Asylum levels and trends in industrialized countries 2010

This report summarizes patterns and trends in the number of individual asylum claims submitted in Europe and selected non-European countries during 2010. The data in this report is based on information as of 9 March 2011 unless otherwise indicated. Figures are based on official asylum statistics, reflecting national laws and procedures. The 44 industrialized countries tracked include 27 member states of the European Union, Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Montegegro, Norway, Serbia, Switzerland, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, and Turkey, as well as Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, the Republic of Korea and the United States. These 44 countries received and estimated 358,8000 asylum applications in 2010.