Statistics Norway

5 Persons with refugee background1 . Refugee status and county. 1 January 2008
  Total Principal applicants By family connection to principal applicant2
  Total Asylum
seekers3
Resettlement
refugees4
Unspecified other 5 Total Family reunification and
accompanying person
Marriage
establishment
The whole country  132 367 99 843 62 095 21 040 6 555 10 153 32 524 23 191 9 333
01 Østfold 9 704 7 343 4 025 1 545  519 1 254 2 361 1 769  592
02 Akershus 14 989 11 365 7 037 2 496 1 031  801 3 624 2 452 1 172
03 Oslo 36 884 26 028 17 934 4 635 1 945 1 514 10 856 7 239 3 617
04 Hedmark 3 447 2 783 1 668  568  186  361  664  514  150
05 Oppland 3 545 2 781 1 613  586  102  480  764  601  163
06 Buskerud 7 775 6 034 3 491 1 442  430  671 1 741 1 262  479
07 Vestfold 5 842 4 304 2 521  720  298  765 1 538 1 138  400
08 Telemark 4 701 3 658 2 479  732  142  305 1 043  809  234
09 Aust-Agder 2 516 2 142 1 078  728 53  283  374  263  111
10 Vest-Agder 5 993 4 967 3 083  940  350  594 1 026  721  305
11 Rogaland 9 913 7 614 4 609 1 583  475  947 2 299 1 627  672
12 Hordaland 9 365 7 095 4 215 1 546  583  751 2 270 1 688  582
14 Sogn og Fjordane 1 478 1 100  801  124 22  153  378  285 93
15 Møre og Romsdal 3 089 2 348 1 251  617 55  425  741  551  190
16 Sør-Trøndelag 5 625 4 442 2 406 1 257  257  522 1 183  901  282
17 Nord-Trøndelag 1 476 1 211  630  471 28 82  265  217 48
18 Nordland 3 156 2 348 1 799  395 20  134  808  690  118
19 Troms Romsa 1 883 1 526  885  520 42 79  357  278 79
20 Finnmark Finnmárku  986  754  570  135 17 32  232  186 46
1  The definition "person with refugee background" refers to persons resident in Norway, who have come to Norway because of flight (family included). Children born in Norway by persons with refugee background are not included.
2  Residence or work permit granted to close family members of a foreign with legal residence in Norway. This also applies to family members of Norwegian citizens. Family reunification mainly applies to spouses and children under 18 years of age.
3  The definition "Asylum seekers" refers to asylum cases or residence on humanitarian grounds.
4  Refugees who are permitted to come to Norway following an organised selection, normally in conjunction with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR). In accordance with a proposal from the government, the parliament sets an annual quota for the number of resettlement refugees to be received by Norway.
5  The definition "other" refers to refugees of war with families from Bosnia Herzegovina who has been granted a collective assesment.

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