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1st quarter asylum statistics
20 May 2005 -
Industrialized countries record steady fall in asylum claims
20 May 2005 Continuing a downward trend in asylum numbers, fewer people have applied for asylum in 36 industrialised countries in the first three months of this year compared to the last quarter and over same period last year, said the UN refugee agency today. -
2004 asylum statistics for industrialised countries
1 Mar 2005 -
UNHCR: Asylum claims fall to lowest level since 1988
1 Mar 2005 -
Asylum claims fall to lowest level for 16 years, says UNHCR
1 Mar 2005 The number of asylum seekers coming to the industrialised world fell 22 percent last year to its lowest level since 1988, according to the annual figures published by UNHCR on Tuesday. Many individual countries also saw their lowest totals for many years. However, the ten new EU states saw a slight increase in asylum applications. -
Cyprus: The twisted reality behind the statistics
13 Jan 2005 In the second story in our occasional series on asylum issues in new EU states, UNHCR looks at why the number of asylum claims has skyrocketed in Cyprus despite an overall downward trend in Europe, and what is being done to plug the island's migration loophole. -
Third quarter asylum statistics
16 Nov 2004 -
Asylum figures still falling in industrialised countries, says UNHCR
16 Nov 2004 The number of asylum applications in 36 industrialised countries has fallen by 22 percent in the first nine months of 2004 compared to same period in 2003, announced the UN refugee agency as it released its third-quarter 2004 asylum statistics today. -
Second quarter asylum statistics: sharp downward trend continues
31 Aug 2004