Asylum Trends 2013
Levels and Trends in Industrialized Countries
Trends at a Glance
2013 in review
484,600
28%
An estimated 612,700 asylum
applications were registered
in 2013 in the 44 industrialized
countries covered by this report,
some 133,000 claims more than
the year before (+28%). This is the
third consecutive annual increase
and the second highest annual
level of the past 20 years.
32%
The 28 Member States of the
European Union (EU) registered
398,200 asylum claims in 2013, a
32 per cent increase compared
to 2012 (301,000). EU States
together accounted for 82 per
cent of all new asylum claims
submitted in Europe.
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UNHCR Asylum Trends 2013
Europe received 484,600
claims, an increase of
32 per cent compared to
2012 (368,400 claims).
22%
Among regions in Europe, an
overall increase of 22 per cent in
annual asylum levels was reported
by the five Nordic countries
which received 76,400 asylum
requests during 2013. The increase
was uniform among all countries
in this region. Reporting the
second highest level on record
with 54,300 asylum applications,
Sweden was the main destination
country accounting for 70 per
cent of all new claims registered
in this region.
+32%
49%
In Southern Europe, the number
of newly registered asylumseekers increased by 49 per cent
to 89,600, the highest on record.
Turkey was the main recipient
of asylum applications in the
region (44,800), followed by Italy
(27,800) and Greece (8,200).
24,300
15,800
The reported number of new
asylum-seekers in Australia
increased by 54 per cent
during 2013 (24,300 claims)
compared to the previous
year (15,800). In New Zealand,
290 asylum applications were
registered in 2013.
8%
In North America, an estimated
98,700 new asylum applications
were submitted in 2013, an
increase of 8 per cent compared
to 2012 (91,300 claims).
Canada registered 10,400 new
applications, half the level
than in 2012 (20,500), while
the United States of America
recorded approximately
88,400 claims, 17,600 claims
more than in 2012 (+25%).
3,300
Japan registered close to 3,300
new asylum applications in 2013
while the Republic of Korea
recorded 1,600 claims. Although
it is the highest level on record in
both countries, numbers continue
to be modest in comparison with
other industrialized countries.
Top
5
1. SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC
2. RUSSIAN FEDERATION
3. AFGHANISTAN
4. IRAQ
5. SERBIA (AND KOSOVO: S/RES/1244 (1999))
The Syrian Arab Republic, the
Russian Federation, Afghanistan,
Iraq, and Serbia (and Kosovo:
Security Council resolution 1244
(1999)) (1) were the five top source
countries of asylum-seekers in the
44 industrialized countries in 2013.
1. GER 4. SWE
2. USA 5. TUR
3. FRA
58%
109,600
With 109,600 new asylum
applications registered during
2013, Germany was for the
first time since 1999 the largest
single recipient of new asylum
claims among the group of
industrialized countries.
others
42 %
The United States of America
was second with an estimated
88,400 asylum applications,
followed by France (60,100),
Sweden (54,300), and Turkey
(44,800). The top five receiving
countries together accounted
for nearly six out of ten new
asylum claims submitted in the
44 industrialized countries.
56,400
The Syrian Arab Republic
became for the first time the
main country of origin of asylumseekers in the 44 industrialized
countries. Provisional data
indicate that some 56,400 Syrians
requested refugee status in 2013,
more than double the number of
2012 (25,200 claims) and six times
more than in 2011 (8,500 claims).
The 2013 level is the highest
number recorded by a single
group among the industrialized
countries since 1999.
UNHCR Asylum Trends 2013 3
A family of Syrian refugees, w
hich
fled the city of Yabrud in February
2014, arrives in the Lebanese border
town of Arsal. Almost one million
Syrians have arrived in Lebanon since
the outbreak of armed conflict in the
Syrian Arab Republic three years ago.
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UNHCR Asylum Trends 2013
I
Introduction
This report summarizes patterns and trends in the number of individual asylum claims submitted in Europe and selected non-European countries during 2013. The data presented are
based on information available as of 12 March 2014, unless otherwise indicated. The report covers
the 38 European and six non-European States that currently provide monthly asylum statistics
to UNHCR. Figures are mostly based on official asylum statistics, reflecting national laws and
procedures. In addition, UNHCR conducted refugee status determination under its mandate in a
number of countries included in this report. Annex Table 2 provides trends in selected Eastern
European countries, based on annual data.
(2)
(3)
U N H C R / A . M C C O N N E L L
T
HE GROUP of countries
analysed is referred to collectively as “the 44 industrialized countries” and is defined
as such for the purposes of
this report only. The 44 countries
are: the 28 Member States of the
European Union (4), Albania, Bosnia
and Herzegovina, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Montenegro, Norway,
Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244
(1999)), Switzerland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and
Turkey, as well as Australia, Canada,
Japan, New Zealand, the Republic
of Korea, and the United States of
America. This group of 44 countries
received an estimated 612,700 new
asylum applications in 2013.
The numbers in this report reflect asylum claims made at the
first instance of asylum procedures.
Neither applications on appeal or
review nor information on the outcome of asylum procedures or on the
admission of refugees through resettlement programmes are included,
as such details are available in other
UNHCR reports. (5)
To the extent possible, the statistics presented reflect the number of
individuals lodging an asylum application for the first time. However,
some of the figures quoted in this
report are likely to include repeat applications submitted in the same or
another country, and therefore may
not reflect the actual number of new
asylum-seekers. (6)
All data refer to the number of individuals with the exception of asylum-seekers in the United States of
America, where figures are available
only for the number of cases (which
may include several individuals) submitted to the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS).
However, applications submitted to
the Executive Office of Immigration
Review (EOIR) of the United States
Department of Justice are recorded
as individuals. To allow comparability across countries of asylum,
UNHCR uses an average figure of
1.356 individuals per case to estimate
the number of people reported by
DHS for 2013, because data suggest
that, on average, one asylum case
involves 1.356 individuals. (7) In the
country of origin tables, figures for
the United States of America are a
combination of the number of cases
(DHS) and the number of individuals (EOIR), owing to the large variation in family size by nationality.
All figures in this report should be
considered as provisional and subject to
change. Due to retroactive changes
and adjustments, some of the data
included in this publication may
differ slightly from that reported
in previous UNHCR documents or
from the official figures published
by States. n
The United States Department of Justice,
Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR)
has temporarily suspended the dissemination
of asylum statistics. As a consequence, the
information available is limited to the number
of asylum applications lodged between January
and August 2013 (17,892). Data from September to
December have been estimated by UNHCR using
a statistical model (seasonal ARIMA). Because no
information is available on the country of origin
of asylum-seekers during this period, its analysis
should be considered as indicative only.
•
(2) An asylum-seeker is an individual who has
sought international protection and whose claim
for refugee status has not yet been determined. As
part of internationally recognized obligations to
protect refugees on their territories, countries are
responsible for determining whether an asylumseeker is a refugee or not. This responsibility is
derived from the 1951 Convention relating to the
Status of Refugees and relevant regional instruments,
and is often incorporated into national legislation.
(3) During the period 2009-2013, UNHCR
conducted refugee status determination under its
mandate in Cyprus (northern part of Cyprus only),
Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999)), and Turkey
(see notes in Annex Table 1 for more details).
(4) See Annex Table 1 for a list of countries.
(5) See UNHCR’s 2012 Statistical Yearbook at
http://www.unhcr.org/52a7213b9.html.
(6) According to EURODAC (an EU-wide fingerprint
database), 27.5 per cent of all asylum claims
registered in the system in 2012 were multiple claims,
i.e. the applicant had submitted at least one previous
application in the same or another Member State
of the European Union. This compares to 22.4 per
cent in 2011. (Source: http://eur-lex.europa.eu/
LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2013:0485:FIN
:EN:PDF)
(7) This factor was revised recently to account for
newly available information provided by DHS. For
the purpose of this report, a factor of 1.1 has been
applied for DHS data from 2009 to 2012. Previously, a
factor of 1.4 was applied. As a result, the DHS figures
quoted in this report differ from the ones quoted in
previous editions of the Asylum Trends report.
UNHCR Asylum Trends 2013 5
A Somali asylum-seeker reads the
Quran in the mosque at the Marsa
Open Centre in Malta. T
he Centre
provides temporary shelter to
hundreds of male asylum-seekers
and other irregular migrants. The
majority are from East Africa, namely,
Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea and Sudan.
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UNHCR Asylum Trends 2013
II
Global and Regional Trends
(8)
In 2013, the number of individuals requesting refugee or asylum status in the 44 industrialized
countries covered by this report increased by 28 per cent compared to 2012. An estimated
612,700 asylum applications were recorded in the course of the year, some 133,000 claims more
than the year before. This is the third consecutive annual increase and the second highest annual
level of the past 20 years. Only in 2001 were more asylum applications registered among the
group of 44 countries. Some 30 countries out of the 44 included in this report reported a rise in
asylum applicants during the year which can primarily be attributed to an increase in Syrian and
Russian asylum applications. This increase notwithstanding, the last quarter of 2013 followed the
seasonal patterns observed in most years whereby asylum claims drop significantly towards the
end of the year. [see Figure 1]
U N H C R / D . Z A M M I T L U P I
O
UT OF A TOTAL OF
612,700 asylum applications registered in the 44
industrialized countries
in 2013, the 38 countries in
Europe received 484,600 claims, an
increase of 32 per cent compared to
2012 (368,400 claims). The 28 Member States of the European Union
registered 398,200 asylum claims in
2013, a 32 per cent increase compared
to 2012 (301,000). These 28 States
together accounted for 82 per cent
of all new asylum claims registered
in Europe.
Among the European regions,
an overall increase of 22 per cent in
annual asylum levels was reported
by the five Nordic countries, (9) which
received 76,400 asylum requests during 2013. The increase was uniform
among all countries. Reporting the
second highest level on record with
54,300 asylum applications, Sweden
Fig. 1
Asylum claims lodged
in industrialized countries | 2010 - 2013
70,000
60,000
50,000
40,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
0
Jan
Feb Mar Apr May
2010
2011
Jun
Jul
2012
Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec
2013
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In Southern Europe,
the number of newly registered asylum-seekers
increased by 49 per cent to 89,600,
the highest on record. Turkey was the main recipient
of asylum applications in the region.
was the main destination country accounting for 70 per cent of all new
claims registered in this region. Norway (11,500 claims) and Denmark
(7,500 claims) were other important
receiving countries.
In Southern Europe (10), the number
of newly registered asylum-seekers
increased by 49 per cent to 89,600, the
highest on record. Turkey was the main
recipient of asylum applications in the
region (44,800), (11) followed by Italy
(27,800) and Greece (8,200). The increase
in Italy is mainly due to boat arrivals.
In Australia, a total of 24,300 claims
were registered, up 54 per cent from
2012 (15,800 claims). (12) One third of
asylum-seekers in Australia originate
from the Islamic Republic of Iran or Sri
Lanka. In New Zealand, levels have remained low and fairly stable in the past
decade (on average 300 new claims per
year). In 2013, 290 asylum applications
were registered in New Zealand.
Japan registered close to 3,300 (13)
new asylum applications in 2013, a
27 per cent increase compared to 2012
TABLE 1
Asylum claims lodged
in selected regions | 2011 - 2013
Regions
Europe
- EU (28)
USA/Canada
Australia/New Zealand
Japan/Rep. of Korea
Total
2011
2012
2013
Change
‘13-’12
327,640
278,610
88,460
11,820
2,880
430,800
368,400
301,000
91,270
16,110
3,690
479,470
484,560
398,250
98,740
24,610
4,820
612,730
32%
32%
8%
53%
31%
28%
See notes in A nnex Table 1 for list of countries included.
(2,500 claims). The Republic of Korea
registered 1,600 claims in 2013 which
constituted a 38 per cent increase compared to 2012 (1,100 claims). These are
the highest levels on record in both
countries. People seeking international
protection in Japan were predominantly from Turkey and Nepal while
the Syrian Arab Republic, Pakistan and
Nigeria were the main countries of origin of asylum-seekers in the Republic
of Korea.
In North America, an estimated
98,700 new asylum applications were
submitted in 2013, an increase of
8 per cent compared to 2012 (91,300
claims). The figures show a highly
divergent trend for Canada and the
United States of America. The former
registered 10,400 new applications,
half the level than in 2012 (20,500),
while the latter recorded approximately 88,400 (14) claims, an estimated
17,600 claims more than in 2012 (+25%).
China remained the main country of
origin of asylum-seekers registered in
both countries. n
(10) Refers to Albania, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Spain and Turkey.
(11) The 2013 figure for Turkey includes asylum-seekers registered with UNHCR as well as asylum-seekers who have been pre-registered but who are pending official
registration with UNHCR.
(12) These figures, provided by the Department of Immigration and Border Protection in Australia, are based on the number of applications lodged for protection visas. They
do not include asylum-seekers who arrived in Australia by boat in 2012 or 2013 and have not been able to lodge protection visa applications or who have been transferred to
third countries for refugee status determination.
(13) Monthly asylum data for Japan is available from 2002. Figures for Japan are UNHCR estimates.
(14) Estimated number of individuals based on the number of new cases (45,370) and multiplied by 1.356 to reflect the average number of individuals per case (Source: US
Department of Homeland Security); and the number of new defensive asylum requests lodged with the Executive Office of Immigration Review (26,830 individuals).
The EOIR figure has been estimated by UNHCR based on a statistical model.
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UNHCR Asylum Trends 2013
III
Levels and Patterns
in Countries of Asylum
From 2012 to 2013, 30 of the 44 asylum countries included in this report registered an increase in
asylum requests. This compares to 2012 when 29 countries reported increases. This is the highest
number of countries with an increase in asylum applications in the last five years and is consistent
with the increase observed in the overall number of asylum claims lodged in industrialized
countries. This suggests that not only has the total number of asylum-seekers increased, but
also that there has been an increased diversity in the countries where people seek international
protection. [see Figure 2]
W
ITH A COMBINED
NUMBER of 357,100
registered asylum
claims in 2013, Germany, the United States
of America, France, Sweden and Turkey
were the top five receiving countries,
together accounting for nearly six out
of ten asylum claims submitted in
the 44 industrialized countries cov-
Fig. 2
ered by this report. By comparison,
in 2012, some 260,700 claims were
registered in these five countries.
With 109,600 new asylum applications registered during 2013, Germany
was for the first time since 1999 the
largest single recipient of new asylum claims among the group of industrialized countries. This figure is
70 per cent higher than the one reg-
Number of countries reporting an increase
from one year to another | 2009 - 2013
30
2013
29
2012
28
2011
22
2010
2009
20
istered a year earlier (64,500) and the
sixth consecutive annual increase.
The 2013 level is partly attributable
to a higher number of people from
the Russian Federation, Serbia (and
Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999)) and the
Syrian Arab Republic requesting international protection in Germany.
In the case of the Russian Federation, figures more than quadrupled
from 3,200 new asylum claims in
2012 to 14,900 a year later. Syrian
asylum claims almost doubled to
11,900 while applications lodged by
people from Serbia (and Kosovo:
S/RES/1244 (1999)) stood at 14,900,
up from 10,400 a year earlier. Eritrean asylum claims increased from
650 to 3,600 during the same period.
Overall, the Russian Federation was
the top country of origin of asylumseekers in Germany, followed by Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999))
and the Syrian Arab Republic. On
average, every fifth application in the
44 industrialized countries was received by Germany. [see Figure 3]
For the first time in eight years,
the United States of America was
not the largest single recipient of
UNHCR Asylum Trends 2013 9
An Iraqi family in a transit
centre in Pastrogor, Bulgaria,
where most asylum-seekers
entering the country spend time
while the Bulgarian authorities
conduct an initial assessment
of their application for asylum.
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UNHCR Asylum Trends 2013
Asylum claims submitted
in 10 major receiving countries | 2013
Fig. 3
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2012 2013
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40,000
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asylum-seekers among the group of
44 industrialized countries. It dropped
to second position with an estimated
88,400 asylum claims registered in
2013, despite a 25 per cent increase
(+17,600 claims) from the year before.
Asylum-seekers from the Syrian Arab
Republic (+120%), Honduras (+25%), and
Egypt (+25%) accounted, among others,
for this increase. About 30 per cent of
all asylum claims in the country were
lodged by asylum-seekers from Mexico
and Central America. Violence generated by transnational organized crime,
gang-related violence and drug cartels
in some parts of Central America may
be among the contributing factors leading to the consistent high number of
individuals from this region requesting refugee status in the United States
of America. China remained the main
country of origin of asylum-seekers
with 12,300 claims, followed by Mexico
(9,300 claims). The annual share of the
United States of America in the number of asylum claims received among
the group of industrialized countries
stood at 14 per cent in 2013.
France was the third largest recipient of applications among the 44 countries, with 60,100 new asylum requests registered during 2013. This
is a 9 per cent increase compared to
2012 (55,100 claims) and the highest value since 1989 (61,400 claims).
The increase in 2013 is partly attrib-
uted to a higher number of asylumseekers from Serbia (and Kosovo:
S/RES/1244 (1999)) (+48%), Albania
(+47%), and Bangladesh (+64%). Overall, Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244
(1999)) was the top country of origin
of asylum-seekers in France, with
more than 5,800 applications, fol-
asylum in Sweden. The increase is a
result of the more than doubling in applications of asylum-seekers from the
Syrian Arab Republic, from 7,800 in
2012 to 16,300 in 2013. Since outbreak
of violence in the Syrian Arab Republic in early 2011, close to 24,700 Syrians have sought international protection in Sweden, making it the main
recipient of Syrian asylum-seekers
in Europe.
The number of asylum applicants
reported as being stateless by the Swedish Migration Board tripled from 2,300
to 6,900 applications during the same
period. Eritrean asylum claims doubled
to 4,800 compared to 2,400 a year earlier. These three origins were the top
three source countries of new asylum
applications in Sweden, accounting together for more than half (52%) of all
claims registered. In contrast, the number of Somali and Afghan asylum-seekers in the country dropped significantly
(-31% and -37% respectively).
Turkey was the fifth largest recipient
of applications among the 44 industrialized countries, with 44,800 new asylum requests registered during 2013. (15)
This is a 69 per cent increase compared
The number of asylum applicants
reported as being stateless by the Swedish
Migration Board tripled from 2,300
to 6,900 applications during the same period.
lowed by the Democratic Republic
of the Congo (5,200 claims), Albania
(5,000 claims), and the Russian Federation (4,600 claims).
Sweden ranked fourth among the
44 industrialized countries, with
54,300 applications received during the
year, a 24 per cent increase compared
to 2012 (43,900 claims). The year 2013
was the second highest level on record,
secondly only to 1992 when more than
84,000 people, many of them fleeing the former Yugoslavia, requested
to 2012 (26,500 claims) (16) and the highest value on record. It is mainly Iraqi
asylum-seekers who accounted for this
increase. Their number almost quadrupled from 6,900 in 2012 to 25,300 a year
later. As a consequence, more than half
(56%) of all asylum claims registered
by UNHCR in Turkey were lodged
by Iraqis. Other important source
countries of asylum applicants were
Afghanistan (8,700 claims), the Islamic
Republic of Iran (5,900 claims) and Somalia (1,300 claims).
(15) The 2013 figure includes asylum-seekers registered with UNHCR as well as asylum-seekers who have been
pre-registered but who are pending official registration with UNHCR.
(16) The 2012 figure for Turkey has been revised to include all asylum-seekers, both those pre-registered and
those registered on a monthly basis with UNHCR.
UNHCR Asylum Trends 2013 11
Trends in asylum claims lodged in 44 industrialized countries
Absolute and relative increase or decrease in 2013 compared to 2012
Map 1
+40
+10,380
+100
-10,120
+1,680
+20
0
+17,590
+1,350
0
+1,210
-250
+4,740
- 6,020
-10
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-1,010
+5,030
+4,820
+45,040
-6,510
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+2,360
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Increase and decrease
of asylum claims
+710
Increase over 100%
Increase 50% to 100%
Increase 1% to 50%
Decrease 1% to 50%
Decrease 50% to 100%
Note: This map is limited to the 44 countries
which provide monthly asylum statistics to UNHCR.
All figures are rounded off to the closest ten.
Figures for the United States of America are
UNHCR estimates. 2013 data for Iceland is limited
to January-October.
Colour shadings show relative increase /decrease
whereas values show absolute increase/decrease.
+8,540
-30
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UNHCR Asylum Trends 2013
The United Kingdom ranked sixth
among the 44 industrialized countries,
with 29,200 applications received during the year. The United Kingdom
experienced a slight increase in 2013;
levels were up by 4 per cent compared
to 2012 (28,000 claims). This is mainly
as a result of the increase in numbers of
Syrian, Albanian and Eritrean asylumseekers. In the case of Syrians, figures
went up from 1,300 applications to more
than 2,000 a year later (+58%). Eritrean
asylum claims almost doubled from
760 to 1,400 while Albanian claims rose
from 1,000 to 1,600 during the same
period. Pakistan remained the leading
country of origin of asylum-seekers in
the United Kingdom with 4,500 applications registered, followed by the
Islamic Republic of Iran (2,900) and Sri
Lanka (2,200).
With the number of boat arrivals
remaining relatively high during the
year, the number of new asylum applications (27,800) registered in Italy in
2013 was at its third highest in a decade.
The number increased by almost twothirds (+60%) compared to 2012, making
Italy the seventh largest receiving country during the reporting period. Nevertheless, figures remained well below
the all-time high reported in 2011 when
more than 34,000 people had requested
refugee status in Italy, mostly as a result
of the ‘Arab Spring’ in North Africa. It is
mainly Nigerian, Somali and Eritrean
asylum-seekers who accounted for this
rise due to a doubling (Nigeria), tripling
(Eritrea) or almost quadrupling (Somalia) of asylum claims. Nigeria was the
leading country of origin of asylumseekers in Italy (3,500 claims), followed
by Pakistan (3,300 claims), Somalia
(2,900), and Eritrea (2,200).
Australia was the eighth largest
recipient of new asylum-seekers in
2013, with 24,300 claims, an increase
of 54 per cent compared to 2012, and
the highest level on record. (17) Australia was followed by Switzerland
(19,400 claims), Hungary (18,600 claims),
and Austria (17,500 claims). While Switzerland witnessed a decrease of 25 per
cent during the year, Hungary saw a
nine-fold increase. Asylum-seekers
originating from Serbia (and Kosovo:
S/RES/1244 (1999)) accounted for one
third of all asylum claims in Hungary
(6,200 claims), while asylum levels in
Austria remained virtually unchanged.
RANKING OF COUNTRIES
The numbers of people requesting international protection have fluctuated
significantly between countries and
years, largely depending on political
developments in countries of origin or
changes in asylum policies and practices in receiving countries. Other facTABLE 2
Changes in the ranking
of the top-15 receiving
countries | 2009 - 2013
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Germany
United States
France
Sweden
Turkey
United Kingdom
Italy
Australia
Switzerland
Hungary
Austria
Netherlands
Poland
Belgium
Norway
5
1
2
6
15
4
7
16
13
18
11
12
14
9
8
3
2
1
4
15
6
14
10
8
21
11
9
16
7
13
3
1
2
5
10
7
4
13
9
26
11
12
16
6
15
2
1
3
4
6
5
11
12
7
23
10
14
16
9
13
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
tors may also be of relevance, including the existence of social networks of
certain communities in destination
countries, improved capacity to register asylum-seekers, and the fact that
some countries are perceived as being
more likely to grant refugee status
than others.
These factors are reflected in the
current and past rankings of some of
the countries included in this report.
Hungary, for instance, never before
appeared among the top-15 receiving countries of asylum-seekers. The
situation changed in 2013 when levels
went up six-fold to reach an all-time
high of 18,600 asylum claims. Hungary
thus became the 10th largest recipient
of asylum applications in 2013, up from
23rd place a year earlier.
Italy saw a sharp increase in new
asylum applicants in 2011, many of
them arriving by boat. This was the result of the ‘Arab Spring’ in North Africa
in early 2011 which led to a tripling of
the number of asylum applications in
2011 (34,100 claims). The all-time-high
in 2011 made Italy the fourth largest
recipient of asylum-seekers among the
group of 44 industrialized countries.
In 2012, however, the number of boat
arrivals dropped significantly as a result of which the country’s ranking
dropped to 11th place. This trend reversed in 2013 with the number of boat
arrivals picking up again in the course
of the year leading to Italy moving up
to 7th place.
While not necessarily reflected in
Table 2, some of the countries of the
former Yugoslavia have emerged as important recipient countries of asylumseekers, notably Serbia (and Kosovo:
S/RES/1244 (1999)) and Montenegro.
The number of newly registered asylum claims in Serbia (and Kosovo: S/
RES/1244 (1999)) remained around
100 applications per year until 2008,
then increased over the following years,
reaching an all-time high in 2013 with
some 5,100 asylum claims. As a result,
Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999))
moved from 40th place in 2004 to 20th in
2013. Montenegro has witnessed a similar development since its independence
in 2006 where the number of asylum(17) Asylum data for Australia is available from 1989.
TABLE 3
Share of main receiving
countries of asylumseekers in total number
of applications | 2009 - 2013
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Germany
United States
France
Sweden
Turkey
United Kingdom
Italy
Australia
Switzerland
Hungary
Austria
Netherlands
Poland
Belgium
Norway
7%
11%
11%
6%
2%
8%
5%
2%
4%
1%
4%
4%
3%
5%
5%
11%
13%
13%
9%
3%
6%
3%
4%
4%
1%
3%
4%
2%
6%
3%
11%
15%
12%
7%
4%
6%
8%
3%
5%
0%
3%
3%
1%
6%
2%
13%
15%
11%
9%
6%
6%
4%
3%
5%
0%
4%
2%
2%
4%
2%
18%
14%
10%
9%
7%
5%
5%
4%
3%
3%
3%
2%
2%
2%
2%
seekers remained at around 20 claims
per year until 2010. This number increased sharply to almost 3,600 claims
in 2013, lifting Montenegro from 42nd
position in 2006 to 22nd in 2013.
An opposite trend has been observed
for Canada where the country was the
second and third highest destination
country for asylum-seekers among the
group of 44 industrialized countries in
2008 and 2009. The number of newly
registered asylum-seekers dropped by
two-thirds in subsequent years, potentially the result of recent reforms of
asylum policies and the introduction of
visa requirements for some nationalities featuring among the major groups
of asylum-seekers in Canada, notably
the Czech Republic and Mexico. As a
result, Canada’s ranking dropped to 16th
place in 2013.
TRENDS OVER
THE PAST FIVE YEARS
Between 2009 and 2013, the United
States of America received the largest number of new asylum-seekers
(311,700 claims), followed by Germany
(288,800 claims), France (257,500
claims), Sweden (183,800 claims), and
the United Kingdom (136,400 claims). Together, the three leading asylum countries received more than one-third
(38%) of all asylum requests submitted
in the 44 industrialized countries listed
in Annex Table 1.
UNHCR Asylum Trends 2013 13
Syrian asylum-seekers waiting to be registered at the Regional Directorate of Border Police in Elhovo, Bulgaria, n ear
the Turkish border. Bulgaria received more than 4,400 Syrian asylum applications in 2013.
The countries’ individual share in
the total number of new applications received in the 44 industrialized countries
reveals a changing pattern over time,
particularly in 2013. As a result of significantly more people seeking asylum
in Germany, the country’s relative share
has tripled from 6 per cent in 2008 to 18
per cent in 2013. As a result of the absolute number of new asylum requests
lodged in Germany in 2013 being significantly higher than in other industrialized countries, the share of other countries decreased in relative terms. This is
for instance the case for the United States
of America as the main recipient over
the five-year period from 2009 to 2013
where its share has dropped from a stable 15 per cent between 2010 and 2012 to
14 per cent in 2013.
A different trend has been observed
for Sweden where the country’s share
fluctuated over the years standing at
9 per cent in 2013, compared to 6 per
cent in 2009. It nevertheless remained
below the 11 per cent mark witnessed
in 2007 when Sweden was the main
recipient of asylum applications
in Europe.
Hungary’s share never exceeded the
1 per cent mark during the previous
decade. However, in 2013, Hungary registered a record-high of 18,600 asylum
claims, receiving over 3 per cent of all
applications registered among the 44 industrialized countries. Canada’s share
had increased to 10 per cent in 2008,
but in subsequent years, the country’s
share has dropped gradually to below
2 per cent by 2013.
The analysis changes when comparing the number of asylum-seekers
to the size of the national population
or the Gross Domestic Product (GDP)
(PPP). (18) These measures may allow for
a better comparison among countries as
these indicators tend to more accurately
reflect the contributions of a country to
host asylum-seekers. (19)
Based on the firstindicator (national
population), between 2009 and 2013
(18) In order to compare countries, the Purchasing Power Parity (PPP) GDP is considered (Source: International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database, October
2013; accessed 6 October 2013). Source for national populations: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision, New York, 2013.
(19) For the purposes of this type of analysis, the number of asylum applications registered over a five-year period may account for some extreme fluctuations in the values.
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U N H C R / D . K A S H AV E L O V
Malta received, on average, the highest
number of asylum-seekers compared to
its national population: 20.2 applicants
per 1,000 inhabitants. Sweden ranked
second (19.2 applicants per 1,000 inhabitants), followed by Liechtenstein
(17.3 applicants per 1,000 inhabitants),
Luxembourg (11.9 applicants per 1,000
inhabitants), and Switzerland (11.5 applicants per 1,000 inhabitants) [see Figure 4]. The United States of America and
Germany, the two main recipients of
new asylum-seekers during this period,
ranked respectively 29th and 16th, with an
average of one and 3.5 asylum-seekers
per 1,000 inhabitants.
At the regional level, the 28 Member States of the European Union received on average 2.9 asylum-seekers
per 1,000 inhabitants during 20092013. Fifteen countries ranked below
the average of the 28 countries, including 10 of the 13 Member States which
joined the European Union after 2004.
Among the latter, only Cyprus, Hungary and Malta received on average
more asylum-seekers per 1,000 inhabitants than the EU Member States as
a whole. The 38 European countries
included in Annex Table 1 received on
average 2.8 asylum-seekers per 1,000
inhabitants, whereas the corresponding figure for North America and
Australia/New Zealand was 1.2 and
Fig. 4
Number of asylum-seekers
per 1 USD GDP (PPP) per capita | 2009 - 2013
Fig. 5
Germany
7.5
France
7.3
Turkey
7.0
United States
6.4
Sweden
4.5
United Kingdom
3.7
Italy
3.6
Canada
2.7
Belgium
2.5
Poland
2.2
2.6 respectively. Despite reporting an
all-time high of new asylum-seekers in
2013, Japan and the Republic of Korea
received 0.08 asylum-seekers per 1,000
inhabitants given the high national
populations (about 176 million together) and comparatively low numbers of
asylum-seekers.
Comparing the number of asylumseekers to the Gross Domestic Product
(PPP) of a country reveals a slightly dif-
Number of asylum-seekers
per 1,000 inhabitants | 2009 - 2013
Malta
20.2
Sweden
19.2
Liechtenstein
17.3
Luxembourg
11.9
Switzerland
11.5
Norway
11.4
Cyprus
Austria
9.6
9.0
Belgium
8.6
Montenegro
8.6
ferent picture. Germany and France are
the countries with the highest number
of asylum-seekers (7.5 and 7.3 applicants
per capita each) compared to the national economy, followed by Turkey (7.0 applicants per capita), the United States
of America (6.4 applicants per capita),
and Sweden (4.5 applicants per capita).
[see Figure 5]
It is interesting to note that out of
the five main destination countries of
asylum-seekers in 2013 included in this
report (Germany, the United States of
America, France, Sweden, and Turkey), only Sweden features among
the top ten when compared against
population size. But all five feature
when compared against GDP (PPP) per
capita. This may be explained by the
relatively large variation in national
population size among the 44 industrialized countries. The top five destination countries have a significantly
larger population size compared to
Malta, Liechtenstein, or Luxembourg.
In the case of the GDP (PPP) per capita
ratio, the countries included can be considered as all having highly developed
economies and the variation in GDP
figures between them is not that significant. With this important difference
in mind, the GDP indicator might be
more meaningful when making comparisons among the group of 44 industrialized countries. n
UNHCR Asylum Trends 2013 15
These asylum-seekers break the fast during
Ramadan in July 2013.They have been forced to
occupy a former slaughterhouse in Dijon, France,
due to an acute shortage of accommodation for
asylum-seekers in the country. The former meatpacking plant, dubbed the “refugee hotel,” is
home to about 100 asylum-seekers, mostly from
Chad, Mali and Somalia. France is one of the
main destinations for asylum-seekers in Europe.
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IV
Origin of asylum-seekers
The statistics by country of origin are generally based on the nationality or country of
citizenship as recorded by the competent authorities of the host country. This section analyses
the origin of asylum-seekers in the 44 industrialized countries which provided monthly asylum
data to UNHCR. The breakdown by country of origin of asylum applications registered with
the United States Department of Justice, Executive Office of Immigration Review (EOIR)
between September and December 2013 is not available. The analysis in this section should
therefore be considered as indicative only, pending the release of complete 2013 asylum statistics
by the US authorities.
U N H C R / P. F I N E L L E
I
N 2013, PEOPLE from 200 different countries or territories
submitted at least one asylum
claim in one of the 44 countries discussed in this report.
The Syrian Arab Republic, the Russian
Federation, Afghanistan, Iraq, and Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999)),
were the five top source countries
of asylum-seekers in the 44 industrialized countries in 2013. With the
exception of the Russian Federation and Iraq, this is comparable to
2012, when Afghanistan, the Syrian Arab Republic, Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999)), China, and
Pakistan were the top-ranking
source countries.
With the armed conflict and
the humanitarian situation deteriorating in the course of 2013, the
Syrian Arab Republic became for the
first time the main country of origin of asylum-seekers in industrialized countries. Provisional data
indicate that some 56,400 Syrians
requested refugee status in 2013,
more than double the number of
2012 (25,200 claims) and six times
more than in 2011 (8,500 claims), the
year when armed conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic began. The 2013
level is the highest number recorded
by a single group among the indus-
Fig. 6
trialized countries since 1999 when
123,000 people originating from Serbia and Montenegro lodged asylum
claims in the 44 countries included
in this report.
Main nationalities of asylum-seekers | 2013
Syrian Arab Republic
9.4%
Russian Federation
6.7%
Afghanistan
6.5%
Other
52.9%
6.4%
5.8%
4.4%
3.9%
4.0%
Iraq
Serbia *
Pakistan
Islamic Republic of Iran
Somalia
* Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999))
UNHCR Asylum Trends 2013 17
Fig. 8
Syrian asylum applications submitted in 44
industrialized countries | April 2011 - December 2013
Fig. 7
Syrian asylum applications lodged per month
% of Syrian claims in total number of claims
8,000
6,000
10%
5,000
4,000
3,000
5%
2,000
1,000
0
with 39,800 asylum applications registered during 2013, three quarters more
(+76%) than in 2012 (22,600 claims) and
the highest since 2003 when some
35,100 claims were lodged. Germany
and Poland were the prime destinations
registering 14,900 and 11,900 asylum
claims, respectively. These two coun-
60,000
50,000
40,000
30,000
20,000
10,000
0
‘02
‘03
‘04
‘05
Syrian Arab Rep.
* Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999))
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UNHCR Asylum Trends 2013
‘06
‘07
Russian Fed.
‘08
‘09
Serbia *
‘10
‘11
Afghanistan
‘12
‘13
De
c.
20
13
13
20
n.
Ju
De
c.
20
12
12
20
Ju
De
n.
c.
r.
2
20
01
11
1
0
Asylum requests from Afghanistan,
Syrian Arab Republic, Serbia *
and Russian Federation | 2001 - 2013
‘01
15%
7,000
Ap
That Syrians sought international
protection in all of the 44 industrialized
countries speaks of the tragic situation
in the Syrian Arab Republic. Overall,
Syrians accounted on average for one
out of every tenth new asylum claim in
the industrialized world in 2013. Levels
were highest in Sweden (16,300 claims)
and Germany (11,900 claims). In both
countries, the number of Syrian asylum claims either more than doubled
(Sweden) or almost doubled (Germany).
Other important destination countries
were Bulgaria (4,400 claims), the Netherlands (2,700 claims), and the United
Kingdom and Austria (2,000 claims
each). With the exception of five countries (Cyprus, Finland, Japan, Latvia,
and New Zealand), Syrian asylum
claims went up in all countries.
The increase in Syrian asylum applications was particularly strong during the second half of the year as the
armed conflict in the country intensified. During the first half of 2013, some
19,000 Syrian claims were registered in
the 44 industrialized countries, doubling in the second half to 37,400.
The number of asylum-seekers
recorded as originating from the Russian Federation reached unprecedented
levels among the group of 44 countries. The figure was at its highest
tries together accounted for two-thirds
of all asylum requests from the Russian
Federation. In both cases, the numbers went up significantly compared
to 2012 (+365% and 142% respectively).
France, the third largest recipient of
Russian asylum claims in 2013 with
4,600 applications, however, recorded
a decrease of 13 per cent compared to
2012 (5,400 claims). Other important
destination countries were Austria
(2,800 claims), Sweden (1,000 claims),
and Denmark (980 claims). Overall,
asylum claims from the Russian Federation accounted for 7 per cent of all
applications recorded among the 44 industrialized countries.
Afghanistan dropped from being
the main country of origin of asylumseekers in industrialized countries in
2012 to third place a year later. Provisional data indicate that 38,700 Afghans requested refugee status in 2013,
a drop of 8,900 applications or 19 per
cent. The share of asylum-seekers
from Afghanistan in the total number of asylum claims dropped from
10 to 6.5 per cent as a result of the
lower number of applications in 2013.
Turkey remained the prime destination for Afghan asylum-seekers with
8,700 claims registered in 2013, despite
a 38 per cent drop compared to 2012
Map 2
Syrian asylum applications lodged in 44 industrialized countries | April 2011 - December 2013
(14,100 claims). (20) Turkey was followed
by Germany (7,700 claims), Sweden
(3,000), Australia (2,800), and Austria
(2,600).
The number of requests for asylum
or refugee status from Iraqis has fluctuated over the past years. Iraqis were
the main group of asylum-seekers
in industrialized countries in 2008
(40,400 claims), after which the numbers steadily decreased until end 2010
when the number was nearly half of
the 2008 figure (20,600 claims). This
trend reversed in 2011 when 23,700 Iraqis requested international protection.
However, in 2012, the figure again
dropped, falling to 21,000. A rather dramatic upward trend occurred in 2013
with 38,200 Iraqi asylum applications
registered during the year (+82%). Iraq
thus shifted from the seventh to the
(20) The 2012 figure has been revised to include all
asylum-seekers, both those pre-registered and those
registered on a monthly basis. The 2013 figure includes
asylum-seekers registered with UNHCR as well as
asylum-seekers who have been pre-registered but
who are pending official registration with UNHCR.
Syrian asylum applications
25,000
12,500
2,500
fourth highest country of origin of asylum-seekers among the group of industrialized countries. The increase in 2013
was particularly significant in Turkey,
the main destination country for Iraqi
asylum-seekers, where figures more
than tripled from 6,900 claims in 2012
to 25,300 a year later. Other important
destination countries were Germany
(4,000 claims), Sweden (1,500 claims),
and Australia (1,200 claims).
After having constituted the
main group of asylum-seekers in the
44 industrialized countries in 2010
(30,600 claims), the number of asylumseekers originating from Serbia (and
UNHCR Asylum Trends 2013 19
Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999)) had dropped
by one third in 2011 (21,300 claims).
This trend was reversed in 2012 with
24,500 people from the country requesting international protection. It
continued into 2013 with 34,700 asylum applications registered (+41%), the
highest since 2002 when some 35,000
people sought asylum. Nevertheless,
Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999))
dropped to fifth highest country of
origin of asylum-seekers among the
group of industrialized countries. Its
Despite the fact that Syrians constituted the largest group of asylum-seekers among
industrialized countries in 2013, their number remains modest compared to the number
of Syrian refugees hosted by countries in the Middle East. The total number registered
or awaiting registration in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and Turkey had surpassed the
2.5 million mark at the time of writing this report.
•
6,200 a year later. As a result, Hungary
became the second most important
destination country for people from
that country. Hungary was followed
by France with 5,800 asylum claims
from Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244
(1999)), almost 2,000 more than 2012.
Other important destination countries
about 11,000 claims in 2009 and 2010.
This made Pakistan the sixth highest
source country of asylum-seekers in
the industrialized world in 2013. The
increase was particularly significant
in Hungary where asylum levels increased ten-fold from 330 in 2012 to
almost 3,100 a year later. The United
In 2010, the Syrian Arab Republic ranked as the 20th highest
source country. Since the outbreak of violence
and armed conflict in early 2011, it has gradually moved up
the list and now occupies the top place.
number was particularly significant in
Germany, the main destination country,
with 14,900 applications lodged during
2013 (+43%). In Hungary, the number of
asylum claims lodged by people from
Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999))
skyrocketed from 250 in 2012 to almost
TABLE 4
Changes in the ranking
of the top-15 countries
of origin (1) | 2009 - 2013
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013
Syrian Arab Rep.
Russian Federation
Afghanistan
Iraq
Serbia (2)
Pakistan
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Somalia
Eritrea
China
Nigeria
Stateless
Albania
Sri Lanka
Egypt
19
4
1
2
6
8
9
3
12
5
7
26
31
11
43
20
5
2
4
1
8
7
6
11
3
9
24
34
10
35
15
7
1
3
4
5
6
8
10
2
9
35
36
13
31
2
6
1
7
3
5
8
9
10
4
12
28
17
14
23
(1) With country of origin data for the United
States in 2013 partially not available, the ranking
in 2013 should be considered as indicative only.
(2) Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999)).
20
UNHCR Asylum Trends 2013
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
were Sweden (2,900 claims) and Austria
(1,100 claims).
Most of the countries reporting
monthly asylum statistics to UNHCR
distinguish applicants originating from
Kosovo (S/RES/1244 (1999)) in their data.
The available evidence shows that the
proportion of asylum-seekers from Kosovo (S/RES/1244 (1999)) in these countries has fluctuated over the past five
years. In 2009, on average, 74 per cent of
applicants from Serbia came from Kosovo. This figure dropped to 45 per cent
in 2010 and to a further 41 per cent in
2011. In 2012, it stood at 35 per cent. This
trend was reversed in 2013 where the
proportion of people originating from
Kosovo stood at 54 per cent. Among
the main receiving countries recording
this type of information, the proportion
of people originating from Kosovo (S/
RES/1244 (1999)) is above the 80 per cent
mark in Hungary (99%), France (89%),
and Austria (82%). It is relatively low in
the Netherlands (15%), Denmark (19%),
Germany (23%), and Sweden (31%).
With 26,300 applications submitted
by asylum-seekers from Pakistan in 2013,
this figure is the highest on record. The
number increased by one-tenth (+11%)
compared to 2012 (23,600 claims). This
is the third consecutive annual increase and follows an annual average of
Kingdom and Germany remained the
two main destination countries. In the
former, some 4,500 asylum applications
were registered (-6%) while in the latter,
some 4,100 claims (+ 20%).
Other significant source countries
of asylum-seekers in the 44 industrialized countries in 2013 were the Islamic
Republic of Iran (23,900 claims), Somalia (23,100), Eritrea (21,800), and China
(20,200). The increase in Eritrean asylum claims was particularly significant
where levels went up from 12,300 a year
earlier (+77%).
Over the last five years, some changes have occurred in the ranking of the
main countries of origin of asylum applicants. In 2010, the Syrian Arab Republic ranked as the 20th highest source
country. Since the outbreak of violence
and armed conflict in early 2011, it has
gradually moved up the list and now occupies the top place. A similar upward
trend has been observed of Egyptian
asylum-seekers since the ‘Arab Spring’
who now occupy 15th place, up from 31st
two years earlier. Serbia (and Kosovo:
S/RES/1244 (1999)), on the other hand,
saw a significant change, dropping from
1st in 2010 to 5th place in 2013. It is similar for Chinese asylum-seekers whose
ranking dropped from 2nd place in 2011
to 10th in 2013. n
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TABLE 1
Asylum applications submitted in Europe and selected non-European countries | 2009 - 2013
For country notes and regional classification, see next page.
Country/
region of asylum
Albania
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Canada
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Rep.
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Montenegro
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Rep. of Korea
Romania
Serbia (and Kosovo:
S/RES/1244 (1999))
- of which Kosovo
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
The former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia
Turkey
United Kingdom
United States
Annual
change
Per 1,000 inhabitants
Share
Rank
Total
Per 1 USD/GDP per capita (1)
Rank
Total
Rank
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Total
‘13-’12
2013 ‘09-’13 2013 ‘09-’13 2013 ‘09-’13 2013 ‘09-’13 2013 ‘09-’13 2013 ‘09-’13
7,420
15,820
17,190
50
850
33,250
150
3,200
1,360
3,820
40
5,910
42,120
27,650
15,930
4,670
40
2,690
17,600
1,390
50
290
210
480
2,390
20
14,910
340
17,230
10,590
140
320
840
10
12,640
11,010
21,760
50
1,030
23,160
290
3,160
490
4,970
30
4,020
48,070
41,330
10,270
2,100
50
1,940
10,050
1,200
60
110
370
740
140
10
13,330
340
10,060
6,530
160
430
860
20
11,510
14,420
26,000
40
890
25,350
810
1,770
490
3,810
70
3,090
52,150
45,740
9,310
1,690
80
1,290
34,120
1,870
340
80
410
2,080
1,860
240
11,590
310
9,050
5,090
280
1,010
1,720
20
15,790
17,410
18,530
50
1,230
20,500
1,190
1,630
510
6,190
80
2,920
55,070
64,540
9,580
2,160
110
940
17,350
2,550
190
70
530
2,000
2,060
1,530
9,660
320
9,790
9,170
300
1,140
2,510
230
24,320
17,500
12,500
100
6,980
10,380
1,090
1,250
500
7,540
100
3,020
60,100
109,580
8,230
18,570
150
940
27,830
3,250
190
90
280
990
2,200
3,550
14,400
290
11,470
13,980
510
1,570
1,500
280
71,680
76,160
95,980
290
10,980
112,640
3,530
11,010
3,350
26,330
320
18,960
257,510
288,840
53,320
29,190
430
7,800
106,950
10,260
830
640
1,800
6,290
8,650
5,350
63,890
1,600
57,600
45,360
1,390
4,470
7,430
1050%
54%
1%
-33%
100%
467%
-49%
-8%
-23%
-2%
22%
25%
3%
9%
70%
-14%
760%
36%
0%
60%
27%
0%
29%
-47%
-51%
7%
132%
49%
-9%
17%
52%
70%
38%
-40%
0%
4%
3%
2%
0%
1%
2%
0%
0%
0%
1%
0%
0%
10%
18%
1%
3%
0%
0%
5%
1%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
1%
2%
0%
2%
2%
0%
0%
0%
310
790
3,320
2,770
5,130
12,320
85%
30
820
180
3,010
24,190
14,490
270
540
250
2,740
31,820
13,520
190
320
310
3,410
29,650
19,440
50
550
260
2,580
43,880
25,950
60
280
240
4,500
54,260
19,440
600
2,510
1,240
16,240
183,800
92,840
20%
-49%
-8%
74%
24%
-25%
90
180
740
640
1,340
2,990
109%
7,830
30,670
42,530
9,230
22,640
46,920
16,020
25,900
63,110
26,470
27,980
70,770
44,810
29,190
88,360
104,360
136,380
311,690
278,610 301,000 398,250
45,680 62,890 76,440
66,790 59,990 89,560
5,270
6,390
11,390
327,640 368,400 484,560
0%
3%
3%
4%
0%
0%
5%
0%
0%
0%
1%
0%
1%
11%
13%
2%
1%
0%
0%
5%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
3%
0%
3%
2%
0%
0%
0%
39
8
11
14
42
19
16
30
29
34
18
42
24
3
1
17
10
41
32
7
23
40
44
36
31
25
22
12
35
15
13
33
26
27
45
12
11
9
44
23
6
31
22
32
18
43
19
3
2
15
17
42
26
7
24
39
40
35
28
25
29
13
36
14
16
37
30
27
0.0
0.7
2.0
1.7
0.0
0.2
0.6
0.3
1.4
0.0
1.1
0.1
0.5
0.9
0.8
0.9
0.2
0.3
0.2
0.3
0.0
0.1
1.9
0.2
3.8
4.8
2.5
0.6
0.1
1.9
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.1
3.1
9.0
8.6
0.1
1.5
3.2
0.8
9.6
0.3
4.7
0.2
3.5
4.0
3.5
4.8
2.9
1.3
1.7
1.8
0.1
0.4
17.3
0.6
11.9
20.2
8.6
3.8
0.4
11.4
1.2
0.1
0.1
0.3
44
15
6
9
43
31
16
25
10
39
11
37
18
13
14
12
28
21
29
24
42
35
8
30
3
1
5
17
36
7
26
40
41
33
42
18
8
9
44
23
17
30
7
38
12
39
15
13
16
11
19
26
22
21
43
34
3
32
4
1
10
14
35
6
28
40
41
37
0.0
0.6
0.4
0.3
0.0
0.5
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.1
1.7
2.8
0.3
0.9
0.0
0.0
0.9
0.1
0.0
..
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.3
0.3
0.0
0.2
0.7
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
1.7
1.8
2.5
0.0
0.8
2.7
0.2
0.5
0.1
0.7
0.0
0.5
7.3
7.5
2.1
1.5
0.0
0.2
3.6
0.3
0.0
..
0.1
0.1
0.3
0.5
1.5
0.1
1.0
2.2
0.1
0.1
0.6
31
11
14
17
37
12
19
29
28
34
21
42
27
4
2
16
6
43
32
7
25
39
..
35
36
26
18
15
40
20
9
33
30
24
41
14
13
9
40
19
8
29
23
32
20
42
24
2
1
11
17
43
30
7
28
38
..
34
35
26
25
15
37
18
10
36
31
21
1%
1%
20
21
0.3
1.3
23
27
0.6
1.5
10
16
0%
0%
0%
1%
9%
3%
0%
0%
0%
1%
8%
4%
..
36
38
21
4
9
..
34
38
20
4
10
..
0.1
0.1
0.1
4.6
3.2
..
0.5
0.6
0.3
19.2
11.5
..
34
32
38
2
4
..
33
31
36
2
5
..
0.0
0.0
0.1
1.3
0.4
..
0.1
0.0
0.5
4.5
2.1
..
38
41
22
5
13
..
33
39
22
5
12
0%
0%
28
33
0.3
1.4
22
24
0.1
0.3
23
27
69%
4%
25%
7%
5%
14%
5%
6%
14%
5
6
2
8
5
1
0.4
0.4
0.2
1.4
2.2
1.0
20
19
27
25
20
29
3.0
0.8
1.8
7.0
3.7
6.4
1
8
3
3
6
4
1,466,040
287,120
302,200
25,120
1,743,140
32%
22%
49%
78%
32%
65%
12%
15%
2%
79%
65%
13%
13%
1%
77%
0.8
2.9
0.4
0.5
0.8
2.9
11.0
1.4
1.1
2.8
Canada/USA
75,780 70,080
88,460
91,270 98,740
424,330
Australia/New Zealand
7,760
12,980
11,820
16,110
24,610
73,280
Japan/Rep. of Korea
1,710
1,630
2,880
3,690
4,820
14,730
Total (44) 373,080 359,400 430,800 479,470 612,730 2,255,480
8%
53%
31%
28%
16%
4%
1%
19%
3%
1%
0.3
0.9
0.0
0.5
1.2
2.6
0.1
1.9
EU-Total (28)
Nordic countries (5)
Southern Europe (8)
Former Yugoslavia (6)
Total Europe (38)
247,480 240,700
51,190 50,920
50,100
35,760
770
1,300
287,830 274,710
Notes
Source: Governments, UNHCR. See Notes on next page for information on applications registered with UNHCR.
This table includes final data for 2009 to 2012. In the following tables, the 2012 figures are based on the monthly database. This results in some discrepancies.
All figures in this table have been rounded to the closest ten.
A dash (“-”) indicates that the value is zero or not available. Two dots (“..”) indicate that the value is not available.
(1) This refers to Gross Domestic Product (GDP), Purchasing Power Parity (PPP), per capita.
22
UNHCR Asylum Trends 2013
Notes
a. Country notes
Australia. Figures are based on the number of applications lodged for protection visas.
They do not include asylum-seekers who arrived in Australia by boat in 2012 or 2013 and
have not been able to lodge protection visa applications or who have been transferred to
third countries for refugee status determination.
Belgium. Figures include accompanying children since 2009. Data include repeat
applications in 2009 (4,260) and 2010 (3,410).
Canada. Source: Citizenship and Immigration Canada.
Cyprus. In addition, UNHCR registered asylum applications in the northern part of Cyprus
in 2008 (19), 2011 (31), 2012 (96) and 2013 (113).
France. Includes asylum applications of minors.
Iceland. 2013 data refers to January-October only. No information for November and
December 2013. Source for October data (2013): Eurostat.
Ireland. Data for 2009-2010 include repeat applications.
Japan. Figures are UNHCR estimates.
Poland. Data excludes a significant number of repeat applications with the exception of
monthly data for December 2013.
Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999)). Source: UNHCR (2009-2010).
Slovakia. Data for 2009-2010 includes repeat applications.
Spain. Includes applications lodged at Spanish embassies.
Switzerland. Figures exclude repeat applications.
Turkey. UNHCR is the source of the data. The 2012 figure has been revised to include
all asylum-seekers, both those pre-registered and those registered on a monthly basis.
The 2013 figure includes asylum-seekers registered with UNHCR as well as asylum-seekers
who have been pre-registered but who are pending official registration with UNHCR.
As of 31 December 2013, there were 585,480 registered Syrian refugees in Turkey covered
by the Government’s Temporary Protection Regime. The number of Syrian asylum-seekers
included in the annex tables covers only those who for specific reasons have been referred
to UNHCR for further evaluation of their international protection needs.
United States. Figures include (1) statistics from the US Department of Homeland Security
(DHS), based on the number of cases and multiplied by 1.106 to reflect the estimated
number of individuals; and (2) the number of new (“defensive”) requests lodged with the
Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR), based on the
number of individuals. DHS data for 2013 is based on the number of cases and multiplied
by 1.356 to reflect the estimated number of individuals during this year. EOIR data is
available up to August 2013. The total number of applications lodged with the EOIR
between September and December 2013 has been estimated by UNHCR using a statistical
model (seasonal ARIMA). No information is available on the country of origin during this
period, however.
b. Regional classification
EU-Total (28). All Member States of the European Union as at 1 July 2013.
Nordic countries (5). Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden.
Southern Europe (8). Albania, Cyprus, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, Spain and Turkey.
Former Yugoslavia (6). Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, Serbia (and Kosovo:
S/RES/1244 (1999)), Slovenia, and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
Total Europe (38). All European countries listed.
Source for national population: United Nations, Population Division, “World Population
Prospects: The 2012 Revision”, New York, 2013.
Source for Gross Domestic Product (PPP): International Monetary Fund, World
Economic Outlook Database, April 2013 (accessed 6 October 2013).
UNHCR Asylum Trends 2013 23
TABLE 2
Asylum applications submitted in selected countries in Eastern Europe | 2009 - 2013
All figures are based on annual data.
Country of asylum
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Belarus
Georgia
Rep. of Moldova
Russian Federation
Ukraine
Total
2009
2010
2011
2012
2013
Total
Annual
change
‘13-’12
70
250
160
40
90
2,710
1,360
4,680
50
270
150
70
130
2,180
1,500
4,350
70
150
90
80
70
1,270
890
2,620
580
280
110
600
180
1,240
1,860
4,850
320
460
210
720
160
1,960
990
4,820
1,090
1,410
720
1,510
630
9,360
6,600
21,320
-45%
64%
91%
20%
-11%
58%
-47%
-1%
Per 1,000 inhabitants
Share
Rank
Total
Rank
‘09-’13
2013
‘09-’13
2013
‘09-’13
2013
‘09-’13
2013
‘09-’13
2013
‘09-’13
7%
10%
4%
15%
3%
41%
21%
5%
7%
3%
7%
3%
44%
31%
5
4
6
3
7
1
2
5
4
6
3
7
1
2
0.1
0.0
0.0
0.2
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.4
0.1
0.1
0.3
0.2
0.1
0.1
0.1
2
3
5
1
4
7
6
1
4
6
2
3
7
5
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.1
0.0
0.1
0.1
0.2
0.1
0.0
0.2
0.2
0.5
0.9
4
6
7
2
5
3
1
5
6
7
3
4
2
1
Source: Governments, UNHCR
All figures in this table have been rounded to the closest ten.
Azerbaijan. Source: Government and UNHCR.
Russian Federation. In addition, 2,990 persons applied for temporary asylum in 2009; 1,710 in 2010; 1,030 in 2011; 1,080 in 2012; and 2,740 in 2013.
Ukraine. Data for 2013 refers to number of cases rather than the number of persons.
Source for national population: United Nations, Population Division, “World Population Prospects: The 2012 Revision”, New York, 2013.
Source for Gross Domestic Product (PPP): International Monetary Fund, World Economic Outlook Database, April 2013 (accessed 6 October 2013).
UNHCR Asylum Trends 2013
Total
2013
Notes
24
Per 1 USD/GDP per capita
Rank
TABLE 3
Origin of asylum applications lodged in 44 industrialized countries | 2012 - 2013 (1)
Covering all 44 countries which provided monthly data to UNHCR.
Origin
Syrian Arab Rep.
Russian Federation
Afghanistan
Iraq
Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999))
Pakistan
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Somalia
Eritrea
China
Nigeria
Stateless
Albania
Sri Lanka
Egypt
Bangladesh
Mexico
Georgia
Algeria
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Mali
Turkey
Guinea
Morocco
India
Bosnia and Herzegovina
El Salvador
Armenia
Sudan
Tunisia
Guatemala
Ethiopia
Gambia
Haiti
Senegal
Ghana
Côte d’Ivoire
Honduras
Cameroon
Other
Total
2012
2013
25,232
22,650
47,519
21,010
24,546
23,640
19,930
18,701
12,304
24,288
11,220
4,377
7,728
10,410
5,681
6,583
11,477
10,957
6,746
8,653
7,974
2,952
6,945
5,223
3,964
6,998
5,977
5,123
4,822
3,425
4,600
4,307
3,614
2,384
3,661
2,848
2,748
3,004
2,496
2,399
65,625
474,741
56,351
39,779
38,653
38,171
34,660
26,310
23,879
23,071
21,837
20,170
14,884
11,973
11,278
10,555
9,784
9,659
9,411
9,100
8,842
8,531
7,731
7,597
6,455
6,346
5,890
5,872
5,730
4,931
4,860
4,584
4,470
4,421
4,384
4,343
3,574
3,446
2,978
2,951
2,845
2,789
73,478
596,573
Total
81,583
62,429
86,172
59,181
59,206
49,950
43,809
41,772
34,141
44,458
26,104
16,350
19,006
20,965
15,465
16,242
20,888
20,057
15,588
17,184
15,705
10,549
13,400
11,569
9,854
12,870
11,707
10,054
9,682
8,009
9,070
8,728
7,998
6,727
7,235
6,294
5,726
5,955
5,341
5,188
139,103
1,071,314
Annual
change
123%
76%
-19%
82%
41%
11%
20%
23%
77%
-17%
33%
174%
46%
1%
72%
47%
-18%
-17%
31%
-1%
-3%
157%
-7%
22%
49%
-16%
-4%
-4%
1%
34%
-3%
3%
21%
82%
-2%
21%
8%
-2%
14%
16%
12%
26%
Share
Rank
2012
2013
Total
5.3
4.8
10.0
4.4
5.2
5.0
4.2
3.9
2.6
5.1
2.4
0.9
1.6
2.2
1.2
1.4
2.4
2.3
1.4
1.8
1.7
0.6
1.5
1.1
0.8
1.5
1.3
1.1
1.0
0.7
1.0
0.9
0.8
0.5
0.8
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.5
0.5
13.8
100.0
9.4
6.7
6.5
6.4
5.8
4.4
4.0
3.9
3.7
3.4
2.5
2.0
1.9
1.8
1.6
1.6
1.6
1.5
1.5
1.4
1.3
1.3
1.1
1.1
1.0
1.0
1.0
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.6
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
12.3
100.0
7.6
5.8
8.0
5.5
5.5
4.7
4.1
3.9
3.2
4.1
2.4
1.5
1.8
2.0
1.4
1.5
1.9
1.9
1.5
1.6
1.5
1.0
1.3
1.1
0.9
1.2
1.1
0.9
0.9
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.6
0.5
0.5
13.0
100.0
2012
2013
2
6
1
7
3
5
8
9
10
4
12
28
17
14
23
21
11
13
20
15
16
35
19
24
30
18
22
25
26
33
27
29
32
40
31
36
37
34
38
39
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
Notes
(1) Data for the United States Department of Justice, Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) is available up to August 2013. The total number of applications lodged between
September and December 2013 has been estimated by UNHCR using a statistical model (seasonal ARIMA). No information is available on the country of origin during this period, however.
UNHCR Asylum Trends 2013 25
TABLE 4
Origin of asylum applications lodged in Europe | 2012 - 2013 (1)
Covering 38 European countries which provided monthly data to UNHCR.
Origin
2012
Syrian Arab Rep.
Russian Federation
Iraq
Afghanistan
Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999))
Pakistan
Somalia
Eritrea
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Nigeria
Albania
Stateless
Georgia
Algeria
Bangladesh
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Mali
Sri Lanka
Guinea
Morocco
Egypt
Bosnia and Herzegovina
China
Turkey
Armenia
Tunisia
Sudan
Gambia
Senegal
India
Côte d’Ivoire
Ghana
Ethiopia
Azerbaijan
Libya
Cameroon
Palestinian
Mauritania
Haiti
Other
Total
23,864
21,316
19,455
43,872
24,108
20,142
17,998
11,892
16,959
9,901
7,137
3,716
10,843
6,553
5,789
8,090
7,934
2,647
6,703
4,930
3,875
2,818
5,889
5,440
5,930
4,650
4,503
3,128
2,042
2,656
3,145
2,683
2,396
2,142
2,088
1,726
1,613
1,018
1,752
1,630
33,057
368,030
2013
53,824
38,699
35,755
35,189
34,347
22,480
22,446
21,293
18,222
13,784
10,891
10,125
8,980
8,702
8,249
7,941
7,707
7,319
6,112
6,095
5,832
5,716
5,688
5,500
5,437
4,648
4,378
4,283
4,077
3,314
3,152
2,727
2,653
2,632
2,425
2,118
2,015
1,740
1,680
1,497
34,873
484,545
Total
77,688
60,015
55,210
79,061
58,455
42,622
40,444
33,185
35,181
23,685
18,028
13,841
19,823
15,255
14,038
16,031
15,641
9,966
12,815
11,025
9,707
8,534
11,577
10,940
11,367
9,298
8,881
7,411
6,119
5,970
6,297
5,410
5,049
4,774
4,513
3,844
3,628
2,758
3,432
3,127
67,930
852,575
Notes
(1) October data for 2013 for Iceland is based on Eurostat. No data for November and December.
26
UNHCR Asylum Trends 2013
Share
Rank
Annual
change
2012
2013
Total
126%
82%
84%
-20%
42%
12%
25%
79%
7%
39%
53%
172%
-17%
33%
42%
-2%
-3%
177%
-9%
24%
51%
103%
-3%
1%
-8%
-0%
-3%
37%
100%
25%
0%
2%
11%
23%
16%
23%
25%
71%
-4%
-8%
5%
32%
6.5
5.8
5.3
11.9
6.6
5.5
4.9
3.2
4.6
2.7
1.9
1.0
2.9
1.8
1.6
2.2
2.2
0.7
1.8
1.3
1.1
0.8
1.6
1.5
1.6
1.3
1.2
0.8
0.6
0.7
0.9
0.7
0.7
0.6
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.5
0.4
9.0
100.0
11.1
8.0
7.4
7.3
7.1
4.6
4.6
4.4
3.8
2.8
2.2
2.1
1.9
1.8
1.7
1.6
1.6
1.5
1.3
1.3
1.2
1.2
1.2
1.1
1.1
1.0
0.9
0.9
0.8
0.7
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.3
7.2
100.0
9.1
7.0
6.5
9.3
6.9
5.0
4.7
3.9
4.1
2.8
2.1
1.6
2.3
1.8
1.6
1.9
1.8
1.2
1.5
1.3
1.1
1.0
1.4
1.3
1.3
1.1
1.0
0.9
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.4
0.4
8.0
100.0
2012
2013
3
4
6
1
2
5
7
9
8
11
14
25
10
16
19
12
13
31
15
21
24
28
18
20
17
22
23
27
35
30
26
29
32
33
34
37
39
40
36
38
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
TABLE 5
Origin of asylum applications lodged in the European Union (28) | 2012 - 2013
Covering 28 European Union countries which provided monthly data to UNHCR.
Origin
Syrian Arab Rep.
Russian Federation
Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999))
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Somalia
Eritrea
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Nigeria
Albania
Iraq
Stateless
Georgia
Bangladesh
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Algeria
Mali
Guinea
Sri Lanka
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Egypt
Turkey
China
Armenia
Morocco
Gambia
Sudan
India
Senegal
Tunisia
Côte d’Ivoire
Azerbaijan
Ghana
Ethiopia
Libya
Cameroon
Mauritania
Haiti
Viet Nam
Other
Total
2012
21,988
20,629
21,754
26,201
19,279
13,680
6,248
12,560
7,130
6,883
11,887
3,423
10,110
5,354
7,744
6,870
4,640
2,375
4,537
6,225
5,406
2,578
5,368
4,550
4,520
2,603
1,452
2,404
3,072
2,291
2,220
2,509
2,030
2,020
1,613
1,414
1,506
1,658
1,622
1,537
28,742
300,632
2013
48,926
37,987
33,192
23,965
20,326
18,200
14,507
11,656
11,323
10,599
9,878
9,569
8,346
7,758
7,613
7,594
6,807
6,628
5,655
5,632
5,464
5,343
4,997
4,734
4,492
4,272
3,549
3,097
3,087
2,902
2,523
2,411
2,360
2,300
2,021
1,867
1,744
1,572
1,496
1,451
30,391
398,234
Total
70,914
58,616
54,946
50,166
39,605
31,880
20,755
24,216
18,453
17,482
21,765
12,992
18,456
13,112
15,357
14,464
11,447
9,003
10,192
11,857
10,870
7,921
10,365
9,284
9,012
6,875
5,001
5,501
6,159
5,193
4,743
4,920
4,390
4,320
3,634
3,281
3,250
3,230
3,118
2,988
59,133
698,866
Share
Rank
Annual
change
2012
2013
Total
2012
2013
123%
84%
53%
-9%
5%
33%
132%
-7%
59%
54%
-17%
180%
-17%
45%
-2%
11%
47%
179%
25%
-10%
1%
107%
-7%
4%
-1%
64%
144%
29%
0%
27%
14%
-4%
16%
14%
25%
32%
16%
-5%
-8%
-6%
6%
32%
7.3
6.9
7.2
8.7
6.4
4.6
2.1
4.2
2.4
2.3
4.0
1.1
3.4
1.8
2.6
2.3
1.5
0.8
1.5
2.1
1.8
0.9
1.8
1.5
1.5
0.9
0.5
0.8
1.0
0.8
0.7
0.8
0.7
0.7
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.5
0.5
9.6
100.0
12.3
9.5
8.3
6.0
5.1
4.6
3.6
2.9
2.8
2.7
2.5
2.4
2.1
1.9
1.9
1.9
1.7
1.7
1.4
1.4
1.4
1.3
1.3
1.2
1.1
1.1
0.9
0.8
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
7.6
100.0
10.1
8.4
7.9
7.2
5.7
4.6
3.0
3.5
2.6
2.5
3.1
1.9
2.6
1.9
2.2
2.1
1.6
1.3
1.5
1.7
1.6
1.1
1.5
1.3
1.3
1.0
0.7
0.8
0.9
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.6
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.4
8.5
100.0
2
4
3
1
5
6
14
7
11
12
8
23
9
18
10
13
19
29
21
15
16
26
17
20
22
25
39
28
24
30
31
27
32
33
36
40
38
34
35
37
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
35
36
37
38
39
40
UNHCR Asylum Trends 2013 27
TABLE 6
Applications submitted by country of asylum and origin | 2013
Covering all 44 asylum countries which provided monthly data to UNHCR. See notes in Annex Table 1.
Top-20 ranking of countries based on applications lodged in all countries. An asterisk (*) denotes between 1 and 4 applications.
Origin
Albania
Syrian Arab Rep.
Russian Federation
Afghanistan
Iraq
Serbia (and Kosovo:
S/RES/1244 (1999))
Pakistan
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Somalia
Eritrea
China
Nigeria
Stateless
Albania
Sri Lanka
Egypt
Bangladesh
Mexico
Georgia
Algeria
Dem. Rep.
of the Congo
24
-
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Bosnia
and H.
Bulgaria
Canada
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech
Rep.
159
26
2,840
1,207
1,991
2,841
2,589
468
944
791
892
295
59
6
*
4,447
*
304
207
493
99
386
237
194
15
185
5
562
8
6
5
69
40
8
11
1,702
983
425
115
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
17
15
*
-
148
219
172
764
1,291
4,648
523
92
11,851
14,887
7,735
3,958
-
*
1,146
747
8
-
65
9
-
16
551
*
119
5,844
14,853
197
*
-
2,069
4,370
47
17
1,521
87
1,630
38
3,630
853
710
*
21
8
1,037
595
433
59
237
691
253
69
27
184
278
257
949
256
210
156
57
368
158
*
472
70
84
154
8
229
95
*
*
*
*
*
6
8
22
59
87
28
6
541
*
14
5
5
433
630
201
291
230
762
468
129
111
190
255
156
84
32
98
50
7
138
20
30
11
10
136
54
22
43
*
5
*
50
143
106
*
*
*
6
*
5
11
21
*
*
*
12
*
75
374
964
98
27
142
418
66
25
56
48
*
69
111
8
*
*
*
9
-
32
147
196
*
5
202
24
51
14
18
22
14
81
1,733
158
478
405
2,293
1,301
223
5,008
2,274
413
3,053
5
2,456
1,477
4,101
4,424
3,786
3,616
374
1,923
541
1,247
596
2,133
669
2,336
1,056
-
10
54
1,166
-
29
308
*
6
*
40
-
29
5,203
253
…/…
Origin
Greece Hungary Iceland (1) Ireland
Syrian Arab Rep.
Russian Federation
Afghanistan
Iraq
Serbia (and Kosovo:
S/RES/1244 (1999))
Pakistan
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Somalia
Eritrea
China
Nigeria
Stateless
Albania
Sri Lanka
Egypt
Bangladesh
Mexico
Georgia
Algeria
Dem. Rep.
of the Congo
485
13
1,223
145
960
11
2,279
56
5
5
*
6
37
5
32
27
Italy
695
38
2,175
568
Japan (2) Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg
24
*
*
*
15
5
*
*
9
*
*
11
29
45
*
24
12
17
27
Malta
250
*
New
Montenegro Netherlands Zealand
285
*
186
8
2,673
263
673
1,094
Norway
10
7
15
841
324
684
166
6
6,155
-
7
266
-
-
6
-
184
*
6
316
-
303
1,358
188
122
157
174
256
28
579
46
308
727
532
144
3,052
59
185
92
5
441
*
37
9
102
678
40
1,105
*
*
5
*
17
*
5
91
8
10
*
22
129
48
14
29
15
51
3,305
417
2,881
2,216
34
3,545
7
135
74
975
486
*
108
138
241
51
*
*
35
68
*
346
6
190
-
*
*
*
*
*
*
5
144
-
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
115
-
*
22
7
5
*
53
70
6
16
38
*
*
1,008
471
*
85
9
6
-
989
6
197
352
122
37
13
701
150
728
3,078
978
147
136
216
42
142
177
29
*
209
29
18
22
*
21
*
41
7
6
-
141
250
1,617
3,215
74
481
532
179
14
39
124
*
66
103
153
102
-
72
72
15
-
-
-
*
-
12
38
-
22
…/…
28
UNHCR Asylum Trends 2013
TABLE 6
Applications submitted by country of asylum and origin | 2013 (ctnd)
Covering all 44 asylum countries which provided monthly data to UNHCR. See notes in Annex Table 1.
Top-20 ranking of countries based on applications lodged in all countries. An asterisk (*) denotes between 1 and 4 applications.
Origin
Syrian Arab Rep.
Russian Federation
Afghanistan
Iraq
Serbia (and Kosovo:
S/RES/1244 (1999))
Pakistan
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Somalia
Eritrea
China
Nigeria
Stateless
Albania
Sri Lanka
Egypt
Bangladesh
Mexico
Georgia
Algeria
Dem. Rep.
of the Congo
Poland
Portugal
Rep. of
Korea
Romania
Serbia (3)
Slovakia
Slovenia
255
11,933
43
24
146
7
*
*
295
*
27
*
1,016
6
39
45
1,362
*
492
58
13
6
84
6
56
13
14
-
Spain
Sweden
TfYR
Switzerland Macedonia (4) Turkey (5)
725
57
66
43
16,317
1,036
3,011
1,476
1,852
370
863
351
360
262
6
108
8,726
25,280
United
Kingdom
United
States (6)
2,032
104
1,422
438
1,546
951
201
954
*
*
-
6
-
*
37
9
2,878
826
6
-
35
246
24
9
25
*
*
6
25
*
33
22
1,057
*
26
*
7
5
37
*
5
*
275
7
*
46
206
26
97
45
*
40
26
*
18
6
9
7
29
9
25
5
219
34
507
624
157
*
20
66
256
8
*
42
25
5
*
*
*
16
*
19
6
6
*
5
*
*
*
*
14
102
61
132
7
10
173
*
16
12
27
21
20
9
351
269
1,172
3,901
4,844
46
601
6,921
1,156
38
304
164
15
625
382
183
178
552
2,490
671
1,574
21
93
455
189
78
*
565
714
92
*
93
24
40
*
55
93
528
5,897
1,276
76
16
84
*
9
86
148
13
4,507
2,946
514
1,408
955
1,377
334
1,587
2,246
291
1,233
11
47
201
597
1,006
285
294
12,285
269
88
238
210
2,850
303
9,261
67
32
*
13
8
*
-
*
*
78
77
180
-
114
212
249
Notes
A dash (“-”) indicates that the value is zero or not available.
(1) October data is based on Eurostat. No data for November and December.
(2) UNHCR estimates
(3) Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999))
(4) The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
(5) As of 31 December 2013, there were 580,480 registered Syrian refugees in Turkey covered by the Government’s Temporary Protection Regime. The figures in this table cover only those
Syrian asylum-seekers who for specific reasons have been referred to UNHCR for further evaluation of their international protection needs.
(6) Combination of number of persons (EOIR) and cases (DHS). EOIR data excludes September-December due to lack of data.
UNHCR Asylum Trends 2013 29
TABLE 7
Quarterly asylum applications lodged in 44 industrialized countries | 2012 - 2013
Covering 44 countries which provided monthly data to UNHCR.
2012
Country of asylum
2013
Quarterly change 2013
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Q2-Q1
Q3-Q2
Q4-Q3
United States (4)
3,346
3,527
5,092
5
166
5,527
122
373
138
1,173
16
578
13,715
12,300
1,948
457
13
239
3,748
514
64
14
86
559
123
98
2,656
85
2,086
1,429
68
419
682
392
14
40
42
643
7,553
6,157
52
3,152
6,192
17,497
5
4,552
3,813
4,299
155
5,091
291
403
127
1,492
42
613
12,235
11,000
2,411
363
23
210
3,605
567
61
12
151
640
809
356
1,914
78
2,176
1,696
84
248
775
604
8
129
48
652
8,785
6,608
249
4,724
6,224
19,076
5
4,418
5,184
4,689
13
267
4,560
360
470
110
1,586
10
888
13,613
17,163
2,084
537
47
242
4,530
648
36
24
153
497
693
499
2,217
82
2,776
2,935
95
242
740
841
9
220
67
600
13,380
7,312
152
8,234
7,248
17,183
6
3,680
4,891
4,444
35
641
5,323
421
384
142
1,890
9
843
15,692
24,076
3,134
799
32
248
5,469
814
28
24
139
356
431
578
2,877
79
2,747
3,122
48
234
313
931
14
159
107
684
14,169
5,871
185
10,360
7,746
17,011
12
9,529
3,591
3,338
12
868
2,143
483
317
129
1,951
24
686
15,066
19,315
2,069
2,269
73
227
4,908
848
24
17
59
213
104
355
3,237
77
2,392
2,598
71
224
340
749
18
41
94
1,171
9,736
5,247
112
7,472
6,976
20,444
71
8,800
4,649
2,940
44
936
2,337
238
238
116
1,623
30
656
15,112
23,996
1,874
9,338
32
242
5,996
776
35
33
50
239
343
712
2,984
68
2,381
7,068
131
287
371
1,155
23
92
73
1,305
9,123
4,806
411
9,954
7,189
23,210
122
3,478
4,499
3,303
15
2,066
2,853
175
292
138
2,033
20
905
14,575
31,365
2,060
4,312
32
215
7,876
738
91
30
84
279
1,459
1,644
3,766
74
4,111
3,077
123
412
462
1,352
21
62
43
1,086
16,626
4,400
594
12,732
7,561
22,180
21
2,517
4,764
2,922
29
3,109
3,049
193
399
120
1,933
23
775
15,342
34,904
2,222
2,654
15
258
9,052
890
35
13
84
257
294
843
4,412
73
2,584
1,240
181
651
326
1,872
86
32
939
18,774
4,987
226
14,649
7,459
22,523
492%
-8%
29%
-12%
267%
8%
9%
-51%
-25%
-10%
-17%
25%
-4%
0%
24%
-9%
312%
-56%
7%
22%
-8%
46%
94%
-15%
12%
230%
101%
-8%
-12%
-0%
172%
85%
28%
9%
54%
28%
124%
-22%
11%
-6%
-8%
267%
33%
3%
14%
72%
-60%
-3%
12%
-66%
121%
22%
-26%
23%
19%
25%
-33%
38%
-4%
31%
10%
-54%
0%
-11%
31%
-5%
160%
-9%
68%
17%
325%
131%
26%
9%
73%
-56%
-6%
44%
25%
17%
-9 %
-33%
-41%
-17%
82%
-8%
45%
28%
5%
-4%
-83%
-28%
6%
-12%
93%
50%
7%
10%
37%
-13%
-5%
15%
-14%
5%
11%
8%
-38%
-53%
20%
15%
21%
-62%
-57%
0%
-8%
-80%
-49%
17%
-1%
-37%
-60%
47%
58%
-29%
38%
-100%
39%
-26%
-14%
13%
13%
-62%
15%
-1%
2%
EU-Total (28)
Nordic countries (5)
Southern Europe (8)
Total Europe (38)
63,729
11,403
6,903
75,698
63,027
13,089
7,969
77,784
80,614
18,677
8,477
100,517
93,262
19,681
10,156
114,031
79,905
14,838
8,652
96,346
96,987
13,815
9,958
116,586
108,553
23,707
13,018
133,585
112,789
24,081
13,108
138,028
21%
-7%
15%
21%
12%
72%
31%
15%
4%
2%
1%
3%
23,024
3,431
933
27,388
103,086
24,167
4,630
815
29,612
107,396
21,743
4,500
890
27,133
127,650
22,334
3,759
1,048
27,141
141,172
22,587
9,606
1,072
33,265
129,611
25,547
8,868
1,063
35,478
152,064
25,033
3,552
1,150
29,735
163,320
25,572
2,590
1,541
29,703
167,731
13%
-8%
-1%
7%
17%
-2%
-60%
8%
-16%
7%
2%
-27%
34%
-0%
3%
Albania
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Canada
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland (1)
Ireland
Italy
Japan (2)
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Montenegro
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Republic of Korea
Romania
Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999))
- of which Kosovo
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Turkey (3)
United Kingdom
Canada/USA
Australia/New Zealand
Japan/Rep. of Korea
Total non-Europe (6)
Total (44)
Notes
See also notes in Annex Table 1.
A dash (“-”) indicates that the value is zero or not available.
(1) Iceland: 2013 excludes data for November and December. October data is based on Eurostat.
(2) Japan: UNHCR estimate.
(3) Turkey: UNHCR is the source of the data. The 2012 figure has been revised to include all asylum-seekers, both those pre-registered and those registered on a monthly basis. The 2013
figure includes asylum-seekers registered with UNHCR as well as asylum-seekers who have been pre-registered but who are pending official registration with UNHCR. As of 31 December
2013, there were 585,480 registered Syrian refugees in Turkey covered by the Government’s Temporary Protection Regime. The number of Syrian asylum-seekers included in the annex
tables covers only those who for specific reasons have been referred to UNHCR for further evaluation of their international protection needs.
(4) United States: Data for the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) is available up to August 2013. The total number of applications lodged between September and December
2013 has been estimated by UNHCR using a statistical model (seasonal ARIMA). No information is available on the country of origin during this period, however.
30
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TABLE 8
Origin of asylum applicants in 44 industrialized countries by quarter | 2013 (1)
Covering all 44 countries which provided monthly data to UNHCR. See notes in Annex Table 1.
No. of applications
Origin
Syrian Arab Rep.
Russian Federation
Afghanistan
Iraq
Serbia (and Kosovo:
S/RES/1244 (1999))
Pakistan
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Somalia
Eritrea
China
Nigeria
Stateless
Albania
Sri Lanka
Egypt
Bangladesh
Mexico
Georgia
Algeria
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
The former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia
Mali
Turkey
Guinea
Morocco
India
Bosnia and Herzegovina
El Salvador
Armenia
Sudan
Tunisia
Guatemala
Ethiopia
Gambia
Haiti
Senegal
Ghana
Côte d’Ivoire
Honduras
Cameroon
Other
Total
Change (%)
Share (%)
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Total
Q2-Q1
Q3-Q2
Q4-Q3
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
9,473
8,126
9,758
6,911
9,497
16,551
9,687
7,568
15,685
9,819
9,367
10,535
21,696
5,283
9,841
13,157
56,351
39,779
38,653
38,171
0%
104%
-1%
10%
65%
-41%
-3%
39%
38%
-46%
5%
25%
7.5
6.5
7.8
5.5
6.4
11.2
6.6
5.1
9.8
6.2
5.9
6.6
13.3
3.2
6.0
8.0
5,522
10,311
9,540
9,287
34,660
87%
-7%
-3%
4.4
7.0
6.0
5.7
5,589
6,524
4,485
2,976
4,686
3,322
1,902
2,276
3,429
1,795
1,707
2,830
2,341
2,126
2,078
7,516
7,054
5,583
2,830
5,376
3,413
1,880
2,642
3,568
1,992
2,978
2,964
2,045
2,744
2,072
7,381
5,278
6,966
7,896
5,240
3,995
4,175
2,640
1,796
3,090
2,725
2,171
2,334
2,228
2,062
5,824
5,023
6,037
8,135
4,868
4,154
4,016
3,720
1,762
2,907
2,249
1,446
2,380
1,744
2,319
26,310
23,879
23,071
21,837
20,170
14,884
11,973
11,278
10,555
9,784
9,659
9,411
9,100
8,842
8,531
34%
8%
24%
-5%
15%
3%
-1%
16%
4%
11%
74%
5%
-13%
29%
-0%
-2%
-25%
25%
179%
-3%
17%
122%
-0%
-50%
55%
-8%
-27%
14%
-19%
-0%
-21%
-5%
-13%
3%
-7%
4%
-4%
41%
-2%
-6%
-17%
-33%
2%
-22%
12%
4.4
5.2
3.6
2.4
3.7
2.6
1.5
1.8
2.7
1.4
1.4
2.2
1.9
1.7
1.7
5.1
4.8
3.8
1.9
3.6
2.3
1.3
1.8
2.4
1.3
2.0
2.0
1.4
1.9
1.4
4.6
3.3
4.4
5.0
3.3
2.5
2.6
1.7
1.1
1.9
1.7
1.4
1.5
1.4
1.3
3.6
3.1
3.7
5.0
3.0
2.5
2.5
2.3
1.1
1.8
1.4
0.9
1.5
1.1
1.4
898
1,339
2,615
2,879
7,731
49%
95%
10%
0.7
0.9
1.6
1.8
2,174
1,956
1,519
1,333
1,370
909
1,352
1,319
984
1,310
1,201
889
815
939
643
612
766
755
678
15,588
125,866
2,041
1,624
1,483
1,711
1,562
835
1,756
1,189
1,050
1,263
1,398
959
944
987
644
745
800
987
732
15,557
147,877
1,932
1,361
1,673
1,533
1,617
1,739
1,363
1,039
1,150
907
1,145
1,355
1,148
820
936
806
749
823
686
18,933
159,253
1,450
1,514
1,671
1,313
1,323
2,247
460
1,313
1,400
990
677
1,181
1,436
828
1,223
815
636
280
693
23,400
163,577
7,597
6,455
6,346
5,890
5,872
5,730
4,931
4,860
4,584
4,470
4,421
4,384
4,343
3,574
3,446
2,978
2,951
2,845
2,789
73,478
596,573
-6%
-17%
-2%
28%
14%
-8%
30%
-10%
7%
-4%
16%
8%
16%
5%
0%
22%
4%
31%
8%
-0%
17%
-5%
-16%
13%
-10%
4%
108%
-22%
-13%
10%
-28%
-18%
41%
22%
-17%
45%
8%
-6%
-17%
-6%
22%
8%
-25%
11%
-0%
-14%
-18%
29%
-66%
26%
22%
9%
-41%
-13%
25%
1%
31%
1%
-15%
-66%
1%
24%
3%
1.7
1.6
1.2
1.1
1.1
0.7
1.1
1.0
0.8
1.0
1.0
0.7
0.6
0.7
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.6
0.5
12.4
100.0
1.4
1.1
1.0
1.2
1.1
0.6
1.2
0.8
0.7
0.9
0.9
0.6
0.6
0.7
0.4
0.5
0.5
0.7
0.5
10.5
100.0
1.2
0.9
1.1
1.0
1.0
1.1
0.9
0.7
0.7
0.6
0.7
0.9
0.7
0.5
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.4
11.9
100.0
0.9
0.9
1.0
0.8
0.8
1.4
0.3
0.8
0.9
0.6
0.4
0.7
0.9
0.5
0.7
0.5
0.4
0.2
0.4
14.3
100.0
Notes
(1) Iceland: Excludes data for November and December. October data is based on Eurostat. United States: Data for the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) is available up to
August 2013. The total number of applications lodged between September and December 2013 has been estimated by UNHCR using a statistical model (seasonal ARIMA). No information is
available on the country of origin during this period, however.
UNHCR Asylum Trends 2013 31
TABLE 9
Origin of asylum applicants in Europe by quarter | 2013 (1)
Covering 38 European countries which provided monthly data to UNHCR.
No. of applications
Origin
Syrian Arab Rep.
Russian Federation
Iraq
Afghanistan
Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999))
Pakistan
Somalia
Eritrea
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Nigeria
Albania
Stateless
Georgia
Algeria
Bangladesh
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Mali
Sri Lanka
Guinea
Morocco
Egypt
Bosnia and Herzegovina
China
Turkey
Armenia
Tunisia
Sudan
Gambia
Senegal
India
Côte d’Ivoire
Ghana
Ethiopia
Azerbaijan
Libya
Cameroon
Palestinian
Mauritania
Haiti
Other
Total
Change (%)
Q2
Q3
Q4
Total
Q2-Q1
Q3-Q2
Q4-Q3
8,883
7,870
6,076
7,962
5,435
4,435
4,330
2,859
4,151
3,108
2,167
1,085
2,314
2,091
1,425
1,935
886
2,077
1,584
1,449
1,317
708
892
1,286
1,670
1,263
1,292
908
743
600
707
705
524
532
582
512
483
393
409
382
8,316
96,346
8,847
16,235
6,822
8,471
10,220
6,355
5,391
2,674
4,911
3,161
2,524
1,190
2,010
2,718
2,458
1,906
1,338
1,959
1,588
1,434
1,694
985
827
1,377
1,402
1,135
1,243
971
860
615
841
741
666
546
470
427
471
421
479
426
7,777
116,586
15,090
9,571
10,110
9,116
9,483
6,634
6,784
7,745
4,525
3,701
2,541
3,923
2,313
2,182
2,383
1,899
2,609
1,863
1,475
1,610
1,526
2,040
1,725
1,519
1,141
988
888
1,078
1,091
913
867
692
724
804
610
498
506
515
406
307
9,190
133,585
21,004
5,023
12,747
9,640
9,209
5,056
5,941
8,015
4,635
3,814
3,659
3,927
2,343
1,711
1,983
2,201
2,874
1,420
1,465
1,602
1,295
1,983
2,244
1,318
1,224
1,262
955
1,326
1,383
1,186
737
589
739
750
763
681
555
411
386
382
9,590
138,028
53,824
38,699
35,755
35,189
34,347
22,480
22,446
21,293
18,222
13,784
10,891
10,125
8,980
8,702
8,249
7,941
7,707
7,319
6,112
6,095
5,832
5,716
5,688
5,500
5,437
4,648
4,378
4,283
4,077
3,314
3,152
2,727
2,653
2,632
2,425
2,118
2,015
1,740
1,680
1,497
34,873
484,545
-0%
106%
12%
6%
88%
43%
25%
-6%
18%
2%
16%
10%
-13%
30%
72%
-1%
51%
-6%
0%
-1%
29%
39%
-7%
7%
-16%
-10%
-4%
7%
16%
3%
19%
5%
27%
3%
-19%
-17%
-2%
7%
17%
12%
-6%
21%
71%
-41%
48%
8%
-7%
4%
26%
190%
-8%
17%
1%
230%
15%
-20%
-3%
-0%
95%
-5%
-7%
12%
-10%
107%
109%
10%
-19%
-13%
-29%
11%
27%
48%
3%
-7%
9%
47%
30%
17%
7%
22%
-15%
-28%
18%
15%
39%
-48%
26%
6%
-3%
-24%
-12%
3%
2%
3%
44%
0%
1%
-22%
-17%
16%
10%
-24%
-1%
-0%
-15%
-3%
30%
-13%
7%
28%
8%
23%
27%
30%
-15%
-15%
2%
-7%
25%
37%
10%
-20%
-5%
24%
4%
3%
Notes
(1) Iceland: Excludes data for November and December. October data is based on Eurostat.
32
UNHCR Asylum Trends 2013
Share (%)
Q1
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
9.2
8.2
6.3
8.3
5.6
4.6
4.5
3.0
4.3
3.2
2.2
1.1
2.4
2.2
1.5
2.0
0.9
2.2
1.6
1.5
1.4
0.7
0.9
1.3
1.7
1.3
1.3
0.9
0.8
0.6
0.7
0.7
0.5
0.6
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.4
8.6
100.0
7.6
13.9
5.9
7.3
8.8
5.5
4.6
2.3
4.2
2.7
2.2
1.0
1.7
2.3
2.1
1.6
1.1
1.7
1.4
1.2
1.5
0.8
0.7
1.2
1.2
1.0
1.1
0.8
0.7
0.5
0.7
0.6
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.4
6.7
100.0
11.3
7.2
7.6
6.8
7.1
5.0
5.1
5.8
3.4
2.8
1.9
2.9
1.7
1.6
1.8
1.4
2.0
1.4
1.1
1.2
1.1
1.5
1.3
1.1
0.9
0.7
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.2
6.9
100.0
15.2
3.6
9.2
7.0
6.7
3.7
4.3
5.8
3.4
2.8
2.7
2.8
1.7
1.2
1.4
1.6
2.1
1.0
1.1
1.2
0.9
1.4
1.6
1.0
0.9
0.9
0.7
1.0
1.0
0.9
0.5
0.4
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.3
6.9
100.0
TABLE 10
Origin of asylum applicants in the European Union (28) by quarter | 2013
Covering 28 European Union countries which provided monthly data to UNHCR.
No. of applications
Origin
Syrian Arab Rep.
Russian Federation
Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999))
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Somalia
Eritrea
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Nigeria
Albania
Iraq
Stateless
Georgia
Bangladesh
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Algeria
Mali
Guinea
Sri Lanka
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Egypt
Turkey
China
Armenia
Morocco
Gambia
Sudan
India
Senegal
Tunisia
Côte d’Ivoire
Azerbaijan
Ghana
Ethiopia
Libya
Cameroon
Mauritania
Haiti
Viet Nam
Other
Total
Change (%)
Share (%)
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Total
Q2-Q1
Q3-Q2
Q4-Q3
8,310
7,679
5,181
5,442
4,230
3,424
1,846
2,985
2,268
2,097
2,509
991
2,119
1,367
1,846
856
1,641
1,848
1,340
1,493
816
645
1,519
1,087
1,216
940
538
665
694
431
605
636
571
435
391
447
427
378
382
392
7,218
79,905
8,089
16,075
9,918
5,562
5,838
4,279
1,522
2,962
2,488
2,460
2,068
1,110
1,871
2,266
1,825
1,322
2,083
1,748
1,326
1,489
784
879
1,286
1,202
1,089
1,212
717
709
824
516
669
658
442
590
406
365
424
442
426
386
6,660
96,987
13,714
9,354
9,095
5,782
5,676
5,535
5,138
2,779
3,169
2,477
2,646
3,696
2,162
2,251
1,824
2,573
1,669
1,722
1,487
1,373
1,683
1,922
1,057
1,273
953
1,130
992
741
851
847
572
593
592
627
609
433
439
385
306
382
8,044
108,553
18,813
4,879
8,998
7,179
4,582
4,962
6,001
2,930
3,398
3,565
2,655
3,772
2,194
1,874
2,118
2,843
1,414
1,310
1,502
1,277
2,181
1,897
1,135
1,172
1,234
990
1,302
982
718
1,108
677
524
755
648
615
622
454
367
382
291
8,469
112,789
48,926
37,987
33,192
23,965
20,326
18,200
14,507
11,656
11,323
10,599
9,878
9,569
8,346
7,758
7,613
7,594
6,807
6,628
5,655
5,632
5,464
5,343
4,997
4,734
4,492
4,272
3,549
3,097
3,087
2,902
2,523
2,411
2,360
2,300
2,021
1,867
1,744
1,572
1,496
1,451
30,391
398,234
-3%
109%
91%
2%
38%
25%
-18%
-1%
10%
17%
-18%
12%
-12%
66%
-1%
54%
27%
-5%
-1%
-0%
-4%
36%
-15%
11%
-10%
29%
33%
7%
19%
20%
11%
3%
-23%
36%
4%
-18%
-1%
17%
12%
-2%
-8%
21%
70%
-42%
-8%
4%
-3%
29%
238%
-6%
27%
1%
28%
233%
16%
-1%
-0%
95%
-20%
-1%
12%
-8%
115%
119%
-18%
6%
-12%
-7%
38%
5%
3%
64%
-14%
-10%
34%
6%
50%
19%
4%
-13%
-28%
-1%
21%
12%
37%
-48%
-1%
24%
-19%
-10%
17%
5%
7%
44%
0%
2%
1%
-17%
16%
10%
-15%
-24%
1%
-7%
30%
-1%
7%
-8%
29%
-12%
31%
33%
-16%
31%
18%
-12%
28%
3%
1%
44%
3%
-5%
25%
-24%
5%
4%
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
10.4
9.6
6.5
6.8
5.3
4.3
2.3
3.7
2.8
2.6
3.1
1.2
2.7
1.7
2.3
1.1
2.1
2.3
1.7
1.9
1.0
0.8
1.9
1.4
1.5
1.2
0.7
0.8
0.9
0.5
0.8
0.8
0.7
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.5
9.0
100.0
8.3
16.6
10.2
5.7
6.0
4.4
1.6
3.1
2.6
2.5
2.1
1.1
1.9
2.3
1.9
1.4
2.1
1.8
1.4
1.5
0.8
0.9
1.3
1.2
1.1
1.2
0.7
0.7
0.8
0.5
0.7
0.7
0.5
0.6
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.4
0.4
6.9
100.0
12.6
8.6
8.4
5.3
5.2
5.1
4.7
2.6
2.9
2.3
2.4
3.4
2.0
2.1
1.7
2.4
1.5
1.6
1.4
1.3
1.6
1.8
1.0
1.2
0.9
1.0
0.9
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.6
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.4
7.4
100.0
16.7
4.3
8.0
6.4
4.1
4.4
5.3
2.6
3.0
3.2
2.4
3.3
1.9
1.7
1.9
2.5
1.3
1.2
1.3
1.1
1.9
1.7
1.0
1.0
1.1
0.9
1.2
0.9
0.6
1.0
0.6
0.5
0.7
0.6
0.5
0.6
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.3
7.5
100.0
UNHCR Asylum Trends 2013 33
TABLE 11
Origin of asylum applicants in Canada and the United States of America | 2013 (1)
No. of applications
Origin
China
Mexico
Various/unknown (1)
El Salvador
Guatemala
Egypt
Honduras
Haiti
Syrian Arab Rep.
Ecuador
Ethiopia
Nepal
India
Pakistan
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Colombia
Iraq
Russian Federation
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
Nigeria
Cameroon
Afghanistan
Somalia
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Eritrea
Ukraine
Bangladesh
Kyrgyzstan
Rep. of Moldova
Sri Lanka
Romania
Kenya
Burundi
Cuba
Jamaica
Albania
Uzbekistan
Burkina Faso
Brazil
Congo
Other
Total
Change (%)
Share (%)
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Total
Q2-Q1
Q3-Q2
Q4-Q3
3,129
2,811
14
1,304
1,185
813
746
557
463
433
341
396
363
256
277
266
222
254
178
154
168
136
141
131
114
110
66
87
92
110
138
91
72
95
84
98
77
72
92
85
5,750
18,842
3,674
2,951
11
1,717
1,393
763
971
561
538
520
376
382
391
300
298
280
282
306
233
181
169
120
168
150
150
163
130
153
209
116
181
99
93
94
101
112
93
90
77
71
6,367
21,360
3,261
2,150
2,249
1,306
1,136
843
808
513
472
388
473
405
383
302
375
337
352
239
241
213
141
170
174
160
145
97
128
84
66
93
59
98
141
107
99
82
73
80
74
83
5,627
20,966
2,983
1,433
6,718
422
668
686
258
446
566
388
395
283
256
369
257
313
335
251
260
189
114
161
93
116
115
102
135
94
42
81
13
93
62
72
77
57
92
77
70
72
5,187
21,418
13,047
9,345
8,992
4,749
4,382
3,105
2,783
2,077
2,039
1,729
1,585
1,466
1,393
1,227
1,207
1,196
1,191
1,050
912
737
592
587
576
557
524
472
459
418
409
400
391
381
368
368
361
349
335
319
313
311
22,931
82,586
17%
5%
-21%
32%
18%
-6%
30%
1%
16%
20%
10%
-4%
8%
17%
8%
5%
27%
20%
31%
18%
1%
-12%
19%
15%
32%
48%
97%
76%
127%
5%
31%
9%
29%
-1%
20%
14%
21%
25%
-16%
-16%
11%
13%
-11%
-27%
..
-24%
-18%
10%
-17%
-9%
-12%
-25%
26%
6%
-2%
1%
26%
20%
25%
-22%
3%
18%
-17%
42%
4%
7%
-3%
-40%
-2%
-45%
-68%
-20%
-67%
-1%
52%
14%
-2%
-27%
-22%
-11%
-4%
17%
-12%
-2%
-9%
-33%
199%
-68%
-41%
-19%
-68%
-13%
20%
0%
-16%
-30%
-33%
22%
-31%
-7%
-5%
5%
8%
-11%
-19%
-5%
-47%
-28%
-21%
5%
5%
12%
-36%
-13%
-78%
-5%
-56%
-33%
-22%
-30%
26%
-4%
-5%
-13%
-8%
2%
Q1
16.6
14.9
0.1
6.9
6.3
4.3
4.0
3.0
2.5
2.3
1.8
2.1
1.9
1.4
1.5
1.4
1.2
1.3
0.9
0.8
0.9
0.7
0.7
0.7
0.6
0.6
0.4
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.5
0.4
0.5
0.4
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.5
30.5
100.0
Q2
17.2
13.8
0.1
8.0
6.5
3.6
4.5
2.6
2.5
2.4
1.8
1.8
1.8
1.4
1.4
1.3
1.3
1.4
1.1
0.8
0.8
0.6
0.8
0.7
0.7
0.8
0.6
0.7
1.0
0.5
0.8
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.4
0.4
0.3
29.8
100.0
Q3
15.6
10.3
10.7
6.2
5.4
4.0
3.9
2.4
2.3
1.9
2.3
1.9
1.8
1.4
1.8
1.6
1.7
1.1
1.1
1.0
0.7
0.8
0.8
0.8
0.7
0.5
0.6
0.4
0.3
0.4
0.3
0.5
0.7
0.5
0.5
0.4
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.4
26.8
100.0
Q4
13.9
6.7
31.4
2.0
3.1
3.2
1.2
2.1
2.6
1.8
1.8
1.3
1.2
1.7
1.2
1.5
1.6
1.2
1.2
0.9
0.5
0.8
0.4
0.5
0.5
0.5
0.6
0.4
0.2
0.4
0.1
0.4
0.3
0.3
0.4
0.3
0.4
0.4
0.3
0.3
24.2
100.0
Notes
(1) United States: Data for the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) is available up to August 2013. The total number of applications lodged between September and December
2013 has been estimated by UNHCR using a statistical model (seasonal ARIMA). No information is available on the country of origin during this period, however.
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TABLE 12
Origin of asylum applicants in Australia and New Zealand | 2013 (1)
No. of applications
Origin
Q1
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Sri Lanka
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Stateless
China
Iraq
India
Egypt
Bangladesh
Fiji
Lebanon
Libya
Nepal
Myanmar
Viet Nam
Indonesia
Malaysia
Syrian Arab Rep.
Palestinian
Other
Total
2,076
1,668
1,656
791
783
262
613
249
273
176
71
95
83
41
131
37
60
45
43
43
410
9,606
Q2
1,832
1,774
1,093
749
640
316
464
285
242
315
63
103
48
68
72
107
55
43
42
93
464
8,868
Q3
364
129
74
316
180
422
71
330
200
167
203
88
135
98
16
55
48
65
52
11
528
3,552
Change (%)
Q4
Total
120
100
24
231
27
542
74
298
145
58
106
78
52
88
18
31
49
54
32
14
449
2,590
4,392
3,671
2,847
2,087
1,630
1,542
1,222
1,162
860
716
443
364
318
295
237
230
212
207
169
161
1,851
24,616
Share (%)
Q2-Q1
Q3-Q2
Q4-Q3
-12%
6%
-34%
-5%
-18%
21%
-24%
14%
-11%
79%
-11%
8%
-42%
66%
-45%
189%
-8%
-4%
-2%
116%
13%
-8%
-80%
-93%
-93%
-58%
-72%
34%
-85%
16%
-17%
-47%
222%
-15%
181%
44%
-78%
-49%
-13%
51%
24%
-88%
14%
-60%
-67%
-22%
-68%
-27%
-85%
28%
4%
-10%
-28%
-65%
-48%
-11%
-61%
-10%
13%
-44%
2%
-17%
-38%
27%
-15%
-27%
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
21.6
17.4
17.2
8.2
8.2
2.7
6.4
2.6
2.8
1.8
0.7
1.0
0.9
0.4
1.4
0.4
0.6
0.5
0.4
0.4
4.3
100.0
20.7
20.0
12.3
8.4
7.2
3.6
5.2
3.2
2.7
3.6
0.7
1.2
0.5
0.8
0.8
1.2
0.6
0.5
0.5
1.0
5.2
100.0
10.2
3.6
2.1
8.9
5.1
11.9
2.0
9.3
5.6
4.7
5.7
2.5
3.8
2.8
0.5
1.5
1.4
1.8
1.5
0.3
14.9
100.0
4.6
3.9
0.9
8.9
1.0
20.9
2.9
11.5
5.6
2.2
4.1
3.0
2.0
3.4
0.7
1.2
1.9
2.1
1.2
0.5
17.3
100.0
Notes
(1) Figures for Australia are based on the number of applications lodged for protection visas. They do not include asylum-seekers who arrived in Australia by boat in 2012 or 2013 and have
not been able to lodge protection visa applications or who have been transferred to third countries for refugee status determination.
UNHCR Asylum Trends 2013 35
TABLE 13
Origin of asylum applicants in Japan and the Republic of Korea | 2013
An asterisk (*) denotes between 1 and 4 applications.
No. of applications
Origin
Turkey
Nepal
Pakistan
Myanmar
Sri Lanka
Syrian Arab Rep.
Nigeria
Bangladesh
Cameroon
India
Ghana
Egypt
Ethiopia
China
South Africa
Philippines
Uganda
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Liberia
Yemen
Other
Total
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Change (%)
Share (%)
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
Total
Q2-Q1
Q3-Q2
Q4-Q3
203
127
107
151
67
84
34
40
26
51
41
*
*
9
9
19
9
20
7
*
63
1,072
132
130
112
89
90
70
54
75
91
45
14
*
19
9
16
8
14
13
10
*
66
1,063
137
171
129
64
99
71
56
47
35
37
36
7
48
38
20
17
21
14
6
12
85
1,150
186
206
168
87
116
94
130
73
24
32
42
93
18
25
32
15
15
11
26
17
131
1,541
658
634
516
391
372
319
274
235
176
165
133
103
88
81
77
59
59
58
49
34
345
4,826
-35%
2%
5%
-41%
34%
-17%
59%
88%
250%
-12%
-66%
100%
533%
0%
78%
-58%
56%
-35%
43%
300%
5%
-1%
4%
32%
15%
-28%
10%
1%
4%
-37%
-62%
-18%
157%
250%
153%
322%
25%
113%
50%
8%
-40%
200%
29%
8%
36%
20%
30%
36%
17%
32%
132%
55%
-31%
-14%
17%
1229%
-63%
-34%
60%
-12%
-29%
-21%
333%
42%
54%
34%
Q1
Q2
Q3
Q4
18.9
11.8
10.0
14.1
6.3
7.8
3.2
3.7
2.4
4.8
3.8
0.1
0.3
0.8
0.8
1.8
0.8
1.9
0.7
0.1
5.9
100.0
12.4
12.2
10.5
8.4
8.5
6.6
5.1
7.1
8.6
4.2
1.3
0.2
1.8
0.8
1.5
0.8
1.3
1.2
0.9
0.4
6.2
100.0
11.9
14.9
11.2
5.6
8.6
6.2
4.9
4.1
3.0
3.2
3.1
0.6
4.2
3.3
1.7
1.5
1.8
1.2
0.5
1.0
7.4
100.0
12.1
13.4
10.9
5.6
7.5
6.1
8.4
4.7
1.6
2.1
2.7
6.0
1.2
1.6
2.1
1.0
1.0
0.7
1.7
1.1
8.5
100.0
TABLE 14
Asylum applications lodged in 44 industrialized countries by origin, fourth quarter | 2013
Covering all 44 asylum countries which provided monthly data to UNHCR. See notes in Annex Table 1.
Top-20 ranking of countries based on applications lodged in all countries. An asterisk (*) denotes between 1 and 4 applications.
Origin
Syrian Arab Rep.
Iraq
Afghanistan
Serbia (and Kosovo:
S/RES/1244 (1999))
Eritrea
Somalia
Pakistan
Russian Federation
Islamic Rep. of Iran
China
Nigeria
Stateless
Albania
Egypt
The former
Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia
Georgia
Dem. Rep.
of the Congo
Bangladesh
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Sri Lanka
Albania
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Bosnia
and H.
Bulgaria
Canada
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech
Rep.
Estonia
Finland
France
8
-
25
69
22
982
162
749
266
79
153
12
*
*
2,439
46
230
169
74
116
44
*
*
186
*
*
22
*
5
Denmark
609
22
103
10
-
54
216
42
435
21
140
Germany
4,097
979
2,140
-
*
283
124
*
-
22
*
-
-
50
-
27
1,169
6,046
13
-
*
*
226
6
120
536
21
27
*
141
31
132
140
682
144
63
134
98
24
30
10
37
31
175
55
74
31
148
28
*
*
-
7
30
*
18
229
*
65
66
236
35
42
268
142
42
20
74
*
*
16
*
17
*
*
29
38
*
*
*
30
*
16
*
*
7
*
29
167
16
282
73
*
34
127
11
8
*
*
*
*
-
47
14
39
45
*
48
*
11
11
117
139
429
1,083
44
563
331
43
1,555
108
2,282
1,538
1,058
1,365
1,125
110
554
269
697
973
-
-
62
33
-
-
-
-
-
*
*
-
*
61
2,516
-
6
73
57
-
-
15
-
-
*
16
*
5
611
664
-
-
15
321
-
*
50
-
*
-
5
-
5
1,480
54
-
58
56
41
*
-
54
*
34
-
7
-
5
837
207
-
-
45
15
-
-
-
5
-
-
13
-
-
384
1,421
-
84
8
17
*
-
41
-
12
*
8
-
7
475
124
…/…
Origin
Syrian Arab Rep.
Iraq
Afghanistan
Serbia (and Kosovo:
S/RES/1244 (1999))
Eritrea
Somalia
Pakistan
Russian Federation
Islamic Rep. of Iran
China
Nigeria
Stateless
Albania
Egypt
The former
Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia
Georgia
Dem. Rep.
of the Congo
Bangladesh
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Sri Lanka
Greece Hungary Iceland (1) Ireland
121
34
383
309
13
1,100
5
-
*
11
6
New
Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Malta Montenegro Netherlands Zealand
Italy
Japan (2)
Latvia
165
190
691
9
*
-
*
-
-
*
11
*
*
-
67
-
139
*
35
1,183
226
138
7
5
*
Norway
298
28
163
*
166
-
*
103
-
-
-
-
45
-
-
62
-
46
73
40
313
*
69
55
113
6
153
157
46
81
50
*
28
*
68
*
*
24
5
-
*
21
*
38
17
6
585
616
1,125
17
141
7
1,517
*
36
281
*
61
*
11
15
16
*
*
*
*
*
-
*
13
*
*
*
*
7
17
19
*
*
31
*
*
-
266
122
38
*
25
*
399
872
47
77
150
28
34
145
17
42
5
6
*
814
177
38
49
49
8
71
152
71
8
*
-
-
-
*
-
-
-
-
18
-
-
34
-
12
136
10
-
*
26
-
30
-
29
*
-
-
68
-
10
71
23
-
22
17
*
-
-
-
-
-
12
6
-
*
94
118
-
10
151
59
-
*
-
-
*
*
*
-
34
-
-
-
-
46
-
-
-
-
51
-
-
38
-
14
5
*
-
-
15
112
-
-
-
-
-
-
54
16
*
…/…
UNHCR Asylum Trends 2013 37
TABLE 14
Asylum applications lodged in 44 industrialized countries by origin, fourth quarter | 2013 (ctnd)
Covering all 44 asylum countries which provided monthly data to UNHCR. See notes in Annex Table 1.
Top-20 ranking of countries based on applications lodged in all countries. An asterisk (*) denotes between 1 and 4 applications.
Origin
Syrian Arab Rep.
Iraq
Afghanistan
Serbia (and Kosovo:
S/RES/1244 (1999))
Eritrea
Somalia
Pakistan
Russian Federation
Islamic Rep. of Iran
China
Nigeria
Stateless
Albania
Egypt
The former
Yugoslav Republic
of Macedonia
Georgia
Dem. Rep.
of the Congo
Bangladesh
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Sri Lanka
Poland
Portugal
Rep. of
Korea
Romania
Serbia (3)
Slovakia
Slovenia
45
8
*
77
*
-
85
16
215
11
21
585
28
247
9
37
*
-
*
-
-
-
-
-
*
5
760
*
8
*
*
0
6
*
*
8
-
*
107
*
10
114
91
10
*
*
*
*
7
221
184
80
13
100
5
-
-
-
-
*
Spain
TfYR
Macedonia (4) Turkey (5)
United
Kingdom
United
States (6)
57
9,941
1,714
524
152
410
397
261
45
-
-
9
55
687
169
51
94
34
135
201
*
23
28
*
12
7
5
*
18
315
258
1,593
*
14
40
582
112
1,153
34
733
231
270
67
472
68
50
27
133
216
215
2,715
47
20
37
612
107
18
-
-
*
5
Sweden
Switzeland
181
21
11
6,759
457
804
1,062
87
189
30
109
6
*
898
162
*
6
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
*
21
30
12
15
*
44
9
*
1,822
1,053
71
302
269
16
133
2,766
390
107
-
-
-
231
-
-
*
-
-
-
*
208
139
-
-
15
16
-
6
*
-
-
*
*
10
12
51
-
16
64
66
6
-
14
-
24
-
-
*
47
21
18
9
249
81
-
-
-
-
*
-
-
-
163
48
-
-
-
*
-
*
*
-
-
-
*
5
8
186
-
-
529
40
Notes
A dash (“-”) indicates that the value is zero or not available.
(1) October data is based on Eurostat. No data for November and December.
(2) UNHCR estimates.
(3) Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999)).
(4) The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia.
(5) Figure includes asylum-seekers registered with UNHCR as well as asylum-seekers who have been pre-registered but who are pending official registration with UNHCR. As of
31 December 2013, there were 580,480 registered Syrian refugees in Turkey covered by the Government’s Temporary Protection Regime. The figures in this table cover only those
Syrian asylum-seekers who for specific reasons have been referred to UNHCR for further evaluation of their international protection needs.
(6) Combination of number of persons (EOIR) and cases (DHS). EOIR data excludes September-December due to lack of data.
38
UNHCR Asylum Trends 2013
Top-10 populations of origin of asylum applicants by country of asylum | 2013
TABLE 15
Covering 44 industrialized countries which provided monthly data to UNHCR. See notes in Annex Table 1.
An asterisk (*) denotes between 1 and 4 applications.
Albania
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Syrian Arab Rep.
Peru
China
Montenegro
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Gambia
Australia (1)
197
24
*
*
*
*
*
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Sri Lanka
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Stateless
China
Iraq
India
Egypt
Bangladesh
Albania
Syrian Arab Rep.
Stateless
Algeria
Afghanistan
Iraq
Mali
Morocco
Somalia
Côte d’Ivoire
Cameroon
Russian Fed.
Somalia
Serbia (4)
Afghanistan
Stateless
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Morocco
Nigeria
Iraq
1,702
Viet Nam
26
983
964
551
Syrian Arab Rep.
Russian Fed.
Georgia
425
418
374
162
142
115
Pakistan
Belarus
Sudan
Albania
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Cuba
Serbia (4)
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Algeria
Syrian Arab Rep.
Bangladesh
Morocco
Nigeria
Mali
Ghana
655
544
380
346
241
190
163
111
99
68
Georgia
Syrian Arab Rep.
Russian Fed.
Egypt
Uzbekistan
Belarus
Iraq
Nigeria
Eritrea
Sri Lanka
Serbia (4)
Albania
China
Cameroon
Iraq
Syrian Arab Rep.
Afghanistan
Somalia
Algeria
Tunisia
Morocco
Pakistan
Sudan
Nigeria
Eritrea
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1,166
1,023
944
892
791
747
472
368
360
295
Belgium
Syrian Arab Rep.
59
8
8
6
6
*
*
*
*
*
Serbia (4)
Algeria
Bangladesh
Afghanistan
Pakistan
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Somalia
Palestinian
Nigeria
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Syrian Arab Rep.
Egypt
Bangladesh
Viet Nam
Pakistan
Sri Lanka
Somalia
India
Philippines
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Iraq
764
5,844
Russian Fed.
14,887
17
15
9
Russian Fed.
Nigeria
Somalia
219
202
196
Serbia (4)
Dem. Rep. of Congo
Albania
Russian Fed.
5,203
5,008
4,648
Serbia (4)
Syrian Arab Rep.
Afghanistan
14,853
11,851
7,735
8
*
*
*
*
*
Afghanistan
Syrian Arab Rep.
Islamic Rep. of Iran
172
148
147
119
81
70
Bangladesh
Georgia
Guinea
China
Sri Lanka
Pakistan
3,053
2,456
2,413
2,293
2,274
1,733
TfYR Macedonia (5)
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Pakistan
Iraq
Somalia
Eritrea
6,208
4,424
4,101
3,958
3,786
3,616
Finland
Hungary
1,358
1,223
727
579
532
485
308
256
188
174
Dem. Rep. of Congo
Guinea
Syrian Arab Rep.
Afghanistan
Russian Fed.
194
185
138
136
70
62
50
36
30
20
762
630
597
493
468
386
329
308
291
255
Estonia
Japan (3)
Turkey
Nepal
Myanmar
Sri Lanka
Pakistan
Bangladesh
India
Ghana
Cameroon
Nigeria
Serbia (4)
Pakistan
Algeria
Nigeria
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Morocco
Iraq
Belgium
2,841
2,589
1,991
1,146
1,037
949
691
595
516
468
Austria
China
Pakistan
Colombia
Syrian Arab Rep.
Nigeria
Afghanistan
Haiti
Dem. Rep. of Congo
Somalia
Egypt
Greece
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Albania
Georgia
Syrian Arab Rep.
Egypt
Nigeria
Islamic Rep. of Iran
China
Russian Fed.
Afghanistan
Syrian Arab Rep.
Australia (1)
4,447
541
433
304
207
178
101
87
81
80
Denmark
Syrian Arab Rep.
Austria
4,370
3,630
2,840
2,069
1,630
1,521
1,207
1,160
853
710
Serbia (4)
Algeria
Morocco
France
Iceland (2)
6,155
3,052
2,279
1,105
960
678
494
441
304
264
Latvia
Various/unknown
Croatia
Albania
Iraq
Russian Fed.
Syrian Arab Rep.
Algeria
Eritrea
Afghanistan
Honduras
Nigeria
Pakistan
Dem. Rep. of Congo
Zimbabwe
Malawi
Algeria
Albania
Syrian Arab Rep.
Afghanistan
Bangladesh
Romania
Russian Fed.
35
9
6
5
*
*
*
*
*
*
Georgia
Afghanistan
Russian Fed.
Viet Nam
India
Syrian Arab Rep.
Belarus
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Ukraine
Serbia (4)
Kyrgyzstan
Armenia
China
Morocco
Albania
Croatia
Somalia
Syrian Arab Rep.
Ukraine
Russian Fed.
Viet Nam
Cuba
Armenia
Stateless
Kazakhstan
Serbia (4)
Belarus
69
68
40
37
36
29
21
17
16
13
Germany
Ireland
42
41
17
6
5
5
5
5
*
*
Liechtenstein
144
15
5
5
*
*
*
*
*
*
562
143
106
83
54
50
43
36
34
22
Italy
129
91
72
70
55
51
48
37
32
29
Nigeria
Pakistan
Somalia
Eritrea
Afghanistan
Mali
Gambia
Senegal
Egypt
Syrian Arab Rep.
115
45
29
26
12
11
8
7
*
*
Serbia (4)
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Montenegro
Albania
Nigeria
Tunisia
Algeria
Lithuania
3,545
3,305
2,881
2,216
2,175
1,859
1,820
1,058
975
695
Luxembourg
TfYR Macedonia (5)
Iraq
Morocco
184
139
91
70
53
52
38
33
27
25
…/…
UNHCR Asylum Trends 2013 39
Top-10 populations of origin of asylum applicants by country of asylum | 2013 (ctnd)
TABLE 15
Covering 44 industrialized countries which provided monthly data to UNHCR. See notes in Annex Table 1.
An asterisk (*) denotes between 1 and 4 applications.
Malta
Somalia
Eritrea
Syrian Arab Rep.
Libya
Nigeria
Gambia
Mali
Senegal
Ghana
Ethiopia
Montenegro
1,008
471
250
108
85
70
40
35
30
15
Pakistan
Algeria
Eritrea
Morocco
Syrian Arab Rep.
Somalia
Afghanistan
Sudan
Tunisia
Nigeria
11,933
1,057
255
150
76
53
43
33
32
32
Syrian Arab Rep.
Guinea
Nigeria
Senegal
Pakistan
Mali
Guinea-Bissau
Morocco
Côte d’Ivoire
Dem. Rep. of Congo
Poland
Russian Fed.
Georgia
Syrian Arab Rep.
Armenia
Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Afghanistan
Egypt
Ukraine
Viet Nam
Sudan
Pakistan
Russian Fed.
Iraq
146
81
37
36
26
26
17
15
14
13
Syrian Arab Rep.
Pakistan
Nigeria
Egypt
Nepal
Cameroon
South Africa
Ethiopia
China
Bangladesh
8
8
6
6
Syrian Arab Rep.
56
37
19
14
14
13
Mali
Syrian Arab Rep.
Algeria
Nigeria
Somalia
Palestinian
Serbia (4)
Pakistan
Algeria
Afghanistan
Russian Fed.
Turkey
Morocco
Cuba
Somalia
11
9
7
6
Iraq
Afghanistan
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Somalia
Palestinian
Pakistan
Uganda
Sudan
Yemen
Uzbekistan
Sri Lanka
Fiji
Islamic Rep. of Iran
China
Pakistan
Iraq
Turkey
Syrian Arab Rep.
South Africa
Indonesia
295
275
206
97
90
77
74
68
46
45
Syrian Arab Rep.
Iraq
Pakistan
Afghanistan
Egypt
Palestinian
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Georgia
Turkey
China
Pakistan
Guinea
Cameroon
Dem. Rep. of Congo
Pakistan
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Sri Lanka
Syrian Arab Rep.
Albania
Afghanistan
Eritrea
Nigeria
Bangladesh
India
Eritrea
Somalia
Syrian Arab Rep.
Afghanistan
Sudan
Stateless
Nigeria
Russian Fed.
1,016
45
40
39
29
28
26
25
25
18
Syrian Arab Rep.
Eritrea
Somalia
Afghanistan
Algeria
Mali
Pakistan
Sudan
Nigeria
Côte d’Ivoire
16,317
6,921
4,844
3,901
3,011
2,878
Eritrea
Syrian Arab Rep.
Nigeria
Tunisia
Morocco
Afghanistan
1,476
1,172
1,156
1,036
Serbia (4)
Algeria
China
Georgia
Serbia (4)
Ethiopia
102
89
86
78
Syrian Arab Rep.
Stateless
Eritrea
Somalia
Afghanistan
Serbia (4)
Iraq
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Albania
Russian Fed.
3,215
1,617
841
684
586
532
481
324
303
282
Serbia (4)
Sweden
1,478
725
351
173
132
130
United Kingdom
25,280
8,726
5,897
1,276
686
528
218
205
192
181
Norway
41
37
22
21
18
15
12
10
9
8
Romania
Spain
Turkey (6)
360
262
93
93
92
55
46
45
40
32
Serbia (4)
Russian Fed.
Stateless
Georgia
New Zealand
3,078
2,673
1,094
978
728
673
316
263
216
209
Rep. of Korea
Slovenia
84
42
25
21
16
13
TfYR Macedonia (5)
Syrian Arab Rep.
Afghanistan
Somalia
Algeria
Pakistan
Bangladesh
Comoros
Morocco
Nigeria
Palestinian
Somalia
Syrian Arab Rep.
Iraq
Eritrea
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Afghanistan
Portugal
Slovakia
Afghanistan
Somalia
Eritrea
Armenia
Georgia
Syrian Arab Rep.
Netherlands
989
701
352
287
285
197
186
142
126
122
1,362
624
507
492
256
228
219
169
157
116
Switzerland
2,490
1,852
1,574
1,565
974
863
826
714
671
565
United States (7)
4,507
2,946
2,246
2,032
1,587
1,422
1,408
1,377
1,233
1,085
China
Mexico
Various/unknown
El Salvador
Guatemala
Egypt
Honduras
Haiti
Ecuador
Syrian Arab Rep.
12,285
9,261
8,945
4,649
4,314
2,850
2,635
1,748
1,721
1,546
Notes
(1) Figures are based on the number of applications lodged for protection visas. They do not include asylum-seekers who arrived in Australia by boat in 2012 or 2013 and have not been able
to lodge protection visa applications or who have been transferred to third countries for refugee status determination.
(2) 2013 excludes data for November and December. October data is based on Eurostat.
(3) UNHCR estimate
(4) Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244 (1999))
(5) The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
(6) Figure includes asylum-seekers registered with UNHCR as well as asylum-seekers who have been pre-registered but who are pending official registration with UNHCR.
(7) Combination of cases (DHS) and persons (EOIR). Data for the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) is available up to August 2013. The total number of applications lodged
between September and December 2013 has been estimated by UNHCR using a statistical model (seasonal ARIMA). No information is available on the country of origin during this period,
however.
40
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TABLE 16
Monthly asylum applications lodged in 44 industrialized countries | 2013
Covering 44 countries which provided monthly data to UNHCR.
Country of asylum
Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
Jun.
Jul.
Aug.
Sep.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
Albania
3
4,513
1,208
1,251
9
243
790
168
98
47
760
11
255
4,625
7,530
754
285
32
79
1,719
316
5
13
19
73
23
62
1,305
30
937
617
24
93
121
1
2,392
1,185
987
2
213
661
145
138
30
590
9
205
5,090
5,995
707
662
21
83
1,256
277
6
3
27
69
21
129
976
19
642
702
23
67
94
8
2,624
1,198
1,100
1
412
692
170
81
52
601
4
226
5,351
5,790
608
1,322
20
65
1,933
255
13
1
13
71
60
164
956
28
813
1,279
24
64
125
2,869
1,405
1,012
5
249
830
105
74
36
581
11
228
5,393
7,712
744
1,942
16
91
1,844
234
16
5
13
90
161
224
1,042
38
766
1,915
71
89
131
44
3,671
1,445
949
20
275
777
95
94
42
508
17
210
4,644
7,683
594
3,319
9
79
1,829
282
11
15
11
65
129
193
903
15
730
2,857
25
103
137
27
2,260
1,799
979
19
412
730
38
70
38
534
2
218
5,075
8,601
536
4,077
7
72
2,323
260
8
13
26
84
53
295
1,039
15
885
2,296
35
95
103
45
1,085
1,802
1,114
5
434
831
46
71
40
642
12
257
5,602
9,806
776
2,176
9
70
2,574
260
35
14
29
94
434
587
1,187
38
1,223
1,483
39
110
184
46
1,186
1,352
996
1
693
912
50
103
66
705
1
319
4,502
9,830
608
1,100
9
65
2,610
240
31
8
44
74
738
523
1,081
18
1,564
882
30
144
95
31
1,207
1,345
1,193
9
939
1,110
79
118
32
686
7
329
4,471
11,729
676
1,036
14
80
2,692
238
25
8
11
111
287
534
1,498
18
1,324
712
54
158
183
12
967
1,693
1,110
3
1,230
1,140
95
141
44
753
5
267
5,770
13,285
833
740
15
81
3,487
280
16
7
28
121
116
340
1,557
18
1,044
537
44
265
135
1
795
1,553
955
15
1,247
968
57
143
36
659
14
264
4,768
12,401
761
903
..
108
3,258
281
8
1
27
84
127
234
1,500
19
815
377
30
196
112
8
755
1,518
857
11
632
941
41
115
40
521
4
244
4,804
9,218
628
1,011
..
69
2,307
329
11
5
29
52
51
269
1,355
36
725
326
107
190
79
226
24,324
17,503
12,503
100
6,979
10,382
1,089
1,246
503
7,540
97
3,022
60,095
109,580
8,225
18,573
152
942
27,832
3,252
185
93
277
988
2,200
3,554
14,399
292
11,468
13,983
506
1,574
1,499
159
196
394
497
374
284
379
335
638
651
607
614
5,128
2
15
49
284
3,802
1,953
3
12
14
447
2,970
1,633
13
14
31
440
2,964
1,661
7
24
21
406
3,061
1,881
4
33
30
447
3,084
1,513
12
35
22
452
2,978
1,412
10
21
13
433
4,061
1,672
34
16
301
4,798
1,418
11
7
14
352
7,767
1,310
31
19
354
7,908
1,624
32
4
316
5,535
1,753
23
9
269
5,331
1,610
62
281
242
4,501
54,259
19,440
Australia (1)
Austria
Belgium
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bulgaria
Canada
Croatia
Cyprus
Czech Rep.
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Iceland (2)
Ireland
Italy
Japan (3)
Latvia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Malta
Montenegro
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Poland
Portugal
Rep. of Korea
Romania
Serbia (and Kosovo:
S/RES/1244 (1999))
- of which Kosovo
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
The former Yugoslav
Republic of Macedonia
Total
23
13
76
145
111
155
180
293
121
111
71
44
1,343
2,076
2,406
7,232
2,735
2,265
6,418
2,661
2,305
6,794
3,076
2,450
7,023
3,068
2,363
8,562
3,810
2,376
7,626
3,829
2,691
7,474
3,578
2,323
7,731
5,325
2,547
6,975
4,406
2,770
7,917
5,174
2,506
6,993
5,069
2,183
7,614
44,807
29,185
88,358
EU-Total (28)
Nordic countries (5)
Southern Europe (8)
Total Europe (38)
27,776
5,786
4,981
33,043
24,921
4,428
5,328
30,296
27,208
4,624
5,815
33,007
30,828
4,652
6,376
37,443
31,878
4,541
6,230
37,955
34,281
4,622
7,306
41,188
36,126
6,192
8,201
44,069
33,447
7,395
8,014
41,222
38,980
10,120
9,535
48,294
43,170
9,987
9,393
51,383
37,785
7,273
9,810
46,456
31,834
6,821
8,554
40,189
398,234
76,441
89,543
484,545
Canada/USA
Australia/New Zealand
Japan/Rep. of Korea
Total non-Europe (6)
Total (44)
8,022
4,543
409
12,974
46,017
7,079
2,411
344
9,834
40,130
7,486
2,652
319
10,457
43,464
7,853
2,907
323
11,083
48,526
9,339
3,686
385
13,410
51,365
8,356
2,275
355
10,986
52,174
8,305
1,123
370
9,798
53,867
8,643
1,204
384
10,231
51,453
8,085
1,225
396
9,706
58,000
9,057
985
545
10,587
61,970
7,961
814
477
9,252
55,708
8,555
791
519
9,865
50,054
98,740
24,616
4,826
128,182
612,727
Turkey (4)
United Kingdom
United States (5)
Notes
See notes in Annex Table 1.
(1) Figures are based on the number of applications lodged for protection visas. They do not include asylum-seekers who arrived in Australia by boat in 2012 or 2013 and have not been
able to lodge protection visa applications or who have been transferred to third countries for refugee status determination.
(2) Excludes data for November and December. October data is based on Eurostat.
(3) UNHCR estimate
(4) Figure includes asylum-seekers registered with UNHCR as well as asylum-seekers who have been pre-registered but who are pending official registration with UNHCR.
(5) Data for the Executive Office for Immigration Review (EOIR) is available up to August 2013. The total number of applications lodged between September and December 2013 has been
estimated by UNHCR using a statistical model (seasonal ARIMA). No information is available on the country of origin during this period, however.
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