Asylum requests; international, 1990 - 2009

Asylum requests; international, 1990 - 2009

Countries Periods Asylum requests (x 1 000)
EU-27 2009 246
EU-15 (EU-member before May 1th, 2004) 2009 221
12 member states (after May 1th. 2004) 2009 25
Austria 2009 16
Belgium 2009 17
Bulgaria 2009 1
Cyprus 2009 3
Czech Republic 2009 1
Denmark 2009 4
Estonia 2009 0
Finland 2009 6
France 2009 42
Germany 2009 28
Greece 2009 16
Hungary 2009 5
Ireland 2009 3
Italy 2009 18
Latvia 2009 0
Lithuania 2009 0
Luxembourg 2009 1
Malta 2009 2
Netherlands, total asylum requests 2009 16
Netherlands, first asylum requests 2009 15
Netherlands, follow-up asylum requests 2009 1
Poland 2009 11
Portugal 2009 0
Romania 2009 1
Slovak Republic 2009 1
Slovenia 2009 0
Spain 2009 3
Sweden 2009 24
United Kingdom 2009 30
Norway 2009 17
Switzerland 2009 14
Australia 2009 6
Canada 2009 33
United States 2009 49
Source: CBS.
Explanation of symbols

Dataset is not available.


Requests for asylum in several countries.
This table has been replaced by the new table 'asylum requests;
international'. The new table is primarily based on data from Eurostat,
the Statistical Office of the European Union. The discontinued table was
solely based on data from the UNHCR.

Data available from: 1990.

Status of the figures: final data.

When will new figures be published?
Stopped by September the 10th. 2010.

Description topics

Asylum requests
Requests for asylum by persons who have left their own country for
various reasons in order to seek protection or asylum in another country.