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Asylum Seekers	1.7		[24th of 28]
Asylum Seekers > 1990-99	10.9		[17th of 18]
DEFINITION: Total number of asylum seekers between the years 1980 and 1989.
SOURCE: OECD
Asylum seekers acceptance rates > 1990-99	17.6%		[13th of 18]
DEFINITION: % of asylum seekers accepted between the years 1990 and 1999.
SOURCE: OECD
Foreign population	24.2		[2nd of 27]
DEFINITION: Foreign population as % of total population; data for 2000
SOURCE: OECD
Foreign population inflow	38.8 thousand		[10th of 17]
DEFINITION: Inflows of foreign population into selected OECD countries in 2000. Data from population registers are not fully comparable because the criteria governing who gets registered differ from country to country. Counts for the Netherlands, Norway and especially Germany include substantial numbers of asylum seekers. For more details on sources, refer to the notes at the end of the Annex to the OECD statistics.
SOURCE: OECD
Foreign population outflow	15.6 thousand		[9th of 13]
DEFINITION: Outflow of foreign population, in thousands of people. Data for 2000.
SOURCE: OECD
immigrant population > Immigrants as percentage of state population	15.48		[28th of 195]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: OECD
immigrant population > Number of immigrants	642,000		[50th of 195]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of countries by immigrant population
immigrant population > Percentage of total number of immigrants in the world	>0.5%
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of countries by immigrant population
Net migration rate	2.62 migrant(s)/1,000 populati		[34th of 225]
DEFINITION: The difference between the number of persons entering and leaving a country during the year per 1,000 persons (based on midyear population). An excess of persons entering the country is referred to as net immigration (e.g., 3.56 migrants/1,000 population); an excess of persons leaving the country as net emigration (e.g., -9.26 migrants/1,000 population). The net migration rate indicates the contribution of migration to the overall level of population change. High levels of migration can cause problems such as increasing unemployment and potential ethnic strife (if people are coming in) or a reduction in the labor force, perhaps in certain key sectors (if people are leaving).		View time series
SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of countries by immigrant population
Refugees	7,000		[69th of 110]
DEFINITION: Refugees (number in each country, 1990-99)
SOURCE: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Refugees > Convention on refugees	30 Jun 1960 a
DEFINITION: Date of ratification of the United Nations Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. "a" denotes accession. "d" denotes succession.
SOURCE: United Nations World Statistics Pocketbook and Statistical Yearbook
Refugees > Inflow 1990-99	9		[17th of 18]
DEFINITION: Number of refugees accepted by each country between the years 1990 and 1999.
SOURCE: United Nations Treaty Collection
US visa lottery winners	155 US visa lottery winners		[67th of 178]
DEFINITION: The annual United States Diversity Visa program makes permanent residence visas available to persons meeting the strict eligibility requirements. Applicants for Diversity Visas are chosen by a computer-generated random lottery drawing. The visas are distr
SOURCE: OECD

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