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Table 14. Refugee Arrivals by Region and Country of Nationality: Fiscal Years 2011 to 2020

By Region of Nationality

Region of nationality	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Total	56,384	58,179	69,909	69,975	69,920	84,989	53,691	22,405	29,916	11,840
Africa	7,691	10,629	15,990	17,506	22,497	31,640	20,251	10,462	16,373	4,173
Asia	44,560	44,351	48,756	47,165	43,091	48,268	26,648	7,524	7,852	4,235
Europe	1,020	943	530	825	2,178	3,676	5,019	3,459	4,850	2,477
North America	2,931	1,948	4,206	4,067	1,528	812	1,456	827	511	712
Oceania	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5	-	4
South America	46	130	233	253	522	531	232	128	298	236
Unknown	136	178	194	159	104	62	85	-	32	3

By Country of Nationality

Country of nationality	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Total	56,384	58,179	69,909	69,975	69,920	84,989	53,691	22,405	29,916	11,840
Afghanistan	411	450	622	758	914	2,743	1,315	802	1,197	603
Angola	6	D	11	-	8	5	-	D	3	-
Armenia	16	8	5	9	47	56	58	58	33	63
Azerbaijan	17	10	8	15	15	32	21	D	-	D
Belarus	67	84	17	43	97	187	79	180	100	-
Bhutan	14,959	15,022	9,045	8,316	5,563	5,455	3,340	2,016	28	7
Burma	16,970	14,159	16,295	14,578	18,323	12,294	5,047	3,525	4,928	2,112
Burundi	120	188	203	84	1,218	729	304	219	259	53
Cambodia	5	6	30	45	D	21	5	-	D	-
Cameroon	-	12	-	5	17	14	24	14	28	6
Central African Republic	183	132	315	25	262	395	271	143	244	85
Chad	25	13	37	23	19	6	9	3	8	-
China, People's Republic	28	51	102	57	30	57	27	6	D	-
Colombia	46	125	214	243	504	523	231	127	298	219
Congo, Democratic Republic	962	1,849	2,545	4,502	7,823	16,279	9,325	7,841	12,875	2,863
Congo, Republic	26	97	152	29	49	23	6	7	3	D
Cote d'Ivoire	7	33	21	42	28	81	50	15	67	26
Cuba	2,920	1,948	4,205	4,063	1,526	354	178	-	D	7
Ecuador	-	D	16	9	18	6	D	D	-	-
Egypt	11	17	20	27	14	19	10	D	6	D
El Salvador	-	-	-	-	-	364	1,124	724	311	362
Eritrea	1,988	1,329	1,763	1,445	1,576	1,924	1,912	1,260	1,750	475
Ethiopia	608	639	859	754	646	1,147	791	387	258	119
Gambia	7	D	11	D	D	-	5	-	D	-
Georgia	20	7	D	13	9	17	-	3	26	-
Guatemala	5	-	-	-	-	8	50	42	117	249
Guinea	5	-	8	9	4	5	6	10	10	D
Honduras	5	-	-	-	-	84	104	59	74	90
India	15	17	15	26	23	92	53	32	D	3
Indonesia	D	D	4	17	53	38	25	16	D	D
Iran	2,025	1,760	2,579	2,833	3,099	3,736	2,575	41	198	135
Iraq	9,345	12,057	19,331	19,651	12,608	9,837	6,857	140	462	541
Jordan	17	38	74	41	21	13	9	D	5	D
Kazakhstan	52	7	11	22	58	87	43	45	9	28
Kenya	D	23	5	24	7	11	8	4	17	D
Korea, North	23	21	17	8	15	14	10	5	D	D
Kuwait	3	D	13	10	8	4	6	D	D	-
Kyrgyzstan	30	57	19	13	18	39	25	12	45	-
Laos	211	21	-	D	-	7	-	-	-	-
Latvia	4	-	-	-	-	-	13	-	-	-
Lebanon	10	11	24	13	6	7	-	-	D	5
Liberia	120	72	96	32	13	17	8	6	31	31
Moldova	326	257	115	141	323	464	293	197	116	352
Nepal	42	83	115	148	217	310	199	193	16	4
Pakistan	54	274	155	239	159	546	347	444	266	169
Russia	186	224	162	147	301	487	377	442	198	190
Rwanda	77	161	143	60	186	169	122	121	104	14
Senegal	D	5	D	-	4	16	22	14	14	14
Sierra Leone	29	D	4	9	6	3	5	D	D	D
Somalia	3,145	4,915	7,579	9,011	8,852	9,032	6,122	257	230	149
South Sudan	-	D	19	52	82	198	183	13	45	35
Sri Lanka	69	58	92	58	90	89	14	57	17	42
Sudan	335	1,059	2,137	1,307	1,576	1,444	962	74	376	258
Syria	41	31	48	132	1,693	12,583	6,566	62	560	486
Tajikistan	3	4	5	-	-	23	-	D	-	-
Thailand	5	8	5	6	20	33	11	10	3	7
Togo	5	25	16	26	D	19	D	-	D	-
Turkmenistan	D	-	7	D	D	-	-	5	18	-
Uganda	10	18	15	8	68	65	58	42	25	26
Ukraine	435	377	235	493	1,454	2,526	4,254	2,637	4,432	1,935
Uzbekistan	98	139	49	68	42	37	35	27	11	8
Venezuela	-	4	3	-	-	-	-	-	-	17
Vietnam	79	41	69	68	22	55	20	10	10	12
Yemen	4	-	12	4	23	23	23	D	3	D
Zimbabwe	8	3	17	4	8	14	D	11	D	3
All other countries ^[1]	19	44	18	46	45	61	65	35	32	19
Unknown ^[2]	136	178	194	159	104	62	85	-	32	3

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