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Migration Trends & Outlook 2008/09

APPENDIX T

NUMBER OF PEOPLE GRANTED PERMANENT RESIDENCE THROUGH THE REFUGEE QUOTA PROGRAMME BY SOURCE COUNTRY
Source country 2004/05 2005/06 2006/07 2007/08 2008/09 Total
TOTAL 715 791 748 795 757 3,806
Myanmar ... 307 364 212 ... 1,065
Afghanistan 228 69 227 41 33 598
Iraq 68 75 13 95 132 383
Bhutan 0 0 0 150 163 313
Iran 12 153 9 11 14 199
Sudan 116 14 21 24 5 180
Eritrea ... ... 7 121 25 159
Democratic Republic of Congo 9 7 25 21 59 121
Burundi 98 ... ... ... 20 120
Congo ... 89 7 ... ... 102
Ethiopia 59 ... ... 16 6 88
Somalia 56 12 ... 14 ... 86
Colombia 0 0 0 27 56 83
Palestine 0 23 ... ... 29 60
Rwanda 8 0 19 8 8 43
China ... 4 11 ... 7 24
Sri Lanka ... 5 ... 6 4 20
Nepal 0 0 6 6 6 18
Mauritania 0 0 0 10 0 10
Other 51 25 27 26 5 134

... Very small numbers have been suppressed.

Source: Department of Labour