Asylum Applications Lodged in Industrialized Countries

by UNHCR, Oct. 18, 2011

from "Asylum Levels and Trends in Industrialized Countries: Statistical overview of asylum applications lodged in Europe and selected non-European countries"

2009

2010

2011

First Semester Change

'11-'10

Originally
from Sri Lanka

Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
2,938	2,498	2,528	2,619

Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4
2,134	2,059	2,468	2,412

Q1	Q2
2,202	1,930

'10-'09	'11-'10	'11-'09
-23%	-1%	-24%

Q3Q4/Q1Q2

-15

To EU

1,876

1,542

1,424

1,583

1,457

1,241

1,298

1,703

1,711

1,473

-21%

18%

-7%

To Canada & US

292

261

256

333

221

241

721

225

249

197

-16%

-3%

-19%

-53%

First Quarter 2011

From Sri Lanka to

Australia 59
Belgium 48
Canada 174
Cyprus 30
Finland 6
France 827
Germany 131
Greece 12
Italy 24
Japan 7
Netherlands 44
Norway 14
Rep. of Korea 6
Spain 13
Sweden 10
Switzerland 146
UK 555
USA 75

Ilankai Tamil Sangam

Association of Tamils of Sri Lanka in the USA

Asylum Applications Lodged in Industrialized Countries