European Union Compared by People > Migration > Refugee population by country or territory of asylum > Per capita
DEFINITION:
Refugees are people who are recognized as refugees under the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees or its 1967 Protocol, the 1969 Organisation of African Unity Convention Governing the Specific Aspects of Refugee Problems in Africa, people recognized as refugees in accordance with the UNHCR statute, people granted refugee-like humanitarian status, and people provided temporary protection. Asylum seekers--people who have applied for asylum or refugee status and who have not yet received a decision or who are registered as asylum seekers--are excluded. Palestinian refugees are people (and their descendants) whose residence was Palestine between June 1946 and May 1948 and who lost their homes and means of livelihood as a result of the 1948 Arab-Israeli conflict. Country of asylum is the country where an asylum claim was filed and granted." Per capita figures expressed per 1,000 population.
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# | COUNTRY | AMOUNT | DATE | GRAPH | HISTORY |
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1 | Malta | 10.73 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
2 | Sweden | 8.52 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
3 | Germany | 7.26 per 1,000 people | 2009 | ||
4 | Luxembourg | 6.4 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
5 | United Kingdom | 4.79 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
6 | Netherlands | 4.66 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
7 | Austria | 4.58 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
8 | Denmark | 4.27 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
9 | France | 2.39 per 1,000 people | 2006 | ||
10 | Ireland | 2.34 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
11 | Cyprus | 1.85 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
12 | Belgium | 1.64 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
13 | Finland | 1.26 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
14 | Italy | 0.809 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
15 | Hungary | 0.78 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
16 | Bulgaria | 0.706 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
17 | Croatia | 0.356 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
18 | Poland | 0.332 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
19 | Lithuania | 0.211 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
20 | Czech Republic | 0.206 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
21 | Greece | 0.202 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
22 | Slovenia | 0.133 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
23 | Spain | 0.115 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
24 | Romania | 0.072 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
25 | Slovakia | 0.058 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
26 | Portugal | 0.038 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
27 | Estonia | 0.017 per 1,000 people | 2008 | ||
28 | Latvia | 0.014 per 1,000 people | 2008 |