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Asylum applicants in the Baltic and Nordic countries 2005-2009

  2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Denmark
2,260
1,920
1,850
2,360
3,750
Estonia
10
10
10
10
40
Finland
3,570
2,330
1,430
4,020
5,910
Iceland
90
40
40
80
40
Latvia
20
10
30
50
50
Lithuania
120
140
130
220
210
Norway
5,400
5,320
6,530
14,430
17,230
Sweden
17,530
24,320
36,370
24,350
24,190

Source:

Authority working with immigrant questions in each country.

Number of arrivals under the refugee quota in the Nordic countries in 2005-2009

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

Denmark
483
530
474
552
not yet* available
Finland
766
547
657
749
724
Iceland
31
0
30
31
0
Norway
749
992
1,106
741
1,391
Sweden
1,263
1,626
1,845
1,880
1,936
 

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