APPENDIX B
MEASURING ASYLUM PRESSURES IN EUROPE
The table below shows the number of asylum applications
within European countries expressed as a ratio over their respective
population sizes, and GNP.
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| European Countries | Asylum applications in 1999 (1)
| Estimated population in 1999 (2) (000)
| Asylum seekers per 1,000 of the population
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| Switzerland | 46,133
| 7,114.6 | 6.48
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| Belgium | 35,780
| 10,213.8 | 3.50
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| Netherlands | 39,300
| 15,760.2 | 2.49
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| Austria | 20,130
| 8,082.8 | 2.49
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| Ireland | 7,720
| 3,694.0 | 2.09
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| Norway | 9,030
| 4,445.3 | 2.03
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| Sweden | 11,230
| 8,854.3 | 1.27
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| Denmark | 6,470
| 5,313.6 | 1.22
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| UK(4) | 71,160
| 59,122.6 | 1.20
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| Germany | 95,330
| 82,037.0 | 1.16
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| Finland | 2,820
| 5,159.6 | 0.55
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| France | 30,070
| 58,966.8 | 0.51
|
| Italy | 13,880
| 57,612.6 | 0.24
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| Spain | 7,130
| 39,394.3 | 0.18
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| European Countries (EU) | GDP in Billion EURO in 1999 (3)
| Asylum seekers per 100m GDP in EURO (6)
|
|
| Belgium | 231.70
| 15.40 |
| Netherlands | 369.80
| 10.60 |
| Austria | 198.60
| 10.10 |
| Ireland | 86.30
| 8.90 |
| UK(5) | 1,311.60
| 5.40 |
| Sweden | 218.10
| 5.10 |
| Germany | 1,992.40
| 5.00 |
| Denmark | 164.90
| 3.90 |
| Finland | 119.20
| 2.40 |
| France | 1,332.20
| 2.20 |
| Spain | 524.20
| 1.40 |
| Italy | 1,102.70
| 1.30 |
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Ranked in descending order, so that a rank of 1 is indicative
of the greatest asylum pressure. A larger number for the ratio
calculations also is indicative of greater pressure.
| (1) | Asylum application figures are from the UNHCR figures published on the Internet. The figures for UK and Germany do not include dependants.
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| (2) | Recent figures are from Council of Europe, Recent Demographic Trends, 1999, p 2.
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| (3) | Figures for 1999 are forecasts from the Eurostat Workshop.
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| (4) | The UK is in 9th position in rank descending order.
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| (5) | The UK is in 5th position in rank descending order.
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| (6) | If the data for Norway and Switzerland were available this rank ordering may well be 7th position as these countries have displayed higher pressures than the UK using this measure in the past.
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