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