1   Different definitions of refugees, by country background. 1 January 1999
Country background Refugees Principal applicants
Total Principal applicants By family connection to refugee2 Flight unknown Resettlement refugees3 Asylum seekers Other refugees4
Total 67 245 49 631 17 614 4 257 11 892 30 319 3 163
The Nordic countries 8 3 5 1 - 2 -
Rest of Western Europe, except Turkey 114 85 29 17 3 65 -
Eastern Europe 19 887 15 194 4 693 1 055 386 10 591 3 162
North America, Oceania 21 19 2 - - 19 -
Asia, Africa, South and Central America, Turkey 47 215 34 330 12 885 3 184 11 503 19 642 1
               
Selected countries              
               
Bosnia-              
Bosnia-Herzegovina 11 220 8 059 3 161 12 76 4 888 3 083
Vietnam 10 511 6 855 3 656 2 006 4 763 86 -
Iran 8 174 7 092 1 082 85 3 268 3 739 -
Yugoslavia 5 812 4 684 1 128 63 3 4 546 72
Somalia 5 091 3 397 1 694 13 120 3 264 -
Sri Lanka 5 032 3 253 1 779 166 12 3 075 -
Chile 4 635 3 518 1 117 718 141 2 659 -
Iraq 4 550 3 823 727 16 2 407 1 400 -
Turkey 1 607 682 925 6 18 658 -
Ethiopia 1 458 1 169 289 59 78 1 032 -
Polen 972 818 154 30 266 522 -
Pakistan 829 558 271 7 14 537 -
Lebanon 771 635 136 7 7 621 -
Hungary 731 706 25 670 3 33 -
Afghanistan 422 308 114 4 148 156 -
Syria 393 243 150 - 26 216 1
Eritrea 323 236 87 17 7 212 -
Ghana 297 158 139 1 - 157 -
India 275 170 105 10 12 148 -
Croatia 265 221 44 4 6 205 6
Cambodia 189 174 15 3 170 1 -
Sudan 177 149 28 - 9 140 -
Romania 176 123 53 7 12 104 -
Uganda 175 141 34 12 7 122 -
Czech Republic 171 164 7 145 1 18 -
Algeria 170 129 41 - 1 128 -
Kenya 168 113 55 2 25 86 -
Czechoslovakia 139 130 9 100 1 29 -
China 131 96 35 6 32 58 -
Morocco 125 80 45 - - 80 -
Peru 121 97 24 1 14 82 -
Macedonia 118 90 28 5 - 85 -
Zaire 112 90 22 - 25 65 -
1  The definition 'refugee' refers to persons resident in Norway, who have come to Norway because of flight (family included). Children born in Norway to refugees are not included.
2  Residence or work permit granted to close family members of a foreign with legal residence in Norway. This also applies to family members of Norwegian citizens. Family reunification mainly applies to spouses and children under 18 years of age.
3  Refugees who are permitted to come to Norway following an organised selection, normally in conjunction with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). In accordance with a proposal from the government, the parliament sets an annual quota for the number of resettlement refugees to be received by Norway.
4  The definition 'other refugees' refers to refugees of war and earlier Yugoslavia- internated with families.

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