Refugees

1   Different definitions of refugees1, by country background. 1 January 2000.
Country background Refugees Principal applicants
Total Principal applicants By family connection to refugee2 Flight unknown Resettlement refugees3 Asylum seekers Other refugees4
Total 77 084 58 879 18 205 6 790 12 721 33 967 5 401
The Nordic countries 8 3 5 2 . 1 .
Rest of Western Europe, except Turkey 113 86 27 19 3 64 .
Eastern Europe 25 885 21 103 4 782 2 388 432 12 882 5 401
North America, Oceania 18 17 1 . . 17 .
Asia, Africa, South and Central America, Turkey 51 060 37 670 13 390 4 381 12 286 21 003 .
               
Selected countries              
Bosnia-Herzegovina 11 352 8 173 3 179 106 87 4 951 3 029
Yugoslavia 10 860 9 672 1 188 1 168 21 6 124 2 359
Vietnam 10 422 6 822 3 600 2 033 4 707 82 .
Iran 8 260 7 223 1 037 212 3 451 3 560 .
Iraq 6 524 5 350 1 174 387 2 582 2 381 .
Somalia 6 098 4 266 1 832 319 147 3 800 .
Sri Lanka 5 063 3 289 1 774 212 13 3 064 .
Chile 4 592 3 482 1 110 717 139 2 626 .
Turkey 1 637 725 912 43 19 663 .
Ethiopia 1 548 1 263 285 84 138 1 041 .
Croatia 1 041 985 56 119 24 835 7
Poland 970 818 152 36 264 518 .
Pakistan 846 578 268 37 14 527 .
Lebanon 752 614 138 17 12 585 .
Hungary 713 689 24 654 3 32 .
Afghanistan 617 497 120 49 266 182 .
Syria 425 272 153 14 37 221 .
Eritrea 356 269 87 26 7 236 .
Ghana 295 158 137 2 . 156 .
India 277 173 104 14 12 147 .
Sudan 260 221 39 9 52 160 .
Algeria 210 154 56 10 8 136 .
Cambodia 188 173 15 3 169 1 .
Kenya 188 132 56 12 37 83 .
Romania 183 133 50 11 12 110 .
Uganda 183 151 32 23 10 118 .
Czech Republic 170 163 7 144 1 18 .
China 135 100 35 10 33 57 .
Rwanda 147 134 13 11 85 38 .
Zaire 142 118 24 5 48 65 .
Peru 129 105 24 6 14 85 .
Czechoslovakia 136 126 10 98 1 27 .
Macedonia 127 99 28 9 . 89 1
Morocco 122 77 45 2 . 75 .
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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