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DEMOGRAPHY [in thousand] (UNDESA)

MIGRATION [in thousand] (UNDESA) REFUGEES AND IDPs (UNHCR, UNRWA, IDMC)

IRREGULAR MIGRATION IN EU (Eurostat)

ASYLUM IN EU [1st instance] (Eurostat) RESIDENCE PERMITS IN EU (Eurostat)

ATLAS OF MIGRATION 2020 / MIGRATION IN NON-EU COUNTRIES AND TERRITORIES

Migrantpopulationwithinandoutsidethecountry/territory

Thechartisrelativeto migrantpopulationestimates(stock)at

mid-year.The‘Imm’barsshowthetotalnumberofpeopleresiding

inthecountry/territorywhohaveimmigratedfromtheEU(‘EU’)

orfromsomewhere elsein theworld(‘other’). The‘Emi’bars

showthetotalnumberofpeoplefromthecountry/territorywho

haveemigratedto theEU (‘EU’)or tosomewhereelse inthe

world(‘other’).

UNDESAestimatesonmigrationstocksareavailableeveryve

years,withatwo-yearrevisionasof2017.

Refugeesfrom/withinthecountry/territory&IDPs-2019

Thechartshowsthenumberofpeopleattheendofthereferenceyear

forthefollowinggroups:

-Refugeesandpeopleinrefugee-likesituationsfromthecountry/territory

residinginanEUMS(‘EU’)orincountriesandterritoriesotherthanthat

ofbirthandoutsidetheEU(‘other’);

-Refugeesandpeopleinrefugee-likesituationsinthecountry/territory;

-InternallyDisplacedPeople(IDPs)dueto armedconict,generalised

violenceorhuman rightsviolationsin thecountry/territoryas wellas

to natural disasters.

Dataonrefugeesandpeopleinrefugee-likesituationsisfromUNHCR

andUNRWA.DataonIDPsisfromIDMC.IDPsdataincludespeoplewho

havebeendisplacedbybothconictsandnaturaldisasters.

First time applications

Thechartshowsthenumberofcitizensfromthecountry/territorywho

havemadearstapplicationforasyluminanEUMSperyear.Thedata

coversmultipleyearsandisbrokendownbysex.Thetotalnumberof 

annualapplicationsisatthebottomofthechart.

First instance decisions

ThechartshowsthedecisionsmadebyEUMSonasylumapplications

bynationalsofthecountry/territory.Outcomesareoneofthefollowing:

-‘Geneva’for‘Genevaconventionstatus’;

-‘Subsid.’for‘Subsidiaryprotection’;

-‘Human.’for‘Humanitarianprotection’;

-and‘Reject.’for‘Rejectedapplication’.

Thetotalnumberofannualdecisionsisontherightofthechart.

First residence permits issued during the year

Thetopchartshows thenumberofpeople fromthecountry/territory 

whohave receivedarst residencepermit inanEU MSeach year,

duringthelastfour years.Thereasonsforissuing permitsare‘Work’,

‘Family’,‘Education’or‘Other’(whichincludesallformsofNationaland

InternationalProtection.FurtherdetailsinTechnicalNotes).

Valid resident permits at the end of the year

Thebottomchart showsthenumber ofmigrantsfromthe country/

territoryresidingintheEUattheendoftheyearandthedierenttypes

ofresidencepermitsthattheyhold.Italsoshowsthenumberofpeople

withpermitsthatarevalidforatleastveyears(nationalandEUlong

termresidencepermits).Thissignalsthetotalnumberofpermitsheldby

peopleinthecountry/territoryattheendoftheyear(themigrantstock).

Persons found to be illegally present

Thechartshowstheannualnumberofpeoplefromthecountry/territorywhohavebeendeterminedbyEUMSauthoritiestobe‘illegallypresent’

undertheirnationallawsrelatingtoimmigration.Notethatthedenitionof‘illegally’mayvaryacrossMSsandonlypeoplewhoareapprehended

orotherwisecometotheattentionofimmigrationauthoritiesarecounted.Peoplewhoare‘illegallypresent’mighthaveenteredtheEUMSlegally.

Persons ordered to leave, persons returned and return rate

Thebarchart showstheannual numberofpeoplefrom thecountry/territorywho havebeen‘Ordered toleave’the MSandthose whohave

physically‘Returned’totheircountry/territoryoforiginoranotherthirdcountry.Fromthisdataa‘Returnrate’hasbeencalculated.Thisistheratio

betweenthenumberof peoplephysicallyreturnedandthe peopleorderedtoleave.Since itiscalculatedonannual data,itmightresult higher

than100,becauseofadministrativebacklogs.

Thissectioncovers171non-EUcountriesandterritoriesgrouped

bygeographicalcontinentaccordingtoEurostatguidelines.This

organisationis basedon geographicalcriteriaonly anddoes

nothaveany politicalimplication.More detailedinformationis

availableinthe TechnicalNotesattheend ofthissection. For

eachcountry/territory,thechartsareorganisedinthematicparts.

Mapsandagsareforillustrativepurposesonly.

Thedatarefersto 2019.Ifthe datafor2019is notavailable

fromtheoriginalsource,thecorrespondingeldiseithermissing

orindicatedas ‘N/A’.Whenever2019data isnotavailable for

anentirethematicpart,thelatestavailablevaluesareprovided.

Notethatinsomecases,thesumofpercentagesorofindividual

valuesmightnotaddupto100ortothetotalvalue.Thisisdue

toroundingandcondenceintervals.

Population - 2019

Thegureon thetopshows thetotalpopulationestimates (in

thousands)inthemediumfertilityvariantscenario.

Thepyramidshowsthedemographiccompositionofthepopulation

inthecountry/territory.Itindicatestheestimatednumberofpeople

(inthousands) byagegroup andsex (malesand females)in

2019.TheoriginalUNDESAestimatesareorganisedinve-year

cohortsandhavebeenaggregatedtoobtainten-yearcohorts.

Thegureonthebottomshowsthepopulationchange()between

2019and2030accordingtothemediumfertilityvariantscenario.

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