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The Most Pending Asylum Seekers In The World
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According to the UNHCR, more than 922,000 new individual claims for asylum or refugee status were registered in 2009. South Africa was the world’s largest recipient of new individual applications during 2009, with more than 222,000 claims, almost one quarter of all new applications globally. Around the World, more than 18,700 asylum applications were lodged by unaccompanied and separated children in 71 countries, the highest number in four years. Those applications came mostly from Afghan and Somali children. |
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| Data released by United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) - June.15.2010 - Next data release 2011 |
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Country Of Asylum |
Continent(s) |
Pending Cases Beginning 2010 [1] |
| 1 |
South Africa |
Africa |
309,794 |
| 2 |
United States |
North America |
63,803 |
| 3 |
Canada |
North America |
61,170 |
| 4 |
Ecuador |
South America |
50,632 |
| 5 |
Greece |
Europe |
48,201 |
| 6 |
Germany |
Europe |
38,932 |
| 7 |
France |
Europe |
35,268 |
| 8 |
Austria |
Europe |
32,146 |
| 9 |
Somalia |
Africa |
24,668 |
| 10 |
Kenya |
Africa |
18,958 |
| 11 |
Sweden |
Europe |
18,953 |
| 12 |
Belgium |
Europe |
18,233 |
| 13 |
Switzerland |
Europe |
17,139 |
| 14 |
Norway |
Europe |
16,639 |
| 15 |
Netherlands |
Europe |
16,245 |
| 16 |
Venezuela |
South America |
14,372 |
| 17 |
Egypt |
Africa |
13,443 |
| 18 |
United Kingdom |
Europe |
11,900 |
| 19 |
Uganda |
Africa |
11,551 |
| 20 |
Malaysia |
Asia |
10,267 |
| 21 |
Thailand |
Asia |
10,255 |
| 22 |
Burundi |
Africa |
6,338 |
| 23 |
Turkey |
Asia / Europe |
5,987 |
| 24 |
Sudan |
Africa |
5,941 |
| 25 |
India |
Asia |
5,441 |
| 26 |
Cyprus, Republic of |
Asia / Europe |
5,015 |
| 27 |
Republic Of Congo |
Africa |
4,920 |
| 28 |
Malawi |
Africa |
4,602 |
| 29 |
Italy |
Europe |
4,365 |
| 30 |
Gabon |
Africa |
4,287 |
| 31 |
Angola |
Africa |
4,241 |
| 32 |
Mozambique |
Africa |
4,176 |
| 33 |
Israel |
Asia |
4,144 |
| 34 |
Iraq |
Asia |
3,800 |
| 35 |
Finland |
Europe |
3,784 |
| 36 |
Libya |
Africa |
3,317 |
| 37 |
Spain |
Europe |
3,280 |
| 38 |
Syria |
Asia |
3,080 |
| 39 |
Kuwait |
Asia |
2,985 |
| 40 |
Japan |
Asia |
2,935 |
| 41 |
Senegal |
Africa |
2,796 |
| 42 |
Ireland, Republic of |
Europe |
2,755 |
| 43 |
Ethiopia |
Africa |
2,458 |
| 44 |
Pakistan |
Asia |
2,430 |
| 45 |
Poland |
Europe |
2,402 |
| 46 |
Australia |
Oceania |
2,350 |
| 47 |
Ukraine |
Europe |
2,059 |
| 48 |
Iran |
Asia |
1,858 |
| 49 |
Malta |
Europe |
1,828 |
| 50 |
Indonesia |
Asia / Oceania |
1,769 |
| 51 |
Mali |
Africa |
1,706 |
| 52 |
Russia |
Asia / Europe |
1,678 |
| 53 |
Tajikistan |
Asia |
1,513 |
| 54 |
Yemen |
Asia |
1,366 |
| 55 |
Namibia |
Africa |
1,343 |
| 56 |
Cameroon |
Africa |
1,312 |
| 57 |
Czech Republic |
Europe |
1,265 |
| 58 |
Central African Republic |
Africa |
1,219 |
| 59 |
Bulgaria |
Europe |
1,196 |
| 60 |
Denmark |
Europe |
1,193 |
| 61 |
Nigeria |
Africa |
1,145 |
| 62 |
Nepal |
Asia |
978 |
| 63 |
Guinea |
Africa |
928 |
| 64 |
Djibouti |
Africa |
921 |
| 65 |
Tanzania |
Africa |
844 |
| 66 |
Hong Kong |
Asia |
791 |
| 67 |
Panama |
North America |
790 |
| 68 |
Argentina |
South America |
750 |
| 69 |
South Korea |
Asia |
660 |
| 70 |
Hungary |
Europe |
647 |
| 71 |
DR Congo |
Africa |
643 |
| 72 |
Zimbabwe |
Africa |
635 |
| 73 |
Swaziland |
Africa |
610 |
| 74 |
Lebanon |
Asia |
607 |
| 75 |
Jordan |
Asia |
604 |
| 76 |
Ghana |
Africa |
598 |
| 77 |
Costa Rica |
North America |
587 |
| 78 |
Liberia |
Africa |
535 |
| 79 |
Burkina Faso |
Africa |
515 |
| 80 |
Chile |
South America |
498 |
| 81 |
Kyrgyzstan |
Asia |
495 |
| 82 |
Luxembourg |
Europe |
465 |
| 83 |
Romania |
Europe |
398 |
| 84 |
Peru |
South America |
376 |
| 85 |
Bosnia & Herzegovina |
Europe |
367 |
| 86 |
Sri Lanka |
Asia |
338 |
| 87 |
Morocco |
Africa |
318 |
| 88 |
Guinea-Bissau |
Africa |
289 |
| 89 |
Rwanda |
Africa |
282 |
| 90 |
Slovakia |
Europe |
254 |
| 91 |
New Zealand |
Oceania |
232 |
| 92 |
Ivory Coast |
Africa |
222 |
| 93 |
Sierra Leone |
Africa |
211 |
| 94 |
Botswana |
Africa |
206 |
| 95 |
Trinidad & Tobago |
North America |
196 |
| 96 |
Brazil |
South America |
176 |
| 97 |
Algeria |
Africa |
153 |
| 98 |
Togo |
Africa |
150 |
| 99 |
Eritrea |
Africa |
134 |
| 100 |
Kazakhstan |
Asia / Europe |
129 |
| 101 |
Benin |
Africa |
124 |
| 102 |
Mauritania |
Africa |
118 |
| 103 |
Colombia |
South America |
116 |
| 104 |
Saudi Arabia |
Asia |
104 |
| 105 |
Mexico |
North America |
96 |
| 106 |
Belarus |
Europe |
90 |
| 107 |
Slovenia |
Europe |
80 |
| 108 |
Zambia |
Africa |
78 |
| 109 |
United Arab Emirates |
Asia |
76 |
| 110 |
Macedonia |
Europe |
75 |
| 111 |
Lithuania |
Europe |
70 |
| 112 |
Gambia |
Africa |
69 |
| 113 |
Chad |
Africa |
64 |
| 114 |
El Salvador |
North America |
58 |
| 115 |
Philippines |
Asia |
55 |
| 116 |
Latvia |
Europe |
52 |
| 117 |
Moldova |
Europe |
52 |
| 118 |
Liechtenstein |
Europe |
47 |
| 119 |
Azerbaijan |
Asia / Europe |
46 |
| 120 |
China |
Asia |
43 |
| 121 |
Uruguay |
South America |
41 |
| 122 |
Armenia |
Asia / Europe |
39 |
| 123 |
Croatia |
Europe |
39 |
| 124 |
Tunisia |
Africa |
36 |
| 125 |
Bolivia |
South America |
34 |
| 126 |
Niger |
Africa |
32 |
| 127 |
Serbia |
Europe |
30 |
| 128 |
Cambodia |
Asia |
29 |
| 129 |
Georgia |
Asia / Europe |
26 |
| 130 |
Iceland |
Europe |
22 |
| 131 |
Belize |
North America |
21 |
| 132 |
Albania |
Europe |
20 |
| 133 |
Estonia |
Europe |
19 |
| 134 |
Portugal |
Europe |
19 |
| 135 |
Afghanistan |
Asia |
12 |
| 136 |
Bahrain |
Asia |
12 |
| 137 |
Haiti |
North America |
12 |
| 138 |
Oman |
Asia |
12 |
| 139 |
East Timor |
Asia / Oceania |
10 |
| 140 |
Qatar |
Asia |
8 |
| 141 |
Montenegro |
Europe |
7 |
| 142 |
British Virgin Islands |
North America |
6 |
| 143 |
Macao |
Asia |
6 |
| 144 |
Cuba |
North America |
5 |
| 145 |
Cayman Islands |
North America |
4 |
| 146 |
Fiji |
Oceania |
4 |
| 147 |
Guatemala |
North America |
4 |
| 148 |
Paraguay |
South America |
4 |
| 149 |
Saint Lucia |
North America |
4 |
| 150 |
Mongolia |
Asia |
3 |
| 151 |
Papua New Guinea |
Oceania |
3 |
| 152 |
Honduras |
North America |
1 |
| 153 |
Nicaragua |
North America |
1 |
| 154 |
Palau |
Oceania |
1 |
| 155 |
Saint Vincent & the Grenadines |
North America |
1 |
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Bangladesh |
Asia |
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Comoros |
Africa |
- |
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Equatorial Guinea |
Africa |
- |
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Jamaica |
North America |
- |
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Laos |
Asia |
- |
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Lesotho |
Africa |
- |
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Madagascar |
Africa |
- |
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Mauritius |
Africa |
- |
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Fed. States of Micronesia |
Oceania |
- |
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Burma |
Asia |
- |
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Palestine |
Asia |
- |
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Saint Kitts & Nevis |
North America |
- |
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Sao Tome & Principe |
Africa |
- |
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Singapore |
Asia |
- |
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Suriname |
South America |
- |
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Turkmenistan |
Asia |
- |
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Uzbekistan |
Asia |
- |
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Vanuatu |
Oceania |
- |
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Vietnam |
Asia |
- |
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Confirmed Total |
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To educate our visitors about the overall known totals of asylum seekers, who have pending cases, in each country. This information is provided for non-profit educational purposes only. |
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The chart featured above is an edited version of: 'Table 1. Refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (refugees and IDPs), stateless persons, and others of concern to UNHCR by country/territory of asylum, end-2009' of the 2009 Global Trends factsheet/report by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). This datasheet is featured on the UNHCR website. |
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