Nearly 9,000 asylum seekers under twelve in 2016
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Following relatives | Asylum seekers | |
---|---|---|
0 to 4 | 2.085 | 1.895 |
5 to 11 | 3.035 | 1.535 |
12 to 13 | 0.635 | 0.39 |
14 to 15 | 0.585 | 0.735 |
16 to 17 | 0.465 | 1.345 |
18 to 24 | 1.145 | 4.335 |
25 to 34 | 1.74 | 5.475 |
35 to 44 | 1.19 | 2.23 |
45 to 54 | 0.68 | 0.9 |
55 to 64 | 0.205 | 0.36 |
65 yrs or older | 0.045 | 0.17 |
More than half of children from Syria
Nearly half of children under the age of five and 56 percent of 5 to 11-year-olds were Syrian nationals: more than 1,900 young children and nearly 2,600 children in primary school age. There were 350 children under the age of five and four hundred aged 5-11 from Eritrea. Additionally, more than 500 children under the age of 12 were stateless, mainly Palestinians from Syria.Other | Iraqi | Albanian | Afghan | Stateless | Eritrean | Syrian | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0 to 4 | 1095 | 125 | 145 | 120 | 210 | 350 | 1935 |
5 to 11 | 875 | 135 | 135 | 115 | 335 | 405 | 2570 |
12 to 13 | 225 | 25 | 30 | 45 | 65 | 95 | 540 |
14 to 15 | 285 | 30 | 40 | 95 | 55 | 285 | 530 |
16 to 18 yrs | 480 | 40 | 50 | 115 | 65 | 590 | 470 |
Half as many asylum seekers as in 2015
In 2016, the number of people submitting a first request for asylum stood at 19.4 thousand, less than half the total in 2015. Figures over 2016 also include relocated asylum seekers from Greece and Italy.With 11.8 thousand, the number of following relatives is only just below the 13.8 thousand registered in 2015. A large majority were relatives of Syrian nationals who had applied for asylum in the latter half of 2015.
Following family members (registered separately since 2013) | First-time asylum requests | |
---|---|---|
1990 | 21.21 | |
'91 | 21.615 | |
'92 | 20.345 | |
'93 | 35.4 | |
'94 | 52.575 | |
'95 | 29.26 | |
'96 | 22.855 | |
'97 | 34.445 | |
'98 | 45.215 | |
'99 | 39.305 | |
'00 | 43.56 | |
'01 | 32.58 | |
'02 | 18.665 | |
'03 | 13.4 | |
'04 | 9.78 | |
'05 | 12.345 | |
'06 | 14.465 | |
'07 | 7.435 | |
'08 | 13.4 | |
'09 | 14.9 | |
'10 | 13.335 | |
'11 | 11.59 | |
'12 | 9.715 | |
'13 | 3.63 | 9.84 |
'14 | 5.355 | 21.81 |
'15 | 13.845 | 43.095 |
'16 | 11.815 | 19.37 |
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