1   Different definitions of refugees1, by country background and refugee status. 1 January 2001 (Corrected 26 June 2003)
Country background Refugees Principal applicants
Total Unknown Principal applicants By family connection to refugee2 Flight unknown Resettlement refugees3 Asylum seekers Other refugees4
Total 83 978 6 64 122 19 850 4 153 14 107 41 529 4 333
The Nordic countries 8 . 3 5 1 . 2 .
Rest of Western Europe, except Turkey  117 . 90 27 17 4 69 .
Eastern Europe 26 129 6 21 190 4 933 1 015  656 15 186 4 333
North America, Oceania 18 . 17 1 . . 17 .
Asia, Africa, South and Central America, Turkey 57 706 . 42 822 14 884 3 120 13 447 26 255 .
                 
Selected countries                
Bosnia-Herzegovina 11 489 1 8 303 3 185 4  146 5 114 3 039
Yugoslavia 10 662 5 9 375 1 282 65 63 7 961 1 286
Iraq 10 470 . 8 470 2 000 18 2 729 5 723 .
Vietnam 10 378 . 6 758 3 620 1 981 4 695 82 .
Iran 8 573 . 7 487 1 086 71 3 771 3 645 .
Somalia 7 355 . 5 104 2 251 12  152 4 940 .
Sri Lanka 5 099 . 3 285 1 814  160 13 3 112 .
Chile 4 569 . 3 462 1 107  705  143 2 614 .
Ethiopia 1 738 . 1 425  313 55  256 1 114 .
Turkey 1 686 .  760  926 6 22  732 .
Croatia 1 293 . 1 208 85 7  146 1 049 6
Afghanistan 1 082 .  937  145 4  628  305 .
Polen  968 .  815  153 32  263  520 .
Pakistan  878 .  605  273 7 15  583 .
Lebanon  742 .  603  139 7 15  581 .
Hungary  698 .  675 23  642 3 30 .
Syria  470 .  299  171 . 44  255 .
Eritrea  388 .  297 91 15 14  268 .
Sudan  303 .  255 48 . 67  188 .
Ghana  293 .  154  139 1 .  153 .
India  275 .  171  104 9 12  150 .
Algeria  232 .  170 62 . 20  150 .
Colombia  214 .  196 18 . 24  172 .
Kenya  207 .  150 57 2 52 96 .
Cambodia  188 .  172 16 3  168 1 .
Romania  186 .  132 54 6 12  114 .
Uganda  184 .  149 35 12 11  126 .
Rwanda  176 .  158 18 .  119 39 .
Zaire  171 .  145 26 . 73 72 .
Czech Republic  167 .  160 7  142 1 17 .
China  135 .  100 35 6 38 56 .
Russia  134 .  100 34 2 9 89 .
Macedonia  131 .  103 28 5 . 97 1
Czechoslovakia  130 .  120 10 92 1 27 .
Peru  128 .  104 24 1 14 89 .
Morocco  125 . 80 45 . . 80 .
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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