Chapter 5 Figure 14 | Main countries of asylum for new asylum-seekers | 2008-2017 (in thousands) Australia 7.3 8.4 11.0 15.4 20.1 16.0 15.2 16.1 33.5 36.2 Austria 12.8 15.8 11.0 14.4 17.4 17.5 25.7 85.8 39.9 22.5 Belgium 12.3 17.2 33.1 26.0 18.5 12.5 13.9 39.1 14.7 14.0 Canada 34.8 34.0 22.5 25.0 20.2 10.4 13.7 16.6 23.6 47.8 France 35.4 72.7 48.1 89.3 55.1 60.2 59.0 74.2 78.4 93.0 Germany 22.1 27.8 48.6 45.7 64.5 109.6 173.1 441.9 722.4 198.3 Greece 19.9 15.9 10.3 15.3 9.6 8.2 9.4 11.4 49.8 57.0 Italy 30.3 17.6 10.1 40.4 17.4 25.7 63.7 83.2 123.0 126.5 Malaysia 17.0 40.1 26.0 15.7 20.2 54.3 25.7 22.1 20.1 23.7 South Africa 207.2 222.3 180.6 106.9 82.1 70.0 71.9 62.2 35.4 24.2 Sweden 40.5 24.2 45.1 43.8 43.9 54.3 75.1 156.4 22.4 21.5 Turkey 13.7 8.9 9.2 16.0 26.5 44.8 87.8 133.3 78.6 126.1 Uganda 13.6 20.4 15.5 12.7 14.4 18.8 32.4 35.9 30.3 57.3 United Kingdom 33.8 30.7 22.6 25.9 28.0 29.9 32.3 38.9 38.5 33.5 United Rep. of Tanzania 0.0 0.9 0.4 0.4 0.2 0.4 1.0 1.7 6.7 36.5 United States of America* 49.6 47.9 54.3 76.0 70.7 84.4 121.3 172.7 262.0 331.7 ‘08 ‘09 ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 ‘13 ‘14 ‘15 '16 ‘17 >300 101-300 51-100 21-50 0-20 * Cases are multiplied by average number of persons per case. asylum-seekers originated from Pakistan (9,400), the Gambia (8,700), Côte d’Ivoire (8,400), Senegal (8,300), Guinea (7,900), Mali (7,500), and Eritrea (6,300). Altogether, applicants from countries in West Africa accounted for over 61 per cent of all applications. In Turkey, Syrians receive protection under the country’s Temporary Protection Regulation through a registration process, with 681,000 new registrations in 2017. People of other nationalities seeking protection in Turkey, in contrast, must undergo an individual refugee status determination procedure with the Turkish Government. As per UNHCR data, these applications amounted to 126,100 claims, compared with the 78,600 claims recorded in 2016, making Turkey the fourth-largest recipient of new asylum applications. Afghans remained the most common nationality to submit asylum applications with 67,400, almost double the number in 2016 (34,800), followed by Iraqis (44,500) and Iranians (9,200) – accounting for 96 per cent of all new asylum applications in Turkey in 2017. unhcr > Global trends 2017 During 2017, there were 93,000 new individual asylum applications registered in France which remained the fifth-largest recipient of claims with a 19 per cent increase from the previous year (78,400). As in 2016, Albania was the most common country of origin with 11,400 claims, compared with 6,900 in 2016 and 3,200 in 2015. The next most common nationality was Afghans (6,600), followed by Syrians (5,800), and Haitians (5,600). Uganda received the sixth-largest number of new individual asylum claims with 57,300 registered compared with 30,300 in 2016, in addition to the 459,600 new refugees recognized on a group basis. 55 As in 2016, applicants from the DRC made up the largest national group by far with 39,500 55 The Government of Uganda grants protection through different modalities depending on nationality of asylum-seeker and their point of entry. Of particular note, prima facie recognition for Burundians ceased as of 1 June 2017, and since then all Burundian asylum-seekers must submit an individual asylum application. Congolese asylum-seekers who arrive through main border or collection points receive protection on a prima facie basis, while those who present in settlements or in Kampala must submit an individual asylum application. All South Sudanese new arrivals are registered as refugees on a prima facie basis. 41