2004 UNHCR Statistical Yearbook

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1 I.1 Refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (refugees and IDPs), stateless persons, and others of concern to UNHCR by country/region of asylum/residence, end-2004 Country or territory of Asylum- Returned Internally Returned Stateless asylum (residence) 1 Refugees 2 seekers 3 refugees 4 displaced 5 IDPs 6 persons 7 Various 8 Total Afghanistan , ,549 27, ,127,468 Albania Algeria 169, ,055 Angola 13, , ,145 Argentina 2, ,910 Armenia 235, ,303 Australia** 63,476 5, ,498 Austria* 17,795 38, ,581 Azerbaijan 8,606 1, ,545-30, ,812 Bahrain Bangladesh 20, , ,459 Belarus ,465 2,458 13,716 Belgium 13,529 22, ,485 Belize Benin 4,802 1, ,855 Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina 22, , ,240 17, ,304 Botswana 2,839 1, ,873 Brazil 3, ,791 Bulgaria 4, ,604 Burkina Faso ,010 Burundi 48,808 10,712 90, ,696 Cambodia Cameroon 58,861 6, ,984 Canada** 141,398 27, ,688 Central African Rep. 25,020 2, ,136 Chad 259, ,064 Chile China 299, ,419 Colombia ,000, ,000,244 Congo 68,536 3,232 1, ,803 Costa Rica 10, ,636 Côte d'ivoire 72,088 2,111 7,594 38, ,832 Croatia 3, ,468 7,540 5, ,744 Cuba Cyprus , ,559 Czech Rep. 1,144 1, ,263 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 199, , ,520 Denmark* 65, ,150 Djibouti 18, ,035 Ecuador 8,450 1, ,113 Egypt 90,343 8, ,208 El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea 4, , ,589 Estonia , ,553 Ethiopia 115, ,027 Finland* 11, ,325 France 139,852 11, ,160 Gabon 13,787 4, ,626 Gambia 7, ,945 Georgia 2, , ,194 Germany 876,622 86, , ,392 Ghana 42,053 6, ,063 Greece* 2,489 7, ,000 12,864 Guatemala

2 I.1 Refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (refugees and IDPs), stateless persons, and others of concern to UNHCR by country/region of asylum/residence, end-2004 Country or territory of Asylum- Returned Internally Returned Stateless asylum (residence) 1 Refugees 2 seekers 3 refugees 4 displaced 5 IDPs 6 persons 7 Various 8 Total Guinea 139,252 6, ,571 Guinea-Bissau 7, ,677 Haiti Honduras Hong Kong SAR, China 1, ,538 Hungary* 7, ,062 Iceland* India 162, ,001 Indonesia ,397 16,625 Iraq 46,053 1, , ,403 Ireland* 7,201 3, ,897 Islamic Rep. of Iran 1,045, ,046,722 Israel Italy* 15, ,560 Japan 1, ,463 Jordan 1,100 12, ,553 Kazakhstan 15, ,291-74,144 Kenya 239,835 9, ,310 Kuwait 1, ,000 21, ,676 Kyrgyzstan 3, ,206 Latvia , ,188 Lebanon 1, ,434 Liberia 15, , ,566 33, ,700 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 12, ,366 Liechtenstein* Lithuania ,028-9,526 Luxembourg* 1, ,590 Malawi 3,682 3, ,017 Malaysia 24,905 10, ,311 97,538 Mali 11,256 1, ,341 Malta* 1, ,699 Mauritania ,500 30,090 Mexico 4, ,504 Morocco 2, ,302 Mozambique 623 4, ,515 Myanmar Namibia 14,773 2, ,928 Nepal 124, , ,319 Netherlands* 126,805 28, ,257 New Zealand** 5, ,096 Nicaragua Niger Nigeria 8,395 1, ,845 Norway* 44, ,969 Occupied Palestinian Territory Oman Pakistan 9 1,290,984 8, ,299,141 Panama 1, ,879 Papua New Guinea 7, ,960 Paraguay Peru ,000 Philippines ,829 1,980 Poland* 2,507 3, ,250 Portugal* Qatar ,000-6,070 Rep. of Korea

3 I.1 Refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (refugees and IDPs), stateless persons, and others of concern to UNHCR by country/region of asylum/residence, end-2004 Country or territory of Asylum- Returned Internally Returned Stateless asylum (residence) 1 Refugees 2 seekers 3 refugees 4 displaced 5 IDPs 6 persons 7 Various 8 Total Rep. of Moldova Romania* 1, ,237 Russian Federation 1, ,796 19,019 10, , ,552 Rwanda 50,221 3,248 14, ,605 Saudi Arabia 240, ,722 Senegal 20,804 2, ,216 Serbia and Montenegro 276, , ,154 9,456-85, ,476 Sierra Leone 65, , ,846 Singapore Slovakia* 409 2, ,332 Slovenia ,211 Somalia , ,760 South Africa 27, , ,907 Spain* 5, ,649 Sri Lanka , ,374 33, ,255 Sudan 141,588 4, , , ,867 Swaziland ,010 Sweden* 73,408 28, ,451 Switzerland 47,678 18, ,336 Syrian Arab Rep. 15, , ,547 Tajikistan 10 3, ,844 TfYR Macedonia 1,004 1, , ,729 Thailand 121,139 1, ,188 Timor-Leste Togo 11, ,795 Tunisia Turkey 3,033 3, ,978 Turkmenistan 13, ,256 Uganda 250,482 1, ,382 Ukraine 2,459 1, ,760 2,809 84,866 United Arab Emirates United Kingdom* 289,054 9, ,854 United Rep. of Tanzania 602, ,256 United States** 420, , ,564 Uruguay Uzbekistan 44, ,932 Venezuela (Boliv. Rep. of) 244 3, ,350 30,498 Viet Nam 2, ,373 Yemen 66,384 1, ,693 Zambia 173, ,991 Zimbabwe 6, ,884 Various/unknown Total 9,567, ,926 1,494,610 5,427, ,026 1,455, ,044 19,525,625 3

4 I.1 Refugees, asylum-seekers, internally displaced persons (IDPs), returnees (refugees and IDPs), stateless persons, and others of concern to UNHCR by country/region of asylum/residence, end-2004 Country or territory of Asylum- Returned Internally Returned Stateless asylum (residence) 1 Refugees 2 seekers 3 refugees 4 displaced 5 IDPs 6 persons 7 Various 8 Total Notes The data are generally provided by governments, based on their own definitions and methods of data collection. 1 Country or territory of asylum or residence. 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 complementary form of protection and those granted temporary protection. 3 Persons whose application for asylum or refugee status is pending at any stage of the asylum procedure. 4 Refugees who have returned to their place of origin during the calendar year. Source: Country of origin and country of asylum. 5 Persons who are displaced within their country and to whom UNHCR extends protection and/or assistance. 6 IDPs of concern to UNHCR who have returned to their place of origin during the calendar year. 7 Persons who are not considered nationals by any country under the operation of its laws. See Table I.1a for more details on stateles persons. 8 Persons of concern to UNHCR not included in the previous columns. Including Involuntarily Relocating Persons (IRPs) in the Russian Federation (193,000), Afghans in a refugee-like-situation in the Russian Federation (100,000; UNHCR estimate), Malians and Sahrawis in Mauritania (29,500), Colombians in the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela (26,400), rejected Eritrean asylum-seekers in Sudan (37,400), former Filipino refugees in Malaysia (61,300), former refugees from Timor-Leste in Indonesia (16,200), and local residents-at-risk in Serbia and Montenegro (Kosovo, 85,000). 9 UNHCR figures for Pakistan only include Afghans living in camps who are assisted by UNHCR. According to a 2005 Government census and subsequent voluntary repatriation during the year, there are an additional 1.9 million Afghans living outside camps, some of whom may be refugees. Those Afghans living outside camps receive no UNHCR assistance expect access to UNHCR-facilitated voluntary repatriation. 10 Refugees and asylum-seekers refers to end * Refugee estimate provided by UNHCR, based on 10 years of refugee arrivals and asylum-seeker recognition. ** Refugee estimate provided by UNHCR, based on five years of refugee arrivals and asylum-seeker recognition. 4

5 I.1a Stateless persons 1, 2004 This table excludes stateless refugees and stateless asylum-seekers. 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-2004 Pop. end-2004 Country of which: of which: of UNHCR- UNHCRresidence Description/origin Total assisted Total assisted Austria Stateless * Azerbaijan Stateless * - 30,000 - Bangladesh Stateless 250, ,000 - Belarus Stateless 13,836-10,465 - Belgium Stateless * Cambodia Stateless * - * - Croatia Stateless Democratic Rep. of the Congo Stateless * - * - Egypt Stateless Eritrea Stateless Estonia 2 Stateless 162, ,536 - Ethiopia Stateless * - * - France Stateless * Georgia Stateless (Meskhetians) Germany Stateless 13,951-10,619 - Iraq Stateless * - * - Italy Stateless * Kazakhstan 3 Stateless persons (Ethnic Kazakhs) 18,594-58,291 58,291 Kuwait Stateless (Bidoons) 80,000 80,000 80,000 80,000 Latvia 4 Stateless * Latvia 5 Non Citizens * - 452,003 - Lithuania Stateless * - 9,028 - Mongolia Stateless (Kazakhs) * - * - Morocco Stateless * Myanmar Stateless (returnees) * - * - Norway Stateless * Pakistan Stateless * - * - Papua New Guinea Daru (West Papua New Guinea) Qatar Stateless * - 6,000 - Romania Stateless Roma * Russian Federation 6 Meskhetians 11,000 11,000 10,755 10,755 Saudi Arabia Stateless * - * - Slovakia Stateless Slovenia Citizens of former Yugoslavia Spain Stateless Sri Lanka Stateless 170, Switzerland Stateless * Syrian Arab Rep. 7 Stateless 300, ,000 - TfYR Macedonia Long-term habitual residents without effective citizenship de facto stateless * - 5,000 - TfYR Macedonia Stateless Thailand Stateless * - * - Ukraine Crimean Tatars (formerly deported persons) 2, ,500 3,107 Ukraine Stateless 79, , United Arab Emirates Stateless * - * - Vietnam Stateless * - * - Total 1,103,651 94,137 1,455, ,747 5

6 I.1a Stateless persons 1, 2004 This table excludes stateless refugees and stateless asylum-seekers. 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 (*). 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. 2 The large majority of persons recorded as stateless have permanent residence and enjoy more rights than foreseen in the 1954 Convention relating to the Status of Stateless Persons. 3 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. 4 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). 5 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 (ii) of the 1954 Convention is applicable to the non-citizens of Latvia. 6 This figure corresponds to Meskhetians in Krasnodar who are de facto stateless. Additional numbers of former Soviet Union citizens not originating from the Russian Federation who cannot be quantified may also still face risks of statelessness. 7 Figures are based on estimates from Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. 6

7 II.1 Refugee populations, new arrivals and durable solutions by country of asylum, 2004 Population at the Increases during 2004 Decreases during 2004 Population at the start of the year Spontaneous Repatriation/ end of the year** arrivals return* Resettlement Country or of which: Indiv. Resettle- of which: of which: of which: territory of UNHCR- Prima recogn. ment UNHCR- UNHCR- UNHCRasylum (residence)*** Total assisted facie **** arrivals Total assisted Total assisted Total assisted Afghanistan Albania Algeria 169, , , ,456 Angola 13,381 13, ,970 10,767 Argentina 2, , Armenia 239,289 50, ,235 50,132 Australia 56, ,461 15, ,476 - Austria 16, , ,795 - Azerbaijan ,606 8,606 Bangladesh 19,792 19, ,449 20,338 Belarus Belgium 12, , ,529 - Belize Benin 5, ,802 4,802 Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina 22, , Botswana 2,838 2, ,839 2,793 Brazil 3,182 2, ,345 2,273 Bulgaria 4, ,684 - Burkina Faso Burundi 40,971 13,231 20, , ,808 16,991 Cambodia Cameroon 58, ,861 - Canada 133, ,005 10, ,398 - Central African Rep. 44,753 39, ,034 2, ,020 22,319 Chad 146,400 90, ,924 2, , ,652 Chile China 299,354 10, ,375 10,898 Colombia Congo 91,367 81, , ,536 59,255 Costa Rica 13, ,413 - Côte d'ivoire 75,971 75, , ,476 4,476 72,088 72,088 Croatia 4,387 4, ,663 3,663 Cuba Cyprus Czech Rep. 1,518 1, ,144 1,144 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 234,033 56, ,313 34, ,323 32,455 Denmark 69, ,310 - Djibouti 27,034 26, ,448 8, ,035 17,982 Ecuador 6,381 6,381-2, ,450 8,450 Egypt 88,749 18,749-3, ,215 4,110 90,343 20,343 El Salvador Eritrea 3,889 3, ,240 4,240 Estonia Ethiopia 130, ,276-2,244-9,559 9, , ,340 Finland 10, ,325 - France 130, , ,852 - Gabon 14,005 14, ,787 13,787 Gambia 7,465 1, ,343 2,260 Georgia 3,864 3, ,559 2,543 Germany 960, ,031-3, ,622 - Ghana 43,947 43, ,956 1,956 1, ,053 42,053 Greece 2, ,

8 II.1 Refugee populations, new arrivals and durable solutions by country of asylum, 2004 Population at the Increases during 2004 Decreases during 2004 Population at the start of the year Spontaneous Repatriation/ end of the year** arrivals return* Resettlement Country or of which: Indiv. Resettle- of which: of which: of which: territory of UNHCR- Prima recogn. ment UNHCR- UNHCR- UNHCRasylum (residence)*** Total assisted facie **** arrivals Total assisted Total assisted Total assisted Guatemala Guinea 184, , ,624 13, ,252 90,337 Guinea-Bissau 7,551 7, ,536 7,536 Honduras Hong Kong SAR, China 1, , Hungary 7, ,708 - Iceland India 164,757 11, ,028 3, ,687 11,071 Indonesia Iraq 46,721 46, ,053 46,053 Ireland 5, , ,201 - Islamic Rep. of Iran 984, , , , ,045,976 1,045,976 Israel 4, Italy 12, , ,674 - Japan 2, , Jordan 1,196 1, ,100 - Kazakhstan 15,831 12, ,844 2,560 Kenya 237, ,512 4,620 3, ,561 5, , ,835 Kuwait 1, , Kyrgyzstan 5,591 5, ,753 3,346 Latvia Lebanon 2,522 1, , ,753 1,641 Liberia 33,998 14,329 5, ,023 13, ,172 3,384 Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 11,897 1, ,166 3,636 Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg 1, ,590 - Malawi 3,202 3, , ,682 3,682 Malaysia 7, , ,905 24,905 Mali 10,009 10, ,256 11,219 Malta ,558 - Mauritania Mexico 6,075 6, ,343 1,579 Morocco 2, ,121 - Mozambique Namibia 19,800 13, ,991 5, ,773 8,773 Nepal 123, , , ,925 Netherlands 140, , ,805 - New Zealand 5, ,350 - Nicaragua Niger Nigeria 9,171 6, ,024 1, ,395 5,360 Norway 46, , ,046 - Oman Pakistan 1 1,124,298 1,124, , , ,290,984 1,290,984 Panama 1,445 1, ,608 1,683 Papua New Guinea 7,491 2, ,627 2,492 Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland 1, , ,507 - Portugal Qatar

9 II.1 Refugee populations, new arrivals and durable solutions by country of asylum, 2004 Population at the Increases during 2004 Decreases during 2004 Population at the start of the year Spontaneous Repatriation/ end of the year** arrivals return* Resettlement Country or of which: Indiv. Resettle- of which: of which: of which: territory of UNHCR- Prima recogn. ment UNHCR- UNHCR- UNHCRasylum (residence)*** Total assisted facie **** arrivals Total assisted Total assisted Total assisted Rep. of Korea Rep. of Moldova Romania 2, , Russian Federation 9,976 9, ,852 1,852 Rwanda 36,608 36,608 14, ,221 50,221 Saudi Arabia 240, , Senegal 20,726 20, ,804 20,804 Serbia and Montenegro 291, , ,222 1, , ,683 Sierra Leone 61,194 61,194 2, ,775 12, ,437 61,932 Singapore Slovakia Slovenia 2,069 2, Somalia South Africa 26,558 5,963-1, ,683 8,618 Spain 5, ,635 - Sri Lanka Sudan 138,163 73,717-7,795-9,977 9, ,588 69,269 Swaziland Sweden 112, ,692 1, ,408 - Switzerland 50, , ,678 - Syrian Arab Rep. 3,682-12, ,604 - Tajikistan 3,306 2, ,306 2,904 TfYR Macedonia , Thailand 119, ,658-2, ,584 1, , ,592 Timor-Leste Togo 12, ,285 1,285 Tunisia Turkey 2,490 1,935-1, ,292 2,292 3,033 2,478 Turkmenistan 13,510 13, ,253 13,253 Uganda 230, ,763 15,551 2,402-2,677 2, , ,262 Ukraine 2, , United Arab Emirates United Kingdom 276, , ,054 - United Rep. of Tanzania 649, ,770 1, ,161 83, , ,854 United States 452, ,254 52, ,854 - Uruguay Uzbekistan 44,682 2, ,455 2,321 Venezuela (Boliv. Rep. o Viet Nam 15, ,360 - Yemen 61,881 61,881 16, ,384 66,384 Zambia 226, ,370 4, ,560 36, ,907 93,976 Zimbabwe 12,721 12, ,884 6,884 Various , Total 9,592,972 5,125, , ,896 84,726 1,494,610 1,021,429 37,597 29,609 9,567,130 5,285,353 Note A dash (-) indicates that the value is zero or not available. 9 UNHCR figures for Pakistan only include Afghans living in camps who are assisted by UNHCR. According to a 2005 Government census and subsequent voluntary repatriation during the year, there are an additional 1.9 million Afghans living outside camps, some of whom may be refugees. Those Afghans living outside camps receive no UNHCR assistance expect access to UNHCR-facilitated voluntary repatriation. * Figures are based on departure and arrival records. ** Population at the end of the year does not necessarily equal the population at the beginning of the year plus the increases minus the decreases. *** For method of estimation for the refugee population in selected industrialized countries, see Table I.1 or Chapter I. **** Generally, this equals the number of persons recognized as refugees and those allowed to remain for humanitarian reasons. See also Table III.1. 9

10 II.2 Refugee populations, new arrivals and durable solutions by origin, 2004 The origin is listed if the total refugee population at the end of the year was 10,000 or more. See footnotes at the end of the table. Population at the Increases during 2004 Decreases during 2004 Population at the start of the year Spontaneous Repatriation/ end of the year** arrivals return* Resettlement of which: Indiv. Resettle- of which: of which: of which: UNHCR- Prima recogn. ment UNHCR- UNHCR- UNHCR- Origin Total assisted facie **** arrivals Total assisted Total assisted Total assisted Afghanistan 1 2,136,028 1,979,666-5,883 5, , ,617 2,814 2,709 2,414,468 2,261,423 Albania 10, , , Algeria 11, , Angola 329, , , ,246 65, ,838 69,776 Armenia 13, , , Azerbaijan 253,255 50,448-1, ,581 50,227 Bhutan 103, , , ,915 Bosnia and Herzegovina 300, ,949-2, , ,339 98,922 Burundi 531, ,207 4,168 2, ,321 83, , ,752 Cambodia 31, , Central African Rep. 35,401 34, ,069 29,862 Chad 52,277 1, ,663 2,185 China 132, , , Colombia 38,003 7,300-10,214 2, ,357 9,909 Congo 28,749 14,249-1, ,035 1, ,152 15,372 Côte d'ivoire 33,636 9,033 5,948 2, , ,655 8,487 Croatia 230, , ,468 1, , ,128 Cuba 16, , , Dem. Rep. of the Congo 451, ,482 38,110 8,313 1,425 13,843 2,238 1,337 1, , ,419 Eritrea 124,121 80,365-11, ,893 9, ,131 77,372 Ethiopia 62,675 16,147-3,447 4, ,352 1,491 63,147 16,550 Ghana 15, , India 13, , , Indonesia 16,240 2,519-12, ,919 17,677 Iraq 368, ,645 12,023 5,399 2, ,997 14, ,878 96,091 Islamic Rep. of Iran 122,531 12,175-6,024 3, ,203 2, ,149 12,122 Lao People's Dem. Rep. 10, , , Lebanon 24, , Liberia 353, ,283 3,699 1,907 8,614 56,872 16,479 6,778 5, , ,267 Mauritania 30,523 25,966-1, ,131 25,963 Myanmar 151, ,246-9,324 1, ,905 1, , ,473 Nigeria 24, , , Occupied Palestinian Territory 350,570 24, ,617 26,279 Pakistan 24, , , Poland 15, ,677 3 Rep. of Moldova 11, , ,937 3 Russian Federation 96,419 16, ,751 1, ,967 13,537 Rwanda 75,241 35, , ,136 14, ,812 31,670 Serbia and Montenegro 296,619 1,590-7, ,143 1, ,999 2,349 Sierra Leone 70,598 35, ,085 26,271 26, ,801 15,341 Somalia 402, ,393 19,087 12,104 14,167 18,069 18,069 9,651 4, , ,660 Sri Lanka 122, , ,040 3, , Stateless 13, , Sudan 606, , ,885 4,765 12, ,643 5, , ,597 Syrian Arab Rep. 20, , Tajikistan 58,936 17, ,780 15,256 Tibetans 20, ,040 - Togo 10, ,819 1,808 Turkey 185,099 13,240-5, ,574 13,465 Uganda 35,244 4, ,963 1,331 10

11 II.2 Refugee populations, new arrivals and durable solutions by origin, 2004 The origin is listed if the total refugee population at the end of the year was 10,000 or more. See footnotes at the end of the table. Population at the Increases during 2004 Decreases during 2004 Population at the start of the year Spontaneous Repatriation/ end of the year** arrivals return* Resettlement of which: Indiv. Resettle- of which: of which: of which: UNHCR- Prima recogn. ment UNHCR- UNHCR- UNHCR- Origin Total assisted facie **** arrivals Total assisted Total assisted Total assisted Ukraine 94, , , Viet Nam 363,179 11, , ,780 11,350 Western Sahara 165, , , ,025 Notes A dash (-) indicates that the value is zero or not available. 1 Refugee population estimated by UNHCR. * Figures are based on departure and arrival records. ** Population at the end of the year does not necessarily equal the population at the beginning of the year plus the increases minus the decreases. **** Generally, this equals the number of persons recognized as refugees and those allowed to remain for humanitarian reasons. See also Table III.1. 11

12 III.1 Applications and refugee status determination by country of asylum, 2004 Cases Cases Indicators pending Decisions during 2004 pending Recognition Change at the Applied at the rates in Country or territory start during Recog- Huma- Otherw. end of Ref. pending of asylum (residence) T 1 L 2 of the year 2004 nized nitarian Rejected closed Total the year status 3 Total 4 cases Afghanistan U FI % 26% -59% Albania G FI % 69% -61% Algeria U FI % 0% 200% Angola G FA 1, % 56% -8% Argentina G FI 1, % 51% -18% Armenia G FI % 91% 89% Australia G AR 2,228 2,918 1,115-2, , % 28% -61% Australia G FI 793 3, , ,158 4,145 11% 11% 423% Austria G FA 33,564 24,634 5, ,138 15,330 26,670 38,262 46% 55% 14% Azerbaijan G AR % 0%.. Azerbaijan G FI % 19%.. Azerbaijan G JR % 0%.. Azerbaijan U FI 8, ,099 8, % 50% -89% Bahrain U FA % Bangladesh U FI % 8% 25% Belarus G FI % 71% -79% Belgium G AR 4,104 5, , ,140 6,980 6% 6% 70% Belgium G FI 18,500 15,357 2,275-5,230 1,326 8,831 15,883 30% 30% -14% Belize G FI % Belize U FI % 0%.. Benin G AR % 10% -69% Benin G FI ,027 29% 29% 41% Bolivia G FI % Bosnia and Herzegovina U FI % 12% -35% Botswana G FI 1, , % 100% -4% Brazil G FI % 37% -21% Bulgaria G FI 756 1, % 45% 22% Burkina Faso G FI % 34% 4% Burundi G FI 10,572 2,118 1, ,011 10,679 76% 76% 1% Burundi U FI % 100%.. Cambodia U FI % 69% 587% Cameroon U FA 5,675 2, ,605 6,123 43% 43% 8% Canada G FI 41,575 25,750 16,005-19,180 5,223 40,408 27,290 45% 45% -34% Central African Rep. G FI 3, ,034 2,748 93% 96% -19% Chile G FI % 56% 73% China U FI % 57% 2% Colombia G AR Colombia G FI % 62% 131% Congo U FI 3, ,232 18% 18% 0% Costa Rica G FA 77 1, , % 59% 190% Côte d'ivoire V FI 1,321 1, ,111 21% 25% 60% Croatia G FI % 0% 450% Croatia U FI % 50% -79% Cuba U FI % 71% -17% Cyprus G AR % 0% 1757% Cyprus G FI 4,816 9, ,733 2,538 5,347 9,328 1% 3% 94% Cyprus U FA % 49% -94% Czech Rep. G AR % 7% -96% Czech Rep. G FI 3,651 5, ,671 3,184 7,995 1,115 3% 3% -69% Dem. Rep. of the Congo U FA % 40% -21% Denmark G AR 1, ,660-1, % 15% -62% Denmark G FI 739 3, ,945-2, % 10% -52% Djibouti G FI 1, , ,661-5% 5% -100% Ecuador G FI 2,565 7,858 2,515-4,321 1,927 8,763 1,660 37% 37% -35% 12

13 III.1 Applications and refugee status determination by country of asylum, 2004 Cases Cases Indicators pending Decisions during 2004 pending Recognition Change at the Applied at the rates in Country or territory start during Recog- Huma- Otherw. end of Ref. pending of asylum (residence) T 1 L 2 of the year 2004 nized nitarian Rejected closed Total the year status 3 Total 4 cases Egypt U FI 5,409 10,702 3, ,790 7,359 8,752 81% 81% 62% El Salvador v FI % 0% -67% Eritrea U FI % 100% 125% Estonia G FI % 0% 100% Ethiopia G FA 10 2,282 2, , % 100% 300% Finland G FA - 3, ,079-2% 52%.. France G AR - 51,707 4,574-27,849 4,642 37,065-14% 14%.. France G FI - 58,545 6,358-61,760-68,118-9% 9%.. France G RA 22,900 7,069 4, ,934 11, % 100% -49% Gabon G FI 5, ,839 5% 5% -5% Gambia G FI % Georgia G FI % 0% 267% Germany G JR 102, , % Germany G RA 5,253 14, ,898 16,087 3,490 26% 41% -34% Germany G NA 20,403 35,607 1, ,896 5,433 45,874 11,200 4% 6% -45% Ghana G FA 4,087 2, ,010 53% 53% 47% Greece G AR 2, , % Greece G FI 5,294 4, , ,387 5,375 0% 1% 2% Guatemala G FI % Guinea G FI 2,544 4, ,317 82% 82% 148% Guinea-Bissau G FI % 100% 70% Honduras G FI % 12%.. Hong Kong SAR, China G FA % 100%.. Hong Kong SAR, China U FA % 32% 242% Hungary G AR % 0% -85% Hungary G FI 291 1, , % 31% -4% Iceland G FI % 0% 46% India U AR % 28% -15% India U FI % 54% -52% Indonesia U FA % 82% -13% Iraq U FI 1, , % Ireland G AR 2,855 5, , ,582 1,346 12% 12% -53% Ireland G FI 4,555 4, ,990 1,554 6,974 2,350 8% 8% -48% Islamic Rep. of Iran U FI % 8% 118% Israel G FI % 86%.. Italy G FA - 9, ,351 5, ,966-9% 35%.. Japan G AR % 4% 30% Japan G FI % 6% 36% Japan G JR % Jordan U FI 6,741 6, ,453 62% 62% 85% Kazakhstan G FI % 72%.. Kazakhstan U AR % 86% 167% Kenya U AR % 17%.. Kenya G FI 4,022 9,329 3, ,605 9,474 86% 86% 136% Kuwait U FI % 0% -16% Kyrgyzstan G AR Kyrgyzstan G FI % 70% -28% Kyrgyzstan U FI % 33% -62% Latvia G FA % 0%.. Lebanon U FA % 7% 25% Liberia U FI Libyan Arab Jamahiriya U FI % 48% 245% Liechtenstein G % 0% -25% Lithuania G FI % 65% -79% 13

14 III.1 Applications and refugee status determination by country of asylum, 2004 Cases Cases Indicators pending Decisions during 2004 pending Recognition Change at the Applied at the rates in Country or territory start during Recog- Huma- Otherw. end of Ref. pending of asylum (residence) T 1 L 2 of the year 2004 nized nitarian Rejected closed Total the year status 3 Total 4 cases Luxembourg G FI - 1, ,897-6% 31%.. Malawi G FI 8,848 2,414 1, ,666 10,148 3, % 100% -62% Malaysia U FA 9,195 20,663 1,502 16, ,437 19,536 10,322 8% 100% 12% Mali G FI 712 1, ,085 99% 99% 52% Malta G FI % 70% 341% Mauritania U FI % 81% 113% Mexico G FI % 31% 94% Morocco U % Mozambique G FA 9, , % 100% -47% Namibia G FI 1, , % 100% 9% Nepal v FI % 38% 621% Nepal v FA % 92% 116% Netherlands G AR 3, ,258 1,519 4,703 4,294 10% 29% 9% Netherlands G FI 8,411 9, ,057 8,177 2,940 15,654 8,741 4% 36% 4% Netherlands G JR 32, , % New Zealand G AR % 20% -28% New Zealand G FI % 14% -27% Nicaragua G FA % 89% -94% Niger U AR % 67% -19% Niger U FI % 61% 85% Nigeria G FI 1, ,086 96% 96% -3% Norway G AR ,765-7,429-1% 9%.. Norway G FI - 7, ,020 5, ,194-5% 41%.. Oman U FA % 100% 0% Pakistan U FA 13,703 3, ,955 4,616 8,729 8,157 4% 4% -40% Panama U FI % 34% 166% Papua New Guinea G FI % 100% -36% Paraguay U FI % 100% 50% Peru G FI % 89% 27% Philippines G FI % 100% 16% Poland G AR % 2%.. Poland G FI 1,521 8, ,998 2,763 5,898 3,743 10% 36% 146% Portugal G AR Portugal G FI % 16%.. Portugal G JR Qatar U FA % Rep. of Korea G FA % 75% 78% Rep. of Moldova G FI % 21% 31% Romania G FA % 28% 60% Russian Federation G FI % 5% 16% Rwanda U FI 3,015 1, , % 100% 8% Saudi Arabia U FA % 66% 83% Senegal G FI 2, ,412 37% 37% 6% Serbia and Montenegro U FI % 39% 25% Sierra Leone U FI % 0% -2% Singapore U FI % 60% 50% Slovakia G FI 4,653 11, ,532 11,581 13,128 2,916 1% 1% -37% Slovenia G FI 170 1, , % 10% 90% Somalia U FI % 21% 70% South Africa G FI 84,085 32,565 1, , ,224 79% 79% 37% Spain G - 5, ,654 4,745 6,770-9% 18%.. Sri Lanka U FA % 56% 700% Sudan G FA ,797 7, ,032 4,012 96% 96% 1524% Sudan U FA % 47% 9% 14

15 III.1 Applications and refugee status determination by country of asylum, 2004 Cases Cases Indicators pending Decisions during 2004 pending Recognition Change at the Applied at the rates in Country or territory start during Recog- Huma- Otherw. end of Ref. pending of asylum (residence) T 1 L 2 of the year 2004 nized nitarian Rejected closed Total the year status 3 Total 4 cases Swaziland G FI % 100% -6% Sweden G AR 11, ,460 14,686 1,166 17,486 15,613 1% 10% 38% Sweden G FI 23,943 23, ,309 27,876 3,670 34,227 12,430 1% 9% -48% Switzerland G AR 14,096 13,381 1,150-6,624 7,321 15,095 12,382 15% 15% -12% Switzerland G FI 10,534 14,248 1,555-10,080 7,522 19,157 6,251 13% 13% -41% Switzerland G FIH , ,198-0% 100%.. Switzerland G CA , ,784-0% 100%.. Syrian Arab Rep. U FA 1,589 5, ,821 6, % 46% -51% Tajikistan G AR % Tajikistan G FI % TfYR Macedonia G FI 2, ,156 1,232 1% 99% -46% Thailand U FA 3,319 2,468 2, ,119 4,743 1,044 81% 81% -69% Timor-Leste G FI % Togo G AR % 94% -13% Togo U FI % 68% 18% Tunisia U FI % Turkey U FI 3,453 3,908 1,690-1,742-3,432 3,929 49% 49% 14% Turkmenistan U FI % 56% 0% Uganda v FI 726 3,823 2, ,740 1,809 95% 95% 149% Ukraine G AR % 1% 49% Ukraine G FI 410 1, ,040 1, % 34% 79% Ukraine U FI % 29%.. United Arab Emirates U AR % 0%.. United Arab Emirates U FI % 76% -17% United Kingdom G AR - 35,110 10,845-44,115 2,345 57,305-20% 20%.. United Kingdom G FI 23,900 40,623 2,159 4,194 41,699 7,340 55,392 9,800 4% 13% -59% United Rep. of Tanzania G FI % 99% -51% United States G IN 262,032 27,907 10,278-21,655 77, , ,653 32% 32% -30% United States G EO 89,844 17,065 10,870-20,922 32,534 64,326 79,057 34% 34% -12% Uruguay U FI % 100% 11% Uzbekistan U FA % 54% -51% Venezuela (Boliv. Rep. of) G FI 2,291 2, ,904 53% 53% 70% Yemen U FI 629 1, ,359 1,270 49% 49% 102% Zambia G FI % 46% -53% Zimbabwe G FI % 100% -100% Notes 1 Type of procedure: G=Government; U=UNHCR; V=Various/unknown. 2 Level in the procedure: FI=First instance; AR=Administrative Review, JR=Judicial Review; CA=Cantonal regulations; EO=Executive Office of Immigration Review; IN=Immigration and Naturalization Service; NA=New applications; RA=Repeat applications; FIH=First instance humanitarian. 3 Number of cases recognized divided by the total number of cases recognized, granted humanitarian status and rejected. 4 Number of cases recognized and granted humanitarian status divided by the total number of cases recognized, granted humanitarian status and rejected. 15

16 III.2 Applications and refugee status determination by origin, 2004 The origin is listed if the total number of decisions is 3,000 or more. See Table III.1 for the countries and procedures included. Cases Cases Indicators pending Decisions during 2004 pending Recognition Change at the Applied at the rates in start during Recog- Huma- Otherw. end of Ref. pending Origin of the year 2004 nized nitarian Rejected closed Total the year status 1 Total 2 cases Afghanistan 25,967 14,893 3,308 2,422 15,773 13,382 34,885 16,973 15% 27% -35% Albania 4,588 4,536 1, ,301 1,281 7,345 3,328 26% 29% -27% Algeria 1,941 11, ,561 2,606 11,800 1,349 5% 7% -30% Angola 11,730 5, ,047 5, ,377 9,548 13% 27% -19% Armenia 5,049 7,262 1, ,227 1,865 8,344 4,048 16% 19% -20% Azerbaijan 4,615 5, , ,004 3,951 13% 17% -14% Bangladesh 8,288 10, ,466 2,947 9,609 9,346 11% 18% 13% Belarus 2,102 2, , ,436 1,397 11% 13% -34% Bosnia and Herzegovina 2,210 6,256 1,275 1,450 3, ,379 1,193 20% 43% -46% Burundi 8,026 5,656 1, ,331 2,322 6,109 7,885 45% 65% -2% Cameroon 3,387 5,917 1, , ,023 3,738 22% 25% 10% China 21,349 29,089 3, ,571 6,331 33,983 19,727 14% 15% -8% Colombia 23,129 20,210 9, ,110 5,561 27,260 21,530 44% 44% -7% Congo 6,956 5,315 1, , ,650 7,170 21% 24% 3% Côte d'ivoire 3,294 7,214 1, , ,222 4,762 34% 38% 45% Dem. Rep. of the Congo 51,994 28,803 8, ,532 3,434 30,632 50,994 33% 36% -2% El Salvador 128,388 1, ,803 38,753 40,762 91,772 10% 10% -29% Eritrea 2,853 13,909 9, , ,284 2,826 69% 75% -1% Ethiopia 10,645 10,497 2, ,546 2,006 10,535 13,124 30% 35% 23% Georgia 3,022 11, ,852 3,749 11,661 2,795 12% 13% -8% Guatemala 88,273 1, ,404 32,168 34,977 58,643 14% 14% -34% Guinea 3,196 5, ,750 1,076 5,820 2,492 17% 21% -22% Haiti 18,395 10,675 2, ,455 4,024 14,903 16,275 22% 22% -12% India 11,532 15,613 1, ,906 7,074 17,024 11,715 10% 10% 2% Indonesia 7,555 13,313 1,115 11,630 2,150 1,186 16,081 5,780 7% 86% -23% Iraq 32,134 23,375 1,537 3,676 25,456 10,908 41,577 30,637 5% 17% -5% Islamic Rep. of Iran 11,377 15,567 4, ,389 3,715 24,728 9,534 23% 27% -16% Liberia 5,936 6, ,624 1,206 6,616 7,590 18% 33% 28% Mauritania 2,864 5,375 1, ,843 1,065 8,437 2,586 21% 21% -10% Mexico 26,623 4, ,171 11,660 15,600 18,836 20% 20% -29% Myanmar 11,196 11,896 4,327 4,939 1,601 1,900 12,767 10,506 40% 85% -6% Nigeria 14,688 18, ,220 4,163 20,536 13,266 6% 7% -10% Pakistan 16,892 15,506 2, ,265 3,804 19,802 15,785 16% 17% -7% Rep. of Moldova 981 7, ,526 2,607 7, % 6% -37% Romania 2,175 4, ,304 1,074 4,770 1,338 8% 11% -38% Russian Federation 20,716 35,528 7,855 2,718 13,469 20,680 44,722 13,287 33% 44% -36% Rwanda 10,255 3,084 2, ,404 5,932 10,212 5,361 64% 67% -48% Serbia and Montenegro 14,307 31,214 2,709 4,775 22,930 9,707 40,121 9,655 9% 25% -33% Sierra Leone 6,892 5, ,163 1,034 4,962 8,133 14% 19% 18% Somalia 14,745 22,933 7,587 4,166 11,069 3,405 26,227 20,525 33% 51% 39% Sri Lanka 2,958 9,526 2,365 1,128 7,841 1,127 12,461 3,124 21% 31% 6% Stateless 3,984 3, ,405 2,289 6,664 3,159 7% 22% -21% Sudan 6,667 15,174 4, ,630 1,985 11,119 11,969 44% 49% 80% Syrian Arab Rep. 4,140 4, ,203 1,145 5,265 3,794 14% 22% -8% TfYR Macedonia 1,180 2, , , % 8% -41% Togo 5,731 3, , ,653 5,461 25% 28% -5% Turkey 8,587 27,123 4, ,857 6,462 38,709 5,288 14% 17% -38% Ukraine 2,893 6, ,348 1,033 7,015 2,645 9% 11% -9% Viet Nam 1,255 5, ,075 1,113 6,036 1,082 12% 17% -14% Zimbabwe 3,475 9,269 1, , ,704 9,413 18% 18% 171% Notes 1 Cases recognized divided by the total number of cases recognized, granted humanitarian status and rejected. 2 Cases recognized and granted humanitarian status divided by the total number of cases recognized, granted humanitarian status and rejected. 17

17 III.3 Applications and refugee status determination in selected industrialized countries, See Table VI.2 for classification of nationally reported data. Country of Applied Recognized Humanitarian RRR 2 TRR 3 asylum L Australia FI 5,863 4,295 3,201 1, % 5% 11% 14% 5% 11% Australia AR 5,514 3,689 2, , % 6% 28% 8% 6% 28% Austria 39,354 32,359 24,634 1,073 2,084 5, % 30% 46% 20% 30% 55% Belgium FI 18,805 16,940 15,357 1,166 1,201 2, % 23% 30% 25% 23% 30% Belgium AR 3,506 4,237 5, % 10% 6% 9% 10% 6% Bulgaria 2,888 1,549 1, % 1% 3% 48% 29% 45% Canada 39,498 31,937 25,750 15,161 17,682 16, % 50% 45% 58% 50% 45% Cyprus FI 951 4,411 9, % 0% 1% 0% 0% 3% Cyprus AR %.... 0% Czech Rep. FI 8,484 11,396 5, % 2% 3% 2% 2% 3% Czech Rep. AR 2, % 2% 7% 0% 2% 7% Denmark FI 6,068 4,593 3,235 1, , % 14% 5% 28% 22% 10% Denmark AR % 7% 9% 14% 18% 15% Finland FI 3,443 3,221 3, % 0% 2% 35% 30% 52% France FI 58,971 59,768 58,545 6,326 6,526 6, % 10% 9% 13% 10% 9% France AR 31,502 44,201 51,707 2,255 3,377 4, % 11% 14% 9% 11% 14% France RA 1,790 2,225 7,069 2,169 3,264 4, % 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% Germany NA 71,127 50,563 35,607 6,034 2,854 1,760 1,016 1, % 4% 4% 8% 6% 6% Germany RA 20,344 17,285 14, % 14% 26% 38% 35% 41% Greece 5,664 8,178 4, % 0% 0% 1% 1% 1% Hungary FI 6,412 2,401 1, , % 10% 15% 52% 55% 31% Hungary AR %.... 0% Ireland FI 11,634 7,900 4, % 6% 8% 14% 6% 8% Ireland AR 5,297 5,294 5,073 1, % 18% 12% 22% 18% 12% Italy 16,015 13,455 9,722 1, ,181 2,351 8% 5% 9% 12% 22% 35% Japan FI % 2% 3% 24% 2% 6% Japan AR % 2% 4% 0% 10% 4% Luxembourg 1,043 1,549 1, % 6%.. 23% 31% Netherlands FI 18,667 13,402 9, ,359 4,228 4,057 1% 2% 4% 12% 24% 36% Netherlands AR ,435 2, % 8% 10% 17% 33% 29% New Zealand FI % 17% 13% 21% 17% 13% New Zealand AR 1, % 12% 20% 11% 12% 20% Norway FI 17,480 15,959 7, ,958 2,962 3,020 3% 5% 5% 27% 29% 41% Norway AR %.... 9% Poland FI 5,170 6,909 8, % 6% 10% 5% 7% 36% Poland AR 2,268 1, % 3% 2% 1% 3% 4% Portugal % 9% 4% 19% 59% 16% Romania 1,151 1, % 6% 19% 5% 10% 28% Slovakia 9,700 10,358 11, % 3% 1% 6% 3% 1% Slovenia 702 1,100 1, % 8% 5% 1% 18% 10% Spain FI 6,309 5,918 5, % 8% 9% 15% 14% 18% Spain JR % 61%.. 17% 100% Sweden FI 33,016 31,348 23, ,860 3,090 2,309 1% 2% 1% 22% 14% 9% Sweden AR ,109 1,776 1,460 2% 1% 1% 19% 14% 10% Switzerland FI 26,125 20,806 14,248 1,729 1,638 1, % 10% 13% 11% 10% 13% Switzerland FIH ,172 3,314 4,198 0% 0% 0% 100% 100% 100% Switzerland AR 13,514 18,159 13,381 1,258 1,003 1, % 14% 15% 20% 14% 15% Switzerland CA ,725 5,847 4,784 0% 0% 0% 100% 100% 100% United Kingdom FI 103,080 60,047 40,623 10,990 5,379 2,159 22,470 7,804 4,194 13% 8% 4% 38% 20% 13% United Kingdom 4 AR 67,204 59,969 45,500 18,038 20,891 14, % 20% 20% 22% 20% 20% United Kingdom 4 JR 3,998 2,821 1, % 35% 34% 29% 35% 34% United States 5 IN 81,815 60,673 39,070 25,919 16,320 14, % 29% 32% 36% 29% 32% United States 6 EO 74,258 65,705 55,714 8,667 10,909 10, % 33% 34% 32% 33% 34% Notes 1 L = Level in the procedure. See Table III.1 for explanation of codes. 2 RRR = Refugee recognition rate. 3 TRR = Total refugee recognition rate. 4 Applications and recognitions in appeal procedure and judicial review estimated by UNHCR based on an average of 1.3 persons per asylum case. 5 Applications ( ) and recognitions ( ) estimated by UNHCR based on an average of 1.4 persons per asylum case. 5 Refers to "affirmative" and "defensive" applications. 16