2006 Global Trends:

Refugees, Asylum-seekers, Returnees, Internally Displaced and Stateless

Persons

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Introduction 1
The 2006 Global Trends report is the fourth edition in the series. It is published ahead of the
2006 Statistical Yearbook, to be issued later in the year, which will provide a more detailed
analysis of the 2006 data. It reviews the trends and changes in 2006 in the global populations for
which UNHCR has been entrusted with a responsibility by the United Nations General
Assembly. These include refugees, returnees and stateless and internally displaced persons
(IDPs), collectively referred to in the report as persons of concern. Limited to populations for
which UNHCR has a mandate, the report thus does not purport to depict a comprehensive picture
of global forced displacement. For example, some 4.3 million Palestinian refugees who fall
under the mandate of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in
the Near East (UNRWA) are not included in the report. Likewise, the conflict generated
internally displaced persons covered in the report are limited to those benefiting directly or
indirectly from UNHCRs protection and assistance activities.
The report also does not address mixed migration flows, even though, global migration intersects
with and results in a range of dilemmas and challenges for asylum and refugee management. So
as to ensure that protection space continues to be available for those who deserve to be dealt with
under refugee obligations, UNHCR has increasingly had to concern itself with this phenomenon.
The lack of precise statistical data, however, could not allow an evidence-based analysis of the
problem in this report.
Unless otherwise specified, the report does not refer to
events occurring after 31 December 2006. The
statistics reflected in it have for the most part been
reported by UNHCR country offices, which have in
turn drawn the figures from Government sources,
selected
non-governmental
organizations
and
UNHCRs own registration programmes. In all cases,
they have been rounded to the closest hundredth or
thousandth, as the case may be, for the purposes of this
report. As some adjustments may yet be made to the
figures in the publication of the 2006 Statistical
Yearbook referred to earlier, they should therefore be
considered as provisional.

Box 1. The cluster approach

Recognizing that no single UN agency had the
mandate and resources to protect and assist
internally displaced persons globally alone, the
Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC)
developed a collaborative approach which
called for agencies to pool resources and
response capacity. In 2005, a Humanitarian
Response Review commissioned by the UN
Emergency Relief Coordinator found that
critical gaps in humanitarian response
remained. To ensure a more predictable and
efficient response, the IASC Principals
endorsed the Cluster Approach in December
2005. Under this arrangement, UNHCR would
assume
leadership
responsibility
and
accountability for three of nine clusters,
namely protection, emergency shelter, and
camp coordination and management.

The report shows that, at a total of 32.9 million, there

has been a significant increase in the global population
of persons of concern to UNHCR in 2006 as compared
with 2005. The principal reasons for this apparent spike, as indeed the other key changes, are
outlined in detail in the respective parts of the report, and are otherwise summarized in the table
on page 15. Attention is however drawn to the fact that there have been changes in the way in
which UNHCR statistics have been reported in 2006 which have had an impact on the overall
figures. In the first instance, the Annual Statistical Report 2 was substantially revised to reflect
better the results of individual refugee registration in UNHCR operations. Secondly, as UNHCR
has enhanced its involvement with IDPs following the institutionalization of the Cluster
1

This report has been prepared by the Field Information and Coordination Support Section (FICSS), Division of Operational
Services (DOS) at UNHCR Headquarters in Geneva. Any questions concerning the report should be addressed to FICSS at
stats@unhcr.org. For other 2006 UNHCR statistics, see UNHCRs newly-launched Statistical Online Population Database at
http://www.unhcr.org/statistics.html. For detailed statistics on global internal displacement, see the Internal Displacement
Monitoring Centre (IDMC) website of the Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) at http://www.internal-displacement.org.
2
The Annual Statistical Report is the official data collection form completed in by all UNHCR country operations.

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Approach (See Box 1), the scope of its data collection with respect to IDP operations has
expanded steadily throughout the year. Finally, as signalled already in last years Global Refugee
Trends and Statistical Yearbook, the active refugee caseload in some developed countries, most
notably the United States of America, has been reviewed and calculated according to adjusted
parameters, resulting in significantly increased figures. In fact, these and several other
parameters for the statistical analysis, computation and reporting are presently under review, the
impact of which will be seen in the forthcoming 2006 Statistical Yearbook and, more
comprehensively, in subsequent years.
Who is included in the statistics?
The persons of concern included in this report comprise seven different groups of persons
namely (a) refugees; (b) asylum-seekers; (c) internally displaced persons (IDPs); (d) refugees
who have returned home (returnees); (e) IDPs who have returned home; (f) stateless persons; and
(g) a category for other persons in a refugee or returnee-like situation.
Refugees include persons recognized under the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of
Refugees; its 1967 Protocol; the 1969 OAU Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of
Refugee Problems in Africa; those recognized in accordance with the UNHCR Statute; persons
granted complementary forms of protection 3 ; or, those enjoying temporary protection 4 .
UNHCR has a mandated responsibility to extend protection to all refugees wherever they may
be, unless this role is otherwise specifically excepted. Thus, as indicated already, some 4.3
million Palestinian refugees in the areas of operation of UNRWA are normally not considered as
falling under UNHCRs mandate.
Asylum-seekers are persons whose applications for asylum or refugee status are pending a final
decision. Those covered in this report refer particularly to claimants whose applications were
pending as of the end of 2006, irrespective of when they may have been lodged (the so-called
backlog of undecided or pending cases).
Internally displaced persons, for purposes of UNHCRs statistics, are limited to conflictgenerated IDPs to whom the Office extends protection and/or assistance. Nevertheless, IDPs
referred to as persons of concern to UNHCR do not include all conflict-related IDPs.
Returned refugees (returnees) refer to refugees who have returned voluntarily to their country
of origin or place of habitual residence. For purposes of this report, only refugees who so
returned between January and December 2006 are covered.
Returned IDPs, for purposes of this report, refer to those internally displaced persons who,
being beneficiaries of UNHCRs protection and assistance activities returned to their areas of
origin or habitual residence between January and December 2006.
Stateless persons are persons not considered as nationals by any State under the relevant
national laws. The statistics in this report on statelessness include persons with undetermined
nationality. UNHCR has been called upon by the General Assembly to contribute to the
prevention of and reduction of statelessness and to report regularly on the magnitude of the
phenomenon. It has been tasked to fulfil the functions under Article 11 of the 1961 Convention
3

Complementary protection refers to formal permission, under national law, provided on humanitarian ground to persons who
are in need of international protection to reside in a country, even though they might not qualify for refugee status under
conventional refugee criteria.
4
Temporary protection refers to arrangements developed by States to offer protection of a temporary nature to persons arriving
en masse from situations of conflict or generalized violence without the necessity for formal or individual status determination.

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on the Reduction of Statelessness and act as an intermediary between States and stateless
persons.
Other persons of concern, refers, first, to persons who, while they may fall under any of the
preceding categories, have not formally been determined or agreed to be so for one or another
reason, but benefit from the protection, assistance or other activities of UNHCR. Also included
are persons who may not necessarily fall directly into any of those groups but to whom UNHCR
may extend its services for humanitarian or other special reasons.

Overview of global trends

At the end of 2005, the global figure of persons of
concern stood at 21 million. By the close of 2006,
32.9 million, or an increase of 56 per cent was the
figure. As elaborated further below, the single largest
increase has occurred among the internally displaced
persons. The global refugee population itself has
however also increased, for the first time since 2002.
The 2006 figures for stateless persons also show a
marked increase compared to the statistics for 2005.

Fig 1: Total population of concern to

UNHCR, 1997-2006 (end-year)

(M ln.)

35

Total pop. of concern

Refugees
IDPs protected/assisted

30
25
20
15
10
5
97

98 99

00 01

02 03

04 05

06

Map 1: Total
population by
category, end-2006
(See Table 14 for details on
stateless persons)

By the close of 2006, there were an estimated 9.9 million refugees globally. For the first time
since 2002, a declining trend in the global figures was reversed. Refugees continued to be the
persons of concern with whom UNHCR was systematically engaged in extending the core and
full range of its protection and assistance activities. At the same time, UNHCR was also, as a
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committed player in the framework of shared

responsibility established under the cluster
approach, increasingly extending its services in
respect of protection, assistance and solutions for
the benefit of IDPs. As of the end of 2006, a total
of 12.8 million IDPs were receiving humanitarian
assistance under both the cluster approach and
other arrangements in which UNHCR was either
the lead agency or a partner. While these IDPs are
thus a shared responsibility, they are also included
in this report in the global figure of persons of
concern to UNHCR.

Fig 2: Total population by

category, end-2006
Returned
IDPs
5.7%

Asylumseekers
2.3%

Others
3.2%

Stateless
17.7%
Returned
refugees
2.2%

Refugees
30.1%

IDPs
protected/
assisted
by UNHCR
38.9%

Total
32.9 mln.

At 5.8 million, the number of stateless persons 5 had more than doubled in 2006 compared with
2.4 million in 2005. That figure, however, does not capture the full scale or magnitude of the
phenomenon of statelessness for the reporting period. A significant number of stateless people
have not been systematically identified and the statistical data on statelessness is not yet
available in many cases.

Refugee population
Since 2002, refugee numbers had declined steadily on a global basis. By the end of 2006, the
figure stood at 9.9 million 6 , the highest in five years. As compared with the figure of 8.7 million
at the beginning of the year, there had been a net increase of some 1.2 million refugees, or 14 per
cent. The increase arose from two main sources. First, 1.2 million Iraqis sought refuge in Jordan
and the Syrian Arab Republic. Secondly, changes
Table 1: Refugee population by UNHCR regions
in the methodology referred to earlier for
UNHCR
StartEndAnnual change
computing the active refugee caseload in the
regions
2006
2006
Absolute
%
particular case of the United States of America - Central Africa
1,193,700
1,119,400
-74,300
-6.2%
and Great Lakes
also led to an increase 7 .
- East and Horn of
Africa
- Southern Africa

772,000

852,300

80,300

10.4%

228,600

187,800

-40,800

-17.8%

As for reductions, the largest occurred in Western - W est Africa

377,200
261,800
-115,400
-30.6%
and Southern Africa (by 31% and 18% Total Africa*
2,571,500
2,421,300
-150,200
-5.8%
respectively), primarily due to the successful CASWANAME** 2,716,500 3,811,800 1,095,300 40.3%
564,300
1,035,900
471,600
83.6%
voluntary repatriations to Liberia and Angola Americas
Asia and Pacific
825,600
875,100
49,500
6.0%
respectively. In Europe, the consolidation of Europe
1,975,300
1,733,700
-241,600
-12.2%
refugee statistics in Germany which started in Total
8,653,200
9,877,800
1,224,600
14.2%
2005 continued and resulted in a net reduction of * Excluding North Africa.
almost 100,000 refugees. The naturalization and ** Central Asia, South West Asia, North Africa and Middle East.
subsequent provision of citizenship to 37,000 refugees from Bosnia and Herzegovina and
Croatia in Serbia also contributed to the overall decrease.

Refugees and asylum-seekers who are at the same time also stateless persons are not included in this figure. They are reflected
in the figures relating to the refugee and asylum-seeker groups concerned.
6
As indicated already, this figure does not include 4.3 million Palestinian refugees who fall under the responsibility of UNRWA.
7
A number of developed countries lack a systematic refugee register, meaning that refugee numbers in those countries are only
estimated in order to obtain global refugee estimates. Refugees landing in those countries for resettlement as well as refugees
recognized through an individual refugee status determination procedure have been included in these estimates. A 10-year cut-off
period was used as the average time required to acquire the citizenship in Europe and 5 years in the case of North America and
Oceania. In the case of the United States, newly available naturalization data suggest that in fact, refugees take closer to 10 years,
rather than only 5, before acquiring citizenship. The refugee number in the USA has therefore been estimated based on the 10year cut-off period as signaled in last years Statistical Yearbook. This has resulted in an increase of 464,000 refugees in the
national figure, for a total of 844,000.

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As explained already, the Americas region as a whole registered almost a doubling of its global
refugee figures in view, principally, of the different estimation parameter explained earlier8 . In
the CASWANAME 9 region, the Iraq situation also resulted in a sharp increase. In Africa,
however, only the East and Horn of Africa region witnessed an increase (some 10%), due
primarily to a new influx of Chadian refugees into the Sudan (20,000) and a revised estimate of
Eritrean refugees in that same country (by some 40,000).
Box 2. UNHCR assistance to refugees
About half (45%) of all refugees benefit from UNHCR
assistance programmes, with the vast majority of them
being located in developing countries where UNHCR
is operationally active, i.e. in Africa, Asia and the
Middle East. The number of refugees directly assisted
by or through UNHCR, however, decreased by
146,000 persons (3%) to 4.5 million refugees by the
end of the year. It should be noted that UNHCR
assistance can take a variety of forms, among other,
shelter and food, refugee status determination, legal
advice and assistance packages.

As of the end of 2006, roughly 4 out of 10

refugees were hosted by countries falling within
UNHCRs CASWANAME region. Africa on
the other hand hosted a quarter of all refugees,
followed by Europe (18%), the Americas (10%),
and Asia and the Pacific (9%).

Pakistan 10 continued to be the asylum country

with the single largest number of refugees,
followed by the Islamic Republic of Iran. By the
end of the year, both countries together hosted
By the end of 2006, 61 per cent of the estimated 7.2
one out of five (20%) of the worlds refugees.
million refugees hosted by developing countries had
While some 387,000 Afghans returned to their
access to assistance provided by or through UNHCR.
country during the period under review, their
The level of international assistance, however, varies
greatly from one country to another, reflecting the
official total number in both countries decreased
different opportunities provided to refugees by the host
only by 4 per cent and 1 per cent respectively,
country for local integration and self-reliance. Major
owing to the fact that the vast majority of the
refugee asylum countries where less than 75 per cent of
the refugee population were assisted by the end of 2006
returnees had not been part of the UNHCR
include Sudan (69%), the United Republic of Tanzania
registered refugee population. Bearing in mind
(59%), Zambia (54%), India (7%), Armenia (5%), the
the change in the methodology explained already
Democratic Republic of the Congo (3%), Jordan and
the Syrian Arab Republic (close to 0% each).
for computing the active caseload of refugees, the
United States of America was estimated to have
some 844,000 refugees. The Syrian Arab Republic
had 702,000 refugees, almost all Iraqis and Germany
Fig 3: Major refugee hosting
countries, 2006
605,000, the figure having dropped by almost 1.2(M ln)
100,000 due to an improved registration system that
Start-2006
1.0
yielded more accurate statistics 11 . Along with the
End-2006
Syrian Arab Republic, Jordan also moved into the 0.8
top 10 asylum countries, hosting an estimated 0.6
500,000 Iraqi refugees. Among this group of major 0.4
hosting countries, in the United Republic of 0.2
Tanzania, the refugee population dropped from
P A K* IRN USA * SYR GER JOR TA N UK* CHI CHD
549,000 to 485,000 (some 14%) due to the voluntary
*UNHCR est imate
repatriation of 43,000 Burundian and 24,000
Congolese refugees respectively.
8

See preceding footnote.

This acronym refers to one of the geographical designations according to which UNHCRs global operational management is
structured. It includes Central Asia, South West Asia, North Africa and the Middle East.
10
UNHCR figures for Pakistan only include Afghans living in camps who are assisted by UNHCR. There are an additional 1.3
million Afghans living outside the camps, some of whom may be refugees. They do not receive UNHCR material assistance, but
may benefit from the Organizations programmes for voluntary repatriation. As of the time of publication of this report, the
number of Afghan citizens in Pakistan was under review as a result of a comprehensive registration exercise implemented
between October 2006 and February 2007.
11
With the introduction of the new Immigration Act in 2005, the Central Aliens Register now encompasses new residence
categories and simultaneously refines previous ones, allowing for a better differentiation of the figures. As a consequence, the
2006 refugee estimate for Germany cannot be compared to previous ones, and should be considered as provisional pending
further details.
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Afghanistan continued to be the leading country of origin of refugees. As of the end of 2006,
there were 2.1 million refugees from that country in 71 different asylum countries, or 21 per cent
of the global refugee population. Iraqis were the second largest group, with 1.5 million having
sought refuge mainly in neighbouring countries (1.2 million in Jordan and the Syrian Arab
Republic alone). Iraqi refugee numbers had thus more than quintupled in the course of 2006.
Sudan, with 686,000 of its nationals outside the country, was next. The three other main source
countries were Somalia (460,000 representing an increase of 18%), the Democratic Republic of
the Congo and Burundi (about 400,000 each).

Map 2: Major source countries of refugees, end-2006

As a result of statistical corrections, revisions or verification exercises in Germany (for Turkish

refugees), the United States of America (for Bosnian refugees), and Sudan (for Eritrean
refugees), the global figures for those refugees increased significantly, respectively by 33 per
cent, 82 per cent and 30 per cent. The global number of refugees from Myanmar also increased
by 23 per cent, following the grant of refugee status to 8,600 in Malaysia and 15,800 in
Thailand. There was an increase in the global figure of refugees from Somalia, due mainly to
new arrivals in Yemen and Kenya.
2006 also witnessed significant decreases for some of the major refugee populations in the
world, most notably those originating from Azerbaijan12 (46%), Liberia (31%), Burundi (10%),
and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (7%), the latter three due to voluntary repatriation.
Significant decreases were also reported for refugees originating from Croatia (by 25,000),
Serbia (by 16,000), and Togo (by 24,000), often as a result of achieving durable solutions or
revised refugee estimates following registration exercises.

Durable solutions
UNHCR protects, assists and seeks durable solutions for refugees. The three main solutions are
(i) voluntary repatriation to the home country; (ii) local integration in the country of asylum; and
(iii) resettlement in a third country. Voluntary repatriation is generally considered as the
preferred option of the three. Local integration is a legal, socio-economic and political process
by which refugees progressively become fully integrated members of their host societies.
12

A census conducted in Armenia, among Armenian refugees from Azerbaijan, established that the majority of those refugees
had either naturalized in Armenia or left the country.

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However, available data concerning this solution is limited to those cases in which refugees
have, through naturalization, acquired the full range of the protection and legal rights of the host
country. Resettlement of refugees in third countries is a key protection tool and an important
mechanism for sharing responsibilities.
Voluntary repatriation
Based on consolidated reports from countries of asylum (departure) and origin (arrival), it is
estimated that some 734,000 refugees repatriated voluntarily during 2006, one third less than in
2005 which had a total of 1.1 million returnees. The main countries of return included
Afghanistan (388,000), Liberia (108,000), Burundi (48,000), Angola (47,000), Sudan (42,300),
and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
3.0 Fig 4: Refugee returns, 1990-2006
(41,300).
( in m illio ns )
2.2

2.4

2.2

2.1
1.6
1.2

0.9 1.0

0.9

Notwithstanding these returns, the total number

of returnees during 2006 was the second-lowest
in the past 15 years. Only in 2001 was the
number of returnees, a total of 462,000, lower.
Globally, an estimated 11.6 million refugees
have returned home over the past 10 years, 7.4
million, or 63 per cent, of them with UNHCR
assistance.

1.4
1.1

1.1

0.8

0.7

0.5
0.1
90

92

94

96

98

00

02

04

06

Resettlement
Resettlement is a vital tool of protection for refugees whose life or liberty may be at risk in their
first country of asylum. It also serves as a durable solution, especially for refugees for whom
return to the country of origin may not be possible and for those who may also not be able to
remain in the country of asylum, as well as a responsibility sharing mechanism.
In 2006, some 29,560 persons were resettled with
UNHCR assistance. Of these, 27,700 were recognized
refugees; the remainder were family members or family
reunification cases, not necessarily refugees
themselves. The 27,700 refugees resettled with
UNHCR assistance represent some 2,800 (9%) less
than in 2005. By nationality, the main beneficiaries of
the UNHCR-facilitated resettlement programmes were
refugees from Myanmar (5,700), Somalia (5,200),
Sudan (2,900), the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(2,000), and Afghanistan (1,900).

Fig 5: Main nationalities resettled

by UNHCR, 2002-2006
( T o t a l = 13 3 ,2 0 0 )

IRQ
4.0%
DRC
4.2%
ETH
5.8%
IRN
7.8%

Others
17.5%

SOM
15.4%
SUD
14.3%

MYA LBR
8.6% 10.7%

AFG
11.7%

Some 84 UNHCR country offices were engaged in facilitating resettlement departures during
2006, essentially the same number as in 2005. The largest number of refugees resettled with
UNHCR assistance departed from Kenya (6,200), Thailand (4,700), Egypt (2,000), Turkey
(1,600), and the United Republic of Tanzania (1,600).
A total of 71,700 refugees were admitted by 15 resettlement countries, including the United
States (41,300) 13 , Australia (13,400), Canada (10,700), Sweden (2,400), Norway (1,000), and
New Zealand (700). Overall, this was 11 per cent below the total for 2005 (80,800). Over the last
13
Resettlement statistics for the United States, Canada and Australia may also include persons resettled for the purpose of family
reunification or other humanitarian programmes.

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few years, States in Latin America have emerged as new resettlement countries, offering a
durable solution for refugees primarily from Colombia.
Local integration
In some countries, refugees have the opportunity to integrate locally because they have access to
land or the labour market. In others, they may remain confined to camps where they depend on
international relief assistance. The acquisition of the citizenship of the country of asylum would
be the most crucial step in obtaining the full legal and protection rights of the host country as
foreseen by Article 34 of the 1951 Convention. However, national laws in many countries do not
permit refugees to become naturalized. Even in those cases where refugees acquire the
citizenship of the asylum country through naturalization, statistical data is usually very limited as
the countries concerned generally do not distinguish between refugees and other categories in the
relevant data. Their naturalization is thus both restricted as such but also under-reported. For
2006, UNHCR was informed of refugees being granted citizenship in the United States of
America (98,500), Belgium (2,500), Armenia (1,200), Kyrgyzstan (600), and the Russian
Federation (420).

Sex and age

UNHCRs policy priorities on gender equality, children, including adolescents, and older
refugees require that its data on persons of concern should be disaggregated by, among others,
age and sex. However, demographic information on the populations of concern is not available
for all countries, or tends to be very variable. The coverage tends to be high for refugees and
returnees and low for stateless persons and returned IDPs, even if the overall populations of
concern in these last two groups has increased in absolute terms.
At the end of 2006, data broken down by
Fig 6: Demographic characteristics available
on UNHCR's population of concern
sex was available for less than half of the
(Mln.)
overall population of concern (only 13.9 35
million out of 32.9 million). Roughly half 30
of them are female, although the 25
proportions will vary greatly depending on 20
the refugee situation, region of asylum and 15
10
age distribution. For instance, in mass
5
influx situations, the proportion of female
0
refugees tends to be around 50 per cent. The
2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
percentage of females among asylumPop. of concern Sex data available Age data available
seekers, however, is significantly lower in
both developing and developed countries.
Moreover, women are over-represented in the older age category (60 and over).
Information on the age breakdown itself was available for only about one quarter (7.8 million
persons). Some 45 per cent of these are children under the age of 18; 11 per cent being under the
age of five. Half of the population is between the ages of 18 and 59 years, whereas 5 per cent are
60 years old or more. The availability of information is particularly limited for developed
countries in Europe, North America and Oceania. Thus, the figures just summarized are not fully
representative for the entire population under the Offices mandate.

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Asylum-seekers
During 2006, in total, some 596,000 first instance Table 2: New and appeal applications received
or appeal applications for asylum or refugee status
2003
2004
2005
2006
were submitted to Governments and UNHCR Government 774,000 604,000 576,800 480,900
offices in 151 countries. An estimated 503,000 of UNHCR
61,800
75,500
89,300
91,500
these were lodged for the first time in 2006 itself, Jointly*
4,900
1,800
7,900
23,800
7%
11%
13%
15%
91,500, or 15 per cent, with UNHCR offices. The % UNHCR
number of new and appeal applications decreased * Refers to refugee status determination conducted jointly between
UNHCR and the Government.
by 11 per cent compared to 2005 when 674,000
claims were lodged globally. Most applications were registered in Europe (299,000), followed
by Africa (159,000), the Americas (78,000), Asia (53,500), and Oceania (7,100) 14 . It should be
noted that these figures include applicants who have been unsuccessful at first instance and
subsequently filed an appeal.
New individual asylum applications received 15

With 53,400 new asylum claims lodged

in 2006, or roughly one tenth of
individual application globally, South
Africa became the main destination for
new asylum-seekers. With a cumulative
total of 205,000 individual asylum
applications since 2002, this country is
one of the largest recipients in the world.
The United States of America was in
second position in 2006 in terms of new
asylum claims (50,800) during 2006,
followed by Kenya (37,300), France
(30,800), the United Kingdom (27,800),
Sweden (24,300), and Canada (22,900).

Fig 7: Main countries of origin of new

asylum-seekers, 2005-2006
(x1,000)
10%

50
2005
2006
% share in global total (2006)

40

8%

30

6%

20

4%

10

2%
0%

0
SOM IRQ ZIM ERT CHI RWA ETH COL DRC RUS

By nationality, the highest number of new individual asylum claims was filed by Somalis
(45,600), Iraqis (34,200), Zimbabweans (22,200), Eritrean (19,400), Chinese (19,300), and
Rwandans (19,200). These figures should, however, be considered as indicative because some
asylum-seekers country of origin is not known. About 60 per cent of all new Somali asylum
claims were submitted in Kenya, where UNHCR conducts refugee status determination. Iraqi
citizens claimed asylum in more than 70 countries world-wide during 2006, including 9,000 in
Sweden, 2,800 in the Netherlands and 2,100 in Germany. Sweden witnessed an almost
quadrupling of Iraqi asylum requests in 2006 as compared to the year before. The highest
concentration of Zimbabwean asylum-seekers was in South Africa (19,000 new claims) and the
United Kingdom (2,100). The majority of Eritrean asylum applications were lodged in Sudan
(8,700), the United Kingdom (2,700), Ethiopia
Table 3: Substantive decisions taken
(2,700), and Switzerland (1,200).
An estimated 691,000 decisions on asylum
applications were rendered during 2006, a 17 per
cent decrease as compared to the 834,000
decisions in 2005. This also includes some
14

Government
UNHCR
Jointly*
% UNHCR

2003

2004

2005

2006

676,100

579,400

505,200

426,100

39,900

45,400

60,100

56,400

2,500
6%

500
7%

5,200
11%

16,800
11%

* Refers to refugee status determination conducted jointly between

UNHCR and the Government.

For a detailed analysis of asylum trends in industrialized countries, see Asylum Levels and Trends in Industrialized Countries,
2006, UNHCR Geneva, March 2007, available at: http://www.unhcr.org/statistics.
15
This section does not include mass refugee inflows.

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192,000 cases which were closed for administrative reasons 16 , without taking a decision on the
substance itself. The overall decrease may in part be explained by the globally lower numbers of
new asylum claims lodged during the year. Out of the 499,300 substantive decisions in 2006,
UNHCR staff adjudicated more than 56,000, or 11 per cent, the same relative share as in 2005.
In seven countries, including Ecuador, Burundi and Israel, another 16,700 substantive decisions
were taken jointly by UNHCR and the Government concerned.
Map 3: New asylum applications received during 2006

Some 196,000 asylum-seekers were recognized as refugees or given a complementary form of

protection in the course of 2006. In Europe, 33,200 asylum-seekers were granted individual
refugee status under the 1951 Convention and another 37,500 a complementary form of
protection (humanitarian status or subsidiary protection). While the latter figure was almost
identical with that in 2005, the former decreased by a striking 34 per cent compared to the year
before. It is believed that stricter asylum policies across Europe in combination with fewer
asylum applications being lodged are the main reasons for this decrease. Africa was the second
largest region in terms of the number of asylum-seekers being recognized in 2006 (53,800),
followed by Asia (34,900), and North America (32,500).
The cumulative number of asylum claims not yet adjudicated (pending cases), at both the first
instance and on appeal, has decreased over the past few years, reaching an estimated 740,000 by
the end of 2006, the lowest level in at least a decade. In fact, the number of asylum-seekers
awaiting a decision globally has gone down by one third since 2002. This fall might indicate that
asylum procedures have become more efficient, but may also coincide with a decrease in the
number of new asylum applications submitted, as is indeed the case in many of the countries of
Europe.
At the end of 2006, the largest number of undecided cases at the first instance and on appeal was
reported by South Africa (131,000). A Ministerial Initiative incorporating special measures to
clear the backlog was being implemented by the close of the reporting period. In the United
States of America, the number of pending cases at the end of (its fiscal) year totalled 124,000.
Other countries with high numbers of pending cases included Germany (52,800), Austria
(42,400), and France (39,600). With the number of new asylum-seekers arriving in industrialized
countries generally on the decline, many of these countries were able to reduce the number of
16
Also labeled as "non-substantive" decisions which might result from, among others, the death of the applicant, no-show for
interview, withdrawal of the application, or abandonment of the claim.

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undecided cases during 2006, including the United States (by 46,600), Germany (by 18,800), and
Belgium (by 3,200). The strong reduction in the backlog in the United States refers by and large
to asylum-seekers from El Salvador (by 28,500) and Guatemala (by 20,300), the majority of
whose applications were closed for administrative reasons. On the other hand, significant
increases in the backlog were reported by Sweden (by 8,400), Egypt (by 5,300), Greece (by
4,600), and Canada (by 3,000).

Internally Displaced Persons

The IDPs included in this report refer to those benefiting either directly or indirectly from
UNHCRs protection and assistance activities, ranging from individual or community-based
humanitarian assistance to capacity building to enhance authorities capacity for providing
protection and other responses. As explained above, UNHCR is increasingly involved with IDPs
as part of a broader engagement by the United Nations and other agencies through the cluster
approach. The Office has also continued its programmes for IDPs to whom it was already
providing protection and assistance prior to the cluster approach.

Map 4: IDPs protected/assisted by UNHCR, end-2006

The number of internally displaced persons receiving protection and assistance from UNHCR
under the inter-agency mechanisms was 12.8 million. In 2005, before the activation of the cluster
approach, UNHCR looked after 6.6 million. Three main reasons are responsible for this
substantial increase. First, hundreds of thousands of persons became newly displaced, notably in
Colombia, Iraq, Lebanon, Sri Lanka and Timor-Leste. Secondly, with the cluster approach
becoming effective as of 1 January 2006, UNHCR has taken up lead roles for the clusters of
protection, emergency shelter, and camp coordination and management. As a result, it expanded
its activities in these areas in a number of countries, most notably the Democratic Republic of
the Congo and Uganda. In all, UNHCR statistics now include IDP populations in 24 countries, as
compared with 16 as of the end of 2005. Thirdly, in certain countries, IDP estimates were
revised upwards in the course of the year, in particular in Colombia which thus saw the figure
change from two to three million. In Cte dIvoire, the estimates increased from 38,000 to
709,000 as a result of a survey undertaken in the country and UNHCRs expanded involvement
as protection cluster lead.

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With millions of displaced people, Colombia has one of the largest IDP populations in the
world. 17 With more than 660,000 newly displaced during 2006, the number of Iraqi internally
displaced persons rose to more than 1.8 million by the end of the year. In the Democratic
Republic of the Congo and Uganda, as part of its responsibility under the cluster approach,
UNHCR continued to play a crucial role in protecting and assisting the internally displaced
population, estimated at 1.1 million and 1.6 million respectively. There were however significant
decreases during the course of the year, with 490,000 of the Congolese (from the Democratic
Republic of the Congo) and 300,000 of the Ugandan IDPs having returned to their homes. In
Sudan, the number of internally displaced persons benefiting from UNHCRs protection and
assistance activities was estimated at around 1.3 million as of the end of the year.
At the peak of the armed conflict in Lebanon, some 750,000 of its citizens were estimated to
have been displaced internally. Due to large-scale returns shortly afterwards, the number of these
IDPs protected or assisted by UNHCR had decreased to 200,000 by the end of the year. Close to
300,000 persons were reported to have been newly displaced in Sri Lanka, some of them
multiple times, due to renewed fighting between the Government and the Tamil Tiger armed
opposition. As result, the countrys IDP population saw an increase from 325,000 to an
estimated 469,000 persons. Timor-Leste, the Central African Republic and Chad also reported
high numbers of newly displaced persons ranging between 93,000 and 150,000.

Stateless persons
UNHCR has been tasked by the United Nations General Assembly, through various resolutions,
to contribute to the prevention and reduction of statelessness and ensure the protection of
stateless persons. The Office has also been called upon to regularly inform the international
community on the magnitude of the problem of statelessness 18 . The identification of stateless
persons is thus fundamental to the discharge of the responsibility entrusted upon UNHCR.
Statistics on the phenomenon of statelessness serve as a vital tool for indicating where States
efforts are required to reduce the number of stateless persons on their territory.
During 2006, some countries reported a reduction in the number of stateless persons, including
Estonia, Latvia, The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Ukraine. As such, although
significant numbers of persons remained stateless in these countries, the data shows their
ongoing efforts to integrate stateless persons by granting, confirming or restoring their
citizenship.
A UNHCR survey 19 conducted in 2003 on the steps taken by States to reduce statelessness and
meet the protection needs of stateless persons confirmed, however, that identification of, and
agreement on, the phenomenon of statelessness remained critical challenges. UNHCR has thus
continued to improve and expand its data collection capabilities. In October 2006, the Executive
Committee (ExCom) encouraged States in possession of statistics on stateless persons or
individuals with undetermined nationality to share them with UNHCR. UNHCR itself was called
upon to continue working with concerned governments in identifying these persons in
cooperation with other United Nations agencies, in particular UNICEF and UNFPA. In addition,
17
The difficulties associated with accuracy in IDP statistics in Colombia have been highlighted in a landmark judgment by the
Constitutional Court of that country, which pointed to serious discrepancies between the real magnitude of the situation and the
figures of the national registration system. In its Order of Compliance to the Landmark Judgment on Displacement, the Court
cites the Director of the Agencia Presidencial de Accin Social y la Cooperacin Internacional as having acknowledged in
public statements that IDP figures in Colombia are close to 3 million (Order of Compliance 218, dated 11 August 2006, related to
the Landmark Judgment T-025).
18
United Nations General Assembly Resolution 50/152 of 9 February 1996 (A/RES/50/152).
19
Final Report concerning the Questionnaire on Statelessness pursuant to the Agenda for Protection (addressed to 191 States),
UNHCR, March 2004.

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UNHCR was asked to establish a more formal, systematic methodology for information
gathering, updating and sharing of statistics on stateless persons. As these efforts bear fruit, the
phenomenon of statelessness should become better known, and the global figure of stateless
persons could well rise.
Initially, the Office identified 30 countries with reliable estimates of statelessness persons, a total
of 1.5 million as of the end of 2004. This number rose to 48 in 2005 and the estimated total to
2.4 million. For 2006, the number of countries with reliable estimates increased marginally to 49.
However, the number of identified stateless populations more than doubled to 5.8 million. This
is not necessarily due to new situations of statelessness but, rather, the result of improved data
coverage. In fact, the bulk of the increase can be attributed to the revision of Government figures
in Nepal, which resulted in a rise in the reported number of stateless persons from 400,000 in
2005 to 3.4 million in 2006. The figures for stateless persons in Myanmar have also been revised
from 236,500 to 669,500, the latter now including not only the previously reported Muslim
returnees in northern Rakhine State, but the entire stateless population there as well.
UNHCR is not yet in a position to provide definitive statistics on the number of stateless persons
worldwide, estimated to be around 15 million persons. This report however includes data on
countries with reliable official statistics and those for which estimates of stateless populations
exist. Annex table 14 also includes some countries (marked with an asterisk) which have
significant stateless populations but where no reliable figures could be provided for 2006,
including Cambodia, Cte dIvoire, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Dominican
Republic and Thailand.

Other groups or persons of concern

Other groups or persons of concern refer to groups or individuals who may actually fall into
one or another of the categories of persons of concern reported on in this report, but whose
membership thereof has not yet been formally or definitively determined, or agreed with the
State concerned. Nevertheless, they would benefit from UNHCRs protection and assistance
activities. Also included in this group are persons who may not fall directly within any of the
categories of persons of concern, but to whom UNHCR extends its protection and/or assistance
activities on humanitarian or other special grounds.
The number of persons in these groups increased from 960,000 at the beginning of 2006 to
slightly more than 1, 000,000, or some 9 per cent, by the end. The increase arose primarily from
the inclusion of some 61,000 persons in Georgia (South Ossetia and Abkhazia), most of whom
are assisted by UNHCR; and a revised estimate of Colombians in the Brazilian-Colombian
border region. 20 Displaced Colombians in Brazil, Ecuador, Panama, and the Bolivarian Republic
of Venezuela constitute the single largest population among this category, with nearly half a
million persons in need of international protection but who have not applied formally for asylum.

20

The figure of 17,000 is a preliminary estimate. A study will be carried out to define the magnitude and characteristics of this
population.

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Explanation of main changes in UNHCR's Total population of concern from end-2005 to end-2006
Source of main
changes

Population
category

Country

Change 2005-2006

Main reason for inclusion in UNHCR statistics

1. New displacement
Syria/Jordan/L
ebanon
Refugees
Iraq
IDPs

Lebanon
Sri Lanka

Timor-Leste

Inclusion of 1.2 million refugees in Jordan, Lebanon and the

Syrian Arab Rep. (end-2006)
New displacement during the year
550,000 Returned IDPs who returned during 2006 after end of
hostilities. Another 200,000 are still displaced within Lebanon
by the end of the year.
New displacement during the year

IDPs and Returned

IDPs (during 2006)
IDPs

+1.2 million
+660,000
+550,000 (returned
IDPs), +200,000 IDPs
(end-year)
+144,000

IDPs and Returned

IDPs (during 2006)

+11,000 (returned IDPs);

+155,000 IDPs (end-year) New displacement during the year

2. Expanded mandate with regard to IDPs ("Cluster approach")

Cluster approach. This figure includes all IDPs due to
UNHCR's protection cluster-lead and has been derived from a
UNFPA-led IDP survey.

Cte d'Ivoire

IDPs

+671,000

Dem. Rep. of
the Congo

IDPs

+1.1 million

Dem. Rep. of
the Congo
Nepal

Returned IDPs (during

2006)
+490,000
IDPs
+100,000

Uganda

IDPs

Uganda

Returned IDPs (during

2006)
+300,000

Cluster approach. This figure includes all IDPs irrespective of

whether UNHCR is actively involved or not.
Cluster approach. This figure includes all returned IDPs
irrespective of whether UNHCR is actively involved in
reintegration activities or not.
Cluster approach. Newly reported figure.
Cluster approach. This figure includes all IDPs irrespective of
whether UNHCR is actively involved or not.
Cluster approach. This figure includes all returned IDPs
irrespective of whether UNHCR is actively involved in
reintegration activities or not.

+1.6 million

3. New methodology or change in source

Azerbaijan

IDPs

Colombia

IDPs

Kenya

Stateless persons

+100,000

Nepal

Stateless persons

+3 million

Official figures at the end of 2005 speak of 2 million IDPs.

However, according to the Constitutional Court of Colombia,
there are serious discrepancies between the real magnitude of
the situation and the figures of the national registration system.
In a latest Order of Compliance to the Landmark Judgment on
Displacement, the Court cites the Director of the Agencia
Presidencial de Accin Social y la Cooperacin Internacional
who acknowledged in public statements that IDP figures in
Colombia are close to 3 million (Order of Compliance 218,
dated 11 August 2006, related to the Landmark Judgment T025).
Newly included 100,000 Nubians in Kenya who are de facto
stateless persons.
UNHCR adopted the Government estimate of an estimated 3.4
million stateless persons. Previously the figure of 400,000 was
used as estimate.

Sudan

IDPs

+485,000

Newly included IDPs in Khartoum (879,000) and Blue Nile

State. Revised figure for Darfur (from 841,000 to 421,000)

+464,000

Refugee pop. estimated by UNHCR in the absence of a

Government figure. Newly available data on naturalization of
refugees indicates that the average waiting time for refugees
to naturalize is at least 10 years. Previously it was estimated at
5 years. The UNHCR estimate for 2006 has been adjusted to
reflect this change.

United States
of America*
Refugees
1

New government estimates

+108,000

**

Can also be included under the Cluster approach.

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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-2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.

Country

Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria9
Angola
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Central African Rep.
Chad
Chile
13
China
14
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Costa Rica
Cte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Rep.
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Denmark
Djibouti
Ecuador
10
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
Finland
France
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Greece
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong SAR, China
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia

Refugees
35
56
94,180
13,090
3,158
113,714
68,948
25,486
2,618
1
26,311
690
16,820
488
10,797
567
10,318
3,160
3,492
4,504
511
13,176
99
35,083
151,827
12,357
286,743
1,134
301,027
143
1
55,788
11,515
27,288
2,443
667
924
1,887
208,371
36,659
9,259
11,789
88,022
39
4,621
5
96,980
11,827
145,996
8,429
13,761
1,373
605,406
44,938
2,289
382
31,468
7,804
22
1,940
8,075
267
158,366
301

Of whom
assisted by
UNHCR
35
56
90,062
668
389
5,871
2,618
1
21,716
281
81
10,797
366
3,079
2,257
511
12,867
95
35,083
2,227
268,783
1,134
8,168
46
42,331
27,288
2,443
510
4
1,887
5,358
7,021
11,789
18,022
4,621
96,980
8,429
8,727
1,373
44,938
7
31,468
7,804
121
11,560
301

Asylumseekers
(pending
cases)3
5
36
941
1,588
867
78
1,420
42,396
88
17
79
23
15,724
1
1,349
20
91
398
860
756
7,137
127
4,161
23,593
1,907
8
338
83
77
4,289
332
2,313
10
27
12,508
2,876
94
446
19
5,521
16,368
2,004
8
323
2
1,133
39,571
4,127
602
8
52,807
5,588
13,504
3
3,887
317
2,407
531
30
681
265

Returned
4
refugees
387,917
10
47,017
1
1,419
48,144
9
1
51
20
1
1
38
1
4,508
7
4,633
1
41,228
1
23
1
9
1
1
1
-

IDPs
protected/
assisted by
UNHCR5
129,310
686,586
135,500
13,850
147,000
112,686
3,000,000
3,492
709,228
3,975
1,075,297
245,980
-

Returned
6
IDPs
10,443
4,184
1,008
149
829
490,000
-

Stateless
7
persons
501
2,300
300,000
8,886
426
9
18
796
77
119,204
68
904
1,273
10,013
108
53
1
-

Various

395
2,431
17,000
60
19
5,055
250,000
32
61,067
3,000
-

Total
population of
concern
527,710
102
95,121
61,695
4,025
113,792
70,368
68,383
691,988
18
326,390
12,030
32,970
489
12,146
587
151,512
3,160
20,890
5,364
1,267
82,307
295
39,245
175,420
161,315
399,457
1,473
301,130
3,000,267
2
69,085
16,902
738,985
11,908
695
13,432
4,763
1,814,990
37,901
9,278
267,310
104,468
39
6,657
119,217
97,326
2
13,028
186,471
12,556
14,363
309,702
668,226
50,535
18,901
385
35,356
8,121
1
22
4,347
8,659
298
159,048
566

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-2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.

Country

Iraq
Ireland
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Israel
Italy
Japan
10
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People's Dem. Rep.
Latvia
10
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Mali
Malta
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Moldova
Mongolia
11
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway
Occupied Palestinian Territory
Oman
12
Pakistan
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Rep. of Korea
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia

Refugees
44,406
7,917
968,370
837
26,875
1,844
500,229
4,412
272,531
50
366
21
20,164
16,185
2,760
277
531
2,206
3,943
37,170
10,585
2,404
770
3,319
2
161
5
6,926
503
2,558
5,462
128,175
100,574
4,906
199
317
8,768
43,336
7
1,044,462
1,848
10,183
59
911
100
6,790
333
46
96
1,658
1,425
49,192
240,772
20,591
98,997
27,365
1
248
254
669

Of whom
assisted by
UNHCR
44,406
968,370
837
200
229
1,363
272,531
50
366
164
4,811
2,760
3,943
37,170
10,585
770
149
161
5
6,926
503
1,554
108,021
34
195
8,768
7
1,044,462
1,635
2,681
59
115
13
46
82
200
1,425
49,192
772
20,464
98,997
27,365
1
248
669

Asylumseekers
(pending
cases)3
2,180
3,424
1,019
863
1,217
19,248
89
18,515
525
569
3
2,579
53
1,994
25
50
50
5,245
9,186
1,884
211
91
136
78
2
10
1,375
4,316
1,122
1,481
13,118
229
9
20
676
4,284
7
2,677
242
2
2
488
40
2,057
35
614
177
291
3,945
278
2,634
5
228
10
2,744
180
1,221

Returned
4
refugees
20,235
103
107,954
1
1
35
7
4
2
2
3
140
5,971
1
6,074
134
1,845

IDPs
protected/
assisted by
UNHCR5
1,834,368
200,000
16,196
58,500
100,000
158,905
227,590
400,000

Returned
6
IDPs
150,000
550,000
237,822
199
2,017
1,433
-

Stateless
7
persons
130,000
886
1,826
9
45,698
100,000
88,086
10,190
393,012
7,215
1,706
581
669,500
3,400,000
4,461
672
1
74
223
53,982
70,000
4,090
-

Various

21,000
1,129
110
8
61,314
29,500
10,387
13,500
416
235,799
85,000
-

Total
population of
concern
2,181,189
11,341
969,492
1,700
27,761
4,887
519,486
50,199
391,046
109,661
12,254
393,036
772,853
362,022
4,755
302
7,796
2,256
9,188
107,670
12,469
2,615
30,362
3,455
2
1,945
588
23,331
1,878
6,874
728,000
6,619
3,640,043
118,153
5,135
215
337
9,448
48,292
2
14
1,047,141
15,591
10,185
61
1,402
556
8,921
333
81
710
2,058
452,559
59,108
311,050
23,226
419,099
27,727
11
2,992
4,524
403,735

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-2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.

Country

South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
10
Syrian Arab Rep.
Tajikistan
TfYR Macedonia
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tunisia
10
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United Rep. of Tanzania
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Venezuela (Bolivarian Rep. of)
Viet Nam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Various
Total

Refugees
35,086
5,275
162
196,200
752
79,913
48,523
702,209
929
1,240
133,117
3
6,328
93
2,633
750
272,007
2,275
174
301,556
485,295
843,498
125
1,415
720
2,357
95,794
120,253
3,519
9,877,707

Of whom
assisted by
UNHCR
5,906
162
129,758
612
919
1,189
133,117
3
1,328
59
2,633
750
222,330
248
174
287,061
77
1,415
241
95,794
64,690
2,149
4,474,092

Asylumseekers
(pending
cases)3
131,107
135
4,460
256
17,405
12,385
5,213
238
205
18,424
3
442
68
6,219
1
5,812
1,183
32
12,300
380
124,223
28
7,754
859
215
296
740,165

Returned
4
refugees
4
375
42,258
3
142
176
7,917
15
5,035
4
4
63
2
1
67
733,622

IDPs
protected/
assisted by
UNHCR5
469,165
1,325,235
155,231
1,586,174
12,794,268

Returned
6
IDPs
89,405
11,955
11,727
3,000
300,000
1,864,171

Stateless
7
persons
20
5,571
153
300,000
184
762
64,992
205
7
7,200
5,805,943

Various

42,114
479
288
306
5,000
200,000
1,045,409

Total
population of
concern
166,197
5,295
559,242
1,622,222
1,008
102,889
61,061
1,007,425
1,493
2,862
151,829
166,964
17,687
161
9,173
751
2,169,028
73,450
206
314,061
485,679
967,721
153
1,426
208,474
9,620
96,655
120,468
3,816
67
32,861,285

Notes
The data are generally provided by Governments, based on their own definitions and methods of data collection.
A dash (-) indicates that the value is zero, not available or not applicable.
1

Country or territory of asylum or residence. In the absence of Government estimates, UNHCR has estimated the refugee population in most industrialized countries,
based on recent refugee arrivals and recognition of asylum-seekers. For Canada, Australia and New Zealand, estimates are based on arrivals/recognition during
the past five years, whereas for most European countries and the USA a 10-year period has been applied. These periods reflect the different naturalization rates for refugees in these
regions.

Persons recognized as refugees under the 1951 UN Convention/1967 Protocol, the 1969 OAU Convention, in accordance with the UNHCR Statute, persons granted a complementary
form of protection and those granted temporary protection.
3
4
5
6
7

Persons whose application for asylum or refugee status is pending at any stage in the asylum procedure.
Refugees who have returned to their place of origin during the calendar year. Source: Country of origin and asylum.
Persons who are displaced within their country and to whom UNHCR extends protection and/or assistance.
IDPs protected/assisted by UNHCR who have returned to their place of origin during the calendar year.
Refers to persons who are not considered nationals by any State under the operation of its laws.

Persons of concern to UNHCR not included in the previous columns including a.o. forced migrants (Russian Federation), local residents-at-risk (Serbia, Kosovo), Sahrawis
(Mauritania), Afghan asylum-seekers (Russian Federation, UNHCR est.), Muslims from the Phillipines (Malaysia), Colombians (Ecuador and Venezuela), etc.
9

According to the Government of Algeria, there are an estimated 165,000 Saharawi refugees in the Tindouf camps.
The decision to apply prima facie status to Iraqis originating from south and central Iraq was taken in January 2007. As a consequence, UNHCR estimates on Iraqi
refugees at end-2006 do not take into account the total number of Iraqis in the respective countries. Estimates for the number of Iraqis in Egypt and Turkey at end-2006 are
not available.
10

11
Although counted as IDPs here (and officially referred to as such by the Montenegrin Government), this population consists of persons displaced from Serbia (Kosovo)
who are not being accorded the same rights as Montenegrin citizens in practice.
12

UNHCR figures for Pakistan only include Afghans living in camps who are assisted by UNHCR. According to a 2005 government census of Afghans in Pakistan and
subsequent voluntary repatriation during the year, there are an additional 1.3 million Afghans living outside camps, some of whom may be refugees. Those Afghans living
outside camps receive no UNHCR assistance except access to UNHCR-facilitated voluntary repatriation. These figures are currently under review as result of the
registration of Afghans which took place in Pakistan from October 2006 to February 2007.

13

This population is well integrated and in practice receives protection from the government of China. With the transfer of the last assistance programme from
UNHCR to the government of China in 2007, UNHCR anticipates that this population will not be reflected in next year's statistics.
According to the Constitutional Court of Colombia, there are serious discrepancies between the real magnitude of the situation and the figures of the national registration
system. In a latest Order of Compliance to the Landmark Judgment on Displacement, the Court cites the Director of the Agencia Presidencial de Accin Social y la
Cooperacin Internacional who acknowledged in public statements that IDP figures in Colombia are close to 3 million (Order of Compliance 218, dated 11 August 2006,
related to the Landmark Judgment T-025).
14

Source: UNHCR/Governments. Compiled by: UNHCR, FICSS.

Table 2. Refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (refugees and IDPs), stateless persons, and others
of concern to UNHCR by origin, end-2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.

Origin1
Afghanistan9
Albania
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina
Armenia
Australia
Austria
Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Cape Verde
Cayman Islands
Central African Rep.
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia14
Comoros
Congo
Cook Islands
Costa Rica
Cte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Rep.
Dem. People's Rep. of Korea
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Denmark
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Rep.
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia

Refugees2
2,107,519
14,080
8,353
10
206,501
19
894
14,918
29
34
126,068
14
62
7,803
27
9,371
64
18
215
108,073
374
199,946
12
707
2
3,438
376
396,541
17,965
10,384
95
40
71,685
36,300
805
140,598
72,796
72
20,609
284
26,315
93,767
33,580
5
2,138
397
401,914
12
486
49
150
887
7,613
6,388
461
193,745
626
74,026

Of whom
assisted by
UNHCR
1,973,948
21
120
23,295
8
133
5,485
20
227
2
107,803
34,608
1
25
1
164,191
134
116
1
68,315
28,831
22
197
14,281
9,076
5
9,020
75,622
344
3
2
314,039
58
2
20
32
369
80
122,922
21,914

Asylumseekers
(pending
cases)3
14,354
2,258
2,630
1
1,562
9
179
6,932
7
16
3,013
19
20
5,342
38
1,691
35
15
159
2
1,449
429
1,658
32
432
823
203
5,491
674
3,375
45
10
1
2,112
3,431
76
17,279
21,923
10
5,893
75
6,382
211
1,339
1
175
105
31,728
6
112
18
123
270
1,681
28,783
32
5,014
126
16,455

Returned
refugees4
387,917
10
47,017
1
1,419
48,144
9
1
51
20
1
1
38
1
4,508
7
4,633
1
41,228
1
23

IDPs
protected/
assisted by
UNHCR5
129,310
686,586
135,500
13,850
147,000
112,686
3,000,000
3,492
709,228
3,975
1,075,297
-

Returned
IDPs6
10,443
4,184
1,008
149
829
490,000
-

Stateless
persons7
-

Various8
100,372
10,000
467,000
4
6

Total
population of
concern
2,749,915
16,348
10,983
11
255,080
28
1,073
21,850
36
50
815,668
33
82
13,145
65
11,062
99
33
374
2
119,522
803
342,707
44
1,139
2
4,261
579
464,026
18,648
13,760
140
50
1
220,848
152,437
882
157,878
3,561,757
83
35,510
359
742,081
103,415
34,920
6
2,313
502
2,040,167
18
598
67
273
1,157
9,295
35,171
493
198,763
752
90,510

Table 2. Refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (refugees and IDPs), stateless persons, and others
of concern to UNHCR by origin, end-2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.

Origin1
Faeroe Islands
Fiji
Finland
France
French Guiana
French Polynesia
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guyana
Haiti
Holy See (the)
Honduras
Hong Kong SAR, China
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iraq10
Ireland
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Israel
Italy
Jamaica
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kiribati
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Lao People's Dem. Rep.
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Macao SAR, China
Madagascar
Malawi
Malaysia
Maldives
Mali
Malta
Marshall Islands
Martinique
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia (Federated States of)

Refugees2
1,685
6
82
1
95
1,254
6,340
114
9,960
91
202
6,496
6,840
1,004
537
20,837
1,035
10
3,118
31
17,811
34,728
1,450,905
4
102,483
882
105
660
168
1,604
7,376
5,356
41
617
2,488
26,447
1,424
12,252
9
160,548
1,573
942
2
9
260
113
584
17
594
28
33,428
80
3,304
-

Of whom
assisted by
UNHCR
15
212
1
140
27
87
16
54
3
4
8
17,854
57,351
14,353
7
29
75
68
12
25
359
1
32
118,146
15
2
1
1
6
25,820
-

Asylumseekers
(pending
cases)3
255
2
42
40
1,023
4,373
83
1,147
23
43
20,533
2,662
308
298
13,400
1,358
19
199
2
6,755
3,272
46,913
4
13,483
935
17
273
31
769
651
1,079
4
125
554
287
101
3,147
5
5,011
635
167
4
25
46
131
4
430
4
1,809
22
11,816
-

Returned
refugees4
1
9
1
1
1
20,235
103
107,954
1
1
-

IDPs
protected/
assisted by
UNHCR5
245,980
1,834,368
200,000
-

Returned
IDPs6
150,000
550,000
237,822
-

Stateless
persons7

Various8
-

66,067
1
16,123
5
93
3,500
-

Total
population of
concern
1,940
8
124
1
135
2,277
322,761
197
11,117
114
245
27,029
9,503
1,312
835
34,238
2,393
29
3,317
33
24,567
38,000
3,518,544
8
116,069
1,817
122
933
199
2,373
8,027
6,435
45
742
3,042
26,739
1,525
765,492
14
511,335
2,209
1,109
2
13
285
159
715
21
4,524
32
35,238
102
15,120
-

Table 2. Refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (refugees and IDPs), stateless persons, and others
of concern to UNHCR by origin, end-2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.

Origin1
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro11
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nauru
Nepal
Netherlands
New Caledonia
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Niue
Norway
Occupied Palestinian Territory12
Oman
Pakistan
Palau
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Qatar
Rep. of Korea
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Samoa
San Marino
Sao Tome and Principe
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Suriname
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Rep.
Tajikistan

Refugees2
11,680
868
135
4,710
231
202,826
1,203
3
2,647
39
8
1,828
818
13,253
4
334,142
39
25,639
75
31
105
6,985
886
13,513
25
52
1,335
7,234
159,381
92,966
2
163
387
3
2
32
617
15,163
174,027
61
42,863
111
741
1,760
38
464,253
510
2,444
116,966
686,311
66
22
16
36
12,337
645

Of whom
assisted by
UNHCR
12
15
1
177,469
1
98
158
5
3,361
17,740
442
3
742
3
4
127
5,135
28,527
30
3
14,423
2,273
14,456
1
304,741
3
187
550,337
1
1
891
27

Asylumseekers
(pending
cases)3
1,265
5
1,853
124
576
15
26,307
20
2,382
40
1
7
2,301
473
8,323
1
1,386
8
6,743
1
20
9
37
1,926
801
379
47
6
312
1,314
20,670
8,585
4
142
320
2
2
54
1,242
20,810
8
5,635
13
282
16
27
21,800
160
20
7,301
16,640
25
5
18
2
7,470
113

Returned
refugees4
35
7
4
2
2
3
140
5,971
1
6,074
134
1,845
4
375
42,258
3
142

IDPs
protected/
assisted by
UNHCR5
16,196
58,500
100,000
158,905
227,590
400,000
469,165
1,325,235
-

Returned
IDPs6
199
2,017
1,433
89,405
11,955
-

Stateless
persons7

Various8
-

6,003
61,316
132,184
85,479
2,000
1
42,114
1,129

Total
population of
concern
12,945
5
2,721
16,654
5,286
246
287,633
1,258
3
105,029
79
1
15
4,136
1,291
21,580
5
341,533
47
32,384
1
95
40
142
8,914
63,003
13,892
72
58
1,647
8,548
473,297
107,522
6
305
707
5
4
32
671
16,406
515,413
69
48,632
124
1,023
1,776
65
889,898
674
2,464
683,213
2,124,513
91
27
34
38
19,810
2,029

Table 2. Refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (refugees and IDPs), stateless persons, and others
of concern to UNHCR by origin, end-2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.

Origin1
TfYR Macedonia
Thailand
Tibetans
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Turks and Caicos Islands
Tuvalu
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United Rep. of Tanzania
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Vanuatu
Venezuela
Viet Nam
Western Irian Jaya
Western Sahara13
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Stateless
Various
Total

Refugees2
7,940
3,325
20,184
251
27,332
6
153
2,845
227,232
692
1
3
21,752
63,723
265
174
1,667
1,356
163
9,102
3,829
374,279
90,614
1,362
203
12,782
11,259
246,736
9,877,707

Of whom
assisted by
UNHCR
406
122
18,172
33
16,911
12
2,979
86
36
2
1
312
11
8,382
90,484
221
5
102
4,581
4,474,092

Asylumseekers
(pending
cases)3
1,587
209
1
9
6,589
17
158
351
14,893
151
1
1,342
3,482
12
48
224
398
55
2,093
2,369
1,763
24
353
67
1,214
2,126
191,998
740,165

Returned
refugees4
176
7,917
15
5,035
4
4
63
2
1
67
733,622

IDPs
protected/
assisted by
UNHCR5
155,231
1,586,174
12,794,268

Returned
IDPs6
11,727
3,000
300,000
1,864,171

Stateless
persons7
5,805,943
5,805,943

Various8
387
476
26,000
25,149
1,045,409

Total
population of
concern
9,703
3,534
20,572
167,218
44,838
23
311
3,196
242,140
843
2
3
1,914,303
67,205
277
222
1,895
1,754
218
11,199
6,198
376,581
116,638
1,717
270
13,997
5,819,328
463,950
32,861,285

Notes
The data are generally provided by Governments, based on their own definitions and methods of data collection.
A dash (-) indicates that the value is zero, not available or not applicable.
1

In the absence of Government estimates, UNHCR has estimated the refugee population in most industrialized countries,
based on recent refugee arrivals and recognition of asylum-seekers. For Canada, Australia and New Zealand, estimates are based on arrivals/recognition during
the past five years, whereas for most European countries and the USA a 10-year period has been applied. These periods reflect the different naturalization rates for refugees in these
regions.

2
Persons recognized as refugees under the 1951 UN Convention/1967 Protocol, the 1969 OAU Convention, in accordance with the UNHCR Statute, persons granted a humanitarian
status and those granted temporary protection.
3

Persons whose application for asylum or refugee status is pending at any stage in the asylum procedure.

Refugees who have returned to their place of origin during the year. Source: Country of origin and asylum.

Persons who are displaced within their country and to whom UNHCR extends protection and/or assistance.

IDPs protected/assisted by UNHCR who have returned to their place of origin during the year.
Refers to persons who are not considered nationals by any State under the operation of its laws.

7
8

Persons of concern to UNHCR not included in the previous columns including a.o. forced migrants (Russian Federation), local residents-at-risk (Serbia, Kosovo), Sahrawis
(Mauritania), Afghan asylum-seekers (Russian Federation, UNHCR est.), Muslims from the Phillipines (Malaysia), Colombians (Ecuador and Venezuela), etc.

UNHCR figures for Pakistan only include Afghans living in camps who are assisted by UNHCR. According to a 2005 government census of Afghans in Pakistan and
subsequent voluntary repatriation during the year, there are an additional 1.3 million Afghans living outside camps, some of whom may be refugees. Those Afghans living
outside camps receive no UNHCR assistance except access to UNHCR-facilitated voluntary repatriation. These figures are currently under review as result of the registration
of Afghans which took place in Pakistan from October 2006 to February 2007.

10

The decision to apply prima facie status to Iraqis originating from south and central Iraq was taken in January 2007. As a consequence, UNHCR estimates on Iraqi refugees
at end-2006 do not take into account the total number of Iraqis in the respective countries. Estimates for the number of Iraqis in Egypt and Turkey at end-2006 are not

11
Although counted as IDPs here (and officially referred to as such by the Montenegrin Government), this population consists of persons displaced from Serbia (Kosovo) who
are not being accorded the same rights as Montenegrin citizens in practice.
12
This figure only refers to Palestinians under the UNHCR mandate.
13

According to the Government of Algeria, there are an estimated 165,000 Saharawi refugees in the Tindouf camps.

Table 2. Refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (refugees and IDPs), stateless persons, and others
of concern to UNHCR by origin, end-2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.

Origin1

Refugees2

Of whom
assisted by
UNHCR

14

Asylumseekers
(pending
cases)3

Returned
refugees4

IDPs
protected/
assisted by
UNHCR5

Returned
IDPs6

Stateless
persons7

Various8

Total
population of
concern

According to the Constitutional Court of Colombia, there are serious discrepancies between the real magnitude of the situation and the figures of the national registration
system. In a latest Order of Compliance to the Landmark Judgment on Displacement, the Court cites the Director of the Agencia Presidencial de Accin Social y la
Cooperacin Internacional who acknowledged in public statements that IDP figures in Colombia are close to 3 million (Order of Compliance 218, dated 11 August 2006,
related to the Landmark Judgment T-025).

Source: UNHCR/Governments. Compiled by: UNHCR, FICSS.

Table 3. Refugee population and changes by country/territory of asylum, 2006 (Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.)
N.B. For many industrialized countries, UNHCR has estimated the refugee population (see Table 1, footnote 1).
The columns "Other" (increases and decreases) include population changes resulting from administrative corrections, adjustments as a result of registration, new estimates as well as births
and deaths. In some cases, the population at the end of 2006 does not equal the population at the start of the year plus increases and minus decreases. This discrepancy is due to the fact
that the voluntary repatriation figures include estimates from countries of return. In addition, the full details of the changes in the refugee population in industrialized countries are often unknow
Voluntary repatriation* shows a best estimate, based on country of asylum and country of origin reports.
Region and

Population start-2006

Increases during 2006

country/

Spont. arrivals

territory

of which:

of

UNHCR-

Prima

assisted

facie

asylum
Afghanistan

Decreases during 2006

Total

Voluntary repatriation*

Population end-2006

Resettlement

Resettle-

of which:

of which:

Indiv.

ment

UNHCR-

UNHCR-

Cessa-

Natura-

recogn.

arrivals

assisted

tion

lization

Other

Total

Total

Total

assisted

of which:
UNHCROther

Total

Total

assisted

32

32

35

35

Albania

56

56

10

56

56

Algeria1

94,101

90,049

70

16

86

94,180

90,062

Angola

13,984

2,096

138

138

1,031

1,032

13,090

668

3,105

778

59

19

15

93

20

21

43

3,158

389

Armenia

219,550

10,756

262

266

1,190

104,912

106,102

113,714

5,871

Australia

64,964

1,296

13,439

14,735

16

16

68,948

Austria

21,230

4,972

4,972

584

514

584

25,486

3,004

3,004

351

53

56

460

36

36

99

99

728

867

2,618

2,618

21,098

20,959

5,290

5,291

13

13

65

78

26,311

21,716

Belarus

725

247

19

25

16

16

19

18

62

690

281

Belgium

15,100

2,399

2,399

169

162

2,464

14

2,651

16,820

Argentina

Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh

Belize

624

184

131

136

488

81

Benin

30,294

30,294

229

218

447

2,260

2,188

42

42

17,648

19,950

10,797

10,797

535

363

34

34

567

366

Bolivia
Bosnia and
Herzegovina

10,568

3,361

13

1,014

1,027

1,227

1,008

69

69

14

1,311

10,318

3,079

Botswana

3,107

3,107

29

93

122

35

35

47

82

3,160

Brazil

3,458

2,202

208

52

40

300

16

16

12

17

214

266

3,492

2,257

Bulgaria

4,413

95

95

4,504

511

511

25

25

13

25

511

511
12,867

Burkina Faso
Burundi

20,681

17,966

2,127

1,100

309

3,536

1,102

1,102

89

89

9,855

11,046

13,176

Cambodia

127

124

76

78

63

37

102

102

169

99

95

Cameroon

52,042

17,977

20,419

1,415

998

22,832

43

43

108

108

39,647

39,798

35,083

35,083

Canada
Central African
Rep.

147,171

9,252

10,651

19,903

23

23

151,827

24,569

24,569

466

32

498

12,845

5,675

33

33

15

12,893

12,357

2,227

Chad

275,412

244,932

22,222

18,495

40,722

8,565

5,590

29,342

37,910

286,743

268,783

Chile
China

806

806

283

44

335

1,134

1,134

301,041

8,186

24

25

32

32

39

301,027

8,168

Table 3. Refugee population and changes by country/territory of asylum, 2006 (Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.)
N.B. For many industrialized countries, UNHCR has estimated the refugee population (see Table 1, footnote 1).
The columns "Other" (increases and decreases) include population changes resulting from administrative corrections, adjustments as a result of registration, new estimates as well as births
and deaths. In some cases, the population at the end of 2006 does not equal the population at the start of the year plus increases and minus decreases. This discrepancy is due to the fact
that the voluntary repatriation figures include estimates from countries of return. In addition, the full details of the changes in the refugee population in industrialized countries are often unknow
Voluntary repatriation* shows a best estimate, based on country of asylum and country of origin reports.
Region and

Population start-2006

Increases during 2006

country/

Spont. arrivals

territory

of which:

of

UNHCR-

Prima

assisted

facie

asylum
Colombia

Decreases during 2006

Total

Voluntary repatriation*

Population end-2006

Resettlement

Resettle-

of which:

of which:

Indiv.

ment

UNHCR-

UNHCR-

Cessa-

Natura-

recogn.

arrivals

assisted

tion

lization

Other

Total

Total

Total

assisted

of which:
UNHCROther

Total

Total

assisted

155

53

17

143

Congo

66,075

51,288

37

344

381

10,630

10,600

107

107

10,737

55,788

42,331

Costa Rica

11,249

443

443

177

177

177

11,515

Cte d'Ivoire

41,627

41,627

58

890

948

14,992

11,525

76

76

219

15,287

27,288

27,288

Comoros

Croatia

46

2,927

2,927

465

294

59

78

163

771

2,443

2,443

Cuba

706

559

25

30

15

15

53

70

667

510

Cyprus

701

219

223

924

1,802

1,802

378

378

54

128

185

1,887

1,887

204,341

15,475

1,752

21

41,390

43,163

47,735

37,687

17

17

1,258

49,010

208,371

5,358

Czech Rep.
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Denmark

44,374

308

530

838

203

151

203

36,659

Djibouti

10,456

6,697

38

179

217

1,244

1,244

38

38

132

1,414

9,259

7,021

Ecuador

10,063

10,063

1,997

1,997

222

222

10

39

271

11,789

11,789

Egypt

88,946

18,946

1,298

591

1,889

940

935

2,147

1,983

228

3,316

88,022

18,022

El Salvador
Eritrea

49

22

15

15

39

4,418

4,418

129

31

99

259

23

23

14

14

19

56

4,621

4,621

Estonia

Ethiopia

100,817

100,817

2,739

3,753

6,492

5,948

5,948

770

770

3,963

10,681

96,980

96,980

Finland

11,809

656

547

1,203

56

49

56

11,827

France

137,316

11,805

11,805

215

165

215

145,996

Gabon

8,545

8,545

236

236

84

74

233

233

31

352

8,429

8,429

Gambia

7,331

2,287

6,398

41

6,439

46

46

46

13,761

8,727

Georgia

2,497

2,480

50

59

88

88

19

19

1,105

1,212

1,373

1,373

Germany2

700,027

1,951

1,951

3,142

2,944

3,142

605,406

Ghana

53,537

53,537

540

540

10,363

2,195

1,221

1,221

95

11,679

44,938

44,938

Greece

2,390

149

128

128

69

69

72

2,289

391

11

12

382

63,525

62,239

160

528

5,134

5,822

54,255

25,507

22

22

633

54,910

31,468

31,468

7,616

7,616

215

215

23

23

27

7,804

7,804

22

22

Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Honduras

Table 3. Refugee population and changes by country/territory of asylum, 2006 (Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.)
N.B. For many industrialized countries, UNHCR has estimated the refugee population (see Table 1, footnote 1).
The columns "Other" (increases and decreases) include population changes resulting from administrative corrections, adjustments as a result of registration, new estimates as well as births
and deaths. In some cases, the population at the end of 2006 does not equal the population at the start of the year plus increases and minus decreases. This discrepancy is due to the fact
that the voluntary repatriation figures include estimates from countries of return. In addition, the full details of the changes in the refugee population in industrialized countries are often unknow
Voluntary repatriation* shows a best estimate, based on country of asylum and country of origin reports.
Region and

Population start-2006

Increases during 2006

country/

Spont. arrivals

territory

of which:

of

UNHCR-

Prima

assisted

facie

asylum
Hong Kong SAR,
China
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iraq
Ireland
Islamic Rep. of
Iran
Israel
Italy
Japan
Jordan

Decreases during 2006

Total

Voluntary repatriation*

Population end-2006

Resettlement

Resettle-

of which:

of which:

Indiv.

ment

UNHCR-

UNHCR-

Cessa-

Natura-

recogn.

arrivals

assisted

tion

lization

Other

Total

Total

Total

assisted

of which:
UNHCROther

Total

Total

assisted

1,934

115

55

55

45

45

49

1,940

121

8,046

198

201

109

109

47

156

8,075

293

267

139,283

11,356

16,655

550

2,560

19,765

445

99

195

159

21

360

1,021

158,366

11,560

89

89

113

250

363

12

12

48

48

95

155

301

301

50,177

50,177

3,678

3,681

110

16

21

21

37

9,290

9,458

44,406

44,406

7,113

665

198

863

202

209

7,917

974,296

974,296

93

93

243,648

5,280

739

739

244,387

968,370

968,370

609

609

339

351

65

65

50

123

837

837

20,675

6,372

6,372

42

31

42

26,875

1,941

208

87

87

177

184

1,844

200

965

965

186

499,467

499,653

175

175

170

170

45

390

500,229

229

7,265

1,019

199

201

23

23

210

210

1,446

1,382

3,061

4,412

1,363

Kenya

251,271

251,271

22,935

19,958

42,893

2,280

2,280

6,208

6,208

13,567

22,055

272,531

272,531

Kuwait

1,523

800

15

15

15

15

1,473

1,488

50

50

Kyrgyzstan

2,598

2,587

149

21

170

150

26

68

68

1,129

595

468

2,410

366

366

11

10

10

21

1,078

1,074

118

20,075

20,193

293

293

813

1,107

20,164

164

Kazakhstan

Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libyan Arab
Jamahiriya

10,168

4,798

6,027

6,027

11

16,185

4,811

3,434

1,912

21

26

109

156

22

22

817

839

2,760

2,760

Liechtenstein

150

37

192

229

102

110

277

Lithuania

531

94

94

531

1,822

390

390

54

54

16

73

2,206

Luxembourg
Malawi

4,240

4,240

334

326

660

59

59

592

592

510

1,161

3,943

3,943

Malaysia

33,693

33,693

9,313

9,313

1,220

1,220

4,474

142

5,836

37,170

37,170

Mali

11,233

11,233

48

48

16

16

684

700

10,585

10,585

1,939

550

550

2,404

Malta

Table 3. Refugee population and changes by country/territory of asylum, 2006 (Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.)
N.B. For many industrialized countries, UNHCR has estimated the refugee population (see Table 1, footnote 1).
The columns "Other" (increases and decreases) include population changes resulting from administrative corrections, adjustments as a result of registration, new estimates as well as births
and deaths. In some cases, the population at the end of 2006 does not equal the population at the start of the year plus increases and minus decreases. This discrepancy is due to the fact
that the voluntary repatriation figures include estimates from countries of return. In addition, the full details of the changes in the refugee population in industrialized countries are often unknow
Voluntary repatriation* shows a best estimate, based on country of asylum and country of origin reports.
Region and

Population start-2006

Increases during 2006

country/

Spont. arrivals

territory

of which:

of

UNHCR-

Prima

assisted

facie

asylum
Mauritania
Mexico
Micronesia
(Federated States
of)
Moldova
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia

Decreases during 2006

Total

Voluntary repatriation*

Population end-2006

Resettlement

Resettle-

of which:

of which:

Indiv.

ment

UNHCR-

UNHCR-

Cessa-

Natura-

recogn.

arrivals

assisted

tion

lization

Other

Total

Total

Total

assisted

of which:
UNHCROther

Total

Total

assisted

632

632

122

34

156

18

14

18

770

770

3,229

176

82

10

92

3,319

149

84

84

82

87

10

161

161

8,347

8,347

32

15

1,393

1,425

6,926

6,926

234

234

299

10

309

25

25

14

40

503

503

1,954

1,095

654

30

684

73

73

85

2,558

1,554

5,307

5,307

143

154

297

59

22

64

64

21

144

5,462

Nepal

126,436

106,282

225

2,288

2,513

13

13

761

774

128,175

108,021

Netherlands

118,189

6,389

497

6,886

363

308

363

100,574

5,307

147

703

850

4,906

New Zealand
Nicaragua

227

44

28

32

199

34

Niger

301

191

29

38

13

12

22

317

195

Nigeria

9,019

9,019

901

901

899

899

142

141

111

1,152

8,768

8,768

Norway

43,034

1,686

992

2,678

229

209

229

43,336

1,084,694

1,084,694

314

13

327

143,025

133,344

123

123

29

1,730

1,602

135

135

11

11

17

1,848

1,635

9,999

2,499

186

188

10,183

2,681

50

50

14

14

59

59

848

126

75

75

11

12

911

115
13

Oman
Pakistan3
Panama
Papua New
Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Rep. of Korea
Romania

143,177 1,044,462 1,044,462

96

14

10

100

4,604

2,426

2,426

6,790

363

30

30

333

46

46

46

46

69

67

27

27

96

82

2,056

601

61

61

364

364

369

1,658

200

Table 3. Refugee population and changes by country/territory of asylum, 2006 (Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.)
N.B. For many industrialized countries, UNHCR has estimated the refugee population (see Table 1, footnote 1).
The columns "Other" (increases and decreases) include population changes resulting from administrative corrections, adjustments as a result of registration, new estimates as well as births
and deaths. In some cases, the population at the end of 2006 does not equal the population at the start of the year plus increases and minus decreases. This discrepancy is due to the fact
that the voluntary repatriation figures include estimates from countries of return. In addition, the full details of the changes in the refugee population in industrialized countries are often unknow
Voluntary repatriation* shows a best estimate, based on country of asylum and country of origin reports.
Region and

Population start-2006

Increases during 2006

country/

Spont. arrivals

territory

of which:

of

UNHCR-

Prima

assisted

facie

asylum
Russian
Federation
Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Singapore

Decreases during 2006

Total

Voluntary repatriation*

Population end-2006

Resettlement

Resettle-

of which:

of which:

Indiv.

ment

UNHCR-

UNHCR-

Cessa-

Natura-

recogn.

arrivals

assisted

tion

lization

Other

Total

Total

Total

assisted

of which:
UNHCROther

Total

Total

assisted

1,523

1,523

42

1,051

1,093

66

66

711

711

415

1,192

1,425

1,425

45,206

45,206

2,494

159

2,563

5,216

615

615

102

102

532

1,249

49,192

49,192

240,701

701

21

341

362

119

119

172

172

291

240,772

772

20,712

20,712

19

19

111

111

130

20,591

20,464

139,917

139,917

44

46

3,739

431

17

16

37,062

60

88

40,966

98,997

98,997

59,965

46,729

68

388

456

33,095

11,269

171

171

79

33,346

27,365

27,365

Slovakia

368

368

27

27

27

248

248

Slovenia

251

348

267

354

254

Somalia

558

558

206

215

101

101

104

669

669

29,714

4,947

5,470

5,470

79

79

69

69

148

35,086

5,906

5,374

337

337

16

15

16

5,275

106

106

76

77

21

21

21

162

162

147,256

75,378

20,095

9,699

78,154

107,948

855

855

438

371

57,720

59,013

196,200

129,758

760

612

752

612

Sweden

74,929

7,094

2,376

9,470

553

255

553

79,913

Switzerland

48,030

12,545

12,545

703

615

703

48,523

Syrian Arab Rep.

26,089

1,385

675,183

676,568

431

16

448

702,209

1,018

912

46

65

111

54

54

183

183

239

929

919

South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Swaziland

Tajikistan
TfYR Macedonia
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo

1,274

1,250

131

131

75

62

62

17

165

1,240

1,189

117,053

116,067

16,305

5,217

21,522

4,700

4,700

756

5,458

133,117

133,117

9,287

1,287

61

67

18

14

3,004

3,026

6,328

1,328

Tunisia

87

51

12

13

93

59

Turkey

2,399

2,399

1,895

1,895

26

26

1,609

1,609

48

1,683

2,633

2,633

Turkmenistan

11,964

11,964

44

44

11,166

11,219

750

750

Uganda

257,256

208,480

8,454

3,643

9,246

21,343

5,917

5,917

768

768

6,694

272,007

222,330

Ukraine

2,346

172

76

33

109

10

10

95

76

186

2,275

248

Table 3. Refugee population and changes by country/territory of asylum, 2006 (Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.)
N.B. For many industrialized countries, UNHCR has estimated the refugee population (see Table 1, footnote 1).
The columns "Other" (increases and decreases) include population changes resulting from administrative corrections, adjustments as a result of registration, new estimates as well as births
and deaths. In some cases, the population at the end of 2006 does not equal the population at the start of the year plus increases and minus decreases. This discrepancy is due to the fact
that the voluntary repatriation figures include estimates from countries of return. In addition, the full details of the changes in the refugee population in industrialized countries are often unknow
Voluntary repatriation* shows a best estimate, based on country of asylum and country of origin reports.
Region and

Population start-2006

Increases during 2006

country/

Decreases during 2006

Spont. arrivals

territory

of which:

of

UNHCR-

Prima

assisted

facie

Voluntary repatriation*

Population end-2006

Resettlement

Resettle-

of which:

of which:

Indiv.

ment

UNHCR-

UNHCR-

Cessa-

Natura-

recogn.

arrivals

assisted

tion

lization

Total
104

104

127

131

54

54

61

174

174

United Kingdom
United Rep. of
Tanzania

303,181

8,748

378

9,126

871

712

871

301,556

548,824

350,590

1,869

48,409

50,278

66,509

59,293

1,567

1,567

53,294

121,370

485,295

287,061

United States

379,340

27,317

41,277

68,594

108

16

98,504

98,612

843,498

121

74

125

77

43,950

1,816

39,247

3,288

42,535

1,415

1,415
241

Uzbekistan
Venezuela (Boliv.
Rep. of)

Total

Total

Total

UNHCR-

asylum
United Arab
Emirates

Uruguay

Other

of which:

assisted

Other

Total

Total

assisted

408

348

337

337

25

25

25

720

2,357

2,357

2,357

Yemen

81,937

81,937

13,493

736

356

14,585

566

566

119

119

43

728

95,794

95,794

Zambia

155,718

75,463

83

18

2,056

2,157

26,759

22,017

407

407

28,830

55,996

120,253

64,690

13,850

2,053

570

90

660

183

183

10,808

10,991

3,519

2,149

23,013

23,013

8,653,206

4,639,747

117,112

198,088

71,713 1,459,357

1,846,270

733,622

362,486

28,400

27,683

94,717

104,019

Viet Nam

Zimbabwe
Various/unknown
Total
1

402,666 1,363,424 9,877,707 4,474,092

According to the Government of Algeria, there are an estimated 165,000 Sahrawi refugees in the Tindouf camps.

With the introduction of the new Immigration Act in 2005, the Central Aliens Register now encompasses new residence categories and simultaneously refines previous ones, allowing for a better differentiation of
refugee statistics. The refugee data included in this table is an estimate.

UNHCR figures for Pakistan only include Afghans living in camps who are assisted by UNHCR. According to a 2005 government census of Afghans in Pakistan and subsequent voluntary repatriation during the
year, there are an additional 1.3 million Afghans living outside camps, some of whom may be refugees. Those Afghans living outside camps receive no UNHCR assistance except UNHCR-facilitated voluntary
repatriation. These figures are currently under review as result of the registration of Afghans which took place in Pakistan from October 2006 to February 2007.

Table 4. Refugee population and changes by origin, 2006 (Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.)
N.B. For many industrialized countries, UNHCR has estimated the refugee population (see Table 1, footnote 1).
The columns "Other" (increases and decreases) include population changes resulting from administrative corrections, adjustments as a result of registration, new estimates as well as births
and deaths. In some cases, the population at the end of 2006 does not equal the population at the start of the year plus increases and minus decreases. This discrepancy is due to the fact th
the voluntary repatriation figures include estimates from countries of return. In addition, the full details of the changes in the refugee population in industrialized countries are often not known.
Voluntary repatriation* shows a best estimate, based on country of asylum and country of origin reports.
Population start-2006

Increases during 2006

Decreases during 2006

Spont. arrivals

Voluntary repatriation*
Resettle-

of which:

of which:

UNHCR-

Prima

Indiv.

ment

UNHCR-

UNHCR- Cessa- Natura-

assisted

facie

recogn.

arrivals

of which:
Origin
Afghanistan1

Total

Population end-2006

Resettlement

Other

Total

Total

Total

assisted

tion

UNHCR-

lization

Other

Total

Total

assisted

2,166,161

2,020,677

4,606

5,531

1,275

139,860

2,013

1,934

56

953

3,879

394,818

2,107,519

Albania

12,717

28

988

991

10

602

615

14,080

21

Algeria

12,042

139

454

460

66

19

90

8,353

120

Andorra
Angola
Antigua and Barbuda

11,412 387,917

assisted

of which:

1,973,948

10

215,840

40,361

896

33

42,661

43,590

47,017

46,977

31

31

49

25,483

72,580

206,501

23,295

13

19

856

18

19

894

Armenia

13,966

165

1,365

90

16

1,471

418

12

430

14,918

133

Australia

44

29

Austria

67

34

233,672

10,632

772

94

866

1,360

104,931

106,296

126,068

5,485

Argentina

Azerbaijan
Bahamas
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Barbados

14

41

11

11

62

7,304

22

856

858

366

373

7,803

20

27

Belarus

8,860

171

533

351

884

67

69

9,371

227

Belgium

95

64

Belize

18

Benin

411

15

16

215

Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brunei Darussalam
Bulgaria

106,537

106,248

62

15

2,288

2,365

12

12

753

765

108,073

107,803

270

30

30

15

15

374

109,936

49,583

1,792

23

1,820

1,419

41

5 13,333

12,380

1,292

28,429

199,946

34,608

12

370

102

103

25

25

707

49

4,253

36

186

186

106

113

3,438

25

Table 4. Refugee population and changes by origin, 2006 (Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.)
N.B. For many industrialized countries, UNHCR has estimated the refugee population (see Table 1, footnote 1).
The columns "Other" (increases and decreases) include population changes resulting from administrative corrections, adjustments as a result of registration, new estimates as well as births
and deaths. In some cases, the population at the end of 2006 does not equal the population at the start of the year plus increases and minus decreases. This discrepancy is due to the fact th
the voluntary repatriation figures include estimates from countries of return. In addition, the full details of the changes in the refugee population in industrialized countries are often not known.
Voluntary repatriation* shows a best estimate, based on country of asylum and country of origin reports.
Population start-2006

Increases during 2006

Decreases during 2006

Spont. arrivals

Voluntary repatriation*

Population end-2006

Resettlement

Resettle-

of which:

of which:

UNHCR-

Prima

Indiv.

ment

UNHCR-

UNHCR- Cessa- Natura-

assisted

facie

recogn.

arrivals

of which:
Total
607

60

60

376

Burundi

438,710

207,504

1,139

1,493

1,534

34,892

39,058

48,144

44,652

1,571

1,570

181

35,551

85,448

396,541

164,191

Cambodia

17,804

2,491

111

43

157

42

42

16

69

17,965

134

Cameroon

9,103

198

1,212

34

1,254

33

33

125

56

215

10,384

116

122

95

19

19

40

Central African Rep.

42,890

42,124

31,027

1,113

41

2,216

34,397

51

51

31

31

5,488

5,570

71,685

68,315

Chad

48,400

9,879

20,000

498

26

90

20,614

20

10

15

14

32,730

32,769

36,300

28,831

Chile

937

22

14

14

805

22

124,102

181

8,429

109

8,542

86

86

716

807

140,598

197

60,486

12,240

7,110

2,671

9,789

38

26

431

431

12

176

107

764

72,796

14,281

Cape Verde

China
Colombia
Comoros
Congo
Costa Rica
Cte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Rep.
Dem. People's Rep. of
Korea
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Denmark
Djibouti

Total

Total

Total

assisted

assisted

tion

UNHCR-

Origin
Burkina Faso

Canada

Other

of which:
lization

Other

Total

Total

assisted

79

11

11

72

24,447

10,534

777

431

178

1,386

4,508

93

189

189

17

1,014

5,731

20,609

9,076

178

16

23

39

284

18,315

8,133

66

2,439

46

6,975

9,526

21

20

55

872

956

26,315

9,020

119,151

103,427

82

1,006

1,089

4,633

1,389

11

11 23,778

134

341

28,897

93,767

75,622

18,998

354

410

3,143

3,558

4,404

4,417

33,580

344

3,589

15

15

2,138

288

54

28

91

26

26

28

397

430,741

341,607

12,600

5,823

2,184

19,940

40,547

41,228

29,070

2,017

2,008

382

36,222

79,852

401,914

314,039

12

12

505

56

39

41

32

33

486

58

Dominica

30

49

Dominican Rep.

67

23

23

150

775

10

60

29

97

16

887

20

6,291

30

524

37

565

158

167

7,613

32

Ecuador
Egypt

Table 4. Refugee population and changes by origin, 2006 (Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.)
N.B. For many industrialized countries, UNHCR has estimated the refugee population (see Table 1, footnote 1).
The columns "Other" (increases and decreases) include population changes resulting from administrative corrections, adjustments as a result of registration, new estimates as well as births
and deaths. In some cases, the population at the end of 2006 does not equal the population at the start of the year plus increases and minus decreases. This discrepancy is due to the fact th
the voluntary repatriation figures include estimates from countries of return. In addition, the full details of the changes in the refugee population in industrialized countries are often not known.
Voluntary repatriation* shows a best estimate, based on country of asylum and country of origin reports.
Population start-2006

Increases during 2006

Decreases during 2006

Spont. arrivals

Voluntary repatriation*
Resettle-

of which:

of which:

UNHCR-

Prima

Indiv.

ment

UNHCR-

UNHCR- Cessa- Natura-

assisted

facie

recogn.

arrivals

of which:
Origin
El Salvador
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea

Total

Population end-2006

Resettlement

Other

Total

Total

Total

assisted

assisted

of which:
tion

UNHCR-

lization

Other

Total

Total

assisted

4,281

458

708

708

438

447

6,388

518

92

30

18

14

62

37

37

39

461

369
80

144,192

87,214

17,305

1,171

77,030

95,506

967

896

19

44,538

45,524

193,745

122,922

Estonia

743

11

38

38

626

Ethiopia

66,579

18,585

95

4,335

2,817

2,779

10,026

23

22

1,206

1,196

1,286

6,438

8,953

74,026

21,914
-

Fiji

1,379

97

97

89

89

1,685

Finland

France

286

82

French Polynesia
Gabon

81

18

18

95

Gambia

1,683

18

155

24

179

101

107

1,254

15

Georgia

7,301

203

643

21

670

129

146

6,340

212

78

18

18

114

Ghana

18,433

126

88

14

21

123

89

3,005

3,103

9,960

140

Greece

331

91

Grenada

152

21

21

202

Guatemala

3,379

27

751

753

1,165

1,165

6,496

27

Guinea

5,822

74

1,287

11

1,306

22

12

35

6,840

87

Guinea-Bissau

1,050

17

30

33

1,004

16

406

115

115

537

13,543

53

4,123

21

4,145

1,730

1,734

20,837

54

535

21

144

145

191

191

1,035

Germany

Guyana
Haiti
Honduras
Hong Kong SAR,
China
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iraq

10

3,518

69

70

22

22

3,118

31

16,285

10

1,018

21

1,039

2,083

2,088

17,811

26

186

1,548

25

25

4,474

4,503

34,728

17,854

2,694 1,194,862 1,207,034

20,235

347

497

434

3,559

1,198

25,490

1,450,905

57,351

34,384

21,657

1,336

262,293

58,350

44

9,434

Table 4. Refugee population and changes by origin, 2006 (Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.)
N.B. For many industrialized countries, UNHCR has estimated the refugee population (see Table 1, footnote 1).
The columns "Other" (increases and decreases) include population changes resulting from administrative corrections, adjustments as a result of registration, new estimates as well as births
and deaths. In some cases, the population at the end of 2006 does not equal the population at the start of the year plus increases and minus decreases. This discrepancy is due to the fact th
the voluntary repatriation figures include estimates from countries of return. In addition, the full details of the changes in the refugee population in industrialized countries are often not known.
Voluntary repatriation* shows a best estimate, based on country of asylum and country of origin reports.
Population start-2006

Increases during 2006

Decreases during 2006

Spont. arrivals

Voluntary repatriation*
Resettle-

of which:

of which:

UNHCR-

Prima

Indiv.

ment

UNHCR-

UNHCR- Cessa- Natura-

assisted

facie

recogn.

arrivals

of which:
Origin
Ireland

Total

Population end-2006

Resettlement

Other

Total

Total

Total

assisted

assisted

of which:
tion

UNHCR-

lization

Other

Total

Total

assisted

21

99,421

15,783

4,610

3,955

86

8,651

103

1,596

1,516

2,042

1,592

5,336

102,483

14,353

Israel

626

95

95

882

Italy

217

105

Jamaica

489

91

91

660

Islamic Rep. of Iran

Japan

13

168

Jordan

1,786

31

117

13

131

42

50

1,604

29

Kazakhstan

4,316

53

175

124

299

48

52

7,376

75

Kenya

4,640

41

254

19

279

13

15

5,356

68

Kiribati

33

41

Kuwait

381

13

93

34

127

12

13

617

12

3,125

21

123

28

151

18

22

2,488

25

24,443

169

271

838

1,109

21

21

2,250

2,272

26,447

359

2,430

31

21

52

24

24

1,424

18,323

35

265

11

277

102

10

112

12,252

32

231,151

188,281

166

628

3,461

6,486

10,741 107,954

51,422

1,536

1,536

897

543

110,934

160,548

118,146

1,575

18

121

121

11

1,573

15

Kyrgyzstan
Lao People's Dem.
Rep.
Latvia
Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libyan Arab
Jamahiriya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania

1,448

25

25

942

Luxembourg

Macao SAR, China

Madagascar

203

42

42

260

Malawi

101

113

Malaysia

394

32

36

584

Maldives

13

17

520

20

131

132

14

14

594

Mali

Table 4. Refugee population and changes by origin, 2006 (Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.)
N.B. For many industrialized countries, UNHCR has estimated the refugee population (see Table 1, footnote 1).
The columns "Other" (increases and decreases) include population changes resulting from administrative corrections, adjustments as a result of registration, new estimates as well as births
and deaths. In some cases, the population at the end of 2006 does not equal the population at the start of the year plus increases and minus decreases. This discrepancy is due to the fact th
the voluntary repatriation figures include estimates from countries of return. In addition, the full details of the changes in the refugee population in industrialized countries are often not known.
Voluntary repatriation* shows a best estimate, based on country of asylum and country of origin reports.
Population start-2006

Increases during 2006

Decreases during 2006

Spont. arrivals

Voluntary repatriation*
Resettle-

of which:

of which:

UNHCR-

Prima

Indiv.

ment

UNHCR-

UNHCR- Cessa- Natura-

assisted

facie

recogn.

arrivals

of which:
Origin
Malta
Mauritania
Mauritius

Total

Population end-2006

Resettlement

Other

Total

Total

Total

assisted

assisted

of which:
tion

UNHCR-

lization

Other

Total

Total

assisted

28

31,650

25,909

703

131

836

82

82

531

10

625

33,428

25,820

27

80

2,313

1,064

1,064

98

98

3,304

Moldova

12,064

11

189

720

909

31

32

11,680

12

Monaco

654

189

189

868

Mexico

Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia

135

2,920

16

88

88

4,710

15

104

231

164,859

152,285

25,576

5,991

10,585

42,152

5,768

5,732

182

1,012

6,962

202,826

177,469
1

1,226

1,189

14

35

35

28

63

1,203

Nauru

Nepal

2,065

60

632

46

678

11

11

22

2,647

98

159

11

11

39

1,463

183

66

74

607

16

630

1,828

158

Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger

655

68

69

818

22,130

7,999

1,097

30

435

1,562

21

19

276

7,234

7,535

13,253

3,361

15

343,145

24,948

21

268

10

30

329

9,181

9,194

334,142

17,740

12

39

29,911

299

1,706

196

1,906

63

63

650

11

726

25,639

442

Panama

42

14

14

10

10

75

Papua New Guinea

23

31

Paraguay

44

105

4,866

961

248

253

656

663

6,985

742

Nigeria
Norway
Occupied Palestinian
Territory
Oman
Pakistan
Palau

Peru

Table 4. Refugee population and changes by origin, 2006 (Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.)
N.B. For many industrialized countries, UNHCR has estimated the refugee population (see Table 1, footnote 1).
The columns "Other" (increases and decreases) include population changes resulting from administrative corrections, adjustments as a result of registration, new estimates as well as births
and deaths. In some cases, the population at the end of 2006 does not equal the population at the start of the year plus increases and minus decreases. This discrepancy is due to the fact th
the voluntary repatriation figures include estimates from countries of return. In addition, the full details of the changes in the refugee population in industrialized countries are often not known.
Voluntary repatriation* shows a best estimate, based on country of asylum and country of origin reports.
Population start-2006

Increases during 2006

Decreases during 2006

Spont. arrivals

Voluntary repatriation*
Resettle-

of which:

of which:

UNHCR-

Prima

Indiv.

ment

UNHCR-

UNHCR- Cessa- Natura-

assisted

facie

recogn.

arrivals

of which:
Origin
Philippines

Total

Population end-2006

Resettlement

Other

Total

Total

Total

assisted

assisted

of which:
tion

UNHCR-

lization

Other

Total

Total

assisted

465

64

110

174

70

71

886

19,638

15

16

39

39

13,513

Portugal

74

25

Qatar

11

52

268

44

44

1,335

Poland

Rep. of Korea
Romania

11,502

166

185

185

191

34

225

7,234

127

Russian Federation

103,189

6,495

351

8,663

6,238

56

15,308

140

140

45

45

894

3,152

4,238

159,381

5,135

Rwanda

100,277

29,244

19

2,819

385

1,403

4,626

5,971

5,971

216

209

716

6,768

13,672

92,966

28,527

Saint Kitts and Nevis

31

Saint Lucia
Saint Vincent and the
Grenadines

99

49

49

163

279

147

147

387

Samoa

San Marino
Sao Tome and
Principe

30

Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore

24

23

32

151

31

14

45

617

8,666

7,914

6,398

188

6,589

21

22

15,163

14,423

189,956

2,488

4,892

99

198

5,189

6,074

6,061

77

76

75

843

77

7,146

174,027

2,273

40

61

40,486

13,482

631

1,119

257

2,008

134

87

61

61

97

516

815

42,863

14,456

39

111

Slovakia

791

741

Slovenia

155

1,760

27

23

23

38

393,385

265,784

13,622

27,844

11,128

15,545

68,139

1,846

1,836

5,330

5,183

7,135

5,996

20,308

464,253

304,741

268

25

25

13

19

510

49

2,444

Solomon Islands
Somalia
South Africa
Spain

Table 4. Refugee population and changes by origin, 2006 (Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.)
N.B. For many industrialized countries, UNHCR has estimated the refugee population (see Table 1, footnote 1).
The columns "Other" (increases and decreases) include population changes resulting from administrative corrections, adjustments as a result of registration, new estimates as well as births
and deaths. In some cases, the population at the end of 2006 does not equal the population at the start of the year plus increases and minus decreases. This discrepancy is due to the fact th
the voluntary repatriation figures include estimates from countries of return. In addition, the full details of the changes in the refugee population in industrialized countries are often not known.
Voluntary repatriation* shows a best estimate, based on country of asylum and country of origin reports.
Population start-2006

Increases during 2006

Decreases during 2006

Spont. arrivals

Voluntary repatriation*

Population end-2006

Resettlement

Resettle-

of which:

of which:

UNHCR-

Prima

Indiv.

ment

UNHCR-

UNHCR- Cessa- Natura-

assisted

facie

recogn.

arrivals

of which:

Other

Total

Total

Total

of which:

Total
108,139

115

16,655

2,703

117

2,255

21,730

375

27

20

20

77

474

116,966

187

Sudan

693,688

564,645

14,421

5,891

6,372

30,855

57,539

42,258

31,964

3,078

2,882

927

36,429

82,693

686,311

550,337

Suriname

29

66

Swaziland

13

22

Sweden

75

16

Switzerland

16

15

15

36

54

891

assisted

assisted

tion

UNHCR-

Origin
Sri Lanka

lization

Other

Total

Total

assisted

Syrian Arab Rep.

16,400

808

863

70

106

1,039

54

335

72

465

12,337

Tajikistan

54,753

13,529

43

33

79

142

22

1 52,943

615

465

54,166

645

27

8,601

633

159

161

176

31

56

263

7,940

406

Thailand

424

87

49

31

82

3,325

122

Tibetans

20,198

15

15

38

39

20,184

251

251

51,109

40,971

1,167

33

304

1,504

7,917

2,210

17

17

15,244

23,187

27,332

18,172

TfYR Macedonia

Timor-Leste
Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and Tobago

63

49

49

153

Tunisia

3,130

22

133

145

10

14

25

2,845

33

Turkey

170,564

13,434

2,687

15

3,539

6,241

15

15

119

14

156

227,232

16,911

820

14

94

17

12

123

36

50

692

12

Uganda

34,229

3,142

286

63

110

459

5,035

48

48

31

8,078

13,192

21,752

2,979

Ukraine

84,228

69

401

2,492

2,894

329

10

339

63,723

86

Turkmenistan
Turks and Caicos
Islands
Tuvalu

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom
United Rep. of
Tanzania
United States

30

265

135

10

18

18

174

1,549

14

49

34

83

1,667

36

683

12

13

1,356

Table 4. Refugee population and changes by origin, 2006 (Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.)
N.B. For many industrialized countries, UNHCR has estimated the refugee population (see Table 1, footnote 1).
The columns "Other" (increases and decreases) include population changes resulting from administrative corrections, adjustments as a result of registration, new estimates as well as births
and deaths. In some cases, the population at the end of 2006 does not equal the population at the start of the year plus increases and minus decreases. This discrepancy is due to the fact th
the voluntary repatriation figures include estimates from countries of return. In addition, the full details of the changes in the refugee population in industrialized countries are often not known.
Voluntary repatriation* shows a best estimate, based on country of asylum and country of origin reports.
Population start-2006

Increases during 2006

Decreases during 2006

Spont. arrivals

Voluntary repatriation*
Resettle-

of which:

of which:

UNHCR-

Prima

Indiv.

ment

UNHCR-

UNHCR- Cessa- Natura-

assisted

facie

recogn.

arrivals

of which:
Origin
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Venezuela (Boliv. Rep.
of)
Viet Nam
Western Sahara2

Total

Population end-2006

Resettlement

Other

Total

Total

Total

assisted

assisted

of which:
tion

UNHCR-

lization

Other

Total

assisted

111

163

8,323

527

929

874

60

1,863

594

594

62

669

9,102

312

2,590

10

1,023

1,030

3,829

11

358,268

8,381

280

3,276

3,558

63

37

109

109

16,162

198

16,532

374,279

8,382

90,652

90,525

51

51

90,614

90,484

Yemen

1,324

236

90

14

105

46

62

1,362

221

Zambia

151

15

20

203

11,252

114

1,789

38

1,827

17

12,782

Zimbabwe
Stateless
Various/unknown
Total

11,932

70

885

76

964

21

21

133

156

11,259

102

186,111

4,635

483

8,924

34

440

9,881

66

66

265

264

32,626

1,745

34,702

246,736

4,581

8,653,206

4,639,747

117,112

198,074

27,683 94,717

104,019

402,666 1,363,424

9,877,707

4,474,092

71,713 1,459,357 1,846,256 733,622

362,486 28,400

UNHCR figures for Pakistan only include Afghans living in camps who are assisted by UNHCR. According to a 2005 government census of Afghans in Pakistan and subsequent voluntary repatriation
during the year, there are an additional 1.3 million Afghans living outside camps, some of whom may be refugees. Those Afghans living outside camps receive no UNHCR assistance except access to
UNHCR-facilitated voluntary repatriation. These figures are currently under review as result of the registration of Afghans which took place in Pakistan from October 2006 to February 2007.

Total

According to the Government of Algeria, there are an estimated 165,000 Sahrawi refugees in the Tindouf camps.

Table 5. Refugee population and changes by major origin and country of asylum, 2006 (Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.)
N.B. The refugee population is included in this table if the number at the end of 2006 was 5,000 or more.
For many industrialized countries, UNHCR has estimated the refugee population (see Table 1, footnote 1).
The columns "Other" (increases and decreases) include population changes resulting from administrative corrections, adjustments as a result of registration, new estimates as well as births and deaths.
In some cases, the population at the end of 2006 does not equal the population at the start of the year plus increases and minus decreases. This discrepancy is due to the fact that the voluntary
repatriation figures include estimates from countries of return. In addition, the full details of the changes in the refugee population in industrialized countries are often not known.
Voluntary repatriation* shows a best estimate, based on country of asylum and country of origin reports. Figures below 5 have been replaced with an asterisk.
Population start-2006

Increases during 2006

Country/

Decreases during 2006

Spont. arrivals

Voluntary repatriation*

Population end-2006

Resettlement

territory

of which:

Resettle-

of which:

of which:

of

UNHCR-

Prima

Indiv.

ment

UNHCR-

UNHCR-

Cessa-

Natura-

assisted

facie

recogn.

arrivals

assisted

tion

lization

Origin
Afghanistan

asylum
Australia

Afghanistan

Canada

Afghanistan

Denmark

6,381

Afghanistan

Germany

31,055

Afghanistan

9,700

9,700

920,248

920,248

25,086

1,084,208

Afghanistan

India
Islamic Rep. of
Iran

Afghanistan

Netherlands

Afghanistan1

Pakistan

Total

Other

Total

Total

Total

assisted

of which:
UNHCROther

Total

Total

assisted

8,082

25

2,048

2,073

7,908

15,535

162

2,277

2,439

14,419

53

54

6,306

244

244

172

172

172

21,879

77

240

317

78

71

99

99

21

347

545

9,472

9,472

21

21

243,648

5,280

729

729

244,377

914,260

914,260

495

495

162

162

162

21,357

1,084,208

284

284

143,019

133,338

106

106

143,125

1,043,984

1,043,984

Afghanistan

United Kingdom

22,532

976

977

523

523

523

23,069

Afghanistan

United States

8,831

55

658

713

338

338

13,242

Albania

4,399

575

576

537

537

7,792

106,772

5,848

41,390

41,391

24,438

24,438

10

10

24,456

132,295

2,160

5,764

254

17

17

17

5,759

347

75,468

26,385

876

876

21,941

21,941

25,360

47,301

42,675

18,587

Angola

United States
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo

Angola

South Africa

Angola

Zambia

Armenia

United States

Azerbaijan

Armenia

Belarus

United States

Bhutan
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Bosnia and
Herzegovina

Nepal

5,150

488

87

575

377

377

8,039

219,324

10,530

1,190

104,911

106,101

113,224

5,381

4,240

238

350

588

30

30

6,258

106,248

106,248

32

2,288

2,320

12

12

753

765

107,803

107,803

Germany

9,223

193

193

28,098

Montenegro

6,090

6,090

15

1,073

1,088

5,005

5,005

40,861

40,861

139

25

13,284

10

13,447

27,414

27,414

Sweden

5,736

36

36

298

298

5,703

Switzerland

6,165

1,066

1,066

88

88

5,548

20,446

31

16

47

92

12,243

12,335

114,615

Serbia

United States

Table 5. Refugee population and changes by major origin and country of asylum, 2006 (Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.)
N.B. The refugee population is included in this table if the number at the end of 2006 was 5,000 or more.
For many industrialized countries, UNHCR has estimated the refugee population (see Table 1, footnote 1).
The columns "Other" (increases and decreases) include population changes resulting from administrative corrections, adjustments as a result of registration, new estimates as well as births and deaths.
In some cases, the population at the end of 2006 does not equal the population at the start of the year plus increases and minus decreases. This discrepancy is due to the fact that the voluntary
repatriation figures include estimates from countries of return. In addition, the full details of the changes in the refugee population in industrialized countries are often not known.
Voluntary repatriation* shows a best estimate, based on country of asylum and country of origin reports. Figures below 5 have been replaced with an asterisk.
Population start-2006

Increases during 2006

Country/

Origin

Decreases during 2006

Spont. arrivals

Voluntary repatriation*

Population end-2006

Resettlement

territory

of which:

Resettle-

of which:

of which:

of

UNHCR-

Prima

Indiv.

ment

UNHCR-

UNHCR-

Cessa-

Natura-

assisted

facie

recogn.

arrivals

assisted

tion

lization

Burundi
Cambodia

France

Cameroon
Central African
Rep.
Central African
Rep.

United States

Chad

41,246

41,246

10,608

1,972

12,580

24

24

5,402

5,426

48,400

Chad

Cameroon

39,303

7,389

196

19

215

32,416

32,423

7,095

7,095

Chad

Sudan

5,023

20,000

20,000

25,023

19,998

Cameroon

Other

Total

Total

Total

UNHCR-

asylum
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
United Rep. of
Tanzania

Burundi

Total

of which:

assisted

Other

Total

Total

assisted

19,032

726

1,284

1,000

348

1,632

17,777

793

393,611

195,377

1,071

34,272

35,343

42,765

42,765

1,171

1,171

32,725

76,661

352,640

154,406

13,736

13,514

4,684

677

29

706

119

119

6,713

712

712

20,419

1,019

230

21,668

30

30

38

22,342

22,342
45,862

China

Canada

9,953

768

27

795

11,072

China

India

77,200

77,200

China

United States

26,131

6,182

21

6,203

709

709

41,007

Colombia

Canada

13,511

1,084

1,929

3,013

17,378

Colombia

Costa Rica

9,493

383

383

177

177

177

9,699

Colombia

Ecuador

11,526

Colombia

United States

Congo
Cte d'Ivoire

9,851

9,851

1,943

1,943

219

219

10

39

268

11,526

19,967

2,375

115

2,490

157

157

24,770

Gabon

7,298

7,298

146

146

69

69

181

181

14

266

7,178

7,178

6,592

1,228

5,998

5,998

12,590

1,228

Croatia

Liberia
Bosnia and
Herzegovina

7,458

2,763

1,004

1,004

1,193

974

1,193

7,269

2,574

Croatia

Serbia

98,394

98,394

3,423

406

11

11

23,778

50

21

27,283

71,111

71,111

Croatia

United States

1,753

78

78

6,520

Cuba
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo

United States

14,990

89

3,135

3,224

4,403

4,403

29,400

Angola

13,464

2,078

856

856

12,615

658

Burundi

20,359

17,954

2,127

893

279

3,299

1,097

1,097

89

89

9,849

11,035

12,623

12,623

Canada

5,124

203

561

764

5,212

Table 5. Refugee population and changes by major origin and country of asylum, 2006 (Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.)
N.B. The refugee population is included in this table if the number at the end of 2006 was 5,000 or more.
For many industrialized countries, UNHCR has estimated the refugee population (see Table 1, footnote 1).
The columns "Other" (increases and decreases) include population changes resulting from administrative corrections, adjustments as a result of registration, new estimates as well as births and deaths.
In some cases, the population at the end of 2006 does not equal the population at the start of the year plus increases and minus decreases. This discrepancy is due to the fact that the voluntary
repatriation figures include estimates from countries of return. In addition, the full details of the changes in the refugee population in industrialized countries are often not known.
Voluntary repatriation* shows a best estimate, based on country of asylum and country of origin reports. Figures below 5 have been replaced with an asterisk.
Population start-2006

Increases during 2006

Country/

Origin
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo

Decreases during 2006

Spont. arrivals

Voluntary repatriation*

Population end-2006

Resettlement

territory

of which:

Resettle-

of which:

of which:

of

UNHCR-

Prima

Indiv.

ment

UNHCR-

UNHCR-

Cessa-

Natura-

assisted

facie

recogn.

arrivals

assisted

tion

lization

asylum

Total

Other

Total

Total

Total

assisted

of which:
UNHCROther

Total

Total

assisted

Congo

56,380

50,128

26

26

10,034

10,004

99

99

10,133

46,341

41,212

France

8,537

779

779

8,924

Rwanda

41,403

41,403

2,494

138

2,352

4,984

39

39

76

115

46,272

46,272

South Africa

10,609

2,215

204

204

36

36

37

37

73

10,772

2,361

Uganda

20,564

20,302

7,664

371

516

8,551

349

349

357

28,766

28,766

6,502

296

134

430

6,882

150,112

150,112

311

13,379

13,690

23,735

16,519

155

155

19,155

43,045

127,973

127,973

2,373

75

405

480

211

211

5,443

United Kingdom
United Rep. of
Tanzania
United States
Zambia

61,243

44,330

10

976

986

4,742

347

347

1,008

6,097

60,874

43,788

Eritrea

Ethiopia

10,700

10,700

2,655

360

3,015

253

253

384

637

13,078

13,078

Eritrea

Italy

2,705

2,316

2,316

5,021

Eritrea

Sudan

116,862

75,152

8,568

76,310

84,878

412

354

44,108

44,520

157,220

108,120

Ethiopia

Kenya

14,862

14,862

682

2,560

3,242

949

949

725

1,676

16,428

16,428

Ethiopia

Sudan

15,685

191

95

922

1,017

13

13

25

17

5,655

5,693

11,009

1,337

Ethiopia

United States

13,844

934

1,271

2,205

1,278

1,278

24,853

Ghana

Togo

8,000

3,000

3,000

5,000

Haiti

United States

10,560

3,194

3,194

1,730

1,730

17,171

India

United States

Indonesia
Indonesia

Malaysia
Papua New
Guinea

Indonesia

United States

Iraq

5,442

673

673

2,081

2,081

10,584

19,153

19,153

514

514

19

19

4,474

4,493

15,174

15,174
2,677

9,991

2,491

186

186

10,177

3,126

709

10

719

6,650

Australia

10,859

133

1,961

2,094

11,147

Iraq

Denmark

10,667

14

15

9,902

Iraq

Germany

52,922

189

189

36,205

Table 5. Refugee population and changes by major origin and country of asylum, 2006 (Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.)
N.B. The refugee population is included in this table if the number at the end of 2006 was 5,000 or more.
For many industrialized countries, UNHCR has estimated the refugee population (see Table 1, footnote 1).
The columns "Other" (increases and decreases) include population changes resulting from administrative corrections, adjustments as a result of registration, new estimates as well as births and deaths.
In some cases, the population at the end of 2006 does not equal the population at the start of the year plus increases and minus decreases. This discrepancy is due to the fact that the voluntary
repatriation figures include estimates from countries of return. In addition, the full details of the changes in the refugee population in industrialized countries are often not known.
Voluntary repatriation* shows a best estimate, based on country of asylum and country of origin reports. Figures below 5 have been replaced with an asterisk.
Population start-2006

Increases during 2006

Country/

Origin

Decreases during 2006

Spont. arrivals

Voluntary repatriation*

Population end-2006

Resettlement

territory

of which:

Resettle-

of which:

of which:

of

UNHCR-

Prima

Indiv.

ment

UNHCR-

UNHCR-

Cessa-

Natura-

assisted

facie

recogn.

arrivals

assisted

tion

lization

Iraq

54,000

54,000

33

33

54,024

54,024

Iraq

Jordan

754

754

121

499,440

499,561

173

173

129

129

14

316

500,000

Iraq

Lebanon

797

797

100

20,053

20,153

193

193

756

950

20,000

Iraq

Netherlands

26,618

575

576

21,782

Iraq

Norway

8,459

290

299

8,668

Iraq

Sweden

21,046

4,037

148

4,185

23,852

Iraq

Switzerland

4,065

1,563

1,563

5,030

Iraq

Syrian Arab Rep.

24,874

22

675,181

675,203

63

14

77

700,000

Iraq

United Kingdom

22,363

222

226

103

103

21,984

Iraq
Islamic Rep. of
Iran
Islamic Rep. of
Iran
Islamic Rep. of
Iran
Islamic Rep. of
Iran
Islamic Rep. of
Iran
Lao People's Dem.
Rep.
Lao People's Dem.
Rep.

United States

5,993

382

202

584

3,500

3,500

19,755

Germany

24,016

167

167

13,213

Iraq

13,382

13,382

51

51

91

20

20

1,540

1,660

11,773

11,773

Sweden

5,016

86

178

264

5,205

United Kingdom

9,039

759

762

9,566

17,429

280

2,792

3,072

1,976

1,976

33,714

7,668

7,599

France

Other

Total

Total

Total

UNHCR-

asylum
Islamic Rep. of
Iran

United States

Total

of which:

assisted

Other

Total

Total

assisted

United States

14,713

26

830

856

2,246

2,246

16,684

Lebanon

Germany

15,619

9,336

Liberia

Cte d'Ivoire

39,919

39,919

788

788

14,967

11,500

75

75

50

15,092

25,615

25,615

Liberia

Ghana

38,684

38,684

369

369

4,665

2,131

1,182

1,182

93

5,940

35,653

35,653

Liberia

Guinea

54,810

54,810

159

72

4,213

4,444

54,206

25,504

251

54,466

21,816

21,816

Liberia

Nigeria

6,051

6,051

702

702

889

889

83

83

975

5,778

5,778

Liberia

Sierra Leone

59,952

46,725

26

388

414

33,095

11,269

171

171

79

33,345

27,311

27,311

Liberia

United States

21,466

181

2,402

2,583

895

895

33,992

Table 5. Refugee population and changes by major origin and country of asylum, 2006 (Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.)
N.B. The refugee population is included in this table if the number at the end of 2006 was 5,000 or more.
For many industrialized countries, UNHCR has estimated the refugee population (see Table 1, footnote 1).
The columns "Other" (increases and decreases) include population changes resulting from administrative corrections, adjustments as a result of registration, new estimates as well as births and deaths.
In some cases, the population at the end of 2006 does not equal the population at the start of the year plus increases and minus decreases. This discrepancy is due to the fact that the voluntary
repatriation figures include estimates from countries of return. In addition, the full details of the changes in the refugee population in industrialized countries are often not known.
Voluntary repatriation* shows a best estimate, based on country of asylum and country of origin reports. Figures below 5 have been replaced with an asterisk.
Population start-2006

Increases during 2006

Country/

Decreases during 2006

Spont. arrivals

Voluntary repatriation*

Population end-2006

Resettlement

territory

of which:

Resettle-

of which:

of which:

of

UNHCR-

Prima

Indiv.

ment

UNHCR-

UNHCR-

Cessa-

Natura-

assisted

facie

recogn.

arrivals

assisted

tion

lization

Mali

Mauritania

Senegal

Moldova

United States

Myanmar

Bangladesh

Myanmar

Malaysia

14,208

14,208

8,632

8,632

1,169

1,169

127

1,296

21,544

21,544

Myanmar

Thailand

116,499

115,543

15,779

5,217

20,996

4,525

4,525

729

5,254

132,241

132,241

Myanmar
Occupied
Palestinian
Territory2
Occupied
Palestinian
Territory2
Occupied
Palestinian
Territory2

United States

6,793

285

1,612

1,897

182

182

11,639

Egypt

70,255

255

63

63

70,198

198

Iraq

22,698

22,698

7,698

7,698

15,000

15,000

240,015

15

240,016

16

Pakistan

Canada

10,642

431

139

570

10,888

Poland
Russian
Federation
Russian
Federation
Russian
Federation
Russian
Federation
Russian
Federation
Russian
Federation

Germany

18,265

12,182

Austria

6,438

2,305

2,305

8,723

Belgium

4,051

629

629

183

184

5,425

France

5,292

1,106

1,106

5,945

41,732

197

197

25,347

3,785

2,239

2,239

6,024

Saudi Arabia

Germany
Poland
United States

Total

Other

Total

Total

Total

UNHCR-

Origin
Mauritania

Rwanda

asylum

of which:

assisted

Other

Total

Total

assisted

6,165

6,165

6,165

6,165

19,712

19,712

82

82

82

19,630

19,630

5,534

17

720

737

25

25

8,338

21,053

20,953

5,290

5,291

13

13

63

76

26,268

21,716

18,812

699

6,003

6,702

691

691

86,914

6,478

89

131

131

40

40

45

6,564

53

12

5,828

5,828

142

5,975

37,313

192

670

1,736

56

56

27

27

83

21,866

17,000

Rwanda

Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo

42,360

328

12

Rwanda

Uganda

20,213

15,815

1,066

Table 5. Refugee population and changes by major origin and country of asylum, 2006 (Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.)
N.B. The refugee population is included in this table if the number at the end of 2006 was 5,000 or more.
For many industrialized countries, UNHCR has estimated the refugee population (see Table 1, footnote 1).
The columns "Other" (increases and decreases) include population changes resulting from administrative corrections, adjustments as a result of registration, new estimates as well as births and deaths.
In some cases, the population at the end of 2006 does not equal the population at the start of the year plus increases and minus decreases. This discrepancy is due to the fact that the voluntary
repatriation figures include estimates from countries of return. In addition, the full details of the changes in the refugee population in industrialized countries are often not known.
Voluntary repatriation* shows a best estimate, based on country of asylum and country of origin reports. Figures below 5 have been replaced with an asterisk.
Population start-2006

Increases during 2006

Country/

Decreases during 2006

Spont. arrivals

Voluntary repatriation*

Population end-2006

Resettlement

territory

of which:

Resettle-

of which:

of which:

of

UNHCR-

Prima

Indiv.

ment

UNHCR-

UNHCR-

Cessa-

Natura-

assisted

facie

recogn.

arrivals

assisted

tion

lization

Origin
Senegal

asylum
Gambia

Senegal

Total

Other

Total

Total

Total

assisted

of which:
UNHCROther

Total

Total

assisted

548

548

6,398

6,398

6,946

6,946

Guinea-Bissau

7,320

7,320

134

134

7,454

7,454

Serbia

Austria

5,091

486

486

492

492

492

5,485

Serbia

France

6,988

816

816

160

160

160

7,334

Serbia

Germany

99,789

103

103

2,772

2,772

2,772

75,211

Serbia

Sweden

11,953

386

386

255

255

255

12,000

Serbia

Switzerland

10,586

1,981

1,981

611

611

611

9,827

Serbia

United Kingdom

19,717

104

104

189

189

189

18,331

Serbia

United States

3,880

211

211

16

16

252

268

19,116

Sierra Leone

Gambia

5,955

1,274

5,955

1,274

Sierra Leone

Guinea

5,423

4,137

212

18

231

46

344

395

5,259

5,259

Sierra Leone

United States

6,745

113

439

552

92

92

10,066

Somalia

Denmark

6,648

14

19

5,100

Somalia

Djibouti

9,828

6,190

179

188

1,243

1,243

131

1,374

8,642

6,414

Somalia

Ethiopia

Somalia

Kenya

Somalia

Netherlands

Somalia

Norway

Somalia

South Africa

Somalia
Somalia

15,901

15,901

18

679

697

13

13

29

16,576

16,576

150,459

150,459

17,721

13,802

31,523

4,004

4,004

4,274

8,280

173,702

173,702

10,715

1,022

19

1,041

8,086

6,437

329

18

347

6,632

7,548

444

275

275

7,818

1,032

United Kingdom

36,319

1,407

1,414

34,138

United States

34,207

174

10,356

10,530

7,096

7,096

72,546

Somalia

Yemen

78,582

78,582

13,493

193

13,686

551

551

88

88

42

681

91,587

91,587

Sri Lanka

Canada

11,076

661

55

716

9,877

Sri Lanka

France

15,602

834

834

15,669

Sri Lanka

Germany

15,304

11

11

5,832

Sri Lanka

India

50,730

16,655

2,251

18,906

366

27

366

69,609

Sri Lanka

United Kingdom

Sudan

Australia

Sudan

Canada
Central African
Rep.

Sudan

8,098

155

155

8,223

18,827

3,663

3,666

21,241

6,230

32

692

724

6,258

19,960

19,960

70

74

12,123

5,123

12,134

7,900

724

Table 5. Refugee population and changes by major origin and country of asylum, 2006 (Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.)
N.B. The refugee population is included in this table if the number at the end of 2006 was 5,000 or more.
For many industrialized countries, UNHCR has estimated the refugee population (see Table 1, footnote 1).
The columns "Other" (increases and decreases) include population changes resulting from administrative corrections, adjustments as a result of registration, new estimates as well as births and deaths.
In some cases, the population at the end of 2006 does not equal the population at the start of the year plus increases and minus decreases. This discrepancy is due to the fact that the voluntary
repatriation figures include estimates from countries of return. In addition, the full details of the changes in the refugee population in industrialized countries are often not known.
Voluntary repatriation* shows a best estimate, based on country of asylum and country of origin reports. Figures below 5 have been replaced with an asterisk.
Population start-2006

Increases during 2006

Country/

Voluntary repatriation*

Population end-2006

Resettlement

territory

of which:

Resettle-

of which:

of which:

of

UNHCR-

Prima

Indiv.

ment

UNHCR-

UNHCR-

Cessa-

Natura-

assisted

facie

recogn.

arrivals

assisted

tion

lization

Origin
Sudan

Decreases during 2006

Spont. arrivals

asylum

Total

Other

Total

Total

Total

16,515

28,129

8,500

5,525

assisted

of which:
UNHCROther

Total

Total

assisted

Sudan

Chad
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo

11,723

7,455

1,752

1,754

6,737

6,419

559

7,296

6,181

1,938

Sudan

Egypt

13,446

13,446

42

459

501

924

924

1,266

1,117

102

2,293

12,157

12,157

Sudan

Ethiopia

73,927

73,927

17

2,630

2,647

5,937

5,937

444

444

3,558

9,939

66,980

66,980

Sudan

Kenya

76,646

76,646

4,092

3,203

7,295

2,186

2,186

1,002

1,002

8,128

11,316

73,004

73,004

Sudan

Uganda

212,857

168,747

790

42

7,977

8,809

5,835

5,835

244

244

6,081

215,675

171,565

Sudan

United States

16,363

94

1,848

1,942

921

921

28,123

Syrian Arab Rep.

Germany

10,469

116

116

5,845

TfYR Macedonia

Germany

6,539

6,014

Tibetans

Nepal

20,153

20,153

228,836

202,266

11,614

23,938

32,440

233,025

221,525

Togo

Benin

26,632

26,632

53

197

250

2,215

2,143

15,223

17,438

9,444

9,444

Togo

Ghana

14,136

14,136

87

87

5,698

64

5,706

8,517

8,517

Turkey

France

Turkey

Germany

Turkey

Iraq

Turkey

Switzerland

Turkey
Uganda

United Kingdom
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo

Ukraine

Germany

Ukraine

9,676

801

801

10,059

122,891

172

172

175,579

13,332

13,332

3,538

3,538

15

15

28

43

16,832

16,832

5,501

885

885

5,516

9,055

220

220

9,200

18,954

29

5,035

14

5,051

13,904

14

56,276

16,446

United States

24,256

106

2,483

2,589

315

315

43,607

Uzbekistan

United States

2,810

204

527

731

55

55

5,202

Viet Nam

China

300,897

8,045

300,897

8,045

Viet Nam

France

8,832

13

13

8,750

Viet Nam

Germany

30,786

11,678

Viet Nam

United States

10,238

20

3,168

3,188

16,144

16,144

45,757

Western Sahara 3

Algeria

90,000

90,000

90,000

90,000

Zimbabwe

United Kingdom

7,093

969

969

8,062

Notes:

Table 5. Refugee population and changes by major origin and country of asylum, 2006 (Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.)
N.B. The refugee population is included in this table if the number at the end of 2006 was 5,000 or more.
For many industrialized countries, UNHCR has estimated the refugee population (see Table 1, footnote 1).
The columns "Other" (increases and decreases) include population changes resulting from administrative corrections, adjustments as a result of registration, new estimates as well as births and deaths.
In some cases, the population at the end of 2006 does not equal the population at the start of the year plus increases and minus decreases. This discrepancy is due to the fact that the voluntary
repatriation figures include estimates from countries of return. In addition, the full details of the changes in the refugee population in industrialized countries are often not known.
Voluntary repatriation* shows a best estimate, based on country of asylum and country of origin reports. Figures below 5 have been replaced with an asterisk.
Population start-2006
Country/

Origin

Increases during 2006

Decreases during 2006

Spont. arrivals

Voluntary repatriation*

Population end-2006

Resettlement

territory

of which:

Resettle-

of which:

of which:

of

UNHCR-

Prima

Indiv.

ment

UNHCR-

UNHCR-

Cessa-

Natura-

assisted

facie

recogn.

arrivals

assisted

tion

lization

asylum

Total

Other

Total

Total

assisted

Total

of which:
UNHCROther

Total

UNHCR figures for Pakistan only include Afghans living in camps who are assisted by UNHCR. According to a 2005 government census of Afghans in Pakistan and subsequent voluntary repatriation during the year,
there are an additional 1.3 million Afghans living outside camps, some of whom may be refugees. Those Afghans living outside camps receive no UNHCR assistance except access to UNHCR-facilitated voluntary
repatriation. These figures are currently under review as result of the registration of Afghans which took place in Pakistan from October 2006 to February 2007.

Refers to Palestinians under the UNHCR mandate only.

According to the Government of Algeria, there are an estimated 165,000 Sahrawi refugees in the Tindouf camps.

Total

assisted

Table 6. Asylum applications and refugee status determination by country of asylum, 2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.

Important note:
In countries with more than one level in the procedure (first instance, appeal, etc.), the figures for both procedures have
been added up. As a result, appeal cases might have been counted more than once (once at first instance and once on
appeal). These data allow to monitor the number of decisions taken, but they are not indicative of the final outcome of the
procedure for negative decisions. For information on recognition rates see Table 7.
Region and
country/
territory
of
asylum
Afghanistan

Pending

Applic-

start-2006

ations

Total

Protection indicators1

Pending
Decisions during 2006

of which:

received

UNHCR

during

Recog-

Other

assisted

2006

nized

(hum.)

end-2006

Positive
Otherw.
Rejected

closed

Total

Total

Change cases
pending (%)

of which:

O/w.

UNHCR

closed

assisted

rate

UNHCR
Total

assisted

14

14

10

13

19

68.4

-64.3

Albania

35

35

21

11

20

36

36

55.0

2.9

2.9

Algeria

306

101

738

70

29

103

941

101

3.9

207.5

0.0

Angola

885

1,023

134

182

320

1,588

79.4

..

Argentina

825

485

355

59

241

13

313

867

418

4.2

5.1

-13.8
9.9

Armenia
Australia*
Austria
Azerbaijan*

-100.0

71

71

620

256

17

334

613

78

78

54.5

9.9

1,822

6,573

1,296

4,801

322

6,419

1,420

5.0

-22.1

..

40,710

13,349

4,063

909

5,867

5,558

16,397

42,396

33.9

4.1

..
-23.5

115

115

740

404

320

43

767

88

88

5.6

-23.5

Bahrain

15

17

13.3

..

Bangladesh

58

41

19

20

79

95.0

36.2

..
..

Belarus

56

91

10

83

24

124

23

19.4

-58.9

Belgium

18,916

16,973

2,383

16

7,032

3,819

13,250

15,724

28.8

-16.9

..

Belize

14

14

15

17

88.2

-92.9

-100.0

Benin

1,695

32

1,154

229

467

804

1,500

1,349

24

53.6

-20.4

-25.0

59

34

42

20

20

19.0

566.7

566.7

215

215

68

13

77

102

192

91

91

53.1

-57.7

-57.7

62

52

62

9.7

..

..

314

275

864

200

470

102

780

398

396

13.1

26.8

44.0

Bolivia
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria

805

639

12

83

215

274

584

860

46.9

6.8

..

Burkina Faso

784

140

411

439

439

756

140

100.0

-3.6

0.0

19,901

14,265

11,498

1,100

8,642

14,520

24,262

7,137

7,137

59.8

-64.1

-50.0

68

59

462

76

288

39

403

127

123

9.7

86.8

108.5

Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Central African
Rep.

6,766

6,766

3,819

1,415

2,524

2,485

6,424

4,161

4,161

38.7

-38.5

-38.5

20,552

22,868

9,252

8,117

2,458

19,827

23,593

12.4

14.8

..
..

1,960

462

466

16

33

515

1,907

6.4

-2.7

Chad*

68

99

148

159

3.8

-88.2

..

Chile

107

107

573

283

39

20

342

338

338

5.8

215.9

215.9

China

84

95

24

31

41

96

83

42.7

-1.2

-85.7

Colombia

41

21

84

37

10

48

77

61

20.8

87.8

190.5

3,486

1,111

37

153

118

308

4,289

38.3

23.0

..

775

443

443

332

..

..

2,443

296

58

368

426

2,313

-5.3

..
42.9

Congo*
Costa Rica
Cte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Rep.
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo*

105

88

14

103

10

10

13.6

25.0

32

25

25

30

27

6.7

-15.6

..

13,067

18

7,172

48

171

3,636

3,876

7,731

12,508

15

50.1

-4.3

-16.7

3,219

3,219

5,132

378

3,713

1,384

5,475

2,876

2,876

25.3

-10.7

-10.7

138

20

88

21

104

132

94

78.8

-31.9

-100.0

Denmark

510

1,918

201

107

1,090

230

1,628

446

14.1

-12.5

..

Djibouti

110

14

40

65

105

19

-82.7

..

2,489

2,489

7,784

1,997

2,706

49

4,752

5,521

5,521

1.0

121.8

121.8

11,063

7,131

1,298

354

174

1,826

16,368

9.5

48.0

..

12

11

13

84.6

-100.0

-100.0

1,591

77

470

31

22

57

2,004

97

7.0

26.0

26.0

14.3

0.0

..

Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Eritrea
Estonia

Table 6. Asylum applications and refugee status determination by country of asylum, 2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.

Important note:
In countries with more than one level in the procedure (first instance, appeal, etc.), the figures for both procedures have
been added up. As a result, appeal cases might have been counted more than once (once at first instance and once on
appeal). These data allow to monitor the number of decisions taken, but they are not indicative of the final outcome of the
procedure for negative decisions. For information on recognition rates see Table 7.
Region and
country/
territory
of
asylum
Ethiopia

Pending

Applic-

start-2006

ations

Total

Protection indicators1

Pending
Decisions during 2006

of which:

received

UNHCR

during

Recog-

Other

assisted

2006

nized

(hum.)

Positive
Otherw.
Rejected

Change cases

end-2006

closed

Total

Total

pending (%)

of which:

O/w.

UNHCR

closed

assisted

rate

UNHCR
Total

assisted

209

209

2,819

2,698

2,705

323

0.0

54.5

-100.0

..

..

..

Finland

1,225

2,331

38

618

1,481

287

2,424

1,133

11.8

-7.5

..

France

41,334

69,809

10,881

924

59,362

71,167

39,571

-4.3

..

Gabon

4,843

3,894

451

211

956

1,167

4,127

4,127

81.9

-14.8

6.0

Gambia

602

41

41

41

602

0.0

..

Georgia

26

15

26

7.7

0.0

..

Fiji

Germany

71,624

30,100

1,348

603

17,781

11,027

30,759

52,807

35.8

-26.3

..

Ghana

5,499

5,499

99

10

5,588

5,588

30.0

1.6

1.6

Greece

8,914

2,157

12,267

64

64

10,414

2,624

13,166

13,504

2,949

19.9

51.5

36.7

34

31

34

91.2

0.0

-100.0

3,808

3,808

1,228

528

621

1,149

3,887

3,887

2.1

2.1

166

166

386

215

20

235

317

317

91.0

91.0

50

20

28

42

70

60.0

-100.0

-100.0

Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Honduras
Hong Kong SAR,
China

1,097

3,035

55

834

836

1,725

2,407

48.5

119.4

..

Hungary

333

2,117

99

99

1,118

603

1,919

531

31.4

59.5

..

Iceland

29

39

29

38

30

13.2

3.4

..

303

303

1,423

550

271

224

1,045

681

681

21.4

124.8

124.8

India
Indonesia

58

58

423

106

27

76

216

265

265

35.2

356.9

356.9

Iraq

1,948

1,948

480

248

248

2,180

2,180

100.0

11.9

11.9

Ireland
Islamic Rep. of
Iran

2,425

7,486

648

4,864

690

6,202

3,424

11.1

41.2

..

201

201

1,101

83

10

52

138

283

1,019

1,019

48.8

407.0

407.0

939

939

1,348

339

805

276

1,425

863

863

19.4

-8.1

-8.1

10,348

1,051

5,321

7,951

3,596

17,919

20.1

..

..

Japan*

525

170

1,353

34

53

463

87

646

1,217

334

13.5

131.8

96.5

Jordan

16,574

4,848

186

408

1,580

2,174

19,248

72.7

16.1

..

65

63

303

199

55

25

279

89

68

9.0

36.9

7.9

Kenya

16,826

16,460

37,496

22,935

2,028

10,844

35,807

18,515

18,515

30.3

10.0

12.5

Kuwait

203

203

408

15

67

86

525

525

77.9

158.6

158.6

Kyrgyzstan

498

488

514

149

66

228

443

569

569

51.5

14.3

16.6

14

21.4

-66.7

..

1,478

1,942

123

70

602

46

841

2,579

5.5

74.5

..

29

29

53

29

29

53

100.0

82.8

-96.6

Israel*
Italy

Kazakhstan

Latvia
Lebanon
Liberia*
Libyan Arab
Jamahiriya

2,722

1,050

59

263

1,456

1,778

1,994

42

81.9

-26.7

..

Liechtenstein

60

47

37

20

25

82

25

30.5

-58.3

..

Lithuania

41

140

12

82

26

10

130

51

7.7

24.4

..

1,051

39

351

962

247

1,599

50

15.4

..

..

5,331

5,331

4,364

207

612

3,631

4,450

5,245

5,245

81.6

-1.6

-1.6

10,838

10,838

9,091

9,313

574

856

10,743

9,186

9,186

8.0

-15.2

-15.2

1,833

1,833

156

48

57

105

1,884

1,884

2.8

2.8

149

1,272

28

522

637

23

1,210

211

1.9

41.6

..

92

92

306

122

184

307

91

91

0.3

-1.1

-1.1

Luxembourg
Malawi
Malaysia
Mali
Malta
Mauritania
Mexico

160

81

480

82

107

315

504

136

62.5

-15.0

-100.0

Moldova

148

148

71

13

69

21

38

141

78

78

27.0

-47.3

-47.3

Mongolia

10

25.0

..

..

Table 6. Asylum applications and refugee status determination by country of asylum, 2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.

Important note:
In countries with more than one level in the procedure (first instance, appeal, etc.), the figures for both procedures have
been added up. As a result, appeal cases might have been counted more than once (once at first instance and once on
appeal). These data allow to monitor the number of decisions taken, but they are not indicative of the final outcome of the
procedure for negative decisions. For information on recognition rates see Table 7.
Region and
country/
territory
of
asylum
Montenegro

Pending

Applic-

start-2006

ations

Total

Protection indicators1

Pending
Decisions during 2006

of which:

received

UNHCR

during

Recog-

Other

assisted

2006

nized

(hum.)

Positive
Otherw.
Rejected

Change cases

end-2006

closed

Total

Total

pending (%)

of which:

O/w.

UNHCR

closed

assisted

rate

UNHCR
Total

assisted

16

10

10

66.7

..

..

Morocco

1,578

951

299

703

152

1,154

1,375

13.2

-12.9

..

Mozambique

4,015

3,522

964

654

663

4,316

3,561

1.4

7.5

1.1

Namibia

1,079

1,073

247

143

60

204

1,122

0.5

4.0

-100.0

Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger

1,272

238

570

185

40

118

18

361

1,481

138

5.0

16.4

-42.0

14,664

14,465

358

6,031

8,707

4,179

19,275

13,118

21.7

-10.5

..

396

494

147

473

41

661

229

6.2

-42.2

..

41

32

36

88.9

125.0

-100.0

48

25

12

32

53

20

60.4

-58.3

..

Nigeria

420

420

492

236

236

676

676

100.0

61.0

61.0

Norway

2,881

5,320

461

1,225

1,276

1,254

4,216

4,284

29.7

48.7

..

..

75.0

..

3,429

3,429

2,018

314

1,550

906

2,770

2,677

2,677

32.7

-21.9

-21.9

495

495

358

135

47

429

611

242

174

70.2

-51.1

-64.8

Oman
Pakistan
Panama
Papua New
Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar

-50.0

0.0

12

14

18

22.2

-75.0

-75.0

336

125

297

75

19

51

145

488

189

35.2

45.2

51.2

42

23

15

25

40

60.0

-4.8

-50.0

2,146

5,722

485

1,941

2,480

3,573

8,479

2,057

42.1

-4.1

..

128

23

71

101

..

..

28

35

100.0

25.0

..

Rep. of Korea

519

295

278

11

16

111

45

183

614

413

24.6

18.3

40.0

Romania
Russian
Federation

265

207

460

51

10

283

207

551

177

167

37.6

-33.2

-19.3

292

292

1,170

42

1,129

1,171

291

291

-0.3

-0.3

4,302

4,302

19

159

10

207

376

3,945

3,945

55.1

-8.3

-8.3

Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia

212

112

17

24

46

278

2.2

31.1

..

2,629

2,629

262

249

257

2,634

2,634

0.2

0.2
-83.9

33

31

23

20

29

51

56.9

-84.8

177

122

244

68

68

57

193

228

228

29.5

28.8

86.9

27

18

10

10

38.9

900.0

900.0

Slovakia

2,707

2,707

2,871

878

1,948

2,834

2,744

2,744

68.7

1.4

1.4

Slovenia

185

518

553

313

875

180

35.8

-2.7

..

Somalia*

200

1,324

120

183

303

1,221

156

510.5

..

140,095

10,751

53,361

5,470

29,197

34,667

131,107

20,674

-6.4

92.3

5,297

165

172

1,475

2,369

4,181

56.7

..

..

121

121

169

76

51

28

155

135

135

18.1

11.6

11.6

4,423

10,217

9,791

49

341

10,181

4,460

2,105

3.3

256

190

256

..

0.0

9,029

24,317

616

6,478

7,010

3,883

17,987

17,405

21.6

92.8

..

14,428

17,345

3,278

9,267

9,402

7,814

29,761

12,385

26.3

-14.2

..

3,935

2,831

1,385

157

11

1,553

5,213

0.7

32.5

..

22

449

46

187

233

238

981.8

..

723

723

56

131

257

186

574

205

205

32.4

-71.6

-71.6

32,163

20,666

4,718

543

15,762

576

1,576

18,457

18,424

9,150

8.5

-42.7

-55.7

10

100.0

-70.0

-77.8

Sierra Leone
Singapore

South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan*
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Rep.
Tajikistan
TfYR Macedonia
Thailand
Timor-Leste

0.8 52,525.0
-100.0

Table 6. Asylum applications and refugee status determination by country of asylum, 2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.

Important note:
In countries with more than one level in the procedure (first instance, appeal, etc.), the figures for both procedures have
been added up. As a result, appeal cases might have been counted more than once (once at first instance and once on
appeal). These data allow to monitor the number of decisions taken, but they are not indicative of the final outcome of the
procedure for negative decisions. For information on recognition rates see Table 7.
Region and
country/
territory
of
asylum
Togo

Pending

Applic-

start-2006

ations

Total

Protection indicators1

Pending
Decisions during 2006

of which:

received

UNHCR

during

Recog-

Other

assisted

2006

nized

(hum.)

Positive
Otherw.
Rejected

Change cases

end-2006

closed

Total

Total

pending (%)

of which:

O/w.

UNHCR

closed

assisted

rate

UNHCR
Total

420

115

61

27

93

442

5.4

5.2

..

Tunisia

26

10

72

12

17

30

68

19

56.7

161.5

90.0

Turkey

4,872

4,872

5,101

1,895

711

1,148

3,754

6,219

6,219

30.6

27.6

27.6

13

14

-50.0

-50.0

Turkmenistan
Uganda

1,918

9,299

3,643

1,762

5,405

5,812

203.0

..

Ukraine
United Arab
Emirates

1,618

282

3,003

76

1,048

2,337

3,461

1,183

575

67.5

-26.9

103.9

United Kingdom*
United Rep. of
Tanzania
United States*
Uruguay
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
(Bolivarian
Republic of)

79

107

127

16

11

154

32

7.1

-59.5

..

12,500

42,714

6,330

2,418

28,293

4,457

41,498

12,300

10.7

-1.6

..
23.8

307

307

1,031

958

958

380

380

23.8

170,782

41,101

23,296

39,103

71,672

134,071

124,223

53.5

-27.3

..

25

28

24

211.1

242.9

587

587

587

587

100.0

-100.0

-100.0

5,912

5,912

2,234

337

52

392

7,754

4,996

0.8

31.2

-15.5

Yemen

797

797

1,610

736

279

533

1,548

859

859

34.4

7.8

7.8

Zambia

146

103

18

16

34

215

47.3

..

Zimbabwe

118

118

3,260

570

22

2,490

3,082

296

296

80.8

150.8

150.8

Notes:
A dash ("-") indicates that the value is zero or not available.
* Data refers to number of cases or mix of persons and cases.
1

assisted

Protection indicators (calculated by UNHCR):

Otherwise closed rate: Otherwise closed divided by Total no. of decisions * 100%.
Change in pending cases: Cases pending as at 31 December minus Cases pending as at 1 January divided by Cases pending as at 1 January * 100%.

Table 7. Asylum applications and refugee status determination by country of asylum and level in the procedure, 2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.

Country/
territory
of
asylum

Pending
start-06
Procedure
T*
L**

Cases/
Persons***
App. Dec.

Applied
during
2006

Total

Decisions during 2006

Positive
RecogOther
Otherw.
nized
(hum.)
Rejected
closed

Afghanistan

FI

14

10

Albania

FA

35

21

Algeria

FI

306

738

70

Angola

FA

885

1,023

134

Argentina

FI

825

355

59

Armenia

FI

71

620

Australia

AR

677

3,058

599

Australia

FI

1,145

3,515

697

Austria

FA

40,710

13,349

4,063

Austria

JR

Azerbaijan

AR

44

43

Azerbaijan

FI

104

297

Azerbaijan

JR

22

Azerbaijan

FI

Bahrain

FI

Bangladesh

FI

Belarus

FI

Belgium

AR

Belgium

FI

Belize

FI

14

Benin

AR

22

374

3
4
256
-

Recognition
rates
Ref.

Total

Total

cases (%)

33.3

68.4

66.7 100.0

55.0

2.9

70.7

3.9

207.5

41.9

43.1

0.0

79.4

19.7

19.7

4.2

5.1

78

2.2

93.9

54.5

9.9

723

21.6

21.6

7.9

6.8

11

20

36

103

941

70.7

320

1,588

241

13

313

867

17

334

613

2,175

238

3,012

rate

Total

182

Change
pending

33.3

19

O/w.
closed

status

13

29

Protection indicators1

-64.3

2,626

84

3,407

697

21.0

21.0

2.5

-39.1

909

5,867

5,558

16,397

39,743

37.5

45.9

33.9

-2.4

2,653

..

..

..

..

43

0.0

0.0

0.0

16.7

255

39

321

80

9.6

9.6

12.1

-23.1

22

26

0.0

0.0

15.4

-80.0

377

377

100.0 100.0

0.0

..

15

17

50.0 100.0

0.0

13.3

58

41

100.0 100.0

56

91

10,600

5,386

8,316

11,587

27

Pending
end-06

377

19

20

79

95.0

36.2

83

24

124

23

7.0

17.0

19.4

-58.9

469

2,056

2,237

4,770

11,216

18.5

18.8

46.9

5.8

1,914

4,976

1,582

8,480

4,508

27.7

27.9

18.7

-45.8

15

17

0.0

0.0

88.2

-92.9

31

16

50

346

8.8

8.8

32.0

1472.7

788

1,450

1,003

34.1

34.1

54.3

-40.0

42

20

100.0 100.0

19.0

566.7

Benin

FI

1,673

780

226

436

Bolivia

FI

59

34

68

30

100

136

47

56

Bosnia and Herzego G

FA

159

Bosnia and Herzego U

FA

56

62

52

FI

314

864

200

Botswana

Brazil

Bulgaria

FI

805

639

Burkina Faso

AR

134

106

10

12
-

91

16.7

16.7

73.5

-42.8

13.0

13.0

3.6

-100.0

62

92.9

92.9

9.7

..

470

102

780

398

29.5

30.7

13.1

26.8

83

215

274

584

860

3.9

30.6

46.9

6.8

199

199

41

..

..

100.0

-69.4

Burkina Faso

FI

650

305

Burundi

FI

11,198

670

826

805

Burundi

FI

137

54

68

240

240

715

..

..

100.0

10.0

3,156

4,787

7,081

50.6

50.6

65.9

-36.8

67

135

56

100.0 100.0

49.6

-59.1

Burundi

FI

8,566

10,774

206

7,837

11,297

19,340

Cambodia

AR

39

175

15

95

18

128

86

2.6

2.6

58.4

-100.0

13.6

13.6

14.1

120.5

Table 7. Asylum applications and refugee status determination by country of asylum and level in the procedure, 2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.

Country/
territory
of
asylum

Pending
start-06
Procedure
T*
L**

Cases/
Persons***
App. Dec.

Applied
during
2006

Total

Decisions during 2006

Positive
RecogOther
Otherw.
nized
(hum.)
Rejected
closed

Pending
end-06

Protection indicators1
Recognition
rates
Ref.

Total

Total

O/w.

Change

closed

pending

rate

cases (%)

status

Total

Cambodia

FI

29

287

61

193

21

275

41

24.0

24.0

7.6

41.4

Cameroon

FA

6,766

3,819

1,415

2,524

2,485

6,424

4,161

35.9

35.9

38.7

-38.5

Canada

FI

20,552

22,868

9,252

8,117

2,458

19,827

23,593

53.3

53.3

12.4

14.8

Central African Rep

FI

1,960

462

466

16

33

515

1,907

96.7

96.7

6.4

-2.7

Chad

FA

68

99

148

159

0.0

3.3

3.8

-88.2

Chile

FI

107

573

283

39

20

342

338

87.9

87.9

5.8

215.9

China

FA

84

95

24

31

41

96

83

43.6

43.6

42.7

-1.2

Colombia

AR

14

17

0.0

0.0

0.0

-100.0

Colombia

FI

38

70

20

10

31

77

4.8

4.8

32.3

102.6

Congo

FA

3,486

1,111

37

153

118

308

4,289

19.5

19.5

38.3

23.0

Costa Rica

FA

775

443

443

332

100.0 100.0

0.0

..

Cte d'Ivoire

FI

2,443

296

58

368

426

2,313

13.6

13.6

0.0

-5.3

Croatia

FI

11

100

1.1

1.1

11.0

-75.0

Croatia

RA

..

..

100.0

..

Cuba

FA

30

27

89.3

89.3

6.7

-15.6

Cyprus

AR

1,770

2,615

20

1,852

231

2,110

2,275

0.4

1.4

10.9

28.5

Cyprus

FI

11,279

4,545

37

151

1,778

3,640

5,606

10,218

1.9

9.6

64.9

-9.4

Cyprus

FI

18

12

15

15

40.0

40.0

33.3

-16.7

Czech Rep.

AR

2,280

2,116

110

1,518

891

2,519

1,877

6.8

6.8

35.4

-17.7

Czech Rep.

FI

939

3,016

268

2,195

493

2,956

999

10.9

10.9

16.7

6.4

Dem. Rep. of the Co U

FA

138

88

21

104

132

94

75.0

75.0

78.8

-31.9

Denmark

AR

242

93

45

477

615

179

15.1

22.4

0.0

-26.0

Denmark

FI

268

1,918

108

62

613

230

1,013

267

13.8

21.7

22.7

-0.4

Djibouti

AR

80

19

61

80

23.8

23.8

0.0

-96.3

Djibouti

FI

30

11

21

25

16

84.0

84.0

0.0

-46.7

Ecuador

FI

2,489

7,784

1,997

2,706

4,752

5,521

42.5

42.5

1.0

121.8

Egypt

AR

58

121

26

47

82.8

Egypt

FI

11,005

7,010

1,272

307

El Salvador

FI

12

Eritrea

FA

1,591

470

31

Estonia

FA

Ethiopia

FI

209

2,819

8
-

Fiji

FI

Finland

FI

1,225

94
11

32

25

2
2,331

88

25

2,698
38

73

106

35.6

35.6

0.0

1,753

16,262

80.6

80.6

9.9

47.8

11

13

100.0 100.0

84.6

-100.0

22

57

2,004

58.5

58.5

7.0

26.0

0.0

16.7

14.3

0.0

2,705

323

99.8

99.8

0.0

54.5

1,481

287

2,424

49

174

618

17

..

..

..

..

1,133

1.8

30.7

11.8

-7.5

Table 7. Asylum applications and refugee status determination by country of asylum and level in the procedure, 2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.

Country/
territory
of
asylum

Pending
start-06
Procedure
T*
L**

Cases/
Persons***
App. Dec.

Applied
during
2006

Total

Decisions during 2006

Positive
RecogOther
Otherw.
nized
(hum.)
Rejected
closed

Change
pending

rate

cases (%)

Total

status

Total

31,160

14.1

15.3

0.0

5.3

8,411

..

..

..

-28.4

186

34,786

37,715

7.3

7.8

0.0

..

368

4,425

91.7 100.0

0.0

..

211

956

1,167

4,127

0.0

81.9

-14.8

41

602

100.0 100.0

0.0

0.0

37.5

37.5

7.7

0.0

29,579

30,477

4,081

France

FA

11,755

370

France

FI

30,748

2,743

France

RA

8,584

4,057

Gabon

FA

4,843

451

Gambia

FI

602

41

41

Georgia

AR

26

Germany

RA

2,262

9,071

383

Germany

JR

62,510

Germany

NA

6,852

21,029

965

307

Ghana

FI

5,499

99

Greece

FA

3,914

12,267

Greece

JR

5,000

Guatemala

FI

34

Guinea

FI

3,808

1,228

528

621

Guinea-Bissau

FI

166

386

215

20

Honduras

FI

50

20

28

42

Hong Kong SAR, C

AR

437

532

280

169

Hong Kong SAR, C

FI

638

2,481

50

532

667

Hong Kong SAR, C

RA

22

22

Hungary

FI

333

2,117

Iceland

FI

29

39

India

AR

57

191

51

0.0

15

26

296

339

7,977

8,995

2,413

37.6

66.7

88.7

6.7

43,972

..

..

..

-29.7
-6.3

17,442

3,050

21,764

6,422

5.2

6.8

14.0

10

5,588

0.0

0.0

30.0

1.6

10,414

2,624

13,166

3,404

0.6

1.2

19.9

-13.0

10,100

..

..

..

102.0

100.0 100.0

91.2

0.0

0.0

2.1

64

99

O/w.
closed

Total

rates
Ref.

29,027

AR

Recognition

64

Protection indicators1

24,576

France

Pending
end-06

22

99

1,118

31

34

1,149

3,887

46.0

46.0

235

317

603

91.5

91.5

0.0

91.0

0.0

0.0

60.0

-100.0

454

515

1.8

1.8

37.2

17.8

1,249

1,870

8.6

8.6

53.4

193.1

22

22

0.0

0.0

0.0

0.0

1,919

531

7.5

15.0

31.4

59.5

70

29

38

30

0.0

12.1

13.2

3.4

57

22

130

118

47.2

47.2

16.9

107.0

214

202

915

563

70.0

70.0

22.1

128.9

27

76

216

265

75.7

80.7

35.2

356.9

India

FI

246

1,232

499

Indonesia

FA

58

423

106

Iraq

FI

1,948

480

248

248

2,180

..

..

100.0

11.9

Ireland

AR

1,286

3,172

251

1,615

92

1,958

2,500

13.5

13.5

4.7

94.4

Ireland

FI

1,139

4,314

397

3,249

598

4,244

924

10.9

10.9

14.1

-18.9

Islamic Rep. of Iran

FI

201

1,101

83

52

138

283

1,019

57.2

64.1

48.8

407.0

Israel

FA

939

863

0.4

29.9

19.4

-8.1

Italy

FA

7.3

44.5

20.1

..

Japan

AR

Japan

FI

Japan

JR

10

1,348

339

805

276

1,425

10,348

1,051

5,321

7,951

3,596

17,919

100

340

12

26

101

33

172

268

8.6

27.3

19.2

168.0

308

954

27

362

48

459

803

5.4

11.9

10.5

160.7

117

59

15

146

..

..

40.0

24.8

22
-

Table 7. Asylum applications and refugee status determination by country of asylum and level in the procedure, 2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.

Country/
territory
of
asylum

Pending
start-06
Procedure
T*
L**

Cases/
Persons***
App. Dec.

Applied
during
2006

Total

Decisions during 2006

Positive
RecogOther
Otherw.
nized
(hum.)
Rejected
closed

Pending
end-06

Protection indicators1
Recognition
rates
Ref.

Total

Total

O/w.

Change

closed

pending

rate

cases (%)

status

Total

Jordan

FI

16,574

4,848

186

408

1,580

2,174

19,248

31.3

31.3

72.7

16.1

Kazakhstan

FI

107

30

49

88

21

38.0

38.0

10.2

950.0

Kazakhstan

FA

63

196

169

16

191

68

Kenya

AR

366

104

160

305

470

Kenya

FI

16,460

37,392

22,775

1,723

10,839

Kuwait

FI

203

408

15

67

Kyrgyzstan

FA

423

307

25

66

Kyrgyzstan

FA

75

207

124

Latvia

FA

Lebanon

AR

29

231

14

Lebanon

FI

1,449

1,711

109

Liberia

FI

29

53

Libyan Arab Jamah

FA

2,722

1,050

Liechtenstein

FI

60

47

Lithuania

FI

41

140

Luxembourg

AR

311

Luxembourg

FI

523

37

Luxembourg

JR

Malawi

FI

5,331

4,364

Malaysia

FA

10,838

9,091

Mali

FI

1,833

156

Malta

FI

149

Mauritania

FA

59
12

96.6

96.6

8.4

7.9

34.4

34.4

1.1

-100.0

35,337

18,515

93.0

93.0

30.7

12.5

86

525

78.9

78.9

77.9

158.6

210

301

429

27.5

27.5

69.8

1.4

18

142

140

100.0 100.0

12.7

86.7

14

21.4

-66.7

1
142

90.9

156

104

9.0

9.0

0.0

258.6

460

46

685

2,475

17.1

28.0

6.7

70.8

29

29

53

..

..

100.0

82.8

263

1,456

1,778

1,994

18.3

18.3

81.9

-26.7

37

20

25

82

25

0.0

64.9

30.5

-58.3

82

26

10

130

51

10.0

78.3

7.7

24.4

70

18.2

305

311

0.7

0.7

1.3

..

351

508

225

1,121

4.1

43.3

20.1

..

149

18

167

50

0.0

0.0

10.8

..

207

612

3,631

4,450

5,245

25.3

25.3

81.6

-1.6

9,313

574

856

10,743

9,186

94.2

94.2

8.0

-15.2

48

57

105

1,884

45.7

45.7

0.0

2.8

1,272

28

522

637

23

1,210

211

2.4

46.3

1.9

41.6

92

306

122

184

307

91

39.9

39.9

0.3

-1.1

107

315

504

136

43.4

43.4

62.5

-15.0

21

38

141

78

12.6

79.6

27.0

-47.3

66.7

66.7

25.0

..

10

0.0

0.0

66.7

..

152

1,154

1,375

29.8

29.8

13.2

-12.9

663

4,316

100.0 100.0

1.4

7.5

204

1,122

217

Mexico

FI

160

480

82

Moldova

FA

148

71

13

Mongolia

FA

10

Montenegro

FI

16

Morocco

FA

1,578

951

299

703

Mozambique

FA

4,015

964

654

Namibia

FI

1,079

247

143

Nepal

AR

343

Nepal

FI

691

341

25

25

Nepal

AR

115

46

72

Nepal

FI

123

183

113

69

60

70.4

70.4

0.5

4.0

336

0.0 100.0

0.0

-2.0

1,007

0.0 100.0

0.0

45.7

66

141

20

52.2

52.2

2.1

-82.6

52

15

188

118

65.3

69.9

8.0

-4.1

Table 7. Asylum applications and refugee status determination by country of asylum and level in the procedure, 2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.

Country/
territory
of
asylum

Pending
start-06
Procedure
T*
L**

Cases/
Persons***
App. Dec.

Applied
during
2006

Total

Netherlands

AR

1,644

Netherlands

FI

7,285

14,465

Netherlands

JR

5,735

New Zealand

AR

256

218

Decisions during 2006

Positive
RecogOther
Otherw.
nized
(hum.)
Rejected
closed

Pending
end-06

rates
Ref.

Total

Total
367

0.0

63.3

36.5

-77.7

358

3,986

7,519

2,318

14,181

7,258

3.0

36.6

16.3

-0.4

5,493

..

..

..

-4.2

70

235

346

128

23.0

23.0

11.8

-50.0

24.4

41

FI

140

276

77

238

315

101

FI

41

32

36

Niger

AR

15

15

17

FI

33

23

420

492

Norway

FI

2,881

5,320

cases (%)

Total

5,094

FI

rate

status

1,861

G
G

Change
pending

1,188

Nicaragua

O/w.
closed

2,045

New Zealand

Nigeria

Recognition

Niger

Protection indicators1

461

12

1,225

1,276

24.4

0.0

-27.9

100.0 100.0

88.9

125.0

100.0 100.0

88.2

-100.0
-39.4

17

36

20

36.8

36.8

47.2

236

236

676

..

..

100.0

61.0

1,254

4,216

4,284

15.6

56.9

29.7

48.7

Oman

FI

..

..

..

75.0

Pakistan

FA

3,429

2,018

314

1,550

906

2,770

2,677

16.8

16.8

32.7

-21.9

Panama

FI

495

358

135

47

429

611

242

74.2

74.2

70.2

-51.1

Papua New Guinea

FI

100.0 100.0

0.0

-50.0

Paraguay

FI

12

14

18

100.0 100.0

22.2

-75.0

Peru

FI

336

297

75

19

51

145

488

79.8

79.8

35.2

45.2

Philippines

FI

42

23

15

25

40

70.0

70.0

60.0

-4.8

Poland

AR

1,292

63

53

1,342

25

1,483

4.3

8.0

1.7

..

Poland

FI

2,146

4,430

422

1,888

1,138

3,548

6,996

2,057

12.2

67.0

50.7

-4.1

Portugal

FI

22.8

29.7

0.0

..

Qatar

FI

..

..

100.0

25.0

128

28

23
-

7
-

71

101
1

35

Rep. of Korea

FA

519

278

11

16

111

45

183

614

8.0

19.6

24.6

18.3

Romania

FA

265

460

51

10

283

207

551

177

14.8

17.7

37.6

-33.2

Russian Federation

FI

292

1,170

42

1,129

1,171

291

3.6

3.6

0.0

-0.3

Rwanda

FI

3,853

10

19

3,839

47.4

47.4

0.0

-0.4

Rwanda

AR

449

343

-76.4

Rwanda

FI

Saudi Arabia

FI

Senegal

FI

Serbia

FI

136

207

14

14

212

112

17

2,629

262

249

33

23

20

29

24

1
-

106

100.0 100.0

60.3

14

100.0 100.0

0.0

..

46

278

37.8

46.7

2.2

31.1

257

2,634

3.1

3.1

0.0

0.2

51

9.1

9.1

56.9

-84.8

Sierra Leone

FI

177

244

68

68

57

193

228

50.0

50.0

29.5

28.8

Singapore

FI

27

18

10

27.3

27.3

38.9

900.0

878

1,948

2,834

2,744

0.9

0.9

68.7

1.4

553

313

875

180

0.2

1.6

35.8

-2.7

Slovakia

FI

2,707

2,871

Slovenia

FA

185

518

Table 7. Asylum applications and refugee status determination by country of asylum and level in the procedure, 2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.

Country/
territory
of
asylum

Pending
start-06
Procedure
T*
L**

Cases/
Persons***
App. Dec.

Applied
during
2006

Total

Decisions during 2006

Positive
RecogOther
Otherw.
nized
(hum.)
Rejected
closed

Pending
end-06

Protection indicators1
Recognition
rates
Ref.

Total

Total

O/w.

Change

closed

pending

rate

cases (%)

status

Total

Somalia

AR

102

36

30

34

104

11.8

11.8

0.0

2.0

Somalia

FI

98

1,288

116

153

269

1,117

43.1

43.1

0.0

1039.8

South Africa

FI

28,938

53,361

South Africa

BL

111,157

Spain

FI

5,297

165

Sri Lanka

FA

121

169

76

Sudan

FA

4,077

10,074

9,699

Sudan

FA

346

143

92

Swaziland

FA

256

Sweden

FI

9,029

Switzerland

AR

9,843

6,808

Switzerland

FI

4,585

10,537

Switzerland

CA

Switzerland

HIF

Syrian Arab Rep.

AR

Syrian Arab Rep.

FI

Syrian Arab Rep.

RA

Tajikistan

FA

796

4,546

5,342

49,275

14.9

14.9

0.0

70.3

4,674

24,651

29,325

81,832

15.9

15.9

0.0

-26.4

1,475

2,369

4,181

9.1

18.6

56.7

..

51

28

155

135

59.8

59.8

18.1

11.6

45

29

9,773

4,379

99.5

99.5

0.3

7.4

-76.6

172

312

408

6,478

7,010

3,883

17,987

1,421

3,562

4,340

1,857

5,840

3,474

4,074

4,074

5,193

5,193

1,187

257

202

2,532

2,352

990

216

222

193

22

449

46

187

24,317

616

65

81

95.8

95.8

76.5

256

..

..

..

0.0

17,405

4.4

50.3

21.6

92.8

9,323

7,328

28.5

28.5

46.6

-25.6

11,171

5,057

24.1

24.1

31.1

10.3

0.0 100.0

0.0

..

0.0 100.0

0.0

..

271

1,173

75.7

75.7

1.5

-1.2

56

1,048

3,836

94.6

94.6

0.2

51.5

36

234

204

84.3

84.3

2.1

-5.6

233

238

19.7

19.7

0.0

981.8
-71.6

TfYR Macedonia

FI

723

56

131

257

186

574

205

0.0

33.8

32.4

Thailand

FA

31,573

3,619

15,762

129

1,438

17,329

17,863

0.0

99.2

8.3

-43.4

Thailand

AR

201

172

48

186

37

271

102

20.5

20.5

13.7

-49.3

Thailand

FI

373

920

493

252

93

838

455

66.2

66.2

11.1

22.0

Thailand

RA

16

19

18.2

18.2

42.1

-75.0

Timor-Leste

FI

10

..

..

100.0

-70.0

Togo

AR

19

20

100.0 100.0

66.7

185.7

Togo

FI

413

96

59

27

87

422

68.6

68.6

1.1

2.2

Tunisia

FA

26

72

12

17

30

68

92.3

92.3

56.7

161.5

Turkey

AR

549

511

231

169

400

660

57.8

57.8

0.0

20.2

Turkey

FI

4,144

4,553

1,580

512

1,148

3,240

5,457

75.5

75.5

35.4

31.7

Turkey

RA

179

37

84

30

114

102

73.7

73.7

0.0

-43.0

Turkmenistan

FI

13

14

35.7

35.7

0.0

-50.0

Uganda

FI

1,918

9,299

3,643

1,762

5,405

5,812

67.4

67.4

0.0

203.0

Ukraine

AR

660

928

11

529

153

693

895

2.0

2.0

22.1

35.6

Ukraine

FI

958

2,075

65

519

2,184

2,768

288

11.1

11.1

78.9

-69.9

Table 7. Asylum applications and refugee status determination by country of asylum and level in the procedure, 2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.

Country/
territory
of
asylum

Pending
start-06
Procedure
T*
L**

Cases/
Persons***
App. Dec.

Applied
during
2006

Total

Decisions during 2006

Positive
RecogOther
Otherw.
nized
(hum.)
Rejected
closed

Protection indicators1

Pending
end-06

Recognition
rates
Ref.

Total

Total

O/w.

Change

closed

pending

rate

cases (%)

status

Total

United Arab Emirate U

FA

79

107

127

16

11

154

32

88.8

88.8

7.1

-59.5

United Kingdom
United Kingdom2

AR

7,000

14,865

3,695

11,680

765

16,140

6,000

24.0

24.0

4.7

-14.3

FI

5,500

27,850

2,635

2,420

16,615

3,690

25,360

6,300

12.2

23.3

14.6

14.5

United Rep. of Tanz

FA

307

1,031

958

958

380

100.0 100.0

0.0

23.8

United States

IN

97,803

24,284

10,059

22,751

43,834

76,644

55,038

30.7

30.7

57.2

-43.7

United States

EO

72,979

16,817

13,237

16,352

27,838

57,427

69,185

44.7

44.7

48.5

-5.2

Uruguay

FI

25

28

33.3

33.3

0.0

211.1

Uzbekistan

FI

587

587

587

..

..

100.0

-100.0

Venezuela (Bolivari

FI

5,912

2,234

337

52

392

7,754

86.6

86.6

0.8

31.2

Yemen

FA

797

1,610

736

279

533

1,548

859

72.5

72.5

34.4

7.8

Zambia

FA

146

103

18

16

34

215

52.9

52.9

0.0

47.3

Zimbabwe
Total

FA

296

96.3

96.3

80.8

150.8

118
808,238

3,260
596,186

570
141,402

54,267

22
303,595

2,490

3,082

191,891

691,164

740,166

Notes:
A dash ("-") indicates that the value is zero or not available.
1

Protection indicators (calculated by UNHCR):

Refugee status recognition rate: Recognized divided by total of Recognized, Other positive and Rejected * 100%.
Total recognition rate: Recognized plus Other positive divided by total of Recognized, Other positive and Rejected * 100%.
Otherwise closed rate: Otherwise closed divided by Total no. of decisions * 100%.
Change in pending cases: Cases pending as at 31 December minus Cases pending as at 1 January divided by Cases pending as at 1 January * 100%.

UK figures at first instance are rounded to the closest five. Appeal data estimated by UNHCR.

* T=Type: G=Government; U=UNHCR; J=Government and UNHCR jointly.

** L=Level: NA=New Applications; FI=First instance decisions; AR=Administrative Review decisions; RA=Repeat/reopened applications; IN=US Immigration
and Naturalization Service; EO=US Executive Office of Immigration Review; JR=Including Judicial Review; CA=Swiss cantonal regulations;
FIH=Swiss first instance humanitarian decisions; FA=Including first instance and appeal/review decisions.
*** Data refers to number of cases (C) or persons (P): App. = Applications; Dec. = Decisions taken during the year.

Table 8. Asylum applications and refugee status determination by origin, 2006

Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.

Important note:
In countries with more than one level in the procedure (first instance, appeal, etc.), the figures for both procedures have
been added up. As a result, appeal cases might have been counted more than once (once at first instance and once on appeal).
These data allow to monitor the number of decisions taken, but they are not indicative of the final outcome of the procedure of negative
decisions. For instance, recognition rates for nationalities which tend to appeal a rejection are underestimated.

Origin
Afghanistan

Pending
start-2006
of which:
UNHCR
Total
assisted

Pending
end-2006
of which:
UNHCR
Total
assisted

Decisions during 2006

Applied
during
2006

Positive
RecogOther
nized
(hum.)

Rejected

Otherw.
closed

Total

Protection indicators*
Change pending

Recognition
rates

O/w.

Ref.

cases (%)

closed

status

Total

rate

UNHCR
Total assisted

14,304

5,182

14,845

1,937

2,576

8,689

4,011

17,213

14,354

4,573

14.7

34.2

23.3

0.3

-11.8

Albania

2,686

2,159

865

112

1,680

718

3,375

2,258

32.6

36.8

21.3

-15.9

-75.0

Algeria

1,358

82

4,195

269

185

3,495

734

4,683

2,630

83

6.8

11.5

15.7

93.7

1.2

100.0

100.0

-66.7

..

2,107

152

2,998

354

551

2,313

358

3,576

1,562

92

11.0

28.1

10.0

-25.9

-39.5

Andorra
Angola
Antigua and
Barbuda

10

10

14.3

14.3

30.0

-10.0

..

358

172

17

201

169

387

179

7.8

7.8

43.7

-50.0

0.0

Armenia

4,520

404

6,252

992

313

3,775

1,042

6,122

6,932

396

19.5

25.7

17.0

53.4

-2.0

Australia

33.3

133.3

..

Austria

18

16

66.7

433.3

..

4,027

38

3,293

382

406

1,709

621

3,118

3,013

39

15.3

31.6

19.9

-25.2

2.6

Bahamas

18

10

19

40.0

5.6

..

Bahrain

25

39

10

32

49

20

23.3

25.6

12.2

-20.0

..

3,854

439

13,119

637

205

8,020

1,936

10,798

5,342

807

7.2

9.5

17.9

38.6

83.8

22

40

12

21

38

29.4

29.4

19.0

72.7

..

Belarus

1,516

268

2,157

459

45

1,146

840

2,490

1,691

199

27.8

30.5

33.7

11.5

-25.7

Belgium

24

10

13

22

35

55.6

55.6

59.1

45.8

..

Belize

24

13

13

24

15

36.4

36.4

54.2

-37.5

..

Benin

178

159

10

96

33

145

159

11

5.4

14.3

22.8

-10.7

22.2

..

..

100.0

-33.3

..

1,120

462

20

39

40

23

122

1,449

20.2

59.6

18.9

29.4

100.0

253

863

12

18

560

104

694

429

2.0

5.1

15.0

69.6

-33.3

1,589

2,541

649

1,143

2,269

696

4,757

1,658

16.0

44.1

14.6

4.3

12.5

11

47

20

32

43.8

43.8

20.0

190.9

0.0

590

376

87

327

217

638

432

20.7

22.3

34.0

-26.8

0.0

1,081

44

2,033

160

17

1,432

702

2,311

823

21

9.9

11.0

30.4

-23.9

-52.3
-30.0

Argentina

Azerbaijan

Bangladesh
Barbados

Bermuda
Bhutan
Bolivia
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso

209

10

222

40

16

156

58

270

203

18.9

26.4

21.5

-2.9

4,534

2,820

5,014

865

625

747

1,188

3,425

5,491

2,601

38.7

66.6

34.7

21.1

-7.8

Cambodia

869

346

341

97

304

119

528

674

314

23.7

25.7

22.5

-22.4

-9.2

Cameroon

23.5

Burundi

3,536

119

3,506

921

199

2,142

653

3,915

3,375

147

28.2

34.3

16.7

-4.6

Canada

36

22

12

17

35

45

33.3

33.3

48.6

25.0

..

Cape Verde

13

17

22

12

51

10

43.6

43.6

23.5

-23.1

..

..

..

..

0.0

..

Cayman Islands
Central African
Rep.

2,460

1,922

2,108

1,109

790

553

2,459

2,112

1,633

58.2

58.6

22.5

-14.1

-15.0

Chad

4,072

2,838

2,421

483

17

1,355

1,284

3,139

3,431

2,105

26.0

27.0

40.9

-15.7

-25.8

Chile

85

149

10

126

26

165

76

7.2

9.4

15.8

-10.6

66.7

China

15,955

673

22,003

7,149

679

14,635

4,839

27,302

17,279

606

31.8

34.8

17.7

8.3

-10.0

Colombia

19,981

8,839

17,044

6,393

260

6,112

4,761

17,526

21,923

10,433

50.1

52.1

27.2

9.7

18.0

Comoros

10

80

11

98

112

10

10.1

10.1

2.7

0.0

..

4,998

2,594

4,278

593

163

2,318

465

3,539

5,893

2,699

19.3

24.6

13.1

17.9

4.0

Congo
Costa Rica
Cte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus

133

65

16

80

31

127

75

16.7

16.7

24.4

-43.6

..

6,162

2,964

6,420

1,672

821

3,560

819

6,872

6,382

2,985

27.6

41.2

11.9

3.6

0.7

212

269

37

42

179

107

365

211

14.3

30.6

29.3

-0.5

50.0

1,670

128

1,483

350

58

562

1,206

2,176

1,339

200

36.1

42.1

55.4

-19.8

56.3

14.3

14.3

12.5

-75.0

..

200

147

16

83

82

181

175

16.2

16.2

45.3

-12.5

0.0

74

173

37

17

50

23

127

105

35.6

51.9

18.1

41.9

66.7

35,674

17,431

21,626

5,071

744

10,154

6,713

22,682

31,728

17,724

31.8

36.4

29.6

-11.1

1.7

71.4

85.7

12.5

-14.3

..

219

136

37

64

51

153

112

36.3

37.3

33.3

-48.9

..

Dominica

30

12

22

18

60.0

60.0

31.8

-40.0

..

Dominican Rep.

95

235

18

129

76

223

123

13

12.2

12.2

34.1

29.5

160.0

Czech Rep.
Dem. People's
Rep. of Korea
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Denmark
Djibouti

Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador

274

245

49

146

121

324

270

13

24.1

28.1

37.3

-1.5

44.4

1,291

27

2,115

465

18

1,128

391

2,002

1,681

265

28.9

30.0

19.5

30.2

881.5

44,638

2,735

542

16

5,240

22,742

28,540

28,783

9.3

9.6

79.7

-35.5

-66.7

Table 8. Asylum applications and refugee status determination by origin, 2006

Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.

Important note:
In countries with more than one level in the procedure (first instance, appeal, etc.), the figures for both procedures have
been added up. As a result, appeal cases might have been counted more than once (once at first instance and once on appeal).
These data allow to monitor the number of decisions taken, but they are not indicative of the final outcome of the procedure of negative
decisions. For instance, recognition rates for nationalities which tend to appeal a rejection are underestimated.

Origin
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea

Pending
start-2006
of which:
UNHCR
Total
assisted

Pending
end-2006
of which:
UNHCR
Total
assisted

Decisions during 2006

Applied
during
2006

Positive
RecogOther
nized
(hum.)

Rejected

Otherw.
closed

Total

Protection indicators*
Recognition

Change pending

rates

O/w.

Ref.

cases (%)

closed

status

Total

rate

UNHCR
Total assisted

59

70

21

38

42

110

32

30.9

44.1

38.2

-45.8

-14.3

3,862

243

19,766

14,127

3,198

2,596

1,662

21,583

5,014

628

70.9

87.0

7.7

29.8

158.4

Estonia

141

30

38

41

83

126

9.5

9.5

49.4

-10.6

100.0

Ethiopia

11,733

3,223

18,834

3,436

663

4,338

3,425

11,862

16,455

7,907

40.7

48.6

28.9

40.2

145.3

403

158

89

145

128

362

255

38.0

38.0

35.4

-36.7

..

Finland

50.0

50.0

0.0

..

France

55

40

25

19

51

42

18.8

21.9

37.3

-23.6

..

Fiji

French Guiana
Gabon

..

..

..

..

..

53

63

18

24

22

65

40

41.9

44.2

33.8

-24.5

..

Gambia

685

56

690

117

28

612

245

1,002

1,023

79

15.5

19.2

24.5

49.3

41.1

Georgia

3,079

232

5,310

489

158

3,730

2,029

6,406

4,374

189

11.2

14.8

31.7

42.1

-18.5

Germany
Ghana
Gibraltar
Greece
Grenada
Guatemala
Guinea

62

84

14

34

19

70

83

27.5

33.3

27.1

33.9

..

1,028

90

1,660

45

38

1,727

329

2,139

1,147

111

2.5

4.6

15.4

11.6

23.3

100.0

100.0

..

..

41

11

12

28

23

36.8

36.8

32.1

-43.9

0.0

103

60

21

84

11

116

43

20.0

20.0

9.5

-58.3

..

31,355

1,721

595

4,209

15,192

19,996

20,533

12.4

12.4

76.0

-34.5

-100.0

3,302

258

4,255

1,047

204

3,307

549

5,107

2,662

112

23.0

27.4

10.7

-19.4

-56.6

Guinea-Bissau

259

151

311

27

221

75

330

308

150

10.6

13.3

22.7

18.9

-0.7

Guyana

394

408

114

277

143

535

298

29.1

29.3

26.7

-24.4

..

13,588

41

11,150

3,231

142

11,844

5,056

20,273

13,400

23

21.2

22.2

24.9

-1.4

-43.9

Haiti
Holy See (the)
Honduras
Hong Kong SAR,
China
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iraq
Ireland
Islamic Rep. of
Iran
Israel
Italy

..

..

1,216

1,226

134

626

587

1,347

1,358

17.6

17.6

43.6

11.7

..

18

34

22

31

19

4.3

4.3

25.8

5.6

..

255

528

69

233

278

580

199

22.8

22.8

47.9

-22.0

-100.0

..

..

..

0.0

..

6,036

562

8,497

908

46

4,683

3,453

9,090

6,755

540

16.1

16.9

38.0

11.9

-3.9

4,611

606

2,339

1,202

21

2,213

876

4,312

3,272

530

35.0

35.6

20.3

-29.0

-12.5

34,905

3,757

35,328

2,548

6,915

10,021

6,104

25,588

46,913

4,824

13.1

48.6

23.9

34.4

28.4

50.0

50.0

-33.3

..

12,913

3,080

13,401

3,618

923

7,701

2,653

14,900

13,483

3,471

29.6

37.1

17.8

4.4

12.7

628

977

75

19

375

253

722

935

16.0

20.0

35.0

48.9

200.0
..

26

38

23

20

47

17

14.8

14.8

42.6

-34.6

291

510

81

449

140

678

273

15.1

16.5

20.6

-6.2

..

Japan

49

19

13

19

35

31

18.8

18.8

54.3

-36.7

..

Jordan

686

22

475

93

20

243

167

523

769

37

26.1

31.7

31.9

12.1

68.2

Kazakhstan

593

56

759

111

64

398

249

822

651

240

19.4

30.5

30.3

9.8

328.6

Kenya

1,120

11

1,290

208

24

673

253

1,158

1,079

15

23.0

25.6

21.8

-3.7

36.4

Kiribati

50.0

-20.0

..

Kuwait

95

14

406

88

141

42

278

125

13

37.3

40.3

15.1

31.6

-7.1

Kyrgyzstan
Lao People's Dem.
Rep.

396

58

542

100

22

328

130

580

554

96

22.2

27.1

22.4

39.9

65.5

349

341

266

89

96

452

287

74.7

75.0

21.2

-17.8

..

Latvia

136

95

26

49

54

132

101

33.3

37.2

40.9

-25.7

300.0

1,971

29

3,645

151

110

1,398

914

2,573

3,147

128

9.1

15.7

35.5

59.7

341.4

50.0

-28.6

..

5,803

3,556

1,820

407

221

1,733

981

3,342

5,011

3,326

17.2

26.6

29.4

-13.6

-6.5

566

13

736

88

32

398

206

724

635

17.0

23.2

28.5

12.2

-38.5

177

105

25

72

100

197

167

25.8

25.8

50.8

-5.6

133.3

Jamaica

Lebanon
Lesotho
Liberia
Libyan Arab
Jamahiriya
Lithuania
Macao SAR, China
Madagascar
Malawi

0.0

..

19

139

36

137

186

25

20.1

23.5

3.8

31.6

0.0
..

19

6,506

1,143

11

1,158

46

0.3

0.9

142.1

Malaysia

178

328

30

297

26

353

131

9.2

9.2

7.4

-26.4

..

Maldives

100.0

100.0

66.7

0.0

0.0

319

592

108

15

542

146

811

430

16.2

18.5

18.0

34.8

-25.0

Mali

Table 8. Asylum applications and refugee status determination by origin, 2006

Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.

Important note:
In countries with more than one level in the procedure (first instance, appeal, etc.), the figures for both procedures have
been added up. As a result, appeal cases might have been counted more than once (once at first instance and once on appeal).
These data allow to monitor the number of decisions taken, but they are not indicative of the final outcome of the procedure of negative
decisions. For instance, recognition rates for nationalities which tend to appeal a rejection are underestimated.

Origin
Malta
Mauritania
Mauritius
Mexico
Micronesia
(Federated States
of)
Moldova
Monaco
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia

Pending
start-2006
of which:
UNHCR
Total
assisted

Pending
end-2006
of which:
UNHCR
Total
assisted

Decisions during 2006

Applied
during
2006

Positive
RecogOther
nized
(hum.)

Rejected

Otherw.
closed

Total

Protection indicators*
Recognition

Change pending

rates

O/w.

Ref.

cases (%)

closed

status

Total

rate

UNHCR
Total assisted

100.0

100.0

50.0

100.0

..

2,314

210

2,636

695

11

2,782

549

4,037

1,809

270

19.9

20.2

13.6

-21.8

28.6

17

32

18

24

22

10.0

16.7

29.4

0.0

12,861

6,640

1,040

2,834

6,100

9,974

11,816

26.8

26.8

61.2

-8.1

..

-100.0

..

657

153

3,276

117

67

2,145

1,427

3,756

1,265

126

5.0

7.9

38.0

92.5

-17.6

..

..

..

66.7

..

701

117

2,139

124

58

1,167

547

1,896

1,853

92

9.2

13.5

28.9

164.3

-21.4

153

66

53

123

124

5.7

43.1

..

..

468

24

994

54

33

731

205

1,023

576

36

6.6

10.6

20.0

23.1

50.0

11

740

323

327

15

0.3

0.3

0.9

36.4

0.0

41,174

29,176

13,587

9,647

15,893

860

2,033

28,433

26,307

16,352

36.5

96.7

7.2

-36.1

-44.0
0.0

23

29

11

15

29

20

42.3

42.3

10.3

-13.0

Nauru

40.0

-100.0

..

Nepal

2,483

316

1,938

519

51

1,290

391

2,251

2,382

315

27.9

30.6

17.4

-4.1

-0.3

Netherlands

34

23

17

11

39

40

32.1

39.3

28.2

17.6

-100.0

New Caledonia

..

..

100.0

-66.7

..

New Zealand

55.6

40.0

..

4,268

280

52

330

3,803

4,185

2,301

13.6

13.6

90.9

-46.1

..

Nicaragua
Niger

595

441

46

17

412

140

615

473

14

9.7

13.3

22.8

-20.5

133.3

Nigeria

4,615

917

10,399

512

579

7,796

1,765

10,652

8,323

1,102

5.8

12.3

16.6

80.3

20.2

Norway

..

..

100.0

0.0

..

1,736

254

1,627

222

80

741

1,063

2,106

1,386

461

21.3

29.0

50.5

-20.2

81.5

66.7

66.7

40.0

14.3

-100.0

6,688

663

11,421

1,396

271

8,209

2,752

12,628

6,743

514

14.1

16.9

21.8

0.8

-22.5

..

..

100.0

0.0

..

Panama
Papua New
Guinea

50

17

13

26

49

20

32.5

35.0

18.4

-60.0

..

21

30

27

41

22.9

22.9

14.6

-57.1

..

Paraguay

30

58

17

11

34

37

26.1

26.1

32.4

23.3

..

1,605

455

1,633

219

11

994

303

1,527

1,926

903

17.9

18.8

19.8

20.0

98.5

Philippines

880

508

49

357

271

686

801

11.8

14.0

39.5

-9.0

12.5

Poland

617

186

14

155

487

656

379

8.3

8.3

74.2

-38.6

..

Portugal

122

60

89

49

147

47

9.2

9.2

33.3

-61.5

..

50.0

-25.0

..

323

380

45

272

69

386

312

14.2

14.2

17.9

-3.4

..

1,214

99

2,057

148

33

1,245

983

2,409

1,314

33

10.4

12.7

40.8

8.2

-66.7

Occupied
Palestinian
Territory
Oman
Pakistan
Palau

Peru

Qatar
Rep. of Korea
Romania
Russian
Federation
Rwanda
Saint Kitts and
Nevis

15,056

1,223

19,340

5,721

3,212

7,481

7,630

24,044

20,670

954

34.9

54.4

31.7

37.3

-22.0

15,514

12,781

19,587

2,777

90

11,240

11,898

26,005

8,585

3,428

19.7

20.3

45.8

-44.7

-73.2

50.0

50.0

100.0

..

Saint Lucia

201

167

49

151

25

225

142

24.5

24.5

11.1

-29.4

..

Saint Vincent and

the Grenadines

355

377

147

224

41

412

320

39.6

39.6

10.0

-9.9

..

25.0

0.0

..

Samoa
San Marino
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Singapore

0.0

..

68

40

29

24

18

72

54

53.7

55.6

25.0

-20.6

-50.0

977

73

1,043

179

11

428

101

719

1,242

301

29.0

30.7

14.0

27.1

312.3

17,138

915

20,416

1,875

3,041

12,876

5,967

23,759

20,810

342

10.5

27.6

25.1

21.4

-62.6

12

15

18.2

18.2

26.7

-33.3

0.0

5,939

3,345

2,333

420

198

1,715

762

3,095

5,635

3,341

18.0

26.5

24.6

-5.1

-0.1

28

14

14

28

13

36.4

36.4

21.4

-53.6

..

Slovakia

428

227

587

357

325

688

282

24

0.8

1.7

47.2

-34.1

-89.4

Slovenia

21

19

15

22

16

6.3

6.3

27.3

-23.8

..

Table 8. Asylum applications and refugee status determination by origin, 2006

Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.

Important note:
In countries with more than one level in the procedure (first instance, appeal, etc.), the figures for both procedures have
been added up. As a result, appeal cases might have been counted more than once (once at first instance and once on appeal).
These data allow to monitor the number of decisions taken, but they are not indicative of the final outcome of the procedure of negative
decisions. For instance, recognition rates for nationalities which tend to appeal a rejection are underestimated.

Origin
Solomon Islands

Pending
start-2006
of which:
UNHCR
Total
assisted

Pending
end-2006
of which:
UNHCR
Total
assisted

Decisions during 2006

Applied
during
2006

Positive
RecogOther
nized
(hum.)

Rejected

Otherw.
closed

Total

Protection indicators*
Recognition

Change pending

rates

O/w.

Ref.

cases (%)

closed

status

Total

rate

UNHCR
Total assisted

11

43

23

27

27

85.2

85.2

145.5

..

20,948

13,644

46,392

25,668

3,094

3,668

12,697

45,127

21,800

13,254

79.1

88.7

28.1

4.1

-2.9

176

285

22

205

72

303

160

9.5

11.3

23.8

-9.1

16.7

29

25

16

10

30

20

20.0

20.0

33.3

-31.0

-33.3

Sri Lanka

4,230

603

11,392

2,061

635

6,375

1,358

10,429

7,301

803

22.7

29.7

13.0

72.6

33.2

Stateless

1,732

82

2,286

468

409

984

609

2,470

2,126

105

25.1

47.1

24.7

22.7

28.0

14,141

490

11,505

5,193

913

2,941

888

9,935

16,640

463

57.4

67.5

8.9

17.7

-5.5

Suriname

22

14

10

18

25

37.5

37.5

55.6

13.6

0.0

Swaziland

24

12.5

25.0

11.1

0.0

..

10

31

13

19

18

68.4

80.0

..

50.0

50.0

0.0

..

Somalia
South Africa
Spain

Sudan

Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Rep.

6,967

916

4,589

549

313

2,004

1,240

4,106

7,470

1,066

19.2

30.1

30.2

7.2

16.4

Tajikistan

145

30

110

24

20

43

51

138

113

27.6

50.6

37.0

-22.1

-73.3

TfYR Macedonia

772

72

1,148

84

73

802

465

1,424

1,587

34

8.8

16.4

32.7

105.6

-52.8

Thailand

208

115

218

49

110

52

211

209

150

30.8

30.8

24.6

0.5

30.4

Tibetans

..

..

..

0.0

..

Timor-Leste

19

11

12

8.3

200.0

0.0

7,513

3,935

2,015

667

469

1,397

589

3,122

6,589

3,940

26.3

44.8

18.9

-12.3

0.1

10

26

15

24

17

37.5

70.0

..

Togo
Tonga
Trinidad and
Tobago

208

192

49

127

78

254

158

27.8

27.8

30.7

-24.0

..

Tunisia

348

27

469

111

17

289

133

550

351

18

26.6

30.7

24.2

0.9

-33.3

Turkey

11,282

333

15,524

1,957

728

11,712

2,706

17,107

14,893

476

13.6

18.6

15.8

32.0

42.9

168

16

157

63

21

90

38

212

151

16

36.2

48.3

17.9

-10.1

0.0

Turkmenistan
Turks and Caicos
Islands

-50.0

..

Uganda

1,217

622

1,878

215

60

654

183

1,112

1,342

635

23.1

29.6

16.5

10.3

2.1

Ukraine
United Arab
Emirates

3,487

998

2,949

319

91

2,260

1,350

4,020

3,482

734

11.9

15.4

33.6

-0.1

-26.5

15

15

10

22

12

38.9

44.4

18.2

-20.0

..

United Kingdom
United Rep. of
Tanzania

68

45

36

38

79

48

12.2

12.2

48.1

-29.4

..

251

92

1,996

39

396

43

483

224

94

8.9

10.0

8.9

-10.8

2.2

United States

259

435

11

175

110

297

398

5.9

6.4

37.0

53.7

0.0

Uruguay
Uzbekistan

70

54

46

25

76

55

9.8

9.8

32.9

-21.4

-50.0

1,464

195

1,965

603

300

598

522

2,023

2,093

341

40.2

60.2

25.8

43.0

74.9

..

..

100.0

..

..
42.9

Vanuatu
Venezuela (Boliv.
Rep. of)

2,851

1,134

848

1,145

499

2,494

2,369

10

42.5

42.6

20.0

-16.9

Viet Nam

1,860

337

3,089

236

41

2,194

644

3,115

1,763

368

9.6

11.2

20.7

-5.2

9.2

27

22

18

24

9.1

18.2

38.9

-11.1

-50.0

Yemen

425

363

59

30

220

115

424

353

19.1

28.8

27.1

-16.9

25.0

Zambia

91

312

14

97

36

147

67

12.6

12.6

24.5

-26.4

..

1,380

32

22,228

1,700

65

5,342

322

7,429

1,214

27

23.9

24.8

4.3

-12.0

-15.6

15.8

18.0

19.9

-24.9

89.0

Western Sahara

Zimbabwe
Various

255,819

11,720

43,978

7,478

1,048

38,822

11,751

59,099

191,998

22,147

Total

808,237

148,744

596,185

141,402

54,265

303,593

191,893

691,162

740,166

143,820

Notes:
A dash ("-") indicates that the value is zero or not available.
* Protection indicators (calculated by UNHCR):
Refugee status recognition rate: Recognized divided by total of Recognized, Other positive and Rejected * 100%.
Total recognition rate: Recognized plus Other positive divided by total of Recognized, Other positive and Rejected * 100%.
Otherwise closed rate: Otherwise closed divided by Total no. of decisions * 100%.
Change in pending cases: Cases pending as at 31 December 2005 minus Cases pending as at 1 January 2005 divided by Cases pending as at 1 January 2005 * 100%.

Table 9. Asylum applications and refugee status determination by origin and country/territory of asylum, 2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
N.B. The origin is included if the total number of applications submitted during 2006 was 100 or more.
Values between 1 and 4 have been replaced with an asterisk (*). See Table 7 regarding reporting of persons or cases.
Pending
start-2006

Origin
Afghanistan
Afghanistan

Country/
territory
of
asylum
Austria
Azerbaijan

Procedure
3
T2
L
G
FA
G
FI

Afghanistan
Afghanistan

Belgium
Bulgaria

G
G

FI
FI

59
390

365
292

5
*

34

Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan

Canada
Denmark
Germany
Germany
Greece
India

G
G
G
G
G
U

FI
FI
RA
NA
FA
FI

224
41
196
188
559
8

268
122
993
531
1,087
287

162
*
38
43
10
75

Afghanistan

AR

57

111

Afghanistan

Ireland
Islamic Rep. of
Iran

FI

116

Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan

Kazakhstan
Kyrgyzstan
Netherlands
Norway

G
G
G
G

FI
FA
FI
FI

63
577
190

Afghanistan

FA

Afghanistan
Afghanistan

Pakistan
Russian
Federation
Sweden

G
G

Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Albania

Switzerland4
Tajikistan
Turkey
Ukraine
United Kingdom5
Belgium

Albania
Albania
Albania
Albania

Applied
Positive
during
RecogOther
2006
nized
(hum.) Rejected
699
475
212
128
124
*
112

Pending
end-2006

Decisions during 2006

Otherw.
closed
145
26

Total
960
141

Total
1,575
28

22
123

*
126

30
287

13
94
69
8
-

12
84
*
379
1,009
91

24
840
45
121
43

15

64

548

11

10

107
121
932
224

30
14
19
14

347
148

2,765

1,904

284

FI
FI

225
286

827
594

G
G
U
G
G
G

FI
FA
FI
FI
FI
FI

188
22
212
115
119

Canada

FI

France
Germany
United Kingdom5

G
G
G

FI
NA
FI

Albania

United States

EO

Albania

United States

Algeria
Algeria

Austria
Belgium

G
G

Algeria

France

FI

Algeria
Algeria

France
Germany

G
G

AR
NA

Algeria

Germany

Algeria
Algeria

Spain
Sweden

G
G

Algeria

Switzerland

Algeria

United Kingdom

Angola
Angola

Belgium
Belgium

G
G

Angola

France

Angola

Total
45

Protection indicators
Recognition
rates
O/w.
Change
Ref.
closed
pending
status Total
rate
cases (%)
58%

84%

15%

..

3%

3%

18%

-38%

395

19%

19%

10%

-100%

2%

24%

44%

1%

198
98
976
536
1,148
209

294
41
215
197
498
86

93%

93%

12%

31%

83

85

36

81

138

47
47
448
37

9
14
119
63

86
75
933
262

1,528

766

30
15

90

792
173

233
449
261
129
2,650
125

23
46
23
32
60
9

..
780
-

377

245

170

19
-

306
114
170

11
*
-

1,608

319

506

IN

132

282

FA
FI

42

138
180

51

RA

20

FI
FI

57

FI
FI

1%

14%

0%

0%

28%

97%

86%

10%

9%

23%

8%

5%

1%

2%

11%

-11%

45%

45%

21%

975%

19%

19%

5%

49%

526

19%

37%

59%

353%

21
109
578
162

39%

39%

10%

..

23%

23%

19%

73%

2%

45%

13%

0%

7%

81%

24%

-15%

2,578

2,091

16%

16%

30%

-24%

72

822
350

230
591

4%

4%

0%

2%

5%

38%

21%

107%

180
187
56
114
1,180
25

42
130
38
365
58

245
233
209
184
2,385
92

189
238
264
60
-

11%

11%

17%

1%

20%

20%

0%

982%

29%

29%

62%

25%

22%

22%

21%

-48%

3%

42%

15%

..

26%

26%

63%

-100%

127

28

325

297

57%

57%

9%

-21%

9
35

387
85
110

15
15

407
102
160

32
-

3%

5%

0%

..

2%

2%

15%

68%

0%

24%

9%

..

391

310

1,207

1,149

56%

56%

26%

-29%

49

203

73

325

91

19%

19%

22%

-31%

*
*

*
-

74
29

66
5

142
37

324
-

1%

3%

46%

..

9%

9%

14%

-100%

1,127

34

18

1,141

1,193

3%

4%

0%

..

790
369

73
*

25
-

1,076
305

56

1,174
362

1,131
67

6%

8%

0%

..

0%

0%

15%

31%

115

106

115

21

0%

11%

92%

5%

230
145

*
-

*
*

61
54

20
47

84
103

111

3%

5%

24%

..

0%

4%

46%

95%

20

161

..

48

119

174

23

13%

13%

68%

15%

255

30

145

60

235

0%

17%

26%

..

FI
AR

173
241

211
156

15
-

150
42

12
51

177
93

304

9%

9%

7%

-100%

0%

0%

55%

26%

AR

681

85

532

621

14%

14%

0%

..

France

FI

668

45

702

747

6%

6%

0%

..

Angola
Angola
Angola
Angola
Angola
Armenia
Armenia

France
Germany
Netherlands
South Africa
United Kingdom5
Austria
Belgium

G
G
G
G
G
G
G

RA
NA
FI
FI
FI
FA
FI

61
211
226

255
108
212
136
110
350
381

85
*
*
10
100
11

*
11
35
15
35
-

88
183
159
60
125
154

18
34
15
91
39

89
117
253
161
100
351
204

52
149
1,754
-

96%

100%

0%

..

0%

11%

15%

-15%

0%

16%

13%

-29%

1%

1%

0%

..

12%

29%

15%

..

38%

52%

26%

..

7%

7%

19%

-100%

Armenia

Belgium

AR

149

161

40

41

81

229

0%

0%

51%

54%

Armenia

France

FI

1,684

37

1,293

1,335

3%

3%

0%

..

Armenia

France

AR

1,267

181

21

633

835

1,549

22%

24%

0%

..

Armenia
Armenia
Armenia
Armenia
Armenia

France
Germany
Germany
Netherlands
Sweden

G
G
G
G
G

RA
NA
RA
FI
FI

120
23
168
141

323
303
118
280
227

180
*
-

21
*
33
32

340
*
181
139

48
122
30
69

201
390
124
247
240

77
18
189
162

90%

100%

0%

..

0%

1%

12%

-36%

Armenia

Switzerland4

FI

55

111

..

72

67

139

Armenia
Azerbaijan

United States
Austria

G
G

IN
FA

294
-

387
115

144
31

275
15

36
15

Azerbaijan

France

FI

878

47

500

Azerbaijan

France

AR

485

Azerbaijan

France

RA

154

111

4
5

0%

0%

98%

-22%

1%

17%

12%

13%

0%

19%

29%

15%

33

0%

0%

48%

-40%

455
70

233
357

34%

34%

8%

-21%

56%

73%

21%

..

547

9%

9%

0%

..

..

..

..

..

111

100%

100%

0%

..

Table 9. Asylum applications and refugee status determination by origin and country/territory of asylum, 2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
N.B. The origin is included if the total number of applications submitted during 2006 was 100 or more.
Values between 1 and 4 have been replaced with an asterisk (*). See Table 7 regarding reporting of persons or cases.
Pending
start-2006

Origin
Azerbaijan

Country/
territory
of
asylum
Germany

Procedure
3
T2
L
G
NA

Azerbaijan

Germany

RA

29

118

Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh

Netherlands
Sweden
Australia
Austria
Canada

G
G
G
G
G

FI
FI
AR
FA
FI

305
200
45
299

384
247
211
140
139

10
6
22
5
110

Bangladesh

Cyprus

AR

703

762

Bangladesh

Cyprus

FI

863

310

Bangladesh

France

AR

Bangladesh

France

FI

Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Bangladesh

France
Germany
Greece
China
Slovakia
South Africa

G
G
G
U
G
G

RA
NA
FA
FI
FI
FI

Bangladesh

Spain

Bangladesh
Bangladesh

Ukraine
United Kingdom5

Bangladesh
Belarus
Belarus

Applied
Positive
during
RecogOther
2006
nized
(hum.) Rejected
483
19
*
456

Pending
end-2006

Decisions during 2006

Protection indicators
Recognition
rates
O/w.
Change
Ref.
closed
pending
status Total
rate
cases (%)

Otherw.
closed
52

Total
531

Total
138

4%

5%

10%

-40%

106

113

32

43%

57%

94%

10%

68
56
*
-

248
148
111
47
123

62
43
82
103
10

388
253
215
158
243

305
242
41
344
195

3%

24%

16%

0%

3%

30%

17%

21%

17%

17%

38%

-9%

9%

15%

65%

..

47%

47%

4%

-35%

1,104

48

1,152

313

0%

0%

4%

-55%

372

357

729

444

0%

0%

49%

-49%

1,140

128

559

692

1,321

18%

19%

0%

..

607

25

1,133

1,159

2%

2%

0%

..

28
292
34
156
-

504
107
3,750
582
183
3,074

126
5
*
-

5
*
-

78
2,790
21
65
66

9
375
140
125
-

131
92
3,167
163
190
66

44
875
453
149
-

96%

100%

0%

..

6%

6%

10%

57%

0%

0%

12%

200%

9%

9%

86%

1232%

0%

0%

66%

-4%

0%

0%

0%

..

FI

137

133

134

0%

0%

1%

..

G
G

FI
FI

58
-

194
485

85

22
265

221
40

243
395

9
-

0%

0%

91%

-84%

1%

25%

10%

..

United States
Austria
Czech Rep.

G
G
G

EO
FA
FI

528
156

127
172
174

114
6
66

*
-

83
95
13

193
131
98

390
233
177

438
269
153

58%

58%

49%

-17%

6%

7%

56%

..

84%

84%

55%

-2%

Belarus

France

FI

140

163

166

1%

2%

0%

..

Belarus
Belarus

Germany
Sweden

G
G

NA
FI

18
194

119
432

*
*

87
131

19
141

110
281

30
363

4%

4%

17%

67%

1%

6%

50%

87%

Belarus
Bhutan

United States
Nepal

G
G

IN
FI

104
691

286
341

95
-

25

164
-

28
-

287
25

111
1,007

37%

37%

10%

7%

0%

100%

0%

46%

Bolivia
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Bosnia and
Herzegovina

Sweden

FI

177

747

513

72

591

329

0%

1%

12%

86%

Austria

FA

231

17

21

105

137

280

469

12%

27%

49%

..

Belgium

FI

22

111

10

28

47%

47%

32%

-100%

France

AR

474

242

818

1,065

23%

23%

0%

..

France

FI

260

31

457

492

6%

7%

0%

..

France

RA

165

241

246

98%

100%

0%

..

Germany

NA

66

209

181

41

224

53

1%

1%

18%

-20%

Germany

RA

22

143

129

135

41

0%

33%

96%

86%

Netherlands

FI

104

116

89

16

112

103

0%

7%

14%

-1%

Sweden

FI

125

234

35

164

72

272

113

1%

18%

26%

-10%
-50%

Total
231

Switzerland

FI

88

261

52

..

174

122

348

44

23%

23%

35%

Brazil
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria

United States
Belgium
Finland
Germany
Sweden
Switzerland4

G
G
G
G
G
G

EO
FI
FI
NA
FI
FI

277
11
31
27
74
29

128
168
463
142
639
168

32
-

*
..

93
7
399
110
586
57

125
*
58
43
147
124

250
11
457
153
737
181

259
37
18
50
13

26%

26%

50%

-6%

0%

0%

36%

-100%

0%

0%

13%

19%

0%

0%

28%

-33%

0%

1%

20%

-32%

0%

0%

69%

-55%

Bulgaria

United States

IN

288

108

36

88

99

223

185

29%

29%

44%

-36%

Burundi

Belgium

AR

255

143

41

47

351

67%

67%

87%

38%

Burundi

Canada

FI

129

443

148

31

181

391

83%

83%

1%

203%

Burundi
Burundi
Burundi
Burundi
Burundi
Burundi
Burundi

Kenya
Malawi
Mozambique
Netherlands
Norway
South Africa
Sweden

U
G
G
G
G
G
G

FI
FI
FA
FI
FI
FI
FI

*
1,419
642
201
30
243

141
463
222
455
126
837
240

23
*
179
13
*
45
*

313
27
226

18
173
5
15
37

8
828
5
28
16
15

49
831
184
527
50
60
281

95
1,051
680
141
107
194

Burundi

FI

89

913

75

40

115

887

Burundi

Uganda
United Rep. of
Tanzania

FA

319

319

..

..

..

..

Burundi

Zimbabwe

FA

190

195

198

100%

100%

2%

-100%

Cameroon

Algeria

FI

130

138

..

..

..

1625%

56%

56%

16%

3067%

100%

100%

100%

-26%

100%

100%

3%

6%

3%

65%

5%

-30%
257%

6%

85%

32%

75%

75%

0%

..

1%

86%

5%

-20%

65%

65%

0%

897%

Table 9. Asylum applications and refugee status determination by origin and country/territory of asylum, 2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
N.B. The origin is included if the total number of applications submitted during 2006 was 100 or more.
Values between 1 and 4 have been replaced with an asterisk (*). See Table 7 regarding reporting of persons or cases.
Pending
start-2006

Origin
Cameroon
Cameroon
Cameroon
Cameroon

France

FI

Cameroon
Cameroon
Cameroon
Cameroon

Germany
South Africa
Switzerland4
United Kingdom5

G
G
G
G

NA
FI
FI
FI

Cameroon
Central African
Rep.
Central African
Rep.

United States

IN

Cameroon

FA

France

FI

215

35

161

Chad

FA

2,122

1,238

196

934

826

Chad
Chad

Cameroon
Central African
Rep.
Congo

G
J

FI
FA

414
55

334
109

109
*

12
13

22

Chad
China

France
Australia

G
G

FI
AR

186

149
1,186

17
209

169
832

China
China
China
China
China

Australia
Austria
Belgium
Canada
Cyprus

G
G
G
G
G

FI
FA
FI
FI
FI

277
40
1,890
309

1,033
212
155
1,645
174

87
25
57
768
*

*
-

China

Czech Rep.

FI

40

114

China

France

FI

1,214

38

China

France

AR

1,100

16

China
China
China
China

Germany
Germany
Hungary
Ireland

G
G
G
G

NA
RA
FI
FI

121
39
51
-

440
111
276
139

China
China

Netherlands
Slovakia

G
G

FI
FI

223
300

China

South Africa

FI

China
China
China

Switzerland4
Thailand
United Kingdom5

G
U
G

China

United States

China
Colombia
Colombia

Procedure
3
T2
L
G
G
G

FI
AR
FI

Decisions during 2006

Applied
during
2006

Total
116
714
70

Positive
RecogOther
nized
(hum.)

Rejected
-

207
97
30

Protection indicators
Recognition
rates
O/w.
Change
Ref.
closed
pending
status Total
rate
cases (%)

Pending
end-2006

Country/
territory
of
asylum
Belgium
Belgium
Canada

Otherw.
closed

Total

6
98
6

Total

335
264
130

22
7
46

235
202
82

776
118

10%

10%

3%

7%

7%

49%

9%

61%

61%

7%

69%

209

22

267

100
75
-

248
219
166
275

7
27
20
10

8
..
20

225
11
93
185

17
52
20

289

8%

8%

0%

..

257
38
165
235

74
81
-

3%

6%

7%

-26%

71%

71%

0%

..

18%

18%

32%

8%

5%

14%

9%

..

234

558

228

286

26

540

260

44%

44%

5%

11%

1,836

1,682

1,019

506

447

1,972

1,546

67%

67%

23%

-16%

196

18%

18%

0%

..

1,956

1,404

17%

17%

42%

-34%

121
39

627
125

90%

90%

0%

51%

24%

24%

56%

127%

44

186
1,085

277

949
126
37
593
38

12
189
*
191
228

1,048
341
97
1,552
267

127
1,128
1,983
216

112

19

132

1,226

1,265

1,889

17
7
7

*
23
8
-

381
*
234
46

318
164

33
*

39
-

957

FI
FI
FI

266
32
-

475
103
1,970

IN

2,056

United States
Brazil
Canada

G
G
G

EO
FI
FI

Colombia

Chile

FI

Colombia

Costa Rica

FA

Colombia

Ecuador

FI

Colombia

France

FI

Colombia
Colombia
Colombia

Germany
Panama
Peru

G
G
G

NA
FI
FI

Colombia

Spain

Colombia

United States

Colombia

-100%

9%

9%

0%

..

20%

20%

4%

49%
-54%

8%

8%

1%

16%

17%

55%

..

61%

61%

3%

-100%

56%

56%

12%

5%

3%

3%

85%

-30%

22

1%

1%

14%

-45%

3%

3%

0%

..

1,907

1%

1%

0%

..

29
91
19
75

431
124
261
128

130
27
66
33

4%

5%

7%

7%

21%

91%

73%

-31%

0%

3%

7%

29%

13%

13%

59%

..

181
74

83
103

336
178

185
286

13%

28%

25%

-17%

1%

1%

58%

-5%

56

56

0%

0%

0%

..

73
54
15

..
115

590
8
945

26
12
705

689
74
1,780

190
61
-

11%

11%

4%

-29%

87%

87%

16%

91%

1%

12%

40%

..

5,132

1,517

3,121

490

5,128

2,178

33%

33%

10%

6%

8,253
45
1,461

4,230
140
1,361

4,060
75
1,084

5
-

2,119
27
239

2,079
9
87

8,258
116
1,410

8,973
69
1,412

66%

66%

25%

9%

70%

75%

8%

53%

82%

82%

6%

-3%

82

540

267

39

18

324

298

87%

87%

6%

263%

690

383

383

307

100%

100%

0%

..

2,155

6,641

1,943

2,184

49

4,176

4,620

47%

47%

1%

114%

230

30

120

153

20%

22%

0%

..

5
457
288

244
330
145

*
128
40

70
40
12

*
408
22

74
576
74

174
211
359

1%

1%

4%

3380%

76%

76%

71%

-54%

77%

77%

30%

25%

FI

2,239

40

639

1,880

2,566

6%

7%

73%

..

IN

1,791

1,421

1,143

638

213

1,994

1,249

64%

64%

11%

-30%

United States

EO

7,225

389

775

1,644

1,926

4,345

4,847

32%

32%

44%

-33%

Colombia

Venezuela
(Bolivarian
Republic of)

FI

5,862

2,173

326

49

375

7,660

87%

87%

0%

31%

Congo

France

AR

843

77

650

732

1,026

11%

11%

0%

..

Congo

France

FI

827

98

910

1,009

10%

10%

0%

..

Congo

France

RA

187

74

79

94%

100%

0%

..

Congo

Gabon

FA

2,095

221

51

54

2,262

0%

0%

6%

8%

Congo

Netherlands

FI

93

118

48

73

34

160

48

4%

42%

21%

-48%

Congo

South Africa

FI

1,207

44

37

81

54%

54%

0%

..

Congo
Cte d'Ivoire
Cte d'Ivoire
Cte d'Ivoire
Cte d'Ivoire

United States
Algeria
Angola
Belgium
Belgium

G
U
G
G
G

IN
FI
FA
AR
FI

100
33
24
119
464

112
306
634
325
205

42
10
61
24
123

*
-

56
65
*
287

24
22
53

122
10
126
52
463

94
329
532
392
-

43%

43%

20%

-6%

100%

100%

0%

897%

48%

48%

0%

2117%

80%

90%

42%

229%

30%

30%

11%

-100%

Cte d'Ivoire
Cte d'Ivoire

Cameroon
Congo

U
J

FA
FA

364
187

241
162

18
-

183
29

143
19

344
48

261
301

9%

9%

42%

-28%

0%

0%

40%

61%

Cte d'Ivoire

France

FI

859

115

959

1,075

11%

11%

0%

..

Table 9. Asylum applications and refugee status determination by origin and country/territory of asylum, 2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
N.B. The origin is included if the total number of applications submitted during 2006 was 100 or more.
Values between 1 and 4 have been replaced with an asterisk (*). See Table 7 regarding reporting of persons or cases.
Pending
start-2006

Protection indicators
Recognition
rates
O/w.
Change
Ref.
closed
pending
status Total
rate
cases (%)

Pending
end-2006

Origin
Cte d'Ivoire

Country/
territory
of
asylum
France

AR

830

101

532

639

16%

17%

0%

..

Cte d'Ivoire
Cte d'Ivoire
Cte d'Ivoire
Cte d'Ivoire
Cte d'Ivoire

France
Guinea
Mali
Morocco
Netherlands

G
G
G
U
G

RA
FI
FI
FA
FI

658
1,077
139
164

104
347
110
186
124

101
233
38
184
*

6
141

86
38
8
50

13

107
319
76
192
207

686
1,111
133
27

94%

100%

0%

..

73%

73%

0%

4%

50%

50%

0%

3%

96%

96%

0%

-4%

2%

74%

6%

-84%

Cte d'Ivoire
Cte d'Ivoire
Cte d'Ivoire
Cte d'Ivoire
Cuba

Spain
Switzerland4
United Kingdom5
United States
Canada

G
G
G
G
G

FI
FI
FI
IN
FI

95
114
125

236
150
195
249
188

8
14
10
59
124

69
..
20
-

13
118
135
174
22

20
35
15
38
22

110
167
180
271
168

60
104
145

9%

86%

18%

..

11%

11%

21%

-37%

Cuba

Peru

FI

23

116

33

40

99

Cuba
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo

United States

EO

436

404

26

79

535

640

Algeria

FI

183

190

58

29

Belgium

FI

1,193

843

295

725

Belgium

AR

1,340

799

31

Benin

FI

603

418

40

Benin

AR

189

Burundi

FI

11,197

Cameroon

FA

Canada

FI

Congo

France

Procedure
3
T2
L

Decisions during 2006

Applied
during
2006

Total

Positive
RecogOther
nized
(hum.)

Rejected

Otherw.
closed

Total

Total

6%

18%

8%

..

25%

25%

14%

-9%

85%

85%

13%

16%

87%

87%

5%

330%

414

25%

25%

84%

-5%

87

286

67%

67%

0%

56%

165

1,185

29%

29%

14%

-100%

478

300

809

1,330

6%

6%

37%

-1%

222

262

524

497

15%

15%

50%

-18%

182

13%

13%

0%

18100%

667

825

805

3,156

4,786

7,078

51%

51%

66%

-37%

1,100

274

93

284

531

908

466

25%

25%

58%

-58%

336

417

203

108

11

322

431

65%

65%

3%

28%

FA

2,919

605

26

65

41

132

3,392

29%

29%

31%

16%

AR

2,523

256

15

1,805

2,076

2,531

12%

13%

0%

..

France

FI

2,283

235

2,663

2,902

8%

8%

0%

..

France

RA

869

255

14

269

95%

100%

0%

..

Gabon

FA

1,518

145

72

524

596

1,067

0%

0%

88%

-30%

Germany

NA

116

227

16

198

44

267

76

4%

11%

16%

-34%

Germany

RA

32

116

121

128

19

57%

86%

95%

-41%

Ireland

AR

133

123

123

126

130

2%

2%

1%

-2%

Ireland

FI

109

14

100

120

28

12%

12%

5%

..

Kenya

FI

443

194

129

45

22

196

441

74%

74%

11%

0%

Malawi

FI

1,269

379

430

435

1,213

100%

100%

99%

-4%

Morocco

FA

388

337

92

160

24

276

449

37%

37%

9%

16%

Mozambique

FA

2,765

653

335

335

3,083

100%

100%

0%

12%

Namibia

FI

629

177

122

28

151

655

81%

81%

1%

4%

Netherlands

FI

106

266

28

120

95

39

282

81

12%

61%

14%

-24%

Nigeria

FI

175

177

352

..

..

..

101%

South Africa

FI

5,582

204

191

395

52%

52%

0%

..

Spain

FI

102

77

60

144

8%

8%

42%

..

FI

197

160

15

..

149

34

198

167

9%

9%

17%

-15%

FI

685

60

85

555

65

765

9%

21%

8%

..
225%

Switzerland

United Kingdom

Zimbabwe

FA

85

917

366

17

343

726

276

96%

96%

47%

Egypt

Czech Rep.

FI

422

396

396

26

0%

0%

0%

..

Egypt

Czech Rep.

AR

362

96

54

150

214

0%

0%

36%

10600%

Table 9. Asylum applications and refugee status determination by origin and country/territory of asylum, 2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
N.B. The origin is included if the total number of applications submitted during 2006 was 100 or more.
Values between 1 and 4 have been replaced with an asterisk (*). See Table 7 regarding reporting of persons or cases.
Pending
start-2006

Protection indicators
Recognition
rates
O/w.
Change
Ref.
closed
pending
status Total
rate
cases (%)

Pending
end-2006

Origin
Egypt

Country/
territory
of
asylum
South Africa

FI

152

0%

0%

0%

..

Egypt

United States

IN

130

331

111

190

12

313

155

37%

37%

4%

19%

El Salvador

Canada

FI

193

244

56

108

171

266

34%

34%

4%

38%

El Salvador

United States

EO

3,323

2,055

95

1,003

2,914

4,012

6,425

9%

9%

73%

93%

El Salvador

United States

IN

41,104

338

389

4,085

19,810

24,284

22,038

9%

9%

82%

-46%

Eritrea
Eritrea
Eritrea
Eritrea
Eritrea

Canada
Egypt
Ethiopia
Germany
Germany

G
U
J
G
G

FI
FI
FI
NA
RA

115
89
184
39

151
208
2,656
281
151

116
88
2,655
79
26

25
26

15
96
190
*

*
*
19
54

133
185
2,655
313
108

133
112
*
158
80

89%

89%

2%

16%

48%

48%

1%

26%

100%

100%

0%

..

27%

35%

6%

-14%

48%

96%

50%

105%

Eritrea

FI

54

220

132

38

20

190

84

78%

78%

11%

56%

Eritrea

Kenya
Libyan Arab
Jamahiriya

FA

144

172

311

40%

40%

0%

116%

Eritrea
Eritrea
Eritrea

Malawi
Malta
Netherlands

G
G
G

FI
FI
FI

*
21
107

278
393
175

8
12

251
131

110
41

282
*
21

282
371
205

43
75

..

..

100%

-100%

2%

70%

1%

105%

7%

78%

10%

-30%

Eritrea
Eritrea

Norway
South Africa

G
G

FI
FI

178
-

316
339

111
5

110
-

5
*

42
-

268
8

244
-

49%

98%

16%

37%

63%

63%

0%

..

Eritrea
Eritrea
Eritrea
Eritrea
Eritrea
Eritrea
Eritrea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Ethiopia

Sudan
Sweden
Switzerland4
Uganda
United Kingdom5
United States
United States
Yemen
Canada
Egypt

G
G
G
G
G
G
G
U
G
U

FA
FI
FI
FI
FI
IN
EO
FA
FI
FI

441
442
132
248
83
137
*
160
71

8,569
608
1,201
208
2,725
154
128
191
234
193

8,568
62
398
6
825
105
93
84
130
39

187
..
80
-

16
142
55
22
770
67
29
5
44
136

25
65
100
635
8
86
5
9
-

8,609
456
553
28
2,310
180
208
94
183
175

401
589
922
428
59
130
101
211
89

100%

100%

0%

-9%

16%

64%

14%

33%

88%

88%

18%

598%

21%

21%

0%

73%

49%

54%

27%

..

61%

61%

4%

-29%

76%

76%

41%

-5%

94%

94%

5%

2425%

75%

75%

5%

32%

22%

22%

0%

25%

Ethiopia

Eritrea

FA

1,504

446

31

19

54

1,896

62%

62%

7%

26%

Ethiopia

Germany

NA

92

176

111

17

138

131

7%

8%

12%

42%

Ethiopia

Greece

FA

43

170

142

64

209

1%

2%

31%

-91%

Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ethiopia

Kenya
Malawi
Malta
Netherlands
Norway
Somalia
South Africa

U
G
G
G
G
U
G

FI
FI
FI
FI
FI
FI
FI

2,632
7
7
46
132
97
-

5,416
1,324
123
209
143
1,280
3,916

589
*
15
12
112
50

*
90
-

1,376
102
76
13
149
82

871
1,098
19
23
-

2,836
1,098
107
200
48
261
132

5,212
233
23
58
241
1,116
-

30%

30%

31%

98%

..

..

100%

3229%
229%

Ethiopia
Ethiopia

Sudan
Switzerland4

G
G

FA
FI

3,316
88

1,264
255

922
31

..

29
71

*
28

953
130

Ethiopia
Ethiopia

Uganda
5
United Kingdom

G
G

FI
FI

120
-

268
215

23
20

20

56
160

45

Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Gambia
Gambia

United States
United States
Yemen
5
United Kingdom
United States

G
G
U
G
G

IN
EO
FA
FI
IN

456
578
212
143

892
276
895
135
171

423
342
152
10
31

5
-

349
168
254
105
174

Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia

Austria
Belgium
Cyprus
Cyprus

G
G
G
G

FA
FI
AR
FI

68
105
1,108

564
232
345
336

38
*
-

27
*
32

Georgia

France

AR

520

130

Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia

France
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary

G
G
G
G
G

RA
FI
NA
FA
FI

115
86
15

295
282
240
428
175

Georgia

Ireland

FI

Georgia
Georgia

G
G

AR
FI

24
57

Georgia

Ireland
Netherlands
Russian
Federation

FI

Georgia

Slovakia

FI

Georgia
Georgia

Sweden
Switzerland4

G
G

FI
FI

Ghana
Ghana
Ghana

Germany
South Africa
United Kingdom5

G
G
G

Guatemala

Canada

Procedure
3
T2
L

Decisions during 2006

Applied
during
2006

Total

Positive
RecogOther
nized
(hum.)

Rejected

Otherw.
closed

Total

Total

4%

5%

0%

8%

58%

10%

26%

48%

48%

48%

83%

43%

43%

0%

1051%

38%

38%

0%

..

3,628
221

97%

97%

0%

9%

30%

30%

22%

151%

79
245

309
-

29%

29%

0%

158%

10%

20%

18%

..

73
153
520
5
32

845
663
926
125
237

512
622
181
92

55%

55%

9%

12%

67%

67%

23%

8%

37%

37%

56%

-15%

8%

13%

4%

..

15%

15%

14%

-36%

504
34
78
250

311
10
31
344

880
46
111
626

1,752
339
818

7%

11%

35%

..

6%

6%

22%

-100%

20

720

870

130
34
*
-

20
*
*
*

537
214
221
25

81
354
112

171

176

152
156

24
-

62
125

138

128

115

209

74

153

66
45

134
287

10
..

75
121

51
165

NA
FI
FI

58
-

413
190
135

*
5

389
7
90

FI

134

165

49

57

0%

3%

28%

223%

0%

11%

55%

-26%

15%

17%

0%

..

150
574
298
575
138

74
52

87%

100%

0%

..

6%

6%

0%

..

1%

1%

27%

-36%

0%

0%

62%

-100%

0%

4%

81%

247%

187

45

1%

1%

5%

..

18

86
144

90
74

28%

28%

0%

275%

0%

1%

13%

30%

129

14

1%

1%

0%

180%

227

97

0%

0%

67%

-16%

136
287

80
51

0%

12%

38%

21%

1%

1%

57%

13%

23
5

413
7
100

44
-

0%

0%

6%

-24%

0%

0%

0%

..

0%

5%

5%

..

11

117

182

46%

46%

9%

36%

Table 9. Asylum applications and refugee status determination by origin and country/territory of asylum, 2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
N.B. The origin is included if the total number of applications submitted during 2006 was 100 or more.
Values between 1 and 4 have been replaced with an asterisk (*). See Table 7 regarding reporting of persons or cases.
Pending
start-2006

Protection indicators
Recognition
rates
O/w.
Change
Ref.
closed
pending
status Total
rate
cases (%)

Pending
end-2006

Origin
Guatemala

Country/
territory
of
asylum
United States

EO

3,954

949

157

886

2,169

3,212

5,739

15%

15%

68%

45%

Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea
Guinea
Guinea
Guinea
Guinea

United States
Belgium
Belgium
France
France
France
Germany

G
G
G
G
G
G
G

IN
FI
AR
FI
AR
RA
NA

27,248
434
328
37

566
413
379
859
845
194
110

389
114
89
150
150
11

*
11
11
*

3,251
346
7
933
578
84

13,002
29
63
*

16,642
489
70
1,024
739
161
99

14,590
637
55

11%

11%

78%

-46%

25%

25%

6%

-100%

0%

0%

90%

94%

9%

9%

0%

..

20%

22%

0%

..

93%

100%

0%

..

11%

13%

3%

49%

Guinea
Guinea
Guinea

Israel
Netherlands
5
United Kingdom

J
G
G

FA
FI
FI

160
108
-

151
116
190

42
40

254
97
80

49
12
15

303
151
135

8
58
-

0%

0%

16%

-95%

0%

30%

8%

-46%

0%

33%

11%

..

Guinea

United States

IN

249

448

91

335

51

477

233

21%

21%

11%

-6%

Guyana
Guyana
Haiti
Haiti
Haiti
Haiti
Haiti
Haiti
Honduras

Canada
United States
Canada
France
France
France
United States
United States
Canada

G
G
G
G
G
G
G
G
G

FI
EO
FI
AR
FI
RA
IN
EO
FI

252
122
321
6,664
6,544
157

276
113
759
2,956
1,844
391
3,372
1,763
176

97
16
208
159
232
158
1,874
570
42

39
63
39
-

189
76
166
2,464
3,695
2,984
2,517
59

38
86
20
2,753
2,260
51

324
178
394
2,662
3,990
197
7,611
5,347
152

204
77
686
2,860
2,690
7,115
181

34%

34%

12%

-19%

17%

17%

48%

-37%

56%

56%

5%

114%

6%

7%

0%

..

6%

7%

0%

..

80%

100%

0%

..

39%

39%

36%

-60%

18%

18%

42%

9%

42%

42%

34%

15%

Honduras

United States

EO

675

918

66

421

391

878

947

14%

14%

45%

40%

Hungary
India
India
India
India
India
India
India
India

Sweden
Australia
Australia
Austria
Canada
Cyprus
Cyprus
France
Germany

G
G
G
G
G
G
G
G
G

FI
AR
FI
FA
FI
FI
AR
FI
NA

*
42
79
692
515
53
78

399
352
316
479
764
253
111
110
512

16
*
*
236
7
*

*
-

147
281
310
432
262
68
18
146
476

204
32
*
342
183
196
9
57

351
329
315
779
681
264
27
153
535

49
66
28
1,429
775
504
137
92

0%

0%

58%

4800%

5%

5%

10%

57%

1%

1%

1%

-65%

0%

1%

44%

..

47%

47%

27%

12%

0%

0%

74%

-2%

0%

0%

33%

158%

5%

5%

0%

..

0%

0%

11%

18%

India

Germany

RA

19

117

112

120

18

0%

25%

93%

-5%

India

FA

15

162

120

61

181

0%

0%

34%

-100%

India

Greece
Hong Kong SAR,
China

FI

87

517

96

200

296

308

0%

0%

68%

254%

India
India
India
India
India
India
India
India
Indonesia
Indonesia
Indonesia

Slovakia
South Africa
Sweden
Ukraine
Ukraine
United Kingdom5
United States
United States
Australia
Australia
Malaysia

G
G
G
G
G
G
G
G
G
G
U

FI
FI
FI
FI
AR
FI
IN
EO
FI
AR
FA

391
27
162
109
940
1,874
105
31
598

727
1,175
143
473
159
735
323
279
296
181
756

*
159
450
55
10
514

*
20
-

197
44
58
*
185
525
316
458
246
157
301

480
70
631
80
207
491
*
*
10

677
44
130
634
185
625
682
1,399
303
176
825

441
47
*
83
618
1,491
19
36
529

0%

0%

71%

13%

0%

0%

0%

..

0%

3%

54%

74%

33%

33%

100%

-99%

0%

0%

0%

-24%

0%

4%

13%

..

33%

33%

30%

-34%

50%

50%

35%

-20%

18%

18%

1%

-82%

6%

6%

5%

16%

63%

63%

1%

-12%

Indonesia
Indonesia

United States
United States

G
G

IN
EO

573
3,117

783
177

282
314

321
1,088

106
705

709
2,107

660
1,889

47%

47%

15%

15%

22%

22%

33%

-39%

Iraq
Iraq
Iraq
Iraq
Iraq
Iraq

Armenia
Australia
Austria
Belgium
Belgium
Canada

G
G
G
G
G
G

FI
FI
FA
FI
AR
FI

64
46
582
456
102

255
188
380
695
356
179

117
92
42
*
91

237
46
7
-

*
50
316
8
7

7
15
122
156
66
8

244
138
310
521
76
106

75
86
643
736
175

Iraq
Iraq
Iraq
Iraq
Iraq
Iraq
Iraq

Cyprus
Denmark
Egypt
Finland
France
Germany
Germany

G
G
U
G
G
G
G

FI
FI
FI
FI
FI
NA
RA

239
20
216
137
659
92

132
507
2,870
225
116
2,117
468

9
12
14
123
38

48
*
113
17
17
11

11
101
73
103
1,528
11

50
57
36
263
281

109
103
66
234
134
1,931
341

262
20
3,020
128
854
216

Iraq

Greece

FA

1,151

1,415

1,756

218

1,974

592

Iraq

FI

215

65

63

136

Iraq

Ireland
Islamic Rep. of
Iran

FI

Iraq
Iraq
Iraq
Iraq

Jordan
Kuwait
Lebanon
Lebanon

U
U
U
U

FI
FI
FI
AR

Procedure
3
T2
L

Decisions during 2006

Applied
during
2006

Total

Positive
RecogOther
nized
(hum.)

Rejected

Otherw.
closed

Total

Total

0%

100%

3%

17%

95%

95%

11%

87%

49%

73%

39%

..

12%

13%

30%

-100%

20%

20%

87%

61%

93%

93%

8%

72%

0%

81%

46%

10%

0%

2%

0%

0%

100%

100%

86%

1298%
-7%

6%

63%

15%

10%

23%

0%

..

7%

8%

14%

30%

63%

82%

82%

135%

0%

0%

11%

-49%

74

51%

51%

6%

..
42500%

487

33

21

62

426

80%

80%

34%

16,210
25
1,396
19

4,689
272
1,455
151

121
13
93
12

48
-

314
332
85

1,514
22
-

1,949
13
495
97

18,950
284
2,356
73

28%

28%

78%

17%

100%

100%

0%

1036%

20%

30%

4%

69%

12%

12%

0%

284%

Table 9. Asylum applications and refugee status determination by origin and country/territory of asylum, 2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
N.B. The origin is included if the total number of applications submitted during 2006 was 100 or more.
Values between 1 and 4 have been replaced with an asterisk (*). See Table 7 regarding reporting of persons or cases.
Pending
start-2006

Iraq
Iraq
Iraq

Country/
territory
of
asylum
Libyan Arab
Jamahiriya
Netherlands
Norway

U
G
G

FA
FI
FI

Iraq
Iraq
Iraq

Slovakia
Sweden
Switzerland4

G
G
G

Iraq

Turkey

Iraq
Iraq
Iraq

Ukraine
United Kingdom5
United States

Iraq

United States

Iraq
Islamic Rep. of
Iran
Islamic Rep. of
Iran
Islamic Rep. of
Iran
Islamic Rep. of
Iran
Islamic Rep. of
Iran
Islamic Rep. of
Iran
Islamic Rep. of
Iran
Islamic Rep. of
Iran
Islamic Rep. of
Iran
Islamic Rep. of
Iran
Islamic Rep. of
Iran
Islamic Rep. of
Iran
Islamic Rep. of
Iran
Islamic Rep. of
Iran
Islamic Rep. of
Iran
Islamic Rep. of
Iran
Islamic Rep. of
Iran
Islamic Rep. of
Iran
Islamic Rep. of
Iran
Islamic Rep. of
Iran
Islamic Rep. of
Iran
Islamic Rep. of
Iran

Yemen
Austria

Origin

Procedure
3
T2
L

Applied
during
2006

Total

Positive
RecogOther
nized
(hum.)

Rejected

Protection indicators
Recognition
rates
O/w.
Change
Ref.
closed
pending
status Total
rate
cases (%)

Pending
end-2006

Decisions during 2006

Otherw.
closed

Total

Total

390
916
517

360
2,766
1,002

*
27
16

365
274

14
1,677
232

280
619
229

297
2,688
751

453
1,017
911

18%

18%

94%

16%

1%

19%

23%

11%

3%

56%

30%

76%

FI
FI
FI

166
1,477
364

206
8,951
816

184
111

3,853
..

62
430
579

115
617
191

177
5,084
881

195
5,712
324

0%

0%

65%

17%

4%

90%

12%

287%

16%

16%

22%

-11%

FI

2,003

722

36

318

354

2,371

100%

100%

90%

18%

G
G
G

FI
FI
IN

56
139

102
1,305
307

*
45
137

65
-

24
740
68

90
120
13

115
970
218

43
231

4%

4%

78%

-23%

5%

13%

12%

..

67%

67%

6%

66%

EO

412

204

190

125

91

406

323

60%

60%

22%

-22%

FA

362

478

483

483

357

100%

100%

0%

-1%

FA

274

211

15

62

80

368

855

73%

78%

22%

..

Belgium

FI

223

631

46

143

73

262

24%

24%

28%

-100%

Belgium

AR

659

152

28

214

137

379

432

12%

12%

36%

-34%

Canada

FI

331

246

228

45

26

299

278

84%

84%

9%

-16%

Cyprus

AR

205

324

16

220

22

262

267

2%

8%

8%

30%

Cyprus

FI

613

305

21

174

244

442

476

11%

12%

55%

-22%

France

FI

133

30

97

129

23%

25%

0%

..

Germany

RA

198

788

51

31

23

542

647

339

49%

78%

84%

71%

Germany

NA

295

611

82

463

72

620

288

15%

16%

12%

-2%

Greece

FA

122

528

480

66

557

93

2%

2%

12%

-24%

Ireland

FI

205

12

157

27

196

26

7%

7%

14%

..

Ireland

AR

36

144

11

53

69

111

17%

17%

7%

208%

Netherlands

FI

371

921

38

109

305

105

557

742

8%

33%

19%

100%

Norway

FI

201

218

15

81

46

146

276

4%

19%

32%

37%

FI

464

494

26

60

206

99

391

616

9%

29%

25%

33%

Switzerland

FI

186

302

29

..

249

48

326

251

10%

10%

15%

35%

Syrian Arab Rep.

FI

184

304

143

13

156

332

92%

92%

0%

80%

Turkey

FI

1,254

2,297

1,373

293

213

1,879

1,672

82%

82%

11%

33%

Turkey

AR

346

293

185

112

297

342

62%

62%

0%

-1%

FI

2,675

105

270

1,880

270

2,525

5%

17%

11%

..

IN

265

281

116

95

41

252

298

55%

55%

16%

12%

Sweden
4

United Kingdom

United States
United States

EO

506

119

118

85

176

379

463

58%

58%

46%

-8%

Israel

Canada

FI

290

507

45

148

57

250

547

23%

23%

23%

89%

Jamaica

Canada

FI

162

154

47

115

15

177

139

29%

29%

8%

-14%

Jamaica

United Kingdom5

FI

195

10

175

10

195

0%

5%

5%

..

Jamaica

United States

EO

106

126

44

87

134

115

6%

6%

65%

8%

Kazakhstan

Czech Rep.

FI

22

236

31

43

74

184

42%

42%

0%

736%

Kenya

Canada

FI

80

104

35

29

67

117

55%

55%

4%

46%

Kenya
Kenya
Kenya
Kuwait
Lao People's
Dem. Rep.
Lebanon
Lebanon

South Africa
5
United Kingdom
United States
United Kingdom5

G
G
G
G

FI
FI
IN
FI

341
-

544
115
138
230

8
67
60

10
5

42
90
107
95

5
52
20

50
105
226
180

260
-

16%

16%

0%

..

0%

10%

5%

..

39%

39%

23%

-24%

38%

41%

11%

..

Thailand
Armenia
Belgium

U
G
G

FI
FI
FI

91
20

240
282
173

214
-

14
-

*
17

*
267
5

218
281
22

113
*
-

100%

100%

1%

24%

0%

100%

95%

..

0%

0%

23%

-100%

Lebanon

Brazil

FI

356

248

249

109

0%

0%

0%

5350%

Table 9. Asylum applications and refugee status determination by origin and country/territory of asylum, 2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
N.B. The origin is included if the total number of applications submitted during 2006 was 100 or more.
Values between 1 and 4 have been replaced with an asterisk (*). See Table 7 regarding reporting of persons or cases.
Pending
start-2006

Origin
Lebanon
Lebanon
Lebanon
Lebanon

Country/
territory
of
asylum
Canada
Germany
Germany
Sweden

G
G
G
G

FI
NA
RA
FI

Lebanon

United Kingdom5

Liberia

Guinea

Liberia
Liberia
Liberia
Libyan Arab
Jamahiriya
Libyan Arab
Jamahiriya

Procedure
3
T2
L

Applied
during
2006

Total

Positive
RecogOther
nized
(hum.)

Rejected

Protection indicators
Recognition
rates
O/w.
Change
Ref.
closed
pending
status Total
rate
cases (%)

Pending
end-2006

Decisions during 2006

Otherw.
closed

Total

Total

165
155
21
94

363
601
121
679

78
*
-

*
*
12

55
466
10
104

38
81
85
70

171
549
98
186

357
216
39
606

59%

59%

22%

0%

0%

15%

39%

15%

23%

87%

86%

0%

10%

38%

545%

FI

235

10

165

15

190

0%

6%

8%

..

FI

1,365

231

72

148

220

1,376

33%

33%

0%

1%

Mauritania
Nigeria
United States

U
G
G

FA
FI
IN

18
118
350

104
162
123

17
87

80
90

106
60

97
106
237

25
174
249

18%

18%

0%

39%

..

..

100%

47%

49%

49%

25%

-29%

Sweden

FI

225

318

114

89

209

343

2%

5%

43%

52%
..

116%

FI

130

10

100

15

130

9%

13%

12%

Malawi

South Africa

FI

6,377

1,049

1,049

0%

0%

0%

..

Malaysia

Australia

AR

22

112

105

114

20

3%

3%

5%

-9%

Malaysia
Mali
Mali
Mauritania

Australia
France
United States
Belgium

G
G
G
G

FI
FI
IN
AR

36
59
140

109
153
201
253

19
20
*

*
-

111
148
166
57

*
25
39

114
169
211
99

13
61
294

-64%

Mauritania
Mauritania
Mauritania
Mexico
Mexico
Mexico
Moldova

France
France
France
Canada
United States
United States
Austria

G
G
G
G
G
G
G

AR
FI
RA
FI
IN
EO
FA

3,174
1,017
8,667
-

948
548
425
4,948
1,302
371
902

161
64
160
931
61
48
13

*
*
*
10

1,009
1,041
1,693
839
295
259

659
510
4,927
748

1,171
1,106
161
3,283
1,410
5,270
1,030

4,839
973
5,999
582

Moldova
Moldova

France
France

G
G

FI
AR

499
479

5
23

*
12

643
613

650
648

Moldova

Ireland

FI

110

58

29

90

Moldova

Slovakia

FI

63

385

98

275

Moldova
Mongolia
Mongolia
Mongolia
Mongolia
Morocco

Sweden
Austria
Netherlands
Sweden
Switzerland4
Germany

G
G
G
G
G
G

FI
FA
FI
FI
FI
NA

20
66
159
19
42

140
541
110
461
223
185

*
-

8
*
8
..
-

28
159
113
268
131
151

51
208
18
88
75
33

Morocco

Spain

FI

281

13

Mozambique
Myanmar
Myanmar
Myanmar

South Africa
Germany
India
Indonesia

G
G
U
U

FI
NA
FI
FA

38
86
*

727
128
627
119

130
311
92

*
-

313
*
68
*

Myanmar

Japan

FI

176

626

16

13

246

279

523

6%

Myanmar
Myanmar
Myanmar
Myanmar
Myanmar
Nepal

Malaysia
Netherlands
Thailand
United States
United States
Belgium

U
G
G
G
G
G

FA
FI
FA
IN
EO
FI

8,267
8
31,573
107
243
117

7,559
113
3,619
169
122
216

8,632
11
94
153
5

90
15,762
-

116
7
129
62
40
128

324
*
1,438
42
65
10

9,072
110
17,329
198
258
143

6,754
11
17,863
84
184
-

99%
10%

94%

2%

38%

0%

99%

8%

-43%

60%

60%

21%

-21%

79%

79%

25%

-24%

4%

4%

7%

-100%

Nepal
Nepal
Nepal
Nicaragua
Niger

Belgium
Canada
United States
United States
Belgium

G
G
G
G
G

AR
FI
IN
EO
AR

323
44
164
640
155

150
147
451
202
120

*
70
159
15
-

186
*
200
110
*

36
6
24
1,036
32

223
77
383
1,161
35

250
114
234
1,422
240

Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria

Austria
Canada
France
France
France
Germany
Germany

G
G
G
G
G
G
G

FA
FI
AR
FI
RA
NA
RA

476
106
13

421
685
584
434
238
481
103

11
189
53
9
53
*
-

11
115
*
16
*
*

352
236
543
647
445
9

320
45
49
90

694
470
711
658
69
499
100

3,284
691
152
21

Nigeria

Greece

FA

172

391

12

499

102

614

Nigeria

Hungary

FI

27

109

80

32

116

Nigeria

Ireland

FI

1,038

991

79

1,078

Nigeria

Ireland

AR

273

925

22

436

25

Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria
Nigeria

Israel
Morocco
Netherlands
Sierra Leone

J
U
G
U

FA
FA
FI
FI

63
477
98
-

448
183
243
205

*
*
-

19
-

231
241
161
-

Nigeria

South Africa

FI

712

81

United Kingdom

0%

0%

3%

11%

12%

0%

..

11%

11%

12%

3%

5%

5%

39%

110%

14%

14%

0%

..

6%

6%

0%

..

99%

100%

0%

..

35%

35%

20%

52%

7%

7%

36%

-4%

14%

14%

93%

-31%

5%

8%

73%

..

1%

1%

0%

..

4%

5%

0%

..

33

5%

5%

32%

..

373

75

0%

0%

74%

19%

79
377
132
364
206
184

82
969
52
303
45
49

0%

0%

65%

310%

1%

6%

55%

..

0%

1%

14%

-21%

0%

3%

24%

91%

0%

0%

36%

137%

0%

0%

18%

17%

23

0%

13%

35%

..

83
*

313
133
462
94

32
251
26

0%

0%

0%

..

98%

98%

0%

-16%

82%

82%

18%

192%

99%

99%

1%

2500%

11%

1%

197%

99%

4%

-18%

1%

1%

16%

-23%

99%

99%

8%

159%

44%

44%

6%

43%

12%

12%

89%

122%

0%

33%

91%

55%

3%

6%

46%

..

44%

44%

10%

45%

7%

24%

0%

..

1%

2%

0%

..

77%

100%

0%

..

0%

1%

10%

43%

0%

10%

90%

62%

0%

3%

17%

-100%

20

5%

5%

28%

-26%

143

1%

1%

7%

..

483

715

5%

5%

5%

162%

88
115
74
-

319
360
256
-

192
300
65
205

0%

0%

28%

205%

2%

2%

32%

-37%

1%

12%

29%

-34%

..

..

..

..

81

0%

0%

0%

..

Table 9. Asylum applications and refugee status determination by origin and country/territory of asylum, 2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
N.B. The origin is included if the total number of applications submitted during 2006 was 100 or more.
Values between 1 and 4 have been replaced with an asterisk (*). See Table 7 regarding reporting of persons or cases.
Pending
start-2006

Protection indicators
Recognition
rates
O/w.
Change
Ref.
closed
pending
status Total
rate
cases (%)

Pending
end-2006

Origin
Nigeria

Country/
territory
of
asylum
Spain

FI

632

38

30

70

0%

5%

43%

..

Nigeria

Sweden

FI

80

104

72

29

103

85

0%

3%

28%

6%

Nigeria

Switzerland4

FI

57

209

..

117

110

228

61

1%

1%

48%

7%

Nigeria

United Kingdom5

FI

940

60

640

85

790

1%

9%

11%

..

Nigeria

United States

EO

270

109

27

89

104

220

281

23%

23%

47%

4%

Occupied
Palestinian
Territory

India

FI

115

55

28

85

38

96%

96%

33%

375%

Occupied
Palestinian
Territory

Ukraine

FI

38

128

18

136

156

10

10%

10%

87%

-74%

Occupied
Palestinian
Territory
Pakistan
Pakistan

United Kingdom
Austria
Belgium

G
G
G

FI
FA
FI

64

345
110
160

6
*

5
*
-

215
90
60

65
105
10

285
205
72

521
-

0%

2%

23%

..

6%

10%

51%

..

3%

3%

14%

-100%

Pakistan

Canada

FI

1,004

652

431

455

60

946

710

49%

49%

6%

-29%

Pakistan

Cyprus

FI

1,208

268

203

458

661

815

0%

0%

69%

-33%

Pakistan

Cyprus

AR

190

221

157

28

185

226

0%

0%

15%

19%

Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan

G
G
G
G

FI
NA
RA
FA

84
30
288

393
464
127
2,378

*
14
7
*

*
*
*
-

427
369
5
1,752

48
111
373

431
434
125
2,126

130
37
540

1%

1%

0%

..

4%

4%

11%

55%

50%

64%

89%

23%

0%

0%

18%

88%

Pakistan

France
Germany
Germany
Greece
Hong Kong SAR,
China

FI

68

755

95

117

215

608

3%

3%

54%

794%

Pakistan
Pakistan

Ireland
Netherlands

G
G

FI
FI

50

167
117

7
*

21

96
77

15
13

118
114

50
60

7%

7%

13%

..

3%

24%

11%

20%

Pakistan

Slovakia

FI

117

182

78

132

210

89

0%

0%

63%

-24%

Pakistan

South Africa

FI

1,363

48

48

0%

0%

0%

..

Pakistan

Sri Lanka

FA

117

146

76

51

20

147

116

60%

60%

14%

-1%

Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan
Peru
Peru

Ukraine
United Kingdom5
United States
United States
Canada
Ecuador

G
G
G
G
G
J

FI
FI
EO
IN
FI
FI

93
1,127
279
222
296

359
1,805
319
193
175
1,032

135
174
93
52
7

75
-

16
1,320
250
110
108
506

428
115
364
79
19
-

444
1,645
788
282
179
513

8
900
204
218
815

0%

0%

96%

-91%

9%

14%

7%

..

41%

41%

46%

-20%

46%

46%

28%

-27%

33%

33%

11%

-2%

1%

1%

0%

175%

Peru
Philippines

United States
Canada

G
G

IN
FI

171
113

113
117

51
15

84
97

64
6

199
118

101
112

38%

38%

32%

-41%

13%

13%

5%

-1%

Rep. of Korea

Canada

FI

255

184

40

120

33

193

246

25%

25%

17%

-4%

Romania
Romania
Romania

Belgium
Canada
France

G
G
G

FI
FI
FI

*
118
-

191
122
232

*
70
-

5
25
-

*
29
-

7
124
-

116
-

17%

17%

14%

-100%

74%

74%

23%

-2%

..

..

..

..

Romania
Romania

Ireland
Sweden

G
G

FI
FI

10

289
441

*
-

148
204

198
75

348
280

20
181

1%

1%

57%

..

0%

0%

27%

1710%

Romania
Russian
Federation
Russian
Federation
Russian
Federation
Russian
Federation
Russian
Federation
Russian
Federation
Russian
Federation
Russian
Federation
Russian
Federation
Russian
Federation
Russian
Federation
Russian
Federation
Russian
Federation

United States

EO

187

137

43

33

84

160

260

57%

57%

53%

39%

Austria

FA

2,441

2,091

214

398

458

3,161

6,977

77%

85%

14%

..

Azerbaijan

FI

366

366

366

100%

100%

0%

..

Belgium

FI

685

1,582

442

366

88

896

55%

55%

10%

-100%

Belgium

AR

929

388

186

159

241

587

730

54%

54%

41%

-21%

Canada

FI

203

206

115

37

24

176

233

76%

76%

14%

15%

Cyprus

FI

778

104

11

53

197

261

621

0%

17%

75%

-20%

Czech Rep.

FI

145

171

51

117

32

200

116

30%

30%

16%

-20%

Czech Rep.

AR

181

116

12

100

72

184

113

11%

11%

39%

-38%

Finland

FI

63

176

20

25

89

21

155

84

15%

34%

14%

33%

France

FI

2,313

353

17

1,727

2,097

17%

18%

0%

..

France

AR

1,624

336

32

756

1,124

1,914

30%

33%

0%

..

France

RA

248

336

32

368

91%

100%

0%

..

Germany

NA

401

1,040

115

19

705

282

1,121

376

14%

16%

25%

-6%

Procedure
3
T2
L

Decisions during 2006

Applied
during
2006

Total

Positive
RecogOther
nized
(hum.)

Rejected

Otherw.
closed

Total

Total

Table 9. Asylum applications and refugee status determination by origin and country/territory of asylum, 2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
N.B. The origin is included if the total number of applications submitted during 2006 was 100 or more.
Values between 1 and 4 have been replaced with an asterisk (*). See Table 7 regarding reporting of persons or cases.

Origin
Russian
Federation
Russian
Federation
Russian
Federation
Russian
Federation
Russian
Federation
Russian
Federation
Russian
Federation
Russian
Federation
Russian
Federation
Russian
Federation
Rwanda
Rwanda

Pending
start-2006

Country/
territory
of
asylum

Procedure
3
T2
L

Applied
during
2006

Total

Positive
RecogOther
nized
(hum.)

Rejected

Protection indicators
Recognition
rates
O/w.
Change
Ref.
closed
pending
status Total
rate
cases (%)

Pending
end-2006

Decisions during 2006

Otherw.
closed

Total

Total

Germany

RA

99

373

58

10

278

351

130

79%

86%

79%

31%

Netherlands

FI

166

254

71

185

32

295

101

3%

30%

11%

-39%

Norway

FI

183

548

21

305

72

100

498

220

5%

82%

20%

20%

Poland

FI

1,991

4,002

386

1,853

755

3,355

6,349

1,854

13%

75%

53%

-7%

Slovakia

FI

466

463

106

367

473

456

0%

0%

78%

-2%

Spain

FI

110

14

32

13

68

25%

42%

19%

..

Sweden

FI

389

755

13

263

354

268

898

515

2%

44%

30%

32%

FI

194

426

17

..

191

176

384

254

8%

8%

46%

31%

FI

155

20

105

15

140

16%

16%

11%

..

United States
Belgium
Belgium

G
G
G

IN
FI
AR

1,210
748
533

551
370
310

220
281
11

388
281
17

505
46
57

1,113
608
85

680
758

36%

36%

45%

-44%

50%

50%

8%

-100%

39%

39%

67%

42%

Rwanda

Burundi

FI

8,566

10,774

206

7,837

11,297

19,340

3%

3%

58%

-100%

Rwanda

Cameroon

FA

456

178

50

228

113

391

243

18%

18%

29%

-47%

Rwanda
Rwanda
Rwanda

Canada
France
Kenya

G
G
U

FI
FI
FI

121
200

243
286
134

95
142
60

32
131
113

6
23

133
273
196

231
138

75%

75%

5%

91%

52%

52%

0%

..

35%

35%

12%

-31%

Rwanda

Malawi

FI

2,541

1,028

198

612

123

933

2,636

24%

24%

13%

4%

Rwanda
Rwanda
Rwanda

South Africa
Uganda
United States

G
G
G

FI
FI
IN

459
37

249
5,305
100

5
1,066
52

*
1,630
37

9
2,696
91

3,068
48

56%

56%

0%

..

40%

40%

0%

568%

58%

58%

2%

30%

Saint Lucia

Canada

FI

195

165

49

149

23

221

139

25%

25%

10%

-29%

Saint Vincent
and the
Grenadines
Senegal
Senegal

Canada
Argentina
Guinea-Bissau

G
G
G

FI
FI
FI

353
61
7

375
151
315

147
134

224
118
-

39
-

410
118
134

318
94
188

40%

40%

10%

-10%

0%

0%

0%

54%

100%

100%

0%

2586%

Senegal
Serbia

South Africa
Austria

G
G

FI
FA

166
2,515

318

168

5
1,530

869

5
2,885

6,532

0%

0%

0%

..

16%

24%

30%

..

Serbia
Serbia
Serbia
Serbia

Belgium
Belgium
Canada
Denmark

G
G
G
G

FI
AR
FI
FI

365
324
95
19

778
137
105
267

87
32
40
-

104
69
30
56

168
66
11
82

359
167
81
138

294
119
19

46%

46%

47%

-100%

32%

32%

40%

-9%

57%

57%

14%

25%

0%

0%

59%

0%

Serbia

Finland

FI

85

286

31

185

13

229

142

0%

14%

6%

67%

Serbia
Serbia
Serbia
Serbia

France
France
France
Germany

G
G
G
G

FI
AR
RA
NA

874

3,047
2,151
305
3,182

78
358
356
*

*
11
11
51

2,475
993
2,842

590

2,555
1,362
367
3,486

2,100
594

Serbia

Germany

RA

498

2,027

11

38

52

2,044

2,145

Serbia
Serbia
Serbia

Hungary
Luxembourg
Netherlands

G
G
G

FI
FI
FI

56
215

384
193
607

12
*

26
26

136
251

190
73

352
12
352

Serbia

Norway

FI

Serbia
Serbia

Slovenia
Sweden

G
G

FA
FI

Serbia
Serbia

Switzerland4
United Kingdom5

G
G

Serbia

United States

Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone

Switzerland

United Kingdom

3%

3%

0%

..

26%

27%

0%

..

97%

100%

0%

..

0%

2%

17%

-32%

397

11%

49%

95%

-20%

88
488

0%

16%

54%

57%

100%

100%

0%

..

1%

10%

21%

127%
21%

85

369

30

228

106

372

103

11%

14%

28%

106
1,158

243
1,976

*
113

5
273

345
981

154
495

505
1,862

100
1,406

0%

2%

30%

-6%

8%

28%

27%

21%

FI
FI

523
-

1,225
110

60
5

..
30

793
155

470
20

1,323
210

479
-

7%

7%

36%

-8%

3%

18%

10%

..

IN

268

155

51

112

123

286

146

31%

31%

43%

-46%

Angola
Germany

G
G

FA
NA

5
51

144
116

13
7

*
5

40
79

57
96

92
58

23%

30%

0%

1740%

8%

13%

5%

14%

Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
Slovakia

Guinea
Netherlands
Nigeria
United Kingdom5
Belgium

G
G
G
G
G

FI
FI
FI
FI
FI

1,717
168
46
6

632
203
106
150
126

212
*
-

81
20
-

386
142
85
*

32
89
15
11

598
256
89
120
14

1,751
75
63
-

35%

35%

0%

2%

0%

37%

13%

-55%
37%

Slovakia
Slovakia
Somalia

Germany
Germany
Austria

G
G
G

NA
RA
FA

10
8
-

199
135
183

103

18

148
*
9

33
120
31

181
123
161

29
20
176

Somalia
Somalia

Belgium
Canada

G
G

FI
FI

64
169

124
206

22
95

34
20

17
22

73
137

238

..

..

100%

0%

19%

13%

..

0%

0%

79%

-100%

0%

0%

18%

190%

0%

0%

98%

150%

79%

93%

19%

..

39%

39%

23%

-100%

83%

83%

16%

41%

Table 9. Asylum applications and refugee status determination by origin and country/territory of asylum, 2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
N.B. The origin is included if the total number of applications submitted during 2006 was 100 or more.
Values between 1 and 4 have been replaced with an asterisk (*). See Table 7 regarding reporting of persons or cases.
Pending
start-2006

Pending
end-2006

Origin
Somalia
Somalia
Somalia

Procedure
3
T2
L
U
FI
G
NA
G
FA

Somalia

Ireland

AR

130

169

39

Somalia
Somalia

Ireland
Kenya

G
U

FI
FI

12,454

161
26,916

60
17,718

Somalia
Somalia
Somalia
Somalia
Somalia

Malawi
Malta
Nepal
Netherlands
Norway

G
G
U
G
G

FI
FI
FI
FI
FI

74
*
455
647

885
208
102
1,462
632

9
49
25
152

Somalia
Somalia

South Africa
Sudan

G
G

FI
FA

46

3,024
215

Somalia
Somalia
Somalia
Somalia

Sweden
Switzerland4
Syrian Arab Rep.
Syrian Arab Rep.

G
G
U
U

FI
FI
FI
RA

391
218
1,474
59

Somalia

Syrian Arab Rep.

AR

Somalia
Somalia
Somalia
Somalia

U
U
G
G

FI
AR
FI
FI

Somalia

Turkey
Turkey
Uganda
United Kingdom5
United Rep. of
Tanzania

Somalia
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka

United States
United Kingdom5
Australia
Australia
Canada
Cyprus
Cyprus
France
France

G
G
G
G
G
G
G
G
G

Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka

France
Germany
Germany
Greece
China
China
Indonesia
Malaysia
Netherlands

G
G
G
G
U
U
U
U
G

RA
NA
RA
FA
FI
AR
FA
FA
FI

Sri Lanka

Norway

FI

18

106

11

21

105

0%

Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Stateless
Stateless
Stateless
Stateless

Switzerland4
United Kingdom5
United States
Austria
Czech Rep.
France
Netherlands

G
G
G
G
G
G
G

FI
FI
EO
FA
FI
FI
FI

111
225
29
114

328
600
126
204
100
228
232

64
5
81
41
23
75
*

..
60
18
34

132
395
47
80
70
144
126

42
40
75
78
12
33

238
500
203
217
105
219
196

221
217
383
24
102

33%
1%

14%

8%

..

63%

63%

37%

-4%

29%

42%

36%

..

25%

25%

11%

-17%

34%

34%

0%

..

2%

23%

17%

-11%

Stateless

Norway

FI

76

237

53

49

43

46

191

127

37%

70%

24%

67%

Stateless

Spain

FI

118

14

97

121

21%

79%

80%

..

Stateless

FI

466

815

23

213

280

133

649

739

4%

46%

20%

59%

Sudan
Sudan
Sudan

Sweden
Central African
Rep.
Egypt
France

G
U
G

FI
FI
FI

369
10,191
-

106
2,523
452

70
40
114

*
49
220

114
-

72
203
334

403
12,511
-

97%

97%

0%

9%

45%

45%

56%

23%

34%

34%

0%

..

Sudan

Greece

FA

61

183

197

38

242

1%

3%

16%

-97%

Sudan

Ireland

FI

308

109

163

13

285

61

40%

40%

5%

..

Sudan

Ireland

AR

39

160

40

52

147

15%

15%

10%

277%

Sudan

Israel

FA

98

164

262

263

0%

100%

0%

-100%

Sudan
Sudan

Kenya
Lebanon
Libyan Arab
Jamahiriya
Malta
Netherlands
Switzerland4

U
U

FI
FI

65
20

4,210
154

4,092
-

*
89

56
16

4,152
109

123
65

100%

100%

1%

89%

0%

4%

15%

225%

U
G
G
G

FA
FI
FI
FI

523
78
153
65

359
181
320
101

6
*
13
5

136
121
..

205
105
148
43

5
44
35

211
248
326
83

671
11
137
48

3%

3%

0%

28%

1%

57%

2%

-86%

Sudan
Sudan
Sudan
Sudan

Decisions during 2006

Protection indicators
Recognition
rates
O/w.
Change
Ref.
closed
pending
status Total
rate
cases (%)

Country/
territory
of
asylum
Egypt
Germany
Greece

Total
244
79
242

Applied
Positive
during
RecogOther
2006
nized
(hum.) Rejected
1,135
1,082
11
146
21
14
83
150
7
7
154

Otherw.
closed
28
69

Total
1,093
146
237

Total
286
79
155

128

172

129
32

13
9,821

202
27,571

130
872
177

9
331
29

861
*
81
106

861
150
49
1,309
464

98
58
54
556
816

275
209

24
-

299
211

50

1,066
273
1,719
176

89
20
744
168

643
..
-

108
263
20
15

91
66
-

931
349
764
183

387

136

135

19

404
33
594
-

680
110
2,507
2,155

108
12
2,046
775

165

110
36
855

303
225

FA

102

662

764

764

IN
FI
FI
AR
FI
FI
AR
AR
FI

319
128
57
1,081
700
33
-

120
130
324
123
907
389
244
2,519
2,145

45
159
44
661
343
143

*
-

74
85
102
93
202
276
21
1,160
2,658

70
*
*
39
346
22
-

189
85
263
140
902
622
43
1,506
2,801

61
25
36
209
71
14
438
54

1,484
170
144
118
309
133
166
186
147

342
5
*
17
*
19
*

*
*
12

132
5
93
133
48
20
79

26
127
33
114
54
38
174
31

345
163
138
126
264
102
40
213
125

69
31
28
254
102
140
411
68

99%

99%

0%

18%

30%

19%

17%
0%

4%

8%

29%

-36%

127

23%

23%

3%

-2%

34
11,799

32%

32%

6%

..

100%

100%

36%

-5%
32%

..

..

100%

6%

94%

1%

..

100%

100%

0%

5300%

2%

73%

6%

22%

42%

92%

23%

26%

92%

92%

0%

..

100%

100%

1%

9%

489
152
2,429
52

11%

87%

10%

25%

7%

7%

19%

-30%

97%

97%

0%

65%

92%

92%

0%

-12%

154

369

88%

88%

0%

-5%

521
48
2,046
2,020

563
95
1,055
-

50%

50%

58%

39%

25%

25%

0%

188%

100%

100%

0%

78%

43%

52%

11%

..

100%

100%

0%

-100%

256
154
41
1,086
467
234
2,615
-

38%

38%

37%

-20%

0%

0%

0%

..

61%

61%

1%

20%

32%

32%

2%

-28%

77%

77%

4%

0%

0%

0%

56%

-33%

0%

0%

51%

609%

23%

23%

0%

..

5%

5%

0%

..

99%

100%

0%

..

4%

4%

16%

13%

36%

55%

92%

24%

0%

0%

26%

-22%

11%

11%

43%

22%

0%

0%

53%

44%

100%

100%

95%

900%

49%

49%

82%

-6%

3%

16%

25%

26%

60%

52%

483%

33%

18%

99%

5%

48%

13%

-10%

10%

10%

42%

-26%

Table 9. Asylum applications and refugee status determination by origin and country/territory of asylum, 2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
N.B. The origin is included if the total number of applications submitted during 2006 was 100 or more.
Values between 1 and 4 have been replaced with an asterisk (*). See Table 7 regarding reporting of persons or cases.
Pending
start-2006

Origin
Sudan

Country/
territory
of
asylum
Syrian Arab Rep.

Procedure
3
T2
L
U
FI

Sudan
Sudan

Turkey
United Kingdom5

U
G

FI
FI

60
-

113
755

9
35

40

Syrian Arab Rep. Belgium

FI

138

167

Syrian Arab Rep. Cyprus

FI

1,500

1,255

Syrian Arab Rep. Cyprus

AR

35

Syrian Arab Rep. Germany

NA

Syrian Arab Rep. Germany

Syrian Arab Rep. Greece

Otherw.
closed

58

Total
326

72%

72%

0%

16%

13
435

54
145

76
655

97
-

41%

41%

71%

62%

7%

15%

22%

..

57

14

76

8%

8%

18%

-100%

127

257

392

2,363

2%

6%

66%

58%

123

52

60

98

0%

0%

13%

180%

344

609

69

568

110

750

201

11%

11%

15%

-42%

RA

95

221

38

14

181

239

78

66%

76%

76%

-18%

FA

29

143

134

26

161

11

1%

1%

16%

-62%

Syrian Arab Rep. Iraq

FI

774

220

83

83

911

..

..

100%

18%

Syrian Arab Rep. Netherlands

FI

171

293

16

32

169

25

242

206

7%

22%

10%

20%

Syrian Arab Rep. Sweden

FI

237

433

22

31

121

82

256

462

13%

30%

32%

95%

FI

91

161

42

..

105

47

194

117

29%

29%

24%

29%

FI

180

25

20

130

30

205

14%

26%

15%

..

TfYR Macedonia Austria

FA

193

10

11

157

106

284

955

6%

12%

37%

..

TfYR Macedonia France

FI

165

152

155

2%

2%

0%

..

TfYR Macedonia Germany

NA

32

132

117

25

142

30

0%

0%

18%

-6%

TfYR Macedonia Germany

RA

18

106

96

102

26

0%

17%

94%

44%

TfYR Macedonia
Togo
Togo
Togo

Sweden
Belgium
Belgium
France

G
G
G
G

FI
FI
AR
FI

37
75
673
-

111
260
163
175

19
6
32

*
*

50
143
27
229

33
7
71
-

85
169
104
262

59
732
-

Togo

Germany

NA

58

164

22

117

27

171

Togo

Germany

RA

40

119

116

Togo
Togo
Trinidad and
Tobago

Switzerland
United States

G
G

FI
IN

181
126

181
145

131
72

..
-

92
90

27
8

Canada

FI

163

142

45

116

33

Turkey
Turkey
Turkey
Turkey

Austria
Belgium
Belgium
Canada

G
G
G
G

FA
FI
AR
FI

139
460
321

668
380
112
270

113
10
36
96

30
-

380
93
67
89

307
19
95
36

Turkey
Turkey
Turkey
Turkey
Turkey

France
France
France
Germany
Germany

G
G
G
G
G

AR
FI
RA
NA
RA

694
359

3,691
2,758
1,406
1,949
1,061

293
206
292
102
45

*
*
*
7
18

2,558
4,285
1,703
105

256
1,028

Turkey

Iraq

FI

218

168

Turkey

Israel

FA

59

126

43

Turkey

Japan

FI

26

149

76

15

Turkey
Turkey
Turkey
Turkey

Netherlands
Sweden
4
Switzerland
United Kingdom5

G
G
G
G

FI
FI
FI
FI

155
201
409
-

341
305
693
550

*
*
455
20

28
25
..
35

176
140
372
430

64
66
137
55

4%

11%

10%

..

Uganda

Canada

FI

42

160

26

11

46

156

70%

70%

20%

271%

Uganda

Kenya

FI

526

135

29

89

17

135

526

25%

25%

13%

0%

Uganda

South Africa

FI

931

15

59

74

20%

20%

0%

..

Uganda
Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine
Ukraine

United Kingdom5
Austria
Canada
Cyprus
Cyprus
Czech Rep.
Czech Rep.
France

G
G
G
G
G
G
G
G

FI
FA
FI
FI
AR
AR
FI
FI

315
1,042
58
786
130
-

175
176
207
144
105
583
571
101

5
20
124
13
31
*

15
10
*
*

130
107
81
45
31
559
562
160

10
95
34
386
15
199
48
-

160
232
239
431
48
771
641
165

721
283
755
115
598
60
-

3%

13%

6%

..

15%

22%

41%

..

60%

60%

14%

-10%

0%

0%

90%

-28%

0%

6%

31%

98%

2%

2%

26%

-24%

5%

5%

7%

-54%

2%

3%

0%

..

Syrian Arab Rep. United Kingdom

Total

Protection indicators
Recognition
rates
O/w.
Change
Ref.
closed
pending
status Total
rate
cases (%)

Syrian Arab Rep. Switzerland4

Total
281

Applied
Positive
during
RecogOther
2006
nized
(hum.) Rejected
103
42
16

Pending
end-2006

Decisions during 2006

0%

4%

39%

59%

12%

12%

4%

-100%

18%

18%

68%

9%

12%

13%

0%

..

56

15%

19%

16%

-3%

126

33

30%

70%

92%

-18%

250
170

125
104

59%

59%

11%

-31%

44%

44%

5%

-17%

194

111

28%

28%

17%

-32%

830
122
198
221

3,464
374
370

22%

27%

37%

..

10%

10%

16%

-100%

35%

35%

48%

-19%

52%

52%

16%

15%

2,855
4,493
296
2,068
1,196

2,754
609
242

10%

10%

0%

..

5%

5%

0%

..

99%

100%

0%

..

120

120

266

50

135

91

84

0%

270
232
964
540

239
319
361
-

1%
1%

16%

28%

59%

55%

55%

14%

-12%

6%

6%

12%

-12%

27%

38%

86%

-33%

..

..

100%

22%

0%

0%

14%

129%

0%

16%

223%

15%

24%

54%

Table 9. Asylum applications and refugee status determination by origin and country/territory of asylum, 2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
N.B. The origin is included if the total number of applications submitted during 2006 was 100 or more.
Values between 1 and 4 have been replaced with an asterisk (*). See Table 7 regarding reporting of persons or cases.
Pending
start-2006

Decisions during 2006

Origin
Ukraine
United Rep. of
Tanzania
United States

Procedure
3
T2
L
G
IN

South Africa
Canada

G
G

FI
FI

244

1,838
389

*
8

Uzbekistan

Kazakhstan

FA

42

177

159

Uzbekistan

Kyrgyzstan

FA

159

120

Uzbekistan

Kyrgyzstan

FA

38

135

40

Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
(Boliv. Rep. of)
Venezuela
(Boliv. Rep. of)

Sweden
United States

G
G

FI
IN

303
134

446
242

78

231
-

42
163

67
31

Canada

FI

91

100

34

53

United States

IN

513

865

497

480

Viet Nam

Cambodia

FI

28

260

43

187

Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Viet Nam

Cambodia
Czech Rep.
Czech Rep.

U
G
G

AR
FI
AR

37
28
166

172
124
120

14
7

Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Viet Nam

Germany
Germany
Hungary

G
G
G

NA
RA
FI

126
42
60

990
211
406

*
*
-

Viet Nam

United States

EO

80

102

Total
284

Applied
Positive
during
RecogOther
2006
nized
(hum.) Rejected
187
44
143

Pending
end-2006

Country/
territory
of
asylum
United States

Protection indicators
Recognition
rates
O/w.
Change
Ref.
closed
pending
status Total
rate
cases (%)

Otherw.
closed
119

Total
306

Total
170

265
147

100

266
255

378

10

173

46

98%

98%

6%

10%

13

133

30

100%

100%

10%

650%

47

126

0%

0%

85%

232%

340
272

830
112

0%

85%

20%

174%

32%

32%

11%

-16%

92

99

39%

39%

5%

9%

44

1,021

364

51%

51%

4%

-29%

18

248

40

19%

19%

7%

43%

93
122
113

18
18
67

125
140
187

84
12
99

13%

13%

14%

127%

0%

0%

13%

-57%

6%

6%

36%

-40%

*
*
-

954
12
354

71
203
5

1,028
220
359

97
33
107

0%

0%

7%

-23%

18%

29%

92%

-21%

0%

0%

1%

78%

39

58

106

88

19%

19%

55%

10%

24%

24%

39%

-40%

0%

0%

0%

..

5%

5%

39%

55%

Zambia

South Africa

FI

263

53

53

0%

0%

0%

..

Zimbabwe

Canada

FI

625

582

455

219

25

699

508

68%

68%

4%

-19%

Zimbabwe

South Africa

FI

18,973

103

1,878

1,981

5%

5%

0%

..

Zimbabwe

United Kingdom5

FI

2,095

190

50

1,890

80

2,210

9%

11%

4%

..

Zimbabwe

United States

IN

126

195

84

110

13

207

118

43%

43%

6%

-6%

Notes:
A dash ("-") indicates that the value is zero or not available.
1

Protection indicators (calculated by UNHCR):

Refugee status recognition rate: Recognized divided by total of Recognized, Other positive and Rejected * 100%.
Total recognition rate: Recognized plus Other positive divided by total of Recognized, Other positive and Rejected * 100%.
Otherwise closed rate: Otherwise closed divided by Total no. of decisions * 100%.
Change in pending cases: Cases pending as at 31 December 2005 minus Cases pending as at 1 January 2005 divided by Cases pending as at 1 January 2005 * 100%.

2
3

T=Type: G=Government; U=UNHCR; J=Government and UNHCR jointly.

L=Level: NA=New Applications; FI=First instance decisions; AR=Administrative Review decisions; RA=Repeat/reopened applications; IN=US Immigration and
Naturalization Service; EO=US Executive Office of Immigration Review; JR=Including Judicial Review; FA=Including first instance and appeal/review decisions.

Data for humanitarian status in Switzerland cannot be provided by origin because of the delay between according humanitarian status and the latter entering into force.

UK figures are rounded to the closest five.

Table 10. Demographic composition of populations of concern to UNHCR, end-2006

Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
* Indicates the proportion of the population of concern in the country for which the demographic data are available. If the
coverage is low (below 10-20%), the percentages may not be representative for the total population of concern in the country.

Important note:
The population for which demographic data is available does not necessarily equal the total pop. of concern in the country.

Region and
country of
asylum/
residence
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria*
Angola
Argentina

Population
for which
demographic
data is
available
276,764
92

Population
Demographic indicators
of concern
Coverage*
Share of age group in total
Percentage female per age group
to UNHCR Age/
Sex
0-4
5-11 12-17 <18 18-59 60+> 0-4
5-11 12-17 <18 18-59 60+> Var. Total end-2006
sex
only
20% 25% 13% 58% 38%
3% 49% 49% 49% 49% 52% 43% 49% 49%
527,710 26%
52%
1% 14% 15% 30% 63%
7%
0% 46% 36% 39% 26% 67%
.. 33%
102 90%
90%

175

1%

10%

2%

13%

87%

0%

0%

39%

0%

30%

14%

..

..

16%

95,121

0%

0%

59,916

22%

16%

18%

55%

41%

4%

54%

55%

52%

53%

56%

59%

..

55%

61,695

97%

97%

4,025

2%

4%

5%

11%

86%

3%

46%

46%

42%

44%

34%

38%

..

35%

Armenia
Australia
Austria

113,792
-

1%
..
..

2%
..
..

5%
..
..

8%
..
..

75%
..
..

17%
..
..

46%
..
..

51%
..
..

42%
..
..

45%
..
..

49%
..
..

66%
..
..

51%
..
..

51%
..
..

113,792
70,368
68,383

2%
0%
0%

100%
0%
0%

Azerbaijan

689,679

14%

18%

10%

43%

55%

2%

48%

44%

53%

48%

47%

61%

53%

53%

691,988

0%

100%

18

6%

11%

22%

39%

61%

0% 100%

50%

25%

43%

36%

..

..

39%

18 100%

100%

26,390
3,144
17,246

17%
4%
..

25%
15%
..

14%
9%
..

56%
28%
..

41%
68%
..

2%
3%
..

50%
55%
..

51%
51%
..

50%
54%
..

54%
35%
..

51%
67%
..

..
34%
44%

52%
36%
44%

Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belgium

50%
59%
..

4,025 100%

326,390
12,030
32,970

8%
7%
0%

100%

8%
26%
52%

Belize

489

0%

0%

31%

31%

52%

17%

..

..

45%

45%

37%

37%

..

40%

489 100%

100%

Benin

12,146

11%

7%

16%

33%

66%

1%

48%

44%

51%

49%

36%

59%

..

41%

12,146 100%

100%

415

4%

7%

11%

22%

75%

3%

38%

40%

47%

43%

39%

36%

..

40%

587

71%

71%

151,512

96%

100%

3,160 104%

104%

Bolivia
Bosnia and
Herzegovina

151,512

3%

8%

8%

19%

62%

19%

50%

50%

50%

50%

51%

56%

52%

52%

3,292

21%

11%

1%

34%

64%

2%

48%

55%

0%

49%

26%

41%

..

34%

Brazil

20,890

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

44%

44%

20,890

0%

100%

Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi

639
1,267
33,857

..
3%
15%

..
8%
24%

..
12%
21%

..
23%
60%

..
77%
38%

..
0%
2%

..
68%
53%

..
51%
49%

..
59%
51%

..
57%
50%

..
32%
52%

..
0%
58%

9%
..
51%

9%
38%
51%

5,364
0%
1,267 100%
82,307 24%

12%
100%
41%

Botswana

Cambodia

295

6%

9%

11%

27%

73%

0%

39%

43%

36%

39%

32%

0%

..

34%

295 100%

100%

Cameroon

39,244

14%

20%

13%

47%

50%

2%

50%

49%

51%

50%

45%

29%

..

47%

39,245 100%

100%

Canada

23,463

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

44%

44%

175,420

0%

13%

161,284
267,387

15%
18%

19%
30%

11%
14%

45%
62%

54%
35%

2%
3%

49%
50%

50%
52%

49%
52%

49%
51%

50%
66%

57%
58%

..
..

50%
56%

161,315 100%
399,457 67%

100%
67%

1,472

6%

11%

9%

26%

73%

1%

43%

47%

55%

49%

38%

57%

..

41%

1,473 100%

100%

234
224
-

8%
4%
..

12%
6%
..

7%
4%
..

27%
15%
..

72%
78%
..

1%
8%
..

39%
50%
..

36%
23%
..

43%
70%
..

39%
45%
..

27%
28%
..

0%
53%
..

89%
..
..

35%
33%
..

Congo
Costa Rica
Cte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Rep.
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Denmark
Djibouti

55,803
775
750,219
11,873
694
924
1,887

15%
2%
15%
2%
0%
..
..

18%
3%
14%
9%
1%
..
..

21%
2%
16%
11%
14%
..
..

55%
8%
45%
22%
15%
..
..

42%
92%
52%
53%
85%
..
..

3% 50%
0% 68%
2% 50%
25% 45%
0% 100%
..
..
..
..

46%
33%
51%
47%
50%
..
..

51%
50%
53%
47%
0%
..
..

49%
48%
51%
47%
3%
..
..

50%
32%
54%
51%
4%
..
..

54%
33%
51%
58%
0%
..
..

..
..
52%
..
..
41%
43%

50%
33%
52%
52%
4%
41%
43%

186,466
16

16%
..
0%

33%
..
0%

0%
..
0%

49%
..
..

..
..
..

50%
..
..

55%
..
31%

52%
..
..

..
..
..

52%
..
31%

1,814,990
37,901
9,278

10%
0%
0%

10%
0%
0%

Ecuador

267,310

9%

9%

8%

26%

73%

1%

49%

58%

53%

53%

59%

69%

43%

44%

267,310

6%

100%

Egypt

104,467

16%

17%

17%

50%

48%

2%

48%

58%

36%

47%

42%

59%

..

45%

104,468 100%

100%

39
6,657

0%
19%

3%
18%

0%
10%

3%
47%

87%
50%

10%
3%

..
46%

0%
49%

..
45%

0%
47%

32%
41%

0%
54%

..
..

28%
44%

39 100%
6,657 100%

100%
100%

0%

92%

8%

..

..

..

..

18%

0%

..

17%

53% 45%
0% 100%

2%
0%

49%
..

49%
..

43%
..

48%
..

46%
0%

51%
..

..
..

47%
0%

Central African Rep.

Chad
Chile
China
Colombia***
Comoros

El Salvador
Eritrea
Estonia

12

0%

0%

0%

Ethiopia
Fiji

97,303
2

19%
0%

22%
0%

12%
0%

49% 44%
..
..
0% 100%

7%
..
0%

51%
..
..

301,130
3,000,267
2

0%
0%
0%

0%
0%
0%

69,085 81%
16,902
5%
738,985
6%
11,908 100%
695 100%
13,432
0%
4,763
0%

81%
5%
102%
100%
100%
7%
40%

119,217

0%

0%

97,326 100%
2 100%

100%
100%

Finland

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

0%

0%

France
Gabon

124,400
12,556

..
12%

..
16%

..
11%

..
39%

..
59%

..
2%

..
51%

..
49%

..
53%

..
51%

..
40%

..
44%

42%
..

42%
45%

186,471
0%
12,556 100%

67%
100%

Gambia
Georgia

14,363
248,636

16%
4%

21%
9%

28%
11%

65%
25%

27%
59%

8%
17%

50%
48%

52%
49%

61%
49%

56%
49%

48%
55%

50% 100%
61% 42%

54%
55%

14,363
309,702

98%
80%

100%
80%

668,226

Germany

13,028

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

0%

0%

Ghana
Greece
Guatemala

50,535
2,956
385

7%
0%
0%

17%
0%
0%

13%
10%
1%

38%
10%
1%

60%
90%
85%

2%
0%
14%

50%
..
..

55%
..
..

54%
4%
0%

54%
4%
0%

47%
8%
57%

67%
0%
50%

..
..
..

50%
8%
55%

50,535 100%
18,901 16%
385 100%

100%
16%
100%

Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Haiti
Honduras

35,355
8,121
22

10%
18%
..
0%

22%
27%
..
0%

18%
24%
..
9%

50%
69%
..
9%

48%
28%
..
86%

2%
4%
..
5%

48%
48%
..
..

50%
69%
..
..

48%
52%
..
0%

49%
58%
..
0%

50%
33%
..
16%

52%
39%
..
0%

..
..
..
..

50%
50%
..
14%

35,356 100%
8,121 100%
1
0%
22 100%

100%
100%
0%
100%

Table 10. Demographic composition of populations of concern to UNHCR, end-2006

Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
* Indicates the proportion of the population of concern in the country for which the demographic data are available. If the
coverage is low (below 10-20%), the percentages may not be representative for the total population of concern in the country.

Important note:
The population for which demographic data is available does not necessarily equal the total pop. of concern in the country.

Region and
country of
asylum/
residence
Hong Kong SAR,
China

Population
for which
demographic
data is
available

Demographic indicators
Share of age group in total
Percentage female per age group
5-11 12-17 <18 18-59 60+> 0-4
5-11 12-17 <18 18-59 60+> Var.

0-4

Total

Population
of concern
to UNHCR
end-2006

4,347

1%

1%

1%

2%

98%

0%

42%

50%

27%

40%

13%

0%

38%

24%

58%

100%

2,913
81,850
566

..
..
5%
3%

..
..
10%
8%

..
..
19%
7%

..
..
34%
18%

..
..
61%
81%

..
..
5%
0%

..
..
46%
59%

..
..
44%
38%

..
..
48%
21%

..
..
46%
35%

..
..
..
..
55% 51%
11% 100%

24%
..
49%
..

24%
..
49%
16%

8,659
0%
298
0%
159,048
8%
566 100%

34%
0%
51%
100%

2,180,954

11%

19%

14%

43%

52%

5%

49%

49%

49%

49%

52%

51%

..

50%

2,181,189 100%

100%

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

969,388

7%

25%

11%

43%

53%

4%

48%

48%

8%

38%

42%

37%

..

40%

Israel

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

1,700

0%

0%

Italy

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

27,761

0%

0%
60%

Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iraq
Ireland
Islamic Rep. of Iran

4,347

Coverage*
Age/
Sex
sex
only

11,341

0%

0%

969,492 100%

100%

Japan

2,951

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

30%

30%

4,887

0%

Jordan

20,185

5%

12%

10%

27%

69%

4%

49%

49%

47%

49%

34%

48%

..

38%

519,486

4%

4%

Kazakhstan

50,199

9%

1%

33%

42%

56%

2%

48%

45%

49%

49%

49%

60%

50%

50%

50,199

9%

100%

291,046
575
11,940
24
3,414
361,886

12%
9%
4%
0%
7%
6%

19%
14%
6%
0%
8%
8%

14%
16%
21%
13%
7%
10%

45%
39%
32%
13%
22%
24%

52%
59%
64%
88%
76%
74%

3%
2%
5%
0%
1%
2%

48%
46%
53%
..
51%
44%

47%
56%
47%
..
46%
50%

43%
64%
49%
67%
43%
48%

46%
57%
49%
67%
47%
48%

45%
36%
43%
14%
25%
49%

44%
50%
60%
..
45%
44%

..
..
51%
..
..
50%

45%
45%
50%
21%
30%
50%

391,046
109,661
12,254
393,036
772,853
362,022

74%
1%
16%
0%
0%
4%

74%
1%
97%
0%
0%
100%

4,754
25

3%
..

9%
..

11%
..

23%
..

73%
..

4%
..

40%
..

48%
..

48%
..

47%
..

36%
..

33%
..

..
44%

38%
44%

4,755 100%
302
0%

100%
8%

Kenya
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lebanon
Liberia
Libyan Arab
Jamahiriya
Liechtenstein
Lithuania

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

0%

0%

Luxembourg
Malawi
Malaysia
Mali

9,188
46,356
12,469

..
17%
8%
13%

..
21%
4%
16%

..
11%
8%
18%

..
49%
20%
48%

..
50%
79%
50%

..
1%
1%
2%

..
50%
50%
63%

..
51%
47%
53%

..
45%
44%
32%

..
49%
47%
48%

..
39%
21%
32%

..
49%
32%
42%

..
..
..
..

..
44%
26%
40%

2,256
0%
9,188 100%
107,670 43%
12,469 100%

0%
100%
43%
100%

Malta
Mauritania
Mexico

30,361
3,455

..
8%
0%

..
7%
0%

..
5%
8%

..
20%
9%

..
78%
71%

..
2%
21%

..
51%
..

..
52%
0%

..
38%
48%

..
48%
47%

..
29%
46%

..
45%
17%

..
52%
..

..
51%
40%

2,615
0%
30,362
3%
3,455 100%

0%
100%
100%

2
1,945
7
23,132
6,874
669,500
6,486
128,700
208
337
9,444
-

0%
3%
0%
5%
..
19%
14%
20%
7%
..
..
0%
7%
9%
..

0%
8%
0%
14%
..
22%
24%
20%
14%
..
..
1%
12%
6%
..

0%
4%
0%
12%
..
10%
17%
20%
14%
..
..
1%
19%
13%
..

0% 100%
15% 83%
0% 100%
30% 55%
..
..
52% 47%
55% 41%
60% 38%
35% 58%
..
..
..
..
2% 85%
37% 62%
28% 70%
..
..

0%
3%
0%
15%
..
1%
4%
1%
6%
..
..
13%
1%
1%
..

..
71%
..
46%
..
50%
49%
49%
47%
..
..
..
39%
46%
..

..
42%
..
48%
..
48%
49%
49%
48%
..
..
0%
58%
57%
..

..
56%
..
47%
..
49%
48%
49%
50%
..
..
50%
63%
40%
..

..
51%
..
47%
..
49%
49%
49%
49%
..
..
25%
57%
46%
..

0%
16%
43%
54%
..
38%
53%
43%
49%
..
..
69%
36%
42%
..

..
50%
..
58%
..
55%
50%
60%
46%
..
..
11%
50%
59%
..

..
50%
..
..
..
..
..
..
48%
..
..
..
..
..
..

0%
47%
43%
53%
..
44%
51%
47%
49%
..
..
61%
44%
43%
..

2
1,945
588
23,331
1,878
6,874
728,000
6,619
3,640,043
118,153
5,135
215
337
9,448
48,292

100%
12%
1%
99%
0%
100%
92%
98%
3%
0%
0%
97%
100%
100%
0%

100%
100%
1%
99%
0%
100%
92%
98%
4%
0%
0%
97%
100%
100%
0%

Occupied
Palestinian Territory
Oman
Pakistan**
Panama

14
1,047,144
15,591

..
0%
10%
10%

..
0%
19%
9%

..
21%
17%
10%

..
21%
46%
29%

..
64%
51%
62%

..
14%
3%
10%

..
..
51%
48%

..
..
48%
52%

..
67%
48%
51%

..
67%
49%
51%

..
22%
39%
40%

..
0%
39%
41%

..
..
50%
45%

..
29%
50%
45%

2
0%
14 100%
1,047,141
0%
15,591 13%

0%
100%
100%
100%

Papua New Guinea

Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Portugal
Qatar
Rep. of Korea

2,685
61
1,399
556
81
710

0%
0%
1%
1%
..
..
0%
2%

13%
2%
7%
4%
..
..
2%
1%

88% 100%
15% 16%
7% 15%
4%
8%
..
..
..
..
15% 17%
0%
3%

0%
80%
73%
91%
..
..
80%
95%

0%
3%
12%
1%
..
..
2%
2%

.. 100%
..
0%
14% 42%
0% 20%
..
..
..
..
..
0%
50% 25%

14%
67%
40%
40%
..
..
58%
..

25%
60%
39%
27%
..
..
50%
45%

..
33%
37%
9%
..
..
15%
20%

..
50%
28%
0%
..
..
0%
73%

49%
..
..
55%
..
..
..
..

49%
38%
37%
44%
..
..
21%
22%

10,185
61
1,402
556
8,921
333
81
710

0%
100%
100%
25%
0%
0%
100%
100%

26%
100%
100%
100%
0%
0%
100%
100%

384

2%

5%

85%

1%

44%

38%

42%

17%

40%

..

21%

2,058

19%

19%

Micronesia
(Federated States
of)
Moldova
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Netherlands
New Zealand
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Norway

Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda

7%

14%

44%

7,796

1,716

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

37%

37%

452,559

0%

0%

55,258

21%

23%

17%

61%

36%

3%

51%

50%

53%

51%

63%

60%

..

56%

59,108

93%

93%

Table 10. Demographic composition of populations of concern to UNHCR, end-2006

Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
* Indicates the proportion of the population of concern in the country for which the demographic data are available. If the
coverage is low (below 10-20%), the percentages may not be representative for the total population of concern in the country.

Important note:
The population for which demographic data is available does not necessarily equal the total pop. of concern in the country.
Population
for which
demographic
data is
available
1,034
23,225
413,025
27,613
11
8
633
2,331
131,107
559,242

0-4
6%
17%
1%
12%
9%
38%
1%
12%
..
..
10%

1,614,240

10%

17%

14%

40%

51%

8%

48%

53%

53%

52%

51%

50%

50%

50%

1,008

11%

13%

17%

42%

58%

0%

47%

48%

42%

45%

39%

..

..

41%

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

102,889

0%

0%

48,523
49,647
946
1,924
151,829
6
3,985
161
9,173
751
228,139
4,298

..
9%
4%
13%
14%
0%
15%
5%
6%
10%
18%
0%

..
15%
14%
20%
18%
0%
18%
3%
11%
18%
21%
0%

..
14%
20%
15%
15%
0%
12%
2%
11%
16%
17%
3%

..
..
38% 58%
38% 58%
48% 49%
47% 50%
0% 100%
45% 52%
10% 83%
29% 69%
44% 50%
56% 41%
3% 96%

..
4%
4%
3%
4%
0%
2%
7%
2%
6%
2%
1%

..
48%
33%
49%
49%
..
51%
38%
46%
48%
50%
0%

..
49%
30%
51%
49%
..
56%
20%
49%
54%
50%
..

..
48%
73%
48%
49%
..
54%
33%
47%
50%
45%
21%

..
48%
54%
49%
49%
..
54%
31%
47%
51%
48%
19%

..
45%
56%
50%
48%
17%
41%
24%
41%
46%
51%
8%

..
48%
0%
56%
51%
..
78%
50%
48%
52%
60%
63%

46%
..
49%
..
..
..
..
..
60%
..
..
23%

46%
46%
49%
50%
48%
17%
48%
27%
43%
49%
50%
21%

61,061
1,007,425
1,493
2,862
151,829
166,964
17,687
161
9,173
751
2,169,028
73,450

0%
5%
5%
67%
100%
0%
23%
100%
100%
100%
11%
1%

79%
5%
63%
67%
100%
0%
23%
100%
100%
100%
11%
6%

206

7%

9%

16%

32%

64%

5%

43%

37%

41%

40%

48%

0%

..

43%

206 100%

100%

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

485,675
153
-

15%
..
3%
..

16%
..
5%
..

22%
..
7%
..

53%
..
15%
..

45%
..
75%
..

2%
..
10%
..

48%
..
25%
..

48%
..
25%
..

44%
..
45%
..

47%
..
35%
..

49%
..
30%
..

50%
..
47%
..

..
..
..
..

Venezuela

8,474

13%

17%

16%

46%

51%

3%

47%

50%

49%

49%

46%

38%

Viet Nam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Total

9,620
96,653
70,253
3,519
13,899,619

..
4%
19%
..
11%

..
11%
13%
..
19%

..
11%
21%
..
14%

..
26%
54%
..
45%

..
71%
43%
..
50%

..
3%
3%
..
5%

..
50%
52%
..
49%

..
48%
52%
..
49%

..
48%
51%
..
44%

..
48%
51%
..
48%

..
30%
50%
..
49%

..
54%
52%
..
53%

Region and
country of
asylum/
residence
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
South Africa
Spain
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Swaziland
Sweden
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Rep.
Tajikistan
TfYR Macedonia
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United Rep. of
Tanzania
United States
Uruguay
Uzbekistan

Share of age group in total

5-11 12-17 <18 18-59
18% 15% 39% 59%
23% 19% 58% 37%
9% 10% 20% 60%
24% 15% 51% 46%
0%
0%
9% 91%
0%
0% 38% 63%
3%
9% 13% 61%
5%
3% 19% 79%
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
15%
9% 34% 62%

Population
Demographic indicators
of concern
Percentage female per age group
to UNHCR
60+> 0-4
5-11 12-17 <18 18-59 60+> Var. Total end-2006
2% 53% 49% 50% 50% 29% 36%
.. 37%
311,050
4% 59% 58% 61% 59% 48% 59%
.. 55%
23,226
20% 48% 49% 48% 48% 49% 59% 50% 50%
419,099
3% 50% 51% 49% 50% 51% 52%
.. 51%
27,727
0% 100%
..
.. 100% 10%
..
.. 18%
11
0% 100%
..
.. 100% 40%
..
.. 63%
2,992
27%
0% 25% 36% 31% 66% 50% 19% 27%
4,524
1% 49% 48% 48% 49% 36% 18% 56% 38%
403,735
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 14% 14%
166,197
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
5,295
4% 56% 60% 39% 53% 40% 38% 51% 51%
559,242
1,622,222

Coverage*
Age/
Sex
sex
only
0%
0%
100% 100%
73%
99%
100% 100%
100% 100%
0%
0%
3%
14%
1%
1%
0%
79%
0%
0%
0% 100%
6%

100%

1,008 100%

100%

314,061

0%

0%

48%
..
33%
..

485,679 100%
967,721
0%
153 100%
1,426
0%

100%
0%
100%
0%

..

47%

208,474

50%
..
..
44%
49%

50%
35%
51%
44%
49%

4%

4%

9,620
0%
96,655 100%
120,468 58%
3,816
0%
32,861,218 24%

100%
100%
58%
92%
42%

* According to the Government of Algeria, there are an estimated 165,000 Sahrawi refugees in the Tindouf camps.
** UNHCR figures for Pakistan only include Afghans living in camps who are assisted by UNHCR. According to a 2005 government census of Afghans in Pakistan
and subsequent voluntary repatriation during the year, there are an additional 1.3 million Afghans living outside camps, some of whom may be refugees. Those
Afghans living outside camps receive no UNHCR assistance except access to UNHCR-facilitated voluntary repatriation. These figures are currently under review as
result of the registration of Afghans which took place in Pakistan from October 2006 to February 2007.
*** According to the Constitutional Court of Colombia, there are serious discrepancies between the real magnitude of the situation and the figures of the national
registration system. In a latest Order of Compliance to the Landmark Judgment on Displacement, the Court cites the Director of the Agencia Presidencial de Accin
Social y la Cooperacin Internacional who acknowledged in public statements that IDP figures in Colombia are close to 3 million (Order of Compliance 218, dated 11
August 2006, related to the Landmark Judgment T-025).

Table 11. Major locations and demographic composition of populations of concern to UNHCR, end-2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
* Type of location: C=Camps/Centers; U=Urban; R=Rural/Dispersed; V=Various/Unknown.
** Indicates the proportion of the population of concern at the location for which the demographic characteristics are available.
This table shows locations where the population numbered 100 or more only. Name of location as provided by UNHCR country office.

Important notes:
The population by location does not necessarily add up to the total population of concern in the country.
Countries with no information on location or demographics are not included.

Country of
asylum/
residence
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Algeria
Algeria
Angola
Angola
Angola
Angola
Angola
Angola
Angola
Angola
Angola

Type
of
location
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
V
C
U
C
C
C
C
R
R
R
R
R

Name
of
location
Baghi Shirkat
Herat
Kandahar
Maiwand
Mukhtar
Panjwayi
Zehray Dasht
Badakhshan
Badghis
Badghis
Baghlan
Balkh
Bamyan
DayKundi
Farah
Faryab
Faryab
Ghazni
Ghor
Hilmand
Jawzjan
Jawzjan
Kapisa
Khost
Kunar
Kunduz
Laghman
Logar
Nimroz
Nuristan
Paktika
Paktya
Samangan
Sari Pul
Saripul
Takhar
Takhar
Uruzgan
Various
Wardak
Zabul
Badghis
Baghlan
Balkh
Balkh
Farah
Herat
Hirat
Jawzjan
Kabul
Kabul
Kandahar
Kunduz
Nangarhar
Parwan
Saripul
Takhar
Various
Tindouf
Algiers
Kamatende
Keutepwe
Sungi
Viana
Cabinda
Huambo
Kuando Kubango
Lunda Norte
Lunda Sul

0-4
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
14%
21%
..
21%
..
16%
15%
23%
17%
..
20%
10%
23%
20%
..
18%
19%
21%
23%
23%
21%
27%
20%
24%
20%
23%
21%
..
21%
..
25%
..
19%
21%
..
..
18%
..
..
..
14%
..
18%
..
21%
..
22%
22%
..
..
..
..
1%
23%
17%
5%
14%
23%
24%
24%
5%
8%

Share of age group in total

5-11 12-17 <18 18-59
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
18%
6% 38% 59%
18% 13% 52% 43%
..
..
..
..
25% 13% 58% 39%
..
..
..
..
21% 12% 49% 46%
18%
5% 38% 58%
25% 11% 59% 38%
18% 12% 47% 48%
..
..
..
..
24% 10% 54% 42%
14%
7% 31% 68%
26% 12% 62% 35%
23% 12% 55% 41%
..
..
..
..
19% 15% 51% 47%
26% 14% 59% 37%
27% 14% 62% 35%
29% 11% 63% 34%
26% 12% 62% 35%
27% 12% 60% 37%
30%
8% 65% 32%
28% 15% 64% 34%
27% 11% 61% 36%
25% 15% 60% 37%
21% 12% 56% 41%
25% 11% 56% 40%
..
..
..
..
22% 11% 54% 43%
..
..
..
..
29% 12% 66% 30%
..
..
..
..
24% 15% 57% 39%
29% 12% 62% 34%
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
23% 13% 54% 41%
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
17% 14% 45% 51%
..
..
..
..
23% 15% 55% 41%
..
..
..
..
28% 12% 61% 35%
..
..
..
..
26% 13% 62% 36%
22% 14% 57% 40%
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
10%
2% 13% 87%
17% 28% 67% 29%
13% 21% 50% 45%
7% 28% 40% 57%
17% 33% 64% 35%
10% 21% 55% 41%
13% 18% 54% 41%
16% 14% 54% 41%
5%
4% 14% 82%
11% 19% 38% 61%

Total
Demographic indicators
population
Percentage female per age group
at location,
60+> 0-4
5-11 12-17 <18 18-59 60+> Var. Total end-2006
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 49% 49%
855
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 49% 49%
1,376
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 49% 49%
808
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 49% 49%
6,428
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 49% 49%
23,600
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 49% 49%
42,961
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 49% 49%
38,650
3% 52% 48% 44% 49% 25% 25%
.. 34%
150
4% 63% 50% 52% 56% 42% 22%
.. 48%
206
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 49% 49%
1,476
3% 49% 48% 45% 48% 53% 43%
.. 50%
6,763
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 49% 49%
511
6% 63% 42% 58% 53% 49% 31%
.. 50%
274
4% 29% 52% 50% 43% 40% 50%
.. 42%
159
3% 49% 41% 43% 44% 48% 40%
.. 46%
320
4% 47% 50% 49% 49% 41% 48%
.. 45%
1,440
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 49% 49%
1,374
5% 50% 50% 49% 49% 52% 44%
.. 50%
7,113
2% 67% 75% 75% 72% 25% 100% 49% 46%
178
3% 47% 51% 57% 50% 50% 33% 49% 50%
1,699
4% 50% 50% 43% 48% 51% 38%
.. 49%
3,363
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 49% 49%
1,210
2% 52% 43% 56% 50% 36% 13%
.. 43%
470
3% 46% 47% 47% 47% 52% 41%
.. 49%
3,603
3% 48% 47% 47% 47% 50% 48%
.. 48%
2,708
3% 50% 50% 49% 50% 53% 46%
.. 51%
16,148
3% 49% 48% 45% 47% 50% 41%
.. 48%
3,468
3% 50% 49% 51% 50% 53% 45%
.. 51%
11,124
2% 40% 31% 55% 38% 57% 33% 49% 44%
140
3% 63% 47% 57% 55% 49% 40%
.. 52%
187
3% 51% 45% 57% 50% 49% 35% 49% 49%
1,096
4% 49% 49% 52% 50% 56% 37%
.. 51%
8,684
4% 52% 51% 45% 50% 50% 58% 49% 51%
542
4% 51% 46% 42% 47% 48% 40%
.. 47%
902
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 49% 49%
345
4% 48% 47% 51% 49% 47% 48%
.. 48%
2,214
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 49% 49%
219
4% 56% 35% 40% 44% 54% 40%
.. 47%
128
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 49% 49%
1,437
4% 48% 46% 55% 49% 49% 36%
.. 48%
1,261
4% 52% 43% 54% 48% 52% 27% 49% 49%
1,479
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 49% 49%
2,083
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 49% 49%
350
5% 50% 49% 52% 50% 51% 49%
.. 50%
2,801
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 49% 49%
1,234
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 49% 49%
665
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 49% 49%
8,212
4% 52% 47% 51% 50% 40% 30%
.. 44%
1,842
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 49% 49%
145
4% 49% 48% 50% 49% 53% 44%
.. 50%
31,091
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 49% 49%
3,426
4% 50% 46% 49% 48% 51% 47%
.. 49%
2,190
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 49% 49%
170
3% 49% 50% 47% 49% 52% 46%
.. 50%
22,578
2% 50% 46% 49% 48% 46% 37%
.. 47%
2,225
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 49% 49%
100
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 49% 49%
365
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
250,898
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
90,000
0%
0% 39%
0% 30% 14%
..
.. 16%
5,124
3% 50% 66% 40% 50% 66% 69%
.. 55%
830
5% 55% 27% 73% 55% 55% 54%
.. 55%
470
2% 33% 53% 51% 49% 61% 29%
.. 55%
287
1% 50% 60% 46% 50% 63% 53%
.. 55%
6,232
5% 54% 41% 54% 52% 56% 62%
.. 54%
269
5% 54% 45% 59% 54% 56% 60%
.. 55%
2,118
5% 54% 61% 45% 54% 56% 60%
.. 55%
4,235
4% 42% 25% 52% 39% 51% 63%
.. 50%
481
1% 85% 62% 84% 78% 44% 50%
.. 57%
725

Coverage*
Age/ Sex
sex
only
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
0% 100%
100% 100%
0% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
0% 100%
100% 100%
33% 100%
78% 100%
100% 100%
0% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
93% 100%
100% 100%
75% 100%
100% 100%
98% 100%
100% 100%
0% 100%
100% 100%
0% 100%
100% 100%
0% 100%
100% 100%
47% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
100% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
100% 100%
0% 100%
100% 100%
0% 100%
100% 100%
0% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0%
0%
0%
0%
3%
3%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%

Table 11. Major locations and demographic composition of populations of concern to UNHCR, end-2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
* Type of location: C=Camps/Centers; U=Urban; R=Rural/Dispersed; V=Various/Unknown.
** Indicates the proportion of the population of concern at the location for which the demographic characteristics are available.
This table shows locations where the population numbered 100 or more only. Name of location as provided by UNHCR country office.

Important notes:
The population by location does not necessarily add up to the total population of concern in the country.
Countries with no information on location or demographics are not included.

Country of
asylum/
residence
Angola
Angola
Angola
Angola
Angola
Argentina
Armenia
Armenia
Armenia
Armenia
Armenia
Armenia
Armenia
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan

Type
of
location
R
R
R
R
U
U
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
U
C
C
C
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
V

Bangladesh

Bangladesh
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Belize

C
U
U
V
U
R
U

Name
of
location
Malange
Moxico
Uige
Zaire
Luanda
Buenos Aires
Aragatsotn marz
Ararat marz
Armavir marz
Gegharkunik
Kotayk marz
Lori marz
Tavush marz
Yerevan
Aghjabedi
Sabirabad
Various
Aghdam
Aghdash
Aghsu
Agstafa
Barda
Beylagan
Bilasuvar
Dashkesen
Fizuli
Gadebey
Gakh
Gazakh
Gebele
Goranboy
Goychay
Hajigabul
Imishli
Ismayilli
Jalilabad
Khanlar
Kurdemir
Lachin
Oghuz
Saatli
Salyan
Samukh
Shamakhi
Sheki
Shemkir
Tar-Tar
Tovuz
Ujar
Yevlakh
Absheron
Ali-Bayramli
Baku
Ganja
Mingachevir
Naftalan
Nakhichivan
Sumgait
Various
Kutapalong (Cox
Bazaar)
Nayapara (Cox
Bazaar)
Dhaka
Minsk
Various
Various
Various
Belize City

0-4
11%
23%
24%
24%
11%
2%
..
0%
..
0%
..
0%
0%
5%
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
14%
..
..
..
..
..
..

Share of age group in total

5-11 12-17 <18 18-59
20% 21% 52% 46%
17% 17% 57% 38%
15% 15% 54% 41%
15% 15% 54% 41%
8% 17% 36% 61%
4%
5% 11% 86%
..
..
..
..
0%
3%
3% 78%
..
..
..
..
0%
4%
4% 89%
..
..
..
..
0%
1%
1% 83%
0%
2%
2% 79%
8% 12% 24% 62%
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
18% 10% 43% 55%
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..

Total
Demographic indicators
population
Percentage female per age group
at location,
60+> 0-4
5-11 12-17 <18 18-59 60+> Var. Total end-2006
2% 57% 41% 51% 49% 64% 29%
.. 55%
809
5% 54% 58% 47% 53% 58% 60%
.. 55%
18,068
5% 54% 53% 58% 55% 56% 60%
.. 56%
12,423
5% 54% 48% 59% 54% 56% 60%
.. 55%
11,797
3% 52% 40% 44% 46% 30% 40%
.. 36%
2,638
3% 46% 46% 42% 44% 34% 38%
.. 35%
4,025
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 51% 51%
7,132
18%
..
.. 42% 42% 48% 66%
.. 51%
550
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 51% 51%
23,991
7%
..
.. 50% 50% 41% 63%
.. 42%
113
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 51% 51%
29,815
16%
..
..
0%
0% 44% 65%
.. 47%
106
19%
..
..
0%
0% 58% 65%
.. 58%
183
14% 46% 51% 47% 48% 45% 64% 51% 51%
51,330
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
18,431
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
17,279
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
5,152
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
39,082
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
3,367
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
1,774
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
9,070
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
47,984
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
28,807
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
12,614
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
1,272
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
54,339
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
13,629
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
1,083
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
36,213
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
1,943
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
7,246
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
1,986
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
1,849
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
13,338
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
3,372
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
1,418
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
6,021
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
2,745
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
14,009
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
2,764
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
11,089
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
1,369
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
1,772
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
1,130
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
5,511
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
1,923
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
15,516
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
30,087
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
1,042
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
11,646
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
10,093
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
4,451
2% 48% 44% 53% 48% 47% 61% 53% 53%
164,650
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
15,558
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
19,036
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
2,968
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
967
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 53% 53%
44,084
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2,300

Coverage*
Age/ Sex
sex
only
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
40% 40%
100% 100%
0% 100%
100% 100%
0% 100%
100% 100%
0% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
1% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
2% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0%
0%

17%

25%

14%

56%

41%

2%

50%

50%

49%

50%

54%

52%

..

52%

10,144

100% 100%

18%
4%
5%
..
..
0%
0%

25%
8%
16%
..
..
0%
0%

14%
13%
8%
..
..
29%
34%

57%
25%
29%
..
..
29%
34%

41%
72%
68%
..
..
55%
47%

2%
3%
2%
..
..
16%
19%

49%
56%
60%
..
..
..
..

50%
45%
55%
..
..
..
..

52%
65%
54%
..
..
42%
49%

50%
57%
56%
..
..
42%
49%

54%
38%
32%
..
..
37%
38%

50%
50%
50%
..
..
29%
48%

..
..
..
34%
44%
..
..

52%
43%
39%
34%
44%
37%
44%

16,010
236
486
11,137
17,259
316
173

100%
100%
100%
0%
0%
100%
100%

100%
100%
100%
20%
100%
100%
100%

Table 11. Major locations and demographic composition of populations of concern to UNHCR, end-2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
* Type of location: C=Camps/Centers; U=Urban; R=Rural/Dispersed; V=Various/Unknown.
** Indicates the proportion of the population of concern at the location for which the demographic characteristics are available.
This table shows locations where the population numbered 100 or more only. Name of location as provided by UNHCR country office.

Important notes:
The population by location does not necessarily add up to the total population of concern in the country.
Countries with no information on location or demographics are not included.

Country of
asylum/
residence

Total
Demographic indicators
population
Percentage female per age group
at location,
60+> 0-4
5-11 12-17 <18 18-59 60+> Var. Total end-2006
1% 48%
.. 50% 49% 37% 69%
.. 42%
5,303
1% 46% 50% 45% 47% 47% 25%
.. 47%
716
1% 50% 43% 55% 49% 37% 51%
.. 40%
5,496
0% 46%
.. 39% 41% 21% 50%
.. 24%
631
3% 38% 35% 48% 42% 40% 36%
.. 40%
366
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
172

Benin
Benin
Benin
Benin
Bolivia
Bolivia

Type
of
location
C
C
U
U
U
V

Name
of
location
Agame
Kpomasse
Cotonou
Lokossa
La Paz
Various

0-4
14%
11%
8%
6%
4%
..

Bosnia and
Herzegovina

Various (Federation
of BiH)

17%

18%

19%

54%

43%

3%

59%

43%

48%

50%

47%

59%

..

49%

554

100% 100%

Bosnia and
Herzegovina

Various (Federation
of BiH)

7%

12%

12%

31%

62%

7%

49%

48%

48%

48%

53%

56%

..

52%

2,538

100% 100%

Various (Republika
Srpska)

2%

8%

8%

18%

70%

12%

58%

48%

49%

49%

50%

54%

..

50%

7,284

100% 100%

Brcko district

3%

7%

7%

16%

61%

22%

43%

44%

44%

44%

53%

62%

..

53%

1,153

100% 100%

Bosnia and
Herzegovina

Various (Federation
of BiH)

3%

9%

9%

21%

62%

17%

49%

50%

50%

49%

54%

55%

52%

53%

63,814

96% 100%

Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Burundi
Burundi
Burundi
Burundi
Burundi
Cambodia

V
C
U
V
U
U
C
C
C
R
U
V
C

2%
22%
..
..
..
3%
23%
19%
14%
..
10%
..
6%

7%
11%
..
..
..
8%
25%
17%
21%
..
24%
..
10%

7%
0%
..
..
..
12%
20%
17%
20%
..
22%
..
12%

17%
33%
..
..
..
23%
68%
53%
56%
..
56%
..
28%

62%
65%
..
..
..
77%
31%
44%
42%
..
42%
..
72%

21%
2%
..
..
..
0%
2%
3%
2%
..
2%
..
0%

49%
48%
..
..
..
68%
53%
49%
57%
..
50%
..
50%

50%
54%
..
..
..
51%
50%
46%
45%
..
48%
..
41%

50%
..
..
..
..
59%
53%
44%
50%
..
50%
..
31%

50%
50%
..
..
..
57%
52%
46%
50%
..
49%
..
39%

49%
25%
..
..
..
32%
52%
53%
48%
..
53%
..
32%

56%
41%
..
..
..
0%
62%
57%
50%
..
58%
..
..

52%
..
26%
48%
9%
..
..
..
..
..
..
51%
..

51%
34%
26%
48%
9%
38%
52%
50%
49%
..
51%
51%
34%

76,136
3,179
3,890
17,000
639
1,267
7,318
211
2,492
306
9,986
58,765
222

96%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
100%
100%
100%
0%
100%
0%
100%

Cameroon

18%

27%

13%

58%

39%

3%

50%

49%

53%

50%

52%

28%

..

50%

20,419

100% 100%

Cameroon
Cameroon
Canada

R
U
U

Various (Republika
Srpska)
Dukwi
Various
Various
Sofia
Ouagadougou
Gasorwe
Giharo
Gihinga
Cibitoke
Bujumbura
Various
Phnom Penh
East/Adamaoua
province
Northwest/Adamao
ua province
Douala, Yaound
Various

19%
7%
..

26%
11%
..

15%
13%
..

60%
31%
..

37%
68%
..

3%
1%
..

45%
52%
..

51%
49%
..

52%
48%
..

50%
49%
..

61%
38%
..

34%
31%
..

..
..
44%

53%
41%
44%

2,948
15,866
23,463

100% 100%
100% 100%
0% 100%

Central African Rep.

Kbandoro

23%

25%

15%

64%

36%

0%

41%

48%

54%

47%

45%

..

..

46%

159

100% 100%

Central African Rep.

Mboki

13%

18%

12%

43%

55%

3%

51%

48%

50%

49%

49%

39%

..

49%

6,657

100% 100%

Central African Rep.

Molangue

23%

23%

14%

60%

40%

1%

49%

45%

49%

48%

36%

43%

..

43%

937

100% 100%

Central African Rep.

Bamingui-Bangoran

13%

20%

8%

42%

58%

1%

51%

50%

47%

50%

51%

73%

..

50%

7,000

100% 100%

Central African Rep.

Haute Kotto

15%

19%

11%

45%

53%

2%

49%

50%

49%

49%

51%

58%

..

50%

15,000

100% 100%

Central African Rep.

Nana -Gribizi

15%

19%

11%

45%

53%

2%

49%

50%

49%

49%

51%

58%

..

50%

20,000

100% 100%

Central African Rep.

Nana -Mambere

15%

19%

11%

45%

53%

2%

49%

50%

49%

49%

51%

58%

..

50%

15,000

100% 100%

Central African Rep.

Ouham

15%

19%

11%

45%

53%

2%

49%

50%

49%

49%

51%

58%

..

50%

20,000

100% 100%

Central African Rep.

Ouham Pende

15%

19%

11%

45%

53%

2%

49%

50%

49%

49%

51%

58%

..

50%

30,000

100% 100%

Central African Rep.

Pastoralists

15%

19%

11%

45%

53%

2%

49%

50%

49%

49%

51%

58%

..

50%

30,000

100% 100%

Central African Rep.

Vakaga

15%

19%

11%

45%

53%

2%

49%

50%

49%

49%

51%

58%

..

50%

10,000

100% 100%

Central African Rep.

Chad
Chad

U
C
C

Bangui
Am Nabak
Amboko

14%
25%
16%

15%
22%
34%

11%
16%
16%

40%
63%
66%

60%
33%
32%

1%
4%
2%

47%
49%
51%

51%
54%
51%

49%
50%
48%

49%
51%
51%

37%
74%
60%

41%
63%
49%

..
..
..

42%
59%
53%

6,531
16,504
12,062

100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%

Chad

Amboko-Extention

19%

32%

13%

65%

33%

2%

48%

51%

57%

51%

63%

56%

..

55%

3,639

100% 100%

Bosnia and
Herzegovina
Bosnia and
Herzegovina

Share of age group in total

5-11 12-17 <18 18-59
0% 25% 38% 60%
16% 14% 41% 59%
12%
9% 29% 70%
0%
9% 15% 85%
7% 12% 23% 73%
..
..
..
..

Coverage*
Age/ Sex
sex
only
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
0%
0%

100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
0%
100%
24%
100%

Table 11. Major locations and demographic composition of populations of concern to UNHCR, end-2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
* Type of location: C=Camps/Centers; U=Urban; R=Rural/Dispersed; V=Various/Unknown.
** Indicates the proportion of the population of concern at the location for which the demographic characteristics are available.
This table shows locations where the population numbered 100 or more only. Name of location as provided by UNHCR country office.

Important notes:
The population by location does not necessarily add up to the total population of concern in the country.
Countries with no information on location or demographics are not included.

Country of
asylum/
residence

Total
Demographic indicators
population
Percentage female per age group
at location,
60+> 0-4
5-11 12-17 <18 18-59 60+> Var. Total end-2006
4% 50% 50% 49% 50% 63% 55%
.. 55%
28,932
4% 49% 50% 51% 50% 64% 55%
.. 55%
15,162
2% 48% 51% 57% 51% 63% 56%
.. 55%
2,277
3% 49% 51% 51% 50% 66% 56%
.. 56%
18,947
3% 53% 51% 48% 51% 66% 55%
.. 57%
12,402
1% 51% 50% 50% 50% 58% 57%
.. 53%
12,624
4% 49% 50% 51% 50% 63% 54%
.. 55%
19,261
4% 49% 52% 52% 52% 70% 61%
.. 58%
17,380
3% 51% 51% 53% 51% 69% 50%
.. 57%
13,315
4% 49% 53% 54% 52% 67% 57%
.. 57%
15,557
3% 50% 54% 59% 54% 74% 68%
.. 61%
26,786
4% 50% 53% 55% 53% 69% 65%
.. 59%
22,358
4% 48% 49% 49% 49% 63% 51%
.. 54%
14,921
3% 50% 50% 51% 50% 59% 59%
.. 54%
15,260
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
29,147
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
3,500
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
11,500

Chad
Chad
Chad
Chad
Chad
Chad
Chad
Chad
Chad
Chad
Chad
Chad
Chad
Chad
Chad
Chad
Chad

Type
of
location
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
R
R
R

Name
of
location
Bredjing
Djabal
Dosseye
Farchana
Gaga
Gondje
Goz Amer
Iridimi
Kounongou
Mile
Oure-Cassoni
Touloum
Treguine
Yaroungou
Assounga dep.
Bahr Azoum dep.
Border area east

0-4
19%
19%
19%
19%
18%
18%
20%
13%
20%
20%
19%
13%
20%
16%
..
..
..

Chad
Chad
Chad
Chad
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia
Colombia***
Congo
Congo
Congo

R
R
R
R
U
U
U
U
V
C
C
C

Border area south

Dar Sila dep.
Dar Tama dep.
Ouara dep.
N'Djamena
Santiago
Beijing
Bogota
Various
Komi
Kondi Mbaka
Loukolela

..
..
..
..
..
6%
9%
5%
25%
9%
8%
29%

..
..
..
..
..
11%
13%
6%
0%
13%
16%
15%

..
..
..
..
..
9%
7%
5%
0%
18%
21%
21%

..
..
..
..
..
26%
29%
15%
25%
40%
45%
65%

..
..
..
..
..
73%
70%
76%
75%
58%
54%
33%

..
..
..
..
..
1%
1%
9%
0%
2%
1%
2%

..
..
..
..
..
43%
39%
57%
0%
44%
36%
71%

..
..
..
..
..
47%
36%
33%
..
52%
41%
43%

..
..
..
..
..
55%
43%
71%
..
55%
45%
39%

..
..
..
..
..
49%
39%
52%
0%
51%
42%
54%

..
..
..
..
..
38%
29%
25%
33%
45%
53%
51%

..
..
..
..
..
57%
0%
54%
..
25%
67%
57%

..
..
..
..
..
..
89%
..
..
..
..
..

..
..
..
..
..
41%
37%
32%
25%
47%
48%
53%

2,538
75,178
1,861
3,000
5,326
1,472
218
151
3,000,011
181
737
1,411

0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
91%
100%
0%
100%
100%
100%

0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
100%
100%
0%
100%
100%
100%

Congo
Congo
Congo
Congo
Congo
Congo
Congo
Congo
Congo
Congo
Congo
Congo
Congo
Congo
Congo
Costa Rica
Cte d'Ivoire
Cte d'Ivoire
Cte d'Ivoire
Cte d'Ivoire
Cte d'Ivoire
Cte d'Ivoire
Cte d'Ivoire
Cte d'Ivoire
Cte d'Ivoire
Cte d'Ivoire
Cte d'Ivoire
Cte d'Ivoire
Cte d'Ivoire
Cte d'Ivoire
Cte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus

C
C
C
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
U
U
V
V
U
C
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
C
V
U
U

Ndjoundou/Liranga
Tchiamba-Nzassi
Tchitanzi
Betou
Dolisie
Impfondo
Kintele
Loukolela
Malolo/Loudima
Ngo
Sangha
Brazzaville
Pointe-Noire
Kimbedi
Various
San Jose
Nicla
Abidjan
Daloa
Duekoue
Guiglo
Tabou
Toulepleu
Yamoussoukro
Abidjan
Daloa
Duekoue
Guiglo
Tabou
Toulepleu
Yamoussoukro
Various
Various
Isla Juventud
Various

18%
17%
13%
18%
9%
16%
2%
11%
5%
10%
3%
5%
6%
..
18%
2%
18%
..
..
..
16%
19%
..
..
6%
..
..
17%
16%
..
..
1%
2%
0%
..

18%
17%
14%
18%
16%
20%
10%
11%
17%
13%
14%
16%
8%
..
18%
3%
17%
..
..
..
15%
11%
..
..
9%
..
..
12%
16%
..
..
5%
10%
0%
..

20%
17%
19%
21%
22%
22%
13%
15%
24%
18%
21%
19%
15%
..
11%
2%
15%
..
..
..
14%
17%
..
..
13%
..
..
12%
18%
..
..
8%
11%
26%
..

56%
52%
45%
57%
47%
59%
24%
38%
46%
41%
38%
41%
29%
..
47%
8%
49%
..
..
..
45%
47%
..
..
29%
..
..
41%
50%
..
..
14%
24%
26%
..

42%
47%
52%
37%
50%
38%
74%
62%
52%
59%
61%
57%
69%
..
53%
92%
48%
..
..
..
50%
52%
..
..
69%
..
..
56%
48%
..
..
60%
52%
74%
..

2%
1%
2%
5%
3%
3%
2%
0%
2%
0%
0%
2%
2%
..
0%
0%
2%
..
..
..
4%
1%
..
..
2%
..
..
4%
2%
..
..
26%
24%
0%
..

39%
51%
34%
52%
44%
51%
29%
49%
56%
55%
56%
19%
52%
..
62%
68%
49%
..
..
..
47%
52%
..
..
51%
..
..
55%
49%
..
..
35%
47%
..
..

59%
45%
34%
47%
47%
46%
28%
47%
53%
53%
53%
44%
40%
..
46%
33%
51%
..
..
..
53%
55%
..
..
45%
..
..
59%
51%
..
..
39%
48%
..
..

49%
57%
38%
49%
58%
53%
26%
49%
60%
35%
45%
53%
38%
..
50%
50%
52%
..
..
..
53%
58%
..
..
49%
..
..
61%
53%
..
..
40%
48%
0%
..

49%
51%
36%
49%
51%
50%
27%
48%
57%
46%
49%
45%
41%
..
53%
48%
51%
..
..
..
51%
55%
..
..
48%
..
..
58%
51%
..
..
39%
48%
0%
..

51%
45%
46%
50%
55%
53%
43%
37%
45%
39%
43%
46%
41%
..
38%
32%
56%
..
..
..
59%
65%
..
..
45%
..
..
62%
54%
..
..
47%
52%
0%
..

51%
60%
63%
66%
40%
54%
12%
0%
71%
..
33%
12%
57%
..
..
33%
60%
..
..
..
47%
49%
..
..
37%
..
..
45%
56%
..
..
63%
56%
..
..

..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
50%
51%
48%
..
..
56%
52%
52%
54%
53%
..
..
51%
49%
..
..
..
41%

50%
48%
42%
51%
53%
51%
39%
41%
51%
42%
45%
45%
41%
..
45%
33%
54%
50%
51%
48%
55%
60%
56%
52%
52%
54%
53%
60%
53%
51%
49%
50%
52%
0%
41%

2,811
546
328
5,332
183
35,936
1,088
1,429
466
112
983
3,493
414
2,260
4,362
775
5,964
16,753
55,791
30,265
3,042
4,662
5,916
29,546
486,366
26,020
39,548
1,374
18,464
2,427
24,081
2,185
9,677
361
13,432

100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
0%
2%
100%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
100%
0%
0%
2%
0%
0%
100%
100%
0%
0%
100%
100%
100%
0%

100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
0%
2%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
7%

Czech Rep.
Czech Rep.

C
C

Kostelec nad Orlici

Straz p. Ralskem

..
..

..
..

..
..

..
..

..
..

..
..

..
..

..
..

..
..

..
..

..
..

..
..

..
..

..
..

716
102

0%
0%

0%
0%

Share of age group in total

5-11 12-17 <18 18-59
25% 15% 59% 38%
27% 13% 60% 37%
32% 13% 65% 33%
26% 14% 60% 37%
29% 12% 59% 38%
32% 13% 64% 35%
26% 13% 59% 37%
36% 16% 65% 31%
32% 13% 64% 33%
30% 12% 62% 34%
34% 11% 64% 32%
36% 15% 65% 31%
24% 15% 59% 37%
27% 16% 58% 39%
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..

Coverage*
Age/ Sex
sex
only
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%

Table 11. Major locations and demographic composition of populations of concern to UNHCR, end-2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
* Type of location: C=Camps/Centers; U=Urban; R=Rural/Dispersed; V=Various/Unknown.
** Indicates the proportion of the population of concern at the location for which the demographic characteristics are available.
This table shows locations where the population numbered 100 or more only. Name of location as provided by UNHCR country office.

Important notes:
The population by location does not necessarily add up to the total population of concern in the country.
Countries with no information on location or demographics are not included.

Country of
asylum/
residence
Czech Rep.
Czech Rep.
Czech Rep.
Czech Rep.
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo

Total
Demographic indicators
population
Percentage female per age group
at location,
60+> 0-4
5-11 12-17 <18 18-59 60+> Var. Total end-2006
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
101
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
428
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
221
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 43% 43%
2,827

Type
of
location
C
C
C
V

Name
of
location
Vysni Lhoty
Zastavka u Brna
Zbysov
Various

Divuma

13%

43%

0%

56%

38%

6%

38%

46%

..

45%

47%

43%

..

45%

229

100% 100%

Doruma (Mandofi)

15%

26%

0%

41%

50%

9%

35%

46%

..

42%

51%

50%

..

47%

761

100% 100%

Dungu (Kaka1)

24%

31%

0%

55%

44%

1%

38%

61%

..

51%

58%

0%

..

54%

141

100% 100%

Dungu (Kaka2)

23%

19%

0%

41%

44%

15%

50%

57%

..

53%

44%

40%

..

47%

273

100% 100%

Dungu (Kpezu)

25%

18%

0%

43%

52%

6%

60%

50%

..

56%

43%

20%

..

47%

181

100% 100%

Katsha

23%

20%

0%

42%

56%

1%

55%

53%

..

54%

43%

14%

..

47%

487

100% 100%

Kilueka

13%

39%

0%

53%

43%

4%

52%

44%

..

46%

57%

56%

..

51%

1,459

100% 100%

Kimaza

16%

29%

0%

45%

53%

2%

46%

44%

..

45%

37%

18%

..

40%

640

100% 100%

Kimbianga

14%

33%

0%

46%

48%

6%

49%

52%

..

51%

47%

40%

..

49%

269

100% 100%

Kinsalulu

22%

45%

0%

66%

33%

1%

46%

41%

..

42%

72% 100%

..

53%

110

100% 100%

Kisenge

10%

39%

0%

50%

45%

6%

44%

54%

..

52%

47%

36%

..

49%

242

100% 100%

Kulindji

15%

55%

0%

70%

25%

5%

63%

48%

..

51%

83%

84%

..

60%

374

100% 100%

Lusuku

21%

23%

0%

44%

54%

2%

45%

54%

..

50%

54%

86%

..

53%

307

100% 100%

Mfuiki

19%

36%

0%

55%

43%

2%

43%

62%

..

55%

38%

33%

..

48%

181

100% 100%

Napassa

20%

49%

0%

68%

31%

1%

70%

49%

..

55%

77% 100%

..

62%

101

100% 100%

Nkondo

14%

43%

0%

57%

39%

4%

50%

46%

..

47%

61%

77%

..

54%

602

100% 100%

Nlundu Matende

11%

37%

0%

48%

47%

5%

47%

53%

..

52%

51%

35%

..

50%

317

100% 100%

Tseke zole

17%

35%

0%

52%

45%

2%

50%

57%

..

55%

47%

13%

..

50%

658

100% 100%

Tshabobo

24%

22%

0%

46%

53%

1%

52%

54%

..

53%

45%

33%

..

48%

475

100% 100%

Tshimbumbulu

15%

31%

0%

45%

42%

13%

66%

44%

..

51%

51%

48%

..

51%

198

100% 100%

Ariwara

7%

29%

0%

36%

44%

19%

11%

37%

..

32%

33%

37%

..

34%

791

100% 100%

Bangalu Afflux

30%

29%

0%

59%

24%

17%

65%

51%

..

58%

51%

45%

..

54%

1,694

100% 100%

Bas-Congo

14%

34%

0%

48%

46%

7%

50%

48%

..

49%

57%

52%

..

53%

84,392

100% 100%

Doruma-Bangalu

2%

22%

0%

24%

58%

18%

67%

42%

..

44%

37%

49%

..

41%

246

100% 100%

Doruma-Centre

15%

17%

0%

33%

47%

21%

51%

63%

..

57%

47%

47%

..

50%

421

100% 100%

Dungu-Centre

11%

14%

0%

25%

46%

29%

67%

87%

..

78%

57%

81%

..

69%

110

100% 100%

Fizi (Baraka)

18%

31%

0%

48%

46%

5%

51%

49%

..

50%

58%

61%

..

54%

1,269

100% 100%

Ingbokolo

12%

14%

0%

26%

71%

3%

58%

60%

..

59%

44%

34%

..

48%

1,249

100% 100%

Kainama

26%

28%

0%

54%

26%

20%

54%

64%

..

59%

63%

53%

..

59%

2,613

100% 100%

Kamango

22%

37%

0%

60%

29%

11%

64%

64%

..

64%

73%

59%

..

66%

2,210

100% 100%

Kasindi Port

31%

24%

0%

54%

28%

18%

33%

41%

..

36%

59%

54%

..

46%

587

100% 100%

Kikingi-Kikura

28%

31%

0%

59%

23%

18%

53%

51%

..

52%

53%

46%

..

51%

1,216

100% 100%

0-4
..
..
..
..

Share of age group in total

5-11 12-17 <18 18-59
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..

Coverage*
Age/ Sex
sex
only
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0% 60%

Table 11. Major locations and demographic composition of populations of concern to UNHCR, end-2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
* Type of location: C=Camps/Centers; U=Urban; R=Rural/Dispersed; V=Various/Unknown.
** Indicates the proportion of the population of concern at the location for which the demographic characteristics are available.
This table shows locations where the population numbered 100 or more only. Name of location as provided by UNHCR country office.

Important notes:
The population by location does not necessarily add up to the total population of concern in the country.
Countries with no information on location or demographics are not included.

Country of
asylum/
residence
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the
Congo
Djibouti
Djibouti
Djibouti
Ecuador
Ecuador
Egypt
Eritrea
Eritrea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Ethiopia

Type
of
location

Name
of
location

Kisanga

Demographic indicators
Share of age group in total
Percentage female per age group
5-11 12-17 <18 18-59 60+> 0-4
5-11 12-17 <18 18-59 60+> Var.

0-4

Total

Total
population
at location,
end-2006

Coverage*
Age/ Sex
sex
only

32%

29%

0%

62%

21%

18%

60%

47%

..

54%

47%

46%

..

51%

1,137

100% 100%

Kivus

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

35,823

Lume

21%

20%

0%

40%

28%

32%

39%

51%

..

45%

54%

52%

..

50%

969

100% 100%

Masambo

34%

24%

0%

58%

25%

17%

65%

37%

..

53%

38%

50%

..

49%

1,204

100% 100%

Mutwanga

22%

32%

0%

53%

23%

24%

50%

18%

..

31%

44%

41%

..

37%

1,010

100% 100%

Plaine Semliki

38%

21%

0%

59%

23%

18%

21%

38%

..

27%

45%

47%

..

35%

585

100% 100%

Rugetsi

26%

25%

0%

52%

25%

23%

50%

61%

..

56%

47%

46%

..

51%

2,359

100% 100%

South Kivu

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

12,415

0%

0%

Tembo

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

..

15,000

0%

0%

Uvira

20%

34%

0%

54%

43%

3%

54%

52%

..

53%

61%

53%

..

57%

3,300

100% 100%

Bukavu

17%

29%

0%

45%

52%

3%

39%

38%

..

38%

51%

57%

..

46%

276

100% 100%

Goma

17%

30%

0%

47%

52%

1%

65%

43%

..

51%

51%

50%

..

51%

153

100% 100%

Kinshasa

9%

30%

0%

39%

52%

9%

51%

50%

..

51%

52%

53%

..

52%

28,451

100% 100%

Lubumabashi

16%

24%

0%

40%

57%

3%

44%

50%

..

48%

53%

50%

..

51%

152

100% 100%

Lubumbashi

8%

32%

0%

40%

60%

0%

53%

55%

..

55%

51%

..

..

53%

373

100% 100%

Equateur

24%

36%

0%

60%

36%

4%

47%

50%

..

49%

56%

57%

..

52%

10,655

100% 100%

Kalemie

16%

42%

0%

58%

40%

2%

48%

48%

..

48%

55%

46%

..

51%

7,578

100% 100%

Moba

17%

39%

0%

56%

42%

2%

52%

51%

..

51%

53%

48%

..

52%

3,901

100% 100%

Orientale

17%

23%

0%

40%

43%

17%

50%

48%

..

49%

58%

41%

..

52%

765

100% 100%

Pweto

15%

48%

0%

63%

34%

3%

48%

44%

..

45%

53%

75%

..

49%

401

100% 100%

Uvira/Fizi

21%

35%

0%

56%

41%

3%

51%

49%

..

50%

55%

62%

..

52%

17,684

100% 100%

V
C
C
U
U
V
U
C
C
U
C
C

Various
Ali-Adde
Hol-Hol
Djibouti
Various
Various
Cairo
Elit
Emkulu
Asmara
Bonga (Gambella)
Dimma (Gambella)

..
..
..
0%
9%
..
16%
16%
22%
13%
26%
17%

..
..
..
0%
9%
..
17%
17%
20%
16%
26%
20%

..
..
..
0%
8%
..
17%
9%
11%
10%
10%
14%

..
..
..
..
..
..
0% 100%
26% 73%
..
..
50% 48%
42% 55%
54% 45%
38% 57%
62% 37%
52% 47%

..
..
..
0%
1%
..
2%
2%
2%
4%
1%
1%

..
..
..
..
49%
..
48%
42%
46%
48%
49%
49%

..
..
..
..
58%
..
58%
44%
51%
47%
49%
49%

..
..
..
..
53%
..
36%
59%
38%
54%
49%
33%

..
..
..
..
53%
..
47%
46%
46%
49%
49%
44%

..
..
..
31%
59%
..
42%
25%
41%
49%
58%
42%

..
..
..
..
69%
..
59%
16%
49%
65%
60%
67%

..
..
..
..
..
43%
..
..
..
..
..
..

..
..
..
31%
58%
43%
45%
34%
44%
50%
52%
43%

1,075,297
6,739
2,216
320
17,310
250,000
104,467
835
3,838
1,945
15,357
8,625

Ethiopia

Fugnido (Gambella)

21%

26%

13%

59%

40%

1%

48%

49%

41%

47%

59%

70%

..

52%

27,175

100% 100%

Ethiopia

Kebribeyah (Jijiga)

18%

24%

14%

56%

41%

2%

49%

50%

47%

49%

54%

41%

..

51%

16,399

100% 100%

Ethiopia

18%

24%

14%

56%

42%

1%

50%

48%

42%

47%

50%

51%

..

48%

13,958

100% 100%

Ethiopia

Sherkole (Assosa)
Shimelba
(Shire/Shiraro)

8%

9%

6%

23%

74%

3%

48%

49%

47%

48%

18%

44%

..

26%

13,043

100% 100%

Ethiopia
Ethiopia
France
Gabon

C
U
U
R

Yarenja (Bamboudi)
Addis Ababa
Various
Dilemba

20%
9%
..
16%

23%
15%
..
20%

14%
13%
..
20%

57%
36%
..
56%

39%
62%
..
38%

4%
2%
..
6%

53%
47%
..
51%

50%
58%
..
47%

47%
44%
..
55%

50%
50%
..
51%

48%
37%
..
49%

34%
69%
..
50%

..
..
42%
..

49%
42%
42%
50%

2,033
713
146,900
286

100% 100%
100% 100%
0% 85%
100% 100%

0%

0%
0%
0%
5%
100%
0%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%

0%

0%
0%
0%
5%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%

Table 11. Major locations and demographic composition of populations of concern to UNHCR, end-2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
* Type of location: C=Camps/Centers; U=Urban; R=Rural/Dispersed; V=Various/Unknown.
** Indicates the proportion of the population of concern at the location for which the demographic characteristics are available.
This table shows locations where the population numbered 100 or more only. Name of location as provided by UNHCR country office.

Important notes:
The population by location does not necessarily add up to the total population of concern in the country.
Countries with no information on location or demographics are not included.

Country of
asylum/
residence

Type
of
location

Gabon
Gabon
Gabon
Gabon
Gabon
Gabon
Gabon
Gabon
Gabon
Gabon
Gabon
Gabon
Gabon
Gambia
Gambia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Georgia
Ghana
Ghana
Ghana
Ghana
Greece
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea
Guinea
Guinea
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau
Guinea-Bissau
Hong Kong SAR,
China
Hungary
India
India
Indonesia
Indonesia
Iraq
Iraq

R
R
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
R
U
R
U
V
V
V
C
C
R
U
U
U
C
C
C
R
U
U
U
U

Name
of
location
Moulengui-Binza
Commune
Rinanzala
Franceville
Gamba
Koulamoutou
Lastourville
Libreville
Moanda
Mouila
Mounana
Ndend
Port-Gentil
Tchibanga
Various
Various
Various
Various
Abkhazia
South Ossetia
Various
Buduburam
Krisan
Volta
Accra
Athens
Guatemala City
Kouankan
Kouankan 2
Laine
Boreah
Conakry
Bissau
Frontiere Sn
Jolmette

U
C
C
U
U
U
C
C

Iraq

0-4

Demographic indicators
Share of age group in total
Percentage female per age group
5-11 12-17 <18 18-59 60+> 0-4
5-11 12-17 <18 18-59 60+> Var.

Total

Total
population
at location,
end-2006

Coverage*
Age/ Sex
sex
only

20%
17%
7%
13%
10%
5%
9%
9%
13%
10%
19%
10%
18%
16%
15%
7%
4%
..
..
..
4%
11%
18%
10%
0%
0%
13%
14%
11%
13%
5%
11%
19%
18%

24%
26%
15%
11%
16%
18%
14%
20%
19%
15%
17%
11%
18%
23%
19%
10%
9%
..
..
..
17%
12%
19%
18%
0%
0%
26%
30%
27%
17%
15%
17%
28%
18%

14%
7%
9%
6%
12%
13%
11%
12%
10%
9%
14%
10%
11%
35%
23%
14%
11%
..
..
..
15%
7%
10%
8%
10%
1%
17%
19%
18%
12%
19%
15%
25%
21%

57%
50%
31%
30%
38%
36%
34%
42%
43%
35%
50%
32%
48%
74%
57%
31%
24%
..
..
..
36%
30%
48%
36%
10%
1%
56%
63%
56%
42%
39%
42%
72%
58%

38%
46%
67%
70%
60%
63%
64%
56%
57%
64%
49%
67%
51%
19%
34%
56%
59%
..
..
..
62%
69%
49%
62%
90%
85%
41%
35%
42%
54%
60%
54%
24%
38%

5%
4%
2%
0%
2%
2%
2%
2%
0%
1%
2%
1%
1%
7%
8%
13%
17%
..
..
..
2%
1%
3%
2%
0%
14%
3%
3%
2%
3%
1%
3%
4%
4%

48%
53%
51%
45%
48%
50%
53%
56%
41%
42%
58%
38%
48%
50%
51%
46%
48%
..
..
..
51%
56%
50%
45%
..
..
47%
57%
46%
44%
46%
41%
49%
49%

51%
52%
49%
50%
54%
50%
49%
49%
47%
50%
52%
44%
51%
53%
51%
43%
49%
..
..
..
57%
52%
51%
48%
..
..
51%
50%
51%
48%
48%
29%
71%
73%

29%
29%
45%
92%
57%
71%
53%
55%
51%
81%
52%
74%
48%
68%
53%
49%
49%
..
..
..
55%
54%
48%
51%
4%
0%
49%
48%
51%
49%
45%
37%
54%
33%

44%
49%
48%
56%
53%
58%
51%
52%
46%
56%
54%
52%
49%
60%
52%
46%
49%
..
..
..
56%
54%
50%
48%
4%
0%
50%
51%
50%
47%
46%
35%
59%
51%

57% 68%
..
49% 50%
..
35% 31%
..
45%
..
..
29% 33%
..
36% 50%
..
35% 29%
..
47% 56%
..
44% 100%
..
23% 50%
..
57% 100%
..
43%
0%
..
50% 55%
..
50% 46%
..
48% 53% 100%
54% 59%
..
55% 62%
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 42%
48% 67%
..
27% 59%
..
57% 68%
..
37% 57%
..
8%
0%
..
57% 50%
..
57% 57%
..
58% 59%
..
58% 62%
..
37% 29%
..
43% 32%
..
32% 19%
..
31% 41%
..
56% 39%
..

50%
49%
39%
48%
38%
44%
41%
49%
45%
35%
56%
45%
50%
57%
52%
52%
55%
..
..
42%
51%
36%
54%
41%
8%
55%
53%
54%
54%
41%
44%
33%
52%
52%

353
102
1,777
221
254
112
3,939
1,551
602
181
374
453
1,471
6,398
7,965
14,542
232,802
45,000
14,186
1,273
36,159
1,705
6,797
5,865
2,956
385
7,126
3,146
11,406
903
12,678
667
6,868
586

100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
97%
100%
100%
0%
0%
0%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%

100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
0%
0%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%

Hong Kong
Various
Tamil Nadu
Delhi
Jakarta
Jakarta/Bogor
Anbar
Dahuk- Daratoo

1%
..
..
5%
3%
3%
7%
11%

1%
..
..
10%
9%
8%
10%
21%

1%
..
..
19%
6%
3%
3%
19%

2%
..
..
34%
19%
14%
20%
52%

98%
..
..
61%
81%
86%
79%
45%

0%
..
..
5%
0%
0%
1%
2%

42%
..
..
46%
60%
80%
60%
42%

50%
..
..
44%
37%
36%
43%
44%

27%
..
..
48%
35%
60%
50%
41%

40%
..
..
46%
41%
52%
50%
42%

13%
0%
..
..
..
..
55% 51%
9% 100%
21%
..
9%
0%
50% 46%

38%
24%
49%
..
..
..
..
..

24%
24%
49%
52%
16%
26%
17%
46%

4,347
2,849
69,609
12,241
288
145
138
525

58%
0%
0%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%

100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%

Dahuk- Grey Gewry

19%

23%

15%

57%

41%

2%

51%

49%

48%

49%

52%

39%

..

50%

818

100% 100%

Iraq

Dahuk- Hussainiya

16%

23%

16%

55%

39%

6%

42%

47%

50%

47%

51%

55%

..

49%

559

100% 100%

Iraq
Iraq
Iraq
Iraq
Iraq

C
C
C
C
C

Dahuk- Malaparwan
Dahuk- Mesirike
Dohuk-Moquble
Erbil-Hareer
Erbil-Kawa

17%
16%
11%
8%
9%

26%
20%
36%
23%
20%

17%
16%
34%
24%
19%

60%
52%
80%
54%
48%

38%
43%
18%
42%
48%

2%
5%
2%
4%
4%

39%
51%
45%
48%
50%

52%
53%
47%
51%
46%

65%
43%
40%
58%
49%

52%
49%
44%
53%
48%

49% 100%
53% 63%
43% 42%
53% 70%
50% 44%

..
..
..
..
..

51%
52%
43%
54%
49%

103
1,116
722
280
1,422

Iraq

12%

20%

17%

49%

46%

5%

49%

50%

51%

50%

51%

51%

..

51%

11,900

100% 100%

Iraq
Iraq
Iraq

C
R
R

8%
8%
9%

19%
17%
23%

18%
22%
20%

45%
47%
52%

50%
50%
48%

5%
3%
0%

49%
69%
59%

49%
50%
50%

44%
53%
55%

47%
55%
53%

50%
46%
40%

43%
57%
..

..
..
..

48%
50%
47%

1,900
204
198

100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%

Iraq
Iraq
Iraq
Iraq
Iraq
Iraq
Iraq
Iraq

R
U
U
U
U
U
U
U

Ninewa-Makhmour
SulaymaniyahBarika
Anbar-Al Tash
No man's land
No man's land
(Syria)
Anbar-Al Tash
Baghdad
Basrah
Dahuk- Dohuk
Dahuk- Zakho
Diala-Khalis
Diwaniya

12%
7%
4%
10%
16%
17%
4%
10%

15%
22%
15%
21%
24%
29%
17%
21%

12%
18%
14%
15%
18%
17%
17%
16%

40%
47%
33%
47%
58%
63%
38%
47%

57%
47%
58%
48%
40%
36%
55%
47%

3%
6%
9%
5%
1%
1%
7%
5%

58%
63%
48%
48%
43%
44%
67%
47%

56%
46%
49%
50%
47%
52%
50%
51%

39%
57%
49%
54%
46%
43%
42%
54%

51%
53%
49%
51%
46%
47%
48%
51%

39%
52%
50%
51%
53%
52%
60%
51%

29%
43%
49%
68%
75%
50%
45%
67%

..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..

43%
52%
49%
52%
49%
49%
55%
52%

460
118
14,381
1,089
548
673
154
165

100%
100%
100%
100%
100%

100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%

100%
100%
100%
100%
100%

100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%

Table 11. Major locations and demographic composition of populations of concern to UNHCR, end-2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
* Type of location: C=Camps/Centers; U=Urban; R=Rural/Dispersed; V=Various/Unknown.
** Indicates the proportion of the population of concern at the location for which the demographic characteristics are available.
This table shows locations where the population numbered 100 or more only. Name of location as provided by UNHCR country office.

Important notes:
The population by location does not necessarily add up to the total population of concern in the country.
Countries with no information on location or demographics are not included.

Country of
asylum/
residence

Total
Demographic indicators
population
Percentage female per age group
at location,
60+> 0-4
5-11 12-17 <18 18-59 60+> Var. Total end-2006
0% 59% 41% 27% 46% 50%
..
.. 49%
151
2% 55% 50% 40% 47% 47% 50%
.. 47%
131
4% 48% 55% 47% 51% 37% 48%
.. 42%
1,347
5% 48% 50% 54% 51% 51% 69%
.. 52%
300
3% 27% 55% 60% 51% 51% 43%
.. 51%
244
2% 54% 37% 20% 36% 34% 50%
.. 35%
198
5% 48% 51% 54% 51% 51% 69%
.. 52%
930
5% 49% 49% 44% 47% 50% 43%
.. 48%
4,824
5% 49% 49% 49% 49% 52% 51%
.. 50% 2,134,368
4% 48% 48%
8% 38% 42% 37%
.. 40%
2,124
4% 48% 48%
8% 38% 42% 37%
.. 40%
1,784
4% 48% 48%
8% 38% 42% 37%
.. 40%
12,715
4% 47% 48%
9% 38% 42% 38%
.. 40%
205
4% 48% 48%
8% 38% 42% 37%
.. 40%
4,955
3% 50% 48% 10% 39% 42% 50%
.. 41%
194
4% 49% 48%
8% 38% 42% 36%
.. 40%
935
4% 48% 48%
8% 38% 42% 36%
.. 40%
3,890
4% 49% 48%
8% 38% 42% 37%
.. 40%
2,761
3% 49% 48%
8% 38% 42% 38%
.. 40%
1,837
4% 48% 48%
8% 38% 42% 37%
.. 40%
936,868
1% 51% 47% 58% 52% 47% 100%
.. 50%
261
2% 46% 46% 46% 46% 40% 38%
.. 42%
625
1% 47% 52% 33% 47% 47%
0%
.. 46%
123
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
126
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
226
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
149
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
114
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
985
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 30% 30%
2,951
4% 49% 49% 47% 49% 34% 48%
.. 38%
20,185
2% 47%
.. 49% 48% 52% 61% 50% 50%
44,242
0% 51% 45% 54% 52% 37%
0% 33% 43%
789
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 50% 50%
5,168
3% 49% 48% 46% 48% 49% 46%
.. 48%
12,714

Iraq
Iraq
Iraq
Iraq
Iraq
Iraq
Iraq
Iraq
Iraq
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Israel
Israel
Israel
Israel
Israel
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
Kenya

Type
of
location
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
V
V
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
U
V
V
V
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
R
U
U
C

Kenya

Name
of
location
Dohuk-Dohuk
Dohuk-Zakho
Erbil
Missan
Mousil
Sulaymaniyah
Wassit
Sulaymaniyah
Various
Bushehr
Fars
Kerman
Kermanshah
Khorasan
Khuzestan
Lorestan
Markazi
Semnan
West Azarbaijan
Various
Mashad
Tehran
Zahedan
Eilat
Jerusalem
Ktziot
Ramle
Tel Aviv
Various
Amman
Various
Almaty
Various
Dadaab
Dagahaley
(Dadaab)

Kenya
Kenya
Kenya
Kenya
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Kyrgyzstan
Lebanon
Lebanon
Liberia
Liberia
Liberia
Liberia
Liberia
Liberia
Liberia
Liberia

C
C
C
U
U
R
R
U
U
V
V
V
V
U
V
C
C
C
C
R
R
R
R

Hagadera (Dadaab)
Ifo (Dadaab)
Kakuma
Nairobi
Kuwait
Chui region
Osh region
Bishkek
Osh
Batken region
Djalalabat region
Issyk-Kul region
Talas region
Various
Various
Banjor
Saclepea
Samukai
Voa
Bomi
Bong
Gbarpolu
Grand Bassa

14%
13%
13%
5%
9%
2%
10%
6%
3%
..
..
..
..
7%
..
6%
18%
18%
12%
..
..
..
..

19%
20%
19%
14%
14%
4%
8%
9%
3%
..
..
..
..
8%
..
21%
19%
16%
18%
..
..
..
..

14%
14%
16%
12%
16%
26%
13%
17%
8%
..
..
..
..
7%
..
24%
19%
14%
20%
..
..
..
..

46%
47%
48%
31%
39%
32%
31%
32%
13%
..
..
..
..
22%
..
52%
55%
48%
50%
..
..
..
..

51%
50%
51%
66%
59%
63%
61%
65%
87%
..
..
..
..
76%
..
47%
38%
51%
47%
..
..
..
..

3%
3%
2%
3%
2%
5%
8%
3%
0%
..
..
..
..
1%
..
1%
6%
2%
3%
..
..
..
..

49% 49%
49% 48%
48% 45%
43% 45%
46% 56%
35% 43%
44% 31%
70% 52%
0% 100%
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
51% 46%
..
..
30% 51%
39% 59%
44% 54%
46% 39%
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..

46%
45%
37%
45%
64%
51%
43%
45%
67%
..
..
..
..
43%
..
50%
48%
55%
44%
..
..
..
..

48%
47%
43%
45%
57%
49%
40%
52%
60%
..
..
..
..
47%
..
48%
49%
51%
43%
..
..
..
..

50%
51%
37%
39%
36%
50%
44%
35%
21%
..
..
..
..
25%
..
56%
51%
38%
42%
..
..
..
..

47%
48%
55%
17%
50%
68%
42%
50%
..
..
..
..
..
45%
..
20%
40%
53%
46%
..
..
..
..

..
..
..
..
..
51%
..
48%
47%
52%
55%
54%
59%
..
..
..
..
..
..
52%
51%
49%
49%

49%
49%
41%
40%
45%
51%
43%
47%
43%
52%
55%
54%
59%
30%
..
51%
49%
44%
43%
52%
51%
49%
49%

59,185
54,157
90,457
35,007
109,661
7,347
159
2,906
188
250
380
350
220
3,414
750,000
717
890
930
1,850
30,530
39,202
34,531
5,017

100%
100%
100%
100%
1%
13%
100%
25%
20%
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
0%
100%
100%
100%
100%
0%
0%
0%
0%

100%
100%
100%
100%
1%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
0%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%

Liberia
Liberia
Liberia
Liberia
Liberia
Liberia
Liberia
Liberia

R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R

Grand Cape Mount

Grand Gedeh
Grand Kru
Lofa
Margibi
Maryland
Montserrado
Nimba

..
3%
..
..
..
15%
..
4%

..
3%
..
..
..
20%
..
6%

..
4%
..
..
..
18%
..
10%

..
9%
..
..
..
53%
..
19%

..
89%
..
..
..
43%
..
78%

..
2%
..
..
..
4%
..
3%

..
46%
..
..
..
37%
..
52%

..
53%
..
..
..
39%
..
43%

..
51%
..
..
..
44%
..
48%

..
51%
..
..
..
45%
..
50%

..
39%
..
..
..
69%
..
48%

51%
45%
45%
50%
50%
40%
51%
50%

51%
49%
45%
50%
50%
41%
51%
50%

16,974
10,492
238
181,908
2,151
3,366
3,235
12,341

0%
71%
0%
0%
0%
11%
0%
31%

100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%

Share of age group in total

5-11 12-17 <18 18-59
11%
7% 33% 67%
29% 27% 71% 27%
15% 12% 29% 67%
21% 15% 47% 48%
13% 17% 39% 58%
15%
8% 29% 69%
21% 15% 47% 48%
19% 18% 45% 50%
19% 14% 43% 52%
25% 11% 43% 53%
25% 11% 43% 53%
25% 11% 43% 53%
25% 11% 43% 53%
25% 11% 43% 53%
26% 11% 44% 53%
25% 11% 43% 53%
25% 11% 43% 53%
25% 11% 43% 53%
25% 11% 43% 53%
25% 11% 43% 53%
22% 18% 56% 43%
15% 15% 40% 58%
25% 10% 49% 50%
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
12% 10% 27% 69%
0% 36% 43% 54%
4% 20% 38% 62%
..
..
..
..
19% 14% 46% 51%

0-4
15%
15%
3%
10%
9%
7%
10%
8%
11%
7%
7%
7%
7%
7%
7%
7%
7%
7%
7%
7%
16%
10%
14%
..
..
..
..
..
..
5%
8%
14%
..
13%
14%

20%

15%

49%

48%

3%

48%

48%

46%

47%

51%

45%

..

49%

39,526

..
53%
..
..
..
54%
..
53%

Coverage*
Age/ Sex
sex
only
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0% 100%
100% 100%
8% 100%
97% 100%
0% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%

Table 11. Major locations and demographic composition of populations of concern to UNHCR, end-2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
* Type of location: C=Camps/Centers; U=Urban; R=Rural/Dispersed; V=Various/Unknown.
** Indicates the proportion of the population of concern at the location for which the demographic characteristics are available.
This table shows locations where the population numbered 100 or more only. Name of location as provided by UNHCR country office.

Important notes:
The population by location does not necessarily add up to the total population of concern in the country.
Countries with no information on location or demographics are not included.

Country of
asylum/
residence
Liberia
Liberia
Liberia
Liberia
Liberia
Libyan Arab
Jamahiriya
Malawi
Malawi
Malawi
Malaysia
Malaysia
Mali
Mali

Type
of
location
R
R
R
U
U

Name
of
location
River Cess
River Gee
Sinoe
Monrovia
Montserrado

U
C
C
U
U
U
U
U

Mauritania
Mauritania
Mexico
Mexico
Moldova
Moldova
Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro
Montenegro
Mozambique
Mozambique
Mozambique
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Nepal

U
V
R
U
C
V
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
C
U
U
U
R
C
C
C

Nepal
Nepal
Nepal
Nepal

C
C
C
C

Nepal
Nepal
Nepal
Nepal
Nepal
Nicaragua
Niger
Niger

C
C
U
V
V
U
R
U

Tripoli
Dzaleka
Luwani
Lilongwe
Kuala Lumpur
Sabah
Bamako
Kayes
Nouakchott/Nouadh
ibou
Various
Mexico City
Mexico City
Chisinau
Various
Bar
Berane
Budva
Herceg Novi
Niki
Plav
Podgorica
Tivat
Ulcinj
Andrijevica
Bar
Berane
Bijelo Polje
Budva
Danilovgrad
Herceg Novi
Herceg-Novi
Kolain
Kotor
Niki
Plav
Pljevlja
Podgorica
Roaje
Tivat
Ulcinj
Maratane
Maputo
Nampula
Niassa
Various
Osire
Beldangi 1
Beldangi 2
Beldangi 2
Extension
Goldhap
Khudunabari
Sanischare
Tibetan Refugee
Transit Camp
Timai
Kathmandu
Eastern Region
Various
Managua City
Goure
Niamey

0-4
..
..
..
6%
..

Share of age group in total

5-11 12-17 <18 18-59
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
10% 15% 32% 68%
..
..
..
..

Total
Demographic indicators
population
Percentage female per age group
at location,
60+> 0-4
5-11 12-17 <18 18-59 60+> Var. Total end-2006
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 52% 52%
3,995
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 50% 50%
1,526
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 41% 41%
3,929
0% 54% 45% 65% 56% 15%
..
.. 28%
202
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 52% 52%
7,862

3%
17%
21%
9%
8%
..
8%
19%

9%
25%
14%
21%
4%
..
11%
22%

11%
13%
11%
8%
8%
..
9%
27%

23%
55%
46%
37%
20%
..
28%
67%

73%
44%
54%
62%
79%
..
70%
29%

4%
1%
0%
0%
1%
..
1%
4%

8%
..
0%
0%
3%
..
3%
7%
2%
0%
0%
1%
18%
6%
6%
1%
3%
4%
1%
2%
2%
1%
3%
0%
0%
3%
2%
2%
6%
4%
1%
3%
23%
10%
14%
13%
14%
20%
9%
8%

7%
..
0%
0%
8%
..
11%
17%
13%
5%
7%
15%
25%
18%
18%
15%
11%
17%
18%
9%
8%
5%
11%
7%
10%
16%
12%
8%
13%
19%
9%
12%
23%
20%
13%
27%
24%
20%
15%
14%

5%
..
4%
10%
4%
..
13%
12%
11%
8%
10%
16%
15%
13%
11%
14%
11%
12%
15%
9%
15%
7%
11%
9%
8%
14%
10%
14%
12%
16%
11%
10%
11%
10%
5%
13%
17%
20%
14%
14%

20%
..
4%
10%
15%
..
28%
35%
25%
13%
17%
31%
59%
37%
35%
30%
26%
33%
34%
20%
26%
13%
25%
16%
19%
33%
25%
24%
31%
39%
21%
25%
57%
40%
32%
53%
55%
60%
38%
35%

78%
..
29%
85%
83%
..
57%
53%
54%
77%
56%
58%
39%
51%
59%
52%
56%
53%
56%
64%
54%
65%
53%
67%
61%
58%
58%
61%
56%
52%
56%
51%
43%
59%
67%
47%
41%
38%
56%
58%

8%
6%
5%
7%

15%
11%
12%
17%

13%
13%
15%
13%

36%
30%
32%
38%

58%
63%
61%
56%

6%
7%
7%
6%

1%
6%
11%
..
..
0%
8%
6%

13%
13%
7%
..
..
1%
15%
10%

21%
13%
18%
..
..
1%
20%
18%

35%
33%
36%
..
..
2%
43%
34%

64%
61%
63%
..
..
85%
55%
66%

1%
7%
1%
..
..
13%
2%
0%

40%
48%
53%
46%
50%
..
46%
70%

47%
48%
50%
49%
47%
..
49%
47%

36%
45%
32%
36%
21%
..
32%
32%

33%
47%
50%
67%
32%
..
44%
42%

..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..

38%
47%
41%
41%
26%
..
37%
43%

4,754
4,950
2,800
1,438
46,356
61,314
6,245
6,165

100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
0%
100%
100%

100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
0%
100%
100%

52% 38% 48%

..
..
..
.. 100% 100%
0% 41% 40%
42% 56% 51%
..
..
..
56% 37% 48%
45% 45% 43%
46% 41% 46%
20% 38% 31%
50% 42% 45%
53% 56% 53%
49% 46% 47%
51% 31% 39%
35% 63% 50%
51% 46% 47%
48% 49% 48%
60% 47% 53%
41% 51% 47%
41% 48% 44%
41% 46% 43%
39% 51% 47%
43% 57% 50%
50% 40% 44%
50% 38% 46%
48% 48% 48%
38% 49% 42%
67% 53% 55%
48% 45% 47%
42% 57% 48%
48% 37% 44%
37% 50% 45%
47% 48% 48%
51% 45% 51%
34% 50% 41%
58% 63% 53%
49% 48% 49%
49% 49% 49%
48% 50% 49%
47% 50% 48%

29%
..
80%
42%
16%
..
50%
48%
49%
40%
45%
52%
50%
59%
45%
52%
53%
56%
59%
52%
55%
57%
58%
55%
49%
61%
56%
59%
54%
53%
53%
54%
40%
37%
24%
36%
53%
43%
49%
50%

45%
..
5%
72%
50%
..
62%
64%
52%
70%
68%
69%
49%
68%
50%
56%
56%
60%
51%
59%
61%
58%
60%
52%
59%
63%
53%
60%
59%
52%
56%
57%
68%
50%
0%
..
50%
60%
46%
46%

..
52%
..
..
..
50%
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..

33%
52%
31%
43%
22%
50%
51%
48%
49%
42%
51%
54%
49%
53%
47%
52%
52%
55%
54%
52%
53%
56%
56%
53%
51%
57%
52%
58%
53%
51%
52%
52%
45%
43%
29%
45%
51%
47%
49%
49%

861
29,500
877
2,578
239
1,706
618
660
205
100
115
116
1,828
256
142
477
2,351
1,743
474
904
489
1,423
406
165
407
1,068
741
271
6,185
469
780
382
5,019
1,297
268
142
669,500
6,486
18,583
22,722

100%
0%
100%
100%
100%
0%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%

100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%

50%
46%
46%
45%

46%
49%
50%
49%

51%
49%
51%
50%

49%
48%
50%
48%

49%
48%
50%
49%

48%
46%
42%
47%

..
..
..
..

49%
48%
50%
49%

11,692
9,602
13,506
21,285

100%
100%
100%
100%

100%
100%
100%
100%

60%
48%
54%
..
..
..
20%
54%

42%
49%
36%
..
..
0%
56%
59%

38%
47%
17%
..
..
50%
64%
63%

40%
48%
32%
..
..
25%
53%
60%

22%
50%
24%
..
..
69%
43%
33%

40%
45%
67%
..
..
11%
50%
..

..
..
..
..
48%
..
..
..

28%
49%
27%
..
48%
61%
48%
42%

387
10,413
357
1,343
3,530,153
208
122
215

100%
100%
100%
0%
0%
100%
100%
100%

100%
100%
100%
0%
1%
100%
100%
100%

2% 51%
..
..
68%
..
5%
..
3% 71%
..
..
15% 62%
12% 37%
20% 75%
10%
..
27%
..
11%
0%
2% 47%
12% 20%
6% 75%
19%
0%
19% 46%
14% 42%
10% 83%
16% 35%
21% 30%
23% 57%
22% 46%
16%
..
20% 100%
10% 50%
17% 35%
16% 20%
13% 46%
9% 45%
23% 73%
23% 62%
0% 49%
1% 58%
1% 43%
0% 33%
4% 49%
1% 49%
6% 47%
7% 47%

48%
51%
50%
50%
47%
..
50%
54%

48%
45%
45%
48%
44%
..
50%
26%

Coverage*
Age/ Sex
sex
only
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
100% 100%
0% 100%

Table 11. Major locations and demographic composition of populations of concern to UNHCR, end-2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
* Type of location: C=Camps/Centers; U=Urban; R=Rural/Dispersed; V=Various/Unknown.
** Indicates the proportion of the population of concern at the location for which the demographic characteristics are available.
This table shows locations where the population numbered 100 or more only. Name of location as provided by UNHCR country office.

Important notes:
The population by location does not necessarily add up to the total population of concern in the country.
Countries with no information on location or demographics are not included.

Country of
asylum/
residence
Nigeria
Nigeria
Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan
Pakistan
Panama
Panama
Panama
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea
Peru
Philippines

Type
Name
of
of
location
location
Oru Camp
C
Lagos
U
Balochistan
C
North-West-Frontier
Province
C
Punjab
C
Islamabad
U
Various
U
Darien Centro
R
Jaque
R
Puerto Obaldia
R
Panama City
U
East Awin
C
Border area
R
Various
U
Various
U
Various
U

Poland
Poland
Poland
Poland
Poland
Poland
Poland
Poland
Poland
Poland
Poland
Poland
Poland
Poland
Poland
Poland
Rep. of Korea
Romania
Russian Federation

C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
U
U
V

Rwanda

Share of age group in total

0-4
5-11 12-17 <18 18-59
9%
7% 15% 31% 67%
9%
5% 11% 25% 75%
..
..
..
..
..

Total
Demographic indicators
population
Percentage female per age group
at location,
60+> 0-4
5-11 12-17 <18 18-59 60+> Var. Total end-2006
2% 44% 66% 44% 49% 51% 61%
.. 50%
5,044
0% 49% 43% 34% 41% 33%
0%
.. 35%
4,400
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 49% 49%
187,917

Coverage*
Age/ Sex
sex
only
100% 100%
100% 100%
0% 100%

..
..
4%
13%
21%
16%
8%
5%
..
..
..
1%
0%

..
..
2%
27%
16%
17%
21%
3%
..
..
..
7%
6%

..
..
21%
15%
17%
17%
25%
3%
..
..
..
7%
3%

..
..
27%
55%
54%
50%
53%
11%
..
..
..
15%
9%

..
..
72%
42%
41%
44%
45%
76%
..
..
..
73%
91%

..
..
1%
3%
4%
7%
2%
13%
..
..
..
12%
0%

..
..
53%
50%
53%
45%
56%
41%
..
..
..
14%
..

..
..
52%
48%
55%
56%
52%
41%
..
..
..
42%
50%

..
..
49%
46%
53%
56%
53%
41%
..
..
..
40%
0%

..
..
50%
48%
53%
53%
53%
41%
..
..
..
39%
33%

..
..
28%
47%
47%
49%
46%
36%
..
..
..
37%
3%

..
..
40%
32%
41%
33%
50%
42%
..
..
..
28%
..

50%
50%
..
..
..
..
..
45%
49%
..
..
..
55%

50%
50%
34%
47%
50%
50%
50%
44%
49%
..
..
37%
51%

845,628
10,439
965
2,091
388
323
120
14,690
2,677
5,000
2,500
1,399
451

0%
0%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
8%
0%
0%
0%
100%
8%

Bialystok-Budowlani
Bialystok-Iga
Czerwony Bor
Jadwisin
Legionowo
Leonow
Linin
Lomza
Lublin
Lukow
Moszna
Radom
Siekierki
Warsaw-Bielany
Warsaw-Ciolka
Wolomin
Seoul/Kyunggi
Bucharest
Various

..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2%
2%
..

..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
1%
5%
..

..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
0%
8%
..

..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
3%
15%
..

..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
95%
83%
..

..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
2%
2%
..

..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
50%
50%
..

..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
25%
41%
..

..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
38%
..

..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
45%
40%
..

..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
20%
20%
..

..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
73%
40%
..

..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
37%

..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
22%
23%
37%

212
290
250
209
110
138
144
230
161
256
179
233
157
444
193
214
710
311
1,716

0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
100% 100%
100% 100%
0% 100%

Gihembe (Byumba)

20%

24%

19%

62%

34%

3%

51%

51%

54%

52%

61%

64%

..

55%

17,732

100% 100%

Rwanda
Rwanda
Rwanda

C
C
C

22%
20%
22%

21%
23%
22%

16%
19%
18%

58%
63%
62%

40%
34%
34%

2%
4%
4%

49%
51%
49%

49%
50%
54%

48%
53%
57%

49%
51%
53%

54%
62%
67%

53%
55%
62%

..
..
..

51%
55%
58%

2,083
17,978
2,982

100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%

Rwanda

24%

23%

17%

64%

34%

2%

52%

49%

55%

52%

65%

61%

..

57%

5,058

100% 100%

Rwanda
Rwanda
Rwanda
Rwanda
Rwanda
Rwanda
Rwanda
Rwanda
Rwanda
Rwanda
Rwanda
Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Senegal
Senegal
Senegal
Senegal

C
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
U
U
U
U
U
C
C
C
C
U

25%
26%
23%
28%
30%
24%
28%
25%
28%
32%
24%
15%
9%
10%
3%
..
20%
20%
20%
20%
3%

23%
23%
11%
23%
16%
16%
14%
15%
17%
17%
13%
23%
20%
17%
20%
..
25%
17%
24%
30%
4%

18%
4%
8%
11%
8%
6%
12%
12%
8%
6%
8%
18%
18%
11%
18%
..
23%
30%
23%
17%
5%

66%
53%
43%
63%
55%
46%
54%
52%
53%
56%
45%
56%
47%
37%
42%
..
67%
67%
67%
67%
12%

32%
46%
56%
36%
44%
53%
44%
47%
45%
44%
55%
43%
51%
61%
55%
..
28%
28%
28%
28%
87%

3%
1%
1%
2%
1%
1%
2%
1%
2%
1%
1%
1%
3%
2%
3%
..
5%
5%
5%
5%
2%

63%
38%
64%
55%
46%
47%
58%
50%
54%
54%
49%
47%
54%
46%
50%
..
60%
60%
60%
60%
40%

51%
53%
33%
46%
53%
50%
50%
50%
53%
52%
59%
47%
40%
50%
51%
..
53%
52%
60%
59%
30%

54%
45%
56%
51%
64%
57%
40%
63%
52%
58%
44%
50%
60%
64%
45%
..
68%
65%
60%
61%
41%

57%
45%
54%
51%
51%
50%
52%
53%
54%
54%
51%
48%
50%
53%
48%
..
60%
60%
60%
60%
37%

72%
67%
52%
82%
74%
66%
70%
70%
76%
78%
72%
51%
36%
25%
37%
..
61%
59%
60%
60%
28%

65%
50%
100%
42%
67%
71%
50%
100%
73%
100%
100%
59%
29%
67%
29%
..
60%
60%
60%
60%
40%

..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..

62%
56%
54%
62%
62%
58%
60%
61%
64%
65%
63%
49%
43%
36%
41%
..
60%
60%
60%
60%
29%

664
272
108
672
299
1,636
254
199
1,079
370
934
6,775
263
132
476
310,016
1,820
1,907
7,942
7,961
3,595

Serbia

Kigeme (Gikongoro)
Kiziba (Kibuye)
Nkamira (Gisenyi)
Nyabiheke
(Byumba)
Nyagatare
(Cyangugu)
Butare
Byumba
Cyangugu
Gikongoro
Gisenyi
Gitarama
Kibungo
Kibuye
Kigali Ngali
Ruhengeri
Kigali
Jeddah
Rafha
Riyadh
Various
Bakel
Dagana
Matam
Podor
Dakar
Belgrade/West
Serbia

1%

9%

10%

20%

60%

20%

44%

48%

49%

48%

48%

59%

..

50%

5,221

100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
43%
100%
100%
100%
0%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%

100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
0%
0%
100%
100%

100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
43%
100%
100%
100%
0%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%

100% 100%

Table 11. Major locations and demographic composition of populations of concern to UNHCR, end-2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
* Type of location: C=Camps/Centers; U=Urban; R=Rural/Dispersed; V=Various/Unknown.
** Indicates the proportion of the population of concern at the location for which the demographic characteristics are available.
This table shows locations where the population numbered 100 or more only. Name of location as provided by UNHCR country office.

Important notes:
The population by location does not necessarily add up to the total population of concern in the country.
Countries with no information on location or demographics are not included.

Country of
asylum/
residence

Type
of
location

Serbia
Serbia

C
C

Serbia

Serbia
Serbia

R
R

Serbia

Serbia
Serbia
Serbia
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
Sierra Leone
Slovakia
Slovenia
Slovenia
Somalia
Somalia

U
U
U
V
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
U
U
U
C
C
V
R
U

Name
of
location
Central/Southern
Serbia
Vojvodina
Belgrade/West
Serbia
Central/Southern
Serbia
Vojvodina
Belgrade/West
Serbia
Central/Southern
Serbia
Kosovo
Vojvodina
Kosovo
Bandajuma
Gerihun
Gondama
Jembe
Jimmi Bagbo
Largo
Taiama
Tobanda
Bo
Freetown
Kenema
Gabcikovo
Ljubljana
Various
Hargeisa
Hargeisa

Somalia

Somalia
Somalia

U
V

Somalia
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Sudan
Sudan
Sudan
Sudan
Sudan
Sudan

Demographic indicators
Share of age group in total
Percentage female per age group
5-11 12-17 <18 18-59 60+> 0-4
5-11 12-17 <18 18-59 60+> Var.

0-4

Total

Total
population
at location,
end-2006

Coverage*
Age/ Sex
sex
only

1%
1%

10%
5%

10%
8%

21%
14%

60%
65%

19%
21%

41%
38%

49%
41%

47%
42%

48%
41%

49%
46%

56%
61%

..
..

50%
48%

3,926
1,041

100% 100%
100% 100%

1%

8%

10%

20%

60%

20%

50%

50%

49%

49%

48%

59%

..

50%

32,160

100% 100%

0%
1%

11%
6%

11%
8%

22%
14%

60%
59%

18%
27%

54%
43%

49%
49%

49%
49%

49%
48%

49%
45%

54%
63%

..
..

50%
50%

46,864
29,610

100% 100%
100% 100%

1%

9%

10%

20%

59%

20%

49%

48%

48%

48%

49%

60%

..

51%

84,831

100% 100%

1%
8%
1%
..
15%
13%
15%
9%
14%
15%
15%
15%
9%
7%
7%
..
..
..
..
8%

11%
14%
8%
..
24%
27%
26%
32%
22%
25%
25%
24%
20%
15%
17%
..
..
..
..
3%

11%
14%
9%
..
14%
9%
14%
11%
20%
12%
14%
13%
23%
18%
24%
..
..
..
..
3%

23%
35%
18%
..
54%
50%
54%
53%
56%
52%
55%
52%
53%
40%
48%
..
..
..
..
14%

60%
54%
59%
..
43%
47%
43%
44%
42%
44%
43%
46%
46%
58%
49%
..
..
..
..
84%

17%
11%
23%
..
3%
3%
2%
3%
2%
4%
2%
3%
1%
2%
3%
..
..
..
..
2%

47%
46%
50%
..
52%
50%
48%
43%
45%
49%
51%
51%
47%
50%
56%
..
..
..
..
45%

50%
53%
48%
..
51%
53%
51%
51%
49%
51%
50%
54%
51%
49%
51%
..
..
..
..
49%

48%
53%
47%
..
46%
46%
51%
57%
48%
49%
42%
49%
50%
50%
54%
..
..
..
..
50%

49%
51%
48%
..
50%
51%
50%
51%
47%
50%
48%
52%
50%
50%
53%
..
..
..
..
47%

50%
48%
47%
..
53%
48%
53%
46%
52%
58%
48%
56%
53%
47%
52%
..
..
..
..
37%

56%
51%
63%
..
47%
52%
38%
62%
43%
65%
57%
49%
0%
55%
34%
..
..
..
..
8%

..
48%
..
50%
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
19%
..
..
56%

51%
48%
51%
50%
51%
50%
51%
49%
49%
54%
48%
54%
51%
48%
52%
..
19%
..
..
38%

71,021
28,866
30,481
85,000
1,865
2,290
3,287
2,578
1,838
3,788
3,204
2,846
773
2,821
2,303
135
506
4,090
1,265
1,546

100%
6%
100%
0%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
0%
0%
0%
0%
98%

100%
79%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
0%
100%
0%
0%
100%

North-East Somalia

18%

8%

3%

29%

70%

1%

53%

48%

45%

51%

33%

50%

..

38%

70,785

1%

1%

..
..

..
..

..
..

..
..

..
..

..
..

..
..

..
..

..
..

..
..

..
..

..
..

..
..

..
..

40,000
250,000

0%
0%

0%
0%

V
U
U
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
C
C
C
C
C
C
C

North-West Somalia
Mogadishu
South-Center
Somalia
Various
Colombo
Ampara
Anuradhapura
Batticaloa
Gampaha
Jaffna
Kilinochchi
Kurunegala
Mannar
Mullaitivu
Polonnaruwa
Puttalam
Trincomalee
Various
Vavuniya
Abuda
Fau 5
Girba
Kilo 26
Mukjar
Pibor
Pochalla

..
..
10%
..
..
..
..
..
..
14%
..
..
..
..
..
..
17%
11%
11%
9%
9%
..
..
..

..
..
15%
..
..
..
..
..
..
14%
..
..
..
..
..
..
8%
15%
5%
15%
14%
..
..
..

..
..
8%
..
..
..
..
..
..
14%
..
..
..
..
..
..
17%
13%
4%
13%
12%
..
..
..

..
..
33%
..
..
..
..
..
..
43%
..
..
..
..
..
..
42%
39%
20%
37%
36%
..
..
..

..
..
64%
..
..
..
..
..
..
29%
..
..
..
..
..
..
42%
53%
76%
60%
59%
..
..
..

..
..
3%
..
..
..
..
..
..
29%
..
..
..
..
..
..
17%
9%
4%
3%
6%
..
..
..

..
..
..
..
61% 58%
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
0% 100%
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
0% 100%
47% 55%
55% 58%
51% 51%
50% 48%
..
..
..
..
..
..

..
..
40%
..
..
..
..
..
..
0%
..
..
..
..
..
..
50%
55%
59%
51%
47%
..
..
..

..
..
..
..
54% 38%
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
33% 100%
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
40% 80%
53% 48%
57% 54%
51% 50%
48% 49%
..
..
..
..
..
..

..
..
44%
..
..
..
..
..
..
0%
..
..
..
..
..
..
50%
40%
63%
55%
42%
..
..
..

..
14%
51%
51%
51%
51%
51%
51%
51%
51%
51%
51%
51%
51%
51%
51%
51%
..
..
..
..
50%
41%
50%

..
14%
50%
51%
51%
51%
51%
51%
51%
51%
51%
51%
51%
51%
51%
51%
51%
49%
55%
50%
48%
50%
41%
50%

40,000
166,193
2,703
55,623
12,217
90,000
2,272
106,602
57,326
3,608
30,601
80,916
2,777
62,428
8,016
5,124
39,029
3,929
1,391
8,996
11,423
234
581
6,800

0%
0%
11%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
100%
100%
100%
0%
0%
0%

0%
79%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%

Sudan

Shagrabs 1, 2 & 3

15%

16%

13%

44%

50%

7%

48%

55%

55%

52%

47%

50%

..

49%

21,999

100% 100%

Sudan

Suki (Awad El Seid)

6%

35%

30%

71%

21%

8%

50%

48%

47%

48%

52%

60%

..

50%

127

100% 100%

C
C

Suki (Awad El Seid,

Fath El Rahman,
Kilo 7)
Um Gargur

6%
12%

34%
10%

29%
8%

70%
30%

21%
53%

9%
18%

51%
47%

47%
48%

47%
48%

47%
47%

53%
51%

60%
50%

..
..

50%
50%

2,964
9,845

100% 100%
100% 100%

Sudan
Sudan

Table 11. Major locations and demographic composition of populations of concern to UNHCR, end-2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
* Type of location: C=Camps/Centers; U=Urban; R=Rural/Dispersed; V=Various/Unknown.
** Indicates the proportion of the population of concern at the location for which the demographic characteristics are available.
This table shows locations where the population numbered 100 or more only. Name of location as provided by UNHCR country office.

Important notes:
The population by location does not necessarily add up to the total population of concern in the country.
Countries with no information on location or demographics are not included.

Country of
asylum/
residence
Sudan
Sudan
Sudan
Sudan
Sudan
Sudan
Sudan
Sudan
Sudan
Sudan
Sudan
Sudan
Sudan
Sudan
Sudan
Sudan
Sudan
Sudan
Sudan
Sudan
Swaziland
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Rep.
Tajikistan
Tajikistan
TfYR Macedonia
Thailand
Thailand
Thailand
Thailand
Thailand

Type
of
location
C
C
C
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
U
U
U
U
U
U
V
U
U
U
U
U
U
C
C
C
C
C

Thailand
Thailand

C
C

Thailand
Thailand
Thailand
Thailand
Thailand

C
C
C
C
C

Thailand
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste
Timor-Leste
Togo
Togo
Togo
Togo
Togo
Togo
Togo
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkey
Turkey
Turkey
Turkey

C
U
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
R
U
R
R
R
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U

Name
of
location
Um Shalaya
Various
Wad Sherife
Abu Rakham area
Bor
Juba
Karkora
Laffa-Gulsa
Um Ali
Um Sagata
Various
Wad El Hileau
Yei
Gedarif
Juba
Kassala
Malakal
Port Sudan
Various
Various
Various
Various
Damascus
Dushanbe
Various
Skopje
Ban Mae Surin
Ban Mai Nai Soi
Bangkok
Don Yang
Kanchanaburi
Mae La
(Thasongyang)
Mae La Oon
Mae Ra Ma Luang
(Sob Moei)
Mai Nai Soi
Nu Po (Umphang)
Tak
Tham Hin
Um Pium (Pob
Phra)
Bangkok
Aileu
Ainaro
Ambeno
Baucau
Bobonaro
Covalima
Ermera
Lautem
Liquica
Manatuto
Manu Fahi
Viqueque
Dili
Bassar
Dankpen
Sotoboua
Atakpame
Golfe
Lacs
Lome
Tunis
Afyon
Aksaray
Ankara
Burdur
Cankiri

0-4
..
..
6%
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
11%
..
9%
0%
5%
13%
13%
17%
4%
15%
7%

Share of age group in total

5-11 12-17 <18 18-59
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
20% 17% 42% 49%
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
13% 17% 40% 60%
..
..
..
..
15% 14% 38% 58%
0% 25% 25% 75%
16% 19% 40% 55%
21% 15% 49% 48%
19% 16% 48% 49%
18% 14% 49% 47%
5%
5% 13% 86%
19% 18% 52% 44%
13% 14% 34% 65%

Total
Demographic indicators
population
Percentage female per age group
at location,
60+> 0-4
5-11 12-17 <18 18-59 60+> Var. Total end-2006
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 50% 50%
3,539
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 50% 50%
430,237
9% 48% 55% 55% 54% 54% 51%
.. 54%
33,371
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 50% 50%
2,500
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 50% 50%
3,153
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 50% 50%
2,100
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 50% 50%
3,000
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 50% 50%
9,500
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 50% 50%
400
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 50% 50%
7,000
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 50% 50%
122,363
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 50% 50%
3,000
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 50% 50%
184
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 50% 50%
2,500
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 75% 75%
437
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 50% 50%
6,000
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
4%
4%
109
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 50% 50%
5,500
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 50% 50%
910,949
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 50% 50%
109
0% 50% 48% 43% 46% 38%
..
.. 41%
917
..
..
..
..
..
..
.. 46% 46%
48,523
4% 48% 49% 48% 48% 45% 48%
.. 46%
49,647
0%
..
.. 67% 67% 22%
.. 49% 49%
773
5% 33% 30% 75% 52% 65%
0% 47% 53%
330
3% 49% 50% 49% 50% 49% 57%
.. 50%
1,790
4% 50% 48% 54% 50% 48% 40%
.. 49%
3,649
5% 47% 51% 51% 50% 49% 49%
.. 49%
17,766
1% 47% 45% 50% 47% 34% 30%
.. 36%
4,064
4% 48% 49% 48% 49% 54% 51%
.. 51%
3,700
1% 47% 61% 43% 51% 44% 50%
.. 46%
252

Coverage*
Age/ Sex
sex
only
0% 100%
0% 100%
100% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
0% 100%
100% 100%
0% 100%
100% 100%
2% 100%
19% 28%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%

14%
15%

19%
19%

15%
17%

48%
50%

48%
46%

4%
4%

49%
48%

48%
47%

49%
48%

49%
48%

49%
48%

54%
49%

..
..

49%
48%

46,148
14,366

100% 100%
100% 100%

14%
12%
14%
7%
16%

20%
11%
17%
15%
19%

17%
13%
16%
13%
17%

51%
35%
47%
35%
51%

45%
61%
50%
63%
44%

4%
4%
3%
2%
4%

50%
53%
50%
50%
48%

48%
50%
49%
45%
50%

48%
45%
49%
47%
51%

49%
49%
49%
47%
50%

50%
38%
48%
44%
51%

48%
59%
54%
51%
53%

..
..
..
..
..

49%
43%
49%
45%
50%

12,840
1,868
13,131
4,397
7,767

100%
100%
100%
100%
100%

100%
100%
100%
100%
100%

13%
9%
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
0%
..
..
..
..
18%
18%
10%
4%
4%
9%
6%
3%
13%

17%
14%
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
0%
..
..
..
..
33%
20%
11%
3%
10%
11%
12%
11%
8%

16%
10%
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
0%
..
..
..
..
13%
11%
13%
1%
7%
12%
14%
12%
12%

46% 51%
33% 65%
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
0% 100%
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
64% 32%
49% 47%
34% 65%
9% 83%
20% 79%
32% 65%
32% 68%
26% 74%
33% 65%

3%
2%
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
0%
..
..
..
..
4%
4%
1%
8%
1%
3%
1%
0%
2%

48%
46%
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
43%
55%
51%
33%
86%
50%
26%
50%
14%

50%
47%
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
71%
50%
49%
20%
47%
52%
54%
62%
22%

47%
48%
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
66%
53%
49%
50%
79%
60%
38%
73%
31%

48%
47%
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
62%
53%
49%
31%
65%
55%
42%
66%
22%

49% 55%
39% 43%
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
17%
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
24% 89%
53% 82%
37% 50%
22% 50%
37% 100%
39% 43%
39% 20%
35%
..
40% 50%

..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..

49%
41%
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
17%
..
..
..
..
51%
54%
42%
25%
43%
44%
39%
43%
35%

19,464
2,417
241
3,572
2,010
32,139
15,233
6,478
7,591
11,588
1,527
9,194
2,861
8,416
66,109
1,000
1,000
3,000
3,000
734
1,383
1,770
150
197
208
619
121
110

100%
100%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%

100%
100%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%

Table 11. Major locations and demographic composition of populations of concern to UNHCR, end-2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
* Type of location: C=Camps/Centers; U=Urban; R=Rural/Dispersed; V=Various/Unknown.
** Indicates the proportion of the population of concern at the location for which the demographic characteristics are available.
This table shows locations where the population numbered 100 or more only. Name of location as provided by UNHCR country office.

Important notes:
The population by location does not necessarily add up to the total population of concern in the country.
Countries with no information on location or demographics are not included.

Country of
asylum/
residence
Turkey
Turkey
Turkey
Turkey
Turkey
Turkey
Turkey
Turkey
Turkey
Turkey
Turkey
Turkey
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Uganda
Uganda
Uganda
Uganda
Uganda
Uganda
Uganda
Uganda
Uganda
Uganda
Uganda
Uganda
Uganda
Uganda
Uganda
Uganda
Uganda

Type
of
location
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
V
R
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
C
R
R
R
R
R
R
R

Uganda
Uganda
Uganda
Ukraine
Ukraine

R
U
V
U
V

Name
of
location
Eskisehir
Gaziantep
Isparta
Istanbul
Kastamonu
Kayseri
Kirsehir
Konya
Nevsehir
Nigde
Van
Various
Various
Mary
Adjumani
Ikafe
Imvepi
Kiryandongo
Kyaka II
Kyangwali
Madi-Okollo
Nakivale
Oruchinga
Palorinya
Rhino Camp
Adjumani / Moyo
Apac
Gulu
Kitgum
Lira
Masindi/ Hoima
Pader
Soroti, Katakwi,
Amuria
Kampala
Kampala
Various
Various

United Arab Emirates

United Rep. of
Tanzania
United Rep. of
Tanzania
United Rep. of
Tanzania
United Rep. of
Tanzania
United Rep. of
Tanzania
United Rep. of
Tanzania
United Rep. of
Tanzania
United Rep. of
Tanzania
United Rep. of
Tanzania
United Rep. of
Tanzania
United Rep. of
Tanzania
United Rep. of
Tanzania
United Rep. of
Tanzania
Uruguay

Abu Dhabi

0-4
5%
9%
6%
7%
5%
5%
7%
7%
6%
5%
3%
4%
18%
11%
16%
25%
14%
18%
17%
20%
23%
21%
19%
17%
15%
..
..
..
..
..
..
..

Share of age group in total

5-11 12-17 <18 18-59
10% 13% 29% 69%
13% 14% 36% 63%
9% 10% 24% 75%
12% 11% 30% 66%
14% 12% 30% 67%
12% 11% 28% 69%
8% 15% 29% 69%
10%
8% 25% 74%
12% 13% 30% 68%
9%
9% 24% 74%
8% 10% 21% 78%
12% 10% 26% 71%
15% 15% 48% 51%
20% 15% 47% 48%
22% 16% 54% 43%
23% 16% 64% 34%
23% 26% 63% 36%
22% 15% 55% 40%
21% 17% 55% 42%
22% 16% 58% 39%
23% 16% 62% 35%
18% 15% 54% 44%
23% 12% 55% 43%
24% 16% 57% 41%
22% 21% 58% 40%
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..

Total
Demographic indicators
population
Percentage female per age group
at location,
60+> 0-4
5-11 12-17 <18 18-59 60+> Var. Total end-2006
3% 42% 59% 33% 43% 46% 22%
.. 45%
347
1% 27% 57% 38% 42% 36% 100%
.. 39%
171
1% 36% 44% 67% 51% 30%
0%
.. 35%
184
3% 46% 46% 48% 47% 45% 52%
.. 46%
2,305
3% 29% 43% 44% 41% 42% 100%
.. 43%
153
3% 41% 48% 46% 46% 48% 41%
.. 47%
787
2% 57% 63% 44% 52% 38%
0%
.. 42%
106
1% 46% 49% 60% 52% 40% 25%
.. 43%
725
2% 53% 42% 48% 46% 48% 46%
.. 47%
647
3% 50% 50% 21% 39% 46% 50%
.. 44%
151
1% 54% 43% 38% 42% 26% 50%
.. 30%
847
3% 46% 55% 53% 53% 44% 56%
.. 46%
338
1% 48% 54% 53% 52% 44% 33% 60% 48%
321
6% 51% 54% 52% 53% 46% 46%
.. 49%
620
3% 49% 50% 48% 49% 52% 64%
.. 51%
54,051
2% 50% 52% 41% 48% 54% 61%
.. 50%
9,952
1% 47% 47% 36% 43% 47% 66%
.. 44%
23,331
5% 50% 49% 45% 48% 52% 62%
.. 50%
14,715
3% 51% 50% 47% 49% 50% 49%
.. 50%
16,410
3% 49% 50% 46% 49% 50% 59%
.. 50%
19,132
3% 53% 49% 42% 49% 54% 58%
.. 51%
8,052
1% 50% 51% 48% 50% 47% 46%
.. 48%
25,692
2% 53% 49% 49% 50% 50% 37%
.. 50%
2,576
2% 50% 49% 47% 49% 56% 67%
.. 52%
31,089
1% 49% 50% 46% 48% 50% 58%
.. 49%
18,493
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
40,000
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
115,000
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
438,765
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
267,087
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
343,733
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
66,000
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
279,589

Coverage*
Age/ Sex
sex
only
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
95% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
100% 100%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%
0%

..
8%
..
0%
..

..
4%
..
0%
..

..
23%
..
3%
..

..
36%
..
3%
..

..
63%
..
96%
..

..
1%
..
1%
..

..
49%
..
0%
..

..
52%
..
..
..

..
51%
..
21%
..

..
51%
..
19%
..

..
39%
..
8%
..

..
73%
..
63%
..

..
..
..
23%
..

..
43%
..
21%
..

36,000
4,646
49,677
4,298
69,992

0%
0%
100% 100%
0%
0%
15% 100%
0%
0%

7%

9%

16%

32%

64%

5%

43%

37%

41%

40%

48%

0%

..

43%

206

100% 100%

Chogo

16%

19%

22%

57%

38%

5%

65%

53%

52%

56%

61%

48%

..

58%

2,086

100% 100%

Kanembwa

19%

18%

20%

56%

41%

3%

50%

50%

51%

50%

53%

43%

..

51%

12,514

100% 100%

Lugufu

16%

19%

20%

55%

43%

2%

51%

51%

48%

50%

56%

62%

..

53%

75,254

100% 100%

Lukole

23%

18%

17%

58%

40%

2%

50%

54%

44%

50%

52%

42%

..

50%

39,685

100% 100%

Mkugwa

12%

15%

17%

44%

55%

1%

57%

50%

48%

51%

56%

55%

..

54%

2,613

100% 100%

Mtabila 1

17%

14%

26%

57%

41%

2%

50%

51%

51%

51%

50%

50%

..

50%

16,372

100% 100%

Mtabila 2

20%

18%

20%

58%

41%

1%

50%

41%

59%

50%

50%

58%

..

50%

29,146

100% 100%

Mtendeli

16%

14%

24%

54%

45%

1%

49%

52%

49%

50%

49%

44%

..

49%

18,561

100% 100%

Myovosi

20%

17%

20%

57%

42%

2%

49%

55%

43%

49%

50%

47%

..

49%

20,050

100% 100%

Nduta

17%

19%

17%

54%

45%

1%

50%

53%

42%

49%

48%

38%

..

48%

18,075

100% 100%

Ngara

5%

8%

14%

27%

70%

3%

41%

56%

51%

51%

39%

63%

..

43%

311

100% 100%

Nyarugusu

19%

20%

20%

59%

39%

2%

51%

55%

49%

52%

56%

59%

..

54%

52,713

100% 100%

R
U

Various
Montevideo

10%
3%

13%
5%

25%
7%

48%
15%

51%
75%

2%
10%

43%
25%

42%
25%

39%
45%

41%
35%

45%
30%

47%
47%

..
..

43%
33%

198,234
153

100% 100%
100% 100%

Table 11. Major locations and demographic composition of populations of concern to UNHCR, end-2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
* Type of location: C=Camps/Centers; U=Urban; R=Rural/Dispersed; V=Various/Unknown.
** Indicates the proportion of the population of concern at the location for which the demographic characteristics are available.
This table shows locations where the population numbered 100 or more only. Name of location as provided by UNHCR country office.

Important notes:
The population by location does not necessarily add up to the total population of concern in the country.
Countries with no information on location or demographics are not included.

Country of
asylum/
residence

Type
of
location

Name
of
location

0-4

Demographic indicators
Share of age group in total
Percentage female per age group
5-11 12-17 <18 18-59 60+> 0-4
5-11 12-17 <18 18-59 60+> Var.

Total

Total
population
at location,
end-2006

Coverage*
Age/ Sex
sex
only

Venezuela (Bolivarian
Republic of)
R

Apure

13%

19%

18%

50%

46%

4%

46%

50%

51%

49%

49%

39%

..

49%

2,820

100% 100%

Venezuela (Bolivarian
Republic of)
R

Tachira

14%

17%

16%

47%

51%

3%

50%

48%

47%

48%

46%

45%

..

47%

2,408

100% 100%

Venezuela (Bolivarian
Republic of)
R

Zulia

15%

17%

16%

48%

49%

3%

47%

53%

49%

50%

44%

31%

..

46%

1,777

100% 100%

Venezuela (Bolivarian
Republic of)
U

Caracas

5%

10%

9%

24%

71%

5%

43%

49%

46%

46%

37%

37%

..

39%

749

100% 100%

Venezuela (Bolivarian
Republic of)
Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Viet Nam
Yemen
Yemen
Yemen
Yemen
Yemen
Yemen
Yemen
Yemen
Yemen
Yemen
Yemen
Yemen
Yemen
Yemen
Zambia
Zambia
Zambia
Zambia
Zambia
Zambia
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe

Various
Binh Duong
Binh Phuoc
Cu Chi
Ho Chi Minh City
AL-Kharaz
Aden
Al-Baida
Dhamar
Hodeidah
Mahra
Mukalla
Rida'a
Sada'a
Sana'a
Sana'a/Aden
Shabwa
Taiz
Various
Kala
Mayukwayukwa
Meheba
Mwange
Various
Lusaka
Various
Tongogara
Harare

8%
..
..
..
..
17%
4%
7%
15%
8%
9%
12%
19%
4%
4%
14%
6%
4%
1%
21%
24%
17%
19%
..
..
5%
..
..

16%
..
..
..
..
17%
20%
18%
15%
20%
19%
23%
18%
16%
18%
13%
11%
18%
3%
14%
11%
14%
14%
..
..
10%
..
..

17%
..
..
..
..
17%
20%
17%
14%
20%
19%
23%
17%
16%
18%
13%
11%
18%
3%
23%
19%
20%
23%
..
..
18%
..
..

41%
..
..
..
..
52%
45%
42%
44%
47%
48%
57%
55%
36%
40%
41%
28%
40%
8%
58%
54%
51%
56%
..
..
34%
..
..

56%
..
..
..
..
48%
50%
55%
53%
44%
50%
33%
42%
57%
54%
56%
70%
47%
92%
40%
41%
42%
42%
..
..
65%
..
..

3%
..
..
..
..
0%
5%
3%
3%
9%
2%
10%
4%
6%
6%
3%
2%
13%
0%
2%
5%
7%
2%
..
..
2%
..
..

45%
..
..
..
..
51%
44%
36%
51%
51%
50%
51%
54%
40%
53%
51%
56%
51%
49%
48%
57%
56%
50%
..
..
43%
..
..

47%
..
..
..
..
48%
50%
60%
54%
42%
47%
52%
35%
35%
50%
44%
56%
34%
45%
51%
59%
55%
52%
..
..
35%
..
..

51%
..
..
..
..
48%
50%
59%
53%
43%
47%
52%
35%
35%
50%
44%
57%
34%
45%
50%
55%
52%
50%
..
..
44%
..
..

48%
..
..
..
..
49%
49%
56%
53%
44%
47%
52%
42%
35%
50%
46%
56%
36%
46%
50%
57%
54%
51%
..
..
41%
..
..

46%
..
..
..
..
47%
47%
48%
62%
51%
46%
71%
47%
31%
51%
43%
47%
51%
18%
50%
52%
51%
51%
..
..
41%
..
..

26%
..
..
..
..
33%
54%
78%
33%
56%
50%
49%
50%
44%
55%
67%
75%
51%
52%
54%
63%
48%
52%
..
..
29%
..
..

..
52%
50%
55%
50%
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
..
46%
41%

46%
52%
50%
55%
50%
48%
48%
52%
57%
48%
47%
58%
44%
34%
51%
45%
50%
45%
21%
50%
55%
52%
51%
..
..
41%
46%
41%

720
1,785
261
233
7,200
9,298
13,102
322
235
486
680
692
282
140
20,262
874
458
2,858
46,965
19,143
10,636
13,732
21,179
50,000
215
5,563
2,149
1,370

V
C
C
C
U
C
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
U
C
C
C
C
R
U
U
C
U

*** According to the Constitutional Court of Colombia, there are serious discrepancies between the real magnitude of the situation and the figures of the national
registration system. In a latest Order of Compliance to the Landmark Judgment on Displacement, the Court cites the Director of the Agencia Presidencial de Accin
Social y la Cooperacin Internacional who acknowledged in public statements that IDP figures in Colombia are close to 3 million (Order of Compliance 218, dated 11
August 2006, related to the Landmark Judgment T-025).

100%
0%
0%
0%
0%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
0%
0%
100%
0%
0%

100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
100%
0%
0%
100%
100%
100%

Table 12. Population of concern to UNHCR by type of location, end-2006

Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.

Important notes:
The population by location type does not necessarily add up to the total population of concern in the country.
Countries with no location information (primarily industrialized countries) are not included.
Region and
country/
territory
of
asylum
Afghanistan
Albania
Algeria1
Angola
Argentina
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bahrain
Bangladesh
Belarus
Belgium
Belize
Benin
Bolivia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cambodia
Cameroon
Canada
Central African Rep.
Chad
Chile
China
Colombia3
Congo
Costa Rica
Cte d'Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Rep.
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Djibouti
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Eritrea
Estonia
Ethiopia
Fiji
France
Gabon
Gambia
Georgia
Ghana
Greece
Guatemala
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Honduras
Hong Kong SAR, China
Hungary

Camps
114,678
29
90,000
7,819
40,862
26,154
6,019
554
3,179
10,021
222
7,753
267,387
9
6,014
3,963
2,195
1,936
8,323
8,955
4,701
5
96,590
37,864
21,678
2,849

Urban
79,543
57
5,124
2,638
4,025
51,794
261,807
18
236
799
17,259
173
6,127
406
9,855
66
3,890
639
1,267
9,986
73
15,877
23,463
6,531
5,326
1,472
225
220
3,907
775
591,622
1
694
13,432
29,529
320
17,310
104,467
39
1,956
2
713
2
146,900
11,209
7,965
232,821
5,872
2,956
385
12,774
8,121
20
4,347
-

Location type
Rural/
dispersed
82,543
6
51,041
61,998
387,010
94
316
9
47
306
23,367
147,000
126,724
45,809
143,393
170,868
1,347
6,398
14,542
6,799
903
2
64

Unknown
250,898
2,300
11,137
172
141,103
17,000
58,765
3,000,011
6,622
9,677
2,827
1,116,281
250,000
5
60,459
53

Total
527,662
92
95,124
61,498
4,025
113,792
691,979
18
26,390
12,030
17,259
489
12,146
587
151,512
3,292
20,890
639
1,267
79,078
295
39,244
23,463
161,284
399,437
1,472
234
3,000,231
62,352
775
738,978
11,873
694
13,432
4,763
1,325,001
9,275
267,310
104,467
39
6,657
12
97,303
2
146,900
12,556
14,363
307,822
50,535
2,956
385
35,355
8,121
22
4,347
2,966

Percentage
Camps
Urban
22%
15%
32%
62%
95%
5%
13%
4%
0%
100%
0%
46%
6%
38%
0%
100%
99%
1%
0%
7%
0%
100%
0%
35%
50%
50%
0%
69%
0%
7%
97%
2%
0%
19%
0%
100%
0%
100%
13%
13%
75%
25%
0%
40%
0%
100%
5%
4%
67%
1%
0%
100%
4%
96%
0%
0%
10%
6%
0%
100%
1%
80%
18%
0%
0%
100%
0%
100%
41%
0%
1%
2%
97%
3%
0%
6%
0%
100%
0%
100%
71%
29%
42%
17%
99%
1%
0%
100%
0%
100%
0%
89%
0%
55%
0%
76%
75%
12%
0%
100%
0%
100%
61%
36%
0%
100%
0%
91%
0%
100%
96%
0%

Table 12. Population of concern to UNHCR by type of location, end-2006

Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.

Important notes:
The population by location type does not necessarily add up to the total population of concern in the country.
Countries with no location information (primarily industrialized countries) are not included.
Region and
country/
territory
of
asylum
India
Indonesia
Iraq
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Israel
Japan
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kuwait
Kyrgyzstan
Latvia
Lebanon
Liberia
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
Liechtenstein
Malawi
Malaysia
Mali
Mauritania
Mexico
Micronesia (Federated States of)
Moldova
Mongolia
Montenegro
Mozambique
Myanmar
Namibia
Nepal
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria
Oman
Pakistan2
Panama
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Qatar
Rep. of Korea
Romania
Russian Federation
Rwanda
Saudi Arabia
Senegal
Serbia
Sierra Leone
Singapore
Slovakia
Slovenia
Somalia
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Sudan

Camps
69,609
19,769
31,502
256,039
7
4,387
7,750
54
239
4,210
5,019
6,486
108,190
5,044
1,043,984
2,677
3,462
70
46,497
89
19,630
10,188
21,696
327
611
535,436

Urban
12,241
473
21,050
936,868
1,890
2,951
20,185
5,957
35,007
109,661
3,094
8
3,414
8,064
4,754
25
1,438
107,670
12,415
861
2,578
2
7
10
1,855
357
208
215
4,400
14
3,160
14,690
2,508
61
1,399
556
81
710
315
6,775
310,961
3,595
215,260
5,897
11
8
22
112,331
166,193
2,703
925,495

Location type
Rural/
dispersed
93
865
44,242
7,556
9
349,435
877
669,500
122
901
5,000
5,825
108,634
1,265
153,200

Unknown
2,139,270
1,019
1,290
750,000
29,500
1,706
18,912
3,531,496
1,716
85,000
20
4,090
290,000
556,539
109

Total
81,850
566
2,180,954
969,389
1,890
2,951
20,185
50,199
291,046
109,661
11,940
24
753,414
361,886
4,754
25
9,188
107,670
12,469
30,361
3,455
2
1,945
7
23,132
6,874
669,500
6,486
3,640,043
208
337
9,444
14
1,047,144
15,591
10,185
61
1,399
556
3,462
81
710
385
1,716
59,097
311,050
23,225
419,082
27,613
11
335
4,723
403,596
166,193
559,242
1,614,240

Percentage
Camps
Urban
85%
15%
0%
84%
1%
1%
3%
97%
0%
100%
0%
100%
0%
100%
0%
12%
88%
12%
0%
100%
0%
26%
29%
33%
0%
0%
1%
2%
0%
100%
0%
100%
84%
16%
0%
100%
0%
100%
0%
3%
0%
75%
0%
100%
12%
0%
0%
100%
18%
0%
73%
27%
0%
0%
100%
0%
3%
0%
0%
100%
0%
64%
53%
47%
0%
100%
100%
0%
0%
94%
26%
25%
0%
100%
0%
100%
0%
100%
100%
0%
0%
100%
0%
100%
18%
82%
0%
0%
79%
11%
0%
100%
85%
15%
2%
51%
79%
21%
0%
100%
98%
2%
13%
0%
0%
28%
0%
100%
0%
0%
33%
57%

Table 12. Population of concern to UNHCR by type of location, end-2006

Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.

Important notes:
The population by location type does not necessarily add up to the total population of concern in the country.
Countries with no location information (primarily industrialized countries) are not included.
Region and
country/
territory
of
asylum
Swaziland
Switzerland
Syrian Arab Rep.
Tajikistan
TfYR Macedonia
Thailand
Timor-Leste
Togo
Tunisia
Turkey
Turkmenistan
Uganda
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates
United Rep. of Tanzania
Uruguay
Venezuela (Bolivarian Rep. of)
Viet Nam
Yemen
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Total
1
2

Camps
91
149,412
223,493
287,441
2,357
9,298
64,690
2,149
3,711,662

Urban
917
48,523
49,647
1,184
1,924
2,417
66,109
6,887
161
8,852
131
4,646
4,298
206
153
749
7,200
87,356
5,778
1,370
5,075,946

Location type
Rural/
dispersed
100,855
5,162
620
1,586,174
198,234
7,005
63
50,000
4,566,223

Unknown
321
49,677
69,992
720
12,458,687

Total
1,008
48,523
49,647
1,184
1,924
151,829
166,964
12,049
161
9,173
751
1,863,990
74,290
206
485,675
153
8,474
9,620
96,653
120,468
3,519
25,812,517

Percentage
Camps
Urban
9%
91%
0%
100%
0%
100%
0%
100%
0%
100%
98%
2%
0%
40%
0%
57%
0%
100%
0%
97%
0%
17%
12%
0%
0%
6%
0%
100%
59%
0%
0%
100%
0%
9%
25%
75%
10%
90%
54%
5%
61%
39%
14%
20%

According to the Government of Algeria, there are an estimated 165,000 Sahrawi refugees in the Tindouf camps.

UNHCR figures for Pakistan only include Afghans living in camps who are assisted by UNHCR. According to a 2005 government census of Afghans in
Pakistan and subsequent voluntary repatriation during the year, there are an additional 1.3 million Afghans living outside camps, some of whom may be
refugees. Those Afghans living outside camps receive no UNHCR assistance except access to UNHCR-facilitated voluntary repatriation. These figures
are currently under review as result of the registration of Afghans which took place in Pakistan from October 2006 to February 2007.

2005 GLOBAL REFUGEE TRENDS

Table 13. Internally displaced persons (IDPs) protected or assisted by UNHCR, 2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.

Important notes:
This table reflects only IDPs who are protected/assisted by UNHCR. These are also not necessarily
representative of the entire IDP population in a given country. Most of the world's IDP situations are not
covered by UNHCR and are thus not reflected. For global IDP estimates, visit the Internal Displacement
Monitoring Centre at www.internal-displacement.org
Most IDP figures are rough estimates and rounded to the nearest hundredth.
Population start-2006
Country

Population end-2006

Total

Total

Afghanistan
Azerbaijan1

139,800

129,300

578,500

686,600

Bosnia and Herzegovina

182,700

135,500

Burundi
Central African Rep.2

11,500

13,900

50,000

147,000

Chad2

20,000

112,700

2,000,000

3,000,000

Colombia3
Congo2
Cte d'Ivoire4
Croatia
Dem. Rep. of the Congo2
Georgia5
Iraq4

4,500

3,500

709,400

709,200

4,800

4,000

1,606,200

1,075,300

234,200

246,000

1,172,000

1,834,400

200,000

Lebanon
Liberia
Montenegro6

237,800

17,900

16,200

Myanmar
Nepal2

58,500

100,000

100,000

Russian Federation

170,500

158,900

Serbia

228,500

227,600

Somalia

400,000

400,000

Sri Lanka
Sudan4

324,700

469,200

503,200

1,325,200

155,200

Timor-Leste
Togo
Uganda2
Total

3,000

1,586,200

1,586,200

10,285,400

12,794,400

Government statistics, the increase is currently being reviewed by UNHCR

Newly reported IDPs at the start of the year and not included in previous UNHCR statistics.

According to the Constitutional Court of Colombia, there are serious discrepancies between the real magnitude of the situation and the
figures of the national registration system. In a latest Order of Compliance to the Landmark Judgment on Displacement, the Court cites the
Director of the Agencia Presidencial de Accin Social y la Cooperacin Internacional who acknowledged in public statements that IDP
figures in Colombia are close to 3 million (Order of Compliance 218, dated 11 August 2006, related to the Landmark Judgment T-025).
4

Revised figures for start-2006.

The 2006 figures include only ethnic Georgian population displaced from Abkhazia and South Ossetia. It does not include an estimated
10,000 persons of Osset origin displaced within South Ossetia in non-Georgian controlled territory.
6

Although counted as IDPs here (and officially referred to as such by the Montenegrin Government), this population consists of persons
displaced from Serbia (Kosovo) who are not being accorded the same rights as Montenegrin citizens in practice.

Table 14. Stateless persons1, 2006

Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
N.B. Stateless refugees are included in Table 3 and stateless asylum-seekers in Table 8.
Data is not complete and includes estimates. Countries for which UNHCR has information about stateless persons but no reliable data
have been included in the table with an asterisk (*).
Pop. start-2006
Country
of
Description/origin

residence
2

Bahamas
3

Total

UNHCRTotal

assisted

assisted

Stateless

500

501

Stateless

2,300

2,300

Stateless

Bangladesh

of which:

UNHCR-

Austria
Azerbaijan

Pop. end-2006

of which:

De facto stateless

250,000

300,000

Stateless

9,983

8,886

Belgium

Stateless

423

426

Bhutan

Stateless

Brunei Darussalam

Stateless

Cambodia

Stateless

Colombia

Stateless

Cote d'Ivoire

Stateless

Stateless

20

18

Stateless

Stateless

774

Dominican Republic

Stateless

Egypt

Stateless

96

96

77

77

Belarus

Croatia
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Denmark

Eritrea

796

Stateless

Stateless

136,000

119,204

Ethiopia

Stateless

Stateless

68

France

Stateless

835

904

Georgia

Stateless

1,289

1,273

Germany

Stateless

9,476

10,013

Greece

Stateless

108

Hungary

Stateless

49

49

Iceland

Stateless

India

Stateless

Iraq

Stateless

130,000

130,000

Estonia
Finland

68

Italy

10

Stateless

886

Japan

Stateless

1,765

1,826

Jordan

Stateless

45,644

40,530

Kazakhstan

11

Ethnic Kazakhs

886
-

Kazakhstan

Stateless

4,932

5,168

Kenya

Stateless

100,000

Kuwait

Bidoons

80,000

88,086

94

Stateless

100,000

10,190

Non-Citizens

418,440

392,816

12

Kyrgyzstan
13

Latvia

14

Latvia

Lithuania

15

Stateless

198

196

Stateless

8,708

7,215

Madagascar

Stateless

Moldova

Stateless

1,523

1,706

Mongolia

16

Ethnic Kazakh returnees

500

500

Mongolia

Stateless

78

Morocco

Stateless

Stateless

236,495

669,500

669,500

Stateless

400,000

3,400,000

Stateless

6,500

4,461

Stateless

Stateless

569

17

Myanmar
Nepal

18

Netherlands

19

Niger
20

Norway

81

672

Pakistan

Stateless

Panama

Stateless

Papua New Guinea

Stateless

21

Stateless

74

Qatar

Stateless

Romania

Stateless

400

223

Russian Federation

Meskhetians

14,414

14,414

3,982

3,982

Poland

74

Table 14. Stateless persons1, 2006

Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
N.B. Stateless refugees are included in Table 3 and stateless asylum-seekers in Table 8.
Data is not complete and includes estimates. Countries for which UNHCR has information about stateless persons but no reliable data
have been included in the table with an asterisk (*).
Pop. start-2006
Country

Pop. end-2006

of which:

of

of which:

UNHCRDescription/origin

residence
22
Russian Federation

Stateless

56,741

56,741

50,000

Saudi Arabia

Stateless

70,000

70,000

Slovenia

Citizens of former Yugoslavia

445

445

4,090

Stateless

16

20

Stateless

Stateless

5,299

Spain
Sri Lanka

23

Sweden
Switzerland

Total

UNHCRTotal

assisted

assisted
50,000

5,571

Stateless

129

Syrian Arab Rep.

Stateless

300,000

300,000

Tajikistan

Stateless

184

TfYR Macedonia

De facto stateless

2,200

1,039

762

Stateless

Stateless
Formerly deported persons (FDPs) in
Crimea

24

Thailand

25

Turkmenistan
Ukraine
Ukraine

26

United Arab Emirates

United Kingdom

28

27

153
-

6,500

3,331

6,000

2,850

Stateless

63,577

50

58,992

60

Stateless

Stateless

205

Uzbekistan

Stateless

Viet Nam

Former Cambodian refugees

Total

15,000

7,200

2,383,082

75,087

5,806,011

727,327

Notes
1

This definition refers mainly to de jure stateless persons but also includes de facto stateless persons as well as persons who have difficulties establishing their nationality.

The number represents the official figure on stateless persons in Azerbaijan (1,800 persons) as well as UNHCR estimates of ethnic Armenians.

The increase over 2005 is due to a revised estimate based on a survey of Bihari settlements conducted by UNHCR. According to Bangladeshi court decisions, these
individuals should be considered as citizens of Bangladesh, however, Biharis often have difficulties establishing their nationality and are generally not issued passports.
4

The figure is based on the Belarus definition of a stateless person as "a person who is not a citizen of Belarus and who has no proof of citizenship of another country."

It has yet to be determined whether statelessness has remained a significant problem after the November 2004 Congolese Nationality Law was enacted.

Revised statistics provided by the Danish Immigration Service.

Almost all persons recorded as stateless have permanent residence and enjoy more rights than foreseen in the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons.

Revised statistics provided by UDI Finland.

Data refers to 1 January 2006 (no data available for 2006).

10

Data refers to 1 January 2005 (no data available for 2006).

Ethnic Kazakhs with foreign citizenship who move to Kazakhstan and who may find themselves in a stateless situation for a period of time while applying for Kazakhstan
citizenship. After reviewing the naturalization process and accompanying safeguards, UNHCR is satisfied that Kazak citizenship will be accorded. Thus, this population is not
expected to be reflected in 2007 statistics.

11

12

Revised Government estimate. Previous estimate was determined to be inaccurate.

13

The Republic of Latvia enacted a Law on Stateless Persons on 17 February 2004, which replaced the Law on the Status of Stateless Persons in the Republic of Latvia of 18
February 1999, and which determines the legal status of persons who are not considered as citizens by the legislation of any State and whose status is not determined by the
25th April 1995 Law (quoted below).

14
The Republic of Latvia by the 25th April 1995 Law on the Status of Those Former USSR Citizens who are not Citizens of Latvia or of Any Other State granted a transitional
legal status to permanently residing persons (non-citizens) entitling them to a set of rights and obligations beyond the minimum rights prescribed by the 1954 Convention
relating to the Status of Stateless Persons, and identical to those attached to the possession of nationality, with the exception of certain limited civil and political rights.
Therefore, the exclusion clause provided by Article 1.2.2 (ii) of the 1954 Convention is applicable to the non-citizens of Latvia.
15

The vast majority of these persons hold permanent residence permits while a small number possess temporary residence permits.

16

2005 estimate of number of ethnic Kazakhs who renounced their Mongolian citizenship under the nationality law to obtain the citizenship of Kazakhstan and who
subsequently sought to restore their Mongolian nationality but had not yet reacquired it.

17

Figure from start-2006 includes only stateless returnees while end-2006 includes all stateless persons present in northern Rakhine State (Rohingyas).

18

This revised figure is based on a UNHCR review of available Government estimates of the total stateless population in Nepal.

19

The figure does not distinguish between stateless refugees and non-refugees.

20

Revised statistics provided by UDI Norway.

21

Data refers to end-2005 (information for 2006 not available at time of publication).

22

The 56,741 at the start of 2006 included an official figure of 16,741 stateless persons who held a temporary residence or residence permit in the Russian Federation and an
estimated 40,000 other stateless persons. No precise data is available for 2006 on reduction of statelessness due to naturalizations of stateless persons. The 50,000 at the
end of 2006 is a UNHCR estimate in the absence of Government statistics.

23
A large number of de jure and de facto stateless persons acquired nationality under legislation adopted in 2003 but information gathered by UNHCR in the field indicates
that several thousand de facto stateless persons remain.
24

Figures are based on estimates from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.
Statements made by the Royal Government of Thailand have indicated that there may be between 800,000 and 2.5 million persons with an undetermined nationality in
Thailand.

Table 14. Stateless persons1, 2006

Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
N.B. Stateless refugees are included in Table 3 and stateless asylum-seekers in Table 8.
Data is not complete and includes estimates. Countries for which UNHCR has information about stateless persons but no reliable data
have been included in the table with an asterisk (*).
Pop. start-2006
Country
of
residence

Pop. end-2006

of which:

of which:

UNHCRDescription/origin

26

Total

assisted

UNHCRTotal

assisted

The figure is based on an extrapolation from the number of stateless persons registered in the 2001 census in Ukraine. It includes 6,735 stateless persons officially
registered with the Ukrainian Ministry of Interior.
27
No official statistics on the number of stateless persons in the United Arab Emirates exist, but according to estimates by Refugees International there may be approximately
100,000 stateless Bidoons residing in the country.
28

No figure for 2006 was available at the time of publication.

Table 15. Others of concern to UNHCR, 2006

Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
N.B. This table does not include stateless persons. See Table 14 for an overview of stateless persons.
Pop. start-2006
Country

Pop. end-2006

of which:

of

of which:

UNHCR-

residence
Azerbaijan

Description/origin
Rejected Afghan asylum-seekers

Azerbaijan

Rejected Iraqi asylum-seekers

Belarus
Brazil
Cambodia

Rejected Vietnamese asylum-seekers

China
Costa Rica
Costa Rica

Rejected asylum-seekers of concern to UNHCR

Ecuador

Colombia

Eritrea

Dependants of Sudanese refugees

Georgia

IDP returnees to South Ossetia

Georgia

Total

Change (%)
of which:

UNHCRTotal

assisted

UNHCRTotal

assisted

assisted

296

296

372

372

26%

26%

31

31

23

23

-26%

-26%

Asylum-seekers of concern to UNHCR

2,414

256

2,431

186

1%

-27%

Colombians at the Brazilian border region

4,000

17,000

325%

..

31

31

60

60

94%

94%

Various nationalities of concern to UNHCR

19

19

533%

533%

Identified persons of concern to UNHCR pending

to receive residence permit or status

3,705

..

..

1,350

..

..

250,000

250,000

0%

..

31

31

32

32

3%

3%

4,186

69

..

..

Internally displaced persons in South Ossetia

10,000

1,035

..

..

Georgia

Returnees to South Ossetia

1,881

..

..

Georgia

Spontaneous returnees in Gali, Abkhazia

45,000

45,000

..

..

3,000

3,000

0%

..

60

59

-100%

-100%

Greece

Iraqi Christians

Indonesia

Afghanistan

Indonesia

Iraq

149

140

-100%

-100%

Indonesia

Myanmar

11

11

-100%

-100%

Indonesia

Somalia

24

24

-100%

-100%

Indonesia

Thailand

-100%

-100%

Kuwait

Iraq

13,000

13,000

284

0%

..

Kuwait

Palestinians

6,000

6,000

97

0%

..

Kuwait

Somalia

2,000

2,000

32

0%

..

Kyrgyzstan

Former Tajik refugees of concern to UNHCR

1,129

..

..

Lebanon

Family members of recognized refugees or

registered asylum-seekers or concern to UNHCR
19

110

479%

..

Liberia

Third-country nationals

34

34

-76%

-76%

Malaysia

Bangladesh

-100%

..

Malaysia

Cambodia

-100%

..

Malaysia

India

-100%

..

Malaysia

Indonesia

224

-100%

..

Malaysia

Philippines

61,314

61,314

0%

..

Malaysia

Thailand

-100%

..

Mauritania

Mali

3,500

3,500

0%

..

Mauritania

Western Sahara

26,000

26,000

0%

..

Nepal

Bhutan

10,000

10,000

0%

..

Nepal

Tibetans (recent arrivals)

928

928

387

387

-58%

-58%

Nigeria

Chad

3,000

-100%

..

Panama

Estimated number of persons in need of

international protection
Particularly vulnerable indigenous host
communities
Rejected Vietnamese of concern to UNHCR

7,500

2,000

10,000

2,000

33%

0%

2,765

2,365

3,500

2,965

27%

25%

766

416

-46%

..

Panama
Philippines
Russian Federation

100,000

100,000

0%

..

Russian Federation

Afghans in a refugee-like situation (UNHCR

estimate)
Asylum-seekers of concern to UNHCR

5,798

5,798

3,921

3,921

-32%

-32%

Russian Federation

IRPs (forced migrants) excluding IDPs

131,878

51,635

131,878

51,635

0%

0%

Serbia

Protected/assisted minorities in Kosovo

85,000

85,000

0%

..

Sudan

Former Eritrean refugees

36,110

-100%

..

Sudan

War affected beneficiaries in West Darfur of

concern to UNHCR

42,114

42,114

..

..

Table 15. Others of concern to UNHCR, 2006

Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
N.B. This table does not include stateless persons. See Table 14 for an overview of stateless persons.
Pop. start-2006
Country

Pop. end-2006

of which:

of

of which:

UNHCRDescription/origin
Persons of concern from Serbia

TfYR Macedonia1
Thailand

Rejected Kosovo/Roma asylum-seekers of

concern to UNHCR
Iraq

Thailand

Lao People's Dem. Rep.

Thailand

Various nationalities

37

Turkey

Chechens in a refugee-like situation

1,400

Ukraine

"War refugees" from Abkhazia

2,809

150

5,000

Venezuela (Boliv. Rep.

of)

Colombia
-

Total

of which:

UNHCR-

residence
TfYR Macedonia

Total

Change (%)

Total

assisted

UNHCRTotal

assisted

assisted

90

60

..

..

123

123

389

389

216%

216%

93

100

8%

..

0%

0%

183

395%

..

306

-78%

..

150

78%

0%

200,000

0%

..

63,922 1,045,409

150,843

9%

136%

200,000
960,369

Table 16. Major mass inflows, 2006

Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
N.B. This table includes mass (prima facie) arrivals per origin and country of asylum of 50
refugees and more.
This table excludes Iraqi prima facie arrivals in Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Syria due to lack of data.

Origin*
(FROM)
Burundi
Burundi
Central African Rep.
Central African Rep.
Chad
Cte d'Ivoire
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Ethiopia
Liberia
Russian Federation
Senegal
Somalia
Somalia
Sri Lanka
Sudan
Sudan
Sudan
Sudan

Country of asylum
(TO)
United Rep. of Tanzania
Zambia
Cameroon
Chad
Sudan
Israel
Burundi
Rwanda
Uganda
United Rep. of Tanzania
Sudan
Guinea
Azerbaijan
Gambia
Eritrea
Yemen
India
Chad
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Israel
Uganda

* This table does not include some 1.2 million Iraqi refugees in neighbouring countries.

New
refugee
arrivals
1,070
70
20,420
10,610
20,000
70
2,130
2,490
7,660
310
100
160
350
6,400
130
13,490
16,660
11,610
1,750
260
790

Table 17. Major voluntary repatriation/returnee movements, 2006

Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
N.B. This table includes voluntary repatriation/returnee movements per origin and country of
asylum of 500 refugees or more.
Figures are based on country of asylum and country of origin reports.
All figures are rounded to the closest 10.

Origin
(TO)
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Angola
Angola
Angola
Burundi
Burundi
Burundi
Burundi
Congo
Croatia
Croatia
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Iraq
Liberia
Liberia
Liberia
Liberia
Liberia
Rwanda
Serbia
Serbia
Somalia
Somalia
Sudan
Sudan

Country of asylum
(FROM)
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Pakistan
United Kingdom
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Zambia
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Rwanda
United Rep. of Tanzania
Various/unknown
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbia
Burundi
Central African Rep.
Congo
Sudan
United Rep. of Tanzania
Zambia
Various/unknown
Cte d'Ivoire
Ghana
Guinea
Nigeria
Sierra Leone
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Germany
Switzerland
Djibouti
Yemen
Central African Rep.
Chad

Total
243,650
143,020
520
520
24,440
21,940
1,280
620
42,770
3,210
4,410
1,190
3,420
1,100
670
10,030
840
23,740
4,740
19,790
14,970
4,670
54,210
890
33,100
5,830
2,770
610
1,240
550
12,120
8,500

of who:
UNHCRassisted
5,280
133,340
520
520
24,440
21,940
1,000
620
42,770
970
410
1,100
500
10,000
840
16,520
11,500
2,130
25,500
890
11,270
5,830
2,770
610
1,240
550
5,120
5,530

Table 18. Resettlement departures of refugees from first asylum countries, 2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
N.B. This table includes resettlement departures per origin and country of first asylum of 50
refugees and more.

Origin
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Afghanistan
Burundi
Burundi
Burundi
Burundi
Colombia
Colombia
Congo
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Dem. Rep. of the Congo
Eritrea
Eritrea
Eritrea
Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Iraq
Iraq
Iraq
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Liberia
Liberia
Liberia
Liberia
Mauritania
Myanmar
Myanmar
Myanmar
Rwanda
Serbia
Somalia
Somalia
Somalia
Somalia
Somalia
Sudan

Country of
first asylum
India
Islamic Rep. of Iran
Kazakhstan
Pakistan
Russian Federation
Syrian Arab Rep.
Tajikistan
Kenya
Malawi
Rwanda
United Rep. of Tanzania
Costa Rica
Ecuador
Gabon
Burundi
Congo
Kenya
Malawi
Mozambique
Uganda
United Rep. of Tanzania
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Ethiopia
Saudi Arabia
Sudan
Egypt
Kenya
Somalia
Jordan
Lebanon
Syrian Arab Rep.
Syrian Arab Rep.
Turkey
Cte d'Ivoire
Ghana
Nigeria
Sierra Leone
Senegal
India
Malaysia
Thailand
Kenya
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Egypt
Kenya
Syrian Arab Rep.
Uganda
Yemen
Egypt

of who:
UNHCRassisted

Total
99
729
93
106
557
79
166
51
134
59
1,171
177
219
181
89
99
82
412
54
349
155
347
137
253
172
412
57
949
93
129
193
63
80
1,421
75
1,182
83
171
82
60
1,169
4,525
56
69
771
4,004
143
133
88
1,266

99
729
93
106
557
166
51
134
59
1,171
177
219
181
89
99
82
412
54
349
155
347
137
253
172
354
55
949
93
129
193
1,421
75
1,182
83
171
82
24
1,169
4,525
56
69
767
4,004
133
88
1,117

Table 18. Resettlement departures of refugees from first asylum countries, 2006
Source: 2006 ASR. Data are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
N.B. This table includes resettlement departures per origin and country of first asylum of 50
refugees and more.

Origin
Sudan
Sudan
Sudan
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Uzbekistan
Various/unknown
Viet Nam

Country of
first asylum
Ethiopia
Kenya
Uganda
Kazakhstan
Romania
Russian Federation
United Rep. of Tanzania
Cambodia

of who:
UNHCRassisted

Total
444
1,002
244
107
364
59
241
97

444
1,002
244
107
364
59
241
97

Table 19. Refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (refugees and IDPs),
stateless persons, and others of concern to UNHCR by region, 2005-2006
Source: 2005 and 2006 ASRs. Data for 2006 are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
End-2005

AsylumRegion (UN major area)

Africa

Refugees
2,767,600

seekers

Returned

IDPs
protected/

Returned

Stateless

Others of

refugees

assisted

IDPs

persons

concern

252,400

281,400

1,532,300

266,700

100

Total

68,700

5,169,200

Asia

3,502,500

94,200

811,600

2,480,000

240,600

1,638,000

96,400

8,863,300

Europe

1,747,400

222,700

12,500

604,500

12,100

745,400

331,000

3,675,600

Latin America and the Caribbean

Northern America
Oceania
Total

37,700

10,800

100

2,000,000

100

464,300

2,513,000

526,500

190,300

716,800

80,300

2,200

82,500

8,662,000

772,600

1,105,600

6,616,800

519,400

2,383,600

960,400

21,020,400

End-2006

Region (UN major area)

Refugees

Asylum-

Returned

IDPs
protected/

Returned

Stateless

Others of

seekers

refugees

assisted

IDPs

persons

concern

Total

Africa

2,607,600

244,100

312,200

5,373,000

1,043,900

100,100

71,700

9,752,600

Asia

4,537,800

90,100

408,900

3,879,100

811,600

5,026,900

156,500

14,910,900

Europe

1,612,400

240,200

12,500

542,200

8,700

679,000

331,700

3,426,700

40,600

16,200

100

3,000,000

485,600

3,542,500

995,300

147,800

1,143,100

84,000

1,700

85,700

9,877,700

740,100

733,700

12,794,300

1,864,200

5,806,000

1,045,500

32,861,500

Latin America and the Caribbean

Northern America
Oceania
Total

Change (absolute)

Region (UN major area)

Africa
Asia
Europe
Latin America and the Caribbean
Northern America
Oceania
Total

Refugees

Asylum-

Returned

IDPs
protected/

Returned

Stateless

Others of

seekers

refugees

assisted

IDPs

persons

concern

Total

-160,000

-8,300

30,800

3,840,700

777,200

100,000

3,000

4,583,400

1,035,300

-4,100

-402,700

1,399,100

571,000

3,388,900

60,100

6,047,600

-135,000

17,500

-62,300

-3,400

-66,400

700

-248,900

2,900

5,400

1,000,000

-100

21,300

1,029,500

468,800

-42,500

426,300

3,700

-500

3,200

1,215,700

-32,500

-371,900

6,177,500

1,344,800

3,422,400

85,100

11,841,100

Change (%)

Region (UN major area)

Refugees

Asylum-

Returned

IDPs
protected/

Returned

Stateless

seekers

refugees

assisted

IDPs

persons

Others of
concern

Total

Africa

-5.8%

-3.3%

10.9%

250.6%

291.4%

..

4.4%

88.7%

Asia

29.6%

-4.4%

-49.6%

56.4%

237.3%

206.9%

62.3%

68.2%

Europe

-7.7%

7.9%

0.0%

-10.3%

-28.1%

-8.9%

0.2%

-6.8%

Latin America and the Caribbean

Northern America
Oceania
Total

7.7%

50.0%

0.0%

50.0%

..

-100.0%

4.6%

41.0%

89.0%

-22.3%

..

..

..

..

..

59.5%

4.6%

-22.7%

..

..

..

..

..

3.9%

14.0%

-4.2%

-33.6%

93.4%

258.9%

143.6%

8.9%

56.3%

Table 20. Refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (refugees and IDPs),
stateless persons, and others of concern to UNHCR, 1997-2006
Source: ASRs. Data for 2006 are provisional and subject to change. Status as at 15 June 2007.
N.B. This table includes revised estimates for years prior to 2006.
See Table 1 for definition of population categories.
Absolute values

End of
year

Refugees

1997

12,015,400

Asylumseekers1
1,028,200

Returned

IDPs protected/

Returned

refugees

assisted

IDPs

926,600

4,573,100

Stateless
persons2

100,300

Others of
concern2
..

1,404,100

Total
20,047,700

1998

11,480,900

977,800

1,016,400

5,063,900

207,200

..

1,378,500

20,124,700

1999

11,687,200

1,027,400

1,599,100

3,968,600

1,048,400

..

1,491,100

20,821,800

2000

12,129,600

1,087,500

767,500

5,998,500

369,100

..

1,653,900

22,006,100

2001

12,116,800

1,072,700

462,400

5,096,500

241,000

..

1,039,500

20,028,900

2002

10,594,100

1,093,500

2,426,000

4,646,600

1,179,000

..

953,300

20,892,500

2003

9,592,800

997,600

1,094,900

4,181,700

237,800

..

905,300

17,010,100

2004

9,574,800

834,600

1,434,400

5,426,500

146,500

1,455,900

597,000

19,469,700

2005

8,662,000

772,600

1,105,600

6,616,800

519,400

2,383,700

960,400

21,020,500

2006

9,877,700

740,200

733,600

12,794,300

1,864,200

5,805,900

1,045,400

32,861,300

Distribution by category

End of
year

Refugees

Asylumseekers1

Returned

IDPs protected/

Returned

refugees

assisted

IDPs

Stateless
persons2

Others of
concern2

Total

1997

59.9%

5.1%

4.6%

22.8%

0.5%

..

7.0%

100.0%

1998

57.0%

4.9%

5.1%

25.2%

1.0%

..

6.8%

100.0%

1999

56.1%

4.9%

7.7%

19.1%

5.0%

..

7.2%

100.0%

2000

55.1%

4.9%

3.5%

27.3%

1.7%

..

7.5%

100.0%

2001

60.5%

5.4%

2.3%

25.4%

1.2%

..

5.2%

100.0%

2002

50.7%

5.2%

11.6%

22.2%

5.6%

..

4.6%

100.0%

2003

56.4%

5.9%

6.4%

24.6%

1.4%

..

5.3%

100.0%

2004

49.2%

4.3%

7.4%

27.9%

0.8%

7.5%

3.1%

100.0%

2005

41.2%

3.7%

5.3%

31.5%

2.5%

11.3%

4.6%

100.0%

2006

30.1%

2.3%

2.2%

38.9%

5.7%

17.7%

3.2%

100.0%

Annual change

Period

Refugees

Asylumseekers1

Returned

IDPs protected/

Returned

refugees

assisted

IDPs

Stateless
persons2

Others of
concern2

Total

1997-1998

-4.4%

-4.9%

9.7%

10.7%

106.6%

..

-1.8%

0.4%

1998-1999

1.8%

5.1%

57.3%

-21.6%

406.0%

..

8.2%

3.5%

1999-2000

3.8%

5.8%

-52.0%

51.1%

-64.8%

..

10.9%

5.7%

2000-2001

-0.1%

-1.4%

-39.8%

-15.0%

-34.7%

..

-37.1%

-9.0%

2001-2002

-12.6%

1.9%

424.7%

-8.8%

389.2%

..

-8.3%

4.3%

2002-2003

-9.5%

-8.8%

-54.9%

-10.0%

-79.8%

..

-5.0%

-18.6%

2003-2004

-0.2%

-16.3%

31.0%

29.8%

-38.4%

..

-34.1%

14.5%

2004-2005

-9.5%

-7.4%

-22.9%

21.9%

254.5%

63.7%

60.9%

8.0%

2005-2006

14.0%

-4.2%

-33.6%

93.4%

258.9%

143.6%

8.9%

56.3%

1
The 1997-2002 figures of asylum-seekers differ from estimates reported in other UNHCR documents due to the retroactive inclusion of asylum-seekers
pending at German courts.
2

Stateless persons were included in the category "Others of concern" until 2003.