Statistics Norway

Immigrants by reason for immigration

3 Immigrations1, by reason for immigration and citizenship. 2009
Citizenship Total Labour Family Refugee Training3 Other Unknown reason for immigration2
Family, total Familyreunified to person with refugee background
Total 43 762 16 513 13 678 2 546 6 179 4 081  121 3 190
Europe 24 899 14 599 5 722  239  202 1 105 81 3 190
Asia with Turkey 10 465 1 026 4 591  958 2 683 2 147 18 -
Africa 4 826  163 1 642  955 2 583  423 15 -
North America  995  356  447 13 -  188 4 -
South and Central America 1 121  199  727 4 9  183 3 -
Oceania  270  166 74 3 - 30 - -
Stateless 1 186 4  475  374  702 5 - -
                 
                 
First citizenship from Africa, Asia, South-and Central America, Europe except EU/EEA and Oseania except Australia and New Zealand 19 613 1 746 8 507 2 509 6 174 3 150 36 -
First citizenship from EU/EEA, USA, Canada, Australia and New Zealand 24 149 14 767 5 171 37 5  931 85 3 190
                 
Selected countries                
Poland 9 698 6 098 2 160 : - 56 5 1 379
Lithuania 2 993 2 098  456 - - 29 6  404
Germany 2 583 1 361  654 3 -  153 28  387
Eritrea 1 638 -  131  108 1 504 : : -
Philippines 1 618  175  444 - -  997 : -
Afghanistan 1 377 :  288  258 1 087 - - -
Thailand 1 257 50 1 105 - 29 65 8 -
Somalia 1 217 -  582  508  635 - - -
Romania 1 098  804  245 : : 43 4 -
Iraq 1 091 7  555  466  526 : : -
Latvia 1 049  653  144 - - 28 -  224
United Kingdom 1 014  626  207 : - 29 10  142
Russia  917  149  422 28  170  176 - -
China  785  164  251 8 39  331 - -
USA  755  257  349 8 -  145 4 -
India  708  285  334 - 6 82 : -
Netherlands  597  271  181 5 : 13 16  115
France  597  268  102 : -  108 3  116
Pakistan  565 35  432 17 7 90 : -
Ethiopia  545 8  183  123  284 69 : -
Slovakia  488  403 33 - - 9 - 43
1  First time immigrations by immigrants (born abroad to foreign-born parents) with non-Nordic citizenship.
2  3 190 persons from an EU/EEA/EFTA country have a unknown reason for immigration due to the new registration rule. For more information about right of residence in Norway for EU/EEA/EFTA nationals: http://www.udi.no/.
3  Au pairs have training as reason for immigration.

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