Asylum Application Statistics

Asylum applications and approval rates vary from country to country. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees provides some interesting comparative data:

Dear Sir/Madam,

We are pleased to inform you that updated statistics on monthly asylum applications submitted in selected industrialised countries are now available. The data, which include country totals as well as selected countries of origin, cover the period from January to June 2008 and refer to 44 countries in Europe, North America, Asia and Oceania. The data have been posted on the UNHCR Statistics website (www.unhcr.org/statistics) under ASYLUM TRENDS. The Excel workbook will be updated once a month, so please make sure to check our website regularly if you are interested in the most recent asylum statistics.

Sincerely,

Khassoum Diallo
Senior Statistician
UNHCR Geneva
18 August 2008

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