Statistics Norway

3 Immigrations1 by reason for immigration and citizenship. 2007 (Corrected 10 October 2008 at 9.45)
Citizenship Total Labour Family Refugee Training Other
Family, total Familyreunified
to person with
refugee background
Total 44 268 21 374 13 708 2 130 5 222 3 857  107
Europe 28 328 19 345 6 694  223  854 1 358 77
Asia with Turkey 9 052 1 122 4 138  869 2 062 1 722 8
Africa 4 128  210 1 515  886 1 985  409 9
North- and Central America 1 188  393  582 18 8  198 7
South America  829  142  539 23 1  141 6
Oceania  299  157  115 1 3 24 .
Stateless  444 5  125  110  309 5 .
               
First citizenship from Africa, Asia with Turkey, South- and Central America,
Europe except EU/EEA and Oseania except Australia og New Zealand
16 884 1 895 7 359 1 972 4 879 2 724 27
EU/EEA, USA, Canada, Australia og New Zealand 26 940 19 474 6 224 48 34 1 128 80
Stateless  444 5  125  110  309 5 .
               
Selected countries              
Poland 13 941 11 288 2 552 6 11 89 1
Germany 3 569 2 100 1 172 4 2  273 22
Lithuania 2 289 1 806  455 1 3 22 3
Somalia 1 583 .  672  632  911 . .
Philippines 1 561  137  490 1 21  909 4
Russia 1 372  164  430 1  589  189 .
Thailand 1 107 12 1 005 . 4 86 .
India  952  525  359 5 6 62 .
United Kingdom  933  584  305 2 2 21 21
Iraq  925 3  260  210  658 4 -
Netherlands  847  370  441 4 . 23 13
China  717  135  240 18 63  279 .
USA  704  261  317 4 2  120 4
Burma  622 . 69 67  551 2 .
Slovakia  585  539 36 2 . 10 .
France  571  289  155 . .  121 6
Romania  547  383  110 4 4 50 .
Afghanistan  541 4  241  218  296 . .
Pakistan  508 36  410 49 15 46 1
Serbia  501 76  192 84  205 28 .
Latvia  435  326  100 1 . 8 1
1  First time immigrations by immigrants (born abroad to foreign-born parents) with non-Nordic citizenship.

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