ASYLUM IN THE EU Source: Eurostat 4/6/2013, unless otherwise indicated ASYLUM APPLICATIONS IN THE EU27 Total number of asylum applications in 2012 335 365 450 000 400 000 350 000 300 000 250 000 200 000 150 000 100 000 50 000 0 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012
Share by EU State France 61 455 18.32 % Sweden 43 945 13.10 % Germany 77 650 23.15 % 71.44% Belgium 28 285 8.43 % United Kingdom 28 260 8.43 % 20000 17 450 17 350 Other EU States 28.56% 15000 13 100 10000 10 755 9 575 5000 0 Austria Italy Netherlands Poland Greece Denmark Finland Spain 3 115 2 565 2 510 2 155 2 080 2 055 1 635 1 385 6 075 Romania Hungary Malta Luxembourg Cyprus Bulgaria 955 755 730 Ireland Czech Republic Slovakia 645 305 Lithuania Slovenia 295 205 Portugal Latvia 75 Estonia
Number of asylum applications per 1 million inhabitants 7 000 6 000 5 000 4 000 Malta 5 239 Sweden 4 978 Luxembourg 6 967 3 000 2 000 Austria 2 334 Belgium 2 867 Cyprus 2 390 1 200 1 163 928 597 486 310 280 237 221 216 190 155 822 1 043 1 000 1 000 800 600 400 200 0 Denmark 147 120 118 75 68 63 29 Germany France Greece Netherlands Finland United Kingdom Italy Poland Ireland Hungary Lithuania Bulgaria Slovenia Slovakia Latvia Romania Czech Republic Estonia Spain Portugal
ASYLUM IN THE WORLD Total number of asylum applications in 2011 860 654 Canada 2.90% Norway 2.12% EU27 44.09% Rest of the world 14.85% Switzerland 2.26% Sudan 1.23% United States 7.04% Turkey 2.07% Thailand 1.51% Ghana 2.34% Malaysia 1.97% Australia 1.79% Kenya 1.77% Ecuador 1.65% South Africa 12.42% Source: UNHCR Refugee population in 2011 Rest of the world 3 393 255 10 404 806 Syria 755 445 Iran 886 468 Pakistan 1 702 700 Germany 571 685 France 210 207 United States 264 763 Jordan 451 009 China 301 018 Chad 366 494 Venezuela 202 022 Ethiopia 288 844 Yemen 214 740 Bangladesh 229 669 Kenya 566 487 Source: UNHCR
COUNTRIES OF ORIGIN OF ASYLUM APPLICANTS TO THE EU27 30 000 28 010 25 000 24 285 21 100 20 000 19 685 19 060 15 000 10 000 5 000 0 Afghanistan 14 270 13 595 13 180 10 825 10 205 Russia Syria Pakistan Serbia Somalia Iran Iraq Georgia Kosovo 9 615 8 290 Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Democratic Republic of the Congo 7 465 7 445 7 350 6 390 6 285 6 210 Albania Nigeria Sri Lanka Eritrea Bangladesh Turkey 5 830 Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 650 5 515 5 030 Guinea Armenia China Year: 2012 Info: countries of more than 5 000 applicants
DECISIONS ON ASYLUM APPLICATIONS IN THE EU27 Total number of first instance decisions taken in 2012 260 510 Negative decisions 188 715 72.44 % Positive decisions 71 795 27.56 % 37 335 52.00 % Refugee status (granted to people who are fleeing their home country due to persecution for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership of a particular social group) 28 045 39.06 % Subsidiary protection (granted to people who are located outside of their home country and who are unable to return there due to fear of suffering serious harm, such as inhumane treatment) 6 415 8.94 % Authorisation to stay for humanitarian reasons (form of protection EU States may choose to grant for any other reason) Year: 2012 Info: no data available for the Netherlands
EU ACTION Financial support to EU States through the European Refugee Fund (for receiving asylum seekers, for asylum procedures, for relocation within the EU and for resettlement from non-eu countries). Apart from a fixed amount (500 000 EUR/year), the annual allocations are calculated on the basis of the number of persons (refugees) admitted by an EU State over the previous three years and the number of persons (asylum seekers) registered in the EU State over the previous three years. EU States that resettle refugees from non-eu countries are entitled to an additional amount per person. Distribution of funds (2012) 101,14 million EUR 20 % 10.97 17.02 15 % 13,97 13.54 10 % 5 % 0 % Sweden France 6.99 5.92 United Kingdom Germany Italy Netherlands 5.42 4.54 4.02 3.05 2.64 1.62 1.49 1.33 1.28 1.27 0.77 0.76 0.75 0.67 0.58 0.55 0.52 0.51 0.48 0.46 Belgium Austria Greece Finland Poland Spain Cyprus Ireland Hungary Malta Romania Czech Republic Bulgaria Slovakia Lithuania Slovenia Latvia Estonia Portugal Luxembourg Info: in million EUR Source: DG Home Affairs, 2013
Operational assistance to EU States through the European Asylum Support Office (e.g. in situations of mass influx of asylum seekers, assistance in managing asylum applications and in putting in place appropriate reception facilities) Legislation to create the Common European Asylum System (common minimum standards for asylum in all EU States, especially regarding reception conditions and the procedures for granting/withdrawing refugee status) International solidarity in the form of resettlement (transferring people in need of international protection from a non-eu country to an EU State where they will be given refugee status) Regional protection programmes (financial and technical assistance to the non-eu countries of asylum) Disclaimer: Information in this infographic is for reference purposes only and is not necessarily comprehensive, complete, accurate or up to date. http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/ Home Affairs