Graphical Highlights
 
Nationality of Asylum Seekers


Nationality Number Decided
Total Fiscal Year
1994-1999 2000-2005
All 297,240 140,212 157,028
China 55,121 20,075 35,046
Haiti 23,569 8,962 14,607
Guatemala 22,149 16,762 5,387
El Salvador 16,582 12,832 3,750
Colombia 15,434 1,111 14,323
India 12,907 6,825 6,082
Mexico 11,073 8,116 2,957
Albania 7,993 1,642 6,351
Pakistan 6,066 3,678 2,388
Russia 5,348 2,336 3,012
Peru 5,131 3,255 1,876
Somalia 4,990 2,311 2,679
Ethiopia 4,881 2,333 2,548
Indonesia 4,867 146 4,721
Yugoslavia 4,523 2,339 2,184
Bangladesh 4,421 2,793 1,628
Armenia 4,286 980 3,306
Honduras 4,274 3,215 1,059
Mauritania 4,247 2,233 2,014
Nicaragua 4,188 3,738 450
Iran 3,525 1,526 1,999
Cuba 3,483 2,375 1,108
Nigeria 3,071 1,876 1,195
Philippines 2,797 2,089 708
Egypt 2,763 878 1,885
Liberia 2,644 1,512 1,132
Ukraine 2,471 1,387 1,084
Cameroon 2,278 445 1,833
Sri Lanka 2,191 1,015 1,176
Iraq 2,136 540 1,596
Romania 2,085 1,457 628
Guinea 1,883 425 1,458
Sierra Leone 1,876 610 1,266
Ghana 1,825 1,484 341
Afghanistan 1,736 1,032 704
Fiji 1,509 578 931
Bulgaria 1,477 905 572
Congo 1,438 202 1,236
Sudan 1,291 486 805
Burma (Myanmar) 1,213 311 902
Lebanon 1,174 552 622
Vietnam 1,138 552 586
Jordan 945 535 410
Georgia 903 266 637
Gambia 898 615 283
Laos 861 557 304
Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) 829 397 432
Togo 786 257 529
Venezuela 757 150 607
Uganda 729 238 491
Eritrea 714 154 560
Algeria 692 408 284
Kenya 666 140 526
Brazil 656 267 389
Ecuador 652 443 209
Argentina 648 88 560
Nepal 613 145 468
Zaire 602 420 182
Uzebekistan 597 129 468
Guyana 596 164 432
Senegal 552 333 219
Macedonia 551 230 321
Syria 546 305 241
Azerbaijan 528 181 347
Yemen 514 216 298
Stateless 458 169 289
Serbia Montenegro 447 207 240
Turkey 438 111 327
Kazakhstan 435 160 275
Kampuchea 428 167 261
Jamaica 407 157 250
Israel 391 203 188
Byelorussia (Belarus) 376 141 235
Burundi 369 193 176
Rwanda 364 171 193
Zimbabwe 358 30 328
Poland 344 177 167
Mali 338 233 105
Soviet Union 329 75 254
Cambodia 293 126 167
South Africa 282 126 156
Bolivia 271 179 92
United Kingdom 260 127 133
Latvia 236 115 121
Dominican Republic 219 56 163
Bosnia-Herzegovina 214 111 103
Lithuania 204 94 110
Suriname 198 129 69
Croatia 194 118 76
Moldavia (Moldova) 193 87 106
Trinidad And Tobago 188 126 62
Kuwait 183 107 76
Angola 181 49 132
Democratic Republic of Congo 179 - 179
Niger 154 49 105
Chile 154 66 88
Slovak Republic 153 105 48
Morocco 149 53 96
Estonia 142 60 82
Panama 141 74 67
Germany 136 50 86
Hungary 135 92 43
Thailand 129 73 56
Malaysia 122 61 61
Bukina Faso 113 56 57
Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) 112 31 81
France 103 60 43
Tanzania 100 15 85

Note: Nationalities with less than 100 decisions have been omitted from this listing. "All" includes all nationalities.


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