Population and social conditions

Author: Alexandros BITOULAS

Statistics in focus 11/2012

Asylum applicants and first instance decisions on asylum applications: second quarter 2011
Nearly 25 % more asylum applicants in the EU-27 during the second quarter of 2011, compared with the second quarter of 2010
There was a large increase in asylum applicants in the second quarter of 2011 compared with the same quarter of the previous year1. Nearly 69 000 asylum seekers applied for asylum in the EU-27. This represents an increase of about 12 800, or 23 per cent more compared with the second quarter of 2010. Reflecting the civil and political crises in North Africa, the number of asylum applicants in Malta increased by a factor of 56. Accordingly, the citizenships recording the highest relative increases in applicants were Tunisians and Libyans, increasing by six times and five times respectively. Persons from 142 countries applied for a type of international protection in the EU-27, with Afghans, Russians and Iraqis lodging the
1 The analysis of this publication refers only to annual changes between the second quarter of 2011 and the second quarter of 2010, unless otherwise stated.

highest numbers of asylum applications in absolute terms (6 460, 3 900 and 3 465 respectively). Three main destination countries - France, Germany and Belgium - accepted about half of all asylum applications in the EU-27 in the second quarter of 2011 (14 505, 10 820 and 7 160 respectively). These three countries were also the main destination countries in the previous quarter. Italy and Belgium recorded the highest increases of asylum applicants in absolute terms (4 225 and 2 255 more respectively). Approximately 57 000 first instance decisions on asylum applications were issued, of which a quarter were positive, granting a protection status. Of every 10 positive decisions, around 5 granted refugee status, compared to 4 granting subsidiary protection status and 1 granting protection for humanitarian reasons.

Figure 1: Asylum applicants, EU-27, January 2010 June 2011

30 000 25 000 20 000 15 000 10 000 Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. 2010
Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asyappctzm)

Jul.

Aug.

Sep.

Oct.

Nov.

Dec.

2011

Increase in asylum applicants

The number of asylum applicants increased by 23 % in the second quarter of 2011 compared with the same quarter of the previous year2. Overall, the number of persons seeking international protection in the EU-27 in the second quarter of 2011 reached 68 890. This was 12 800 more than in the same quarter of 2010 (Table 1).

Of the 17 EU Member States that recorded increases in asylum applicants, Italy, Belgium and France recorded the highest increases in absolute terms (4 225, 2 255 and 1 925 more applications respectively) (Figure 2, Table 1). In contrast, Greece and Denmark recorded the largest decreases in absolute terms (555 and 240 fewer applicants each). Slovakia and Ireland were the countries having the largest percentage decreases with respect to the same quarter of the previous year (about 40 % fewer applicants each) (Figure 2 and Table 1).

Where do they come from?

Citizens of 142 countries sought asylum in the EU in the second quarter of 2011. The main 3 citizenships were Afghans, Russians and Iraqis, lodging 6 460, 3 900 and 3 465 asylum applications respectively (Table 2). The Afghans, as well as citizens of the Ivory Coast and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia added most to the overall increase in asylum applicants in absolute terms (2 185, 1 360 and 1 205 more applicants respectively) (Figure 3, Table 2). Due to civil and political conflicts in North Africa, Tunisian and Libyan asylum applicants recorded by far the largest increases during the second quarter of 2011. Tunisians increased sevenfold and Libyans fivefold, recording 1 030 and 1 135 asylum applications respectively. Similarly, the number of applications by citizens of Mali and Ghana almost doubled in the second quarter of 2011 (830 and 1 130 applicants respectively) (Figure 3, Table 2).

What is their age and sex?

Almost 8 in 10 of the 68 890 asylum applicants in the EU-27 were below the age of 35 and 1 in 4 was a minor4. Nearly half of the Afghan, Russian and Serbian applicants were minors and around 80 % of Tunisians, Malians and Ghanaians were aged 18-34 (Table 4). 30 % of asylum applicants in the EU were female. For Bangladeshi and Tunisian citizens, the proportion is even lower (around 5 % of asylum seekers were women). In contrast, for citizens of the Congo and Russia, the ratio of women to men was 1 to 1 (Figure 4, Figure 5).

Decisions on asylum applications

56 980 first instance decisions were made by the national authorities of EU Member States during the second quarter of 2011. Amongst them, 1 in 4 decisions was positive, granting asylum or some other form of international protection. France, Germany and Sweden issued the most first instance total decisions5 in the second quarter of 2011 (11 090, 9 620 and 6 570 respectively). Germany and Sweden also granted the most positive decisions in the EU-27 (Table 9). Germany issued the most decisions granting refugee status (1 730), Sweden the most decisions granting subsidiary protection (1 410) and Italy issued the most decisions granting protection for humanitarian reasons (645). (Table 9, Table 10). In terms of citizenship, most decisions were issued to Afghans, Iraqis and Russians. Similarly, the citizenships granted the most positive decisions (i.e. a type of international protection) were Afghans, Somalis and Iraqis (Figure 7, Table 11).

Main destination countries

The largest numbers of applications for international protection were lodged in France, Germany and Belgium in the second quarter of 2011 (14 505, 10 820 and 7 160 respectively), representing almost half of the overall applications in the EU-27. Malta recorded an enormous increase in asylum seekers. Almost 56 times more3 asylum applications were recorded in Malta than in the same quarter of the previous year (1 595 applications compared with 25). Malta thus became the country with the highest number of applicants relative to its population (3 820 applicants per million inhabitants) (Figure 2, Table 1).

Asylum applicants increased also by 4% compared to the previous quarter of the same year, 2011.
3

4 5

Minors are persons under the age of 18. Total decisions equal to positive decisions plus negative decisions.

Please note that calculations are made on unrounded figures.

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Statistics on asylum applicants during the 2nd quarter of 2011

Figure 2: Asylum applicants, absolute and relative change between Q2/2010 and Q2/2011 (1)
5 596 %

14 000 13 000 12 000 11 000 10 000 9 000 8 000 7 000 6 000 5 000 4 000 3 000 2 000 1 000 -1 000 -2 000 MT FR HU EU27 BG RO NO CH LU EL PL NL PT CZ SK EE AT LT IE SE DK CY ES UK DE BE LV SI IT FI LI

350 % 325 % 300 % 275 % 250 % 225 % 200 % 175 % 150 % 125 % 100 % 75 % 50 % 25 % 0% -25 % -50 %

Absolute change
1

Relative change

( ) Data for IS not available for the reference period. For country codes please refer to the section Abbreviations in Methodology.

Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asyappctzm)

Figure 3: Asylum applicants by citizenship, absolute and relative change between Q2/2010 and Q2/2011 in the EU-27 (1)
653 % 498 % 360 %

14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000 000

-1 000 -2 000 AM XK SO IQ NG TR GN IR GH SD ER RU CN CD BD TN IN Stateless Non-EU MK GE ML SY RS PK LK LY HT DZ AF CI

350 % 325 % 300 % 275 % 250 % 225 % 200 % 175 % 150 % 125 % 100 % 75 % 50 % 25 % 0% -25 % -50 %

Absolute change

Relative change

(1) For country codes please refer to Table 2. Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asyappctzm)

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Table 1: Asylum applicants (including new asylum applicants), Q2 2010 - Q2 2011 (rounded figures)
Q2 2010 Apr. May Jun. Jul. Q3 2010 Aug. Sep. Oct. Q4 2010 Nov. Dec. Jan. Q1 2011 Feb. Mar. Apr. Q2 2011 May Jun. Q2 2011 Q1 2011 to Q2 2011 change in % 4 - 4 - 30 - 5 - 12 - 10 27 - 22 - 23 8 1 72 - 6 224 - 21 - 20 27 2 854 3 11 14 23 14 5 - 7 - 10 2 - 1 : - 37 10 - 5 Applicants per Q2 2010 to million Q2 2011 inhabitants (1) change in % Q2 2011 23 46 - 10 - 17 - 23 19 36 - 39 - 22 74 15 160 - 30 305 - 14 188 - 34 5 596 17 18 0 29 19 102 - 44 - 4 7 7 : 17 53 6 135 655 25 15 150 130 15 65 170 20 225 115 540 35 25 770 45 3 820 215 365 40 5 15 50 20 115 675 100 : 470 475 685

Last 12 months

EU-27 Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Denmark Germany Estonia Ireland Greece Spain France Italy Cyprus Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Hungary Malta Netherlands Austria Poland Portugal Romania Slovenia Slovakia Finland Sweden United Kingdom Iceland Liechtenstein Norway Switzerland

18 360 1 510 75 75 370 2 945 5 160 660 200 4 235 730 175 10 15 45 240 10 1 120 760 500 10 70 5 50 225 2 155 2 005 : 5 590 1 175
st

18 175 1 595 55 80 390 2 755 5 180 840 180 4 115 945 210 5 50 45 220 15 890 915 485 15 115 25 70 200 1 875 1 890 : 5 685 1 080

19 555 1 800 85 65 320 3 385 * 155 1 010 200 4 230 975 235 5 30 45 185 * 1 085 910 530 15 60 20 55 205 1 910 2 035 : 5 735 1 260

19 595 1 955 95 45 370 3 835 5 160 990 250 4 205 815 215 5 30 45 120 40 870 905 450 15 45 10 55 235 1 910 1 925 : * 885 1 145

22 030 2 330 95 70 535 4 655 5 175 885 260 3 925 515 170 5 40 50 110 15 1 185 1 240 700 20 100 15 55 270 2 745 1 860 : * 1 030 1 370

25 110 2 300 75 50 455 5 600 * 155 1 310 285 4 180 815 190 5 35 90 115 10 1 450 960 675 15 70 20 45 295 3 880 2 035 : 5 980 1 380

27 380 2 855 65 55 540 6 085 * 145 1 080 240 5 070 870 215 5 65 95 115 10 1 535 975 630 10 80 25 35 255 4 200 2 125 : 5 960 1 385

24 760 2 710 95 45 425 5 630 * 155 910 290 4 280 1 040 355 5 80 105 130 15 1 590 1 000 550 5 55 45 25 245 2 835 2 145 : 10 885 1 575

22 040 2 745 105 50 440 4 280 5 125 395 210 5 140 635 490 10 60 100 100 20 1 200 905 610 15 55 45 30 275 2 230 1 765 : 15 775 1 415

20 470 2 305 115 65 360 4 235 5 135 605 240 4 400 590 185 5 35 115 115 10 1 255 880 365 10 50 35 35 230 1 965 2 140 : 10 810 2 545

21 375 2 330 90 55 280 3 730 5 125 920 335 4 640 1 625 150 20 35 145 85 15 1 090 910 450 20 85 35 45 205 1 960 1 995 : 5 640 1 250

24 090 2 815 70 70 315 4 070 5 125 1 005 365 5 295 1 775 130 5 35 230 135 30 1 155 970 520 15 125 30 30 240 2 305 2 225 : 15 690 1 865

22 315 2 495 65 60 285 3 365 5 85 455 430 5 125 1 460 125 15 20 145 165 1 130 1 095 975 430 15 95 15 20 190 2 030 2 020 : 10 660 1 485

24 805 2 395 60 75 290 3 865 10 100 815 360 5 010 3 305 165 40 30 135 105 365 1 295 995 550 20 95 35 35 210 2 375 2 070 : 5 875 2 235

21 770 2 270 65 45 270 3 590 5 115 685 215 4 365 2 110 145 25 30 115 160 100 1 215 1 080 550 15 110 55 40 210 1 960 2 235 : 5 810 1 665

68 890 7 160 190 180 840 10 820 20 300 1 955 1 010 14 505 6 875 435 80 80 395 430 1 595 3 605 3 055 1 525 55 295 105 100 605 6 360 6 325 : 15 2 350 5 385

275 745 29 500 995 685 4 570 52 935 45 1 600 10 055 3 475 55 645 15 545 2 530 140 490 1 375 1 460 1 760 14 930 11 800 6 475 175 960 360 445 2 855 30 390 24 540 : 80 9 995 19 310

( ) Relative to population as of 1

of January 2011 (provisional data).

* 2 or fewer asylum applicants recorded in the reference period. : data are not available in the reference period.

Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asyappctzm)

Table 2: Asylum applicants in the EU-27 by citizenship (including new asylum applicants), Q2 2010 - Q2 2011 (rounded figures) (1)
Q2 2010 Q3 2010 Q4 2010 Q1 2011 Q2 2011 Q2 2011 Apr. May Jun. Jul. Aug. Sep. Oct. Nov. Dec. Jan. Feb. Mar. Apr. May Jun. Q1 2011 to Q2 2011 change in % Q2 2010 to Q2 2011 change in % Last 12 months

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Non-EU Afghanistan - (AF) Russia - (RU) Iraq - (IQ) Pakistan - (PK) Somalia - (SO) Nigeria - (NG) Kosovo - (XK) (2) Iran - (IR) Bangladesh - (BD) Armenia - (AM) Serbia - (RS) MK - (MK) ( ) Ivory Coast - (CI) Sri Lanka - (LK) Syria - (SY) (2) Eritrea - (ER) Turkey - (TR) Georgia - (GE) CD - (CD) (2) Guinea - (GN) China - (CN) Libya - (LY) Ghana - (GH) Tunisia - (TN) Algeria - (DZ) Mali - (ML) Sudan - (SD) India - (IN) Haiti - (HT) Stateless Other
2

18 360 1 435 1 285 1 075 605 1 140 575 1 110 675 480 325 765 235 115 500 385 330 515 625 445 335 425 70 130 50 295 110 175 195 190 165 3 600

18 175 1 345 1 420 1 170 605 970 575 945 665 505 315 545 155 135 455 370 310 455 540 425 340 435 60 160 45 265 120 180 260 285 145 3 975

19 555 1 495 1 495 1 255 870 1 195 520 985 725 585 355 555 235 125 490 395 345 505 555 510 380 460 60 140 45 270 80 170 300 330 160 3 970

19 595 1 620 1 440 1 285 785 1 305 525 960 800 580 425 565 310 125 520 365 445 535 555 455 360 450 40 120 45 330 100 215 250 200 165 3 720

22 030 1 795 1 820 1 475 750 1 795 475 1 195 935 495 455 1 150 625 130 420 475 425 430 545 520 395 460 60 100 55 265 65 180 295 160 185 3 910

25 110 1 805 1 735 1 360 1 110 1 220 550 1 370 1 150 480 525 2 950 1 310 120 520 415 430 630 565 425 430 590 45 105 55 240 75 225 270 170 195 4 035

27 380 1 780 1 705 1 310 1 030 1 220 605 1 545 1 050 620 625 3 700 1 845 120 685 465 430 595 640 485 430 625 55 115 55 365 95 190 325 130 215 4 345

24 760 1 815 1 590 1 465 985 1 060 600 1 610 1 015 605 530 2 560 1 125 105 590 380 400 625 520 450 480 535 75 105 40 305 65 175 325 150 225 4 255

22 040 2 055 1 650 1 330 715 825 515 1 355 975 610 555 1 660 465 150 685 440 450 560 410 475 450 415 60 100 45 310 50 220 295 180 215 3 825

20 470 1 870 1 345 1 300 845 885 485 1 000 985 495 430 1 215 405 245 580 430 375 595 430 400 460 445 70 95 115 300 65 170 225 210 230 3 770

21 375 1 805 1 325 1 235 910 665 510 1 000 825 555 490 1 165 390 370 675 370 365 595 480 445 500 450 100 120 1 135 285 65 185 215 190 165 3 790

24 090 2 090 1 470 1 255 1 040 780 560 1 095 865 605 565 1 360 735 505 665 440 375 550 540 570 555 570 220 120 1 220 360 85 210 225 195 170 4 090

22 315 1 860 1 220 1 105 905 1 125 635 1 020 790 625 605 855 975 635 610 450 630 475 430 460 435 430 365 245 315 285 140 200 225 255 145 3 860

24 805 2 215 1 280 1 205 1 045 1 095 1 180 900 820 835 670 605 675 720 575 545 485 565 530 490 500 455 430 495 445 330 470 240 240 175 240 4 360

21 770 2 385 1 405 1 160 1 130 785 995 615 825 805 615 375 180 380 525 550 430 465 525 485 430 460 340 390 270 350 220 265 240 180 180 3 805

68 890 6 460 3 900 3 465 3 080 3 005 2 810 2 535 2 435 2 265 1 890 1 835 1 830 1 735 1 705 1 550 1 545 1 505 1 480 1 440 1 365 1 350 1 135 1 130 1 030 965 830 710 700 610 565 12 025

4 12 -6 -9 10 29 81 -18 -9 37 27 -51 20 55 -11 25 38 -14 2 1 -10 -8 191 241 -58 2 279 26 5 2 1 3

23 51 -7 -1 48 -9 68 -17 18 44 90 -2 193 360 18 34 57 2 -14 5 29 2 498 163 653 16 169 36 -7 -24 20 -3

275 745 23 095 17 985 15 480 11 250 12 750 7 635 13 655 11 035 7 310 6 485 18 165 9 045 3 605 7 035 5 330 5 235 6 620 6 160 5 665 5 425 5 890 1 855 2 105 3 800 3 720 1 505 2 475 3 130 2 200 2 335 47 760

(1) Countries selected here are those with the highest number of asylum applicants registered during Q2 2011 (2) Kosovo - Kosovo / UNSCR 1244; MK - the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia; CD - Congo, the Democratic Republic of the

Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asyappctzm)

Table 3: Asylum applicants by age group, 2nd quarter 2011 (%)

Total (absolute value) 68 890 7 160 190 180 840 10 820 20 300 1 955 1 010 14 505 6 875 435 80 80 395 430 1 595 3 605 3 055 1 525 55 295 105 100 605 6 360 6 325 : 15 2 350 5 385 Distribution of age groups as a share of total (in %) 0-13 17.5 21.0 4.7 18.2 13.5 23.8 5.3 25.2 2.2 11.6 16.0 6.3 6.2 12.3 16.0 29.1 25.6 4.6 22.7 24.5 34.8 20.8 4.7 14.6 8.2 15.4 21.5 14.4 : 15.8 18.7 17.6 14-17 6.1 9.5 7.8 1.1 13.0 8.5 0.0 4.3 3.2 3.1 2.8 1.9 0.7 3.7 2.5 6.8 8.4 4.1 7.8 9.9 4.5 3.8 3.1 9.7 4.1 5.3 8.8 6.3 : 7.3 4.2 0.0 18-34 55.6 48.8 56.8 49.2 51.0 48.9 68.4 49.8 74.5 56.7 55.5 80.7 71.4 65.4 49.4 41.3 44.3 79.8 50.4 49.4 38.7 56.6 76.6 65.0 66.3 57.5 47.0 53.9 : 61.1 62.4 76.5 35-64 19.7 20.2 30.2 31.5 21.8 18.1 26.3 20.3 18.2 27.9 24.8 11.0 21.4 18.5 32.1 22.5 17.9 10.9 17.9 15.7 20.8 18.9 15.6 9.7 21.4 21.5 21.0 21.6 : 15.4 14.5 5.9 65 and over 0.8 0.4 0.5 0.0 0.8 0.7 0.0 0.3 1.0 0.7 0.9 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 3.7 0.2 1.2 0.5 1.2 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 1.7 0.8 : 0.4 0.2 0.0 Unknown 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 3.0 : 0.0 0.0 0.0

EU-27 Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Denmark Germany Estonia Ireland Greece Spain France Italy Cyprus Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Hungary Malta Netherlands Austria Poland Portugal Romania Slovenia Slovakia Finland Sweden United Kingdom Iceland Liechtenstein Norway Switzerland

: Data are not available in the reference period Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asyappctzm)

Figure 4: Asylum applicants by gender, 2nd quarter 2011 (%) (1)

Women
100%

Men

Unknown

75%

50%

25%

0% MT PL FR NL LU EU27 EL HU RO BG NO CH PT AT CZ LT SI IT FI IE SE BE ES SK EE DE CY UK DK LV IS LI

(1) Age and sex distributions are not computed when less than 10 applicants are registered. Data for IS are not available for the reference period. Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asyappctzm)

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Table 4: Thirty main citizenships of asylum applicants in the EU-27, by age group, 2nd quarter 2011 (%) (1)
Total (absolute value) 68 890 6 460 3 900 3 465 3 080 3 005 2 810 2 535 2 435 2 265 1 890 1 835 1 830 1 735 1 705 1 550 1 545 1 505 1 480 1 440 1 365 1 350 1 135 1 130 1 030 965 830 710 700 610 565 12 025 Distribution of age groups as a share of total (in %) 0-13 17.5 20.8 40.7 23.3 10.3 13.0 12.6 31.2 11.3 2.0 19.6 40.1 35.9 4.2 10.8 23.2 9.3 11.8 17.8 17.2 12.2 8.1 16.7 5.6 1.6 7.5 13.4 8.7 2.6 6.2 19.8 16.6 14-17 6.1 23.8 4.5 5.7 3.8 6.2 1.7 5.0 5.0 1.4 5.3 6.4 6.1 2.4 1.7 6.8 4.6 2.7 2.7 5.8 9.4 1.6 2.7 1.6 3.2 5.1 1.6 2.1 3.3 0.5 4.1 4.5 18-34 55.6 44.0 31.4 46.7 62.4 65.9 72.2 40.8 58.9 79.7 40.7 30.5 34.9 75.9 63.5 49.7 71.3 66.4 49.1 50.8 70.5 50.9 57.9 79.0 82.1 67.2 79.3 71.7 74.2 68.1 49.6 55.2 35-64 19.7 10.5 22.4 21.7 21.9 13.6 13.1 22.1 23.3 16.1 32.2 22.6 22.8 17.1 21.5 18.9 14.0 18.7 29.2 25.5 7.8 38.0 20.5 13.8 13.1 19.7 5.8 16.9 19.1 25.0 24.0 22.7 65 and over 0.8 0.9 1.1 2.6 0.8 1.2 0.0 0.9 0.7 0.3 2.2 0.4 0.3 0.2 1.5 1.2 0.6 0.4 0.7 0.6 0.1 0.4 0.4 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 2.6 0.5 Unknown 0.3 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.9 0.4 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 1.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.1 1.0 1.7 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.6 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.4

Non-EU Afghanistan - (AF) Russia - (RU) Iraq - (IQ) Pakistan - (PK) Somalia - (SO) Nigeria - (NG) Kosovo - (XK) (2) Iran - (IR) Bangladesh - (BD) Armenia - (AM) Serbia - (RS) MK - (MK) (2) Ivory Coast - (CI) Sri Lanka - (LK) Syria - (SY) (2) Eritrea - (ER) Turkey - (TR) Georgia - (GE) CD - (CD) (2) Guinea - (GN) China - (CN) Libya - (LY) (2) Ghana - (GH) Tunisia - (TN) Algeria - (DZ) Mali - (ML) Sudan - (SD) India - (IN) Haiti - (HT) Stateless Other

(1) Citizenships selected here are those with the highest number of asylum applicants registered during Q2 2011 in the EU-27 (2) Kosovo - Kosovo / UNSCR 1244; MK - the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; CD - Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asyappctzm)

Figure 5: Thirty main citizenships of asylum applicants in the EU-27 by gender, 2nd quarter 2011 (%) (1)
Women 100% Men Unknown

75%

50%

25%

0% EXT_EU27 AM XK ER ML SD MK NG GN SO GH CD RU CN GE STATELESS BD IQ IR TR IN RS SY PK TN LK HT AF LY DZ CI

(1) Citizenships selected here are those with the highest number of asylum applicants registered during Q2 2011 in the EU-27. Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asyappctzm)

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Table 5: Five main citizenships of asylum applicants, 2nd quarter 2011 (rounded figures) (1)
EU-27 Afghanistan Russia Iraq Pakistan Somalia Other BELGIUM Afghanistan Kosovo / UNSCR 1244 Russia Iraq Guinea Other DENMARK Afghanistan Iran Syria Russia Serbia Other IRELAND Nigeria Pakistan China CD Zimbabwe Other FRANCE Bangladesh Armenia CD Russia Sri Lanka Other LATVIA CD Turkey Cameroon Russia Afghanistan Other HUNGARY Afghanistan Kosovo / UNSCR 1244 Pakistan Syria Iraq Other AUSTRIA Afghanistan Russia India Pakistan Nigeria Other ROMANIA Algeria Tunisia Afghanistan Moldova Morocco Other FINLAND Iraq Russia Somalia Afghanistan Iran Other LIECHTENSTEIN Russia Kosovo / UNSCR 1244 Kyrgyzstan Iran PS Other 905 610 560 515 495 4 075 205 120 85 70 45 315 45 45 45 15 15 135 1 180 1 170 990 945 905 9 305 10 5 5 5 5 60 170 95 20 15 15 120 625 590 135 135 115 1 450 60 35 20 20 20 135 140 70 55 55 30 260 5 5 5 * * 5 (%) 13 9 8 7 7 57 (%) 24 14 10 9 5 37 (%) 15 15 15 5 4 45 (%) 8 8 7 7 6 64 (%) 10 6 5 4 4 2 (%) 39 22 4 4 3 28 (%) 20 19 4 4 4 48 (%) 21 13 7 7 7 45 (%) 23 12 9 9 5 43 (%) 24 18 18 * * 18 BULGARIA Iraq Afghanistan Somalia Armenia Stateless Other GERMANY Afghanistan Iraq Iran Syria Serbia Other GREECE Pakistan Georgia Bangladesh Nigeria China Other ITALY Nigeria Ghana Ivory Coast Tunisia Mali Other LITHUANIA Russia Georgia Afghanistan Belarus Armenia Other MALTA Somalia Eritrea Nigeria Ethiopia Ivory Coast Other POLAND Russia Georgia Armenia Afghanistan Ukraine Other SLOVENIA Afghanistan Kosovo / UNSCR 1244 Tunisia Libya Serbia Other SWEDEN Afghanistan Somalia MK Iraq Eritrea Other NORWAY Somalia Eritrea Afghanistan Iran Ethiopia Other 885 415 35 20 15 155 20 15 10 5 5 45 825 820 510 450 380 3 380 600 455 255 100 80 865 410 275 240 110 110 445 30 20 10 5 5 15 1 280 820 530 520 495 3 225 500 270 195 135 125 730 2 000 1 355 760 740 630 5 335 50 30 20 15 15 55 6 3 3 3 3 48 460 900 465 080 005 980 (%) 9 6 5 4 4 71 (%) 27 16 11 9 9 29 (%) 18 13 7 7 6 49 (%) 25 14 10 7 6 37 (%) 19 12 8 8 7 47 (%) 37 25 10 6 4 19 (%) 26 17 15 7 7 28 (%) 58 27 2 1 1 10 (%) 21 14 11 6 5 44 (%) 13 13 8 7 6 53 (%) 26 19 11 4 3 37

CZECH REPUBLIC Ukraine Belarus Turkey Russia Vietnam Other ESTONIA CD Cameroon Belarus Russia Turkey Other SPAIN Cuba Ivory Coast Nigeria Western Sahara Iran Other CYPRUS Egypt India Vietnam Sri Lanka Pakistan Other LUXEMBOURG MK Serbia Kosovo / UNSCR 1244 Montenegro Bosnia and Herzegovina Other NETHERLANDS Afghanistan Iraq Somalia Iran MK Other PORTUGAL Guinea CD Russia Ivory Coast Morocco Other SLOVAKIA Russia Georgia Somalia Afghanistan Moldova Other UNITED KINGDOM Pakistan Iran Libya Sri Lanka Afghanistan Other SWITZERLAND Eritrea Tunisia MK Nigeria Afghanistan Other 10 * * * * 5 295 180 60 30 25 415 50 40 40 40 40 225 100 80 25 20 15 155 595 550 545 240 220 1 460 10 5 5 5 5 25 15 15 10 10 10 40 890 635 585 505 440 3 270 1 155 790 360 345 215 2 520 35 20 20 15 10 80

(%) 20 12 10 8 7 43 (%) 47 * * * * 0 (%) 29 18 6 3 3 41 (%) 11 9 9 9 9 52 (%) 25 21 6 5 4 39 (%) 16 15 15 7 6 41 (%) 21 11 8 8 6 47 (%) 16 13 11 11 9 39 (%) 14 10 9 8 7 52 (%) 21 15 7 6 4 47

(1) Citizenships selected here are those with the highest number of asylum applicants registered during Q2 2011 * represents 2 or fewer applicants recorded in the reference period CD Congo, the Democratic Republic of the; Kosovo Kosovo / UNSCR 1244; MK the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; PS Palestinian Territory, Occupied Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asyappctzm)

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Table 6: Thirty main citizenships of asylum applicants by destination country, 2nd quarter 2011 (rounded figures) (1)
NON-EU France Germany Belgium Italy Sweden Other AFGHANISTAN - (AF) Germany Belgium Sweden Austria Netherlands Other PAKISTAN - (PK) United Kingdom Greece Italy Germany France Other KOSOVO - (XK) France Belgium Germany Sweden Austria Other ARMENIA - (AM) France Belgium Netherlands Germany Austria Other IVORY COAST (CI) France Belgium Netherlands Germany Austria Other ERITREA - (ER) Sweden Malta United Kingdom France Germany Other CD France Belgium United Kingdom Germany Italy Other LIBYA - (LY) United Kingdom Sweden Italy Germany Netherlands Other ALGERIA - (DZ) France Germany United Kingdom Belgium Sweden Other INDIA - (IN) Germany United Kingdom Austria Cyprus Belgium Other 2 000 905 825 625 595 1 515 890 500 360 340 335 655 900 610 450 265 110 195 1 170 245 130 125 60 165 1 170 245 130 125 60 165 380 275 240 220 135 290 990 235 35 25 25 125 585 135 100 60 45 210 285 150 105 70 70 285 240 160 135 40 40 85 (%) 31 14 13 10 9 23 (%) 29 16 12 11 11 21 (%) 36 24 18 10 4 8 (%) 62 13 7 7 3 9 (%) 62 13 7 7 3 9 (%) 25 18 16 14 9 19 (%) 69 16 2 2 2 9 (%) 51 12 9 5 4 19 (%) 30 15 11 7 7 30 (%) 34 23 19 6 6 12 RUSSIA - (RU) France Poland Austria Belgium Germany Other SOMALIA - (SO) Sweden Netherlands Malta Italy Germany Other IRAN - (IR) Germany United Kingdom Sweden Netherlands Belgium Other SERBIA - (RS) Germany Belgium Sweden France Luxembourg Other SRI LANKA - (LK) Germany Belgium Sweden France Luxembourg Other TURKEY -(TR) France Germany Belgium Austria Italy Other GUINEA - (GN) France Belgium Italy Germany Netherlands Other GHANA - (GH) Italy Malta Germany Greece United Kingdom Other MALI - (ML) Italy France Malta Spain Austria Other HAITI - (HT) France Italy Germany 945 885 590 560 355 560 820 545 410 310 210 705 760 635 240 240 125 435 630 460 355 175 80 140 630 460 355 175 80 140 545 445 110 105 105 190 510 495 110 80 60 110 820 75 70 45 40 85 495 205 90 10 10 20 600 5 5 14 10 7 6 6 23 505 820 160 875 360 175 (%) 21 16 10 10 9 34 (%) 24 23 15 14 9 14 (%) 27 18 14 10 7 24 (%) 31 26 10 10 5 18 (%) 34 25 19 10 4 8 (%) 34 25 19 10 4 8 (%) 36 30 7 7 7 13 (%) 37 36 8 6 4 8 (%) 72 7 6 4 3 7 (%) 59 25 11 1 1 3 (%) 98 1 0

IRAQ - (IQ) Germany 1 355 Netherlands 550 Belgium 515 Sweden 450 Finland 140 Other 465 NIGERIA - (NG) Italy 1 280 United Kingdom 275 France 250 Malta 240 Germany 170 Other 595 BANGLADESH - (BD) France 1 180 Italy 440 Greece 195 United Kingdom 160 Belgium 75 Other 205 MK - (MK) Sweden 510 Germany 345 Belgium 335 France 290 Netherlands 220 Other 135 SYRIA - (SY) Sweden 510 Germany 345 Belgium 335 France 290 Netherlands 220 Other 135 GEORGIA - (GE) Poland 415 France 345 Greece 270 Germany 95 Belgium 80 Other 280 CHINA - (CN) France 545 United Kingdom 235 Greece 125 Germany 105 Belgium 80 Other 260 TUNISIA - (TN) Italy 520 Germany 175 Sweden 60 France 55 Belgium 50 Other 165 SUDAN - (SD) United Kingdom 200 France 165 Italy 135 Malta 55 Netherlands 25 Other 130 STATELESS Sweden 310 United Kingdom 95 France 55 Austria 45 Netherlands 25 Other 35

(%) 39 16 15 13 4 13 (%) 46 10 9 9 6 21 (%) 52 20 9 7 3 9 (%) 28 19 18 16 12 7 (%) 28 19 18 16 12 7 (%) 28 23 18 6 5 19 (%) 40 17 9 8 6 19 (%) 51 17 6 6 5 16 (%) 28 23 19 8 4 18 (%) 55 17 10 8 4 6

(1) Citizenships selected here are those with the highest number of asylum applicants registered during Q2 2011 in the EU-27 * represents 2 or fewer applicants recorded in the reference period CD Congo, the Democratic Republic of the; MK the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; Kosovo Kosovo / UNSCR 1244 Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asyappctzm)

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Table 7: New asylum applicants, Q2 2010 - Q2 2011 (rounded figures)
Q2 2010 Apr. EU-27 Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Denmark Germany Estonia Ireland Greece Spain France Italy Cyprus Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Hungary Malta Netherlands Austria Poland Portugal Romania Slovenia Slovakia Finland Sweden United Kingdom Iceland Liechtenstein Norway Switzerland : 1 155 : 40 370 2 455 5 160 : 185 3 835 730 175 10 5 45 : 10 950 : 285 10 : * 40 : 2 150 1 855 : : : 1 045 May : 1 260 : 35 390 2 415 5 180 : 170 3 720 945 210 5 35 45 : 10 750 : 285 15 : 20 35 : 1 870 1 740 : : : 940 Jun. : 1 325 : 35 320 2 890 * 155 : 190 3 800 975 230 5 20 40 : * 890 : 290 15 : 15 40 : 1 910 1 865 : : : 1 095 Jul. : 1 550 : 20 370 3 375 5 160 : 245 3 755 815 205 5 20 40 : 40 830 : 280 15 : 10 20 : 1 895 1 780 : : : 965 30 : 2 735 1 755 : : : 1 175 Q3 2010 Aug. : 1 965 : 35 535 4 085 5 170 : 245 3 620 515 165 5 35 50 : 10 1 060 : 460 20 : Sep. : 2 250 : 25 455 4 765 * 150 : 265 3 830 815 190 5 30 90 : 10 1 240 : 505 15 : 20 35 : 3 880 1 925 : : : 1 205 Oct. : 2 460 : 20 540 4 975 * 140 : 220 4 655 870 210 5 55 90 : 10 1 310 : 415 10 : 25 25 : 4 190 2 020 : : : 1 225 Q4 2010 Nov. : 2 240 : 20 425 4 740 * 155 : 270 3 910 1 040 350 5 75 105 : 10 1 415 : 375 5 : 40 15 : 2 830 2 040 : : : 1 345 Dec. : 2 165 : 40 440 3 695 * 120 : 185 4 625 635 485 5 50 95 : 15 1 050 : 485 15 : 40 15 : 2 220 1 685 : : : 1 190 Jan. : 1 870 100 30 360 3 740 5 135 : 205 3 990 590 185 5 10 105 : 10 1 045 : 125 10 45 30 15 : 1 960 2 040 : : : 1 050 Q1 2011 Feb. : 1 840 80 30 280 3 285 5 125 : 265 4 190 1 625 145 20 30 145 60 15 915 : 260 20 85 35 25 : 1 955 1 890 : : : 1 055 Mar. : 2 300 60 40 315 3 525 5 125 : 270 4 775 1 775 130 5 25 230 : 30 890 : 330 15 120 30 10 : 2 300 2 140 : : : 1 595 Apr. : 2 065 45 35 285 2 960 5 85 : 375 4 655 1 460 120 15 10 145 : 1 130 815 : 295 15 95 15 15 : 2 030 1 940 : : : 1 295 Q2 2011 May : 1 805 25 40 290 3 415 10 100 : 300 4 475 : 160 40 15 130 : 365 1 050 : 355 20 90 20 20 : 2 370 2 005 : : : 2 005 Jun. : 1 690 45 30 270 3 170 5 115 : 190 3 970 : 145 25 15 95 : 100 980 : 385 15 105 45 20 : 1 960 2 155 : : : 1 430 Q2 2011 Q1 2011 to Q2 2011 change in % : -7 -51 -1 -12 -10 20 -22 : 17 1 : -8 220 -36 -22 : 3 151 0 : 45 23 17 -11 8 : 2 0 : : : 28 Applicants per Q2 2010 to million Q2 2011 inhabitants(1) change in % Q2 2011 : 49 : -2 -23 23 50 -39 : 60 15 : -31 300 -26 195 : 8 284 10 : 21 29 : 134 -52 : 7 12 : : : 53 : 510 15 10 150 115 15 65 : 20 200 : 530 35 15 725 : 3 815 170 : 25 5 15 40 10 : 675 100 : : : 600 Last 12 months : 5 565 120 105 840 9 545 20 300 : 865 13 100 : 425 80 45 370 : 1 595 2 845 : 1 035 55 290 80 55 : 6 360 6 100 : : : 4 730 : 24 195 : 370 4 570 45 735 45 1 575 : 3 040 50 460 : : 140 375 1 320 : 1 735 12 595 : 4 270 175 : 305 250 : 30 330 23 375 : : : 15 530

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( 1 ) Relative to population as of 1 st of January 2011 (provisional data). * 2 or fewer asylum applicants recorded in the reference period.

Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asyappctzm)

Statistics on first instance decisions on asylum applications during the 2nd quarter of 2011
Figure 6: First instance decisions by outcome, selected Member States, 2nd quarter 2011 (1)
France (11090 decisions) 3% 8% 0% 18% 1% 21% 5% 4% 8% Germ any (9620 decisions) Sw eden (6570 decisions)

67% 76% 89%

UK (5465 decisions)

Italy (4990 decisions) 8%

Belgium (3905 decisions)

22%

8%

23%

7%

13%

6% 0%

71%

0%

71%

71%

Refugee status

Subsidiary protection

Humanitarian reasons

Rejections

(1) Member States selected here are those reporting the highest number of first instance decisions issued during Q2 2011. UK United Kingdom Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asydcfstq)

Figure 7: First instance decisions in the EU-27 by outcome, selected citizenships (1), 2nd quarter 2011
Afghanistan (5645 decisions) Iraq (3635 decisions) Russia (3105 decisions)

11% 31% 26% 54% 18% 4% 48%

13% 5%

1%

12%

81%

Som alia (2825 decisions)

Pakistan (2505 decisions) 3% 7%

Kosovo / UNSCR 1244 (2490 decisions) 3% 1% 1%

13% 33%

2%

5%

52% 88% 95%

Refugee status

Subsidiary protection

Humanitarian reasons

Rejections

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Table 8: First instance decisions by citizenship and outcome, selected Member States, 2nd quarter 2011 (rounded figures) (1)
Refugee status Guinea Iraq Afghanistan Other 185 110 80 505 BELGIUM (3 905 decisions) Subsidiary Humanitarian protection reasons Iraq 150 Not applicable Afghanistan 80 Somalia 10 Other 5 FRANCE 11 090 decisions) Subsidiary Humanitarian protection reasons Mali 105 Not applicable Guinea 55 Somalia 40 Other 125 SWEDEN (6 570 decisions) Humanitarian Subsidiary protection reasons Somalia 510 Afghanistan 140 Afghanistan 445 Stateless 25 Eritrea 285 Iraq 25 Other 170 Other 65 OTHER (15 335 decisions) Humanitarian Subsidiary protection reasons Somalia 710 Somalia 140 Afghanistan 535 Afghanistan 110 Iraq 355 Iraq 70 Other 790 Other 375 Rejections XK Russia Guinea Other 410 305 290 1 770 Refugee status Iraq Iran Afghanistan Other 730 345 175 485 GERMANY (9 620 decisions) Subsidiary Humanitarian protection reasons Somalia 50 Afghanistan 375 Afghanistan 45 Iraq 30 Iran 15 CD 20 Other 30 Other 100 ITALY (4 990 decisions) Subsidiary Humanitarian protection reasons Afghanistan 110 Tunisia 125 Ivory Coast 50 Turkey 75 Somalia 50 Nigeria 45 Other 205 Other 400 UNITED KINGDOM (5 465 decisions) Subsidiary Humanitarian protection reasons Afghanistan 65 Gambia 5 Zimbabwe 45 Somalia 5 China 30 Colombia * Other 230 Other 5 EU-27 (56 980 decisions) Subsidiary Humanitarian protection reasons Somalia 1 385 Afghanistan 670 Afghanistan 1 295 Somalia 150 Iraq 615 Iraq 140 Other 1 995 Other 1 180 Rejections Afghanistan Serbia Iraq Other 1 115 995 625 4 495

Refugee status Russia Eritrea CD Other 100 95 80 595

Rejections Bangladesh 1 030 XK 935 Sri Lanka 745 Other 7 185 Rejections Serbia MK XK Other 600 325 305 3 170

Refugee status Afghanistan Eritrea Turkey Other 50 45 30 270

Rejections Tunisia Nigeria Pakistan Other 1 570 390 200 1 375

Refugee status Iraq Iran Afghanistan Other 135 65 65 230

Refugee status Iran Eritrea Sudan Other 205 145 145 705

Rejections Pakistan Sri Lanka Iran Other 595 390 300 2 590

Refugee status Afghanistan Iran Russia Other 215 200 190 630

Rejections Russia Pakistan Afghanistan Other 1 050 1 005 1 005 7 965

Refugee status Iraq Iran Afghanistan Other 1 130 890 625 4 170

Rejections Afghanistan 3 055 Russia 2 520 XK 2 355 Other 34 805

(1) Member States selected here are those with the highest number of first instance decisions issued during Q2 2011. XK Kosovo / UNSCR 1244; MK the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; CD Congo, the Democratic Republic of the Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asydcfstq)

Table 9: First instance decisions by outcome, 2nd quarter 2011 (rounded figures)
Total Total positive decisions decisions 56 980 14 245 3 905 1 125 115 55 180 75 975 335 9 620 2 395 10 * 340 25 2 400 55 650 145 11 090 1 195 4 990 1 455 1 030 25 20 5 25 * 275 10 200 45 520 450 3 895 1 750 2 930 905 860 140 10 5 190 15 70 5 75 30 575 220 6 570 2 165 5 465 1 590 : : 15 * 2 300 945 3 960 1 525 Refugee status 6 815 880 * 20 180 1 730 * 15 20 85 870 400 25 * * 10 10 20 205 560 50 * 10 5 5 20 500 1 200 : * 630 790 Subsidiary Humanitarian protection reasons 5 285 2 145 245 55 50 5 125 30 140 525 * * 10 20 15 50 5 325 415 645 * * 5 * * 35 * 435 20 1 020 525 345 45 40 5 5 * * 15 10 165 35 1 410 255 365 20 : : * 200 115 215 525 Rejected 42 735 2 780 55 105 645 7 225 10 315 2 345 505 9 895 3 535 1 005 15 25 265 155 50 2 140 2 025 725 5 175 65 45 355 4 400 3 875 : 15 1 360 2 435

EU-27 Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Denmark Germany Estonia Ireland Greece Spain France Italy (1) Cyprus Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Hungary Malta Netherlands Austria Poland Portugal Romania Slovenia Slovakia Finland Sweden United Kingdom Iceland Liechtenstein Norway Switzerland

(1) See country information notes. - represents data are not applicable * represents 2 or fewer first instance decisions recorded in the reference period : represents data are not available in the reference period Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asydcfstq)

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Table 10: First instance decisions by destination country and outcome, selected citizenships of asylum applicants, 2nd quarter 2011 (rounded figures) (1)
Refugee status Germany Austria Belgium Other 175 155 80 215 AFGHANISTAN - (AF) Subsidiary Humanitarian protection reasons Sweden 445 Sweden 140 Austria 205 Netherlands 100 Netherlands 160 Italy 40 Other 485 Other 95 RUSSIA - (RU) Subsidiary Humanitarian protection reasons Austria 40 Germany 10 Poland 40 Italy * Finland 30 Finland * Other 40 Other * PAKISTAN - PK Subsidiary Humanitarian protection reasons Italy 45 Germany 5 Ireland * Netherlands * Netherlands * Malta * Other 20 Other 30 OTHER Humanitarian Subsidiary protection reasons Sweden 380 Italy 525 Netherlands 355 Netherlands 225 France 260 Germany 100 Other 770 Other 1 280 Rejections Germany Denmark UK Other 1 115 315 300 1 330 Refugee status Germany Sweden Belgium Other 730 135 110 155 IRAQ - (IQ) Subsidiary Humanitarian protection reasons Netherlands 210 Germany 30 Belgium 150 Sweden 25 Sweden 65 Italy 15 Other 190 Other * SOMALIA - SO Subsidiary Humanitarian protection reasons Sweden 510 UK 5 Malta 325 Sweden 5 Netherlands 295 Germany * Other 250 Other 125 KOSOVO / UNSCR 1244 - (XK) Subsidiary Humanitarian protection reasons Italy 15 Sweden 5 France 10 Germany 5 Austria * Denmark 5 Other * Other * NON-EU Subsidiary Humanitarian protection reasons Sweden 1 410 Italy 645 Netherlands 1 020 Germany 525 Malta 435 Netherlands 525 Other 2 425 Other 435 Rejections Germany Netherlands Sweden Other Rejections Netherlands Sweden Germany Other Rejections France Germany Belgium Other Rejections France Germany Sweden Other 9 895 7 225 4 400 21 215 935 485 410 525 295 220 120 290 625 305 265 560

Refugee status Austria France Belgium Other 145 100 60 100

Rejections France Poland Austria Other Rejections Greece UK Italy Other Rejections France Germany Italy Other 7 965 4 420 3 150 14 355 740 595 200 705 675 495 365 990

Refugee status Germany UK Sweden Other 105 65 55 140

Refugee status UK Germany Italy Other 90 30 20 20

Refugee status Belgium France Austria Other 45 25 * *

Refugee status UK France Germany Other 1 000 695 650 1 705

Refugee status Germany UK Belgium Other 1 730 1 200 880 3 005

(1) Citizenships selected here are those with the highest number of first instance decisions issued during Q2 2011. * represents 2 or fewer first instance decisions recorded in the reference period. UK the United Kingdom Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asydcfstq)

Table 11: First instance decisions by outcome, 30 main citizenships of asylum applicants in the EU-27, 2nd quarter 2011 (rounded figures) (1)
Total decisions Total positive decisions Refugee status Subsidiary protection Humanitarian reasons Rejected 42 735 3 055 1 755 2 520 920 2 235 2 355 1 305 2 195 1 865 1 715 1 440 1 465 1 430 1 155 1 055 335 850 1 055 1 020 775 775 435 635 400 310 475 360 265 400 355 7 815

Non-EU 56 980 14 245 6 815 5 285 2 145 Afghanistan - (AF) 5 645 2 590 625 1 295 670 Iraq - (IQ) 3 635 1 885 1 130 615 140 Russia - (RU) 3 105 585 410 145 30 Somalia - (SO) 2 825 1 900 365 1 385 150 Pakistan - (PK) 2 505 270 165 65 40 Kosovo - (XK) 2 490 135 75 25 35 Iran - (IR) 2 340 1 040 890 95 50 Serbia - (RS) 2 275 75 45 * 30 Tunisia - (TN) 2 000 135 5 5 125 Bangladesh - (BD) 1 740 25 15 10 5 Sri Lanka - (LK) 1 720 280 225 25 30 Nigeria - (NG) 1 615 150 30 45 75 MK - (MK) 1 430 5 * * * Turkey - (TR) 1 395 240 130 25 85 China - (CN) 1 295 240 160 75 5 Eritrea - (ER) 1 275 935 410 515 10 Guinea - (GN) 1 220 370 260 75 35 Armenia - (AM) 1 105 50 15 20 20 Georgia - (GE) 1 045 25 15 5 5 CD - (CD) 950 175 120 15 40 Algeria - (DZ) 810 35 20 10 5 Syria - (SY) 665 230 190 30 10 India - (IN) 645 10 * 5 5 Ivory Coast - (CI) 570 170 40 85 40 Sudan - (SD) 560 245 215 25 10 Haiti - (HT) 505 30 20 10 * Libya - (LY) 470 110 75 20 15 Stateless 460 195 100 65 35 Mauritania - (MR) 435 30 20 10 * Albania - (AL) 405 50 20 15 10 Other 9 840 2 025 1 025 575 425 (1) Citizenships selected here are those with the highest number of first instance decisions issued during Q2 2011. Kosovo Kosovo / UNSCR 1244; MK the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; CD Congo, the Democratic Republic of the; * represents 2 or fewer first instance decisions recorded in the reference period.
Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asydcfstq)

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METHODOLOGICAL NOTES
DATA SOURCES The data used for this publication are provided to Eurostat by the Ministries of Interior, Justice or immigration agencies of the Member States. Data are based entirely on relevant administrative sources. Apart from statistics on new asylum applicants, these data are supplied by Member States according to the provisions of Article 4 of the Regulation (EC) 862/2007 of 11 July 2007 on Community statistics on migration and international protection. All data presented in this publication are rounded to the nearest 5. All data presented in this publication are provisional (except as otherwise stated) and may be a subject to change. DEFINITIONS AND COVERAGE 'Asylum applicant' means a person having submitted an application for international protection or having been included in such application as a family member during the reference period. 'Application for international protection' means an application for international protection as defined in Art.2(g) of Council Directive 2004/83/EC, i.e. including requests for refugee status or for subsidiary protection status, irrespective of whether the application was lodged on arrival at border, or from inside the country, and irrespective of whether the person entered the territory legally (e.g. as a tourist) or illegally. In deciding when to regard an asylum application as having been lodged, the principles expressed in Article 4(1) of Council Regulation 2003/343/EC should be applied, i.e. 'An application for asylum shall be deemed to have been lodged once a form submitted by the applicant for asylum or a report prepared by the authorities has reached the competent authorities of the Member State concerned. Where an application is not made in writing, the time elapsing between the statement of intention and the preparation of a report should be as short as possible'. Applications submitted by persons who are subsequently found to be a subject of a Dublin procedure (Council Regulation (EC) No 343/2003) are included in the number of asylum applications. Within the same reference period every person being a subject of asylum application is counted only once, therefore repeat applications are not recorded if the first application has been lodged in the same reference period. However, such a repeat application will be recorded if lodged in a different reference month. It means that the aggregation of the monthly figures may overestimate the number of persons applying for international protection within the aggregated period (quarter or year). In some Member States (e.g. IT, MT and DK) due to restrictions of the asylum procedure (e.g. time limits for lodging repeat application) repeat applications may be very rare. Therefore the number of new asylum applicants may equal or almost equal the number of asylum applicants. The number of asylum applicants and the number of first instance decisions during the same reference period differs. This is due to the time lag between the date of asylum application and the date of the decision on asylum application. The duration of this time lag may vary considerably depending on the national asylum procedure and the administrative workload. Asylum application lodged in one reference period may therefore result in a decision in a later period, while some asylum decisions reported for that period may relate to the applications lodged in previous reference periods. 'New asylum applicant' means a person having submitted an application for international protection for the first time. Applications submitted by persons who are subsequently found to be a subject of a Dublin procedure are included in the statistics on new asylum applicants if such persons are also a subject of first asylum application. All Member States are requested to supply these data but their provision is voluntary. As persons are counted once only, statistics on new asylum applicants may be used for preparation of annual aggregates. Person being a subject of 'a pending application' means a person who is the subject of application for international protection under consideration by the responsible national authority at the end of the reference period. It includes the number of persons with pending applications at all instances of the administrative and/or judicial procedure.

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'Rejected applicant' means a person covered by a first instance decision rejecting an application for international protection, including decisions considering applications as inadmissible or as unfounded and decisions under priority and accelerated procedures, taken by administrative or judicial bodies during the reference period. 'Person granted refugee status at first instance' means a person covered by a first instance decision granting refugee status, taken by administrative or judicial bodies during the reference period. Refugee status means status as defined in Art.2 (d) of Directive 2004/83/EC within the meaning of Art.1 of the Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees of 28 July 1951, as amended by the New York Protocol of 31 January 1967. According to the Art.2(c) of that Directive refugee means a third country national who, owing to a wellfounded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership of a particular social group, is outside the country of nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself or herself of the protection of that country, or a stateless person, who, being outside of the country of former habitual residence for the same reasons as mentioned above, is unable or, owing to such fear, unwilling to return to it. 'Person granted subsidiary protection status at first instance' means a person covered by a first instance decision granting subsidiary protection status, taken by administrative or judicial bodies during the reference period. Subsidiary protection status means status as defined in Art.2 (f) of Directive 2004/83/EC. According to the Art.2(e) of that Directive a person eligible for subsidiary protection means a third country national or a stateless person who does not qualify as a refugee but in respect of whom substantial grounds have been shown for believing that the person concerned, if returned to his or her country of origin, or in the case of a stateless person, to his or her country of former habitual residence, would face a real risk of suffering serious harm and is unable, or, owing to such risk, unwilling to avail himself or herself of the protection of that country. Person granted authorisation to stay for humanitarian reasons at first instance' means a person covered by another first instance decision granting authorisation to stay for humanitarian reasons under national law concerning international protection, taken by administrative or judicial bodies during the reference period. It includes persons who are not eligible for international protection as currently defined law but are nonetheless protected against removal under the obligations that are imposed on all Member States by international refugee or human rights instruments or on the basis of principles flowing from such instruments. Examples of such categories include persons who are not removable on ill health grounds and unaccompanied minors. 'Dublin procedure' means a procedure according to the Council Regulation (EC) No 343/2003, establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an asylum application lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national. COUNTRY INFORMATION The number of rejections at first instance in Italy includes a number of recommendations to issue an authorization to stay for humanitarian reasons. These recommendations are issued by the National Asylum Commission to the Police. Such recommendation does not guarantee the grant of an authorization to stay for humanitarian reason, and therefore the number of first instance rejections is overestimated. Indeed, some individuals might be counted twice under the same reference period: first as a person rejected and recommended for an authorisation to stay for humanitarian reasons and subsequently as a person granted an authorisation to stay for humanitarian reasons. ABBREVIATIONS Belgium (BE), Bulgaria (BG), Czech Republic (CZ), Denmark (DK), Germany (DE), Estonia (EE), Ireland (IE), Greece (EL), Spain (ES), France (FR), Italy (IT), Cyprus (CY), Latvia (LV), Lithuania (LT), Luxembourg (LU), Hungary (HU), Malta (MT), the Netherlands (NL), Austria (AT), Poland (PL), Portugal (PT), Romania (RO), Slovenia (SI), Slovakia (SK), Finland (FI), Sweden (SE), the United Kingdom (UK), Iceland (IS), Lichtenstein (LI), Norway (NO) and Switzerland (CH). EU ASYLUM POLICY The Directorate-General for Home Affairs (DG HOME) is responsible for developing EU policies on asylum. For more information please see: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/index_en.htm
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Manuscript completed on: 02.02.2012 Data extracted on: 10.12.2011 ISSN 1977-0316 Catalogue number: KS-SF-12-011-EN-N European Union, 2012