Migration in the Russian Federation: A Country Profile 2008 - EU ...
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Cuba 89 27 15 6 8 8 2 3<br />
Latvia 636 365 311 256 259 226 211 223<br />
Lithuania 1,162 376 262 293 268 282 213 228<br />
Poland 376 135 84 80 72 57 76 84<br />
Syria 256 54 60 66 58 55 54 42<br />
United States 9,087 4,793 4,527 3,134 3,199 2,919 4,040 3,109<br />
Turkey 356 104 96 80 88 60 85 78<br />
F<strong>in</strong>land 923 1,142 980 1,110 737 910 737 695<br />
Sweden 151 195 148 162 151 158 110 132<br />
Estonia 702 385 402 321 351 265 225 270<br />
O<strong>the</strong>r countries<br />
Source: Goskomstat website<br />
6,500 3,788 2,657 2,733 2,478 2,806 3,150 3,117<br />
2.2. Status of emigrants<br />
Refugees ...........................................................................159,381 (2006) 24<br />
Asylum seekers...................................................................20,670 (2006) 25<br />
Table 17. Distribution of refugees and asylum seekers from Russia by country of asylum<br />
<strong>Country</strong> of asylum refugees<br />
<strong>Migration</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Russian</strong> <strong>Federation</strong>: A <strong>Country</strong> <strong>Profile</strong> <strong>2008</strong><br />
asylum seekers<br />
(pend<strong>in</strong>g cases)<br />
Total 159,381 20,670<br />
United States 86,914 680<br />
Germany 25,347 506<br />
Austria 8,723 6,977<br />
Poland 6,024 1,814<br />
France 5,945 1,914<br />
Belgium 5,425 730<br />
O<strong>the</strong>r countries 21,003 8,049<br />
Sources: UNHCR, 2006<br />
24 UNCHR (2006) Statistical Yearbook 2006. Global Trends: Refugees, Asylum-seekers, Returnees, Internally<br />
Displaced and Stateless Persons. Figures represent end-of-2006 statistics. Data are provisional and subject<br />
to change. Status as of 15 June 2007. The figure refers to “Persons recognized as refugees under <strong>the</strong> 1951<br />
UN Convention/1967 Protocol, <strong>the</strong> 1969 OAU Convention, <strong>in</strong> accordance with <strong>the</strong> UNHCR Statute, persons<br />
granted a complementary form of protection and those granted temporary protection”.<br />
25 Ibid.