Chapter 4 Figure 17 | Major destination countries for new asylum-seekers | 2010-2019 Germany 2.0 0.1 1.4 United States France 0.6 South Africa 0.6 Turkey* 0.6 Italy 0.5 Russian Fed. 0.5 0.2 Peru 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.5 Sweden 0.3 United Kingdom 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.7 0.9 1.1 1.3 1.5 1.8 2.0 2.2 Asylum applications (in millions) * Turkey: Until September 2018, UNHCR was the source of data. By country of asylum Germany received the highest number of new asylum applications overall for the decade, with more than 2.1 million new asylum applications registered between 2010 and 2019. One-third of these claims were submitted by Syrians (619,000), while Afghans (232,000) and Iraqis (204,000) accounted for many of the other applications. In 2019, Germany had 142,500 new applications, its lowest in six years, placing Germany third worldwide. The United States of America registered an estimated 1.7 million new asylum claims during the past decade, including 301,000 in 2019, reflecting the deteriorating security, violence and socio- 40 2010-2018 2019 economic situations in parts of Venezuela and Central America. Citizens from these countries constituted the largest group seeking international protection in the US. The United States of America remained the largest destination for asylumseekers in 2019 for the third consecutive year. The Venezuela crisis led to a sharp increase in the number of asylum applications registered in Peru in 2018 (192,500), which continued into 2019 (259,800). Peru was the second largest recipient of asylum applications globally in 2019, with nearly all claims submitted by Venezuelans. Other countries registering a substantial number of new asylum applications in 2019 were France (123,900), Spain (118,300), Brazil (82,500) and Greece (74,900). UNHCR > GLOBAL TRENDS 2019