 80 156 208 398 871 Gambia 80 120 179 217 257 853 Afghanistan 230 164 168 96 180 838 Mauritania 12 35 48 120 559 774 Peru 45 58 121 164 333 721 Armenia 242 261 - * - 505 Central African Rep. 311 66 24 18 44 463 Stateless 116 94 104 99 50 463 Liberia 164 207 22 21 28 442 Hungary 62 76 102 58 96 394 Iraq 52 41 35 33 231 392 Lebanon 72 79 52 40 104 347 Togo 75 72 55 49 65 316 Other/unknown 915 929 738 901 1,428 4,911 Total 28,925 26,290 27,672 34,352 61,422 178,661 Africa 9,984 10,708 10,478 14,725 23,456 69,351 Asia 16,258 13,080 14,423 15,112 31,304 90,177 Europe 1,452 1,348 1,419 2,178 3,259 9,656 Latin America and Caribbean 1,110 1,056 1,246 2,236 3,352 9,000 Other/unknown 121 98 106 101 51 477 Total 28,925 26,290 27,672 34,352 61,422 178,661

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Table II.8 Asylum applications submitted in Germany, 1985-1989

Origin 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 TotalPoland 6,672 10,981 15,194 29,023 26,092 87,962 Turkey 7,528 8,693 11,426 14,873 20,020 62,540 Islamic Rep. of Iran 8,840 21,700 6,538 7,867 5,768 50,713 Yugoslavia, FR 758 1,242 4,713 20,812 19,423 46,948 Sri Lanka 17,380 3,978 2,285 3,383 7,758 34,784 Lebanon 4,576 10,840 1,448 4,233 6,240 27,337 India 4,471 6,554 1,073 1,590 3,137 16,825 Ghana 3,994 5,769 783 1,304 3,178 15,028 Pakistan 3,240 3,156 1,592 2,390 2,678 13,056 Afghanistan 2,632 3,055 1,586 1,462 3,650 12,385 Romania 887 1,512 1,964 2,634 3,121 10,118 Czech Rep. 1,411 1,394 1,516 1,686 2,388 8,395 Hungary 736 1,116 1,585 1,996 1,583 7,016 Ethiopia 2,625 1,762 800 668 1,077 6,932 Bangladesh 1,959 3,007 162 295 320 5,743 Syrian Arab Rep. 333 2,293 629 990 1,332 5,577 Palestinians - - 927 1,705 2,315 4,947 Nigeria 158 322 137 485 1,676 2,778 Somalia 119 125 123 393 1,926 2,686 Iraq 568 1,057 266 298 354 2,543 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 48 108 98 1,192 798 2,244 Viet Nam 53 685 58 106 984 1,886 Angola 250 125 71 281 1,093 1,820 Gambia 197 273 340 317 446 1,573 Egypt 161 276 259 412 372 1,480 Morocco 98 123 230 364 457 1,272 Senegal 96 116 239 363 255 1,069 Bulgaria 97 125 106 177 429 934 Chile 66 109 175 265 196 811 Russian Federation 43 51 55 116 280 545 China 51 51 89 86 209 486 Algeria 21 22 39 110 292 484 Jordan 95 80 75 78 120 448 Togo 37 72 50 80 120 359 Tunisia 22 43 62 88 113 328 Philippines 36 38 49 108 64 295 Stateless - - 88 85 99 272 Albania 40 35 63 86 37 261 Uganda 32 39 65 51 56 243 Côte d'Ivoire 14 22 20 40 82 178 Other/unknown 3,488 8,700 401 584 780 13,953 Total 73,832 99,649 57,379 103,076 121,318 455,254 Africa 8,093 9,486 3,568 6,548 12,479 40,174 Asia 51,826 65,268 27,387 37,879 52,740 235,100 Europe 10,646 16,470 25,203 56,543 53,365 162,227 Latin America and Caribbean 97 141 206 313 320 1,077 Other/unknown 3,170 8,284 1,015 1,793 2,414 16,676 Total 73,832 99,649 57,379 103,076 121,318 455,254

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Table II.9 Asylum applications submitted in Greece, 1985-1989

Origin 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 TotalPoland 640 1,673 2,236 3,487 157 8,193 Islamic Rep. of Iran 264 1,090 1,652 964 345 4,315 Ethiopia 283 540 1,190 1,123 460 3,596 Turkey 74 372 390 464 721 2,021 Iraq 9 62 323 585 348 1,327 Romania 74 264 146 520 184 1,188 Lebanon * 63 154 162 201 582 Syrian Arab Rep. * 10 162 121 108 403 Sri Lanka - 20 129 100 89 338 India - - - 327 * 331 Pakistan 15 * 36 152 47 251 Palestinians - - 128 78 44 250 Egypt * 5 151 36 9 202 Czech Rep. 12 12 25 34 36 119 Bulgaria * 14 18 29 51 114 Hungary * 15 * 39 19 80 Albania - 11 7 9 18 45 Russian Federation * 6 8 12 12 40 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya - - 25 10 - 35 Afghanistan * 13 9 6 5 34 Dem. Rep. of the Congo - * 16 - 11 28 Bangladesh * - - 20 6 27 Sudan - - - 21 - 21 Yugoslavia, FR - * * 11 * 19 China - 6 - - 9 15 Ghana - * - - 9 12 Chile - * - - * 8 Somalia - - - - 7 7 Stateless - - - - 5 5 Nigeria - - - - * *Jordan * - - - * *Germany - - - * - *Morocco - - - - * *Cuba - - - * - *Other/unknown 11 43 122 110 83 369 Total 1,398 4,230 6,934 8,424 3,000 23,986 Africa 290 561 1,440 1,266 544 4,101 Asia 374 1,668 2,919 2,935 1,894 9,790 Europe 734 1,997 2,447 4,144 482 9,804 Latin America and Caribbean - 4 - 1 5 10 Other/unknown - - 128 78 75 281 Total 1,398 4,230 6,934 8,424 3,000 23,986

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Table II.10 Asylum applications submitted in Italy, 1985-1989

Origin 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 TotalPoland 2,716 4,349 - - - 7,065 Islamic Rep. of Iran 545 504 366 306 141 1,862 Ethiopia 316 228 221 327 532 1,624 Somalia 5 6 * 129 922 1,064 Romania 439 372 - - - 811 Czech Rep. 289 270 - - - 559 Hungary 233 179 - - - 412 Iraq 67 38 125 84 41 355 Sri Lanka 102 118 10 37 71 338 Albania 270 64 - - - 334 Lebanon * * 37 45 144 229 Viet Nam 57 93 32 - 13 195 Angola 9 * 72 65 32 182 Bulgaria 86 71 - - - 157 Ghana 67 27 18 6 10 128 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 39 25 19 12 14 109 Sudan 8 8 15 24 32 87 Syrian Arab Rep. 6 16 20 19 18 79 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 19 11 23 10 14 77 Chile 25 13 12 18 9 77 Turkey * - 5 37 18 63 Palestinians 11 7 * 14 15 48 Afghanistan 5 * 7 * 26 42 Yugoslavia, FR 20 21 - - - 41 Uganda * 6 * 9 9 31 Morocco * - 5 7 12 27 Egypt 6 6 * * 6 23 Uruguay 22 - * - - 23 Nigeria 8 * 5 * * 20 Tunisia * * 7 5 * 18 Algeria - * * 12 * 17 Jordan * * * 8 * 17 Russian Federation 8 5 - * - 15 Togo 8 * * * - 13 Pakistan * * * 7 * 12 South Africa * * * * * 11 China * - - * 7 11 Bangladesh - - * 7 * 10 Argentina 9 * - - - 10 Liberia - * - 8 - 9 Other/unknown 10 14 10,018 25 15 10,082 Total 5,423 6,478 11,032 1,236 2,118 26,287 Africa 497 346 404 634 1,603 3,484 Asia 791 779 613 557 487 3,227 Europe 4,063 5,331 10,000 3 1 19,398 Latin America and Caribbean 61 15 14 28 12 130 Other/unknown 11 7 1 14 15 48 Total 5,423 6,478 11,032 1,236 2,118 26,287

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Table II.11 Asylum applications submitted in the Netherlands, 1985-1989

Origin 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 TotalTurkey 800 1,380 1,358 381 485 4,404 Ghana - - 2,515 920 812 4,247 Sri Lanka 2,000 - 393 404 884 3,681 Islamic Rep. of Iran 1,000 549 545 641 716 3,451 Somalia - - 213 395 2,382 2,990 Dem. Rep. of the Congo - - 1,356 448 680 2,484 India - - 1,537 489 261 2,287 Ethiopia - - 543 682 885 2,110 Lebanon - - 408 239 1,107 1,754 Suriname - - 1,265 302 166 1,733 Poland - - 200 461 892 1,553 Bangladesh - - 832 214 106 1,152 Pakistan - - 675 227 243 1,145 Nigeria - - 167 131 417 715 Yugoslavia, FR - - 65 121 504 690 Romania - - 64 155 444 663 Iraq - - 53 173 361 587 Angola - - 289 75 207 571 Hungary - - 63 165 251 479 Stateless - - - 51 399 450 Syrian Arab Rep. - - 105 123 193 421 Afghanistan - - 66 47 263 376 Chile - - 67 69 90 226 Panama - - - 5 209 214 Togo - - 50 42 50 142 South Africa - - 53 51 35 139 China - - 5 7 121 133 Morocco - - 31 47 52 130 Czech Rep. - - 29 16 84 129 Egypt - - 58 28 26 112 Gambia - - 59 24 15 98 Algeria - - 13 31 43 87 Albania - - 30 10 41 81 Burkina Faso - - 40 15 21 76 Jordan - - 12 26 28 66 Russian Federation - - 7 11 48 66 Liberia - - 25 19 17 61 Bulgaria - - 8 13 38 59 Chad - - 33 10 7 50 Côte d'Ivoire - - * 19 21 44 Other/unknown 1,844 3,936 224 199 296 6,499 Total 5,644 5,865 13,460 7,486 13,900 46,355 Africa - 924 5,589 3,063 5,823 15,399 Asia 3,800 3,796 6,045 3,020 4,818 21,479 Europe - 265 471 955 2,327 4,018 Latin America and Caribbean - 877 1,355 396 526 3,154 Other/unknown 1,844 3 - 52 406 2,305 Total 5,644 5,865 13,460 7,486 13,900 46,355

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Table II.12 Asylum applications submitted in Norway, 1985-1989

Origin 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 TotalIslamic Rep. of Iran 258 785 1,558 985 605 4,191 Chile 93 515 1,524 1,940 29 4,101 Yugoslavia, FR 20 117 1,238 455 905 2,735 Sri Lanka 11 213 1,291 158 451 2,124 Somalia 7 63 357 548 362 1,337 Turkey 31 199 517 438 114 1,299 Poland 178 266 211 190 419 1,264 Ethiopia 51 140 209 361 270 1,031 Pakistan - 22 467 303 154 946 Lebanon - 105 164 132 177 578 Iraq - 52 267 131 114 564 Ghana 13 69 199 172 64 517 India 51 9 82 138 78 358 Afghanistan - 9 20 95 54 178 Bangladesh 11 7 15 40 105 178 Syrian Arab Rep. - 10 46 29 19 104 Romania - 6 22 5 68 101 Morocco 7 12 23 35 23 100 Algeria - - 48 47 - 95 Stateless 9 - 29 32 - 70 Togo - 5 16 24 - 45 Kenya - - 19 22 - 41 Uganda - 6 18 15 - 39 Sierra Leone - - 22 16 - 38 Russian Federation - - 5 6 16 27 Bulgaria - - * 9 13 26 Hungary - - - - 25 25 Dem. Rep. of the Congo - - * 5 13 22 China - - - * 14 17 Peru 8 - * 5 - 15 Czech Rep. - - - - 13 13 Sudan - - 5 7 - 12 Gambia - - - - 11 11 Nigeria - - - - 11 11 Albania - - 6 * - 7 Lao People's Dem. Rep. - - - - 5 5 Viet Nam - - - - 5 5 Jordan - - - - * *Angola - - - - * *Egypt - - - - * *Other/unknown 81 112 225 255 286 959 Total 829 2,722 8,613 6,602 4,433 23,199 Africa 107 356 1,027 1,402 935 3,827 Asia 380 1,421 4,492 2,512 1,916 10,721 Europe 215 413 1,503 693 1,461 4,285 Latin America and Caribbean 114 532 1,552 1,955 78 4,231 Other/unknown 13 - 39 40 43 135 Total 829 2,722 8,613 6,602 4,433 23,199

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Table II.13 Asylum applications submitted in Portugal, 1985-1989

Origin 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 TotalAngola 8 55 343 269 77 752 Ghana * 67 8 - 6 85 Mozambique - 62 - 17 * 82 Islamic Rep. of Iran * 15 18 15 * 53 Sri Lanka 6 10 5 - 15 36 Poland * - - - 21 22 Sao Tome and Principe - 15 - * - 17 Romania * * * * * 14 Iraq - * * * * 12 Hungary - - * * * 9 Yugoslavia, FR - * - 6 * 9 Guinea - * - * * 8 Guinea-Bissau - 7 - - - 7 Liberia - 5 - * * 7 South Africa - 5 - - * 7 Bulgaria - * - - * 6 Czech Rep. * - * - * 6 Gambia - 5 - - - 5 United Rep. of Tanzania - 5 - - - 5 Dem. Rep. of the Congo * - * * - 5 Pakistan - - * - * 5 Cape Verde - * - * - *Ethiopia * * - - - *Sierra Leone - * - * - *India * - * - * *Nigeria - * - - - *Afghanistan - - * - - *Lebanon * - - - - *Syrian Arab Rep. - - * - - *Russian Federation - - - * * *Stateless - - - - * *Congo - - - - * *Morocco - - - * - *Cuba - - - * - *Jamaica - - - - * *Other/unknown 39 - 44 - - 83 Total 70 275 442 326 156 1,269 Africa 53 241 394 294 94 1,076 Asia 12 28 38 18 23 119 Europe 5 6 10 13 36 70 Latin America and Caribbean - - - 1 1 2 Other/unknown - - - - 2 2 Total 70 275 442 326 156 1,269

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Table II.14 Asylum applications submitted in Spain, 1985-1989

Origin 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 TotalPoland 130 236 281 2,086 1,557 4,290 Islamic Rep. of Iran 322 647 645 819 110 2,543 Cuba 540 320 493 189 - 1,542 Angola 347 108 139 145 57 796 Chile 148 101 129 190 126 694 Ghana 105 154 79 95 38 471 Romania 42 97 66 121 144 470 Czech Rep. 36 20 20 141 144 361 Iraq 87 88 81 44 * 302 Hungary 7 16 22 100 85 230 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 53 37 52 - 13 155 Senegal 13 6 - 49 69 137 Nigeria 45 44 - - 14 103 Equatorial Guinea 66 24 - - - 90 Afghanistan * 21 39 - 10 72 Sierra Leone 10 20 - 38 - 68 Palestinians 31 25 9 - * 66 Morocco 36 12 - - 13 61 Ethiopia 10 15 24 - 6 55 South Africa 5 12 - 38 - 55 Lebanon 6 19 16 - 14 55 Viet Nam 11 14 27 - * 53 Syrian Arab Rep. 27 8 11 - * 49 Yugoslavia, FR 8 9 13 - 17 47 Cameroon 24 16 - - - 40 El Salvador 15 15 10 - - 40 Nicaragua 19 15 - - - 34 Guinea 10 21 - - - 31 Guinea-Bissau 20 11 - - - 31 Sri Lanka * 5 7 - 15 30 Peru 7 13 8 - - 28 Bulgaria 6 6 * - 9 25 Lao People's Dem. Rep. * - 23 - - 24 Turkey * 6 13 - * 24 Russian Federation * 5 * - 12 23 Côte d'Ivoire 9 13 - - - 22 Mozambique 16 6 - - - 22 Colombia * 17 - - - 21 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 16 * - - - 20 Egypt 6 5 5 - * 19 Other/unknown 111 69 258 461 1,612 2,511 Total 2,360 2,280 2,477 4,516 4,077 15,710 Africa 865 558 500 365 360 2,648 Asia 484 823 879 863 183 3,232 Europe 236 392 412 2,448 1,972 5,460 Latin America and Caribbean 744 482 677 379 316 2,598 Other/unknown 31 25 9 461 1,246 1,772 Total 2,360 2,280 2,477 4,516 4,077 15,710

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Table II.15 Asylum applications submitted in Sweden, 1985-1989

Origin 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 TotalIslamic Rep. of Iran 4,524 6,282 5,477 5,022 4,535 25,840 Chile 1,629 1,825 4,033 3,384 163 11,034 Ethiopia 530 953 1,245 1,090 2,108 5,926 Lebanon 995 439 617 760 3,032 5,843 Iraq 1,195 290 673 1,147 1,924 5,229 Bulgaria - - - 55 5,022 5,077 Stateless 974 291 629 1,453 1,324 4,671 Yugoslavia, FR 340 348 362 614 2,202 3,866 Turkey 404 317 387 869 1,237 3,214 Romania 399 329 610 862 864 3,064 Poland 919 604 389 609 443 2,964 Hungary 246 246 348 831 837 2,508 Syrian Arab Rep. 178 211 311 363 891 1,954 Somalia - - - 109 843 952 Bangladesh 65 60 67 258 267 717 Russian Federation - - - 160 518 678 Czech Rep. - - - 171 476 647 India 92 45 30 76 121 364 Peru - - - 77 252 329 Algeria - - - 145 77 222 Pakistan 32 22 43 - 100 197 Tunisia - - - 82 92 174 Ghana - - - 55 98 153 Egypt - - - 63 89 152 Afghanistan - - - - 150 150 Colombia - - - - 142 142 Morocco - - - 68 72 140 Uganda - - - - 126 126 Thailand - - - - 124 124 China - - - - 116 116 El Salvador - - - - 103 103 Sri Lanka - - - - 92 92 United States - - - - 92 92 Viet Nam - - - 68 14 82 Lao People's Dem. Rep. - - - - 80 80 Dem. Rep. of the Congo - - - - 65 65 Jordan - - - - 53 53 Argentina - - - - 50 50 Panama - - - - 47 47 Albania - - - - 46 46 Other/unknown 1,978 2,338 2,893 1,204 1,448 9,861 Total 14,500 14,600 18,114 19,595 30,335 97,144 Africa 530 953 1,245 1,612 3,903 8,243 Asia 7,485 7,666 7,605 8,563 12,856 44,175 Europe 1,904 1,527 1,709 3,302 10,570 19,012 Latin America and Caribbean 1,629 1,825 4,033 3,461 891 11,839 Other/unknown 2,952 2,629 3,522 2,657 2,115 13,875 Total 14,500 14,600 18,114 19,595 30,335 97,144

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Table II.16 Asylum applications submitted in Switzerland, 1985-1989

Origin 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 TotalTurkey 3,844 4,066 5,817 9,673 9,395 32,795 Sri Lanka 2,764 593 895 1,516 4,809 10,577 Lebanon 107 144 375 529 2,477 3,632 Pakistan 286 392 581 659 1,027 2,945 Yugoslavia, FR 138 119 131 818 1,365 2,571 India 114 210 401 730 720 2,175 Islamic Rep. of Iran 162 951 513 291 211 2,128 Angola 371 125 197 322 575 1,590 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 442 214 191 136 419 1,402 Poland 199 211 160 293 255 1,118 Chile 322 259 291 139 39 1,050 Bangladesh 34 74 144 195 491 938 Romania 103 105 89 161 431 889 Ghana 103 103 101 113 383 803 Viet Nam 116 174 157 129 168 744 Ethiopia 101 150 120 131 204 706 Czech Rep. 96 133 96 98 171 594 Syrian Arab Rep. 29 138 159 89 115 530 Afghanistan 28 45 80 71 134 358 Hungary 93 70 88 86 16 353 Stateless * - - 234 - 238 Somalia 5 16 22 22 88 153 Bulgaria 12 12 8 30 90 152 Cambodia 9 34 41 17 36 137 Iraq 12 18 27 34 26 117 Nigeria * * * 8 101 116 Tunisia 21 11 44 15 10 101 Tibetans 16 18 17 6 23 80 Egypt 15 12 9 15 7 58 Algeria 7 * 6 14 25 56 Lao People's Dem. Rep. 15 18 12 - 11 56 Palestinians - * 13 16 19 49 China * * * 11 27 47 Peru 16 5 9 * 13 44 Albania 7 * * 11 10 35 Russian Federation * * 7 9 13 33 Morocco 9 5 * 5 7 30 Ecuador * * * 7 17 29 Colombia * * * 15 7 28 Burundi - * - 11 15 27 Other/unknown 95 100 94 66 475 830 Total 9,703 8,546 10,914 16,726 24,425 70,314 Africa 1,132 684 751 823 1,933 5,323 Asia 7,550 6,891 9,235 13,961 19,685 57,322 Europe 657 667 586 1,514 2,365 5,789 Latin America and Caribbean 360 279 327 177 91 1,234 Other/unknown 4 25 15 251 351 646 Total 9,703 8,546 10,914 16,726 24,425 70,314

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Table II.17 Asylum applications submitted in Turkey, 1985-1989

Origin 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 TotalIslamic Rep. of Iran - - 1,912 4,048 1,656 7,616 Iraq - - 1,342 1,359 1,215 3,916 Somalia - - - * 101 103 Afghanistan - - * 22 73 99 Syrian Arab Rep. - - - 31 35 66 Sri Lanka - - - 26 30 56 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya - - - - 51 51 Palestinians - - - 16 21 37 China - - - - 16 16 Ethiopia - - - * 10 12 Kuwait - - - - 10 10 Sudan - - - - 8 8 Egypt - - - * * 6 Jordan - - - * * 6 Ghana - - - - * *Lebanon - - - - * *Myanmar - - - - * *Romania - - - * - *Nigeria - - - - * *Senegal - - - - * *Pakistan - - - - * *Albania - - - * - *Other/unknown - - - 8 - 8 Total - - 3,258 5,523 3,243 12,024 Africa - - - 16 177 193 Asia - - 3,258 5,488 3,045 11,791 Europe - - - 3 - 3 Latin America and Caribbean - - - - - - Other/unknown - - - 16 21 37 Total - - 3,258 5,523 3,243 12,024

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Table II.18 Asylum applications submitted in the United Kingdom, 1985-1989

Origin 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 TotalSri Lanka 1,893 1,275 992 402 1,790 6,352 Islamic Rep. of Iran 861 897 649 393 350 3,150 Turkey 27 86 121 337 2,415 2,986 Somalia 192 152 202 305 1,850 2,701 Uganda 170 174 318 414 1,235 2,311 Pakistan 134 287 446 328 250 1,445 Ethiopia 177 179 223 227 560 1,366 India 32 114 126 293 630 1,195 Iraq 251 210 210 163 215 1,049 Ghana 141 196 125 172 330 964 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 7 26 53 157 525 768 Lebanon 22 31 93 148 180 474 Angola 7 8 22 47 235 319 Stateless 45 48 86 74 - 253 Sudan 16 18 20 22 110 186 Colombia * 13 15 33 90 155 China * * 6 5 85 99 Romania 6 11 20 12 20 69 Nigeria 17 8 10 10 20 65 Bulgaria 6 5 5 * 30 50 Russian Federation * * * 5 30 44 Yugoslavia, FR - - - - 15 15 Algeria - - - - 10 10 Kenya - - - - 10 10 Sierra Leone - - - - 10 10 Congo - * * 5 - 7 Other/unknown 376 524 509 442 645 2,496 Total 4,389 4,266 4,256 3,998 11,640 28,549 Africa 928 1,050 1,264 1,564 4,895 9,701 Asia 3,286 3,034 2,750 2,164 5,915 17,149 Europe 105 97 117 142 95 556 Latin America and Caribbean 25 37 39 54 90 245 Other/unknown 45 48 86 74 645 898 Total 4,389 4,266 4,256 3,998 11,640 28,549

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Table II.19 Origin of asylum applicants in Europe by country of asylum, 1985-1989

Origin AUS BEL DEN FIN FRATurkey 4,534 3,717 329 52 34,491 Poland 10,674 1,178 2,183 17 3,974 Islamic Rep. of Iran 2,576 2,370 4,114 24 3,178 Sri Lanka 44 568 4,325 5 12,071 Yugoslavia, FR 2,411 1,835 180 * 1,184 Lebanon 852 432 3,615 6 347 Ghana 118 7,752 158 19 8,133 Romania 14,745 495 473 * 3,177 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 22 2,830 33 * 21,100 India 49 2,713 57 5 2,860 Pakistan 95 2,082 95 - 4,617 Ethiopia 122 117 317 6 245 Czech Rep. 12,220 82 115 8 313 Hungary 11,525 244 162 * 394 Chile 72 460 94 9 1,621 Iraq 394 56 1,676 15 392 Afghanistan 291 123 447 * 838 Viet Nam 331 803 159 * 10,280 Angola 45 479 8 - 7,687 Palestinians 16 17 8,021 10 11 Somalia 27 48 385 18 40 Bangladesh 70 513 46 * 1,499 Syrian Arab Rep. 445 229 193 * 284 Bulgaria 1,675 53 142 48 219 Cambodia 41 78 22 - 7,932 Lao People's Dem. Rep. 7 40 * - 7,657 Mali - 12 - - 7,746 Stateless 97 9 420 * 463 Nigeria 15 506 12 * 1,642 Haiti - 26 - - 5,542 China 35 582 40 - 2,943 Guinea * 38 * - 4,005 Senegal * 55 * - 2,098 Cape Verde - - - - 3,257 Guinea-Bissau - 6 - - 2,974 Uganda * 15 45 - 95 Gambia - 145 38 * 853 Congo - 22 10 - 2,334 Egypt 16 25 27 7 124 Morocco * 99 25 * 301 Other/unknown 871 1,255 14,196 64 9,740 Total 64,441 32,109 42,170 333 178,661 Africa 430 13,075 1,298 68 69,351 Asia 9,800 14,377 15,328 113 90,177 Europe 53,749 3,956 3,343 87 9,656 Latin America and Caribbean 87 621 135 10 9,000 Other/unknown 375 80 22,066 55 477 Total 64,441 32,109 42,170 333 178,661

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Table II.19 Origin of asylum applicants in Europe by country of asylum, 1985-1989 (continued)

Origin GFR GRE HUN ICE ITATurkey 62,540 2,021 - - 63 Poland 87,962 8,193 - - 7,065 Islamic Rep. of Iran 50,713 4,315 - - 1,862 Sri Lanka 34,784 338 - - 338 Yugoslavia, FR 46,948 19 - - 41 Lebanon 27,337 582 - - 229 Ghana 15,028 12 - - 128 Romania 10,118 1,188 - - 811 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 2,244 28 - - 77 India 16,825 331 - - 6 Pakistan 13,056 251 - - 12 Ethiopia 6,932 3,596 - - 1,624 Czech Rep. 8,395 119 - - 559 Hungary 7,016 80 - - 412 Chile 811 8 - - 77 Iraq 2,543 1,327 - - 355 Afghanistan 12,385 34 - - 42 Viet Nam 1,886 - - - 195 Angola 1,820 - - - 182 Palestinians 4,947 250 - - 48 Somalia 2,686 7 - - 1,064 Bangladesh 5,743 27 - - 10 Syrian Arab Rep. 5,577 403 - - 79 Bulgaria 934 114 - - 157 Cambodia 42 - - - *Lao People's Dem. Rep. 86 - - - *Mali 82 - - - *Stateless 272 5 - - - Nigeria 2,778 * - - 20 Haiti 8 - - - - China 486 15 - - 11 Guinea 145 - - - *Senegal 1,069 - - - 5 Cape Verde - - - - - Guinea-Bissau 133 - - - *Uganda 243 - - - 31 Gambia 1,573 - - - *Congo 54 - - - - Egypt 1,480 202 - - 23 Morocco 1,272 * - - 27 Other/unknown 16,301 517 36 12 10,721 Total 455,254 23,986 36 12 26,287 Africa 40,174 4,101 - - 3,484 Asia 235,100 9,790 - - 3,227 Europe 162,227 9,804 - - 19,398 Latin America and Caribbean 1,077 10 - - 130 Other/unknown 16,676 281 36 12 48 Total 455,254 23,986 36 12 26,287

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Table II.19 Origin of asylum applicants in Europe by country of asylum, 1985-1989(continued)

Origin MTA NET NOR POR SPATurkey - 4,404 1,299 - 24 Poland - 1,553 1,264 22 4,290 Islamic Rep. of Iran - 3,451 4,191 53 2,543 Sri Lanka - 3,681 2,124 36 30 Yugoslavia, FR - 690 2,735 9 47 Lebanon - 1,754 578 * 55 Ghana - 4,247 517 85 471 Romania - 663 101 14 470 Dem. Rep. of the Congo - 2,484 22 5 155 India - 2,287 358 * 12 Pakistan - 1,145 946 5 19 Ethiopia - 2,110 1,031 * 55 Czech Rep. - 129 13 6 361 Hungary - 479 25 9 230 Chile - 226 4,101 - 694 Iraq - 587 564 12 302 Afghanistan - 376 178 * 72 Viet Nam - 24 5 - 53 Angola - 571 * 752 796 Palestinians - - - - 66 Somalia - 2,990 1,337 - 8 Bangladesh - 1,152 178 - 12 Syrian Arab Rep. - 421 104 * 49 Bulgaria - 59 26 6 25 Cambodia - 13 - - *Lao People's Dem. Rep. - * 5 - 24 Mali - 20 - - 10 Stateless - 450 70 * - Nigeria - 715 11 * 103 Haiti - 8 - - - China - 133 17 - 11 Guinea - 7 - 8 31 Senegal - 43 * - 137 Cape Verde - - - * *Guinea-Bissau - 36 - 7 31 Uganda - 26 39 - 5 Gambia - 98 11 5 8 Congo - 18 - * 6 Egypt - 112 * - 19 Morocco - 130 100 * 61 Other/unknown 50 9,061 1,242 209 4,422 Total 50 46,355 23,199 1,269 15,710 Africa - 15,399 3,827 1,076 2,648 Asia - 21,479 10,721 119 3,232 Europe - 4,018 4,285 70 5,460 Latin America and Caribbean - 3,154 4,231 2 2,598 Other/unknown 50 2,305 135 2 1,772 Total 50 46,355 23,199 1,269 15,710

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Table II.19 Origin of asylum applicants in Europe by country of asylum,1985-1989 (continued)

Origin SWE SWI TUR UKTurkey 3,214 32,795 - 2,986 Poland 2,964 1,118 - - Islamic Rep. of Iran 25,840 2,128 7,616 3,150 Sri Lanka 92 10,577 56 6,352 Yugoslavia, FR 3,866 2,571 - 15 Lebanon 5,843 3,632 * 474 Ghana 153 803 * 964 Romania 3,064 889 * 69 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 65 1,402 - 768 India 364 2,175 - 1,195 Pakistan 197 2,945 * 1,445 Ethiopia 5,926 706 12 1,366 Czech Rep. 647 594 - - Hungary 2,508 353 - - Chile 11,034 1,050 - - Iraq 5,229 117 3,916 1,049 Afghanistan 150 358 99 - Viet Nam 82 744 - - Angola 44 1,590 - 319 Palestinians * 49 37 - Somalia 952 153 103 2,701 Bangladesh 717 938 - - Syrian Arab Rep. 1,954 530 66 - Bulgaria 5,077 152 - 50 Cambodia - 137 - - Lao People's Dem. Rep. 80 56 - - Mali * 9 - - Stateless 4,671 238 - 253 Nigeria 22 116 * 65 Haiti * 10 - - China 116 47 16 99 Guinea 6 17 - - Senegal * 11 * - Cape Verde * * - - Guinea-Bissau - 18 - - Uganda 126 * - 2,311 Gambia 34 5 - - Congo * 24 - 7 Egypt 152 58 6 - Morocco 140 30 - - Other/unknown 11,799 1,165 86 2,911 Total 97,144 70,314 12,024 28,549 Africa 8,243 5,323 193 9,701 Asia 44,175 57,322 11,791 17,149 Europe 19,012 5,789 3 556 Latin America and Caribbean 11,839 1,234 - 245 Other/unknown 13,875 646 37 898 Total 97,144 70,314 12,024 28,549

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Table II.20 Origin of asylum applicants in Europe by year of application, 1985-1989

Origin 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 TotalTurkey 15,443 19,433 26,470 35,034 56,089 152,469 Poland 12,984 20,203 20,743 44,741 33,786 132,457 Islamic Rep. of Iran 18,388 37,129 22,076 23,944 16,587 118,124 Sri Lanka 28,804 10,489 8,217 8,242 19,669 75,421 Yugoslavia, FR 2,044 2,701 7,705 24,063 26,040 62,553 Lebanon 5,800 12,269 3,602 9,234 14,836 45,741 Ghana 8,516 10,600 6,083 5,319 8,073 38,591 Romania 3,305 5,572 5,024 7,648 14,732 36,281 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 3,592 4,269 5,843 6,754 10,778 31,236 India 5,652 8,098 4,193 4,606 6,692 29,241 Pakistan 4,774 5,065 4,815 5,235 7,022 26,911 Ethiopia 4,163 4,176 4,716 4,790 6,324 24,169 Czech Rep. 4,241 4,037 4,469 3,984 6,830 23,561 Hungary 3,051 4,036 6,955 6,024 3,375 23,441 Chile 2,726 3,249 6,650 6,519 1,113 20,257 Iraq 2,261 2,241 3,706 4,738 5,588 18,534 Afghanistan 2,959 3,383 2,031 2,168 4,856 15,397 Viet Nam 3,185 3,157 1,982 2,338 3,901 14,563 Angola 1,834 1,515 2,387 3,160 5,400 14,296 Palestinians 47 2,730 1,592 5,208 3,897 13,474 Somalia 331 394 951 2,017 8,826 12,519 Bangladesh 2,236 3,403 1,527 1,481 2,259 10,906 Syrian Arab Rep. 663 2,876 1,556 1,995 3,248 10,338 Bulgaria 339 388 292 562 7,156 8,737 Cambodia 2,133 1,782 1,465 1,479 1,408 8,267 Lao People's Dem. Rep. 2,089 1,809 1,332 1,406 1,326 7,962 Mali 137 339 825 2,733 3,850 7,884 Stateless 1,188 581 951 2,301 1,931 6,952 Nigeria 1,009 924 477 884 2,719 6,013 Haiti 639 576 658 1,462 2,261 5,596 China 179 352 1,427 300 2,293 4,551 Guinea 304 526 735 1,032 1,668 4,265 Senegal 122 180 455 883 1,786 3,426 Cape Verde 867 1,044 686 401 268 3,266 Guinea-Bissau 228 429 729 750 1,072 3,208 Uganda 271 270 430 527 1,442 2,940 Gambia 282 487 629 583 795 2,776 Congo 365 286 334 533 961 2,479 Egypt 206 347 519 619 563 2,254 Morocco 199 244 386 613 747 2,189 Other/unknown 20,257 19,218 23,942 7,795 13,446 84,658 Total 167,813 200,807 189,565 244,105 315,613 1,117,903 Africa 24,815 29,562 28,928 34,854 60,232 178,391 Asia 95,154 114,102 85,040 102,912 146,692 543,900 Europe 26,620 37,729 55,639 87,873 93,552 301,413 Latin America and Caribbean 4,253 5,409 9,631 9,173 5,907 34,373 Other/unknown 16,971 14,005 10,327 9,293 9,230 59,826 Total 167,813 200,807 189,565 244,105 315,613 1,117,903

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Table II.21 Origin of asylum applicants in the European Union, 1985-1989

Origin 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 TOTALPoland 12,607 19,726 20,372 44,258 33,112 130,075 Turkey 11,568 15,168 20,136 24,923 46,580 118,375 Islamic Rep. of Iran 17,968 35,393 18,093 18,620 14,115 104,189 Sri Lanka 26,029 9,683 6,031 6,542 14,379 62,664 Yugoslavia, FR 1,886 2,465 6,336 22,790 23,770 57,247 Lebanon 5,693 12,020 3,063 8,573 12,179 41,528 Ghana 8,400 10,428 5,783 5,034 7,623 37,268 Romania 3,202 5,461 4,913 7,480 14,233 35,289 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 3,150 4,055 5,648 6,613 10,346 29,812 India 5,487 7,879 3,710 3,738 5,894 26,708 Hungary 2,958 3,966 6,867 5,938 3,334 23,063 Pakistan 4,488 4,651 3,767 4,273 5,840 23,019 Czech Rep. 4,145 3,904 4,373 3,886 6,646 22,954 Ethiopia 4,011 3,886 4,387 4,296 5,840 22,420 Chile 2,311 2,475 4,835 4,440 1,045 15,106 Afghanistan 2,931 3,329 1,927 1,980 4,595 14,762 Iraq 2,249 2,171 2,070 3,214 4,233 13,937 Viet Nam 3,069 2,983 1,825 2,209 3,728 13,814 Palestinians 47 2,729 1,579 5,176 3,857 13,388 Angola 1,463 1,390 2,190 2,838 4,822 12,703 Somalia 319 315 572 1,445 8,275 10,926 Bangladesh 2,191 3,322 1,368 1,246 1,663 9,790 Syrian Arab Rep. 634 2,728 1,351 1,846 3,079 9,638 Bulgaria 327 376 280 523 7,053 8,559 Cambodia 2,124 1,748 1,424 1,462 1,372 8,130 Lao People's Dem. Rep. 2,074 1,791 1,320 1,406 1,310 7,901 Mali 137 339 825 2,732 3,842 7,875 Stateless 1,175 581 922 2,035 1,931 6,644 Nigeria 1,007 922 474 876 2,606 5,885 Haiti 637 575 654 1,460 2,260 5,586 China 178 348 1,423 286 2,236 4,471 Guinea 298 525 734 1,031 1,660 4,248 Senegal 122 177 455 881 1,778 3,413 Cape Verde 867 1,044 685 401 268 3,265 Guinea-Bissau 224 426 726 748 1,066 3,190 Uganda 269 264 412 512 1,441 2,898 Gambia 281 487 629 582 781 2,760 Congo 361 281 327 533 953 2,455 Egypt 191 335 510 600 551 2,187 Morocco 183 227 359 573 717 2,059 Other/unknown 20,019 18,965 23,425 7,250 12,408 82,067 Total 157,280 189,538 166,780 215,249 283,421 1,012,268 Africa 23,576 28,522 27,150 32,613 57,187 169,048 Asia 87,224 105,790 68,055 80,951 122,046 464,066 Europe 25,748 36,649 53,550 85,663 89,726 291,336 Latin America and Caribbean 3,779 4,598 7,752 7,041 5,738 28,908 Other/unknown 16,953 13,979 10,273 8,981 8,724 58,910 Total 157,280 189,538 166,780 215,249 283,421 1,012,268

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Table II.22 Origin of asylum applicants in the European Union, Norway and Switzerland, 1985-1989

Origin 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 TOTALTurkey 15,443 19,433 26,470 35,034 56,089 152,469 Poland 12,984 20,203 20,743 44,741 33,786 132,457 Islamic Rep. of Iran 18,388 37,129 20,164 19,896 14,931 110,508 Sri Lanka 28,804 10,489 8,217 8,216 19,639 75,365 Yugoslavia, FR 2,044 2,701 7,705 24,063 26,040 62,553 Lebanon 5,800 12,269 3,602 9,234 14,833 45,738 Ghana 8,516 10,600 6,083 5,319 8,070 38,588 Romania 3,305 5,572 5,024 7,646 14,732 36,279 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 3,592 4,269 5,843 6,754 10,778 31,236 India 5,652 8,098 4,193 4,606 6,692 29,241 Pakistan 4,774 5,065 4,815 5,235 7,021 26,910 Ethiopia 4,163 4,176 4,716 4,788 6,314 24,157 Czech Rep. 4,241 4,037 4,469 3,984 6,830 23,561 Hungary 3,051 4,036 6,955 6,024 3,375 23,441 Chile 2,726 3,249 6,650 6,519 1,113 20,257 Afghanistan 2,959 3,383 2,027 2,146 4,783 15,298 Iraq 2,261 2,241 2,364 3,379 4,373 14,618 Viet Nam 3,185 3,157 1,982 2,338 3,901 14,563 Angola 1,834 1,515 2,387 3,160 5,400 14,296 Palestinians 47 2,730 1,592 5,192 3,876 13,437 Somalia 331 394 951 2,015 8,725 12,416 Bangladesh 2,236 3,403 1,527 1,481 2,259 10,906 Syrian Arab Rep. 663 2,876 1,556 1,964 3,213 10,272 Bulgaria 339 388 292 562 7,156 8,737 Cambodia 2,133 1,782 1,465 1,479 1,408 8,267 Lao People's Dem. Rep. 2,089 1,809 1,332 1,406 1,326 7,962 Mali 137 339 825 2,733 3,850 7,884 Stateless 1,188 581 951 2,301 1,931 6,952 Nigeria 1,009 924 477 884 2,718 6,012 Haiti 639 576 658 1,462 2,261 5,596 China 179 352 1,427 300 2,277 4,535 Guinea 304 526 735 1,032 1,668 4,265 Senegal 122 180 455 883 1,785 3,425 Cape Verde 867 1,044 686 401 268 3,266 Guinea-Bissau 228 429 729 750 1,072 3,208 Uganda 271 270 430 527 1,442 2,940 Gambia 282 487 629 583 795 2,776 Congo 365 286 334 533 961 2,479 Egypt 206 347 519 615 561 2,248 Morocco 199 244 386 613 747 2,189 Other/unknown 20,256 19,217 23,942 7,779 13,280 84,474 Total 167,812 200,806 186,307 238,577 312,279 1,105,781 Africa 24,815 29,562 28,928 34,838 60,055 178,198 Asia 95,154 114,102 81,782 97,424 143,647 532,109 Europe 26,620 37,729 55,639 87,870 93,552 301,410 Latin America and Caribbean 4,253 5,409 9,631 9,173 5,907 34,373 Other/unknown 16,970 14,004 10,327 9,272 9,118 59,691 Total 167,812 200,806 186,307 238,577 312,279 1,105,781

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Table II.23 Origin of asylum applicants in Northern Europe*, 1985-1989

Origin 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 TOTALIslamic Rep. of Iran 4,782 8,564 7,555 7,431 5,837 34,169 Chile 1,722 2,367 5,573 5,361 215 15,238 Lebanon 995 1,035 894 3,618 3,500 10,042 Palestinians - 2,694 496 3,361 1,482 8,033 Iraq 1,195 681 1,111 1,866 2,631 7,484 Ethiopia 581 1,230 1,490 1,534 2,445 7,280 Yugoslavia, FR 360 492 1,617 1,101 3,213 6,783 Sri Lanka 11 2,965 1,807 839 924 6,546 Poland 1,097 1,493 1,095 1,486 1,257 6,428 Bulgaria - * * 79 5,206 5,293 Stateless 983 415 659 1,741 1,365 5,163 Turkey 435 628 978 1,438 1,415 4,894 Romania 399 367 670 1,168 1,036 3,640 Hungary 246 285 368 910 890 2,699 Somalia 7 87 386 747 1,465 2,692 Syrian Arab Rep. 178 279 357 478 961 2,253 Pakistan 32 59 520 351 276 1,238 Bangladesh 76 77 88 304 397 942 Ghana 13 111 232 259 232 847 India 143 74 119 232 216 784 Czech Rep. - 10 20 213 540 783 Afghanistan - 36 23 367 350 776 Russian Federation - * 6 197 556 762 Algeria - 19 48 212 77 356 Peru 8 - * 82 252 344 Morocco 7 18 23 113 105 266 Viet Nam - - - 160 87 247 Uganda - 23 30 29 128 210 Egypt - 12 * 75 101 189 Tunisia - 6 - 86 92 184 China - - - 7 166 173 Jordan - 25 - 43 74 142 Colombia - - - - 142 142 Thailand - * - - 124 125 Dem. Rep. of the Congo - * * 25 88 121 El Salvador - - - - 108 108 United States - * * - 92 94 Lao People's Dem. Rep. - - - - 89 89 Gambia - 9 14 8 54 85 Togo - 5 16 26 16 63 Other/unknown 10,776 2,566 8,152 1,622 2,035 25,151 Total 24,046 26,645 34,359 37,569 40,239 162,858 Africa 637 1,644 2,452 3,336 5,367 13,436 Asia 7,865 14,440 13,560 17,219 17,253 70,337 Europe 2,119 2,693 3,813 5,187 12,915 26,727 Latin America and Caribbean 1,743 2,394 5,609 5,454 1,015 16,215 Other/unknown 11,682 5,474 8,925 6,373 3,689 36,143 Total 24,046 26,645 34,359 37,569 40,239 162,858


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Table II.24 Origin of asylum applicants in Southern Europe*, 1985-1989

Origin 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 TOTALPoland 3,487 6,258 2,517 5,573 1,735 19,570 Islamic Rep. of Iran 1,134 2,256 4,593 6,152 2,254 16,389 Iraq 163 191 1,874 2,075 1,609 5,912 Ethiopia 610 786 1,435 1,452 1,008 5,291 Romania 557 735 215 646 332 2,485 Turkey 80 378 408 501 741 2,108 Angola 364 167 554 479 166 1,730 Cuba 541 320 493 193 * 1,549 Somalia 7 8 * 131 1,034 1,182 Czech Rep. 339 302 48 175 181 1,045 Lebanon 12 83 207 207 362 871 Sri Lanka 111 153 151 163 220 798 Chile 173 118 141 208 139 779 Hungary 243 210 28 142 108 731 Ghana 176 251 105 101 66 699 Syrian Arab Rep. 35 34 195 171 164 599 Palestinians 42 32 138 108 81 401 Albania 270 75 7 10 21 383 India 5 * 6 329 9 353 Bulgaria 94 93 22 29 64 302 Pakistan 21 * 43 159 62 288 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 73 49 94 11 38 265 Egypt 13 16 157 44 20 250 Afghanistan 8 37 62 29 114 250 Viet Nam 68 107 59 - 14 248 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 55 29 44 22 65 215 Senegal 13 6 - 51 73 143 Nigeria 53 51 5 * 20 130 Sudan 11 12 15 45 40 123 Yugoslavia, FR 28 34 16 17 21 116 Mozambique 16 69 - 17 * 105 Equatorial Guinea 66 24 - - - 90 Morocco 39 12 5 8 26 90 Russian Federation 13 16 11 15 25 80 Sierra Leone 11 23 - 39 * 74 South Africa 6 20 * 41 5 73 China * 6 - * 41 53 Bangladesh * 7 * 27 10 49 El Salvador 17 15 10 7 - 49 Guinea 11 25 - * * 42 Other/unknown 280 248 10,480 647 1,761 13,416 Total 9,251 13,263 24,143 20,030 12,639 79,326 Africa 1,705 1,706 2,738 2,575 2,778 11,502 Asia 1,661 3,298 7,707 9,861 5,632 28,159 Europe 5,038 7,726 12,869 6,611 2,491 34,735 Latin America and Caribbean 805 501 691 409 334 2,740 Other/unknown 42 32 138 574 1,404 2,190 Total 9,251 13,263 24,143 20,030 12,639 79,326


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CHAPTER III.



Table III.1 Total number of asylum applications submitted in industrialized countries, 1990-1994

Country 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 TotalAustralia 12,128 16,743 6,054 7,198 6,264 48,387 Austria 22,789 27,306 16,238 4,745 5,082 76,160 Belgium 12,963 15,173 17,647 26,882 14,353 87,018 Bulgaria - 56 150 - - 206 Canada* 36,735 32,347 37,748 20,292 22,006 149,128 Czech Rep. 1,792 1,977 817 2,193 1,188 7,967 Denmark (inland)* 5,292 4,609 13,884 14,347 6,651 44,783 Denmark (abroad)* 13,702 8,303 6,187 2,126 1,341 31,659 Finland 2,743 2,134 3,634 2,023 839 11,373 France 54,813 47,380 28,872 27,564 25,964 184,593 Germany (new) 193,063 256,112 438,191 322,614 127,210 1,337,190 Germany (re-opened) - - - 36,787 - 36,787 Greece 6,166 2,672 1,850 813 1,303 12,804 Hungary (Government)* 3,520 921 458 468 207 5,574 Hungary (UNHCR)* 450 380 401 261 231 1,723 Iceland 7 10 13 3 - 33 Ireland - 31 39 91 362 523 Italy* 4,827 26,472 6,042 1,647 1,786 40,774 Japan 32 42 68 50 73 265 Luxembourg 114 - - - - 114 Malta* - 61 403 - - 464 Netherlands* 21,208 21,615 20,346 35,399 52,573 151,141 New Zealand - 1,162 324 375 445 2,306 Norway 3,962 4,569 5,238 12,876 3,379 30,024 Poland - 2,437 592 819 598 4,446 Portugal* 75 255 686 2,090 767 3,873 Romania - 500 800 - - 1,300 Slovak Rep. - - 87 96 140 323 Spain 8,647 8,138 11,708 12,615 11,992 53,100 Sweden 29,420 27,351 84,018 37,583 18,640 197,012 Switzerland (1st instance) 35,836 41,629 17,960 24,739 16,134 136,298 Switzerland (2nd instance) - - - - 11,745 11,745 Turkey 2,505 9,074 7,011 5,796 4,442 28,828 United Kingdom* 26,205 44,840 24,605 22,370 32,830 150,850 United States (new)* 73,637 56,310 103,964 143,118 144,577 521,606 United States (re-opened)* - - - 1,048 1,891 2,939 Total 572,631 660,609 856,035 769,028 515,013 3,373,316 - Europe 450,099 555,167 708,201 597,322 340,202 2,650,991 - European Union 402,027 492,391 673,947 549,696 301,693 2,419,754 - Northern America 110,372 88,657 141,712 164,458 168,474 673,673


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Table III.2 Asylum applications submitted in the European Union, 1990-1994

Country 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 TotalAustria 22,789 27,306 16,238 4,745 5,082 76,160 Belgium 12,963 15,173 17,647 26,882 14,353 87,018 Denmark (inland)* 5,292 4,609 13,884 14,347 6,651 44,783 Denmark (abroad)* 13,702 8,303 6,187 2,126 1,341 31,659 Finland 2,743 2,134 3,634 2,023 839 11,373 France 54,813 47,380 28,872 27,564 25,964 184,593 Germany (new) 193,063 256,112 438,191 322,614 127,210 1,337,190 Germany (re-opened) - - - 36,787 - 36,787 Greece 6,166 2,672 1,850 813 1,303 12,804 Ireland - 31 39 91 362 523 Italy* 4,827 26,472 6,042 1,647 1,786 40,774 Luxembourg 114 - - - - 114 Netherlands* 21,208 21,615 20,346 35,399 52,573 151,141 Portugal* 75 255 686 2,090 767 3,873 Spain 8,647 8,138 11,708 12,615 11,992 53,100 Sweden 29,420 27,351 84,018 37,583 18,640 197,012 United Kingdom* 26,205 44,840 24,605 22,370 32,830 150,850 Total 402,027 492,391 673,947 549,696 301,693 2,419,754


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Table III.3 Asylum applications submitted in the candidate countries for EU membership, 1990-1994

Country 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 TotalBulgaria - 56 150 - - 206 Cyprus - - - - - - Czech Rep. 1,792 1,977 817 2,193 1,188 7,967 Estonia - - - - - - Hungary (Government)* 3,520 921 458 468 207 5,574 Hungary (UNHCR)* 450 380 401 261 231 1,723 Latvia - - - - - - Lithuania - - - - - - Malta* - 61 403 - - 464 Poland - 2,437 592 819 598 4,446 Romania - 500 800 - - 1,300 Slovak Rep. - - 87 96 140 323 Slovenia - - - - - - Turkey 2,505 9,074 7,011 5,796 4,442 28,828 Total 8,267 15,406 10,719 9,633 6,806 50,831


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Table III.4 Asylum applications submitted in Austria, 1990-1994

Origin 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 TotalRomania 12,199 7,506 2,609 293 157 22,764 Yugoslavia, FR 768 6,436 5,915 372 624 14,115 Turkey 1,862 2,252 1,251 342 362 6,069 Islamic Rep. of Iran 1,815 1,587 652 250 425 4,729 Iraq 147 951 1,026 541 899 3,564 Bosnia and Herzegovina - - 1,179 1,259 746 3,184 Bulgaria 1,167 1,374 269 54 38 2,902 Pakistan 408 1,392 269 144 88 2,301 Nigeria 43 1,004 544 43 31 1,665 Albania 266 1,032 290 35 42 1,665 Russian Federation 540 544 305 149 127 1,665 Bangladesh 210 683 301 135 170 1,499 Lebanon 988 117 80 26 12 1,223 Ghana 357 589 198 43 14 1,201 India 128 356 209 178 247 1,118 Sri Lanka 156 442 133 32 19 782 Viet Nam 301 319 48 18 26 712 FYR Macedonia - - 223 172 314 709 Afghanistan 91 79 80 143 181 574 Syrian Arab Rep. 383 72 19 15 30 519 Somalia 83 46 94 72 67 362 Czech Rep. 176 12 10 8 * 209 Cambodia 177 9 * 7 * 198 Poland 132 19 10 17 15 193 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 11 42 56 38 43 190 Liberia 6 22 48 47 60 183 Croatia - - 90 45 38 173 China 18 51 43 18 11 141 Angola 36 44 * 22 14 120 Algeria - * 49 17 45 115 Ethiopia 66 32 5 * 5 112 Tunisia 6 7 43 40 12 108 Stateless 16 5 29 32 17 99 Jordan 12 33 5 * 24 76 Hungary 44 6 - 9 8 67 Egypt 10 14 8 10 13 55 Mongolia 10 20 5 * * 38 Guinea - 20 10 * * 33 Morocco - 5 11 13 * 33 Mali - 19 9 * - 29 Other/unknown 157 161 106 96 146 666 Total 22,789 27,306 16,238 4,745 5,082 76,160 Africa 662 1,901 1,118 384 377 4,442 Asia 6,709 8,377 4,134 1,869 2,521 23,610 Europe 15,292 16,932 10,909 2,439 2,120 47,692 Latin America and Caribbean 23 17 18 10 14 82 Other/unknown 103 79 59 43 50 334 Total 22,789 27,306 16,238 4,745 5,082 76,160

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Table III.5 Asylum applications submitted in Belgium, 1990-1994

Origin 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 TotalRomania 1,724 2,418 3,463 5,157 1,244 14,006 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 1,073 1,960 3,749 4,016 1,963 12,761 India 1,084 1,291 1,093 3,110 902 7,480 Yugoslavia, FR 474 1,160 1,433 1,162 1,240 5,469 Ghana 1,574 1,454 934 1,002 275 5,239 Turkey 1,689 1,069 854 868 601 5,081 Pakistan 846 913 715 1,280 623 4,377 Bulgaria 321 407 503 1,390 607 3,228 Nigeria 529 743 570 883 427 3,152 Poland 1,129 390 186 400 65 2,170 Angola 291 341 273 671 349 1,925 Togo 60 204 461 629 381 1,735 FYR Macedonia - - 211 719 680 1,610 Bangladesh 196 293 285 397 274 1,445 Liberia 204 207 227 445 172 1,255 Guinea 22 86 149 503 165 925 Russian Federation 81 160 146 310 215 912 Rwanda 23 42 61 63 667 856 Algeria 31 61 59 236 402 789 Albania 38 203 93 210 173 717 Islamic Rep. of Iran 184 165 115 133 111 708 Lebanon 277 129 119 91 68 684 Bosnia and Herzegovina - - 230 294 136 660 Morocco 116 281 102 72 28 599 Senegal 28 52 75 245 162 562 Somalia 23 74 107 188 96 488 Sri Lanka 90 29 144 140 34 437 Viet Nam 104 109 102 73 29 417 Iraq 47 67 105 102 90 411 Côte d'Ivoire 48 39 82 114 66 349 Sierra Leone 6 23 59 186 71 345 Syrian Arab Rep. 81 69 50 71 48 319 Armenia - - 21 114 160 295 Burundi * 7 20 67 195 291 Ukraine - - 23 142 125 290 Georgia - - 18 76 180 274 Cameroon * 19 42 100 97 262 Afghanistan 23 36 17 74 62 212 Nepal * 34 30 69 77 211 Sudan 15 13 12 40 127 207 Other 525 625 709 1,038 966 3,863 Total 12,963 15,173 17,647 26,880 14,353 87,016 Africa 4,212 5,860 7,223 9,927 6,047 33,269 Asia 4,733 4,342 3,781 6,729 3,400 22,985 Europe 3,855 4,805 6,436 10,043 4,743 29,882 Latin America and Caribbean 135 143 193 158 140 769 Other/unknown 28 23 14 23 23 111 Total 12,963 15,173 17,647 26,880 14,353 87,016

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Table III.6 Asylum applications submitted in the Czech Republic, 1990-1994

Origin 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 TotalBulgaria - 538 81 1,125 512 2,256 Armenia - * 163 733 161 1,061 Romania - 532 - 61 58 651 Russian Federation - 337 80 22 33 472 Viet Nam - 49 118 19 - 186 Yugoslavia, FR - 24 62 19 81 186 Afghanistan - 46 28 32 78 184 Ukraine - 61 36 30 34 161 Angola - 69 - 16 23 108 Iraq - 57 10 14 22 103 Albania - 74 20 - * 96 Rwanda - - 81 - 6 87 Georgia - 8 12 15 27 62 Dem. Rep. of the Congo - 8 18 15 18 59 Turkey - 26 22 * 7 56 Nigeria - 31 - * 17 52 Bosnia and Herzegovina - - 13 9 13 35 Islamic Rep. of Iran - 22 * 8 * 33 Sri Lanka - 8 5 - 16 29 Liberia - 8 * 6 7 24 Cuba - 12 * * 6 24 Stateless - - 12 6 6 24 Azerbaijan - 5 - 18 - 23 Syrian Arab Rep. - 12 * * 8 22 Ghana - 6 9 * * 21 Rep. of Moldova - - 9 * 9 20 Algeria - - - * 10 13 Somalia - - * * 11 13 Belarus - 5 - 7 * 13 Ethiopia - 5 * * * 9 Kazakhstan - * 7 * - 9 China - * 5 - - 6 Palestinians - - - * * 6 Senegal - - * * * 5 South Africa - * - * - 5 Mongolia - 5 - - - 5 Bangladesh - * - - - *Jordan - - - * - *Uzbekistan - - * * - *Slovakia - - - * * *Other 1,792 16 11 3 10 1,832 Total 1,792 1,977 817 2,193 1,188 7,967 Africa - 134 119 56 103 412 Asia - 255 377 850 321 1,803 Europe - 1,572 304 1,277 748 3,901 Latin America and Caribbean - 14 4 2 6 26 Other/unknown 1,792 2 13 8 10 1,825 Total 1,792 1,977 817 2,193 1,188 7,967

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Table III.7 Asylum applications submitted in Denmark, 1990-1994

Origin 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 TotalAfghanistan 12,616 75 620 511 330 14,152 Bosnia and Herzegovina - - 4,805 8,329 613 13,747 Iraq 764 2,758 1,540 998 632 6,692 Palestinians 1,572 532 2,268 1,341 698 6,411 Somalia 582 438 1,359 1,469 2,011 5,859 Yugoslavia, FR 77 705 4,145 506 331 5,764 Islamic Rep. of Iran 843 418 269 191 152 1,873 Russian Federation 172 288 668 550 133 1,811 Lebanon 483 110 754 148 90 1,585 Sri Lanka 199 280 454 145 328 1,406 Sudan 10 * 1,278 53 16 1,360 Romania 582 108 98 142 238 1,168 Poland 143 91 58 158 184 634 Gambia 22 17 146 293 56 534 Uganda 22 71 133 148 87 461 Bulgaria 166 40 19 87 145 457 Ethiopia 44 42 207 23 27 343 Estonia - - 111 102 112 325 Pakistan 43 68 46 51 113 321 China 111 51 50 48 45 305 Syrian Arab Rep. 42 47 79 65 53 286 Viet Nam 62 21 56 75 50 264 Lithuania - - 29 99 130 258 Turkey 43 51 51 48 41 234 Armenia - - - - 215 215 Nigeria 6 35 33 60 77 211 Bangladesh 11 10 54 70 59 204 Croatia - - 80 57 66 203 Sierra Leone 8 - 16 32 126 182 Togo * * - 162 * 171 Liberia - 25 61 52 29 167 Stateless 37 30 72 7 14 160 Algeria 26 - 6 35 92 159 India 28 35 39 31 22 155 Ghana 29 19 23 25 30 126 Egypt * 12 58 22 27 122 Côte d'Ivoire 5 * 11 10 91 121 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 24 - 50 12 22 108 Czech Rep. 23 - - 59 - 82 Slovakia - - - 68 12 80 Other/unknown 193 6,526 325 191 491 7,726 Total 18,994 12,912 20,071 16,473 7,992 76,442 Africa 837 748 3,537 2,512 2,882 10,516 Asia 15,282 3,945 4,116 2,421 2,218 27,982 Europe 1,175 1,249 10,054 10,178 2,123 24,779 Latin America and Caribbean 4 8 19 13 22 66 Other/unknown 1,696 6,962 2,345 1,349 747 13,099 Total 18,994 12,912 20,071 16,473 7,992 76,442

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Table III.8 Asylum applications submitted in Finland, 1990-1994

Origin 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 TotalYugoslavia, FR 182 244 1,868 515 68 2,877 Somalia 1,436 320 171 155 177 2,259 Russian Federation 194 486 809 493 91 2,073 Romania 330 284 50 26 21 711 Iraq 12 23 147 179 55 416 Turkey 56 208 48 42 23 377 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 23 40 78 67 41 249 Islamic Rep. of Iran 31 46 37 53 66 233 Bulgaria 103 71 33 18 * 229 Estonia - - 21 170 18 209 Bangladesh 33 69 57 15 9 183 Ethiopia 96 12 14 7 6 135 Sri Lanka * 9 31 57 18 118 Ghana 34 59 6 8 7 114 Cuba * 24 25 5 16 72 Angola - - 12 44 12 68 Israel - * 28 20 13 64 Lebanon 25 13 15 10 * 64 Nigeria 18 13 8 12 10 61 Algeria * 14 12 7 23 58 Gambia - 27 25 * * 57 Syrian Arab Rep. 9 13 18 5 7 52 Liberia - 12 20 15 * 51 Pakistan 18 15 * 9 * 50 Stateless - 32 6 * - 41 Egypt * 14 * * 14 36 China 10 7 * 6 9 35 Morocco 7 12 * 7 * 30 Jordan - 8 16 * * 28 Albania - * 10 12 * 27 Palestinians 26 - - - - 26 Afghanistan - - 10 * 9 20 Viet Nam - 9 * 7 - 18 Poland * 7 * * * 18 India * * * * * 17 Sudan 6 - * * * 16 Hungary 9 * * * - 15 Georgia - - - * 13 14 Belarus - - - - 13 13 Lithuania - - * - 11 13 Other/unknown 70 33 30 34 58 225 Total 2,743 2,137 3,634 2,023 835 11,372 Africa 1,636 545 375 357 319 3,232 Asia 202 435 420 413 233 1,703 Europe 827 1,101 2,805 1,244 252 6,229 Latin America and Caribbean 3 24 28 5 22 82 Other/unknown 75 32 6 4 9 126 Total 2,743 2,137 3,634 2,023 835 11,372

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Table III.9 Asylum applications submitted in France, 1990-1994

Origin 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 TotalTurkey 11,095 9,684 1,634 1,286 1,282 24,981 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 5,652 4,260 2,991 2,197 1,765 16,865 Romania 3,260 2,394 1,745 2,709 4,226 14,334 Sri Lanka 2,472 3,398 3,880 2,818 1,725 14,293 Mali 3,482 3,218 1,070 1,372 797 9,939 Viet Nam 3,283 2,340 1,059 1,038 569 8,289 Yugoslavia, FR 340 866 1,987 2,487 1,437 7,117 China 800 2,384 1,989 399 1,290 6,862 Angola 2,808 1,638 307 592 606 5,951 Pakistan 1,737 1,860 846 499 446 5,388 Guinea 1,525 1,023 785 789 332 4,454 Algeria 141 185 677 1,098 2,303 4,404 India 1,049 1,115 744 665 752 4,325 Mauritania 1,346 1,114 592 656 613 4,321 Cambodia 1,077 947 704 983 514 4,225 Lao People's Dem. Rep. 1,159 1,189 575 690 469 4,082 Senegal 1,058 698 420 674 554 3,404 Congo 992 803 330 378 383 2,886 Ghana 1,057 670 426 437 284 2,874 Bangladesh 704 682 358 307 563 2,614 Haiti 783 575 528 301 390 2,577 Poland 671 396 120 159 352 1,698 Bulgaria 620 567 95 122 146 1,550 Somalia 27 31 177 1,077 217 1,529 Russian Federation 242 421 410 198 204 1,475 Côte d'Ivoire 747 329 93 174 97 1,440 Guinea-Bissau 617 267 151 112 77 1,224 Islamic Rep. of Iran 351 308 178 165 147 1,149 Egypt 59 115 64 255 635 1,128 Albania 477 251 77 93 118 1,016 Colombia 437 221 94 126 88 966 Iraq 108 174 237 179 202 900 Peru 321 174 120 149 98 862 Cape Verde 403 239 97 13 * 753 Nigeria 169 216 78 108 145 716 Liberia 144 193 82 130 93 642 Gambia 203 150 59 132 77 621 Tunisia 42 120 194 163 82 601 Afghanistan 133 103 106 84 110 536 Mauritius 303 105 64 37 16 525 Other 2,919 1,957 2,729 1,722 1,839 11,166 Total 54,813 47,380 28,872 27,573 26,044 184,682 Africa 21,483 16,172 9,107 11,145 9,863 67,770 Asia 24,207 24,345 12,448 9,491 8,390 78,881 Europe 5,674 4,938 4,515 5,971 6,999 28,097 Latin America and Caribbean 1,701 1,086 838 678 637 4,940 Other/unknown 1,748 839 1,964 288 155 4,994 Total 54,813 47,380 28,872 27,573 26,044 184,682

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Table III.10 Asylum applications submitted in Germany, 1990-1994

Origin 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 TotalYugoslavia, FR 22,114 74,854 115,395 73,476 30,404 316,243 Romania 35,345 40,504 103,787 73,717 9,581 262,934 Turkey 22,082 23,877 28,327 19,104 19,118 112,508 Bulgaria 8,341 12,056 31,540 22,547 3,367 77,851 Viet Nam 9,428 8,133 12,258 10,960 3,427 44,206 Bosnia and Herzegovina - - 6,197 21,240 7,298 34,735 Afghanistan 7,348 7,337 6,351 5,506 5,642 32,184 Lebanon 16,229 4,887 5,622 2,449 1,456 30,643 Nigeria 5,399 8,358 10,486 1,083 838 26,164 Islamic Rep. of Iran 7,271 8,643 3,834 2,664 3,445 25,857 Algeria 1,035 1,388 7,669 11,262 2,784 24,138 Sri Lanka 4,361 5,623 5,303 3,280 4,813 23,380 India 5,612 5,523 5,798 3,807 1,768 22,508 Russian Federation 2,337 5,690 5,692 5,361 1,303 20,383 Poland 9,155 3,448 4,212 1,670 326 18,811 Pakistan 3,983 4,364 5,215 2,753 2,030 18,345 Ghana 3,786 4,541 6,994 1,973 300 17,594 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 1,389 2,134 8,305 2,896 1,579 16,303 Albania 1,032 4,227 5,957 3,666 848 15,730 Palestinians 5,723 2,211 3,224 1,708 1,144 14,010 Liberia 598 3,021 5,367 2,711 904 12,601 Togo 238 810 4,052 2,892 3,488 11,480 Somalia 3,019 1,934 2,751 1,577 896 10,177 Armenia - - 909 6,469 2,127 9,505 China 574 784 2,564 4,396 628 8,946 Syrian Arab Rep. 3,913 1,588 1,330 983 933 8,747 Ukraine - - 2,603 4,510 1,447 8,560 Ethiopia 2,068 3,096 1,592 688 946 8,390 Morocco 827 2,099 2,565 1,416 649 7,556 Angola 2,817 1,875 1,081 1,054 594 7,421 Iraq 707 1,384 1,484 1,246 2,066 6,887 Egypt 620 1,514 2,493 1,808 263 6,698 Bangladesh 482 1,228 2,395 1,166 678 5,949 Czech Rep. 781 1,546 2,682 326 187 5,522 Sierra Leone 41 423 2,621 1,234 487 4,806 Nepal 170 567 2,011 1,285 170 4,203 Gambia 464 639 1,037 607 112 2,859 Croatia - - 1,024 1,242 539 2,805 Sudan 384 287 856 598 554 2,679 Georgia - - 295 1,470 897 2,662 Other 3,390 5,519 14,313 13,814 7,174 44,210 Total 193,063 256,112 438,191 322,614 127,210 1,337,190 Africa 24,210 36,094 67,408 37,571 17,341 182,624 Asia 82,982 74,489 84,804 69,322 50,370 361,967 Europe 79,549 142,785 282,201 213,577 58,049 776,161 Latin America and Caribbean 400 292 353 279 206 1,530 Other/unknown 5,922 2,452 3,425 1,865 1,244 14,908 Total 193,063 256,112 438,191 322,614 127,210 1,337,190

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Table III.11 Asylum applications submitted in Greece, 1990-1994

Origin 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 TotalIraq 2,114 871 1,387 359 433 5,164 Turkey 1,179 562 93 276 591 2,701 Albania 937 499 20 - * 1,457 Islamic Rep. of Iran 400 153 48 25 101 727 Pakistan 361 185 11 15 * 574 Ethiopia 281 117 38 10 7 453 Sri Lanka 148 79 68 6 5 306 Romania 196 38 * - * 238 India 144 29 9 * * 185 Yugoslavia, FR * 5 32 45 84 168 Bangladesh 120 12 * * 12 149 Bulgaria 111 * - * - 115 Russian Federation 49 * 15 11 * 80 Sudan - * 48 15 5 71 Lebanon 30 31 7 * - 71 Somalia 22 10 9 8 11 60 Afghanistan 8 9 7 5 10 39 South Africa 11 21 * * * 37 Syrian Arab Rep. 7 8 9 * * 29 Palestinians 6 * 15 * * 28 Poland 20 - - - - 20 Liberia - * * * 7 17 China * * * * * 15 Egypt - * 5 6 - 13 Dem. Rep. of the Congo * * - 7 * 13 Ghana - 8 * - * 11 Tunisia 6 * * - - 9 Nigeria * * * - * 8 Algeria * * * * * 6 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya * - * - - 5 Rwanda - - - - 5 5 Jordan * * - * * 5 Myanmar - - * - - *Morocco * - * - - *Angola - - - * - *United Rep. of Tanzania * - * - - *Israel - * - - - *Germany - - * - - *Stateless - - * - - *Cape Verde - - - * - *Other 1 1 1 1 2 6 Total 6,166 2,672 1,850 813 1,302 12,803 Africa 330 172 114 56 48 720 Asia 4,515 1,948 1,648 699 1,163 9,973 Europe 1,315 548 71 57 89 2,080 Latin America and Caribbean - - - - - - Other/unknown 6 4 17 1 2 30 Total 6,166 2,672 1,850 813 1,302 12,803

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Table III.12 Asylum applications submitted in Ireland, 1990-1994

Origin 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 TotalCuba - * * 13 241 260 Romania - * 12 5 37 56 Rep. of Moldova - - - 17 - 17 Turkey - - - * 15 16 Somalia - * * 6 6 15 Russian Federation - - - - 13 13 Lebanon - - * 9 * 12 Yugoslavia, FR - - - 10 * 12 Iraq - * * - * 10 Dem. Rep. of the Congo - - - * 6 8 China - * - * * 7 Islamic Rep. of Iran - * * - * 7 Liberia - * * * * 6 Bosnia and Herzegovina - - 6 - - 6 Morocco - - * - * 5 Uganda - * - * * 5 Georgia - - - * * 5 Pakistan - - - * * 5 Croatia - - * * * 5 Latvia - - - - 5 5 Rwanda - - - - * *Sudan - - * * * *Azerbaijan - - - - * *Sri Lanka - - - * - *Viet Nam - * - - - *Albania - - - * - *Estonia - - - * - *Ukraine - - - * * *Peru - * - - * *Algeria - - - - * *Ethiopia - * - - * *South Africa - - - - * *Syrian Arab Rep. - * * - - *Chad - - * - - *Congo - - - * - *Libyan Arab Jamahiriya - * - - - *Malawi - - - * - *Sierra Leone - - - * - *Afghanistan - * - - - *India - * - - - *Other - 3 1 - 2 6 Total - 31 39 91 362 523 Africa - 8 8 16 24 56 Asia - 14 6 22 33 75 Europe - 3 21 40 63 127 Latin America and Caribbean - 4 4 13 242 263 Other/unknown - 2 - - - 2 Total - 31 39 91 362 523

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Table III.13 Asylum applications submitted in Italy, 1990-1994

Origin 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 TotalAlbania 1,291 18,655 160 59 39 20,204 Romania 816 2,176 930 546 677 5,145 Somalia 279 1,704 362 35 7 2,387 Ethiopia 370 563 360 335 133 1,761 Bulgaria 65 631 297 71 23 1,087 Yugoslavia, FR * 85 82 54 58 280 Sri Lanka 42 132 30 25 18 247 Islamic Rep. of Iran 39 28 15 29 84 195 Iraq 13 89 26 31 22 181 Sudan 19 14 8 33 102 176 Russian Federation 30 - 45 52 13 140 Angola 15 36 6 42 31 130 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 13 35 22 30 24 124 Pakistan * 23 16 39 16 98 Lebanon 46 30 15 6 - 97 Turkey * * 8 50 16 78 Cuba - * 19 17 9 47 Liberia 10 10 9 9 * 40 Ghana 13 12 * - 11 39 Viet Nam 21 6 8 * - 39 Algeria - * * 11 17 31 Afghanistan 9 * 11 * 6 28 Ukraine - - 8 - 18 26 Rwanda - * 7 * 12 25 Tunisia - * * * 18 25 China 15 6 * * - 25 Peru 6 5 * 9 * 25 Egypt * * 5 6 * 20 Nigeria 12 * * * * 20 Côte d'Ivoire * 12 * * - 18 Hungary * 9 - * 5 18 India 6 * 5 * * 17 Togo - * * 5 5 16 Syrian Arab Rep. * 6 * * * 16 Burundi - - - - 15 15 Morocco * 5 - * * 12 Poland * 7 * - * 11 Chad - * - * 7 10 Bangladesh * * - * 5 10 Cameroon * * * * * 8 Other/unknown 1,678 2,167 3,559 123 376 7,903 Total 4,827 26,472 6,042 1,647 1,786 40,774 Africa 746 2,414 802 527 402 4,891 Asia 203 338 141 194 176 1,052 Europe 2,209 21,565 1,526 783 837 26,920 Latin America and Caribbean 9 11 24 28 11 83 Other/unknown 1,660 2,144 3,549 115 360 7,828 Total 4,827 26,472 6,042 1,647 1,786 40,774

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Table III.14 Asylum applications submitted in Malta, 1990-1994

Origin 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 TotalIraq - 37 360 - - 397 Bulgaria - 9 - - - 9 Nigeria - 5 - - - 5 China - * - - - *Sudan - * - - - *Egypt - * - - - *Palestinians - * - - - *Syrian Arab Rep. - * - - - *Other/unknown - 10 43 - - 53 Total - 61 403 - - 464 Africa - 9 - - - 9 Asia - 42 360 - - 402 Europe - 9 - - - 9 Latin America and Caribbean - - - - - - Other/unknown - 1 43 - - 44 Total - 61 403 - - 464

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Table III.15 Asylum applications submitted in the Netherlands, 1990-1994

Origin 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 TotalSomalia 1,690 1,710 4,246 4,330 5,393 17,369 Yugoslavia, FR 580 2,733 4,768 4,691 4,106 16,878 Bosnia and Herzegovina - - 813 4,938 8,635 14,386 Islamic Rep. of Iran 1,724 1,726 1,298 2,610 6,075 13,433 Sri Lanka 3,010 1,821 1,034 1,902 1,811 9,578 Romania 2,202 1,662 960 1,085 2,762 8,671 Iraq 439 684 770 3,229 2,858 7,980 Afghanistan 568 297 352 1,503 2,527 5,247 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 196 297 477 1,305 2,180 4,455 China 643 1,311 225 897 874 3,950 Turkey 797 914 721 635 618 3,685 Russian Federation 224 1,013 408 632 1,182 3,459 Ethiopia 1,017 816 298 447 597 3,175 Angola 258 159 119 541 1,373 2,450 Poland 1,185 548 338 164 139 2,374 Lebanon 1,196 213 255 349 348 2,361 Nigeria 901 740 233 245 143 2,262 Syrian Arab Rep. 695 548 237 266 388 2,134 Algeria 103 80 147 343 1,321 1,994 Bulgaria 512 440 197 343 465 1,957 Liberia 164 335 342 702 411 1,954 Stateless 415 224 158 634 436 1,867 Armenia - - 40 352 1,082 1,474 Ghana 715 465 140 73 70 1,463 Georgia - - 25 169 1,238 1,432 Albania 38 225 138 275 618 1,294 Czech Rep. 42 250 394 178 192 1,056 India 303 318 94 75 114 904 Ukraine - - 78 239 560 877 Pakistan 206 218 108 103 184 819 Croatia - - 38 342 329 709 Viet Nam 90 503 28 39 14 674 Sudan 52 97 94 160 258 661 Suriname 286 197 55 34 14 586 FYR Macedonia - - - 216 359 575 Hungary 126 171 78 129 66 570 Slovakia - - - 123 430 553 Bangladesh 117 66 44 52 128 407 Togo 73 98 35 60 96 362 Morocco 56 94 70 41 68 329 Other/unknown 585 642 493 948 2,111 4,779 Total 21,208 21,615 20,348 35,399 52,573 151,143 Africa 5,563 5,213 6,464 8,799 12,796 38,835 Asia 9,875 8,830 5,334 12,318 18,681 55,038 Europe 4,927 7,058 8,289 13,530 20,184 53,988 Latin America and Caribbean 392 278 96 63 74 903 Other/unknown 451 236 165 689 838 2,379 Total 21,208 21,615 20,348 35,399 52,573 151,143

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Table III.16 Asylum applications submitted in Norway, 1990-1994

Origin 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 TotalYugoslavia, FR 743 1,334 2,838 4,146 1,547 10,608 Bosnia and Herzegovina - - 390 7,051 201 7,642 Somalia 313 731 444 259 251 1,998 Sri Lanka 512 556 403 255 233 1,959 Islamic Rep. of Iran 451 244 130 147 160 1,132 Stateless 204 201 49 120 27 601 Lebanon 304 179 65 40 9 597 Iraq 90 131 111 137 126 595 Ethiopia 203 260 42 29 7 541 Romania 207 54 59 74 46 440 Russian Federation 81 71 75 39 75 341 Poland 82 120 19 10 72 303 Bulgaria 151 79 42 8 * 282 Turkey 80 46 32 30 30 218 Algeria 61 24 18 17 36 156 Croatia - - - 68 78 146 Uganda 13 70 33 12 13 141 Sudan 9 34 29 40 15 127 India 31 30 13 22 20 116 Syrian Arab Rep. 47 25 15 13 14 114 Pakistan 31 14 17 23 26 111 Peru 17 22 32 13 13 97 Morocco 28 42 10 8 6 94 Afghanistan 19 13 21 25 9 87 Estonia - - 23 20 44 87 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 7 24 32 6 16 85 China 28 8 25 15 * 78 Albania - 7 37 24 5 73 Sierra Leone 6 - - 8 58 72 Kenya 15 19 13 5 19 71 Viet Nam * 7 44 * 5 60 Togo 7 5 17 7 16 52 Tunisia 25 18 - * * 46 Czech Rep. 8 6 11 11 8 44 Liberia - 15 9 11 7 42 Bangladesh 12 12 * * 10 40 Ghana 14 6 - 11 5 36 Israel - * * 25 - 32 Nigeria 8 - - 11 10 29 Colombia 6 7 7 7 * 29 Other/unknown 147 151 126 122 154 700 Total 3,962 4,569 5,236 12,876 3,379 30,022 Africa 754 1,328 718 464 526 3,790 Asia 1,632 1,312 897 761 662 5,264 Europe 1,277 1,675 3,522 11,493 2,134 20,101 Latin America and Caribbean 35 53 49 36 29 202 Other/unknown 264 201 50 122 28 665 Total 3,962 4,569 5,236 12,876 3,379 30,022

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Table III.17 Asylum applications submitted in Poland, 1990-1994

Origin 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 TotalRussian Federation - 1,413 160 - - 1,573 Ethiopia - 299 53 - - 352 Lebanon - 268 - - - 268 Yugoslavia, FR - 21 232 - - 253 Romania - 68 - - - 68 Albania - 65 - - - 65 Iraq - 56 - - - 56 Islamic Rep. of Iran - 43 - - - 43 Angola - 42 - - - 42 Syrian Arab Rep. - 38 - - - 38 Somalia - 28 - - - 28 Afghanistan - 15 - - - 15 Lao People's Dem. Rep. - 12 - - - 12 Bulgaria - 11 - - - 11 China - 8 - - - 8 Turkey - 8 - - - 8 Bangladesh - * - - - *Cambodia - * - - - *Sri Lanka - * - - - *Egypt - * - - - *Nigeria - * - - - *Senegal - * - - - *Viet Nam - * - - - *Dem. Rep. of the Congo - * - - - *Other/unknown - 42 147 819 598 1,606 Total - 2,437 592 819 598 4,446 Africa - 392 53 - - 445 Asia - 467 - - - 467 Europe - 1,578 392 - - 1,970 Latin America and Caribbean - - - - - - Other/unknown - - 147 819 598 1,564 Total - 2,437 592 819 598 4,446

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Table III.18 Asylum applications submitted in Portugal, 1990-1994

Origin 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 TotalRomania 7 40 190 1,289 417 1,943 Angola 20 10 120 461 56 667 Dem. Rep. of the Congo - 61 275 98 - 434 Liberia * 25 13 23 17 79 India * * 6 23 35 69 Ghana * 41 9 11 - 65 Pakistan * * 5 8 35 54 Russian Federation * 8 5 28 - 42 Poland 12 * 5 17 - 38 Yugoslavia, FR * * 13 17 - 35 Bulgaria * * - 26 - 30 Bosnia and Herzegovina - - * 15 - 16 Côte d'Ivoire - - 5 10 - 15 Ukraine - - * 12 - 15 Nigeria - * 5 * - 10 Argentina - - - - 10 10 Mozambique 5 * * - - 8 Togo - * * * - 8 Hungary - 6 * * - 8 Croatia - - * 6 - 7 China * * - - - 6 Guinea * * * * - 5 South Africa - * * * - 5 Sri Lanka - * * - - 5 Turkey * - * - - 5 Albania - - - 5 - 5 Slovakia - - - 5 - 5 Comoros - * * - - *Mali - * - * - *Sao Tome and Principe * * - * - *Sierra Leone - - * * - *Bangladesh - * * - - *Iraq * * - - - *Ethiopia - * - - - *Guinea-Bissau - - * * - *Czech Rep. - - - * - *Cameroon * - - - - *Kenya - - * - - *Morocco * - * - - *Somalia * - - * - *Other/unknown 13 43 28 37 197 318 Total 75 255 690 2,090 767 3,877 Africa 39 154 447 622 73 1,335 Asia 9 21 20 36 70 156 Europe 27 61 221 1,430 417 2,156 Latin America and Caribbean - 1 2 2 10 15 Other/unknown - 18 - - 197 215 Total 75 255 690 2,090 767 3,877

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Table III.19 Asylum applications submitted in Spain, 1990-1994

Origin 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 TotalPeru 373 1,618 2,580 1,530 890 6,991 Poland 3,279 972 1,190 602 200 6,243 Romania 344 813 891 1,478 1,453 4,979 Senegal 491 339 959 569 701 3,059 China - - - 1,516 1,137 2,653 Cuba 138 199 442 423 830 2,032 Dominican Rep. - 160 1,041 - 638 1,839 Bulgaria 290 577 435 214 189 1,705 Iraq 250 309 441 210 310 1,520 Angola 561 497 - 224 207 1,489 Liberia - 358 472 275 229 1,334 Ecuador - - - 486 802 1,288 Colombia - - 217 385 505 1,107 Nigeria 422 331 - 69 167 989 Bosnia and Herzegovina - - - 710 254 964 Guinea-Bissau 207 325 302 69 47 950 Equatorial Guinea - - - 164 635 799 Dem. Rep. of the Congo - 163 294 68 87 612 Islamic Rep. of Iran 167 - - 64 243 474 Algeria - - - 87 301 388 Yugoslavia, FR - - 238 48 - 286 Morocco - - - 109 137 246 South Africa 193 - - 25 17 235 Bangladesh - - - 84 144 228 Pakistan - - - 99 129 228 Brazil - - - 100 120 220 Chile 130 - - 31 49 210 Armenia - - - 14 149 163 Russian Federation - - - 64 99 163 Bolivia - - - 73 77 150 Philippines - - - 132 5 137 Ghana - - - 73 47 120 Mauritania - - - 41 79 120 Ethiopia - - - 25 93 118 Somalia - - - 39 73 112 Guinea - - - 50 51 101 Croatia - - - 55 42 97 Ukraine - - - 36 60 96 Argentina - - - 27 53 80 Mali - - - 46 26 72 Other/unknown 1,802 1,477 2,206 2,301 724 8,510 Total 8,647 8,138 11,708 12,615 11,999 53,107 Africa 1,874 2,013 2,027 2,062 3,119 11,095 Asia 417 309 441 2,303 2,312 5,782 Europe 3,913 2,362 2,754 3,273 2,496 14,798 Latin America and Caribbean 641 1,977 4,280 4,584 4,049 15,531 Other/unknown 1,802 1,477 2,206 393 23 5,901 Total 8,647 8,138 11,708 12,615 11,999 53,107

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Table III.20 Asylum applications submitted in Sweden, 1990-1994

Origin 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 TotalYugoslavia, FR 2,272 12,557 69,396 3,020 7,944 95,189 Bosnia and Herzegovina - - - 25,110 2,649 27,759 Iraq 1,955 2,222 3,220 2,323 1,668 11,388 Somalia 2,390 1,313 2,699 733 934 8,069 Islamic Rep. of Iran 4,303 1,255 753 339 382 7,032 Lebanon 3,568 337 238 93 170 4,406 Romania 2,718 452 514 333 252 4,269 Russian Federation 736 1,142 725 296 473 3,372 Stateless 1,759 514 537 205 240 3,255 Ethiopia 2,027 494 172 75 45 2,813 Peru 289 517 787 462 309 2,364 Turkey 1,033 359 384 256 305 2,337 Syrian Arab Rep. 1,172 302 298 134 72 1,978 Poland 271 1,459 97 53 54 1,934 Uganda 147 223 476 469 104 1,419 Cuba - 65 - 204 1,150 1,419 Sri Lanka 182 224 503 245 66 1,220 Bangladesh 247 200 291 151 102 991 Bulgaria 354 105 194 153 24 830 Afghanistan 166 73 106 61 304 710 Colombia 167 175 180 145 - 667 Croatia - - - 663 - 663 Czech Rep. 504 41 35 18 - 598 El Salvador 236 216 93 40 - 585 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 106 170 196 69 37 578 Togo 27 52 - 289 162 530 India 113 62 108 82 34 399 Algeria 95 90 112 51 - 348 Nigeria 177 108 - 25 - 310 Tunisia 113 158 - 26 - 297 Hungary 167 45 42 32 - 286 Chile 30 109 98 21 14 272 Pakistan 80 73 - 46 71 270 China 72 55 49 33 47 256 Morocco 64 143 - 35 - 242 Egypt 81 84 - 59 - 224 Sudan 39 - - 159 - 198 Liberia 48 70 - 72 - 190 Thailand 53 58 37 35 - 183 Angola 95 56 - 16 - 167 Other/unknown 1,564 1,773 1,678 952 1,065 7,032 Total 29,420 27,351 84,018 37,583 18,677 197,049 Africa 5,729 3,281 4,558 2,312 1,282 17,162 Asia 13,308 5,414 6,254 4,018 3,221 32,215 Europe 7,249 15,936 71,234 30,021 11,396 135,836 Latin America and Caribbean 891 1,225 1,428 942 1,473 5,959 Other/unknown 2,243 1,495 544 290 1,305 5,877 Total 29,420 27,351 84,018 37,583 18,677 197,049

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Table III.21 Asylum applications submitted in Switzerland, 1990-1994

Origin 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 TotalYugoslavia, FR 5,645 14,205 5,996 5,241 4,124 35,211 Sri Lanka 4,774 7,349 2,826 1,721 1,487 18,157 Turkey 7,262 4,324 1,827 1,080 1,068 15,561 Bosnia and Herzegovina - - 222 6,877 3,343 10,442 Lebanon 5,533 1,352 450 399 170 7,904 Romania 1,959 2,682 620 185 113 5,559 Somalia 181 910 1,077 2,295 881 5,344 Pakistan 1,213 1,339 631 409 420 4,012 Albania 250 1,083 546 2,008 50 3,937 Angola 1,134 796 96 491 1,059 3,576 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 758 1,426 677 357 276 3,494 India 1,828 886 38 21 48 2,821 Bangladesh 665 593 222 121 286 1,887 Ghana 450 852 137 61 15 1,515 Algeria 73 109 226 751 303 1,462 Nigeria 308 515 123 71 115 1,132 Afghanistan 234 233 278 144 172 1,061 Ethiopia 306 394 94 72 100 966 Islamic Rep. of Iran 417 222 140 94 82 955 Bulgaria 681 217 27 25 - 950 Liberia 68 127 129 267 109 700 Poland 549 60 64 16 - 689 Syrian Arab Rep. 239 179 146 77 44 685 Iraq 71 160 117 76 151 575 Viet Nam 139 86 69 164 - 458 Russian Federation 98 152 61 48 - 359 Tunisia 54 94 74 47 - 269 Gambia 8 35 9 203 - 255 China 52 38 41 40 - 171 Ecuador 22 37 41 63 - 163 Croatia - - 43 76 42 161 Cambodia 29 83 21 27 - 160 Sudan 14 34 58 53 - 159 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 19 62 40 25 8 154 Morocco 33 70 26 8 - 137 Nepal 6 27 48 55 - 136 Togo 10 49 18 53 - 130 Tibetans * 33 27 34 - 97 Czech Rep. 21 26 25 14 - 86 Egypt 23 21 14 27 - 85 Other/unknown 707 769 636 940 1,668 4,720 Total 35,836 41,629 17,960 24,736 16,134 136,295 Africa 3,596 5,728 2,915 4,977 2,866 20,082 Asia 22,513 17,005 6,931 4,549 3,928 54,926 Europe 9,229 18,434 7,628 14,628 7,677 57,596 Latin America and Caribbean 76 108 99 123 - 406 Other/unknown 422 354 387 459 1,663 3,285 Total 35,836 41,629 17,960 24,736 16,134 136,295

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Table III.22 Asylum applications submitted in Turkey, 1990-1994

Origin 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 TotalIraq 481 6,996 5,437 4,720 - 17,634 Islamic Rep. of Iran 1,545 1,970 1,440 938 - 5,893 Sri Lanka 239 19 - * - 261 Afghanistan 75 15 - 7 - 97 Tunisia - - - 49 - 49 Somalia 31 * - 10 - 45 Palestinians 16 18 - 7 - 41 Syrian Arab Rep. 9 8 - 17 - 34 Egypt 20 5 - * - 29 Ethiopia 14 12 - * - 28 Sudan 15 5 - * - 24 Lebanon 19 - - - - 19 Angola 15 - - - - 15 Algeria - - - 9 - 9 Nigeria * * - 6 - 9 China * * - * - 9 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya - 8 - - - 8 Ghana 5 * - - - 6 Liberia - - - 6 - 6 Morocco * - - * - 6 Uganda 5 - - - - 5 Pakistan * * - - - 5 Jordan * * - - - *Dem. Rep. of the Congo * - - * - *Bangladesh - * - - - *Gambia - * - - - *Rwanda - * - - - *India - * - - - *Kuwait * - - - - *Tajikistan - - - * - *Yemen * - - - - *Other/unknown 1 - 134 5 - 140 Total 2,505 9,074 7,011 5,796 - 24,386 Africa 110 38 - 95 - 243 Asia 2,378 9,018 6,877 5,689 - 23,962 Europe - - - - - - Latin America and Caribbean - - - - - - Other/unknown 17 18 134 12 - 181 Total 2,505 9,074 7,011 5,796 - 24,386

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Table III.23 Asylum applications submitted in the United Kingdom, 1990-1994

Origin 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 TotalSri Lanka 3,330 3,765 2,085 1,960 2,350 13,490 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 2,590 7,010 880 630 775 11,885 Pakistan 1,475 3,245 1,700 1,115 1,810 9,345 Yugoslavia, FR 15 320 5,635 1,825 1,385 9,180 Ghana 1,330 2,405 1,600 1,785 2,035 9,155 Somalia 2,250 1,995 1,575 1,465 1,840 9,125 Turkey 1,590 2,110 1,865 1,480 2,045 9,090 Angola 1,685 5,780 245 320 605 8,635 India 1,530 2,075 1,450 1,270 2,030 8,355 Nigeria 135 335 615 1,665 4,340 7,090 Ethiopia 2,340 1,685 680 615 730 6,050 Uganda 2,125 1,450 295 595 360 4,825 Iraq 985 915 700 495 550 3,645 Lebanon 1,110 755 380 290 215 2,750 Togo 45 1,910 35 - 755 2,745 Sierra Leone 20 70 - 835 1,810 2,735 Sudan 340 1,150 560 300 330 2,680 Islamic Rep. of Iran 455 530 405 360 520 2,270 Romania 305 555 305 365 355 1,885 China 240 525 330 210 425 1,730 Russian Federation 100 245 270 390 595 1,600 Colombia 175 140 280 385 405 1,385 Kenya 40 75 110 - 1,130 1,355 Bulgaria 135 375 180 105 235 1,030 Cameroon 75 725 40 70 75 985 Gabon 90 605 15 - - 710 Bangladesh 55 420 165 - - 640 Benin 15 520 15 15 5 570 Congo 110 370 15 5 - 500 Côte d'Ivoire 135 - 310 - - 445 Afghanistan 205 200 - - - 405 Liberia 110 130 100 - - 340 Burkina Faso 15 225 5 - - 245 Chad 35 140 15 - - 190 Central African Rep. 20 125 - - - 145 Poland 20 20 90 - - 130 South Africa 30 40 40 - - 110 Mali 5 70 - - - 75 Jordan 30 45 - - - 75 Egypt 25 40 - - - 65 Other/unknown 885 1,745 1,635 3,795 5,120 13,180 Total 26,205 44,840 24,625 22,345 32,830 150,845 Africa 13,870 27,510 7,640 10,290 16,960 76,270 Asia 11,140 15,145 9,950 8,145 11,540 55,920 Europe 595 1,540 6,755 2,685 3,800 15,375 Latin America and Caribbean 235 205 280 385 405 1,510 Other/unknown 365 440 - 840 125 1,770 Total 26,205 44,840 24,625 22,345 32,830 150,845

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Table III.24 Asylum applications submitted in Canada, 1990-1994

Origin 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 TotalSri Lanka 4,548 4,144 5,890 3,394 2,658 20,634 Somalia 3,856 3,595 3,170 2,468 1,989 15,078 Islamic Rep. of Iran 2,101 1,545 1,407 1,019 1,470 7,542 China 3,086 1,652 1,162 411 603 6,914 Lebanon 2,316 1,329 1,129 415 467 5,656 Pakistan 988 962 2,003 639 703 5,295 El Salvador 2,137 1,389 826 382 455 5,189 India 863 819 1,351 990 1,128 5,151 Israel 65 255 2,179 1,003 754 4,256 Bulgaria 2,514 629 267 178 160 3,748 Ghana 1,149 1,076 669 178 266 3,338 Romania 538 798 754 651 472 3,213 Bangladesh 424 430 809 612 772 3,047 Guatemala 589 521 684 501 482 2,777 Yugoslavia, FR 229 505 1,220 467 287 2,708 Nigeria 571 813 641 188 233 2,446 Peru 213 312 644 420 423 2,012 Argentina 1,175 418 274 48 77 1,992 Stateless 711 552 468 260 - 1,991 Haiti 266 301 483 412 460 1,922 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 156 398 596 322 417 1,889 Ethiopia 441 751 301 132 128 1,753 Afghanistan 175 240 278 302 560 1,555 Algeria 187 123 179 255 721 1,465 Sudan 142 380 359 252 310 1,443 Venezuela 166 241 285 257 446 1,395 Iraq 262 270 371 192 240 1,335 Mexico 280 211 268 200 247 1,206 Poland 653 158 129 76 95 1,111 Cuba 171 194 443 160 142 1,110 Russian Federation 6 45 443 195 398 1,087 Uruguay 209 364 360 51 52 1,036 Ukraine 5 54 375 249 338 1,021 Nicaragua 293 260 102 141 202 998 Rep. of Moldova - * 765 63 111 941 Honduras 204 198 176 130 182 890 United States 196 203 214 153 41 807 Chile 193 246 186 87 89 801 Trinidad and Tobago 291 124 151 63 156 785 Jamaica 167 145 179 79 214 784 Other/unknown 4,199 5,695 5,558 2,297 3,058 20,807 Total 36,735 32,347 37,748 20,292 22,006 149,128 Africa 7,492 8,389 6,957 4,538 5,234 32,610 Asia 15,550 12,332 17,318 9,436 10,043 64,679 Europe 4,234 2,589 4,638 2,244 2,306 16,011 Latin America and Caribbean 7,406 5,995 6,069 3,357 4,330 27,157 Other/unknown 2,053 3,042 2,766 717 93 8,671 Total 36,735 32,347 37,748 20,292 22,006 149,128

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Table III.25 Asylum applications submitted in the United States, 1990-1994

Origin 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 TotalGuatemala 12,234 14,774 43,915 34,045 34,176 139,144 El Salvador 22,271 10,244 6,781 14,554 18,458 72,308 China 1,287 895 3,464 14,433 10,839 30,918 Nicaragua 18,304 2,219 2,075 3,038 4,445 30,081 Haiti 425 387 5,374 10,858 9,403 26,447 Mexico 122 188 614 6,390 9,266 16,580 Russian Federation 1,043 3,832 5,257 3,234 2,163 15,529 India 43 666 3,224 5,657 4,415 14,005 Cuba 3,925 1,306 2,376 2,674 3,155 13,436 Philippines 334 1,268 4,022 3,932 2,291 11,847 Pakistan 98 498 3,348 4,511 3,262 11,717 Honduras 1,097 808 1,127 2,780 4,318 10,130 Bangladesh - 158 1,044 3,764 3,670 8,636 Romania 1,593 2,412 2,097 1,111 1,029 8,242 Peru 251 437 1,148 3,135 2,855 7,826 Yugoslavia, FR 355 1,224 2,300 2,221 1,306 7,406 Liberia 1,572 2,513 1,378 846 761 7,070 Ethiopia 1,532 1,455 1,003 1,200 825 6,015 Islamic Rep. of Iran 1,550 770 692 557 508 4,077 Ghana 34 157 485 1,597 1,513 3,786 Poland 731 604 461 849 1,034 3,679 Colombia 101 227 584 1,290 1,336 3,538 Ecuador - 50 127 530 2,431 3,138 Bulgaria 531 1,121 594 429 429 3,104 Lebanon 573 1,188 263 508 347 2,879 Lao People's Dem. Rep. 177 938 855 480 237 2,687 Ukraine - - 172 996 1,063 2,231 Armenia - - 386 923 913 2,222 Syrian Arab Rep. 92 332 553 805 396 2,178 Brazil - - - 494 1,296 1,790 Egypt 52 213 464 463 473 1,665 Fiji 421 397 360 263 164 1,605 Jordan 63 445 487 294 243 1,532 Sierra Leone - 65 626 534 255 1,480 Jamaica - - - 440 821 1,261 Afghanistan 223 278 297 219 198 1,215 Côte d'Ivoire - 59 101 379 657 1,196 Mali - 69 130 577 390 1,166 Trinidad and Tobago 38 - - 416 672 1,126 Sudan 84 290 271 243 237 1,125 Other/unknown 2,481 3,823 5,509 11,449 12,327 35,589 Total 73,637 56,310 103,964 143,118 144,577 521,606 Africa 3,883 5,526 5,076 6,806 6,721 28,012 Asia 4,840 8,697 20,014 37,552 28,728 99,831 Europe 4,616 9,514 11,216 9,795 7,973 43,114 Latin America and Caribbean 59,355 30,875 64,344 81,059 93,369 329,002 Other/unknown 943 1,698 3,314 7,906 7,786 21,647 Total 73,637 56,310 103,964 143,118 144,577 521,606

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Table III.26 Origin of asylum applicants in Europe by country of asylum, 1990-1994

Origin AUS BEL BUL CZE DENYugoslavia, FR 14,115 5,469 - 186 5,764 Romania 22,764 14,006 - 651 1,168 Turkey 6,069 5,081 - 56 234 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,184 660 - 35 13,747 Bulgaria 2,902 3,228 - 2,256 457 Sri Lanka 782 437 * 29 1,406 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 190 12,761 - 59 108 Iraq 3,564 411 8 103 6,692 Islamic Rep. of Iran 4,729 708 * 33 1,873 Somalia 362 488 14 13 5,859 Afghanistan 574 212 14 184 14,152 Viet Nam 712 417 * 186 264 Lebanon 1,223 684 - * 1,585 India 1,118 7,480 - * 155 Albania 1,665 717 - 96 40 Pakistan 2,301 4,377 - * 321 Nigeria 1,665 3,152 * 52 211 Russian Federation 1,665 912 * 472 1,811 Ghana 1,201 5,239 - 21 126 Poland 193 2,170 - * 634 Algeria 115 789 - 13 159 Angola 120 1,925 - 108 23 Ethiopia 112 190 * 9 343 China 141 185 - 6 305 Palestinians * 64 * 6 6,411 Liberia 183 1,255 - 24 167 Togo 10 1,735 - - 171 Bangladesh 1,499 1,445 - * 204 Syrian Arab Rep. 519 319 * 22 286 Armenia - 295 - 1,061 215 Peru 13 176 - - 24 Mali 29 58 - * 6 Ukraine - 290 - 161 74 Morocco 33 599 * * 54 Senegal 20 562 - 5 44 Egypt 55 82 - * 122 Sierra Leone 7 345 - - 182 Sudan 27 207 - * 1,360 Czech Rep. 209 108 - - 82 Uganda 6 52 - - 461 Other/unknown 2,083 7,726 156 2,103 9,142 Total 76,160 87,016 206 7,967 76,442 Africa 4,442 33,269 25 412 10,516 Asia 23,610 22,985 29 1,803 27,982 Europe 47,692 29,882 1 3,901 24,779 Latin America and Caribbean 82 769 - 26 66 Other/unknown 334 111 151 1,825 13,099 Total 76,160 87,016 206 7,967 76,442

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Table III.26 Origin of asylum applicants in Europe by country of asylum, 1990-1994(continued)

Origin FIN FRA GFR GRE HUNYugoslavia, FR 2,877 7,117 316,243 168 - Romania 711 14,334 262,934 238 - Turkey 377 24,981 112,508 2,701 - Bosnia and Herzegovina 11 480 34,735 - - Bulgaria 229 1,550 77,851 115 - Sri Lanka 118 14,293 23,380 306 - Dem. Rep. of the Congo 249 16,865 16,303 13 - Iraq 416 900 6,887 5,164 - Islamic Rep. of Iran 233 1,149 25,857 727 - Somalia 2,259 1,529 10,177 60 - Afghanistan 20 536 32,184 39 - Viet Nam 18 8,289 44,206 - - Lebanon 64 296 30,643 71 - India 17 4,325 22,508 185 - Albania 27 1,016 15,730 1,457 - Pakistan 50 5,388 18,345 574 - Nigeria 61 716 26,164 8 - Russian Federation 2,073 1,475 20,383 80 - Ghana 114 2,874 17,594 11 - Poland 18 1,698 18,811 20 - Algeria 58 4,404 24,138 6 - Angola 68 5,951 7,421 * - Ethiopia 135 214 8,390 453 - China 35 6,862 8,946 15 - Palestinians 26 41 14,010 28 - Liberia 51 642 12,601 17 - Togo * 443 11,480 - - Bangladesh 183 2,614 5,949 149 - Syrian Arab Rep. 52 206 8,747 29 - Armenia - 394 9,505 - - Peru * 862 427 - - Mali * 9,939 837 - - Ukraine * 67 8,560 - - Morocco 30 501 7,556 * - Senegal 10 3,404 2,446 - - Egypt 36 1,128 6,698 13 - Sierra Leone 7 106 4,806 - - Sudan 16 133 2,679 71 - Czech Rep. 9 114 5,522 - - Uganda 11 20 785 - - Other/unknown 692 36,826 52,244 80 7,297 Total 11,372 184,682 1,337,190 12,803 7,297 Africa 3,232 67,770 182,624 720 - Asia 1,703 78,881 361,967 9,973 - Europe 6,229 28,097 776,161 2,080 - Latin America and Caribbean 82 4,940 1,530 - - Other/unknown 126 4,994 14,908 30 7,297 Total 11,372 184,682 1,337,190 12,803 7,297

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Origin ICE IRE ITA LUX MTAYugoslavia, FR - 12 280 - - Romania - 56 5,145 - - Turkey - 16 78 - - Bosnia and Herzegovina - 6 - - - Bulgaria - * 1,087 - 9 Sri Lanka - * 247 - - Dem. Rep. of the Congo - 8 124 - - Iraq - 10 181 - 397 Islamic Rep. of Iran - 7 195 - - Somalia - 15 2,387 - - Afghanistan - * 28 - - Viet Nam - * 39 - - Lebanon - 12 97 - - India - * 17 - - Albania - * 20,204 - - Pakistan - 5 98 - - Nigeria - - 20 - 5 Russian Federation - 13 140 - - Ghana - - 39 - - Poland - * 11 - - Algeria - * 31 - - Angola - - 130 - - Ethiopia - * 1,761 - - China - 7 25 - *Palestinians - - * - *Liberia - 6 40 - - Togo - - 16 - - Bangladesh - - 10 - - Syrian Arab Rep. - * 16 - *Armenia - - - - - Peru - * 25 - - Mali - - * - - Ukraine - * 26 - - Morocco - 5 12 - - Senegal - - * - - Egypt - - 20 - *Sierra Leone - * * - - Sudan - * 176 - *Czech Rep. - - 7 - - Uganda - 5 * - - Other/unknown 33 311 8,054 114 43 Total 33 523 40,774 114 464 Africa - 56 4,891 - 9 Asia - 75 1,052 - 402 Europe - 127 26,920 - 9 Latin America and Caribbean - 263 83 - - Other/unknown 33 2 7,828 114 44 Total 33 523 40,774 114 464

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Origin NET NOR POL POR ROMYugoslavia, FR 16,878 10,608 253 35 - Romania 8,671 440 68 1,943 - Turkey 3,685 218 8 5 - Bosnia and Herzegovina 14,386 7,642 - 16 - Bulgaria 1,957 282 11 30 - Sri Lanka 9,578 1,959 * 5 - Dem. Rep. of the Congo 4,455 85 * 434 - Iraq 7,980 595 56 * - Islamic Rep. of Iran 13,433 1,132 43 * - Somalia 17,369 1,998 28 * - Afghanistan 5,247 87 15 - - Viet Nam 674 60 * - - Lebanon 2,361 597 268 - - India 904 116 - 69 - Albania 1,294 73 65 5 - Pakistan 819 111 - 54 - Nigeria 2,262 29 * 10 - Russian Federation 3,459 341 1,573 42 - Ghana 1,463 36 - 65 - Poland 2,374 303 - 38 - Algeria 1,994 156 - * - Angola 2,450 14 42 667 - Ethiopia 3,175 541 352 * - China 3,950 78 8 6 - Palestinians - - - - - Liberia 1,954 42 - 79 - Togo 362 52 - 8 - Bangladesh 407 40 * * - Syrian Arab Rep. 2,134 114 38 - - Armenia 1,474 9 - * - Peru 118 97 - * - Mali 54 * - * - Ukraine 877 23 - 15 - Morocco 329 94 - * - Senegal 68 * * * - Egypt 258 18 * - - Sierra Leone 226 72 - * - Sudan 661 127 - - - Czech Rep. 1,056 44 - * - Uganda 74 141 - - - Other/unknown 10,273 1,644 1,602 319 1,300 Total 151,143 30,022 4,446 3,877 1,300 Africa 38,835 3,790 445 1,335 - Asia 55,038 5,264 467 156 - Europe 53,988 20,101 1,970 2,156 - Latin America and Caribbean 903 202 - 15 - Other/unknown 2,379 665 1,564 215 1,300 Total 151,143 30,022 4,446 3,877 1,300

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Origin SPA SVK SWE SWI TUR UKYugoslavia, FR 286 - 95,189 35,211 - 9,180 Romania 4,979 - 4,269 5,559 - 1,885 Turkey * - 2,337 15,561 - 9,090 Bosnia and Herzegovina 964 - 27,759 10,442 - - Bulgaria 1,705 - 830 950 - 1,030 Sri Lanka 30 - 1,220 18,157 261 13,490 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 612 - 578 3,494 * 11,885 Iraq 1,520 - 11,388 575 17,634 3,645 Islamic Rep. of Iran 474 - 7,032 955 5,893 2,270 Somalia 112 - 8,069 5,344 45 9,125 Afghanistan 35 - 710 1,061 97 405 Viet Nam 26 - 60 458 - 25 Lebanon 43 - 4,406 7,904 19 2,750 India 54 - 399 2,821 * 8,355 Albania 22 - 121 3,937 - 15 Pakistan 228 - 270 4,012 5 9,345 Nigeria 989 - 310 1,132 9 7,090 Russian Federation 163 - 3,372 359 - 1,600 Ghana 120 - 97 1,515 6 9,155 Poland 6,243 - 1,934 689 - 130 Algeria 388 - 348 1,462 9 60 Angola 1,489 - 167 3,576 15 8,635 Ethiopia 118 - 2,813 966 28 6,050 China 2,653 - 256 171 9 1,730 Palestinians 32 - - 64 41 - Liberia 1,334 - 190 700 6 340 Togo 22 - 530 130 - 2,745 Bangladesh 228 - 991 1,887 * 640 Syrian Arab Rep. 15 - 1,978 685 34 35 Armenia 163 - 30 29 - - Peru 6,991 - 2,364 77 - 25 Mali 72 - * 32 - 75 Ukraine 96 - 51 26 - - Morocco 246 - 242 137 6 40 Senegal 3,059 - 10 69 - 5 Egypt 13 - 224 85 29 65 Sierra Leone 53 - 9 26 - 2,735 Sudan 25 - 198 159 24 2,680 Czech Rep. 12 - 598 86 - 10 Uganda - - 1,419 14 5 4,825 Other/unknown 17,491 323 14,280 5,778 206 19,680 Total 53,107 323 197,049 136,295 24,386 150,845 Africa 11,095 - 17,162 20,082 243 76,270 Asia 5,782 - 32,215 54,926 23,962 55,920 Europe 14,798 - 135,836 57,596 - 15,375 Latin America and Caribbean 15,531 - 5,959 406 - 1,510 Other/unknown 5,901 323 5,877 3,285 181 1,770 Total 53,107 323 197,049 136,295 24,386 150,845

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Table III.27 Origin of asylum applicants in Europe by year of application, 1990-1994

Origin 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 TOTALYugoslavia, FR 33,216 115,551 220,035 97,634 53,435 519,871 Romania 62,194 62,288 116,235 87,465 21,639 349,821 Turkey 48,771 45,492 37,121 25,499 26,124 183,007 Bosnia and Herzegovina - - 13,856 75,937 24,274 114,067 Bulgaria 13,020 17,502 33,912 26,289 5,757 96,480 Sri Lanka 19,518 23,742 16,901 12,611 12,934 85,706 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 11,844 17,632 18,100 11,814 8,836 68,226 Iraq 8,185 17,898 17,120 14,839 10,088 68,130 Islamic Rep. of Iran 19,996 17,363 9,319 8,070 11,999 66,747 Somalia 12,327 11,264 15,073 13,720 12,871 65,255 Afghanistan 21,495 8,547 7,987 8,128 9,444 55,601 Viet Nam 13,466 11,616 13,798 12,434 4,126 55,440 Lebanon 29,900 8,479 8,058 3,996 2,592 53,025 India 11,861 11,733 9,610 9,310 6,013 48,527 Albania 4,353 26,406 7,358 6,454 1,916 46,487 Pakistan 10,409 13,717 9,583 6,596 5,999 46,304 Nigeria 8,130 12,444 12,698 4,291 6,325 43,888 Russian Federation 4,885 11,974 9,874 8,643 4,558 39,934 Ghana 9,416 11,157 10,480 5,526 3,097 39,676 Poland 16,651 7,542 6,394 3,269 1,413 35,269 Algeria 1,588 1,997 8,979 13,929 7,640 34,133 Angola 9,739 11,345 2,268 4,506 4,945 32,803 Ethiopia 8,939 7,945 3,609 2,403 2,761 25,657 China 2,641 5,291 5,370 7,603 4,487 25,392 Palestinians 7,384 2,780 5,521 3,158 1,885 20,728 Liberia 1,353 4,565 6,885 4,776 2,052 19,631 Togo 519 3,203 4,668 4,298 5,018 17,706 Bangladesh 2,853 4,283 4,176 2,508 2,440 16,260 Syrian Arab Rep. 6,688 2,985 2,241 1,691 1,628 15,233 Armenia - * 1,135 7,997 4,040 13,176 Peru 1,143 2,518 3,743 2,366 1,435 11,205 Mali 3,650 3,467 1,375 1,667 955 11,114 Ukraine - 61 2,765 5,078 2,369 10,273 Morocco 1,241 3,029 2,844 1,807 973 9,894 Senegal 1,924 1,447 2,048 2,596 1,693 9,708 Egypt 926 1,870 2,683 2,296 1,075 8,850 Sierra Leone 111 548 2,749 2,471 2,702 8,581 Sudan 927 1,664 2,982 1,505 1,473 8,551 Czech Rep. 1,626 1,927 3,206 676 425 7,860 Uganda 2,389 1,984 1,382 1,415 650 7,820 Other/unknown 34,821 38,748 43,760 42,868 39,603 199,800 Total 450,099 554,008 707,901 560,139 323,689 2,595,836 Africa 85,651 109,739 114,633 92,172 75,028 477,223 Asia 200,105 176,080 148,939 129,829 109,239 764,192 Europe 137,113 244,152 419,637 322,669 124,127 1,247,698 Latin America and Caribbean 4,545 5,446 7,715 7,321 7,340 32,367 Other/unknown 22,685 18,591 16,977 8,148 7,955 74,356 Total 450,099 554,008 707,901 560,139 323,689 2,595,836

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Table III.28 Origin of asylum applicants in the European Union, 1990-1994

Origin 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 TOTALYugoslavia, FR 26,828 99,967 210,907 88,228 47,683 473,613 Romania 60,028 58,952 115,556 87,145 21,422 343,103 Turkey 41,429 41,088 35,240 24,388 25,019 167,164 Bosnia and Herzegovina - - 13,231 62,000 20,717 95,948 Bulgaria 12,188 16,648 33,762 25,131 5,243 92,972 Sri Lanka 13,993 15,805 13,667 10,632 11,198 65,295 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 11,078 16,173 17,373 11,435 8,526 64,585 Islamic Rep. of Iran 17,583 14,860 7,608 6,883 11,755 58,689 Somalia 11,802 9,577 13,551 11,155 11,728 57,813 Viet Nam 13,325 11,471 13,567 12,249 4,121 54,733 Afghanistan 21,167 8,211 7,660 7,920 9,185 54,143 Iraq 7,543 10,453 11,085 9,892 9,789 48,762 India 10,002 10,815 9,559 9,266 5,945 45,587 Lebanon 24,044 6,679 7,542 3,557 2,413 44,235 Nigeria 7,812 11,889 12,575 4,199 6,183 42,658 Albania 4,103 25,177 6,755 4,422 1,859 42,316 Pakistan 9,163 12,360 8,935 6,164 5,553 42,175 Ghana 8,947 10,292 10,334 5,450 3,075 38,098 Russian Federation 4,706 10,000 9,498 8,534 4,450 37,188 Poland 16,020 7,361 6,311 3,243 1,340 34,275 Algeria 1,454 1,864 8,735 13,149 7,291 32,493 Angola 8,586 10,436 2,172 3,997 3,857 29,048 China 2,558 5,229 5,299 7,545 4,485 25,116 Ethiopia 8,416 6,973 3,419 2,298 2,653 23,759 Palestinians 7,345 2,758 5,518 3,113 1,881 20,615 Liberia 1,285 4,415 6,744 4,486 1,929 18,859 Togo 502 3,149 4,633 4,238 5,002 17,524 Syrian Arab Rep. 6,393 2,721 2,079 1,583 1,562 14,338 Bangladesh 2,176 3,668 3,952 2,383 2,144 14,323 Armenia - - 970 7,234 3,873 12,077 Mali 3,646 3,445 1,373 1,661 954 11,079 Peru 1,117 2,471 3,694 2,327 1,422 11,031 Ukraine - - 2,718 5,013 2,332 10,063 Morocco 1,178 2,914 2,807 1,787 966 9,652 Senegal 1,914 1,429 2,036 2,560 1,691 9,630 Egypt 879 1,841 2,669 2,257 1,068 8,714 Sierra Leone 100 543 2,747 2,449 2,644 8,483 Sudan 889 1,587 2,895 1,408 1,457 8,236 Czech Rep. 1,597 1,895 3,170 651 417 7,730 Uganda 2,365 1,909 1,347 1,402 637 7,660 Other/unknown 27,752 35,369 40,280 39,457 36,343 179,201 Total 401,913 492,394 673,973 512,891 301,812 2,382,983 Africa 81,191 102,085 110,828 86,580 71,533 452,217 Asia 173,582 147,952 133,497 117,980 104,328 677,339 Europe 126,607 220,883 407,791 295,271 113,568 1,164,120 Latin America and Caribbean 4,434 5,271 7,563 7,160 7,305 31,733 Other/unknown 16,099 16,203 14,294 5,900 5,078 57,574 Total 401,913 492,394 673,973 512,891 301,812 2,382,983

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Table III.29 Origin of asylum applicants in the European Union, Norway and Switzerland, 1990-1994

Origin 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 TOTALYugoslavia, FR 33,216 115,506 219,741 97,615 53,354 519,432 Romania 62,194 61,688 116,235 87,404 21,581 349,102 Turkey 48,771 45,458 37,099 25,498 26,117 182,943 Bosnia and Herzegovina - - 13,843 75,928 24,261 114,032 Bulgaria 13,020 16,944 33,831 25,164 5,245 94,204 Sri Lanka 19,279 23,710 16,896 12,608 12,918 85,411 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 11,843 17,623 18,082 11,798 8,818 68,164 Somalia 12,296 11,218 15,072 13,709 12,860 65,155 Islamic Rep. of Iran 18,451 15,326 7,878 7,124 11,997 60,776 Afghanistan 21,420 8,457 7,959 8,089 9,366 55,291 Viet Nam 13,466 11,564 13,680 12,415 4,126 55,251 Lebanon 29,881 8,210 8,057 3,996 2,592 52,736 Iraq 7,704 10,744 11,313 10,105 10,066 49,932 India 11,861 11,731 9,610 9,309 6,013 48,524 Albania 4,353 26,267 7,338 6,454 1,914 46,326 Pakistan 10,407 13,713 9,583 6,596 5,999 46,298 Nigeria 8,128 12,404 12,698 4,281 6,308 43,819 Ghana 9,411 11,150 10,471 5,522 3,095 39,649 Russian Federation 4,885 10,223 9,634 8,621 4,525 37,888 Poland 16,651 7,541 6,394 3,269 1,412 35,267 Algeria 1,588 1,997 8,979 13,917 7,630 34,111 Angola 9,724 11,234 2,268 4,490 4,922 32,638 China 2,638 5,275 5,365 7,600 4,487 25,365 Ethiopia 8,925 7,627 3,555 2,399 2,760 25,266 Palestinians 7,368 2,760 5,521 3,149 1,881 20,679 Liberia 1,353 4,557 6,882 4,764 2,045 19,601 Togo 519 3,203 4,668 4,298 5,018 17,706 Bangladesh 2,853 4,273 4,176 2,508 2,440 16,250 Syrian Arab Rep. 6,679 2,925 2,240 1,673 1,620 15,137 Armenia - - 972 7,264 3,879 12,115 Peru 1,143 2,518 3,743 2,366 1,435 11,205 Mali 3,650 3,467 1,375 1,667 954 11,113 Ukraine - - 2,729 5,048 2,335 10,112 Morocco 1,239 3,026 2,843 1,803 972 9,883 Senegal 1,924 1,445 2,045 2,595 1,692 9,701 Egypt 906 1,862 2,683 2,292 1,074 8,817 Sierra Leone 111 548 2,749 2,471 2,702 8,581 Sudan 912 1,655 2,982 1,501 1,472 8,522 Czech Rep. 1,626 1,927 3,206 676 425 7,860 Uganda 2,384 1,984 1,382 1,415 650 7,815 Other/unknown 28,932 36,832 41,392 41,102 38,365 186,623 Total 441,711 538,592 697,169 550,503 321,325 2,549,300 Africa 85,541 109,141 114,461 92,021 74,925 476,089 Asia 197,727 166,269 141,325 123,290 108,918 737,529 Europe 137,113 240,992 418,941 321,392 123,379 1,241,817 Latin America and Caribbean 4,545 5,432 7,711 7,319 7,334 32,341 Other/unknown 16,785 16,758 14,731 6,481 6,769 61,524 Total 441,711 538,592 697,169 550,503 321,325 2,549,300

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Table III.30 Origin of asylum applicants in Central Europe*, 1990-1994

Origin 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 TOTALBulgaria - 549 81 1,125 512 2,267 Russian Federation - 1,751 240 22 33 2,046 Armenia - * 163 733 161 1,061 Romania - 600 - 61 58 719 Yugoslavia, FR - 45 294 19 81 439 Ethiopia - 306 54 * * 363 Lebanon - 269 * - - 270 Afghanistan - 75 28 32 78 213 Viet Nam - 52 118 19 - 189 Iraq - 121 10 14 22 167 Albania - 139 20 - * 161 Ukraine - 61 36 30 34 161 Angola - 111 - 16 23 150 Rwanda - - 81 - 6 87 Islamic Rep. of Iran - 67 * 8 * 78 Turkey - 34 22 * 7 64 Georgia - 8 12 15 27 62 Syrian Arab Rep. - 51 * * 8 61 Dem. Rep. of the Congo - 9 18 15 18 60 Nigeria - 34 - * 17 55 Somalia - 42 * * 11 55 Bosnia and Herzegovina - - 13 9 13 35 Sri Lanka - 13 5 - 16 34 Liberia - 8 * 6 7 24 Cuba - 12 * * 6 24 Stateless - - 12 6 6 24 Azerbaijan - 5 - 18 - 23 Ghana - 6 9 * * 21 Rep. of Moldova - - 9 * 9 20 China - 9 5 - - 14 Algeria - - - * 10 13 Lao People's Dem. Rep. - 13 - - - 13 Belarus - 5 - 7 * 13 Kazakhstan - * 7 * - 9 Bangladesh - 8 - - - 8 Senegal - * * * * 7 Palestinians - * - * * 7 Morocco - * * - * 5 South Africa - * - * - 5 Mongolia - 5 - - - 5 Other/unknown 5,762 1,849 2,053 1,656 1,187 12,507 Total 5,762 6,271 3,305 3,837 2,364 21,539 Africa - 551 172 56 103 882 Asia - 751 377 850 321 2,299 Europe - 3,151 696 1,277 748 5,872 Latin America and Caribbean - 14 4 2 6 26 Other/unknown 5,762 1,804 2,056 1,652 1,186 12,460 Total 5,762 6,271 3,305 3,837 2,364 21,539

* Central Europe comprises Bulgaria, Czech Rep., Hungary, Poland, Romania and Slovakia.

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Table III.31 Origin of asylum applicants in Northern Europe*, 1990-1994

Origin 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 TOTALYugoslavia, FR 3,274 14,840 78,247 8,187 9,890 114,438 Bosnia and Herzegovina - - 5,195 40,490 3,474 49,159 Iraq 2,821 5,134 5,018 3,637 2,481 19,091 Somalia 4,721 2,802 4,673 2,616 3,373 18,185 Afghanistan 12,801 161 757 598 652 14,969 Islamic Rep. of Iran 5,628 1,963 1,189 730 760 10,270 Russian Federation 1,183 1,987 2,277 1,378 772 7,597 Lebanon 4,380 639 1,072 291 270 6,652 Romania 3,837 898 721 575 557 6,588 Palestinians 1,598 532 2,268 1,341 698 6,437 Sri Lanka 896 1,069 1,391 702 645 4,703 Stateless 2,000 777 664 335 281 4,057 Ethiopia 2,370 808 435 134 85 3,832 Turkey 1,212 664 515 376 399 3,166 Poland 498 1,677 178 224 312 2,889 Peru 306 545 828 476 332 2,487 Syrian Arab Rep. 1,270 387 410 217 146 2,430 Uganda 186 365 643 634 204 2,032 Bulgaria 774 295 288 266 175 1,798 Sudan 64 37 1,310 255 35 1,701 Cuba * 89 26 219 1,180 1,516 Bangladesh 303 291 404 240 180 1,418 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 160 234 356 154 116 1,020 Croatia - - 81 792 146 1,019 Togo 37 59 17 458 184 755 Pakistan 172 170 67 129 214 752 Czech Rep. 539 50 47 89 8 733 Algeria 184 128 148 110 151 721 Estonia - - 155 373 174 702 Colombia 173 182 187 152 * 697 Gambia 50 75 175 330 64 694 India 176 131 164 138 78 687 China 221 121 127 102 103 674 Nigeria 209 156 41 108 97 611 El Salvador 244 231 94 40 - 609 Liberia 48 122 90 150 40 450 Morocco 116 212 11 58 23 420 Viet Nam 90 50 108 99 55 402 Egypt 90 110 61 92 47 400 Ghana 125 113 29 64 42 373 Other/unknown 2,368 8,875 2,505 1,599 2,437 17,784 Total 55,126 46,979 112,972 68,958 30,883 314,918 Africa 8,956 5,902 9,188 5,645 5,009 34,700 Asia 30,424 11,106 11,687 7,613 6,334 67,164 Europe 10,528 19,961 87,615 52,936 15,905 186,945 Latin America and Caribbean 933 1,310 1,524 996 1,546 6,309 Other/unknown 4,285 8,700 2,958 1,768 2,089 19,800 Total 55,126 46,979 112,972 68,958 30,883 314,918


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Table III.32 Origin of asylum applicants in Southern Europe*, 1990-1994

Origin 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 TOTALIraq 2,860 8,304 7,651 5,320 765 24,900 Albania 2,228 19,154 180 77 49 21,688 Romania 1,363 3,067 2,013 3,313 2,549 12,305 Islamic Rep. of Iran 2,151 2,151 1,505 1,056 428 7,291 Peru 379 1,623 2,583 1,540 892 7,017 Poland 3,312 983 1,196 619 202 6,312 Senegal 492 340 959 569 701 3,061 Bulgaria 469 1,221 732 312 212 2,946 Turkey 1,182 564 105 326 609 2,786 China 24 20 7 1,521 1,140 2,712 Somalia 333 1,718 371 93 91 2,606 Ethiopia 665 695 398 372 233 2,363 Angola 611 543 126 729 294 2,303 Cuba 138 201 462 441 839 2,081 Dominican Rep. - 160 1,041 - 638 1,839 Liberia 11 397 496 317 255 1,476 Ecuador - - - 486 802 1,288 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 15 260 591 204 115 1,185 Colombia - * 219 386 505 1,112 Nigeria 437 343 8 81 172 1,041 Bosnia and Herzegovina - - * 725 254 980 Pakistan 369 215 32 161 182 959 Guinea-Bissau 207 326 303 71 47 954 Sri Lanka 429 233 100 53 34 849 Equatorial Guinea - - - 164 635 799 Yugoslavia, FR 6 92 365 164 142 769 Algeria * * * 109 319 435 Russian Federation 80 11 65 155 114 425 Bangladesh 121 19 * 90 161 393 India 151 36 20 45 74 326 Sudan 34 25 56 62 122 299 South Africa 205 22 5 29 21 282 Morocco 7 5 * 116 139 269 Ghana 22 62 13 84 60 241 Lebanon 95 61 22 41 11 230 Brazil - - - 101 120 221 Chile 130 * - 31 49 211 Afghanistan 92 25 18 44 20 199 Armenia - - - 15 149 164 Bolivia - - - 73 77 150 Other/unknown 3,601 3,791 6,053 2,866 1,633 17,944 Total 22,220 46,672 27,704 22,961 15,854 135,411 Africa 3,099 4,800 3,390 3,362 3,642 18,293 Asia 7,522 11,676 9,487 8,921 3,721 41,327 Europe 7,464 24,545 4,572 5,543 3,839 45,963 Latin America and Caribbean 650 1,989 4,306 4,614 4,070 15,629 Other/unknown 3,485 3,662 5,949 521 582 14,199 Total 22,220 46,672 27,704 22,961 15,854 135,411


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Table III.33 Origin of asylum applicants in the candidate countries for EU membership*, 1990-1994

Origin 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 TOTALIraq 481 7,154 5,807 4,734 22 18,198 Islamic Rep. of Iran 1,545 2,037 1,441 946 * 5,971 Bulgaria - 558 81 1,125 512 2,276 Russian Federation - 1,751 240 22 33 2,046 Armenia - * 163 733 161 1,061 Romania - 600 - 61 58 719 Yugoslavia, FR - 45 294 19 81 439 Ethiopia 14 318 54 * * 391 Afghanistan 75 90 28 39 78 310 Sri Lanka 239 32 5 * 16 295 Lebanon 19 269 * - - 289 Viet Nam - 52 118 19 - 189 Angola 15 111 - 16 23 165 Albania - 139 20 - * 161 Ukraine - 61 36 30 34 161 Somalia 31 46 * 11 11 100 Syrian Arab Rep. 9 60 * 18 8 96 Rwanda - * 81 - 6 88 Nigeria * 40 - 10 17 69 Turkey - 34 22 * 7 64 Dem. Rep. of the Congo * 9 18 16 18 62 Georgia - 8 12 15 27 62 Tunisia - - * 49 * 51 Palestinians 16 20 - 9 * 49 Bosnia and Herzegovina - - 13 9 13 35 Egypt 20 8 - * * 33 Liberia - 8 * 12 7 30 Sudan 15 9 - * * 29 Ghana 5 7 9 * * 27 China * 16 5 * - 27 Cuba - 12 * * 6 24 Stateless - - 12 6 6 24 Azerbaijan - 5 - 18 - 23 Algeria - - - 12 10 22 Rep. of Moldova - - 9 * 9 20 Lao People's Dem. Rep. - 13 - - - 13 Belarus - 5 - 7 * 13 Morocco * * * * * 11 Bangladesh - 10 - - - 10 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya - 9 - - - 9 Other/unknown 5,775 1,862 2,239 1,666 1,185 12,727 Total 8,267 15,406 10,719 9,633 2,364 46,389 Africa 110 598 172 151 103 1,134 Asia 2,378 9,811 7,614 6,539 321 26,663 Europe - 3,160 696 1,277 748 5,881 Latin America and Caribbean - 14 4 2 6 26 Other/unknown 5,779 1,823 2,233 1,664 1,186 12,685 Total 8,267 15,406 10,719 9,633 2,364 46,389

* For countries included see Table III.3.

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CHAPTER IV.



Table IV.1 Total number of asylum applications submitted in industrialized countries, 1995-1999

Country 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalAustralia 7,632 9,758 9,312 8,156 9,496 44,354 Austria 5,919 6,991 6,719 13,805 20,096 53,530 Belgium 11,420 12,433 11,788 21,965 35,780 93,386 Bulgaria 517 302 429 833 1,331 3,412 Canada* 26,072 26,120 22,584 23,838 29,393 128,007 Cyprus 109 101 92 225 789 1,316 Czech Rep. (1st instance) 1,413 2,156 2,098 4,082 7,285 17,034 Czech Rep. (2nd instance) - - - - 1,264 1,264 Denmark (inland)* 5,104 5,893 5,092 5,699 6,467 28,255 Denmark (abroad)* 4,951 1,498 477 380 483 7,789 Estonia - - - 23 21 44 Finland 854 711 973 1,272 3,106 6,916 France 20,170 17,405 21,400 22,375 30,907 112,257 Germany (new) 127,937 116,367 104,353 98,644 95,113 542,414 Germany (re-opened) 39,014 32,826 47,347 44,785 43,206 207,178 Greece 1,312 1,643 4,376 2,953 1,528 11,812 Hungary (Government)* 130 152 209 7,097 11,499 19,087 Hungary (UNHCR)* 460 515 898 268 - 2,141 Iceland 5 4 6 19 17 51 Ireland (1st instance) 424 1,179 3,883 4,626 7,724 17,836 Ireland (2nd instance) - - - - 3,370 3,370 Italy* 1,732 675 1,858 11,122 33,364 48,751 Japan 52 147 242 133 223 797 Latvia - - - 58 19 77 Liechtenstein - - - 228 515 743 Lithuania - - 320 163 133 616 Luxembourg 394 240 427 1,709 2,912 5,682 Malta 148 75 65 165 85 538 Netherlands* 29,258 22,170 34,443 45,217 39,300 170,388 New Zealand 712 1,321 1,557 2,870 2,098 8,558 Norway 1,460 1,778 2,271 8,373 10,160 24,042 Poland 843 3,211 3,533 3,373 2,955 13,915 Portugal* 450 269 297 365 307 1,688 Romania - 588 1,425 1,236 1,670 4,919 Slovak Rep. 359 415 645 506 1,310 3,235 Slovenia - 38 72 499 867 1,476 Spain 5,678 4,730 4,975 6,654 8,405 30,442 Sweden 9,047 5,753 9,662 12,844 11,231 48,537 Switzerland (1st instance) 17,021 18,001 23,982 41,302 46,068 146,374 Switzerland (2nd instance) 5,742 7,730 8,831 10,108 12,193 44,604 Turkey 3,778 4,183 5,053 6,838 6,606 26,458 United Kingdom* 43,965 29,640 32,500 46,015 71,145 223,265 United States (new)* 149,065 107,130 52,200 35,900 31,735 376,030 United States (re-opened)* 5,399 21,060 34,772 19,914 9,642 90,787 United States (EOIR)* - - 68,566 59,975 49,908 178,449 Total 528,546 465,208 529,732 576,612 651,726 2,751,824 - Europe 340,326 300,993 342,056 428,696 521,329 1,933,400 - European Union 307,629 260,423 290,570 340,430 414,444 1,613,496 - Northern America 180,536 154,310 178,122 139,627 120,678 773,273


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Table IV.2 Asylum applications submitted in the European Union, 1995-1999

Country 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalAustria 5,919 6,991 6,719 13,805 20,096 53,530 Belgium 11,420 12,433 11,788 21,965 35,780 93,386 Denmark (inland)* 5,104 5,893 5,092 5,699 6,467 28,255 Denmark (abroad)* 4,951 1,498 477 380 483 7,789 Finland 854 711 973 1,272 3,106 6,916 France 20,170 17,405 21,400 22,375 30,907 112,257 Germany (new) 127,937 116,367 104,353 98,644 95,113 542,414 Germany (re-opened) 39,014 32,826 47,347 44,785 43,206 207,178 Greece 1,312 1,643 4,376 2,953 1,528 11,812 Ireland (1st instance) 424 1,179 3,883 4,626 7,724 17,836 Ireland (2nd instance) - - - - 3,370 3,370 Italy* 1,732 675 1,858 11,122 33,364 48,751 Luxembourg 394 240 427 1,709 2,912 5,682 Netherlands* 29,258 22,170 34,443 45,217 39,300 170,388 Portugal* 450 269 297 365 307 1,688 Spain 5,678 4,730 4,975 6,654 8,405 30,442 Sweden 9,047 5,753 9,662 12,844 11,231 48,537 United Kingdom* 43,965 29,640 32,500 46,015 71,145 223,265 Total 307,629 260,423 290,570 340,430 414,444 1,613,496


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Table IV.3 Asylum applications submitted in the candidate countries for EU membership, 1995-1999

Country 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalBulgaria 517 302 429 833 1,331 3,412 Cyprus 109 101 92 225 789 1,316 Czech Rep. (1st instance) 1,413 2,156 2,098 4,082 7,285 17,034 Czech Rep. (2nd instance) - - - - 1,264 1,264 Estonia - - - 23 21 44 Hungary (Government)* 130 152 209 7,097 11,499 19,087 Hungary (UNHCR)* 460 515 898 268 - 2,141 Latvia - - - 58 19 77 Lithuania - - 320 163 133 616 Malta* 148 75 65 165 85 538 Poland 843 3,211 3,533 3,373 2,955 13,915 Romania - 588 1,425 1,236 1,670 4,919 Slovakia 359 415 645 506 1,310 3,235 Slovenia - 38 72 499 867 1,476 Turkey 3,778 4,183 5,053 6,838 6,606 26,458 Total 7,757 11,736 14,839 25,366 35,834 95,532


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Table IV.4 Asylum applications submitted in Austria, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalYugoslavia, FR 1,371 1,025 1,084 6,647 6,834 16,961 Iraq 659 1,585 1,478 1,963 2,001 7,686 Islamic Rep. of Iran 485 656 502 950 3,343 5,936 Afghanistan 141 766 723 467 2,206 4,303 India 189 201 253 472 874 1,989 Turkey 509 477 340 210 335 1,871 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,050 220 84 78 172 1,604 Pakistan 114 270 221 242 316 1,163 Nigeria 89 157 202 189 270 907 Bangladesh 42 141 110 167 305 765 Algeria 51 - 235 280 183 749 Sierra Leone 22 - 106 166 334 628 Syrian Arab Rep. 42 215 74 65 228 624 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 48 62 92 150 134 486 Albania 68 - 240 75 88 471 Liberia 141 186 104 22 10 463 Russian Federation 120 102 37 59 120 438 Sri Lanka 19 - 7 159 219 404 Somalia 34 72 87 81 121 395 Sudan 43 - 67 165 91 366 Romania 91 50 66 51 43 301 Stateless 26 46 24 55 147 298 Armenia - - 11 76 180 267 Lebanon 28 89 29 41 20 207 Ukraine - - 20 46 131 197 Angola 25 - 6 37 90 158 FYR Macedonia 73 - 10 19 51 153 Rwanda 54 - 25 28 38 145 Viet Nam 20 59 10 24 15 128 Croatia 54 - 10 23 40 127 Ghana 19 - 30 25 51 125 Bulgaria 40 - 42 16 25 123 China 7 - 14 32 64 117 Cameroon 13 - * 42 49 108 Guinea * - 23 50 30 104 Congo * - 9 45 33 89 Uganda - - * * 73 76 Ethiopia 12 - 11 11 41 75 Egypt 23 - 13 27 10 73 Gambia * - 14 15 40 73 Other/unknown 190 612 301 533 741 2,377 Total 5,919 6,991 6,719 13,805 20,096 53,530 Africa 629 477 1,078 1,448 1,741 5,373 Asia 2,287 4,459 3,823 4,956 10,260 25,785 Europe 2,894 1,397 1,661 7,063 7,667 20,682 Latin America and Caribbean - - 5 12 60 77 Other/unknown 109 658 152 326 368 1,613 Total 5,919 6,991 6,719 13,805 20,096 53,530

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Table IV.5 Asylum applications submitted in Belgium, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalYugoslavia, FR 1,455 1,822 1,290 6,057 13,067 23,691 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 972 860 1,230 1,714 1,402 6,178 Romania 915 758 641 1,572 1,703 5,589 Armenia 479 991 604 697 1,472 4,243 Albania 228 402 1,007 1,147 1,010 3,794 Rwanda 297 405 565 1,049 1,007 3,323 Slovakia 29 233 284 985 1,175 2,706 Turkey 581 713 436 403 518 2,651 Bulgaria 370 605 243 471 887 2,576 Bosnia and Herzegovina 782 836 364 234 211 2,427 Russian Federation 243 274 213 277 1,376 2,383 Pakistan 378 300 465 437 566 2,146 Georgia 251 250 207 490 887 2,085 Ukraine 102 141 129 253 1,343 1,968 Algeria 316 225 281 337 351 1,510 Burundi 209 292 222 286 275 1,284 Guinea 150 250 165 336 342 1,243 Sierra Leone 169 73 272 254 445 1,213 FYR Macedonia 356 169 90 234 309 1,158 India 119 178 263 204 340 1,104 Iraq 106 223 243 231 293 1,096 Somalia 109 75 123 522 230 1,059 Rep. of Moldova 49 83 74 193 597 996 Afghanistan 83 101 112 200 401 897 Sudan 244 102 96 232 175 849 Angola 179 111 93 224 240 847 Nigeria 246 192 128 167 106 839 Kazakhstan 20 42 111 76 584 833 Liberia 178 352 134 43 42 749 Czech Rep. 30 85 98 268 262 743 Belarus 20 54 116 131 405 726 Cameroon 94 60 99 166 267 686 Sri Lanka 15 99 144 242 144 644 Mauritania 121 118 79 147 123 588 Islamic Rep. of Iran 103 118 97 101 165 584 Uzbekistan * * * 55 509 571 Azerbaijan 21 35 34 82 349 521 Togo 130 54 82 128 108 502 Bangladesh 186 41 48 61 153 489 Syrian Arab Rep. 48 82 85 72 114 401 Other/unknown 1,035 975 820 1,186 1,825 5,841 Total 11,420 12,783 11,788 21,964 35,778 93,733 Africa 3,937 3,454 3,923 6,137 5,648 23,099 Asia 2,618 3,359 3,108 3,713 7,394 20,192 Europe 4,749 5,583 4,631 11,919 22,481 49,363 Latin America and Caribbean 105 369 92 136 151 853 Other/unknown 11 18 34 59 104 226 Total 11,420 12,783 11,788 21,964 35,778 93,733

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Table IV.6 Asylum applications submitted in Bulgaria, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalAfghanistan - 67 62 261 277 667 Iraq - 31 93 229 197 550 Yugoslavia, FR - - * 24 446 472 Islamic Rep. of Iran - 15 33 75 63 186 Armenia - - - 19 142 161 Turkey - 14 31 22 31 98 Bangladesh - - 20 27 38 85 Stateless - - 39 28 12 79 Algeria - 7 8 21 23 59 Pakistan - * 8 16 25 51 Liberia - 29 16 * - 46 Nigeria - * * 10 25 38 Palestinians - 36 - - - 36 Congo - 8 21 5 - 34 Syrian Arab Rep. - 6 14 8 * 32 Sudan - 11 12 6 - 29 Angola - 9 11 * * 25 Lebanon - * 11 5 5 25 Ethiopia - 9 6 6 * 24 Jordan - 21 - * - 23 United Rep. of Tanzania - - * 12 * 18 Sri Lanka - - - 16 - 16 Albania - 5 7 * * 16 Rwanda - 8 * * - 12 Somalia - * * * * 12 India - - * - 7 9 Guinea - - 5 * - 8 Russian Federation - - * * * 7 Ghana - - - 6 - 6 Georgia - - - * 5 6 Senegal - - * * * 5 Tunisia - * * * - 5 Zambia - * * * - 5 Kazakhstan - - - * * 5 Yemen - - * - * 5 Peru - - - 5 - 5 Burundi - * - - * *Kenya - * - - - *Dem. Rep. of the Congo - - * - - *Ukraine - - * - * *Other/unknown 517 14 20 19 18 588 Total 517 302 429 833 1,331 3,412 Africa - 101 94 82 67 344 Asia - 160 280 685 799 1,924 Europe - 5 14 29 452 500 Latin America and Caribbean - - 2 9 1 12 Other/unknown 517 36 39 28 12 632 Total 517 302 429 833 1,331 3,412

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Table IV.7 Asylum applications submitted in Cyprus, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalYugoslavia, FR - 6 * 9 569 586 Islamic Rep. of Iran 35 29 29 36 92 221 Iraq * 38 39 47 16 144 Nigeria - - - 44 * 46 Bosnia and Herzegovina 36 - - * 5 43 Syrian Arab Rep. - * * 11 22 37 Lebanon 5 7 5 10 5 32 Turkey - - * 5 10 17 Palestinians * * * 5 * 16 Bangladesh - - - 12 * 14 Sudan * - - * 6 13 Sierra Leone - - - 9 * 12 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya - 9 - * - 11 Russian Federation - - - * 7 10 Egypt * - - * 5 9 Algeria - - - 6 * 7 Liberia - - * * * 5 Dem. Rep. of the Congo - * * * * 5 Pakistan - - - * * 5 Sri Lanka - - - * * 5 Croatia * - - - * 5 Benin - - - - * *Ethiopia - * - - * *Somalia - * - - * *Afghanistan - - - - * *Ghana - * - * - *Rwanda * - * * - *India - - * - * *Albania - - - * * *Cuba - - - - * *Morocco - - - * - *Yemen - - - * - *Ukraine - - - * - *Burundi - - - - * *Eritrea - - - - * *United Rep. of Tanzania - - * - - *Armenia - * - - - *Georgia - - - * - *Bulgaria - - - - * *Rep. of Moldova - - * - - *Other/unknown 16 3 4 - 6 29 Total 109 101 92 225 789 1,316 Africa 6 14 4 76 31 131 Asia 44 76 79 127 160 486 Europe 39 6 3 17 587 652 Latin America and Caribbean - - - - 3 3 Other/unknown 20 5 6 5 8 44 Total 109 101 92 225 789 1,316

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Table IV.8 Asylum applications submitted in the Czech Republic, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalAfghanistan 107 133 268 1,265 2,717 4,490 Bulgaria 330 835 724 138 273 2,300 Romania 491 673 159 27 195 1,545 Yugoslavia, FR 12 40 31 714 692 1,489 Sri Lanka 29 5 89 368 962 1,453 India 6 - 13 299 954 1,272 Iraq 80 88 283 308 425 1,184 Russian Federation 45 49 34 61 282 471 Pakistan * - 11 76 266 354 Algeria * 11 66 96 147 323 Bangladesh - - * 130 174 305 Armenia 60 55 42 77 69 303 Ukraine 44 33 50 42 124 293 Nigeria 10 12 22 94 91 229 Rep. of Moldova 7 8 30 33 125 203 Syrian Arab Rep. 6 * * 39 106 154 Turkey * 15 * 11 110 139 Stateless 20 22 16 22 53 133 Palestinians * * 25 47 41 115 Islamic Rep. of Iran 6 7 7 11 71 102 Viet Nam 8 * 23 23 44 100 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 8 15 14 18 39 94 Somalia 27 27 7 10 19 90 Belarus - 6 18 * 49 75 Georgia 7 14 * 34 17 74 Bosnia and Herzegovina 17 6 20 16 13 72 Ghana * 12 * 28 28 71 FYR Macedonia * 7 38 11 - 57 Kazakhstan * 5 * 13 32 56 Angola 30 6 * - - 38 Albania - * 27 * * 33 Senegal - * 6 14 8 29 Azerbaijan * - 5 9 10 28 Slovakia * * 19 - - 26 Liberia * * 9 9 * 25 Jordan 6 12 - - - 18 Sudan 7 * 5 - - 13 Rwanda * - 7 - - 9 Cuba * * * - - 9 Lebanon - 8 - - - 8 Other/unknown 23 33 26 33 411 526 Total 1,413 2,156 2,108 4,082 8,549 18,308 Africa 95 105 149 269 333 951 Asia 333 353 758 2,663 5,957 10,064 Europe 962 1,671 1,157 1,048 1,754 6,592 Latin America and Caribbean 2 4 3 - - 9 Other/unknown 21 23 41 102 505 692 Total 1,413 2,156 2,108 4,082 8,549 18,308

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Table IV.9 Asylum applications submitted in Denmark, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalIraq 694 866 929 2,007 1,902 6,398 Yugoslavia, FR 3,480 924 410 379 1,068 6,261 Somalia 1,540 1,514 1,290 662 498 5,504 Afghanistan 268 239 262 332 534 1,635 Palestinians 480 607 393 - - 1,480 Bosnia and Herzegovina 484 309 218 202 165 1,378 Slovakia 35 * 27 55 967 1,088 Sri Lanka 242 298 150 142 102 934 Islamic Rep. of Iran 151 200 159 170 184 864 Armenia 78 141 139 108 135 601 Pakistan 133 172 122 73 93 593 Stateless 7 12 6 335 192 552 Croatia 46 17 52 295 * 413 Turkey 78 139 87 72 34 410 Russian Federation 98 85 63 60 74 380 India 30 21 37 172 93 353 Viet Nam 29 124 61 52 28 294 Lebanon 27 28 50 55 66 226 Burundi 52 23 46 60 20 201 Nigeria 64 39 50 23 22 198 Algeria 60 43 29 23 18 173 Georgia * 22 20 60 48 152 Romania 49 31 35 * 33 151 China 24 35 35 25 30 149 Bangladesh 23 16 38 27 32 136 Syrian Arab Rep. 30 30 18 14 38 130 Rep. of Moldova 25 7 44 23 27 126 Ukraine 21 40 13 20 25 119 Poland 29 45 * 16 6 100 Czech Rep. 5 - 44 31 19 99 FYR Macedonia 11 10 26 30 12 89 Ethiopia 10 11 20 22 17 80 Albania 5 * 29 18 23 79 Bulgaria 33 18 9 7 7 74 Azerbaijan * 11 10 12 37 71 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 13 16 11 16 14 70 Jordan 11 14 16 20 5 66 Uganda 27 12 17 5 * 65 Côte d'Ivoire 54 * * - * 64 Morocco 11 24 17 6 6 64 Other/unknown 1,595 1,236 579 447 367 4,224 Total 10,055 7,391 5,569 6,079 6,950 36,044 Africa 2,024 1,800 1,600 926 708 7,058 Asia 1,850 2,373 2,192 3,368 3,407 13,190 Europe 4,370 1,544 1,017 1,174 2,453 10,558 Latin America and Caribbean 18 17 13 12 14 74 Other/unknown 1,793 1,657 747 599 368 5,164 Total 10,055 7,391 5,569 6,079 6,950 36,044

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Table IV.10 Asylum applications submitted in Estonia, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalIraq - - - 15 - 15 Pakistan - - - * 6 8 Afghanistan - - - - 7 7 Algeria - - - * - *Nigeria - - - * - *Sierra Leone - - - - * *Turkmenistan - - - - * *Somalia - - - - * *Turkey - - - - * *Russian Federation - - - - * *Ukraine - - - - * *Other/unknown - - - - - - Total - - - 23 21 44 Africa - - - 6 3 9 Asia - - - 17 16 33 Europe - - - - 2 2 Latin America and Caribbean - - - - - - Other/unknown - - - - - - Total - - - 23 21 44

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Table IV.11 Asylum applications submitted in Finland, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalSlovakia - - - 41 1,516 1,557 Yugoslavia, FR 38 47 289 364 147 885 Somalia 133 140 184 135 73 665 Russian Federation 94 63 70 66 192 485 Iraq 78 72 102 84 97 433 Turkey 44 30 47 98 115 334 Poland * * - - 324 329 Islamic Rep. of Iran 67 37 23 46 50 223 Sri Lanka 17 37 25 39 24 142 Afghanistan * 11 7 55 24 100 Algeria 33 14 15 19 15 96 Stateless 6 - * 17 60 87 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 34 13 10 18 5 80 Bosnia and Herzegovina 10 * 17 15 25 71 Lithuania 12 10 8 21 17 68 Albania * - 8 28 29 66 Bangladesh 13 8 5 13 26 65 Romania 15 - 11 * 36 64 Pakistan 12 10 15 8 16 61 Ethiopia 9 8 10 20 10 57 Nigeria 10 10 13 15 * 52 Kenya - 48 - * * 51 Czech Rep. - - - 6 44 50 Angola 11 16 5 8 7 47 Ukraine 11 9 * 8 18 47 Colombia - - - 20 26 46 Latvia 11 12 * * 12 39 Syrian Arab Rep. * * * 5 19 34 Estonia 11 5 * * 10 32 Bulgaria 19 * * * * 31 Morocco * * 6 5 12 29 China * - 10 * 14 28 Armenia 11 * - 7 * 25 India 11 * * - 9 25 Cameroon * - - 17 6 24 Lebanon * * 11 * 7 24 Cuba 11 * * * 6 24 Ghana 7 * * 5 * 22 Belarus * * * * 10 22 Sierra Leone 5 * * 5 6 21 Other/unknown 100 77 50 65 83 375 Total 854 711 973 1,272 3,106 6,916 Africa 292 279 262 268 173 1,274 Asia 307 247 267 385 431 1,637 Europe 231 168 430 568 2,398 3,795 Latin America and Caribbean 17 4 1 22 34 78 Other/unknown 7 13 13 29 70 132 Total 854 711 973 1,272 3,106 6,916

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Table IV.12 Asylum applications submitted in France, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalRomania 3,976 4,035 5,201 3,027 394 16,633 China 1,617 1,435 1,754 2,076 5,174 12,056 Turkey 1,653 1,205 1,548 1,621 2,219 8,246 Sri Lanka 1,095 1,169 1,831 1,832 2,001 7,928 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 1,241 1,064 1,348 1,778 2,272 7,703 Yugoslavia, FR 842 699 717 1,283 2,480 6,021 Algeria 1,794 643 895 920 1,306 5,558 Mali 504 485 237 427 1,661 3,314 Pakistan 549 491 693 813 755 3,301 India 554 493 474 463 818 2,802 Bangladesh 335 364 666 555 879 2,799 Mauritania 410 321 422 542 786 2,481 Cambodia 403 392 555 563 428 2,341 Congo 208 153 304 387 1,158 2,210 Angola 372 232 269 263 538 1,674 Viet Nam 376 386 345 237 240 1,584 Bulgaria 112 196 871 343 49 1,571 Bosnia and Herzegovina 360 178 250 294 286 1,368 Rep. of Moldova 20 71 105 213 917 1,326 Iraq 236 279 217 331 245 1,308 Haiti 146 138 134 357 503 1,278 Russian Federation 80 193 231 220 469 1,193 Lao People's Dem. Rep. 306 309 233 163 117 1,128 Albania 116 89 361 239 290 1,095 Rwanda 133 139 216 272 262 1,022 Guinea 136 150 139 205 313 943 Nigeria 122 131 138 259 274 924 Senegal 304 159 116 142 192 913 Islamic Rep. of Iran 133 146 147 153 189 768 Ukraine 36 97 160 127 330 750 Armenia 36 58 137 170 272 673 Ghana 151 105 130 110 144 640 Afghanistan 95 89 122 149 167 622 Stateless 82 122 161 126 107 598 Georgia 22 74 110 127 184 517 Sierra Leone 21 12 58 117 276 484 Somalia 92 85 81 91 90 439 Guinea-Bissau 53 37 68 117 150 425 Cameroon 57 47 58 81 161 404 FYR Macedonia 37 40 91 80 128 376 Other/unknown 1,355 894 1,044 1,102 1,683 6,078 Total 20,170 17,405 22,637 22,375 30,907 113,494 Africa 6,338 4,263 4,974 6,233 10,441 32,249 Asia 7,566 7,041 9,017 9,494 14,048 47,166 Europe 5,838 5,691 8,173 5,978 5,537 31,217 Latin America and Caribbean 329 269 289 517 751 2,155 Other/unknown 99 141 184 153 130 707 Total 20,170 17,405 22,637 22,375 30,907 113,494

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Table IV.13 Asylum applications submitted in Germany, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalYugoslavia, FR 34,480 24,773 30,962 34,979 31,451 156,645 Turkey 33,750 31,732 25,937 11,754 9,065 112,238 Iraq 6,941 10,934 14,189 7,435 8,662 48,161 Afghanistan 7,715 6,217 6,033 3,768 4,458 28,191 Sri Lanka 6,687 5,640 5,125 1,982 1,254 20,688 Islamic Rep. of Iran 4,314 5,264 4,490 2,955 3,407 20,430 Armenia 4,323 4,598 3,800 1,655 2,386 16,762 Pakistan 4,642 3,800 3,774 1,520 1,727 15,463 India 4,565 4,128 3,027 1,491 1,499 14,710 Viet Nam 3,025 1,907 2,855 2,991 2,425 13,203 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5,217 2,246 2,348 1,533 1,755 13,099 Stateless 2,133 2,915 2,775 2,010 2,396 12,229 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 3,277 3,722 2,907 948 801 11,655 Georgia 2,421 2,441 3,328 1,979 1,096 11,265 Algeria 2,944 2,355 2,622 1,572 1,473 10,966 Syrian Arab Rep. 1,551 2,196 2,025 1,753 2,156 9,681 Romania 5,536 2,105 1,180 341 222 9,384 Russian Federation 1,887 1,647 1,592 867 2,094 8,087 FYR Macedonia 3,412 1,893 1,704 387 360 7,756 Azerbaijan 423 866 1,245 1,566 2,628 6,728 Togo 1,446 1,505 2,150 722 849 6,672 Lebanon 2,040 1,734 1,456 604 598 6,432 Nigeria 1,598 2,178 1,568 664 305 6,313 China 890 1,370 1,843 869 1,236 6,208 Ukraine 1,169 1,422 1,763 651 586 5,591 Bangladesh 1,539 1,292 1,577 541 449 5,398 Bulgaria 2,172 1,682 1,244 172 90 5,360 Sierra Leone 879 517 1,162 1,224 1,427 5,209 Somalia 1,162 1,152 931 1,078 592 4,915 Ethiopia 1,319 1,459 1,267 373 336 4,754 Albania 690 539 1,613 761 753 4,356 Rep. of Moldova 984 1,250 892 426 337 3,889 Sudan 1,151 794 906 402 212 3,465 Morocco 899 745 750 361 298 3,053 Angola 648 764 653 288 434 2,787 Ghana 781 676 698 308 277 2,740 Egypt 695 652 739 292 219 2,597 Cameroon 224 450 494 544 597 2,309 Croatia 868 408 565 287 107 2,235 Liberia 637 866 487 90 65 2,145 Other/unknown 5,917 6,323 7,024 4,501 4,031 27,796 Total 166,951 149,157 151,700 98,644 95,113 661,565 Africa 19,877 20,539 20,085 11,458 9,594 81,553 Asia 86,608 85,850 82,516 43,725 43,939 342,638 Europe 57,947 39,257 45,680 41,024 38,677 222,585 Latin America and Caribbean 261 409 464 261 286 1,681 Other/unknown 2,258 3,102 2,955 2,176 2,617 13,108 Total 166,951 149,157 151,700 98,644 95,113 661,565

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Table IV.14 Asylum applications submitted in Greece, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalIraq 621 1,033 3,808 2,166 906 8,534 Turkey 424 284 172 308 195 1,383 Islamic Rep. of Iran 127 185 139 94 74 619 Afghanistan 6 17 34 202 116 375 Yugoslavia, FR 63 51 6 9 8 137 Rwanda * - 56 7 11 75 Sri Lanka 5 16 29 * 18 69 Algeria 9 - 12 16 13 50 Sudan - * 6 20 17 46 Bangladesh - - * 16 28 46 Dem. Rep. of the Congo - 6 11 18 - 35 Burundi 10 10 9 * - 30 India 5 - * 20 * 30 Pakistan * - 5 * 21 29 Somalia * - 6 18 * 28 Syrian Arab Rep. * - 5 11 8 27 Albania * - 9 6 8 25 Nigeria - - * 8 11 21 Sierra Leone * - - 5 14 21 Congo - - - - 16 16 Palestinians 5 - 5 * * 16 Ethiopia * * * * 7 15 Azerbaijan - - - * 13 14 Russian Federation 13 - - * - 14 Morocco * - 10 - - 11 Lebanon * * 7 - * 11 Egypt - - * 5 * 9 China * - * - * 8 Myanmar - - * * * 8 Romania - - * - * 6 Cameroon - - - * * 5 Kazakhstan - - - - * *Belarus - - * - * *Kenya - - - * * *Liberia - - * * * *Libyan Arab Jamahiriya * - * - * *Armenia - - * * - *Ukraine - - * * - *Central African Rep. * - * - - *Chad - - * - * *Other/unknown 8 35 36 11 36 126 Total 1,312 1,643 4,376 2,953 1,528 11,812 Africa 31 20 122 107 104 384 Asia 1,197 1,537 4,217 2,823 1,396 11,170 Europe 78 51 20 18 25 192 Latin America and Caribbean 1 - - 1 - 2 Other/unknown 5 35 17 4 3 64 Total 1,312 1,643 4,376 2,953 1,528 11,812

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Table IV.15 Asylum applications submitted in Hungary, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalYugoslavia, FR - 73 69 3,296 4,783 8,221 Afghanistan 199 104 305 1,077 2,238 3,923 Bangladesh * - - 330 1,314 1,647 Iraq 111 183 115 542 543 1,494 Algeria 6 16 89 314 179 604 Pakistan * * - 127 322 453 Sierra Leone * - 27 190 149 368 Turkey - 24 79 153 91 347 Bosnia and Herzegovina - - 14 * 322 339 Sri Lanka 25 - 30 81 174 310 Liberia 8 110 111 43 - 272 Nigeria 10 - 33 98 130 271 Armenia - 10 8 51 189 258 Somalia 5 12 24 78 65 184 India - - - 61 121 182 Islamic Rep. of Iran 18 5 29 45 75 172 Romania - 21 6 124 16 167 Cameroon - - - 67 76 143 Sudan 16 22 - 35 59 132 China - - - 10 120 130 Ghana - - - 25 99 124 Palestinians * 10 - 43 42 99 Syrian Arab Rep. * - 31 21 31 85 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 5 12 * 8 27 54 Bulgaria - - 9 45 - 54 Russian Federation - - 7 19 27 53 Congo * - 11 38 - 50 Rwanda 14 - 15 15 - 44 Egypt - 7 - 10 26 43 Lebanon 7 5 - 18 13 43 Ethiopia * * - 6 24 35 Philippines 6 - - - 24 30 Ukraine - 5 * 7 15 29 Togo - - - 6 16 22 Angola * - - 6 12 20 Viet Nam - - - - 19 19 Croatia - - * 16 - 17 Rep. of Moldova - - - 5 12 17 Senegal * - - * 11 16 Azerbaijan - - - * 13 15 Other/unknown 139 43 91 346 122 741 Total 588 667 1,108 7,365 11,499 21,227 Africa 79 186 312 978 885 2,440 Asia 375 338 600 2,528 5,287 9,128 Europe - 99 120 3,544 5,175 8,938 Latin America and Caribbean - - - 2 - 2 Other/unknown 134 44 76 313 152 719 Total 588 667 1,108 7,365 11,499 21,227

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Table IV.16 Asylum applications submitted in Iceland, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalYugoslavia, FR - - * 8 * 13 Ukraine - - - * 6 9 Iraq - - - * * *Albania - - - - * *Cameroon - - - * - *Libyan Arab Jamahiriya - - - * - *Morocco - - * - - *Sierra Leone - - - - * *Tunisia - - - * - *Dem. Rep. of the Congo - - - - * *Islamic Rep. of Iran - - - - * *Lebanon - - * - - *Viet Nam - - - * - *Belarus - - - * - *FYR Macedonia - - - * - *Russian Federation - - - * - *Other/unknown 5 4 - - - 9 Total 5 4 6 19 17 51 Africa - - 1 3 2 6 Asia - - 1 2 4 7 Europe - - 4 14 11 29 Latin America and Caribbean - - - - - - Other/unknown 5 4 - - - 9 Total 5 4 6 19 17 51

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Table IV.17 Asylum applications submitted in Ireland, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalRomania 178 428 857 998 2,226 4,687 Nigeria * 9 665 1,729 1,895 4,299 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 14 112 704 246 272 1,348 Algeria 47 65 343 178 273 906 Poland * * 18 116 600 736 Somalia 30 139 258 75 123 625 Yugoslavia, FR 10 86 90 138 279 603 Angola * 55 139 104 172 473 Russian Federation 11 53 110 83 175 432 Rep. of Moldova 7 8 43 32 275 365 Ukraine 7 19 70 67 129 292 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 8 * 40 181 46 279 Sierra Leone - - 48 53 175 276 Iraq 11 47 49 47 101 255 Bulgaria * * 39 31 111 185 Belarus * 10 19 31 56 118 Pakistan - * 24 27 60 113 Congo - * 57 10 34 104 Latvia * 15 17 22 44 101 Sudan 6 10 12 15 38 81 Rwanda * * 30 17 22 74 Lithuania * - 9 13 49 72 Slovakia - - * 69 * 71 Cameroon * * 15 15 27 60 Palestinians - * 13 20 25 59 Egypt - - 6 40 12 58 Georgia - * * 5 47 58 South Africa * - * 10 44 57 Kenya - 12 * 9 32 55 Côte d'Ivoire - 8 * 12 31 54 Bosnia and Herzegovina 23 7 * 16 * 52 Liberia 7 6 27 * 6 49 Lebanon 6 * 7 18 14 47 India * 8 6 14 15 44 Tajikistan - - 9 22 13 44 Burundi * * 11 8 19 43 Turkey * * 19 * 16 43 Albania * * 15 11 12 43 Ghana - * 6 10 25 42 Afghanistan * 11 6 8 13 42 Other/unknown 30 40 86 119 3,584 3,859 Total 424 1,179 3,881 4,626 11,094 21,204 Africa 129 441 2,390 2,755 3,320 9,035 Asia 40 88 162 212 362 864 Europe 251 634 1,304 1,636 4,009 7,834 Latin America and Caribbean 4 15 12 3 6 40 Other/unknown - 1 13 20 3,397 3,431 Total 424 1,179 3,881 4,626 11,094 21,204

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Table IV.18 Asylum applications submitted in Italy, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalYugoslavia, FR 52 15 21 4,557 4,851 9,496 Iraq 181 151 336 3,362 1,838 5,868 Turkey 71 17 85 1,790 517 2,480 Albania 21 6 917 105 48 1,097 Romania 410 10 26 286 - 732 Islamic Rep. of Iran 106 39 62 69 122 398 Ethiopia 105 75 40 52 73 345 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 35 46 59 149 25 314 Sudan 171 34 32 21 10 268 Afghanistan 24 22 - 63 99 208 Rwanda 69 38 28 29 14 178 Sierra Leone 7 - 14 134 22 177 Algeria 33 29 19 63 13 157 Pakistan 57 - 23 60 15 155 Sri Lanka 5 - 8 65 58 136 Angola 39 24 19 27 21 130 Russian Federation 37 - 11 13 50 111 Congo * 12 21 * 50 85 Liberia 57 7 6 * - 74 Nigeria 33 - 6 17 15 71 Bangladesh 11 - 11 34 15 71 FYR Macedonia - - - 19 46 65 Somalia 18 - 8 27 11 64 Georgia - - - 18 36 54 Burundi 18 20 9 * 5 53 Tunisia 9 * * 12 23 51 Syrian Arab Rep. 13 - 23 5 - 41 Ukraine 29 - 9 * - 41 Egypt 19 - * 15 - 35 Armenia - - 6 12 14 32 Ghana 25 - * * - 29 Lebanon * 12 - * 9 23 Bosnia and Herzegovina - - - * 18 21 Cameroon 6 - 5 7 - 18 Kenya - - 13 * - 17 Togo 9 - * * * 17 Bulgaria 10 - 6 * - 17 Rep. of Moldova * 12 - * - 17 Cuba 11 - * * - 17 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya * - - 13 - 16 Other/unknown 52 103 22 70 25,343 25,590 Total 1,750 675 1,858 11,122 33,364 48,769 Africa 671 288 299 604 298 2,160 Asia 479 241 558 5,497 2,740 9,515 Europe 565 43 992 5,002 5,013 11,615 Latin America and Caribbean 24 - 6 13 4 47 Other/unknown 11 103 3 6 25,309 25,432 Total 1,750 675 1,858 11,122 33,364 48,769

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Table IV.19 Asylum applications submitted in Latvia, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalArmenia - - - 12 - 12 Russian Federation - - - * 6 10 Afghanistan - - - 9 - 9 Viet Nam - - - 8 - 8 Pakistan - - - 6 * 7 Azerbaijan - - - * * 6 Georgia - - - 6 - 6 Iraq - - - * * 6 Algeria - - - * - *Nigeria - - - - * *Dem. Rep. of the Congo - - - * * *Angola - - - * - *Morocco - - - * - *Sudan - - - * - *India - - - * - *Uzbekistan - - - * - *Ukraine - - - - * *Other/unknown - - - 1 - 1 Total - - - 58 19 77 Africa - - - 6 3 9 Asia - - - 47 9 56 Europe - - - 4 7 11 Latin America and Caribbean - - - - - - Other/unknown - - - 1 - 1 Total - - - 58 19 77

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Table IV.20 Asylum applications submitted in Liechtenstein, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalYugoslavia, FR - - - 216 283 499 Turkey - - - 6 13 19 Azerbaijan - - - 5 6 11 Bosnia and Herzegovina - - - - 5 5 Ukraine - - - * * 5 Czech Rep. - - - - * *Morocco - - - - * *Poland - - - - * *Russian Federation - - - - * *Slovakia - - - - * *Other/unknown - - - - 196 196 Total - - - 228 515 743 Africa - - - - 1 1 Asia - - - 11 19 30 Europe - - - 217 299 516 Latin America and Caribbean - - - - - - Other/unknown - - - - 196 196 Total - - - 228 515 743

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Table IV.21 Asylum applications submitted in Lithuania, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalAfghanistan - - - 61 26 87 Sri Lanka - - - 31 6 37 Pakistan - - - 15 16 31 India - - - 12 18 30 Viet Nam - - - * 23 27 Somalia - - - * 9 13 Azerbaijan - - - * * 8 Bangladesh - - - - 8 8 Belarus - - - 6 * 8 Russian Federation - - - 5 * 8 Iraq - - - * 6 7 Turkey - - - 6 - 6 Sudan - - - * - *Georgia - - - * * *Nigeria - - - * * *Armenia - - - * * *Nepal - - - * - *Latvia - - - * * *Ukraine - - - - * *Stateless - - - * * *Angola - - - * - *Congo - - - - * *Morocco - - - - * *Sierra Leone - - - - * *Tajikistan - - - - * *Uzbekistan - - - * - *Rep. of Moldova - - - - * *Yugoslavia, FR - - - * - *Other/unknown - - 320 - - 320 Total - - 320 163 133 616 Africa - - - 9 13 22 Asia - - - 140 110 250 Europe - - - 13 9 22 Latin America and Caribbean - - - - - - Other/unknown - - 320 1 1 322 Total - - 320 163 133 616

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Table IV.22 Asylum applications submitted in Luxembourg, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalYugoslavia, FR 148 76 82 1,437 2,606 4,349 Albania 6 - 94 129 80 309 Bosnia and Herzegovina 176 7 12 11 54 260 Russian Federation 12 * 9 9 28 62 FYR Macedonia * - 5 22 33 61 Iraq 5 5 * 19 6 38 Algeria 6 6 13 5 7 37 Georgia * - 8 9 6 25 Dem. Rep. of the Congo * 7 5 5 * 22 Turkey * * * 7 7 19 Pakistan * - * 6 7 18 Bulgaria * * - 11 * 18 Armenia - * 7 * 6 15 Islamic Rep. of Iran * * 6 * * 14 Liberia 6 * * * - 13 Romania * 7 * * - 13 Ukraine - * * * 6 13 Rwanda * * 8 - * 12 Afghanistan * - - * 6 8 Kazakhstan - * * - * 7 Croatia 5 - - * * 7 Nigeria * * * * - 6 Rep. of Moldova - - * * * 6 Angola * - - * - 5 Congo - * * * * 5 Tajikistan - - - - 5 5 Burundi - - * * - *Sierra Leone - - * * * *Sri Lanka - - * * * *Czech Rep. - - * * - *Slovenia - - * * - *Cuba * - * * - *Mauritania * * - * - *Togo - - - * * *China - - * * - *Slovakia - - - * * *Cameroon - - * * - *Equatorial Guinea - * * - - *Ethiopia - - - - * *Libyan Arab Jamahiriya - * - - - *Other/unknown 5 7 9 12 30 63 Total 393 144 296 1,709 2,912 5,454 Africa 23 27 44 22 21 137 Asia 15 14 34 51 52 166 Europe 352 103 215 1,630 2,819 5,119 Latin America and Caribbean 2 - 3 1 - 6 Other/unknown 1 - - 5 20 26 Total 393 144 296 1,709 2,912 5,454

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Table IV.23 Asylum applications submitted in Malta, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalSudan 58 15 17 7 13 110 Algeria 38 24 * 8 8 82 Sierra Leone 5 - 6 50 9 70 Palestinians 8 13 7 12 * 43 Yugoslavia, FR - - - 25 15 40 Syrian Arab Rep. 24 * * * * 36 Iraq - * 9 12 10 34 Somalia 9 - - 7 - 16 Lebanon * 5 * 5 - 15 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya * 8 * * - 13 Egypt * - * 7 * 12 Turkey - - - - 10 10 Tunisia - - 6 * - 7 Ghana - - - * * 5 Nigeria - - - * * 5 Gambia - * - * * *Islamic Rep. of Iran - - * * * *Latvia - - - - * *Romania - - - * - *Liberia - * * * - *Morocco * - - * * *Rwanda - - - * - *Jordan * * - - - *Slovenia - - - - * *Cameroon - - - * - *Congo - - - * - *Guinea-Bissau - - - * - *Senegal - - - * - *Pakistan - - - - * *Other/unknown - - 3 1 - 4 Total 148 75 65 165 85 538 Africa 113 49 38 101 36 337 Asia 27 13 17 22 24 103 Europe - - - 29 22 51 Latin America and Caribbean - - - - - - Other/unknown 8 13 10 13 3 47 Total 148 75 65 165 85 538

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Table IV.24 Asylum applications submitted in the Netherlands, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalIraq 2,431 4,378 9,641 8,300 3,703 28,453 Afghanistan 1,912 3,019 5,920 7,118 4,400 22,369 Somalia 3,977 1,461 1,280 2,775 2,731 12,224 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,223 984 1,968 3,769 1,169 12,113 Yugoslavia, FR 1,556 797 1,652 4,289 3,692 11,986 Islamic Rep. of Iran 2,698 1,521 1,253 1,679 1,527 8,678 Sri Lanka 1,315 1,483 1,497 1,049 855 6,199 Sudan 604 658 678 1,875 1,696 5,511 Turkey 700 692 1,135 1,222 1,490 5,239 Azerbaijan 129 185 315 1,268 2,449 4,346 China 477 468 1,161 919 1,247 4,272 Angola 741 422 373 608 1,585 3,729 Russian Federation 615 551 459 519 1,000 3,144 Armenia 358 364 432 711 1,249 3,114 Algeria 651 442 526 821 635 3,075 Sierra Leone 391 249 390 482 1,280 2,792 Stateless 669 286 396 699 737 2,787 Syrian Arab Rep. 257 306 458 828 850 2,699 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 771 435 592 411 252 2,461 Nigeria 517 490 298 342 239 1,886 Liberia 343 635 471 193 175 1,817 Georgia 344 188 291 290 321 1,434 Ukraine 249 217 228 227 306 1,227 Slovakia 120 175 105 315 467 1,182 Rwanda 78 68 192 415 422 1,175 Congo 12 * 84 382 650 1,129 Pakistan 236 258 217 211 157 1,079 Guinea 47 * 120 338 526 1,032 Albania 107 88 301 243 172 911 Ethiopia 176 116 125 243 211 871 Romania 378 130 75 59 80 722 Lebanon 136 125 139 162 125 687 Croatia 224 82 66 150 132 654 Czech Rep. 40 67 139 176 199 621 Eritrea 54 46 51 134 268 553 FYR Macedonia 144 110 96 116 80 546 Burundi 46 51 64 147 204 512 Bangladesh 243 87 54 38 52 474 Togo 48 46 86 99 181 460 Kazakhstan 55 64 105 80 102 406 Other/unknown 1,186 1,111 1,010 1,515 1,684 6,506 Total 29,258 22,857 34,443 45,217 39,300 171,075 Africa 8,934 5,616 5,727 9,856 11,664 41,797 Asia 11,528 13,434 22,885 24,330 19,043 91,220 Europe 7,998 3,414 5,286 10,059 7,403 34,160 Latin America and Caribbean 48 45 65 143 89 390 Other/unknown 750 348 480 829 1,101 3,508 Total 29,258 22,857 34,443 45,217 39,300 171,075

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Table IV.25 Asylum applications submitted in Norway, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalIraq 99 113 272 1,296 4,073 5,853 Yugoslavia, FR 142 76 343 1,623 1,152 3,336 Somalia 189 180 552 938 1,340 3,199 Croatia 29 * 55 2,415 60 2,562 Islamic Rep. of Iran 163 120 138 264 350 1,035 Sri Lanka 90 413 196 173 112 984 Bosnia and Herzegovina 106 73 90 233 161 663 Russian Federation 69 50 39 131 318 607 Turkey 35 24 44 129 279 511 Pakistan 31 16 26 140 265 478 Stateless 59 19 42 85 164 369 Ethiopia 18 30 48 79 126 301 Romania 10 8 19 76 153 266 Afghanistan 10 * 16 45 172 246 Poland 8 209 19 * * 240 Slovakia * * - * 233 240 Colombia * 7 15 191 5 221 Syrian Arab Rep. 14 16 23 72 95 220 Algeria 43 26 22 39 66 196 Sudan 23 32 34 44 59 192 Armenia * - * 31 124 161 Lithuania 28 7 24 27 58 144 Lebanon 18 6 17 28 49 118 Eritrea * * 12 39 61 117 Albania * 15 21 7 69 114 Belarus * * 7 10 75 94 Georgia * * 5 * 69 80 Ukraine 15 8 8 14 34 79 United Rep. of Tanzania * 68 * - * 71 Kenya 12 42 6 * 5 69 Uganda 30 25 * * 6 68 Kazakhstan - * 5 5 55 66 Cameroon - * 8 27 26 62 Azerbaijan - * * 15 39 58 Rep. of Moldova * - * * 48 58 Peru 17 33 * * * 55 FYR Macedonia * 5 * 17 21 48 Israel * * 15 9 15 47 Bangladesh 8 8 11 9 5 41 Bulgaria 6 5 9 13 6 39 Other/unknown 160 121 116 129 208 734 Total 1,460 1,778 2,271 8,373 10,160 24,042 Africa 407 466 751 1,228 1,774 4,626 Asia 499 762 798 2,267 5,757 10,083 Europe 460 475 651 4,587 2,432 8,605 Latin America and Caribbean 35 56 23 204 19 337 Other/unknown 59 19 48 87 178 391 Total 1,460 1,778 2,271 8,373 10,160 24,042

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Table IV.26 Asylum applications submitted in Poland, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalArmenia 151 350 464 978 868 2,811 Sri Lanka 60 630 863 643 88 2,284 Afghanistan 73 488 632 331 555 2,079 Iraq 57 359 198 129 47 790 Pakistan 34 173 350 179 52 788 India 110 230 160 95 25 620 Yugoslavia, FR 9 20 27 416 140 612 Bangladesh 6 203 229 136 32 606 Somalia 73 187 69 48 9 386 Russian Federation 83 62 50 47 109 351 Romania 11 13 26 12 211 273 Bulgaria * * 37 33 185 259 Mongolia - - * 12 161 176 Algeria 34 31 41 21 19 146 Azerbaijan 5 33 37 16 45 136 Georgia 23 25 25 20 37 130 Belarus 5 19 31 23 43 121 Ukraine 11 20 29 28 29 117 Stateless 12 21 20 23 29 105 Turkey - 28 12 19 19 78 Rep. of Moldova * 33 18 * 18 74 Latvia - * * * 62 68 Liberia * 35 21 * * 65 Lebanon * 41 16 * * 63 Ethiopia * 27 20 5 8 62 Islamic Rep. of Iran 8 24 19 6 * 59 Sudan 6 14 17 9 7 53 Cameroon - 27 6 11 7 51 Syrian Arab Rep. * 12 10 7 15 48 Nigeria * 5 * 25 7 44 Viet Nam - * * 10 26 40 Bosnia and Herzegovina 14 7 - - 7 28 Tajikistan * * * 9 7 24 Kazakhstan * * * 8 9 23 Sierra Leone * * * 9 * 22 Dem. Rep. of the Congo * 5 8 * * 22 China * 10 5 * * 21 Guinea * - 15 * * 20 Rwanda 6 7 * * - 17 Albania - * 8 6 * 17 Other/unknown 18 53 46 42 60 219 Total 842 3,205 3,533 3,373 2,955 13,908 Africa 146 364 225 154 92 981 Asia 541 2,633 3,046 2,614 2,005 10,839 Europe 140 187 236 574 820 1,957 Latin America and Caribbean 2 - - 2 2 6 Other/unknown 13 21 26 29 36 125 Total 842 3,205 3,533 3,373 2,955 13,908

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Table IV.27 Asylum applications submitted in Portugal, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalRomania 288 42 46 8 7 391 Sierra Leone 9 21 32 64 85 211 Liberia 19 26 54 18 * 119 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 6 28 36 28 9 107 Nigeria 5 8 24 39 15 91 Angola 11 6 8 9 39 73 Algeria * * 5 28 13 52 Ghana * - 5 33 10 50 Bosnia and Herzegovina 12 8 - * 28 49 Yugoslavia, FR 5 5 13 8 13 44 Guinea-Bissau - - - 24 13 37 Croatia 11 18 - - - 29 Rwanda 9 - * 12 5 28 Armenia 6 20 * - * 28 Russian Federation 6 7 8 * * 27 Pakistan 6 12 * * * 24 Islamic Rep. of Iran - 11 5 * * 20 Ukraine * - * 8 6 20 Bangladesh 17 - * - - 19 Somalia * - - 6 9 16 Sudan - - 5 5 6 16 Bulgaria 13 - * - - 15 Rep. of Moldova * - * * 8 15 Togo - - 6 5 * 14 Georgia * - * 8 * 11 India * 7 - * - 11 Guinea - - * * * 9 Albania - - * * * 9 Senegal - * * * * 8 Mauritania * - - * * 7 Cuba * - * 5 - 7 Gambia - - * * * 6 Sri Lanka * - * * - 6 Czech Rep. * - 5 - - 6 Hungary - - 6 - - 6 Cameroon - - - * * 5 Congo - - - * * 5 China - - * * - 5 Iraq * - * - * 5 Belarus - - * * * 5 Other/unknown 9 42 7 16 8 82 Total 450 269 297 365 307 1,688 Africa 67 101 185 299 220 872 Asia 34 50 19 23 12 138 Europe 343 93 91 37 71 635 Latin America and Caribbean 2 - 1 5 3 11 Other/unknown 4 25 1 1 1 32 Total 450 269 297 365 307 1,688

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Table IV.28 Asylum applications submitted in Romania, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalBangladesh - 76 241 584 459 1,360 Iraq - 126 349 259 149 883 Yugoslavia, FR - * * 13 391 408 Afghanistan - 27 13 33 292 365 Pakistan - 61 67 89 101 318 Dem. Rep. of the Congo - - 240 * 9 250 Islamic Rep. of Iran - 62 92 52 38 244 Turkey - 36 74 43 19 172 Sri Lanka - - 109 27 11 147 Somalia - 77 17 * * 100 India - - 14 24 55 93 Palestinians - 13 14 16 14 57 Sudan - * 15 14 16 47 Syrian Arab Rep. - * 11 7 25 47 Cameroon - 11 13 11 * 37 Rwanda - 15 14 5 * 36 Liberia - 13 21 - * 35 Sierra Leone - 5 14 * 9 31 Congo - - - 5 18 23 Nigeria - - 23 - - 23 Senegal - 16 6 - * 23 Egypt - - 7 11 * 21 Jordan - - 9 * 9 21 Albania - - 19 * - 20 Lebanon - - * 7 * 13 Algeria - - 6 * * 11 Niger - - - 7 * 9 Burundi - - 8 - - 8 Ghana - - * - * 7 Angola - - * - * 6 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya - - 5 * - 6 Azerbaijan - - - * * 5 Yemen - - * * * 5 Bosnia and Herzegovina - * - * - 5 Rep. of Moldova - - - - 5 5 Ethiopia - - - - * *Mauritania - - * - * *Morocco - - * - * *Israel - - * - - *Ukraine - - - * * *Other/unknown - 33 4 6 11 54 Total - 582 1,425 1,236 1,667 4,910 Africa - 139 402 65 85 691 Asia - 392 989 1,135 1,165 3,681 Europe - 5 20 18 403 446 Latin America and Caribbean - - - - - - Other/unknown - 46 14 18 14 92 Total - 582 1,425 1,236 1,667 4,910

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Table IV.29 Asylum applications submitted in the Slovak Republic, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalAfghanistan - 129 313 158 654 1,254 Iraq - 99 96 50 140 385 India - 12 - 145 155 312 Yugoslavia, FR - * 10 51 104 169 Sri Lanka - 11 - 22 83 116 Pakistan - 5 - - 86 91 Bosnia and Herzegovina - * 49 * - 51 Armenia - 6 - 20 17 43 Bangladesh - - - - 41 41 Turkey - 40 - - * 41 Russian Federation - - 23 - - 23 Bulgaria - 12 - - * 13 Romania - 8 * - - 12 Somalia - 11 - - - 11 Tajikistan - - - - 11 11 Islamic Rep. of Iran - - - - 10 10 Ukraine - 6 - - - 6 Algeria - * - - * 5 Angola - * * - - 5 Palestinians - * - - * 5 Kazakhstan - - - - * *Czech Rep. - * - - - *Burundi - * - - - *Liberia - * - - - *Nigeria - * - - * *Sudan - - - - * *Lithuania - * - - - *Côte d'Ivoire - * - - - *Ethiopia - * - - - *Rwanda - * - - - *Senegal - * - - - *Sierra Leone - - - - * *Dem. Rep. of the Congo - * - - - *Lebanon - * - - - *Oman - - - - * *FYR Macedonia - - - - * *Other/unknown 359 32 149 59 1 600 Total 359 403 645 506 1,320 3,233 Africa - 28 1 - 8 37 Asia - 303 409 395 1,203 2,310 Europe - 62 86 52 106 306 Latin America and Caribbean - - - - - - Other/unknown 359 10 149 59 3 580 Total 359 403 645 506 1,320 3,233

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Table IV.30 Asylum applications submitted in Slovenia, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalYugoslavia, FR - - 5 291 398 694 Bosnia and Herzegovina - - 7 99 59 165 Islamic Rep. of Iran - - 23 20 90 133 Turkey - - * 6 58 66 Iraq - - * * 58 62 Sierra Leone - - - 31 18 49 Armenia - - - 6 38 44 Pakistan - - - 17 25 42 Bangladesh - - * 8 16 25 Ghana - - - - 24 24 Croatia - - * * 9 16 Liberia - - 6 * * 11 Sudan - - - - 11 11 Algeria - - * * * 10 Afghanistan - - - * * 8 Cameroon - - - - 7 7 Somalia - - - - 7 7 Rwanda - - 5 - - 5 India - - * * * 5 Russian Federation - - * - * 5 Albania - - * - - *Senegal - - - * * *Dem. Rep. of the Congo - - * * * *Belarus - - - * * *Romania - - * * - *Benin - - - - * *Burkina Faso - - - - * *Congo - - - - * *Guinea - - * * - *Tajikistan - - * - * *Angola - - - - * *Equatorial Guinea - - - - * *Ethiopia - - - - * *Gambia - - - * - *Morocco - - * - - *Nigeria - - - - * *Georgia - - * - - *Sri Lanka - - - * - *Portugal - - - - * *Stateless - - - - * *Other/unknown - 38 - - 13 51 Total - 38 72 499 867 1,476 Africa - - 17 39 88 144 Asia - - 32 64 293 389 Europe - - 23 396 472 891 Latin America and Caribbean - - - - - - Other/unknown - 38 - - 14 52 Total - 38 72 499 867 1,476

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Table IV.31 Asylum applications submitted in Spain, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalRomania 1,251 869 1,515 1,065 1,033 5,733 Algeria 266 108 273 1,581 1,342 3,570 Cuba 495 389 283 207 280 1,654 Armenia 122 222 177 178 886 1,585 Islamic Rep. of Iran 492 621 168 79 73 1,433 Sierra Leone 30 24 104 386 803 1,347 Nigeria 139 276 373 253 187 1,228 Liberia 200 386 323 181 68 1,158 Colombia 67 57 98 155 601 978 Bosnia and Herzegovina 128 65 52 312 221 778 Russian Federation 91 73 82 154 335 735 Morocco 63 44 129 248 246 730 Iraq 129 200 44 133 196 702 Equatorial Guinea 296 136 46 105 80 663 Georgia 53 17 96 211 269 646 Pakistan 186 105 104 116 100 611 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 30 71 114 207 161 583 Ukraine 36 34 50 95 348 563 Ecuador 175 131 55 89 48 498 Yugoslavia, FR 28 15 18 172 238 471 Senegal 168 58 75 37 14 352 Peru 141 65 23 29 26 284 Turkey 152 20 5 11 46 234 Somalia 66 40 55 42 28 231 Mali 20 80 105 16 * 222 Bangladesh 70 45 46 31 24 216 Angola 62 31 22 20 62 197 Rep. of Moldova 8 9 24 27 119 187 Rwanda 50 35 49 18 13 165 Bulgaria 58 42 28 10 20 158 Cameroon 40 27 48 26 14 155 Azerbaijan * 15 13 42 72 145 Ghana 31 25 37 30 17 140 Mauritania 47 22 13 27 30 139 Sudan 17 10 8 52 49 136 Afghanistan 10 29 35 27 28 129 Albania * * 50 38 19 114 Guinea 26 29 22 12 12 101 China 48 22 * 9 15 96 Kenya * 76 * - 8 88 Other/unknown 378 200 209 223 273 1,283 Total 5,678 4,726 4,975 6,654 8,405 30,438 Africa 1,640 1,539 1,872 3,317 3,239 11,607 Asia 1,366 1,364 735 906 1,783 6,154 Europe 1,719 1,142 1,866 1,903 2,386 9,016 Latin America and Caribbean 923 669 479 501 968 3,540 Other/unknown 30 12 23 27 29 121 Total 5,678 4,726 4,975 6,654 8,405 30,438

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Table IV.32 Asylum applications submitted in Sweden, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalIraq 1,783 1,557 3,057 3,843 3,576 13,816 Yugoslavia, FR 1,012 636 2,115 3,446 1,812 9,021 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,059 262 742 1,331 486 3,880 Islamic Rep. of Iran 451 401 356 613 854 2,675 Somalia 869 434 364 228 289 2,184 Russian Federation 326 203 232 229 449 1,439 Afghanistan 324 148 176 330 351 1,329 Turkey 269 186 208 280 220 1,163 Syrian Arab Rep. 134 102 131 226 307 900 Stateless 74 96 142 243 295 850 Colombia 83 87 145 303 56 674 Croatia 274 111 155 55 40 635 Peru 354 109 36 45 51 595 Pakistan 81 34 67 122 212 516 Armenia 118 77 91 40 153 479 Lebanon 56 44 75 125 176 476 Poland 84 73 179 21 31 388 Cuba 277 11 8 9 23 328 Bangladesh 92 32 55 63 67 309 Ukraine 47 42 80 55 69 293 Algeria 81 51 65 50 42 289 Kazakhstan 13 28 12 52 175 280 Ethiopia 31 58 62 50 63 264 Romania 84 54 37 22 45 242 Albania 11 10 61 71 59 212 Sri Lanka 54 42 34 41 25 196 China 41 40 50 19 43 193 Belarus 10 24 33 35 84 186 Slovakia - * 16 22 145 186 Lithuania 16 14 71 63 10 174 Egypt 28 27 37 34 47 173 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 33 19 36 35 48 171 Eritrea 15 33 21 27 73 169 Nigeria 30 37 34 34 27 162 India 49 28 24 20 39 160 Ecuador 13 9 29 43 66 160 FYR Macedonia 10 23 74 27 21 155 Viet Nam 31 62 24 15 14 146 Bolivia 7 21 14 37 55 134 Chile 35 33 24 21 16 129 Other/unknown 688 492 490 519 617 2,806 Total 9,047 5,753 9,662 12,844 11,231 48,537 Africa 1,333 892 771 595 792 4,383 Asia 3,642 2,914 4,483 5,955 6,434 23,428 Europe 3,033 1,510 3,893 5,488 3,354 17,278 Latin America and Caribbean 833 293 283 495 300 2,204 Other/unknown 206 144 232 311 351 1,244 Total 9,047 5,753 9,662 12,844 11,231 48,537

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Table IV.33 Asylum applications submitted in Switzerland, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalYugoslavia, FR 5,491 6,228 6,913 20,396 28,913 67,941 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,534 1,269 1,987 1,891 1,513 10,194 Albania - 315 3,081 3,752 1,386 8,534 Sri Lanka 1,024 1,965 2,137 1,901 1,487 8,514 Turkey 1,293 1,317 1,395 1,565 1,453 7,023 Iraq 321 413 522 2,041 1,658 4,955 Somalia 478 700 884 610 517 3,189 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 320 695 605 536 523 2,679 Algeria 388 396 564 529 491 2,368 Angola 493 468 251 392 545 2,149 Pakistan 437 483 448 314 323 2,005 Georgia - 57 300 813 323 1,493 Sierra Leone 128 50 178 222 756 1,334 Guinea 87 148 193 335 388 1,151 Afghanistan 114 198 215 245 363 1,135 Armenia - 57 163 481 427 1,128 Ethiopia 142 174 254 243 221 1,034 Nigeria 178 253 210 239 116 996 Bangladesh 188 170 290 172 155 975 Russian Federation 111 144 192 193 263 903 India 156 201 203 162 131 853 Colombia - 20 108 452 202 782 Islamic Rep. of Iran 110 134 129 168 206 747 Lebanon 129 148 184 152 111 724 Guinea-Bissau - 84 91 263 282 720 Romania 82 70 114 92 271 629 Viet Nam 159 126 122 92 71 570 FYR Macedonia 111 57 126 119 128 541 Tunisia - 77 95 153 187 512 Ukraine - 48 112 170 146 476 Lithuania - 78 181 126 47 432 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya - 66 50 188 121 425 Syrian Arab Rep. - 83 76 88 167 414 Bulgaria - 25 118 155 66 364 Mauritania - 107 69 70 97 343 Liberia 153 79 31 25 35 323 Rwanda 76 84 54 46 58 318 Cameroon - 45 53 105 112 315 China - 42 41 86 123 292 Eritrea - 21 25 99 137 282 Other/unknown 1,318 906 1,218 1,621 1,549 6,612 Total 17,021 18,001 23,982 41,302 46,068 146,374 Africa 2,443 3,792 4,053 4,525 5,021 19,834 Asia 4,010 5,510 6,394 8,573 7,448 31,935 Europe 9,329 8,331 13,001 27,181 33,034 90,876 Latin America and Caribbean - 138 254 560 259 1,211 Other/unknown 1,239 230 280 463 306 2,518 Total 17,021 18,001 23,982 41,302 46,068 146,374

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Table IV.34 Asylum applications submitted in Turkey, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalIraq 2,720 2,540 3,282 4,672 2,472 15,686 Islamic Rep. of Iran 908 1,454 1,654 1,979 3,843 9,838 Afghanistan - 20 * 27 133 184 Palestinians 20 45 21 10 9 105 Algeria 8 6 9 32 12 67 Tunisia 12 30 * * * 50 Uzbekistan - - - 26 23 49 Nigeria 15 8 * 15 * 40 Syrian Arab Rep. 16 11 - 5 * 35 Egypt * - 18 12 * 33 Sudan 8 7 * 8 6 32 Somalia 11 - 12 * 5 29 Pakistan 6 * 12 * 7 28 Ethiopia * - - * 25 27 China * - - * 18 24 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya - - 10 8 * 19 Eritrea - - - - 17 17 Ghana 16 - - * - 17 Lebanon 10 - - - - 10 Sri Lanka - - - 9 * 10 Liberia 5 - - * - 8 Tajikistan - - - * 7 8 Jordan - - - * * 7 Kuwait * - - * * 7 Kazakhstan * - - - * 6 Dem. Rep. of the Congo * - - * * 5 Russian Federation * - - * - 5 Morocco - - - * * *Sierra Leone * - - * * *Rwanda * - - - - *Azerbaijan - - - - * *Yugoslavia, FR - - - * * *Senegal - - - * - *Togo * - - - - *India * - - - - *Burundi - - - - * *Gambia - - - * - *Uganda - - - - * *Myanmar - - - - * *Other/unknown 1 60 24 - - 85 Total 3,778 4,183 5,053 6,838 6,606 26,458 Africa 85 51 56 94 77 363 Asia 3,669 4,027 4,952 6,731 6,519 25,898 Europe 4 - - 3 1 8 Latin America and Caribbean - - - - - - Other/unknown 20 105 45 10 9 189 Total 3,778 4,183 5,053 6,838 6,606 26,458

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Table IV.35 Asylum applications submitted in the United Kingdom, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalYugoslavia, FR 1,565 1,030 2,245 7,420 14,180 26,440 Somalia 3,465 1,780 2,730 4,685 7,495 20,155 Sri Lanka 2,070 1,260 1,830 3,505 5,130 13,795 Nigeria 5,825 2,540 1,480 1,380 945 12,170 Russian Federation 795 1,340 2,015 2,820 4,105 11,075 Pakistan 2,915 1,640 1,615 1,975 2,615 10,760 Turkey 1,820 1,420 1,445 2,015 2,850 9,550 India 3,255 1,795 1,285 1,030 1,365 8,730 Afghanistan 580 675 1,085 2,395 3,975 8,710 China 790 820 1,945 1,925 2,625 8,105 Poland 1,210 890 565 1,585 1,860 6,110 Iraq 930 965 1,075 1,295 1,800 6,065 Algeria 1,865 715 715 1,260 1,385 5,940 Romania 770 445 605 1,015 1,985 4,820 Kenya 1,395 1,170 605 885 485 4,540 Colombia 525 1,005 1,330 425 1,000 4,285 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 935 650 690 660 1,240 4,175 Islamic Rep. of Iran 615 585 585 745 1,320 3,850 Sierra Leone 855 335 815 565 1,125 3,695 Ghana 1,915 675 350 225 195 3,360 Bangladesh - 560 545 460 530 2,095 United Rep. of Tanzania 1,535 210 90 80 80 1,995 Angola 555 365 195 150 545 1,810 Ethiopia 585 205 145 345 455 1,735 Bulgaria 480 295 545 165 80 1,565 Rwanda 155 80 90 280 820 1,425 Uganda 365 190 220 210 420 1,405 Sudan 345 280 230 250 280 1,385 Liberia 390 330 205 70 65 1,060 Lebanon 150 145 160 155 240 850 Côte d'Ivoire 245 125 70 95 190 725 Cameroon 85 95 175 95 245 695 Cyprus - - 495 90 20 605 Zimbabwe 105 115 60 80 230 590 Gambia - 200 125 45 30 400 Croatia - - - 335 - 335 South Africa 60 40 50 65 90 305 Togo 75 50 30 60 60 275 Bosnia and Herzegovina - - - 160 - 160 FYR Macedonia - - - 50 - 50 Other/unknown 4,700 4,620 4,060 4,970 9,085 27,435 Total 43,925 29,640 32,500 46,020 71,145 223,230 Africa 22,555 10,600 9,515 12,380 16,380 71,430 Asia 14,800 10,570 12,845 16,835 23,695 78,745 Europe 6,045 4,890 7,210 15,640 25,410 59,195 Latin America and Caribbean 525 1,730 2,825 975 2,025 8,080 Other/unknown - 1,850 105 190 3,635 5,780 Total 43,925 29,640 32,500 46,020 71,145 223,230

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Table IV.36 Asylum applications submitted in Canada, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalSri Lanka 2,392 2,946 2,665 2,634 2,915 13,552 Pakistan 1,011 1,105 1,047 1,607 2,335 7,105 Islamic Rep. of Iran 1,901 1,728 1,210 880 794 6,513 China 777 929 900 1,420 2,443 6,469 India 1,259 1,367 1,166 1,157 1,346 6,295 Mexico 548 951 926 1,158 1,172 4,755 Chile 1,483 2,824 99 48 95 4,549 Somalia 1,655 962 689 653 531 4,490 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 592 1,127 767 744 880 4,110 Algeria 801 609 857 813 569 3,649 Israel 1,226 1,270 416 360 302 3,574 Russian Federation 445 565 546 666 861 3,083 Hungary 42 64 294 977 1,581 2,958 Bangladesh 900 806 539 394 317 2,956 Romania 575 523 401 346 537 2,382 Nigeria 322 410 482 580 583 2,377 Afghanistan 473 378 335 380 511 2,077 Venezuela 1,071 379 115 99 97 1,761 Kazakhstan 730 281 295 217 207 1,730 El Salvador 444 307 365 301 300 1,717 Czech Rep. 9 166 1,218 183 92 1,668 Peru 342 215 360 319 383 1,619 Guatemala 496 395 329 192 168 1,580 Iraq 324 303 272 271 363 1,533 Lebanon 434 274 268 197 345 1,518 Yugoslavia, FR 254 254 286 317 400 1,511 Ukraine 272 277 273 282 386 1,490 Honduras 190 153 321 376 339 1,379 Sudan 429 242 194 176 336 1,377 Albania 113 145 288 349 476 1,371 Turkey 142 161 172 298 419 1,192 Rwanda 81 78 212 503 284 1,158 Colombia 76 87 71 270 622 1,126 Haiti 222 210 212 174 295 1,113 Bulgaria 131 178 194 204 242 949 Costa Rica 75 95 80 187 434 871 Argentina 94 90 96 130 440 850 Cuba 150 125 169 165 206 815 Ethiopia 213 138 136 154 153 794 Ghana 240 173 134 97 133 777 Other/unknown 3,138 2,830 3,185 3,560 4,501 17,214 Total 26,072 26,120 22,584 23,838 29,393 128,007 Africa 5,217 4,711 4,739 5,284 5,367 25,318 Asia 12,083 12,150 9,958 10,669 13,509 58,369 Europe 2,458 2,524 3,981 3,766 5,175 17,904 Latin America and Caribbean 6,249 6,679 3,742 4,044 5,263 25,977 Other/unknown 65 56 164 75 79 439 Total 26,072 26,120 22,584 23,838 29,393 128,007

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Table IV.37 Asylum applications submitted in the United States, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalEl Salvador 75,138 63,174 4,706 3,553 1,720 148,291 Mexico 9,148 7,820 13,663 4,460 2,233 37,324 Guatemala 22,006 8,857 2,386 2,526 1,017 36,792 China 4,822 1,976 2,377 3,074 4,153 16,402 Haiti 2,396 3,792 4,310 2,676 2,428 15,602 India 3,135 3,942 3,776 1,764 1,168 13,785 Somalia 186 1,140 1,861 2,268 3,086 8,541 Honduras 2,926 972 473 278 68 4,717 Ethiopia 835 948 961 868 1,075 4,687 Nicaragua 1,712 1,444 658 327 85 4,226 Pakistan 2,318 651 548 364 338 4,219 Mauritania - 1,203 1,355 765 757 4,080 Russian Federation 775 512 554 1,073 758 3,672 Yugoslavia, FR 725 737 650 500 928 3,540 Islamic Rep. of Iran 498 468 811 746 773 3,296 Albania 356 305 952 850 766 3,229 Liberia 694 606 707 576 624 3,207 Iraq 117 422 2,328 178 147 3,192 Cuba 1,180 654 481 295 227 2,837 Bangladesh 1,778 436 260 221 112 2,807 Peru 1,297 341 416 385 128 2,567 Armenia 525 351 420 446 785 2,527 Indonesia - - - 154 2,308 2,462 Ecuador 1,709 326 255 42 - 2,332 Philippines 832 722 437 98 - 2,089 Sudan 239 298 533 399 379 1,848 Colombia 740 250 251 200 301 1,742 Ukraine 541 330 366 297 187 1,721 Egypt 229 81 180 465 430 1,385 Myanmar 163 138 300 354 365 1,320 Gambia 598 244 164 71 - 1,077 Cameroon 153 107 219 229 341 1,049 Dem. Rep. of the Congo - 163 346 299 181 989 Nigeria - 266 288 285 93 932 Afghanistan 145 137 219 159 226 886 Ghana 685 94 43 31 - 853 Sierra Leone 72 - 122 275 326 795 Romania 467 138 111 49 - 765 Côte d'Ivoire 474 99 41 21 - 635 Bulgaria 196 87 145 108 84 620 Other/unknown 8,885 2,899 3,544 3,309 3,138 21,775 Total 148,695 107,130 52,217 35,038 31,735 374,815 Africa 4,854 5,351 7,230 8,062 8,632 34,129 Asia 15,278 9,606 11,825 8,599 10,539 55,847 Europe 3,751 2,323 2,865 3,128 2,723 14,790 Latin America and Caribbean 119,824 87,741 27,745 14,974 8,207 258,491 Other/unknown 4,988 2,109 2,552 275 1,634 11,558 Total 148,695 107,130 52,217 35,038 31,735 374,815

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Table IV.38 Asylum applications submitted in Australia, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalIndonesia - 1,420 1,247 1,895 1,239 5,801 China - 1,007 1,202 1,091 958 4,258 Philippines - 1,630 1,070 455 679 3,834 Sri Lanka - 1,096 1,193 464 424 3,177 India - 339 337 328 449 1,453 Iraq - 121 151 238 919 1,429 Thailand - 253 262 247 146 908 Islamic Rep. of Iran - 215 167 169 211 762 Afghanistan - - 61 84 609 754 Turkey - 269 174 109 190 742 Fiji - 221 177 124 155 677 Colombia - - 329 201 141 671 Lebanon - 262 187 136 72 657 Bangladesh - 112 148 161 207 628 Rep. of Korea - 170 171 6 281 628 Pakistan - 174 167 151 131 623 Myanmar - 213 127 103 108 551 Cambodia - 149 94 119 50 412 Malaysia - - 31 - 370 401 Yugoslavia, FR - 55 85 90 166 396 Tonga - 184 186 - 15 385 Somalia - 107 125 85 32 349 Russian Federation - - 98 83 127 308 Algeria - - 104 96 71 271 Nepal - - 52 81 86 219 Egypt - - 76 80 42 198 Stateless - 79 57 - 58 194 Viet Nam - - 70 - 93 163 Peru - - 55 41 43 139 FYR Macedonia - - 67 - 55 122 Ukraine - - 15 16 88 119 Albania - - 56 28 32 116 Jordan - - 52 31 14 97 South Africa - - 48 - 41 89 Ethiopia - - 15 55 12 82 United Kingdom - - 49 * 28 80 Ecuador - - 48 19 12 79 Bulgaria - - 27 - 34 61 Kuwait - - 23 - 23 46 Syrian Arab Rep. - - 31 - 12 43 Other/unknown 7,632 6,102 678 1,367 1,073 16,852 Total 7,632 14,178 9,312 8,156 9,496 48,774 Africa - 107 512 335 345 1,299 Asia - 7,430 7,142 5,868 7,377 27,817 Europe - 55 543 230 624 1,452 Latin America and Caribbean - - 514 261 259 1,034 Other/unknown 7,632 6,586 601 1,462 891 17,172 Total 7,632 14,178 9,312 8,156 9,496 48,774

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Table IV.39 Asylum applications submitted in New Zealand, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalIndonesia - - - 564 78 642 China - - - 489 131 620 India - - - 238 197 435 Thailand - - - 75 237 312 Sri Lanka - - - 139 117 256 Islamic Rep. of Iran - - - 128 104 232 Viet Nam - - - 163 67 230 Rep. of Korea - - - 199 - 199 Fiji - - - 126 - 126 Afghanistan - - - 52 51 103 Malaysia - - - - 102 102 Czech Rep. - - - - 63 63 Somalia - - - - 14 14 Other/unknown 712 1,321 1,557 697 937 5,224 Total 712 1,321 1,557 2,870 2,098 8,558 Africa - - - - 14 14 Asia - - - 2,047 1,084 3,131 Europe - - - - 63 63 Latin America and Caribbean - - - - - - Other/unknown 712 1,321 1,557 823 937 5,350 Total 712 1,321 1,557 2,870 2,098 8,558

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Table IV.40 Asylum applications submitted in Japan, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalTurkey - 46 94 8 - 148 Myanmar - 7 49 11 37 104 Pakistan - 8 10 20 55 93 Afghanistan - 5 8 18 35 66 Islamic Rep. of Iran - 19 15 7 22 63 China - 6 33 8 10 57 Sudan - 30 6 5 6 47 Ethiopia - - * 19 13 33 Sri Lanka - * 5 6 * 18 Iraq - 5 * 6 - 12 Cameroon - - 5 * - 9 Rwanda - - - 8 - 8 Sierra Leone - - 6 * - 8 Viet Nam - 5 - - - 5 Dem. Rep. of the Congo - * - * - *Bangladesh - * * * - *India - - - * - *Chad - - * - - *Liberia - * - - - *Nigeria - - - * - *Somalia - * * - - *Stateless - * - - - *Algeria - - - * - *Egypt - - * - - *Mali - - * - - *Senegal - - - * - *Tunisia - - * - - *Uganda - * - - - *Dem. People's Rep. of Korea - - - * - *Nepal - - - * - *Syrian Arab Rep. - - * - - *Yugoslavia, FR - - * - - *Other/unknown 52 2 - - 42 96 Total 52 147 242 133 223 797 Africa - 37 24 43 19 123 Asia - 106 217 90 162 575 Europe - - 1 - - 1 Latin America and Caribbean - - - - - - Other/unknown 52 4 - - 42 98 Total 52 147 242 133 223 797

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Table IV.41 Origin of asylum applicants in Europe by country of asylum,1995-1999

Origin AUS BEL BUL CYPYugoslavia, FR 16,961 23,691 472 586 Iraq 7,686 1,096 550 144 Turkey 1,871 2,651 98 17 Afghanistan 4,303 897 667 *Sri Lanka 404 644 16 5 Islamic Rep. of Iran 5,936 584 186 221 Somalia 395 1,059 12 *Romania 301 5,589 - - Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,604 2,427 - 43 Pakistan 1,163 2,146 51 5 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 486 6,178 * 5 Algeria 749 1,510 59 7 India 1,989 1,104 9 *Armenia 267 4,243 161 *Russian Federation 438 2,383 7 10 China 117 131 - - Nigeria 907 839 38 46 Albania 471 3,794 16 *Stateless 298 16 79 - Georgia 58 2,085 6 *Sierra Leone 628 1,213 - 12 Bangladesh 765 489 85 14 Viet Nam 128 76 - - Syrian Arab Rep. 624 401 32 37 Bulgaria 123 2,576 - *Angola 158 847 25 - Sudan 366 849 29 13 Azerbaijan 67 521 * - Ukraine 197 1,968 * *FYR Macedonia 153 1,158 - - Lebanon 207 265 25 32 Ethiopia 75 203 24 *Poland 31 112 - - Slovakia 42 2,706 - *Liberia 463 749 46 5 Rwanda 145 3,323 12 *Togo 27 502 - - Ghana 125 288 6 *Colombia 61 265 * - Rep. of Moldova 72 996 * *Other/unknown 2,669 11,159 691 83 Total 53,530 93,733 3,412 1,316 Africa 5,373 23,099 344 131 Asia 25,785 20,192 1,924 486 Europe 20,682 49,363 500 652 Latin America and Caribbean 77 853 12 3 Other/unknown 1,613 226 632 44 Total 53,530 93,733 3,412 1,316

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Table IV.41 Origin of asylum applicants in Europe by country of asylum,1995-1999 (continued)

Origin CZE DEN EST FINYugoslavia, FR 1,489 6,261 - 885 Iraq 1,184 6,398 15 433 Turkey 139 410 * 334 Afghanistan 4,490 1,635 7 100 Sri Lanka 1,453 934 - 142 Islamic Rep. of Iran 102 864 - 223 Somalia 90 5,504 * 665 Romania 1,545 151 - 64 Bosnia and Herzegovina 72 1,378 - 71 Pakistan 354 593 8 61 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 94 70 - 80 Algeria 323 173 * 96 India 1,272 353 - 25 Armenia 303 601 - 25 Russian Federation 471 380 * 485 China * 149 - 28 Nigeria 229 198 * 52 Albania 33 79 - 66 Stateless 133 552 - 87 Georgia 74 152 - 14 Sierra Leone * 37 * 21 Bangladesh 305 136 - 65 Viet Nam 100 294 - 6 Syrian Arab Rep. 154 130 - 34 Bulgaria 2,300 74 - 31 Angola 38 17 - 47 Sudan 13 51 - 7 Azerbaijan 28 71 - 18 Ukraine 293 119 * 47 FYR Macedonia 57 89 - 16 Lebanon 8 226 - 24 Ethiopia 5 80 - 57 Poland 6 100 - 329 Slovakia 26 1,088 - 1,557 Liberia 25 22 - 9 Rwanda 9 56 - 19 Togo - 8 - 5 Ghana 71 57 - 22 Colombia - 11 - 46 Rep. of Moldova 203 126 - 13 Other/unknown 812 6,417 2 607 Total 18,308 36,044 44 6,916 Africa 951 7,058 9 1,274 Asia 10,064 13,190 33 1,637 Europe 6,592 10,558 2 3,795 Latin America and Caribbean 9 74 - 78 Other/unknown 692 5,164 - 132 Total 18,308 36,044 44 6,916

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Origin FRA GFR GRE HUNYugoslavia, FR 6,021 156,645 137 8,221 Iraq 1,308 48,161 8,534 1,494 Turkey 8,246 112,238 1,383 347 Afghanistan 622 28,191 375 3,923 Sri Lanka 7,928 20,688 69 310 Islamic Rep. of Iran 768 20,430 619 172 Somalia 439 4,915 28 184 Romania 16,633 9,384 6 167 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,368 13,099 * 339 Pakistan 3,301 15,463 29 453 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 7,703 11,655 35 54 Algeria 5,558 10,966 50 604 India 2,802 14,710 30 182 Armenia 673 16,762 * 258 Russian Federation 1,193 8,087 14 53 China 12,056 6,208 8 130 Nigeria 924 6,313 21 271 Albania 1,095 4,356 25 8 Stateless 598 12,229 - 6 Georgia 517 11,265 * 9 Sierra Leone 484 5,209 21 368 Bangladesh 2,799 5,398 46 1,647 Viet Nam 1,584 13,203 * 19 Syrian Arab Rep. 128 9,681 27 85 Bulgaria 1,571 5,360 - 54 Angola 1,674 2,787 * 20 Sudan 364 3,465 46 132 Azerbaijan 278 6,728 14 15 Ukraine 750 5,591 * 29 FYR Macedonia 376 7,756 - 8 Lebanon 133 6,432 11 43 Ethiopia 147 4,754 15 35 Poland 100 686 * - Slovakia 141 1,714 - - Liberia 260 2,145 * 272 Rwanda 1,022 512 75 44 Togo 202 6,672 * 22 Ghana 640 2,740 * 124 Colombia 340 264 - - Rep. of Moldova 1,326 3,889 - 17 Other/unknown 19,422 34,814 176 1,108 Total 113,494 661,565 11,812 21,227 Africa 32,249 81,553 384 2,440 Asia 47,166 342,638 11,170 9,128 Europe 31,217 222,585 192 8,938 Latin America and Caribbean 2,155 1,681 2 2 Other/unknown 707 13,108 64 719 Total 113,494 661,565 11,812 21,227

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Origin ICE IRE ITA LIEYugoslavia, FR 13 603 9,496 499 Iraq * 255 5,868 - Turkey - 43 2,480 19 Afghanistan - 42 208 - Sri Lanka - 23 136 - Islamic Rep. of Iran * 14 398 - Somalia - 625 64 - Romania - 4,687 732 - Bosnia and Herzegovina - 52 21 5 Pakistan - 113 155 - Dem. Rep. of the Congo * 1,348 314 - Algeria - 906 157 - India - 44 12 - Armenia - 26 32 - Russian Federation * 432 111 *China - 20 - - Nigeria - 4,299 71 - Albania * 43 1,097 - Stateless - - * - Georgia - 58 54 - Sierra Leone * 276 177 - Bangladesh - 10 71 - Viet Nam * 20 5 - Syrian Arab Rep. - 8 41 - Bulgaria - 185 17 - Angola - 473 130 - Sudan - 81 268 - Azerbaijan - 10 12 11 Ukraine 9 292 41 5 FYR Macedonia * 5 65 - Lebanon * 47 23 - Ethiopia - 13 345 - Poland - 736 * *Slovakia - 71 - *Liberia - 49 74 - Rwanda - 74 178 - Togo - 37 17 - Ghana - 42 29 - Colombia - * 15 - Rep. of Moldova - 365 17 - Other/unknown 14 4,775 25,832 201 Total 51 21,204 48,769 743 Africa 6 9,035 2,160 1 Asia 7 864 9,515 30 Europe 29 7,834 11,615 516 Latin America and Caribbean - 40 47 - Other/unknown 9 3,431 25,432 196 Total 51 21,204 48,769 743

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Table IV.41 Origin of asylum applicants in Europe by country of asylum, 1995-1999 (continued)

Origin LTU LUX LVA MTAYugoslavia, FR * 4,349 - 40 Iraq 7 38 6 34 Turkey 6 19 - 10 Afghanistan 87 8 9 - Sri Lanka 37 * - - Islamic Rep. of Iran - 14 - *Somalia 13 - - 16 Romania - 13 - *Bosnia and Herzegovina - 260 - - Pakistan 31 18 7 *Dem. Rep. of the Congo - 22 * - Algeria - 37 * 82 India 30 * * - Armenia * 15 12 - Russian Federation 8 62 10 - China - * - - Nigeria * 6 * 5 Albania - 309 - - Stateless * - * - Georgia * 25 6 - Sierra Leone * * - 70 Bangladesh 8 * - - Viet Nam 27 * 8 - Syrian Arab Rep. - - - 36 Bulgaria - 18 - - Angola * 5 * - Sudan * * * 110 Azerbaijan 8 * 6 - Ukraine * 13 * - FYR Macedonia - 61 - - Lebanon - * - 15 Ethiopia - * - - Poland - * - - Slovakia - * - - Liberia - 13 - *Rwanda - 12 - *Togo - * - - Ghana - * - 5 Colombia - - - - Rep. of Moldova * 6 - - Other/unknown 336 102 2 100 Total 616 5,454 77 538 Africa 22 137 9 337 Asia 250 166 56 103 Europe 22 5,119 11 51 Latin America and Caribbean - 6 - - Other/unknown 322 26 1 47 Total 616 5,454 77 538

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Origin NET NOR POL PORYugoslavia, FR 11,986 3,336 612 44 Iraq 28,453 5,853 790 5 Turkey 5,239 511 78 *Afghanistan 22,369 246 2,079 *Sri Lanka 6,199 984 2,284 6 Islamic Rep. of Iran 8,678 1,035 59 20 Somalia 12,224 3,199 386 16 Romania 722 266 273 391 Bosnia and Herzegovina 12,113 663 28 49 Pakistan 1,079 478 788 24 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 2,461 35 22 107 Algeria 3,075 196 146 52 India 301 37 620 11 Armenia 3,114 161 2,811 28 Russian Federation 3,144 607 351 27 China 4,272 34 21 5 Nigeria 1,886 24 44 91 Albania 911 114 17 9 Stateless 2,787 369 105 *Georgia 1,434 80 130 11 Sierra Leone 2,792 38 22 211 Bangladesh 474 41 606 19 Viet Nam 206 12 40 - Syrian Arab Rep. 2,699 220 48 *Bulgaria 327 39 259 15 Angola 3,729 15 8 73 Sudan 5,511 192 53 16 Azerbaijan 4,346 58 136 - Ukraine 1,227 79 117 20 FYR Macedonia 546 48 12 5 Lebanon 687 118 63 *Ethiopia 871 301 62 - Poland 135 240 - - Slovakia 1,182 240 5 *Liberia 1,817 12 65 119 Rwanda 1,175 28 17 28 Togo 460 * 5 14 Ghana 246 19 12 50 Colombia 89 221 * *Rep. of Moldova 221 58 74 15 Other/unknown 9,888 3,832 659 196 Total 171,075 24,042 13,908 1,688 Africa 41,797 4,626 981 872 Asia 91,220 10,083 10,839 138 Europe 34,160 8,605 1,957 635 Latin America and Caribbean 390 337 6 11 Other/unknown 3,508 391 125 32 Total 171,075 24,042 13,908 1,688

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Origin ROM SPA SVK SVNYugoslavia, FR 408 471 169 694 Iraq 883 702 385 62 Turkey 172 234 41 66 Afghanistan 365 129 1,254 8 Sri Lanka 147 52 116 *Islamic Rep. of Iran 244 1,433 10 133 Somalia 100 231 11 7 Romania - 5,733 12 *Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 778 51 165 Pakistan 318 611 91 42 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 250 583 * *Algeria 11 3,570 5 10 India 93 64 312 5 Armenia * 1,585 43 44 Russian Federation * 735 23 5 China * 96 - - Nigeria 23 1,228 * *Albania 20 114 - *Stateless * 88 - *Georgia - 646 - *Sierra Leone 31 1,347 * 49 Bangladesh 1,360 216 41 25 Viet Nam - 55 - - Syrian Arab Rep. 47 69 - - Bulgaria - 158 13 - Angola 6 197 5 *Sudan 47 136 * 11 Azerbaijan 5 145 - - Ukraine * 563 6 - FYR Macedonia - 47 * - Lebanon 13 20 * - Ethiopia * 56 * *Poland - 61 - - Slovakia - 8 - - Liberia 35 1,158 * 11 Rwanda 36 165 * 5 Togo - 36 - - Ghana 7 140 - 24 Colombia - 978 - - Rep. of Moldova 5 187 - - Other/unknown 267 5,613 632 94 Total 4,910 30,438 3,233 1,476 Africa 691 11,607 37 144 Asia 3,681 6,154 2,310 389 Europe 446 9,016 306 891 Latin America and Caribbean - 3,540 - - Other/unknown 92 121 580 52 Total 4,910 30,438 3,233 1,476

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Origin SWE SWI TUR UKYugoslavia, FR 9,021 67,941 * 26,440 Iraq 13,816 4,955 15,686 6,065 Turkey 1,163 7,023 - 9,550 Afghanistan 1,329 1,135 184 8,710 Sri Lanka 196 8,514 10 13,795 Islamic Rep. of Iran 2,675 747 9,838 3,850 Somalia 2,184 3,189 29 20,155 Romania 242 629 - 4,820 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,880 10,194 - 160 Pakistan 516 2,005 28 10,760 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 171 2,679 5 4,175 Algeria 289 2,368 67 5,940 India 160 853 * 8,730 Armenia 479 1,128 - - Russian Federation 1,439 903 5 11,075 China 193 292 24 8,105 Nigeria 162 996 40 12,170 Albania 212 8,534 - - Stateless 850 - - - Georgia 78 1,493 - - Sierra Leone 71 1,334 * 3,695 Bangladesh 309 975 - 2,095 Viet Nam 146 570 - - Syrian Arab Rep. 900 414 35 - Bulgaria 88 364 - 1,565 Angola 32 2,149 - 1,810 Sudan 72 220 32 1,385 Azerbaijan 100 139 * - Ukraine 293 476 - - FYR Macedonia 155 541 - 50 Lebanon 476 724 10 850 Ethiopia 264 1,034 27 1,735 Poland 388 27 - 6,110 Slovakia 186 32 - - Liberia 55 323 8 1,060 Rwanda 56 318 * 1,425 Togo 19 204 * 275 Ghana 39 43 17 3,360 Colombia 674 782 - 4,285 Rep. of Moldova 32 203 - - Other/unknown 5,127 9,924 396 39,030 Total 48,537 146,374 26,458 223,230 Africa 4,383 19,834 363 71,430 Asia 23,428 31,935 25,898 78,745 Europe 17,278 90,876 8 59,195 Latin America and Caribbean 2,204 1,211 - 8,080 Other/unknown 1,244 2,518 189 5,780 Total 48,537 146,374 26,458 223,230

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Table IV.42 Origin of asylum applicants in Europe by year of application, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TOTALYugoslavia, FR 51,759 38,451 48,401 98,270 120,614 357,495 Iraq 18,198 26,288 40,434 40,821 35,129 160,870 Turkey 41,385 38,416 33,106 21,762 19,723 154,392 Afghanistan 11,669 12,513 16,343 18,633 24,220 83,378 Sri Lanka 12,765 13,084 14,118 12,345 12,785 65,097 Islamic Rep. of Iran 10,994 11,644 10,148 10,315 16,157 59,258 Somalia 12,290 8,091 8,963 12,129 14,272 55,745 Romania 14,537 9,757 10,630 8,786 8,657 52,367 Bosnia and Herzegovina 17,231 6,484 8,226 10,207 6,679 48,827 Pakistan 9,825 7,838 8,270 6,596 8,163 40,692 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 7,761 7,847 8,726 6,959 7,249 38,542 Algeria 8,678 5,218 6,860 8,228 8,027 37,011 India 9,131 7,393 5,833 4,792 6,606 33,755 Armenia 5,746 6,957 6,086 5,345 8,645 32,779 Russian Federation 4,740 4,900 5,480 5,847 11,495 32,462 China 3,924 4,269 6,902 6,020 10,780 31,895 Nigeria 8,901 6,354 5,281 5,659 4,698 30,893 Albania 1,263 1,482 7,880 6,651 4,058 21,334 Stateless 3,120 3,550 3,650 3,661 4,227 18,208 Georgia 3,150 3,102 4,410 4,117 3,422 18,201 Sierra Leone 2,573 1,300 3,263 4,007 6,979 18,122 Bangladesh 2,776 3,043 3,954 3,421 4,806 18,000 Viet Nam 3,723 2,753 3,525 3,547 2,955 16,503 Syrian Arab Rep. 2,179 3,111 3,020 3,290 4,251 15,851 Bulgaria 3,806 3,795 4,011 1,686 1,840 15,138 Angola 3,191 2,534 2,058 2,147 4,319 14,249 Sudan 2,809 2,154 2,291 3,316 2,907 13,477 Azerbaijan 605 1,191 1,722 3,168 6,036 12,722 Ukraine 1,780 2,145 2,731 1,832 3,662 12,150 FYR Macedonia 4,189 2,330 2,284 1,144 1,203 11,150 Lebanon 2,686 2,468 2,252 1,487 1,563 10,456 Ethiopia 2,520 2,242 2,066 1,547 1,739 10,114 Poland 1,720 1,489 1,100 1,849 2,909 9,067 Slovakia 777 620 1,016 1,655 4,937 9,005 Liberia 2,235 3,176 2,107 748 538 8,804 Rwanda 1,152 1,027 1,468 2,284 2,813 8,744 Togo 1,784 1,720 2,466 1,170 1,374 8,514 Ghana 3,196 1,651 1,382 900 982 8,111 Colombia 810 1,315 1,848 1,761 2,302 8,036 Rep. of Moldova 1,168 1,589 1,349 1,091 2,631 7,828 Other/unknown 31,100 27,528 27,123 31,744 67,485 184,980 Total 333,846 292,819 332,783 370,937 463,837 1,794,222 Africa 71,854 55,631 58,950 64,040 72,862 323,337 Asia 143,835 148,108 165,216 150,294 171,771 779,224 Europe 107,347 76,361 97,784 146,865 175,289 603,646 Latin America and Caribbean 3,131 4,018 4,820 3,874 4,975 20,818 Other/unknown 7,679 8,701 6,013 5,864 38,940 67,197 Total 333,846 292,819 332,783 370,937 463,837 1,794,222

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Table IV.43 Origin of asylum applicants in the European Union, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TOTALYugoslavia, FR 46,105 32,001 40,994 71,185 82,726 273,011 Turkey 40,055 36,918 31,466 19,797 17,628 145,864 Iraq 14,806 22,295 35,173 31,216 25,328 128,818 Afghanistan 11,166 11,344 14,515 15,117 16,778 68,920 Sri Lanka 11,537 10,060 10,694 9,072 9,857 51,220 Romania 13,943 8,964 10,300 8,450 7,811 49,468 Somalia 11,498 6,892 7,397 10,425 12,292 48,504 Islamic Rep. of Iran 9,746 9,794 7,993 7,658 11,315 46,506 Bosnia and Herzegovina 13,524 5,126 6,059 7,959 4,594 37,262 Pakistan 9,314 7,094 7,348 5,612 6,664 36,032 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 7,412 7,111 7,845 6,383 6,637 35,388 Algeria 8,158 4,700 6,048 7,153 7,069 33,128 China 3,915 4,214 6,847 5,909 10,506 31,391 India 8,853 6,941 5,435 3,982 5,125 30,336 Russian Federation 4,428 4,595 5,132 5,380 10,470 30,005 Nigeria 8,680 6,069 4,983 5,120 4,315 29,167 Armenia 5,531 6,478 5,407 3,669 6,768 27,853 Stateless 3,029 3,487 3,533 3,497 3,964 17,510 Georgia 3,119 3,000 4,074 3,235 2,970 16,398 Sierra Leone 2,432 1,242 3,020 3,480 6,012 16,186 Viet Nam 3,554 2,621 3,375 3,408 2,768 15,726 Syrian Arab Rep. 2,113 2,972 2,849 3,028 3,781 14,743 Bangladesh 2,571 2,586 3,161 2,013 2,562 12,893 Sudan 2,688 1,983 2,132 3,131 2,685 12,619 Albania 1,261 1,144 4,708 2,874 2,594 12,581 Azerbaijan 596 1,149 1,654 3,068 5,844 12,311 Bulgaria 3,467 2,917 3,114 1,302 1,308 12,108 Angola 2,661 2,045 1,785 1,743 3,746 11,980 Ukraine 1,710 2,025 2,528 1,564 3,297 11,124 FYR Macedonia 4,072 2,257 2,119 987 1,047 10,482 Lebanon 2,515 2,243 2,010 1,259 1,376 9,403 Poland 1,712 1,266 1,072 1,841 2,902 8,793 Slovakia 770 608 985 1,651 4,686 8,700 Ethiopia 2,352 1,995 1,737 1,207 1,326 8,617 Togo 1,779 1,698 2,405 1,101 1,295 8,278 Rwanda 1,042 906 1,361 2,208 2,748 8,265 Liberia 2,062 2,897 1,888 657 492 7,996 Ghana 3,168 1,621 1,368 823 800 7,780 Rep. of Moldova 1,156 1,517 1,228 990 2,374 7,265 Colombia 807 1,288 1,724 1,117 2,095 7,031 Other/unknown 28,299 25,261 24,208 25,378 62,681 165,827 Total 307,606 261,324 291,674 295,649 371,236 1,527,489 Africa 68,480 50,336 52,847 56,405 64,343 292,411 Asia 134,337 133,541 146,861 122,273 134,996 672,008 Europe 96,413 65,520 82,469 109,139 129,703 483,244 Latin America and Caribbean 3,092 3,820 4,538 3,097 4,691 19,238 Other/unknown 5,284 8,107 4,959 4,735 37,503 60,588 Total 307,606 261,324 291,674 295,649 371,236 1,527,489

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Table IV.44 Origin of asylum applicants in the European Union, Norway and Switzerland, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TOTALYugoslavia, FR 51,738 38,305 48,250 93,204 112,791 344,288 Turkey 41,383 38,259 32,905 21,491 19,360 153,398 Iraq 15,226 22,821 35,967 34,553 31,059 139,626 Afghanistan 11,290 11,545 14,746 15,407 17,313 70,301 Sri Lanka 12,651 12,438 13,027 11,146 11,456 60,718 Somalia 12,165 7,772 8,833 11,973 14,149 54,892 Romania 14,035 9,042 10,433 8,618 8,235 50,363 Islamic Rep. of Iran 10,019 10,048 8,260 8,090 11,871 48,288 Bosnia and Herzegovina 17,164 6,468 8,136 10,083 6,268 48,119 Pakistan 9,782 7,593 7,822 6,066 7,252 38,515 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 7,743 7,813 8,457 6,924 7,165 38,102 Algeria 8,589 5,122 6,634 7,721 7,626 35,692 China 3,920 4,259 6,896 6,005 10,637 31,717 Russian Federation 4,608 4,789 5,363 5,704 11,051 31,515 India 9,013 7,151 5,642 4,154 5,266 31,226 Nigeria 8,863 6,326 5,197 5,365 4,436 30,187 Armenia 5,535 6,535 5,572 4,181 7,319 29,142 Albania 1,263 1,474 7,810 6,633 4,049 21,229 Georgia 3,120 3,058 4,379 4,052 3,362 17,971 Stateless 3,088 3,506 3,575 3,582 4,128 17,879 Sierra Leone 2,562 1,292 3,209 3,713 6,782 17,558 Viet Nam 3,715 2,750 3,499 3,501 2,843 16,308 Syrian Arab Rep. 2,127 3,071 2,948 3,188 4,043 15,377 Angola 3,155 2,513 2,038 2,138 4,300 14,144 Bangladesh 2,767 2,764 3,462 2,194 2,722 13,909 Sudan 2,711 2,082 2,222 3,229 2,787 13,031 Bulgaria 3,473 2,947 3,241 1,470 1,380 12,511 Azerbaijan 596 1,158 1,680 3,124 5,950 12,508 Ukraine 1,725 2,081 2,648 1,748 3,477 11,679 FYR Macedonia 4,187 2,319 2,246 1,123 1,196 11,071 Lebanon 2,662 2,397 2,211 1,439 1,536 10,245 Ethiopia 2,512 2,199 2,039 1,529 1,673 9,952 Poland 1,720 1,486 1,097 1,849 2,908 9,060 Slovakia 773 617 994 1,655 4,933 8,972 Rwanda 1,126 996 1,421 2,257 2,811 8,611 Togo 1,781 1,719 2,465 1,163 1,357 8,485 Liberia 2,216 2,981 1,921 685 528 8,331 Colombia 810 1,315 1,847 1,760 2,302 8,034 Ghana 3,179 1,637 1,375 831 820 7,842 Croatia 1,656 747 977 3,741 558 7,679 Other/unknown 29,439 27,708 26,483 28,035 67,765 179,430 Total 326,087 281,103 317,927 345,324 427,464 1,697,905 Africa 71,330 54,594 57,651 62,158 71,138 316,871 Asia 138,846 139,813 154,053 133,113 148,201 714,026 Europe 106,202 74,326 96,121 140,907 165,169 582,725 Latin America and Caribbean 3,127 4,014 4,815 3,861 4,969 20,786 Other/unknown 6,582 8,356 5,287 5,285 37,987 63,497 Total 326,087 281,103 317,927 345,324 427,464 1,697,905

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Table IV.45 Origin of asylum applicants in Central Europe*, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TOTALAfghanistan 379 948 1,593 3,125 6,733 12,778 Yugoslavia, FR 21 140 140 4,514 6,556 11,371 Iraq 248 886 1,134 1,517 1,501 5,286 Sri Lanka 114 646 1,091 1,157 1,318 4,326 Bangladesh 9 279 491 1,207 2,058 4,044 Armenia 211 421 514 1,145 1,287 3,578 Bulgaria 333 848 770 216 459 2,626 India 116 242 189 624 1,317 2,488 Pakistan 37 243 436 487 852 2,055 Romania 502 715 195 163 422 1,997 Algeria 43 66 210 453 376 1,148 Russian Federation 128 111 115 129 423 906 Turkey * 157 197 248 271 875 Somalia 105 318 118 144 98 783 Islamic Rep. of Iran 32 113 180 189 259 773 Nigeria 23 20 83 227 254 607 Bosnia and Herzegovina 31 16 83 23 342 495 Ukraine 55 64 83 78 171 451 Liberia 14 194 178 55 5 446 Sierra Leone 5 8 48 202 162 425 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 17 33 267 30 77 424 Syrian Arab Rep. 12 24 67 82 181 366 Stateless 32 44 75 77 97 325 Palestinians 6 63 39 106 99 313 Rep. of Moldova 8 41 49 42 160 300 Sudan 29 50 49 64 84 276 Cameroon - 39 20 89 87 235 Ghana * 13 7 62 137 220 Georgia 30 44 30 56 59 219 Belarus 5 25 51 32 92 205 Azerbaijan 9 33 42 33 69 186 Mongolia - 5 5 12 161 183 Viet Nam 8 * 26 33 89 159 China * 10 6 11 125 154 Lebanon 8 59 31 33 22 153 Ethiopia 7 41 27 17 38 130 Rwanda 22 31 41 23 * 119 Congo * 11 32 50 21 116 Angola 36 21 20 7 18 102 Albania - 8 66 17 * 94 Other/unknown 1,078 287 452 621 835 3,263 Total 3,720 7,320 9,250 17,400 27,320 65,000 Africa 320 923 1,183 1,548 1,470 5,444 Asia 1,249 4,179 6,082 10,020 16,416 37,946 Europe 1,102 2,029 1,633 5,265 8,710 18,739 Latin America and Caribbean 4 4 5 13 3 29 Other/unknown 1,044 180 345 549 722 2,840 Total 3,719 7,315 9,248 17,395 27,321 64,998


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Table IV.46 Origin of asylum applicants in Northern Europe*, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TOTALIraq 2,654 2,608 4,360 7,231 9,651 26,504 Yugoslavia, FR 4,672 1,683 3,161 5,820 4,180 19,516 Somalia 2,731 2,268 2,390 1,963 2,200 11,552 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1,659 648 1,067 1,781 837 5,992 Islamic Rep. of Iran 832 758 676 1,093 1,439 4,798 Croatia 350 137 263 2,766 103 3,619 Afghanistan 605 401 461 762 1,081 3,310 Slovakia 38 10 43 119 2,861 3,071 Russian Federation 587 401 404 487 1,033 2,912 Turkey 426 379 386 579 648 2,418 Sri Lanka 403 790 405 395 263 2,256 Stateless 146 127 194 680 711 1,858 Pakistan 257 232 230 343 586 1,648 Palestinians 480 607 393 - - 1,480 Syrian Arab Rep. 180 152 176 317 459 1,284 Armenia 211 222 232 186 415 1,266 Poland 125 328 202 39 363 1,057 Colombia 86 97 161 514 94 952 Lebanon 104 80 154 209 298 845 Algeria 217 134 131 131 141 754 Romania 158 93 102 103 267 723 Ethiopia 68 107 140 171 216 702 Peru 381 147 42 51 52 673 India 94 59 69 202 151 575 Bangladesh 136 64 109 112 130 551 Ukraine 94 99 102 100 152 547 Albania 19 29 119 124 184 475 Viet Nam 63 189 90 71 46 459 Lithuania 75 39 118 117 91 440 Nigeria 109 90 101 78 58 436 China 71 78 103 57 95 404 Cuba 300 16 15 16 36 383 Kazakhstan 18 29 24 60 241 372 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 91 55 64 74 73 357 Belarus 16 42 56 60 173 347 Georgia 26 28 34 77 159 324 Sudan 60 52 52 70 88 322 FYR Macedonia 25 38 112 78 56 309 Eritrea 21 45 33 68 135 302 Egypt 53 39 67 48 66 273 Other/unknown 2,780 2,237 1,440 1,435 1,632 9,524 Total 21,421 15,637 18,481 28,587 31,464 115,590 Africa 4,056 3,437 3,385 3,020 3,449 17,347 Asia 6,298 6,296 7,741 11,977 16,033 48,345 Europe 8,094 3,697 5,995 11,831 10,648 40,265 Latin America and Caribbean 903 370 320 733 367 2,693 Other/unknown 2,070 1,837 1,040 1,026 967 6,940 Total 21,421 15,637 18,481 28,587 31,464 115,590


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Table IV.47 Origin of asylum applicants in Southern Europe*, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TOTALIraq 3,656 3,965 7,523 10,393 5,498 31,035 Islamic Rep. of Iran 1,668 2,339 2,082 2,279 4,298 12,666 Yugoslavia, FR 148 92 65 5,073 6,093 11,471 Romania 1,949 921 1,591 1,364 1,044 6,869 Turkey 647 321 266 2,122 837 4,193 Algeria 356 171 325 1,737 1,406 3,995 Sierra Leone 54 45 156 681 955 1,891 Armenia 128 243 186 197 939 1,693 Cuba 508 389 288 214 283 1,682 Nigeria 192 292 406 380 233 1,503 Liberia 281 420 392 212 76 1,381 Albania 27 9 983 153 80 1,252 Bosnia and Herzegovina 176 73 60 417 332 1,058 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 72 152 222 406 200 1,052 Colombia 70 57 98 163 606 994 Afghanistan 40 88 73 325 384 910 Russian Federation 151 80 103 175 398 907 Pakistan 257 119 145 198 176 895 Morocco 65 44 141 259 249 758 Georgia 54 17 99 238 306 714 Equatorial Guinea 296 136 46 105 81 664 Sudan 257 69 71 117 118 632 Ukraine 68 34 63 110 354 629 Ecuador 175 131 55 90 48 499 Rwanda 133 73 141 70 43 460 Ethiopia 122 84 48 60 134 448 Angola 112 61 49 56 124 402 Somalia 107 41 81 101 65 395 Bangladesh 98 45 62 101 85 391 Senegal 169 62 76 46 17 370 Peru 151 65 24 30 26 296 Sri Lanka 20 32 50 88 89 279 Ghana 74 26 44 73 52 269 Syrian Arab Rep. 62 23 36 60 65 246 Mali 20 80 105 16 * 222 Rep. of Moldova 12 21 26 34 127 220 Palestinians 40 60 38 41 23 202 Cameroon 46 27 53 39 26 191 Bulgaria 81 42 36 11 21 191 Azerbaijan * 15 13 44 99 174 Other/unknown 680 746 467 543 25,960 28,396 Total 13,225 11,710 16,788 28,821 51,951 122,495 Africa 2,613 2,062 2,593 4,637 4,093 15,998 Asia 6,816 7,308 10,609 16,193 12,927 53,853 Europe 2,748 1,335 2,995 7,405 8,577 23,060 Latin America and Caribbean 950 669 486 520 978 3,603 Other/unknown 98 336 105 66 25,376 25,981 Total 13,225 11,710 16,788 28,821 51,951 122,495


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Table IV.48 Origin of asylum applicants in the candidate countries for EU membership*, 1995-1999

Origin 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TOTALIraq 2,972 3,467 4,467 6,267 4,067 21,240 Afghanistan 379 968 1,597 3,226 6,907 13,077 Yugoslavia, FR 21 146 147 4,842 7,539 12,695 Islamic Rep. of Iran 975 1,596 1,888 2,225 4,285 10,969 Sri Lanka 114 646 1,091 1,199 1,329 4,379 Bangladesh 9 279 492 1,227 2,084 4,091 Armenia 211 422 514 1,164 1,326 3,637 Bulgaria 333 848 770 216 460 2,627 India 118 242 191 638 1,340 2,529 Pakistan 43 245 448 530 911 2,177 Romania 502 715 197 168 422 2,004 Algeria 89 96 226 507 401 1,319 Turkey * 157 201 265 350 975 Russian Federation 132 111 117 142 443 945 Somalia 125 319 130 156 123 853 Nigeria 38 28 84 294 262 706 Bosnia and Herzegovina 67 16 90 124 406 703 Sierra Leone 11 8 54 294 196 563 Palestinians 38 123 69 133 114 477 Syrian Arab Rep. 52 40 72 102 208 474 Liberia 19 195 186 63 10 473 Ukraine 55 64 83 80 175 457 Sudan 98 72 69 87 120 446 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 18 34 269 35 83 439 Stateless 32 44 75 79 99 329 Rep. of Moldova 8 41 50 42 161 302 Ghana 17 14 7 69 162 269 Cameroon - 39 20 90 94 243 Georgia 30 44 31 65 60 230 Belarus 5 25 51 39 96 216 Lebanon 24 71 40 48 27 210 Azerbaijan 9 33 42 39 80 203 Viet Nam 8 * 26 45 112 194 Mongolia - 5 5 12 161 183 China * 10 6 15 143 178 Ethiopia 8 43 27 18 66 162 Rwanda 26 31 47 27 * 133 Egypt 6 9 29 45 42 131 Congo * 11 32 51 24 120 Angola 36 21 20 9 19 105 Other/unknown 1,118 431 890 689 932 4,060 Total 7,754 11,712 14,850 25,366 35,841 95,523 Africa 524 1,037 1,298 1,879 1,721 6,459 Asia 4,989 8,295 11,162 17,168 23,547 65,161 Europe 1,145 2,035 1,659 5,727 9,810 20,376 Latin America and Caribbean 4 4 5 13 6 32 Other/unknown 1,092 341 726 579 757 3,495 Total 7,754 11,712 14,850 25,366 35,841 95,523

* For countries included see Table IV.3.

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CHAPTER V.

ASYLUM APPLICATIONS:1980-1989 and 1990-1999


Table V.1 Total number of asylum applications submitted in industrialized countries, 1980-1989

Country 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 TotalAustralia - - - - - - - - - 1,262 1,262 Austria 9,259 34,557 6,314 5,898 7,208 6,724 8,639 11,406 15,790 21,882 127,677 Belgium 2,727 2,287 2,908 2,908 3,646 5,299 7,644 5,976 5,078 8,112 46,585 Canada* 1,000 3,000 5,000 9,400 11,000 13,000 26,000 38,000 48,000 19,934 174,334 Denmark (inland)* 65 123 298 800 4,312 8,698 9,299 2,726 4,668 4,588 35,577 Denmark (abroad)* - - - - - - - 4,857 6,641 694 12,192 Finland - 15 12 16 25 18 23 49 64 179 401 France 19,912 19,863 22,505 22,350 21,714 28,925 26,290 27,672 34,352 61,422 285,005 Germany 107,818 49,391 37,423 19,737 35,278 73,832 99,649 57,379 103,076 121,318 704,901 Greece 1,792 2,240 1,194 447 764 1,398 4,230 6,934 8,424 3,000 30,423 Hungary* - - - - - - - - - 36 36 Iceland - - - - - 1 1 - - 10 12 Italy (Government)* 1,541 2,767 2,520 1,993 2,766 4,093 5,429 10,115 - - 31,224 Italy (UNHCR)* 585 871 616 1,044 1,793 1,330 1,049 917 1,236 2,118 11,559 Japan - - 530 44 62 29 54 48 47 50 864 Malta* - - - - - - - - 5 45 50 Netherlands* 1,350 1,594 1,214 2,015 2,603 5,644 5,865 13,460 7,486 13,900 55,131 Norway 101 95 100 150 300 829 2,722 8,613 6,602 4,433 23,945 Portugal* 1,636 600 1,115 609 378 70 275 442 326 156 5,607 Spain - 325 2,459 1,416 1,179 2,360 2,280 2,477 4,516 4,077 21,089 Sweden - 12,651 10,225 7,050 12,000 14,500 14,600 18,114 19,595 30,335 139,070 Switzerland (1st instance) 3,020 4,226 7,135 7,886 7,435 9,703 8,546 10,914 16,726 24,425 100,016 Switzerland (2nd instance) - - - - 17,159 5,533 - - - - 22,692 Turkey - - 786 1,309 2,137 87 1,637 3,260 5,532 3,243 17,991 United Kingdom* 2,352 2,425 4,223 4,296 4,171 4,389 4,266 4,256 3,998 11,640 46,016 United States* 26,512 61,568 33,296 26,091 24,295 16,622 18,889 26,107 60,736 101,679 395,795 Total 179,670 198,598 139,873 115,459 160,225 203,084 247,387 253,722 352,898 438,538 2,289,454 - Europe 152,158 134,030 101,047 79,924 124,868 173,433 202,444 189,567 244,115 315,613 1,717,199 - European Union 149,037 129,709 93,026 70,579 97,837 157,280 189,538 166,780 215,250 283,421 1,552,457 - Northern America 27,512 64,568 38,296 35,491 35,295 29,622 44,889 64,107 108,736 121,613 570,129


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Table V.2 Asylum applications submitted in the European Union, 1980-1989

Country 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 TotalAustria 9,259 34,557 6,314 5,898 7,208 6,724 8,639 11,406 15,790 21,882 127,677 Belgium 2,727 2,287 2,908 2,908 3,646 5,299 7,644 5,976 5,078 8,112 46,585 Denmark (inland)* 65 123 298 800 4,312 8,698 9,299 2,726 4,668 4,588 35,577 Denmark (abroad)* - - - - - - - 4,857 6,641 694 12,192 Finland - 15 12 16 25 18 23 49 64 179 401 France 19,912 19,863 22,505 22,350 21,714 28,925 26,290 27,672 34,352 61,422 285,005 Germany 107,818 49,391 37,423 19,737 35,278 73,832 99,649 57,379 103,076 121,318 704,901 Greece 1,792 2,240 1,194 447 764 1,398 4,230 6,934 8,424 3,000 30,423 Ireland - - - - - - - - - - - Italy (Government)* 1,541 2,767 2,520 1,993 2,766 4,093 5,429 10,115 - - 31,224 Italy (UNHCR)* 585 871 616 1,044 1,793 1,330 1,049 917 1,236 2,118 11,559 Luxembourg - - - - - - - - - - - Netherlands* 1,350 1,594 1,214 2,015 2,603 5,644 5,865 13,460 7,486 13,900 55,131 Portugal* 1,636 600 1,115 609 378 70 275 442 326 156 5,607 Spain - 325 2,459 1,416 1,179 2,360 2,280 2,477 4,516 4,077 21,089 Sweden - 12,651 10,225 7,050 12,000 14,500 14,600 18,114 19,595 30,335 139,070 United Kingdom* 2,352 2,425 4,223 4,296 4,171 4,389 4,266 4,256 3,998 11,640 46,016 Total 149,037 129,709 93,026 70,579 97,837 157,280 189,538 166,780 215,250 283,421 1,552,457


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Table V.3 Origin of asylum applicants in Europe by country of asylum, 1980-1989

Origin AUS BEL DEN FIN FRA GFR GRE HUN ICE ITATurkey 4,813 6,098 505 52 37,795 136,137 2,705 - - 68 Poland 48,105 2,086 2,496 27 7,825 112,769 8,828 - - 10,106 Islamic Rep. of Iran 3,266 2,539 6,812 28 6,967 57,180 4,707 - - 3,412 Sri Lanka 60 612 4,591 5 20,553 52,321 338 - - 347 Yugoslavia, FR 2,844 2,542 180 * 1,730 49,633 33 - - 431 Ghana 126 8,992 158 19 11,019 29,568 12 - - 397 Pakistan 106 2,842 95 - 6,450 30,519 251 - - 15 Lebanon 893 454 3,824 6 487 34,113 582 - - 229 Romania 18,826 773 473 * 5,119 14,061 1,926 - - 4,465 Czech Rep. 23,178 156 115 10 569 17,747 356 - - 2,259 India 59 3,690 57 5 3,688 32,186 331 - - 11 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 44 3,668 33 8 27,771 2,356 28 - - 157 Hungary 16,903 467 162 * 858 11,688 115 - - 1,612 Ethiopia 135 144 317 14 680 15,573 3,759 - - 2,738 Viet Nam 626 3,420 159 * 23,425 5,650 24 - - 650 Afghanistan 596 169 447 * 1,530 25,393 61 - - 433 Chile 229 851 94 19 3,452 1,045 8 - - 129 Iraq 531 89 2,001 17 555 3,939 4,650 - - 750 Cambodia 58 657 22 - 22,370 50 7 - - 40 Angola 53 720 8 - 9,091 2,008 - - - 200 Lao People's Dem. Rep. 15 433 * - 15,273 144 - - - 16 Palestinians 16 17 8,021 10 30 4,947 250 - - 48 Bangladesh 72 574 46 * 1,685 8,896 27 - - 13 Somalia 27 50 385 18 50 2,817 7 - - 1,083 Syrian Arab Rep. 461 377 193 * 491 7,081 409 - - 109 Other/unknown 5,635 4,165 16,570 149 75,542 47,080 1,009 36 12 13,065 Total 127,677 46,585 47,768 401 285,005 704,901 30,423 36 12 42,783 Africa 581 15,970 1,298 87 85,300 69,486 4,272 - - 5,283 Asia 12,965 22,797 19,002 121 146,449 397,826 14,256 - - 6,136 Europe 112,899 6,259 3,656 100 17,425 209,010 11,596 - - 30,481 Latin America and Caribbean 276 1,183 135 22 15,137 1,787 10 - - 210 Other/unknown 956 376 23,677 71 20,694 26,792 289 36 12 673 Total 127,677 46,585 47,768 401 285,005 704,901 30,423 36 12 42,783

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Table V.3 Origin of asylum applicants in Europe by country of asylum, 1980-1989 (continued)

Origin MTA NET NOR POR SPA SWE SWI TUR UKTurkey - 5,312 1,299 * 27 5,022 39,529 - 3,150 Poland * 1,856 1,264 25 4,494 9,628 3,397 105 877 Islamic Rep. of Iran - 3,816 4,191 64 5,214 28,441 2,684 10,779 11,570 Sri Lanka * 4,234 2,124 36 35 92 12,772 56 7,326 Yugoslavia, FR - 714 2,735 12 58 3,866 2,823 - 45 Ghana 5 4,270 517 95 523 153 949 5 2,439 Pakistan - 1,284 946 6 36 8,818 3,448 7 1,794 Lebanon 5 1,791 578 5 70 7,732 3,763 * 538 Romania - 764 101 14 554 3,064 2,501 253 146 Czech Rep. 5 153 13 12 464 647 3,404 62 208 India * 2,340 358 9 15 364 2,316 * 1,274 Dem. Rep. of the Congo - 2,492 22 21 192 65 4,143 - 787 Hungary * 551 25 13 242 3,329 2,106 5 174 Ethiopia - 2,381 1,031 6 64 6,889 1,203 18 1,904 Viet Nam - 855 5 - 62 82 1,085 - - Afghanistan * 426 178 * 102 150 742 464 266 Chile - 255 4,101 25 897 13,439 4,585 - 70 Iraq * 668 564 12 604 7,844 402 4,049 2,126 Cambodia - 14 - - * - 205 - - Angola - 573 * 1,453 869 44 2,236 - 340 Lao People's Dem. Rep. - * 5 - 28 80 75 - 6 Palestinians 8 - - - 134 1,251 49 37 - Bangladesh - 1,165 178 - 13 1,057 984 - 44 Somalia 5 3,005 1,337 - 9 952 278 103 2,873 Syrian Arab Rep. * 495 104 * 109 2,352 593 67 52 Other/unknown 11 15,715 2,266 3,789 6,272 33,709 3,744 241 8,007 Total 50 55,131 23,945 5,607 21,089 139,070 100,016 16,256 46,016 Africa 21 16,390 3,827 2,475 3,056 9,206 10,268 202 13,502 Asia 14 25,090 10,721 146 6,361 62,447 68,877 15,461 28,748 Europe 7 6,483 4,285 90 5,921 26,497 14,707 556 1,989 Latin America and Caribbean - 3,800 4,231 47 3,584 14,244 5,495 - 525 Other/unknown 8 3,368 881 2,849 2,167 26,676 669 37 1,252 Total 50 55,131 23,945 5,607 21,089 139,070 100,016 16,256 46,016

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Table V.4 Origin of asylum applicants in Europe by year of application, 1980-1989

Origin 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 TotalTurkey 59,869 7,414 6,434 5,713 10,616 15,443 19,433 26,470 35,034 56,089 242,515 Poland 4,781 44,425 14,821 6,314 11,090 12,984 20,203 20,743 44,742 33,786 213,889 Islamic Rep. of Iran 2,542 3,357 6,873 7,058 13,716 18,388 37,129 22,076 23,944 16,587 151,670 Sri Lanka 2,692 3,717 3,459 6,435 13,778 28,804 10,489 8,217 8,242 19,671 105,504 Yugoslavia, FR 982 946 1,230 929 1,008 2,044 2,701 7,705 24,063 26,040 67,648 Ghana 2,828 3,517 5,498 3,540 5,268 8,516 10,600 6,083 5,319 8,078 59,247 Pakistan 6,870 13,853 3,970 1,763 3,250 4,774 5,065 4,815 5,235 7,022 56,617 Lebanon 1,496 2,163 1,304 900 3,464 5,800 12,269 3,602 9,235 14,840 55,073 Romania 2,864 4,327 4,643 2,479 2,448 3,305 5,572 5,024 7,648 14,732 53,042 Czech Rep. 6,734 5,462 5,521 3,911 4,164 4,241 4,037 4,469 3,985 6,834 49,358 India 6,695 3,414 3,484 2,093 1,778 5,652 8,098 4,193 4,606 6,693 46,706 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 124 2,265 2,428 3,322 2,412 3,592 4,269 5,843 6,754 10,778 41,787 Hungary 3,378 3,951 2,932 2,297 2,255 3,051 4,036 6,955 6,024 3,376 38,255 Ethiopia 3,786 1,760 2,022 1,667 3,452 4,163 4,176 4,716 4,790 6,324 36,856 Viet Nam 3,911 5,160 4,730 4,212 3,468 3,185 3,157 1,982 2,338 3,901 36,044 Afghanistan 5,685 4,196 2,614 1,518 1,552 2,959 3,383 2,031 2,168 4,857 30,963 Chile 474 1,714 2,428 2,505 1,821 2,726 3,249 6,650 6,519 1,113 29,199 Iraq 1,586 2,532 2,379 1,288 2,482 2,261 2,241 3,706 4,739 5,588 28,802 Cambodia 325 3,992 4,045 3,575 3,221 2,133 1,782 1,465 1,479 1,408 23,425 Angola 10 609 1,035 1,024 624 1,834 1,515 2,387 3,160 5,400 17,598 Lao People's Dem. Rep. 262 2,692 2,302 1,252 1,611 2,089 1,809 1,332 1,406 1,326 16,081 Palestinians - - 70 * 1,262 47 2,730 1,592 5,208 3,905 14,818 Bangladesh 2,414 15 503 233 684 2,236 3,403 1,527 1,481 2,259 14,755 Somalia 30 28 58 109 250 331 394 951 2,017 8,831 12,999 Syrian Arab Rep. 750 561 271 359 620 663 2,876 1,556 1,995 3,252 12,903 Other/unknown 31,070 11,960 15,993 15,424 11,415 26,591 26,190 33,475 21,974 42,913 237,005 Total 152,158 134,030 101,047 79,924 107,709 167,812 200,806 189,565 244,105 315,603 1,692,759 Africa 8,885 11,390 14,372 12,766 15,399 24,815 29,562 28,928 34,855 60,252 241,224 Asia 97,640 54,620 42,984 37,452 60,807 95,154 114,102 85,040 102,914 146,704 837,417 Europe 19,858 59,905 30,755 18,118 21,905 26,620 37,729 55,639 87,875 93,557 451,961 Latin America and Caribbean 829 3,404 3,979 4,350 3,751 4,253 5,409 9,631 9,173 5,907 50,686 Other/unknown 24,946 4,711 8,957 7,238 5,847 16,970 14,004 10,327 9,288 9,183 111,471 Total 152,158 134,030 101,047 79,924 107,709 167,812 200,806 189,565 244,105 315,603 1,692,759

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Table V.5 Origin of asylum applicants in the European Union, 1980-1989

Origin 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 TOTALPoland 4,597 43,496 14,224 6,008 10,722 12,607 19,726 20,372 44,258 33,112 209,122 Turkey 59,242 7,259 5,093 3,741 7,977 11,568 15,168 20,136 24,923 46,580 201,687 Islamic Rep. of Iran 2,483 3,273 6,102 6,161 11,808 17,968 35,393 18,093 18,620 14,115 134,016 Sri Lanka 2,691 3,713 3,350 5,590 12,542 26,029 9,683 6,031 6,542 14,379 90,550 Yugoslavia, FR 976 920 1,186 855 906 1,886 2,465 6,336 22,790 23,770 62,090 Ghana 2,826 3,514 5,467 3,486 5,210 8,400 10,428 5,783 5,034 7,623 57,771 Pakistan 6,867 13,844 3,964 1,641 2,881 4,488 4,651 3,767 4,273 5,840 52,216 Lebanon 1,484 2,139 1,277 881 3,415 5,693 12,020 3,063 8,573 12,179 50,724 Romania 2,619 3,965 3,907 2,163 2,244 3,202 5,461 4,913 7,480 14,233 50,187 Czech Rep. 5,992 4,742 4,758 3,502 3,926 4,145 3,904 4,373 3,886 6,646 45,874 India 6,695 3,414 3,483 2,071 1,658 5,487 7,879 3,710 3,738 5,894 44,029 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 54 1,948 1,835 2,317 1,656 3,150 4,055 5,648 6,613 10,346 37,622 Hungary 2,952 3,451 2,491 2,036 2,125 2,958 3,966 6,867 5,938 3,334 36,118 Viet Nam 3,881 5,145 4,686 4,050 3,378 3,069 2,983 1,825 2,209 3,728 34,954 Ethiopia 3,754 1,707 1,868 1,509 3,346 4,011 3,886 4,387 4,296 5,840 34,604 Afghanistan 5,592 4,127 2,480 1,119 1,498 2,931 3,329 1,927 1,980 4,595 29,578 Iraq 1,583 2,501 2,229 1,196 2,340 2,249 2,171 2,070 3,214 4,233 23,786 Cambodia 324 3,990 4,035 3,542 3,199 2,124 1,748 1,424 1,462 1,372 23,220 Chile 289 1,319 1,184 1,281 1,334 2,311 2,475 4,835 4,440 1,045 20,513 Lao People's Dem. Rep. 261 2,686 2,298 1,245 1,610 2,074 1,791 1,320 1,406 1,310 16,001 Angola - 511 945 709 491 1,463 1,390 2,190 2,838 4,822 15,359 Palestinians - - 70 * 1,262 47 2,729 1,579 5,176 3,857 14,724 Bangladesh 2,414 15 498 207 669 2,191 3,322 1,368 1,246 1,663 13,593 Syrian Arab Rep. 746 554 251 339 607 634 2,728 1,351 1,846 3,079 12,135 Stateless 1,541 3,075 120 143 130 1,175 581 922 2,035 1,931 11,653 Other/unknown 29,174 8,401 15,225 14,783 10,903 25,420 25,606 32,490 20,433 47,895 230,330 Total 149,037 129,709 93,026 70,579 97,837 157,280 189,538 166,780 215,249 283,421 1,552,456 Africa 8,658 10,763 13,278 10,968 14,191 23,576 28,522 27,150 32,613 57,187 226,906 Asia 96,798 54,207 40,338 32,814 54,121 87,224 105,790 68,055 80,951 122,046 742,344 Europe 18,216 57,337 28,076 16,673 20,768 25,748 36,649 53,550 85,663 89,726 432,406 Latin America and Caribbean 530 2,791 2,482 3,036 3,213 3,779 4,598 7,752 7,041 5,738 40,960 Other/unknown 24,835 4,611 8,852 7,088 5,544 16,953 13,979 10,273 8,981 8,724 109,840 Total 149,037 129,709 93,026 70,579 97,837 157,280 189,538 166,780 215,249 283,421 1,552,456

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Table V.6 Origin of asylum applicants in the European Union, Norway and Switzerland, 1980-1989

Origin 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 TOTALTurkey 59,869 7,414 6,434 5,713 10,616 15,443 19,433 26,470 35,034 56,089 242,515 Poland 4,781 44,425 14,804 6,275 11,041 12,984 20,203 20,743 44,741 33,786 213,783 Islamic Rep. of Iran 2,542 3,357 6,284 6,273 11,927 18,388 37,129 20,164 19,896 14,931 140,891 Sri Lanka 2,692 3,717 3,459 6,435 13,778 28,804 10,489 8,217 8,216 19,639 105,446 Yugoslavia, FR 982 946 1,230 929 1,008 2,044 2,701 7,705 24,063 26,040 67,648 Ghana 2,828 3,517 5,496 3,540 5,268 8,516 10,600 6,083 5,319 8,070 59,237 Pakistan 6,870 13,853 3,970 1,762 3,245 4,774 5,065 4,815 5,235 7,021 56,610 Lebanon 1,496 2,163 1,304 900 3,464 5,800 12,269 3,602 9,234 14,833 55,065 Romania 2,864 4,327 4,539 2,408 2,372 3,305 5,572 5,024 7,646 14,732 52,789 Czech Rep. 6,734 5,462 5,509 3,885 4,140 4,241 4,037 4,469 3,984 6,830 49,291 India 6,695 3,414 3,484 2,092 1,777 5,652 8,098 4,193 4,606 6,692 46,703 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 124 2,265 2,428 3,322 2,412 3,592 4,269 5,843 6,754 10,778 41,787 Hungary 3,378 3,951 2,930 2,297 2,252 3,051 4,036 6,955 6,024 3,375 38,249 Ethiopia 3,786 1,760 2,021 1,662 3,452 4,163 4,176 4,716 4,788 6,314 36,838 Viet Nam 3,911 5,160 4,730 4,212 3,468 3,185 3,157 1,982 2,338 3,901 36,044 Afghanistan 5,685 4,196 2,605 1,183 1,531 2,959 3,383 2,027 2,146 4,783 30,498 Chile 474 1,714 2,428 2,505 1,821 2,726 3,249 6,650 6,519 1,113 29,199 Iraq 1,586 2,532 2,372 1,275 2,369 2,261 2,241 2,364 3,379 4,373 24,752 Cambodia 325 3,992 4,045 3,575 3,221 2,133 1,782 1,465 1,479 1,408 23,425 Angola 10 609 1,035 1,024 624 1,834 1,515 2,387 3,160 5,400 17,598 Lao People's Dem. Rep. 262 2,692 2,302 1,252 1,611 2,089 1,809 1,332 1,406 1,326 16,081 Palestinians - - 70 * 1,262 47 2,730 1,592 5,192 3,876 14,773 Bangladesh 2,414 15 503 233 684 2,236 3,403 1,527 1,481 2,259 14,755 Somalia 30 28 58 109 250 331 394 951 2,015 8,725 12,891 Syrian Arab Rep. 750 561 270 359 620 663 2,876 1,556 1,964 3,213 12,832 Other/unknown 31,070 11,960 15,951 15,391 11,359 26,591 26,190 33,475 21,958 42,772 236,717 Total 152,158 134,030 100,261 78,615 105,572 167,812 200,806 186,307 238,577 312,279 1,676,417 Africa 8,885 11,390 14,368 12,761 15,399 24,815 29,562 28,928 34,838 60,055 241,001 Asia 97,640 54,620 42,378 36,317 58,878 95,154 114,102 81,782 97,424 143,647 821,942 Europe 19,858 59,905 30,579 17,949 21,697 26,620 37,729 55,639 87,870 93,552 451,398 Latin America and Caribbean 829 3,404 3,979 4,350 3,751 4,253 5,409 9,631 9,173 5,907 50,686 Other/unknown 24,946 4,711 8,957 7,238 5,847 16,970 14,004 10,327 9,272 9,118 111,390 Total 152,158 134,030 100,261 78,615 105,572 167,812 200,806 186,307 238,577 312,279 1,676,417

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Table V.7 Origin of asylum applicants in Northern Europe*, 1980-1989

Origin 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 TOTALIslamic Rep. of Iran - 345 141 392 4,425 4,782 8,564 7,555 7,431 5,837 39,472 Chile - 715 464 576 660 1,722 2,367 5,573 5,361 215 17,653 Poland - 1,781 3,207 767 1,232 1,097 1,493 1,095 1,486 1,257 13,415 Lebanon - 69 66 124 1,839 995 1,035 894 3,618 3,500 12,140 Iraq - 312 667 460 1,503 1,195 681 1,111 1,866 2,631 10,426 Pakistan - 8,214 - - 407 32 59 520 351 276 9,859 Palestinians - - - - 1,249 - 2,694 496 3,361 1,482 9,282 Ethiopia - 458 189 96 228 581 1,230 1,490 1,534 2,445 8,251 Turkey - 314 273 360 1,037 435 628 978 1,438 1,415 6,878 Sri Lanka - - - - 266 11 2,965 1,807 839 924 6,812 Yugoslavia, FR - - - - - 360 492 1,617 1,101 3,213 6,783 Bulgaria - - - - - - * * 79 5,206 5,293 Stateless - - - - - 983 415 659 1,741 1,365 5,163 Romania - - - - - 399 367 670 1,168 1,036 3,640 Hungary - 367 184 164 106 246 285 368 910 890 3,520 Somalia - - - - - 7 87 386 747 1,465 2,692 Syrian Arab Rep. - 88 83 53 175 178 279 357 478 961 2,652 Bangladesh - - - - 340 76 77 88 304 397 1,282 Ghana - - - - - 13 111 232 259 232 847 Czech Rep. - * - - * - 10 20 213 540 785 India - - - - - 143 74 119 232 216 784 Afghanistan - - - - - - 36 23 367 350 776 Russian Federation - - * - - - * 6 197 556 763 Algeria - - - - - - 19 48 212 77 356 Peru - - - - - 8 - * 82 252 344 Other/unknown 166 220 5,360 5,024 3,169 10,782 2,669 8,241 2,194 3,491 41,316 Total 166 12,884 10,635 8,016 16,637 24,045 26,644 34,359 37,569 40,229 211,184 Africa - 458 191 96 237 637 1,644 2,452 3,336 5,367 14,418 Asia - 9,342 1,230 1,389 9,993 7,865 14,440 13,560 17,219 17,253 92,291 Europe - 2,149 3,392 931 1,339 2,119 2,693 3,813 5,187 12,915 34,538 Latin America and Caribbean - 717 464 576 660 1,743 2,394 5,609 5,454 1,015 18,632 Other/unknown 166 218 5,358 5,024 4,408 11,681 5,473 8,925 6,373 3,679 51,305 Total 166 12,884 10,635 8,016 16,637 24,045 26,644 34,359 37,569 40,229 211,184


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Table V.8 Origin of asylum applicants in Southern Europe*, 1980-1989

Origin 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 TOTALIslamic Rep. of Iran 313 121 2,263 2,203 2,887 1,134 2,256 4,593 6,152 2,254 24,176 Poland 196 1,019 486 507 1,780 3,487 6,258 2,517 5,574 1,735 23,559 Iraq 1,214 1,755 710 167 307 163 191 1,874 2,076 1,609 10,066 Romania 759 1,265 1,515 575 613 557 735 215 646 332 7,212 Ethiopia 36 309 211 262 476 610 786 1,435 1,452 1,008 6,585 Czech Rep. 299 390 587 380 452 339 302 48 176 185 3,158 Turkey - 122 181 173 219 80 378 408 501 741 2,803 Angola - - 629 14 149 364 167 554 479 166 2,522 Cuba - * 146 103 285 541 320 493 193 * 2,084 Hungary 337 292 263 174 190 243 210 28 142 109 1,988 Somalia - * 9 * 7 7 8 * 131 1,039 1,207 Albania 30 32 61 460 219 270 75 7 10 21 1,185 Afghanistan 9 272 101 405 27 8 37 62 29 115 1,065 Chile - * 97 80 100 173 118 141 208 139 1,059 Ghana - * 17 47 267 176 251 105 101 71 1,037 Lebanon - - 11 * 6 12 83 207 208 366 894 Sri Lanka - - * * 8 111 153 151 163 222 814 Bulgaria 69 82 123 84 122 94 93 22 29 64 782 Viet Nam - 32 104 187 165 68 107 59 - 14 736 Syrian Arab Rep. - 8 34 28 28 35 34 195 171 168 701 Mozambique - - 361 5 185 16 69 - 17 * 656 Yugoslavia, FR 35 69 158 101 55 28 34 16 17 21 534 Palestinians - - 62 * 5 42 32 138 108 89 477 Dem. Rep. of the Congo - 14 31 28 60 73 49 94 11 38 398 India - - 7 * 6 5 * 6 329 10 369 Other/unknown 2,257 1,014 521 824 399 615 513 10,773 1,107 2,118 20,141 Total 5,554 6,803 8,690 6,818 9,017 9,251 13,263 24,143 20,030 12,639 116,208 Africa 36 369 1,506 464 1,411 1,705 1,706 2,738 2,576 2,798 15,309 Asia 1,539 2,327 3,458 3,193 3,684 1,661 3,298 7,707 9,863 5,644 42,374 Europe 1,737 3,154 3,242 2,307 3,469 5,038 7,726 12,869 6,613 2,496 48,651 Latin America and Caribbean - 9 418 243 441 805 501 691 409 334 3,851 Other/unknown 2,242 944 66 611 12 42 32 138 569 1,367 6,023 Total 5,554 6,803 8,690 6,818 9,017 9,251 13,263 24,143 20,030 12,639 116,208


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Table V.9 Total number of asylum applications submitted in industrialized countries, 1990-1999

Country 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalAustralia 12,128 16,743 6,054 7,198 6,264 7,632 9,758 9,312 8,156 9,496 92,741 Austria 22,789 27,306 16,238 4,745 5,082 5,919 6,991 6,719 13,805 20,096 129,690 Belgium 12,963 15,173 17,647 26,882 14,353 11,420 12,433 11,788 21,965 35,780 180,404 Bulgaria - 56 150 - - 517 302 429 833 1,331 3,618 Canada* 36,735 32,347 37,748 20,292 22,006 26,072 26,120 22,584 23,838 29,393 277,135 Cyprus - - - - - 109 101 92 225 789 1,316 Czech Rep. (1st instance) 1,792 1,977 817 2,193 1,188 1,413 2,156 2,098 4,082 7,285 25,001 Czech Rep. (2nd instance) - - - - - - - - - 1,264 1,264 Denmark (inland)* 5,292 4,609 13,884 14,347 6,651 5,104 5,893 5,092 5,699 6,467 73,038 Denmark (abroad)* 13,702 8,303 6,187 2,126 1,341 4,951 1,498 477 380 483 39,448 Estonia - - - - - - - - 23 21 44 Finland 2,743 2,134 3,634 2,023 839 854 711 973 1,272 3,106 18,289 France 54,813 47,380 28,872 27,564 25,964 20,170 17,405 21,400 22,375 30,907 296,850 Germany (new) 193,063 256,112 438,191 322,614 127,210 127,937 116,367 104,353 98,644 95,113 1,879,604 Germany (re-opened) - - - 36,787 - 39,014 32,826 47,347 44,785 43,206 243,965 Greece 6,166 2,672 1,850 813 1,303 1,312 1,643 4,376 2,953 1,528 24,616 Hungary (Government)* 3,520 921 458 468 207 130 152 209 7,097 11,499 24,661 Hungary (UNHCR)* 450 380 401 261 231 460 515 898 268 - 3,864 Iceland 7 10 13 3 - 5 4 6 19 17 84 Ireland (1st instance) - 31 39 91 362 424 1,179 3,883 4,626 7,724 18,359 Ireland (2nd instance) - - - - - - - - - 3,370 3,370 Italy* 4,827 26,472 6,042 1,647 1,786 1,732 675 1,858 11,122 33,364 89,525 Japan 32 42 68 50 73 52 147 242 133 223 1,062 Latvia - - - - - - - - 58 19 77 Liechtenstein - - - - - - - - 228 515 743 Lithuania - - - - - - - 320 163 133 616 Luxembourg 114 - - - - 394 240 427 1,709 2,912 5,796 Malta - 61 403 - - 148 75 65 165 85 1,002 Netherlands* 21,208 21,615 20,346 35,399 52,573 29,258 22,170 34,443 45,217 39,300 321,529 New Zealand - 1,162 324 375 445 712 1,321 1,557 2,870 2,098 10,864 Norway 3,962 4,569 5,238 12,876 3,379 1,460 1,778 2,271 8,373 10,160 54,066 Poland - 2,437 592 819 598 843 3,211 3,533 3,373 2,955 18,361


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Table V.9 Total number of asylum applications submitted in industrialized countries, 1990-1999 (continued)

Country 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalPortugal* 75 255 686 2,090 767 450 269 297 365 307 5,561 Romania - 500 800 - - - 588 1,425 1,236 1,670 6,219 Slovak Rep. - - 87 96 140 359 415 645 506 1,310 3,558 Slovenia - - - - - - 38 72 499 867 1,476 Spain 8,647 8,138 11,708 12,615 11,992 5,678 4,730 4,975 6,654 8,405 83,542 Sweden 29,420 27,351 84,018 37,583 18,640 9,047 5,753 9,662 12,844 11,231 245,549 Switzerland (1st instance) 35,836 41,629 17,960 24,739 16,134 17,021 18,001 23,982 41,302 46,068 282,672 Switzerland (2nd instance) - - - - 11,745 5,742 7,730 8,831 10,108 12,193 56,349 Turkey 2,505 9,074 7,011 5,796 4,442 3,778 4,183 5,053 6,838 6,606 55,286 United Kingdom* 26,205 44,840 24,605 22,370 32,830 43,965 29,640 32,500 46,015 71,145 374,115 United States (new)* 73,637 56,310 103,964 143,118 144,577 149,065 107,130 52,200 35,900 31,735 897,636 United States (re-opened)* - - - 1,048 1,891 5,399 21,060 34,772 19,914 9,642 93,726 United States (EIOR)* - - - - - - - 68,566 59,975 49,908 178,449 Total 572,631 660,609 856,035 769,028 515,013 528,546 465,208 529,732 576,612 651,681 6,125,140 - Europe 450,099 555,167 708,201 597,322 340,202 340,326 300,993 342,056 428,696 521,329 4,584,391 - European Union 402,027 492,391 673,947 549,696 301,693 307,629 260,423 290,570 340,430 414,444 4,033,250 - Northern America 110,372 88,657 141,712 164,458 168,474 180,536 154,310 178,122 139,627 120,678 1,446,946


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Table V.10 Asylum applications submitted in the European Union, 1990-1999

Country 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalAustria 22,789 27,306 16,238 4,745 5,082 5,919 6,991 6,719 13,805 20,096 129,690 Belgium 12,963 15,173 17,647 26,882 14,353 11,420 12,433 11,788 21,965 35,780 180,404 Denmark (inland)* 5,292 4,609 13,884 14,347 6,651 5,104 5,893 5,092 5,699 6,467 73,038 Denmark (abroad)* 13,702 8,303 6,187 2,126 1,341 4,951 1,498 477 380 483 39,448 Finland 2,743 2,134 3,634 2,023 839 854 711 973 1,272 3,106 18,289 France 54,813 47,380 28,872 27,564 25,964 20,170 17,405 21,400 22,375 30,907 296,850 Germany (new) 193,063 256,112 438,191 322,614 127,210 127,937 116,367 104,353 98,644 95,113 1,879,604 Germany (re-opened) - - - 36,787 - 39,014 32,826 47,347 44,785 43,206 243,965 Greece 6,166 2,672 1,850 813 1,303 1,312 1,643 4,376 2,953 1,528 24,616 Ireland (1st instance) - 31 39 91 362 424 1,179 3,883 4,626 7,724 18,359 Ireland (2nd instance) - - - - - - - - - 3,370 3,370 Italy* 4,827 26,472 6,042 1,647 1,786 1,732 675 1,858 11,122 33,364 89,525 Luxembourg 114 - - - - 394 240 427 1,709 2,912 5,796 Netherlands* 21,208 21,615 20,346 35,399 52,573 29,258 22,170 34,443 45,217 39,300 321,529 Portugal* 75 255 686 2,090 767 450 269 297 365 307 5,561 Spain 8,647 8,138 11,708 12,615 11,992 5,678 4,730 4,975 6,654 8,405 83,542 Sweden 29,420 27,351 84,018 37,583 18,640 9,047 5,753 9,662 12,844 11,231 245,549 United Kingdom* 26,205 44,840 24,605 22,370 32,830 43,965 29,640 32,500 46,015 71,145 374,115 Total 402,027 492,391 673,947 549,696 301,693 307,629 260,423 290,570 340,430 414,444 4,033,250


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Table V.11 Asylum applications submitted in the candidate countries for EU membership, 1990-1999

Country 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TotalBulgaria - 56 150 - - 517 302 429 833 1,331 3,618 Cyprus - - - - - 109 101 92 225 789 1,316 Czech Rep. (1st instance) 1,792 1,977 817 2,193 1,188 1,413 2,156 2,098 4,082 7,285 25,001 Czech Rep. (2nd instance) - - - - - - - - - 1,264 1,264 Estonia - - - - - - - - 23 21 44 Hungary (Government)* 3,520 921 458 468 207 130 152 209 7,097 11,499 24,661 Hungary (UNHCR)* 450 380 401 261 231 460 515 898 268 - 3,864 Latvia - - - - - - - - 58 19 77 Lithuania - - - - - - - 320 163 133 616 Malta* - 61 403 - - 148 75 65 165 85 1,002 Poland - 2,437 592 819 598 843 3,211 3,533 3,373 2,955 18,361 Romania - 500 800 - - - 588 1,425 1,236 1,670 6,219 Slovakia - - 87 96 140 359 415 645 506 1,310 3,558 Slovenia - - - - - - 38 72 499 867 1,476 Turkey 2,505 9,074 7,011 5,796 4,442 3,778 4,183 5,053 6,838 6,606 55,286 Total 8,267 15,406 10,719 9,633 6,806 7,757 11,736 14,839 25,366 35,834 146,363


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Table V.12 Origin of asylum applicants in Europe by country of asylum, 1990-1999

Origin AUS BEL BUL CYP CZE DEN EST FIN FRA GFR GREYugoslavia, FR 31,076 29,160 472 586 1,675 12,025 - 3,762 13,138 472,888 305 Romania 23,065 19,595 - - 2,196 1,319 - 775 30,967 272,318 244 Turkey 7,940 7,732 98 17 195 644 * 711 33,227 224,746 4,084 Iraq 11,250 1,507 558 144 1,287 13,090 15 849 2,208 55,048 13,698 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4,788 3,087 - 43 107 15,125 - 82 1,848 47,834 *Sri Lanka 1,186 1,081 18 5 1,482 2,340 - 260 22,221 44,068 375 Afghanistan 4,877 1,109 681 * 4,674 15,787 7 120 1,158 60,375 414 Islamic Rep. of Iran 10,665 1,292 188 221 135 2,737 - 456 1,917 46,287 1,346 Somalia 757 1,547 26 * 103 11,363 * 2,924 1,968 15,092 88 Bulgaria 3,025 5,804 - * 4,556 531 - 260 3,121 83,211 115 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 676 18,939 * 5 153 178 - 329 24,568 27,958 48 Pakistan 3,464 6,523 51 5 355 914 8 111 8,689 33,808 603 India 3,107 8,584 9 * 1,274 508 - 42 7,127 37,218 215 Nigeria 2,572 3,991 39 46 281 409 * 113 1,640 32,477 29 Russian Federation 2,103 3,295 8 10 943 2,191 * 2,558 2,668 28,470 94 Viet Nam 840 493 * - 286 558 - 24 9,873 57,409 *Algeria 864 2,299 59 7 336 332 * 154 9,962 35,104 56 Albania 2,136 4,511 16 * 129 119 - 93 2,111 20,086 1,482 Lebanon 1,430 949 25 32 10 1,811 - 88 429 37,075 82 China 258 316 - - 8 454 - 63 18,918 15,154 23 Ghana 1,326 5,527 6 * 92 183 - 136 3,514 20,334 12 Angola 278 2,772 25 - 146 40 - 115 7,625 10,208 *Armenia 267 4,538 161 * 1,364 816 - 25 1,067 26,267 *Poland 224 2,282 - - 8 734 - 347 1,798 19,497 21 Ethiopia 187 393 26 * 14 423 - 192 361 13,144 468 Other/unknown 11,329 43,423 1,148 172 4,466 27,855 5 3,699 86,053 262,679 803 Total 129,690 180,749 3,618 1,316 26,275 112,486 44 18,288 298,176 1,998,755 24,615 Africa 9,815 56,368 369 131 1,363 17,574 9 4,506 100,019 264,177 1,104 Asia 49,395 43,177 1,953 486 11,867 41,172 33 3,340 126,047 704,605 21,143 Europe 68,374 79,245 501 652 10,493 35,337 2 10,024 59,314 998,746 2,272 Latin America and Caribbean 159 1,622 12 3 35 140 - 160 7,095 3,211 2 Other/unknown 1,947 337 783 44 2,517 18,263 - 258 5,701 28,016 94 Total 129,690 180,749 3,618 1,316 26,275 112,486 44 18,288 298,176 1,998,755 24,615

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Origin HUN ICE IRE ITA LIE LTU LUX LVA MTA NET NORYugoslavia, FR 8,221 13 615 9,776 499 * 4,349 - 40 28,864 13,944 Romania 167 - 4,743 5,877 - - 13 - * 9,393 706 Turkey 347 - 59 2,558 19 6 19 - 10 8,924 729 Iraq 1,494 * 265 6,049 - 7 38 6 431 36,433 6,448 Bosnia and Herzegovina 339 - 58 21 5 - 260 - - 26,499 8,305 Sri Lanka 310 - 26 383 - 37 * - - 15,777 2,943 Afghanistan 3,923 - 43 236 - 87 8 9 - 27,616 333 Islamic Rep. of Iran 172 * 21 593 - - 14 - * 22,111 2,167 Somalia 184 - 640 2,451 - 13 - - 16 29,593 5,197 Bulgaria 54 - 186 1,104 - - 18 - 9 2,284 321 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 54 * 1,356 438 - - 22 * - 6,916 120 Pakistan 453 - 118 253 - 31 18 7 * 1,898 589 India 182 - 45 29 - 30 * * - 1,205 153 Nigeria 271 - 4,299 91 - * 6 * 10 4,148 53 Russian Federation 53 * 445 251 * 8 62 10 - 6,603 948 Viet Nam 19 * 23 44 - 27 * 8 - 880 72 Algeria 604 - 908 188 - - 37 * 82 5,069 352 Albania 8 * 46 21,301 - - 309 - - 2,205 187 Lebanon 43 * 59 120 - - * - 15 3,048 715 China 130 - 27 25 - - * - * 8,222 112 Ghana 124 - 42 68 - - * - 5 1,709 55 Angola 20 - 473 260 - * 5 * - 6,179 29 Armenia 258 - 26 32 - * 15 12 - 4,588 170 Poland - - 737 13 * - * - - 2,509 543 Ethiopia 35 - 15 2,106 - - * - - 4,046 842 Other/unknown 11,059 58 6,452 35,276 218 364 246 17 371 55,499 8,031 Total 28,524 84 21,727 89,543 743 616 5,454 77 1,002 322,218 54,064 Africa 2,440 6 9,091 7,051 1 22 137 9 346 80,632 8,416 Asia 9,128 7 939 10,567 30 250 166 56 505 146,258 15,347 Europe 8,938 29 7,961 38,535 516 22 5,119 11 60 88,148 28,706 Latin America and Caribbean 2 - 303 130 - - 6 - - 1,293 539 Other/unknown 8,016 42 3,433 33,260 196 322 26 1 91 5,887 1,056 Total 28,524 84 21,727 89,543 743 616 5,454 77 1,002 322,218 54,064

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Origin POL POR ROM SPA SVK SVN SWE SWI TUR UKYugoslavia, FR 865 79 408 757 169 694 104,210 103,152 * 35,620 Romania 341 2,334 - 10,712 12 * 4,511 6,188 - 6,705 Turkey 86 8 172 236 41 66 3,500 22,584 - 18,640 Iraq 846 9 883 2,222 385 62 25,204 5,530 33,320 9,710 Bosnia and Herzegovina 28 65 5 1,742 51 165 31,639 20,636 - 160 Sri Lanka 2,287 11 147 82 116 * 1,416 26,671 271 27,285 Afghanistan 2,094 * 365 164 1,254 8 2,039 2,196 281 9,115 Islamic Rep. of Iran 102 22 244 1,907 10 133 9,707 1,702 15,731 6,120 Somalia 414 18 100 343 11 7 10,253 8,533 74 29,280 Bulgaria 270 45 - 1,863 13 - 918 1,314 - 2,595 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 23 541 250 1,195 * * 749 6,173 7 16,060 Pakistan 788 78 318 839 91 42 786 6,017 33 20,105 India 620 80 93 118 312 5 559 3,674 * 17,085 Nigeria 46 101 23 2,217 * * 472 2,128 49 19,260 Russian Federation 1,924 69 * 898 23 5 4,811 1,262 5 12,675 Viet Nam 42 - - 81 - - 206 1,028 - 25 Algeria 146 53 11 3,958 5 10 637 3,830 76 6,000 Albania 82 14 20 136 - * 333 12,471 - 15 Lebanon 331 * 13 63 * - 4,882 8,628 29 3,600 China 29 11 * 2,749 - - 449 463 33 9,835 Ghana 12 115 7 260 - 24 136 1,558 23 12,515 Angola 50 740 6 1,686 5 * 199 5,725 15 10,445 Armenia 2,811 29 * 1,748 43 44 509 1,157 - - Poland - 38 - 6,304 - - 2,322 716 - 6,240 Ethiopia 414 * * 174 * * 3,077 2,000 55 7,785 Other/unknown 3,703 1,099 3,138 41,091 1,010 197 32,062 27,333 836 88,823 Total 18,354 5,565 6,210 83,545 3,556 1,476 245,586 282,669 50,844 376,698 Africa 1,426 2,207 691 22,702 37 144 21,545 39,916 606 147,700 Asia 11,306 294 3,681 11,936 2,310 389 55,643 86,861 49,860 134,665 Europe 3,927 2,791 446 23,814 306 891 153,114 148,472 8 74,570 Latin America and Caribbean 6 26 - 19,071 - - 8,163 1,617 - 9,590 Other/unknown 1,689 247 1,392 6,022 903 52 7,121 5,803 370 9,173 Total 18,354 5,565 6,210 83,545 3,556 1,476 245,586 282,669 50,844 375,698

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Table V.13 Origin of asylum applicants in Europe by year of application, 1990-1999

Origin 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TOTALYugoslavia, FR 33,216 115,551 220,035 97,634 53,435 51,759 38,451 48,401 98,270 120,614 877,366 Romania 62,194 62,288 116,235 87,465 21,639 14,537 9,757 10,630 8,786 8,657 402,188 Turkey 48,771 45,492 37,121 25,499 26,124 41,385 38,416 33,106 21,762 19,723 337,399 Iraq 8,185 17,898 17,120 14,839 10,088 18,198 26,288 40,434 40,821 35,129 229,000 Bosnia and Herzegovina - - 13,856 75,937 24,274 17,231 6,484 8,226 10,207 6,679 162,894 Sri Lanka 19,518 23,742 16,901 12,611 12,934 12,765 13,084 14,118 12,345 12,785 150,803 Afghanistan 21,495 8,547 7,987 8,128 9,444 11,669 12,513 16,343 18,633 24,220 138,979 Islamic Rep. of Iran 19,996 17,363 9,319 8,070 11,999 10,994 11,644 10,148 10,315 16,157 126,005 Somalia 12,327 11,264 15,073 13,720 12,871 12,290 8,091 8,963 12,129 14,272 121,000 Bulgaria 13,020 17,502 33,912 26,289 5,757 3,806 3,795 4,011 1,686 1,840 111,618 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 11,844 17,632 18,100 11,814 8,836 7,761 7,847 8,726 6,959 7,249 106,768 Pakistan 10,409 13,717 9,583 6,596 5,999 9,825 7,838 8,270 6,596 8,163 86,996 India 11,861 11,733 9,610 9,310 6,013 9,131 7,393 5,833 4,792 6,606 82,282 Nigeria 8,130 12,444 12,698 4,291 6,325 8,901 6,354 5,281 5,659 4,698 74,781 Russian Federation 4,885 11,974 9,874 8,643 4,558 4,740 4,900 5,480 5,847 11,495 72,396 Viet Nam 13,466 11,616 13,798 12,434 4,126 3,723 2,753 3,525 3,547 2,955 71,943 Algeria 1,588 1,997 8,979 13,929 7,640 8,678 5,218 6,860 8,228 8,027 71,144 Albania 4,353 26,406 7,358 6,454 1,916 1,263 1,482 7,880 6,651 4,058 67,821 Lebanon 29,900 8,479 8,058 3,996 2,592 2,686 2,468 2,252 1,487 1,563 63,481 China 2,641 5,291 5,370 7,603 4,487 3,924 4,269 6,902 6,020 10,780 57,287 Ghana 9,416 11,157 10,480 5,526 3,097 3,196 1,651 1,382 900 982 47,787 Angola 9,739 11,345 2,268 4,506 4,945 3,191 2,534 2,058 2,147 4,319 47,052 Armenia - * 1,135 7,997 4,040 5,746 6,957 6,086 5,345 8,645 45,955 Poland 16,651 7,542 6,394 3,269 1,413 1,720 1,489 1,100 1,849 2,909 44,336 Ethiopia 8,939 7,945 3,609 2,403 2,761 2,520 2,242 2,066 1,547 1,739 35,771 Other/unknown 67,441 75,079 93,028 81,176 66,376 62,207 58,901 64,702 68,409 119,573 756,892 Total 449,985 554,008 707,901 560,139 323,689 333,846 292,819 332,783 370,937 463,837 4,389,944 Africa 85,651 109,739 114,633 92,172 75,028 71,854 55,631 58,950 64,034 72,859 800,551 Asia 200,105 176,080 148,939 129,829 109,239 143,835 148,108 165,216 150,277 171,755 1,543,383 Europe 137,113 244,152 419,637 322,669 124,127 107,347 76,361 97,784 146,865 175,287 1,851,342 Latin America and Caribbean 4,545 5,446 7,715 7,321 7,340 3,131 4,018 4,820 3,874 4,975 53,185 Other/unknown 22,571 18,591 16,977 8,148 7,955 7,679 8,701 6,013 5,887 38,961 141,483 Total 449,985 554,008 707,901 560,139 323,689 333,846 292,819 332,783 370,937 463,837 4,389,944

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Table V.14 Origin of asylum applicants in the European Union, 1990-1999

Origin 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TOTALYugoslavia, FR 26,828 99,967 210,907 88,228 47,683 46,105 32,001 40,994 71,185 82,726 746,624 Romania 60,028 58,952 115,556 87,145 21,422 13,943 8,964 10,300 8,450 7,811 392,571 Turkey 41,429 41,088 35,240 24,388 25,019 40,055 36,918 31,466 19,797 17,628 313,028 Iraq 7,543 10,453 11,085 9,892 9,789 14,806 22,295 35,173 31,216 25,328 177,580 Bosnia and Herzegovina - - 13,231 62,000 20,717 13,524 5,126 6,059 7,959 4,594 133,210 Afghanistan 21,167 8,211 7,660 7,920 9,185 11,166 11,344 14,515 15,117 16,778 123,063 Sri Lanka 13,993 15,805 13,667 10,632 11,198 11,537 10,060 10,694 9,072 9,857 116,515 Somalia 11,802 9,577 13,551 11,155 11,728 11,498 6,892 7,397 10,425 12,292 106,317 Islamic Rep. of Iran 17,583 14,860 7,608 6,883 11,755 9,746 9,794 7,993 7,658 11,315 105,195 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 11,078 16,173 17,373 11,435 8,526 7,412 7,111 7,845 6,383 6,637 99,973 Pakistan 9,163 12,360 8,935 6,164 5,553 9,314 7,094 7,348 5,612 6,664 78,207 India 10,002 10,815 9,559 9,266 5,945 8,853 6,941 5,435 3,982 5,125 75,923 Nigeria 7,812 11,889 12,575 4,199 6,183 8,680 6,069 4,983 5,120 4,315 71,825 Viet Nam 13,325 11,471 13,567 12,249 4,121 3,554 2,621 3,375 3,408 2,768 70,459 Russian Federation 4,706 10,000 9,498 8,534 4,450 4,428 4,595 5,132 5,380 10,470 67,193 Algeria 1,454 1,864 8,735 13,149 7,291 8,158 4,700 6,048 7,153 7,069 65,621 China 2,558 5,229 5,299 7,545 4,485 3,915 4,214 6,847 5,909 10,506 56,507 Albania 4,103 25,177 6,755 4,422 1,859 1,261 1,144 4,708 2,874 2,594 54,897 Armenia - - 970 7,234 3,873 5,531 6,478 5,407 3,669 6,768 39,930 Syrian Arab Rep. 6,393 2,721 2,079 1,583 1,562 2,113 2,972 2,849 3,028 3,781 29,081 Bangladesh 2,176 3,668 3,952 2,383 2,144 2,571 2,586 3,161 2,013 2,562 27,216 Sierra Leone 100 543 2,747 2,449 2,644 2,432 1,242 3,020 3,480 6,012 24,669 Stateless 2,424 1,049 1,000 1,033 955 3,029 3,487 3,533 3,497 3,964 23,971 Georgia - - 338 1,751 2,443 3,119 3,000 4,074 3,235 2,970 20,930 Sudan 889 1,587 2,895 1,408 1,457 2,688 1,983 2,132 3,131 2,685 20,855 Other/unknown 125,357 118,935 139,191 109,844 69,825 58,168 51,693 51,186 46,896 98,017 869,112 Total 401,913 492,394 673,973 512,891 301,812 307,606 261,324 291,674 295,649 371,236 3,910,472 Africa 81,191 102,085 110,828 86,580 71,533 68,480 50,336 52,847 56,405 64,343 744,628 Asia 173,582 147,952 133,497 117,980 104,328 134,337 133,541 146,861 122,273 134,996 1,349,347 Europe 126,607 220,883 407,791 295,271 113,568 96,413 65,520 82,469 109,139 129,703 1,647,364 Latin America and Caribbean 4,434 5,271 7,563 7,160 7,305 3,092 3,820 4,538 3,097 4,691 50,971 Other/unknown 16,099 16,203 14,294 5,900 5,078 5,284 8,107 4,959 4,735 37,503 118,162 Total 401,913 492,394 673,973 512,891 301,812 307,606 261,324 291,674 295,649 371,236 3,910,472

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Table V.15 Origin of asylum applicants in the European Union, Norway and Switzerland, 1990-1999

Origin 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TOTALYugoslavia, FR 33,216 115,506 219,741 97,615 53,354 51,738 38,305 48,250 93,204 112,791 863,720 Romania 62,194 61,688 116,235 87,404 21,581 14,035 9,042 10,433 8,618 8,235 399,465 Turkey 48,771 45,458 37,099 25,498 26,117 41,383 38,259 32,905 21,491 19,360 336,341 Iraq 7,704 10,744 11,313 10,105 10,066 15,226 22,821 35,967 34,553 31,059 189,558 Bosnia and Herzegovina - - 13,843 75,928 24,261 17,164 6,468 8,136 10,083 6,268 162,151 Sri Lanka 19,279 23,710 16,896 12,608 12,918 12,651 12,438 13,027 11,146 11,456 146,129 Afghanistan 21,420 8,457 7,959 8,089 9,366 11,290 11,545 14,746 15,407 17,313 125,592 Somalia 12,296 11,218 15,072 13,709 12,860 12,165 7,772 8,833 11,973 14,149 120,047 Islamic Rep. of Iran 18,451 15,326 7,878 7,124 11,997 10,019 10,048 8,260 8,090 11,871 109,064 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 11,843 17,623 18,082 11,798 8,818 7,743 7,813 8,457 6,924 7,165 106,266 Pakistan 10,407 13,713 9,583 6,596 5,999 9,782 7,593 7,822 6,066 7,252 84,813 India 11,861 11,731 9,610 9,309 6,013 9,013 7,151 5,642 4,154 5,266 79,750 Nigeria 8,128 12,404 12,698 4,281 6,308 8,863 6,326 5,197 5,365 4,436 74,006 Viet Nam 13,466 11,564 13,680 12,415 4,126 3,715 2,750 3,499 3,501 2,843 71,559 Algeria 1,588 1,997 8,979 13,917 7,630 8,589 5,122 6,634 7,721 7,626 69,803 Russian Federation 4,885 10,223 9,634 8,621 4,525 4,608 4,789 5,363 5,704 11,051 69,403 Albania 4,353 26,267 7,338 6,454 1,914 1,263 1,474 7,810 6,633 4,049 67,555 China 2,638 5,275 5,365 7,600 4,487 3,920 4,259 6,896 6,005 10,637 57,082 Angola 9,724 11,234 2,268 4,490 4,922 3,155 2,513 2,038 2,138 4,300 46,782 Armenia - - 972 7,264 3,879 5,535 6,535 5,572 4,181 7,319 41,257 Syrian Arab Rep. 6,679 2,925 2,240 1,673 1,620 2,127 3,071 2,948 3,188 4,043 30,514 Bangladesh 2,853 4,273 4,176 2,508 2,440 2,767 2,764 3,462 2,194 2,722 30,159 Sierra Leone 111 548 2,749 2,471 2,702 2,562 1,292 3,209 3,713 6,782 26,139 Stateless 2,628 1,261 1,050 1,153 982 3,088 3,506 3,575 3,582 4,128 24,953 Georgia - - 345 1,763 2,447 3,120 3,058 4,379 4,052 3,362 22,526 Other/unknown 127,330 115,447 142,364 110,110 69,993 60,566 54,389 54,867 55,638 101,981 892,571 Total 441,711 538,592 697,169 550,503 321,325 326,087 281,103 317,927 345,324 427,464 4,247,205 Africa 85,541 109,141 114,461 92,021 74,925 71,330 54,594 57,651 62,158 71,138 792,960 Asia 197,727 166,269 141,325 123,290 108,918 138,846 139,813 154,053 133,113 148,201 1,451,555 Europe 137,113 240,992 418,941 321,392 123,379 106,202 74,326 96,121 140,907 165,169 1,824,542 Latin America and Caribbean 4,545 5,432 7,711 7,319 7,334 3,127 4,014 4,815 3,861 4,969 53,127 Other/unknown 16,785 16,758 14,731 6,481 6,769 6,582 8,356 5,287 5,285 37,987 125,021 Total 441,711 538,592 697,169 550,503 321,325 326,087 281,103 317,927 345,324 427,464 4,247,205

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Table V.16 Origin of asylum applicants in Central Europe*, 1990-1999

Origin 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TOTALAfghanistan - 75 28 32 78 379 948 1,593 3,125 6,733 12,991 Yugoslavia, FR - 45 294 19 81 21 140 140 4,514 6,556 11,810 Iraq - 121 10 14 22 248 886 1,134 1,517 1,501 5,453 Bulgaria - 549 81 1,125 512 333 848 770 216 459 4,893 Armenia - * 163 733 161 211 421 514 1,145 1,287 4,639 Sri Lanka - 13 5 - 16 114 646 1,091 1,157 1,318 4,360 Bangladesh - 8 - - - 9 279 491 1,207 2,058 4,052 Russian Federation - 1,751 240 22 33 128 111 115 129 423 2,952 Romania - 600 - 61 58 502 715 195 163 422 2,716 India - * - * - 116 242 189 624 1,317 2,490 Pakistan - * - - - 37 243 436 487 852 2,056 Algeria - - - * 10 43 66 210 453 376 1,161 Turkey - 34 22 * 7 * 157 197 248 271 939 Islamic Rep. of Iran - 67 * 8 * 32 113 180 189 259 851 Somalia - 42 * * 11 105 318 118 144 98 838 Nigeria - 34 - * 17 23 20 83 227 254 662 Ukraine - 61 36 30 34 55 64 83 78 171 612 Bosnia and Herzegovina - - 13 9 13 31 16 83 23 342 530 Ethiopia - 306 54 * * 7 41 27 17 38 493 Dem. Rep. of the Congo - 9 18 15 18 17 33 267 30 77 484 Liberia - 8 * 6 7 14 194 178 55 5 470 Syrian Arab Rep. - 51 * * 8 12 24 67 82 181 427 Sierra Leone - - - - - 5 8 48 202 162 425 Lebanon - 269 * - - 8 59 31 33 22 423 Stateless - - 12 6 6 32 44 75 77 97 349 Other/unknown 5,762 2,222 2,322 1,744 1,269 1,235 679 933 1,253 2,042 19,461 Total 5,762 6,271 3,305 3,837 2,364 3,719 7,315 9,248 17,395 27,321 86,537 Africa - 551 172 56 103 320 923 1,183 1,548 1,470 6,326 Asia - 751 377 850 321 1,249 4,179 6,082 10,020 16,416 40,245 Europe - 3,151 696 1,277 748 1,102 2,029 1,633 5,265 8,710 24,611 Latin America and Caribbean - 14 4 2 6 4 4 5 13 3 55 Other/unknown 5,762 1,804 2,056 1,652 1,186 1,044 180 345 549 722 15,300 Total 5,762 6,271 3,305 3,837 2,364 3,719 7,315 9,248 17,395 27,321 86,537


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Table V.17 Origin of asylum applicants in Northern Europe*, 1990-1999

Origin 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TOTALYugoslavia, FR 3,274 14,840 78,247 8,187 9,890 4,672 1,683 3,161 5,820 4,180 133,954 Bosnia and Herzegovina - - 5,195 40,490 3,474 1,659 648 1,067 1,781 837 55,151 Iraq 2,821 5,134 5,018 3,637 2,481 2,654 2,608 4,360 7,231 9,651 45,595 Somalia 4,721 2,802 4,673 2,616 3,373 2,731 2,268 2,390 1,963 2,200 29,737 Afghanistan 12,801 161 757 598 652 605 401 461 762 1,081 18,279 Islamic Rep. of Iran 5,628 1,963 1,189 730 760 832 758 676 1,093 1,439 15,068 Russian Federation 1,183 1,987 2,277 1,378 772 587 401 404 487 1,033 10,509 Palestinians 1,598 532 2,268 1,341 698 480 607 393 - - 7,917 Lebanon 4,380 639 1,072 291 270 104 80 154 209 298 7,497 Romania 3,837 898 721 575 557 158 93 102 103 267 7,311 Sri Lanka 896 1,069 1,391 702 645 403 790 405 395 263 6,959 Stateless 2,000 777 664 335 281 146 127 194 680 711 5,915 Turkey 1,212 664 515 376 399 426 379 386 579 648 5,584 Croatia - - 81 792 146 350 137 263 2,766 103 4,638 Ethiopia 2,370 808 435 134 85 68 107 140 171 216 4,534 Poland 498 1,677 178 224 312 125 328 202 39 363 3,946 Syrian Arab Rep. 1,270 387 410 217 146 180 152 176 317 459 3,714 Slovakia - - - 124 12 38 10 43 119 2,861 3,207 Peru 306 545 828 476 332 381 147 42 51 52 3,160 Pakistan 172 170 67 129 214 257 232 230 343 586 2,400 Uganda 186 365 643 634 204 79 43 37 15 13 2,219 Bulgaria 774 295 288 266 175 72 41 52 40 27 2,030 Sudan 64 37 1,310 255 35 60 52 52 70 88 2,023 Bangladesh 303 291 404 240 180 136 64 109 112 130 1,969 Cuba * 89 26 219 1,180 300 16 15 16 36 1,899 Other/unknown 4,830 10,849 4,315 3,992 3,610 3,918 3,465 2,967 3,425 3,922 45,293 Total 55,126 46,979 112,972 68,958 30,883 21,421 15,637 18,481 28,587 31,464 430,508 Africa 8,956 5,902 9,188 5,645 5,009 4,056 3,437 3,385 3,020 3,449 52,047 Asia 30,424 11,106 11,687 7,613 6,334 6,298 6,296 7,741 11,977 16,033 115,509 Europe 10,528 19,961 87,615 52,936 15,905 8,094 3,697 5,995 11,831 10,648 227,210 Latin America and Caribbean 933 1,310 1,524 996 1,546 903 370 320 733 367 9,002 Other/unknown 4,285 8,700 2,958 1,768 2,089 2,070 1,837 1,040 1,026 967 26,740 Total 55,126 46,979 112,972 68,958 30,883 21,421 15,637 18,481 28,587 31,464 430,508


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Table V.18 Origin of asylum applicants in Southern Europe*, 1990-1999

Origin 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TOTALIraq 2,860 8,304 7,651 5,320 765 3,656 3,965 7,523 10,393 5,498 55,935 Albania 2,228 19,154 180 77 49 27 9 983 153 80 22,940 Islamic Rep. of Iran 2,151 2,151 1,505 1,056 428 1,668 2,339 2,082 2,279 4,298 19,957 Romania 1,363 3,067 2,013 3,313 2,549 1,949 921 1,591 1,364 1,044 19,174 Yugoslavia, FR 6 92 365 164 142 148 92 65 5,073 6,093 12,240 Peru 379 1,623 2,583 1,540 892 151 65 24 30 26 7,313 Turkey 1,182 564 105 326 609 647 321 266 2,122 837 6,979 Poland 3,312 983 1,196 619 202 52 * * 5 * 6,376 Algeria * * * 109 319 356 171 325 1,737 1,406 4,430 Cuba 138 201 462 441 839 508 389 288 214 283 3,763 Senegal 492 340 959 569 701 169 62 76 46 17 3,431 Bulgaria 469 1,221 732 312 212 81 42 36 11 21 3,137 Somalia 333 1,718 371 93 91 107 41 81 101 65 3,001 Liberia 11 397 496 317 255 281 420 392 212 76 2,857 China 24 20 7 1,521 1,140 53 22 5 17 36 2,845 Ethiopia 665 695 398 372 233 122 84 48 60 134 2,811 Angola 611 543 126 729 294 112 61 49 56 124 2,705 Nigeria 437 343 8 81 172 192 292 406 380 233 2,544 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 15 260 591 204 115 72 152 222 406 200 2,237 Colombia - * 219 386 505 70 57 98 163 606 2,106 Bosnia and Herzegovina - - * 725 254 176 73 60 417 332 2,038 Sierra Leone - - * 22 34 54 45 156 681 955 1,950 Armenia - - - 15 149 128 243 186 197 939 1,857 Pakistan 369 215 32 161 182 257 119 145 198 176 1,854 Dominican Rep. - 160 1,041 - 638 5 * - * - 1,848 Other/unknown 5,174 4,617 6,656 4,489 4,085 2,184 1,721 1,679 2,503 28,470 61,578 Total 22,220 46,672 27,704 22,961 15,854 13,225 11,710 16,788 28,821 51,951 257,906 Africa 3,099 4,800 3,390 3,362 3,642 2,613 2,062 2,593 4,637 4,093 34,291 Asia 7,522 11,676 9,487 8,921 3,721 6,816 7,308 10,609 16,193 12,927 95,180 Europe 7,464 24,545 4,572 5,543 3,839 2,748 1,335 2,995 7,405 8,577 69,023 Latin America and Caribbean 650 1,989 4,306 4,614 4,070 950 669 486 520 978 19,232 Other/unknown 3,485 3,662 5,949 521 582 98 336 105 66 25,376 40,180 Total 22,220 46,672 27,704 22,961 15,854 13,225 11,710 16,788 28,821 51,951 257,906


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Table V.19 Origin of asylum applicants in the candidate countries for EU membership*, 1990-1999

Origin 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TOTALIraq 481 7,154 5,807 4,734 22 2,972 3,467 4,467 6,267 4,067 39,438 Islamic Rep. of Iran 1,545 2,037 1,441 946 * 975 1,596 1,888 2,225 4,285 16,940 Afghanistan 75 90 28 39 78 379 968 1,597 3,226 6,907 13,387 Yugoslavia, FR - 45 294 19 81 21 146 147 4,842 7,539 13,134 Bulgaria - 558 81 1,125 512 333 848 770 216 460 4,903 Armenia - * 163 733 161 211 422 514 1,164 1,326 4,698 Sri Lanka 239 32 5 * 16 114 646 1,091 1,199 1,329 4,674 Bangladesh - 10 - - - 9 279 492 1,227 2,084 4,101 Russian Federation - 1,751 240 22 33 132 111 117 142 443 2,991 Romania - 600 - 61 58 502 715 197 168 422 2,723 India - * - * - 118 242 191 638 1,340 2,532 Pakistan * * - - - 43 245 448 530 911 2,183 Algeria - - - 12 10 89 96 226 507 401 1,341 Turkey - 34 22 * 7 * 157 201 265 350 1,039 Somalia 31 46 * 11 11 125 319 130 156 123 953 Nigeria * 40 - 10 17 38 28 84 294 262 775 Bosnia and Herzegovina - - 13 9 13 67 16 90 124 406 738 Ukraine - 61 36 30 34 55 64 83 80 175 618 Syrian Arab Rep. 9 60 * 18 8 52 40 72 102 208 570 Sierra Leone - - - - - 11 8 54 294 196 563 Ethiopia 14 318 54 * * 8 43 27 18 66 553 Palestinians 16 20 - 9 * 38 123 69 133 114 526 Liberia - 8 * 12 7 19 195 186 63 10 503 Dem. Rep. of the Congo * 9 18 16 18 18 34 269 35 83 501 Lebanon 19 269 * - - 24 71 40 48 27 499 Other/unknown 5,833 2,254 2,511 1,818 1,271 1,399 833 1,400 1,403 2,307 21,029 Total 8,267 15,406 10,719 9,633 2,364 7,754 11,712 14,850 25,366 35,841 141,912 Africa 110 598 172 151 103 524 1,037 1,298 1,879 1,721 7,593 Asia 2,378 9,811 7,614 6,539 321 4,989 8,295 11,162 17,168 23,547 91,824 Europe - 3,160 696 1,277 748 1,145 2,035 1,659 5,727 9,810 26,257 Latin America and Caribbean - 14 4 2 6 4 4 5 13 6 58 Other/unknown 5,779 1,823 2,233 1,664 1,186 1,092 341 726 579 757 16,180 Total 8,267 15,406 10,719 9,633 2,364 7,754 11,712 14,850 25,366 35,841 141,912

* For countries included see Table IV.3.

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Table V.20 Origin of asylum applicants in the United States, 1990-1999

Origin 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TOTALEl Salvador 22,271 10,244 6,781 14,554 18,458 75,138 63,174 4,706 3,553 1,720 220,599 Guatemala 12,234 14,774 43,915 34,045 34,176 22,006 8,857 2,386 2,526 1,017 175,936 Mexico 122 188 614 6,390 9,266 9,148 7,820 13,663 4,460 2,233 53,904 China 1,287 895 3,464 14,433 10,839 4,822 1,976 2,377 3,074 4,153 47,320 Haiti 425 387 5,374 10,858 9,403 2,396 3,792 4,310 2,676 2,428 42,049 Nicaragua 18,304 2,219 2,075 3,038 4,445 1,712 1,444 658 327 85 34,307 India 43 666 3,224 5,657 4,415 3,135 3,942 3,776 1,764 1,168 27,790 Russian Federation 1,043 3,832 5,257 3,234 2,163 775 512 554 1,073 758 19,201 Cuba 3,925 1,306 2,376 2,674 3,155 1,180 654 481 295 227 16,273 Pakistan 98 498 3,348 4,511 3,262 2,318 651 548 364 338 15,936 Honduras 1,097 808 1,127 2,780 4,318 2,926 972 473 278 68 14,847 Philippines 334 1,268 4,022 3,932 2,291 832 722 437 98 - 13,936 Bangladesh - 158 1,044 3,764 3,670 1,778 436 260 221 112 11,443 Yugoslavia, FR 355 1,224 2,300 2,221 1,306 725 737 650 500 928 10,946 Ethiopia 1,532 1,455 1,003 1,200 825 835 948 961 868 1,075 10,702 Peru 251 437 1,148 3,135 2,855 1,297 341 416 385 128 10,393 Liberia 1,572 2,513 1,378 846 761 694 606 707 576 624 10,277 Somalia 377 317 154 131 114 186 1,140 1,861 2,268 3,086 9,634 Romania 1,593 2,412 2,097 1,111 1,029 467 138 111 49 - 9,007 Islamic Rep. of Iran 1,550 770 692 557 508 498 468 811 746 773 7,373 Ecuador - 50 127 530 2,431 1,709 326 255 42 - 5,470 Colombia 101 227 584 1,290 1,336 740 250 251 200 301 5,280 Armenia - - 386 923 913 525 351 420 446 785 4,749 Ghana 34 157 485 1,597 1,513 685 94 43 31 - 4,639 Iraq 100 338 167 173 145 117 422 2,328 178 147 4,115 Other/unknown 4,989 9,167 10,822 19,534 20,980 12,051 6,357 8,774 8,040 9,581 110,295 Total 73,637 56,310 103,964 143,118 144,577 148,695 107,130 52,217 35,038 31,735 896,421 Africa 3,883 5,526 5,076 6,806 6,721 4,854 5,351 7,230 8,062 8,632 62,141 Asia 4,840 8,697 20,014 37,552 28,728 15,278 9,606 11,825 8,599 10,539 155,678 Europe 4,616 9,514 11,216 9,795 7,973 3,751 2,323 2,865 3,128 2,723 57,904 Latin America and Caribbean 59,355 30,875 64,344 81,059 93,369 119,824 87,741 27,745 14,974 8,207 587,493 Other/unknown 943 1,698 3,314 7,906 7,786 4,988 2,109 2,552 275 1,634 33,205 Total 73,637 56,310 103,964 143,118 144,577 148,695 107,130 52,217 35,038 31,735 896,421

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Table V.21 Origin of asylum applicants in Canada, 1990-1999

Origin 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 TOTALSri Lanka 4,548 4,144 5,890 3,394 2,658 2,392 2,946 2,665 2,634 2,915 34,186 Somalia 3,856 3,595 3,170 2,468 1,989 1,655 962 689 653 531 19,568 Islamic Rep. of Iran 2,101 1,545 1,407 1,019 1,470 1,901 1,728 1,210 880 794 14,055 China 3,086 1,652 1,162 411 603 777 929 900 1,420 2,443 13,383 Pakistan 988 962 2,003 639 703 1,011 1,105 1,047 1,607 2,335 12,400 India 863 819 1,351 990 1,128 1,259 1,367 1,166 1,157 1,346 11,446 Israel 65 255 2,179 1,003 754 1,226 1,270 416 360 302 7,830 Lebanon 2,316 1,329 1,129 415 467 434 274 268 197 345 7,174 El Salvador 2,137 1,389 826 382 455 444 307 365 301 300 6,906 Bangladesh 424 430 809 612 772 900 806 539 394 317 6,003 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 156 398 596 322 417 592 1,127 767 744 880 5,999 Mexico 280 211 268 200 247 548 951 926 1,158 1,172 5,961 Romania 538 798 754 651 472 575 523 401 346 537 5,595 Chile 193 246 186 87 89 1,483 2,824 99 48 95 5,350 Algeria 187 123 179 255 721 801 609 857 813 569 5,114 Nigeria 571 813 641 188 233 322 410 482 580 583 4,823 Bulgaria 2,514 629 267 178 160 131 178 194 204 242 4,697 Guatemala 589 521 684 501 482 496 395 329 192 168 4,357 Yugoslavia, FR 229 505 1,220 467 287 254 254 286 317 400 4,219 Russian Federation 6 45 443 195 398 445 565 546 666 861 4,170 Ghana 1,149 1,076 669 178 266 240 173 134 97 133 4,115 Afghanistan 175 240 278 302 560 473 378 335 380 511 3,632 Peru 213 312 644 420 423 342 215 360 319 383 3,631 Venezuela 166 241 285 257 446 1,071 379 115 99 97 3,156 Hungary 44 29 34 13 6 42 64 294 977 1,581 3,084 Other/unknown 9,341 10,040 10,674 4,745 5,800 6,258 5,381 7,194 7,295 9,553 76,281 Total 36,735 32,347 37,748 20,292 22,006 26,072 26,120 22,584 23,838 29,393 277,135 Africa 7,492 8,389 6,957 4,538 5,234 5,217 4,711 4,739 5,284 5,367 57,928 Asia 15,550 12,332 17,318 9,436 10,043 12,083 12,150 9,958 10,669 13,509 123,048 Europe 4,234 2,589 4,638 2,244 2,306 2,458 2,524 3,981 3,766 5,175 33,915 Latin America and Caribbean 7,406 5,995 6,069 3,357 4,330 6,249 6,679 3,742 4,044 5,263 53,134 Other/unknown 2,053 3,042 2,766 717 93 65 56 164 75 79 9,110 Total 36,735 32,347 37,748 20,292 22,006 26,072 26,120 22,584 23,838 29,393 277,135

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CHAPTER VI.

ASYLUM APPLICATIONSPRIOR TO 1980


Table VI.1 Asylum applications submitted in Austria, 1955-1959

1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 TotalTotal - 162,283 33,062 5,347 3,798 204,490

Table VI.2 Asylum applications submitted in industrialized countries, 1960-1964

Country 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 TotalAustria 5,087 3,951 3,357 2,834 3,678 18,907 Germany* 2,980 2,722 2,550 3,238 4,542 16,032 Italy* - - 4,803 5,388 4,646 14,837 Switzerland - - - - 208 208 Total 8,067 6,673 10,710 11,460 13,074 49,984


Country 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 TotalAustria 4,192 3,840 3,919 5,753 8,102 25,806 Germany* 4,337 4,370 2,992 5,606 11,664 28,969 Italy* 5,887 4,645 4,495 4,836 4,745 24,608 Switzerland 269 291 258 3,524 7,877 12,219 Total 14,685 13,146 11,664 19,719 32,388 91,602


Country 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 TotalAustria 2,493 1,735 1,638 1,370 1,504 8,740 Belgium - - 680 - 1,010 1,690 Denmark* - 1,880 718 461 670 3,729 France - - 1,545 1,484 2,092 5,121 Germany* 8,645 5,388 5,289 5,595 9,424 34,341 Italy* 3,416 2,705 2,191 1,645 1,080 11,037 Portugal* - - - - 16 16 Switzerland - - 1,053 1,043 1,132 3,228 Turkey - - 131 92 77 300 United States* - - - 1,913 2,716 4,629 Total 14,554 11,708 13,245 13,603 19,721 72,831


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Country 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 TotalAustria 1,337 1,818 2,566 3,412 5,627 14,760 Belgium 924 1,250 945 1,082 2,427 6,628 Denmark* 418 - 236 173 430 1,257 France 6,664 - 17,007 - 16,800 40,471 Germany* 9,627 11,123 16,410 33,136 51,493 121,789 Greece - 2,850 2,614 - 3,765 9,229 Italy* 701 645 729 802 1,377 4,254 Netherlands* - 469 760 778 3,250 5,257 Portugal* 87 16 7 536 1,020 1,666 Switzerland 1,324 853 1,085 1,389 1,882 6,533 Turkey 36 64 66 131 74 371 United Kingdom* 1,800 - - - 1,563 3,363 United States* 2,432 3,629 2,529 3,702 5,801 18,093 Total 25,350 22,717 44,954 45,141 95,509 233,671


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Table VI.6 Asylum applications submitted in Switzerland, 1960-1964

Origin 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 TotalHungary - - - - 97 97 Yugoslavia, FR - - - - 55 55 Poland - - - - 11 11 Czech Rep. - - - - 9 9 Bulgaria - - - - * *Romania - - - - * *Other/unknown - - - - 31 31 Total - - - - 208 208 Africa - - - - - - Asia - - - - - - Europe - - - - 177 177 Latin America and Caribbean - - - - - - Other/unknown - - - - 31 31 Total - - - - 208 208

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Table VI.7 Asylum applications submitted in Germany, 1965-1969

Origin 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 TotalCzech Rep. - - 3,337 8,955 12,292 Yugoslavia, FR - - 829 679 1,508 Hungary - - 395 496 891 Greece - - 208 265 473 Romania - - 103 321 424 Poland - - 225 189 414 Bulgaria - - 108 147 255 Stateless 42 31 29 95 197 Syrian Arab Rep. - - 55 136 191 Jordan - - 75 76 151 Egypt - - 44 38 82 Nigeria - - 32 35 67 Iraq - - 14 20 34 Indonesia - - 8 21 29 Islamic Rep. of Iran - - 19 10 29 Algeria - - 11 12 23 Israel - - * 21 23 Russian Federation - - 7 15 22 China - - 7 14 21 Turkey - - 7 11 18 Cuba - - 9 9 18 Portugal - - 7 6 13 Ethiopia - - * 9 12 Myanmar - - * 10 12 Albania - - 5 7 12 Spain - - * 9 12 South Africa - - 6 5 11 Sudan - - * 6 9 Lebanon - - * 5 8 Tibetans - - * * 7 Austria - - * * 7 France - - * 5 7 Morocco - - * * 6 Rep. of Korea - - * * 5 Namibia - - * - *Zimbabwe - - * - *Viet Nam - - - * *Yemen - - * * *Haiti - - * * *Tunisia - - * * *Other/unknown 4,337 4,328 2,961 20 17 11,663 Total 4,337 4,370 2,992 5,606 11,664 28,969 Africa - - - 119 112 231 Asia - - - 203 344 547 Europe - - - 5,237 11,099 16,336 Latin America and Caribbean - - - 12 12 24 Other/unknown 4,337 4,370 2,992 35 97 11,831 Total 4,337 4,370 2,992 5,606 11,664 28,969

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Origin 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 TotalCzech Rep. 26 25 29 3,141 7,341 10,562 Hungary 169 165 139 149 222 844 Poland 16 21 13 54 101 205 Yugoslavia, FR 26 37 35 20 30 148 Romania 6 * 15 29 57 111 Egypt - - - 46 20 66 Bulgaria 11 7 6 12 29 65 Greece - - - * 13 17 Spain - - - 12 * 16 Syrian Arab Rep. - - - 11 * 13 Sudan - - - * 8 10 Portugal - - - 5 * 8 Lebanon - - - - 7 7 Turkey - - - 5 * 7 France - - - * * 6 Germany - - - * * 6 Viet Nam - - - - 5 5 Algeria - - - * - *Zimbabwe - - - - * *Other/unknown 15 32 21 29 24 121 Total 269 291 258 3,524 7,877 12,219 Africa - - - 49 29 78 Asia - - - 16 16 32 Europe 254 259 237 3,430 7,808 11,988 Latin America and Caribbean - - - - - - Other/unknown 15 32 21 29 24 121 Total 269 291 258 3,524 7,877 12,219

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Origin 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 TotalHungary - - 873 664 529 2,066 Romania - - 158 168 306 632 Czech Rep. - - 276 105 146 527 Poland - - 135 150 196 481 Bulgaria - - 82 87 69 238 Yugoslavia, FR - - 44 73 121 238 Chile - - - - 66 66 Albania - - 14 21 5 40 Russian Federation - - 16 6 - 22 Other/unknown 2,493 1,735 40 96 66 4,430 Total 2,493 1,735 1,638 1,370 1,504 8,740 Africa - - - - - - Asia - - - - - - Europe - - 1,598 1,274 1,372 4,244 Latin America and Caribbean - - - - 66 66 Other/unknown 2,493 1,735 40 96 66 4,430 Total 2,493 1,735 1,638 1,370 1,504 8,740

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Table VI.10 Asylum applications submitted in Belgium, 1970-1974

Origin 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 TotalYugoslavia, FR - - 243 - - 243 Portugal - - 120 - - 120 Poland - - 70 - - 70 Spain - - 44 - - 44 Romania - - 38 - - 38 Hungary - - 35 - - 35 Burundi - - 25 - - 25 Morocco - - 16 - - 16 China - - 11 - - 11 Greece - - 11 - - 11 Bulgaria - - 8 - - 8 Czech Rep. - - 7 - - 7 Dem. Rep. of the Congo - - 6 - - 6 Rwanda - - 5 - - 5 Tunisia - - 5 - - 5 Turkey - - 5 - - 5 Iraq - - * - - *United Rep. of Tanzania - - * - - *France - - * - - *Mauritius - - * - - *Uganda - - * - - *Pakistan - - * - - *Syrian Arab Rep. - - * - - *Viet Nam - - * - - *Lithuania - - * - - *Russian Federation - - * - - *Algeria - - * - - *Angola - - * - - *Cameroon - - * - - *Egypt - - * - - *United Kingdom - - * - - *Guyana - - * - - *Nicaragua - - * - - *Other/unknown - - - - 1,010 1,010 Total - - 680 - 1,010 1,690 Africa - - 70 - - 70 Asia - - 30 - - 30 Europe - - 580 - - 580 Latin America and Caribbean - - - - - - Other/unknown - - - - 1,010 1,010 Total - - 680 - 1,010 1,690

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Table VI.11 Asylum applications submitted in Denmark, 1970-1974

Origin 1970-71 1972 1973 1974 TotalPoland 1,359 508 207 - 2,074 Czech Rep. 219 23 6 - 248 Uganda - 34 100 - 134 Hungary 69 31 16 - 116 Portugal 32 32 34 - 98 Greece 33 6 9 - 48 Ethiopia 20 10 9 - 39 Russian Federation 16 12 9 - 37 Bulgaria 25 * 6 - 35 Israel 32 * - - 33 Romania 15 10 * - 29 Spain 11 * 8 - 23 Egypt 6 6 5 - 17 Yemen * * 6 - 13 Nigeria 12 - - - 12 Somalia * 5 * - 11 Yugoslavia, FR * * 8 - 11 Jordan 5 * * - 9 Indonesia * 5 * - 8 Panama - 5 * - 6 United Rep. of Tanzania * * * - 5 Syrian Arab Rep. * * * - 5 Sudan * * * - *Chile - * * - *Guinea * - * - *South Africa - * * - *Islamic Rep. of Iran * - * - *Iraq * * - - *Palestinians - - * - *Turkey * * - - *Brazil - - * - *Burundi * - * - *Morocco * - * - *Lebanon - * * - *Pakistan - * - - *Uruguay - - * - *United States * - - - *Burkina Faso - - * - *Kenya - - * - *Mozambique * - - - *Other/unknown 3 2 1 670 676 Total 1,882 718 461 670 3,731 Africa 48 61 127 - 236 Asia 51 19 15 - 85 Europe 1,781 632 307 - 2,720 Latin America and Caribbean - 6 9 - 15 Other/unknown 2 - 3 670 675 Total 1,882 718 461 670 3,731

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Origin 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 TotalCzech Rep. 5,272 1,793 899 - - 7,964 Stateless 221 306 525 503 1,118 2,673 Hungary 786 605 888 - - 2,279 Yugoslavia, FR 570 380 401 - - 1,351 Jordan 133 601 525 - - 1,259 Romania 257 276 352 - - 885 Poland 259 243 347 - - 849 Greece 316 229 244 - - 789 Bulgaria 228 174 173 - - 575 Syrian Arab Rep. 176 209 134 - - 519 Lebanon 33 42 170 - - 245 Egypt 56 53 93 - - 202 Iraq 48 69 67 - - 184 Ethiopia 14 24 48 - - 86 Nigeria 35 27 17 - - 79 Somalia 29 15 34 - - 78 Islamic Rep. of Iran 15 28 33 - - 76 Turkey 18 24 31 - - 73 Indonesia 11 22 29 - - 62 Sudan 10 21 18 - - 49 China 15 18 9 - - 42 Spain 10 17 15 - - 42 Pakistan * 26 12 - - 41 Portugal 10 11 18 - - 39 Albania 7 7 17 - - 31 Russian Federation 12 6 10 - - 28 Guinea 5 12 10 - - 27 Algeria 9 10 6 - - 25 Chile 5 15 * - - 24 Dem. Rep. of the Congo * * 18 - - 23 Tunisia * 7 13 - - 21 Israel 6 8 7 - - 21 Uganda * 5 13 - - 20 Namibia * 11 5 - - 19 Morocco 7 6 5 - - 18 Burundi - * 12 - - 15 Yemen * * 10 - - 15 United Rep. of Tanzania * 6 7 - - 14 Myanmar 6 * * - - 13 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya * * * - - 10 Other/unknown 50 66 62 5,092 8,306 13,576 Total 8,645 5,388 5,289 5,595 9,424 34,341 Africa 186 230 327 - - 743 Asia 477 1,077 1,049 - - 2,603 Europe 7,745 3,745 3,374 - - 14,864 Latin America and Caribbean 15 26 14 - - 55 Other/unknown 222 310 525 5,595 9,424 16,076 Total 8,645 5,388 5,289 5,595 9,424 34,341

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Table VI.13 Asylum applications submitted in Italy, 1970-1974

Origin 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 TotalHungary - 1,000 810 736 415 2,961 Yugoslavia, FR - 628 548 297 218 1,691 Poland - 400 252 201 112 965 Romania - 311 265 155 135 866 Bulgaria - 217 174 125 90 606 Czech Rep. - 106 89 75 57 327 Albania - * 13 14 10 40 Other/unknown 3,416 40 40 42 43 3,581 Total 3,416 2,705 2,191 1,645 1,080 11,037 Africa - - - - - - Asia - - - - - - Europe - 2,665 2,151 1,603 1,037 7,456 Latin America and Caribbean - - - - - - Other/unknown 3,416 40 40 42 43 3,581 Total 3,416 2,705 2,191 1,645 1,080 11,037

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Origin 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 TotalHungary - - 327 336 260 923 Czech Rep. - - 280 188 177 645 Poland - - 143 130 93 366 Chile - - - 11 277 288 Romania - - 67 88 95 250 Bulgaria - - 49 73 40 162 Yugoslavia, FR - - 30 28 44 102 Portugal - - 14 32 30 76 Greece - - 8 13 17 38 Uganda - - 16 9 * 27 Morocco - - 6 6 13 25 Turkey - - * 12 10 24 Egypt - - 12 6 * 21 Russian Federation - - * 15 * 21 Spain - - * 11 6 20 Guinea - - * 8 5 16 Zimbabwe - - 8 * 5 15 Bangladesh - - 15 - - 15 Syrian Arab Rep. - - 9 - * 13 Iraq - - * 6 * 12 Pakistan - - * 8 - 10 Cyprus - - - - 9 9 Stateless - - 9 - - 9 China - - * * * 8 Philippines - - - 8 - 8 France - - * * * 7 Brazil - - 5 * * 7 Tunisia - - - 5 * 6 Italy - - * * * 6 United Kingdom - - * * - 6 Uruguay - - - 5 * 6 Ethiopia - - * - * 5 Nigeria - - - 5 - 5 Somalia - - * * * 5 Germany - - * * * 5 Haiti - - * - * 5 Burundi - - - * - *United Rep. of Tanzania - - * * * *India - - - * * *Sri Lanka - - * * - *Other/unknown - - 18 16 12 46 Total - - 1,053 1,043 1,132 3,228 Africa - - 56 54 38 148 Asia - - 42 44 35 121 Europe - - 935 923 772 2,630 Latin America and Caribbean - - 9 21 287 317 Other/unknown - - 11 1 - 12 Total - - 1,053 1,043 1,132 3,228

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Table VI.15 Asylum applications submitted in Turkey, 1970-1974

Origin 1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 TotalRomania - - 60 47 39 146 Bulgaria - - 47 21 25 93 Poland - - 8 11 7 26 Hungary - - * 6 * 12 Czech Rep. - - * * * 9 Russian Federation - - * * * 7 Albania - - * - - *Greece - - * - - *Other/unknown - - - 1 - 1 Total - - 131 92 77 300 Africa - - - - - - Asia - - - - - - Europe - - 131 91 77 299 Latin America and Caribbean - - - - - - Other/unknown - - - 1 - 1 Total - - 131 92 77 300

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Origin 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 TotalCzech Rep. 150 194 - - 1,834 2,178 Poland 182 291 - - 1,095 1,568 Hungary 424 467 - - 580 1,471 Romania 147 203 - - 976 1,326 Viet Nam 78 53 - - 291 422 Yugoslavia, FR 198 108 - - 49 355 Bulgaria 60 109 - - 107 276 Chile 48 88 - - 36 172 Iraq - 103 - - 45 148 Stateless 15 10 - - 123 148 Turkey - - - - 100 100 Cambodia - 83 - - 13 96 Lebanon - - - - 95 95 Albania 19 20 - - 28 67 Syrian Arab Rep. - - - - 62 62 Uruguay - 36 - - * 38 Russian Federation 6 16 - - 5 27 Lao People's Dem. Rep. - - - - 10 10 Uganda * 6 - - - 8 Argentina - - - - * *Other/unknown 8 31 2,566 3,412 175 6,192 Total 1,337 1,818 2,566 3,412 5,627 14,760 Africa 2 6 - - - 8 Asia 78 239 - - 616 933 Europe 1,186 1,436 - - 4,849 7,471 Latin America and Caribbean 48 124 - - 39 211 Other/unknown 23 13 2,566 3,412 123 6,137 Total 1,337 1,818 2,566 3,412 5,627 14,760

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Table VI.17 Asylum applications submitted in Belgium, 1975-1979

Origin 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 TotalViet Nam 485 - 144 179 1,290 2,098 Yugoslavia, FR 130 - 184 122 79 515 Chile 62 - 124 198 113 497 Cambodia 26 - 40 34 83 183 Poland 23 - 73 37 47 180 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 6 - 72 60 20 158 Hungary 30 - 21 29 32 112 Romania 8 - 25 27 27 87 Uruguay - - 39 18 23 80 Turkey 7 - - - 63 70 Spain 34 - 13 15 5 67 Russian Federation 8 - 8 21 8 45 Czech Rep. 9 - 11 11 13 44 Argentina - - - 22 20 42 Ethiopia * - * 19 10 34 Portugal 31 - - - - 31 Morocco 8 - * 7 7 26 Angola * - 11 6 * 21 Lebanon 8 - * 8 - 20 Bulgaria * - * 6 8 18 Rwanda 6 - 8 * - 16 Algeria * - 6 5 * 14 Burundi - - * * 7 12 Albania - - * * 7 11 Israel 10 - - - - 10 Tunisia 5 - - - - 5 Liberia - - - - * *Syrian Arab Rep. * - - - - *Brazil - - - * - *South Africa - - * - - *China * - - - - *Haiti * - - - - *Benin * - - - - *Congo * - - - - *Guinea * - - - - *Mauritania * - - - - *Namibia * - - - - *Niger * - - - - *Somalia * - - - - *Sudan * - - - - *Other/unknown 4 1,250 147 249 559 2,209 Total 924 1,250 945 1,082 2,427 6,628 Africa 39 - 110 100 50 299 Asia 544 - 188 221 1,436 2,389 Europe 277 - 337 271 226 1,111 Latin America and Caribbean 64 - 163 241 156 624 Other/unknown - 1,250 147 249 559 2,205 Total 924 1,250 945 1,082 2,427 6,628

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Table VI.18 Asylum applications submitted in Denmark, 1975-1979

Origin 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 TotalViet Nam 108 - 54 24 195 381 Chile 141 - 34 29 79 283 Poland 92 - 85 - 17 194 Argentina * - * 10 41 53 Portugal - - - 45 - 45 South Africa 12 - * 17 - 33 Hungary 16 - 9 * * 33 Russian Federation * - 14 - 18 33 Ethiopia * - 11 5 14 32 Uruguay - - - - 28 28 Czech Rep. * - - 10 5 19 Romania 6 - * 5 * 15 United Rep. of Tanzania * - * * 7 14 Uganda 7 - * * * 13 Iraq * - * * 8 11 Egypt 5 - * * - 7 Somalia * - * * - 6 Cambodia * - - - * 6 Bulgaria * - * * - 6 Yugoslavia, FR * - * - - 5 Jordan * - - * - *Turkey - - * - - *Ghana - - * * - *Spain * - - - - *Bolivia - - * - * *Guyana - - - * - *Nigeria * - * - - *Zimbabwe - - * * - *Lebanon * - - - - *Syrian Arab Rep. - - * - - *Brazil - - * - * *Algeria - - - * - *Burundi - - - - * *Djibouti - - - - * *Guinea - - - - * *Morocco * - - - - *Bangladesh - - * - - *Indonesia - - - * - *Islamic Rep. of Iran - - - - * *Greece * - - - - *Other/unknown - - - - 1 1 Total 418 - 236 173 430 1,257 Africa 31 - 25 36 25 117 Asia 118 - 62 27 206 413 Europe 127 - 112 68 47 354 Latin America and Caribbean 142 - 37 42 152 373 Other/unknown - - - - - - Total 418 - 236 173 430 1,257

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Origin 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 TotalTurkey - 809 1,168 7,419 18,044 27,440 Pakistan - 2,033 4,893 5,245 4,671 16,842 Stateless 718 1,026 1,806 2,919 3,157 9,626 India - 627 724 4,174 3,812 9,337 Lebanon - 1,272 1,289 3,146 2,772 8,479 Ghana - 147 518 1,682 1,701 4,048 Bangladesh - 118 311 1,030 1,577 3,036 Poland - 419 572 836 977 2,804 Hungary - 574 597 692 921 2,784 Czech Rep. - 377 393 812 1,195 2,777 Romania - 341 491 637 633 2,102 Yugoslavia, FR - 526 506 486 390 1,908 Jordan - 536 663 571 - 1,770 Sri Lanka - 69 71 284 1,077 1,501 Chile - 423 411 316 159 1,309 Viet Nam - 431 388 394 - 1,213 Ethiopia - 113 198 307 512 1,130 Syrian Arab Rep. - 239 249 366 - 854 Egypt - 143 271 383 - 797 Afghanistan - 15 36 126 498 675 Islamic Rep. of Iran - 25 31 54 330 440 Iraq - 59 123 187 - 369 China - 141 - - - 141 Uganda - 33 39 53 - 125 Greece - 124 - - - 124 Bulgaria - 98 - - - 98 Israel - 63 - - - 63 Nigeria - 34 27 - - 61 Dem. Rep. of the Congo - 17 - 30 - 47 Gambia - * - 36 - 38 Russian Federation - 34 - - - 34 Tunisia - 31 - - - 31 Argentina - 10 - 19 - 29 Indonesia - 22 - - - 22 Morocco - 16 - - - 16 South Africa - 16 - - - 16 Cambodia - 16 - - - 16 Somalia - 15 - - - 15 Sudan - 13 - - - 13 Portugal - 11 - - - 11 Other/unknown 8,909 105 635 932 8,874 19,455 Total 9,627 11,123 16,410 33,136 51,300 121,596 Africa - 627 1,193 2,733 2,213 6,766 Asia - 6,505 10,113 23,169 32,781 72,568 Europe - 2,517 2,843 3,778 4,116 13,254 Latin America and Caribbean - 446 445 377 159 1,427 Other/unknown 9,627 1,028 1,816 3,079 12,031 27,581 Total 9,627 11,123 16,410 33,136 51,300 121,596

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Table VI.20 Asylum applications submitted in Italy, 1975-1979

Origin 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 TotalHungary 232 - - - - 232 Romania 112 - - - - 112 Yugoslavia, FR 108 - - - - 108 Poland 92 - - - - 92 Bulgaria 83 - - - - 83 Czech Rep. 53 - - - - 53 Albania 10 - - - - 10 Other/unknown 11 645 729 802 1,377 3,564 Total 701 645 729 802 1,377 4,254 Africa - - - - - - Asia - - - - - - Europe 690 - - - - 690 Latin America and Caribbean - - - - - - Other/unknown 11 645 729 802 1,377 3,564 Total 701 645 729 802 1,377 4,254

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Origin 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 TotalViet Nam 558 166 106 181 137 1,148 Czech Rep. 125 86 153 174 546 1,084 Chile 164 101 241 240 170 916 Hungary 165 143 129 128 238 803 Romania 43 90 107 165 183 588 Poland 81 64 90 104 125 464 Argentina * 7 27 95 36 166 Ethiopia 8 18 22 52 34 134 Uruguay 11 12 25 40 22 110 Bulgaria 17 6 25 12 22 82 Lebanon - 27 9 14 26 76 Zimbabwe * 8 18 20 27 75 Yugoslavia, FR 17 12 11 21 13 74 Afghanistan - - - 15 58 73 Cambodia 44 18 * 5 5 73 Dem. Rep. of the Congo - 7 9 8 25 49 Islamic Rep. of Iran - * - * 46 48 Paraguay - * 24 10 10 46 Morocco - * 15 11 16 45 Russian Federation * * 5 6 21 36 Portugal 12 17 - * - 30 Iraq * * * * 13 26 Angola * * 5 5 9 25 Syrian Arab Rep. * 8 * 7 * 25 Tunisia * * * 5 11 22 Stateless - 13 * - 8 22 Egypt * * 5 6 * 20 Peru - - * * 17 20 Algeria - * 5 * 9 18 Turkey * * * * 11 18 Spain 11 * * - * 16 China * * * 8 - 13 Pakistan 5 * * * * 13 Rwanda * - * * * 11 Sudan 5 * * * - 9 Bolivia * * * * * 9 Haiti * * * - 6 9 Benin - - 6 * - 8 Cameroon 6 - * - * 8 Israel 7 * - - - 8 Other/unknown 19 19 22 33 20 113 Total 1,324 853 1,085 1,389 1,882 6,533 Africa 35 49 102 130 147 463 Asia 629 238 125 245 305 1,542 Europe 478 424 527 616 1,153 3,198 Latin America and Caribbean 181 129 330 397 268 1,305 Other/unknown 1 13 1 1 9 25 Total 1,324 853 1,085 1,389 1,882 6,533

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Table VI.22 Asylum applications submitted in Turkey, 1975-1979

Origin 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 TotalRomania 15 40 9 51 34 149 Bulgaria 16 16 17 22 23 94 Poland * 5 18 9 * 38 Viet Nam - - - 33 - 33 Hungary - - 17 11 * 32 Russian Federation - * * * 6 Czech Rep. - - * * - 5 Ethiopia - - * - - *Uganda - - * - - *Islamic Rep. of Iran - - - - * *Iraq - - - - * *Algeria - * - - - *Congo - * - - - *Other/unknown 1 - - - 3 4 Total 36 64 66 131 74 371 Africa - 2 4 - - 6 Asia - - - 33 4 37 Europe 35 62 62 98 67 324 Latin America and Caribbean - - - - - - Other/unknown 1 - - - 3 4 Total 36 64 66 131 74 371

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Table VI.23 Asylum applications submitted in the United Kingdom, 1975-1979

Origin 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 TotalIslamic Rep. of Iran - - - - 797 797 Ethiopia - - - - 189 189 Ghana - - - - 122 122 Pakistan - - - - 83 83 Iraq - - - - 65 65 Hungary - - - - 44 44 Poland - - - - 42 42 Uganda - - - - 38 38 Afghanistan - - - - 30 30 Czech Rep. - - - - 30 30 Syrian Arab Rep. - - - - 17 17 Cyprus - - - - 11 11 Nigeria - - - - 9 9 Lebanon - - - - 9 9 Bulgaria - - - - 8 8 Romania - - - - 7 7 Myanmar - - - - 6 6 Turkey - - - - 6 6 Singapore - - - - 5 5 Greece - - - - 5 5 Egypt - - - - * *Bangladesh - - - - * *Dominican Rep. - - - - * *Grenada - - - - * *Lao People's Dem. Rep. - - - - * *Guyana - - - - * *Algeria - - - - * *Sierra Leone - - - - * *Israel - - - - * *Jordan - - - - * *Yugoslavia, FR - - - - * *South Africa - - - - * *Sudan - - - - * *Saudi Arabia - - - - * *Sri Lanka - - - - * *Yemen - - - - * *Portugal - - - - * *Russian Federation - - - - * *Argentina - - - - * *Other/unknown 1,800 - - - - 1,800 Total 1,800 - - - 1,563 3,363 Africa - - - - 368 368 Asia - - - - 1,043 1,043 Europe - - - - 140 140 Latin America and Caribbean - - - - 12 12 Other/unknown 1,800 - - - - 1,800 Total 1,800 - - - 1,563 3,363

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