Chapter 5 Figure 15 | Main countries of origin for new asylum-seekers | 2008-2017 (in thousands) Afghanistan 29.7 41.7 37.0 45.3 60.6 50.2 73.4 271.1 237.8 124.9 Albania 2.1 2.6 2.3 3.5 7.8 11.4 17.2 67.4 30.1 23.3 Dem. Rep. of the Congo 33.1 31.4 35.6 34.8 54.6 60.7 48.1 54.8 60.7 104.7 El Salvador 3.6 3.2 1.8 2.0 1.8 6.6 11.6 22.7 42.9 59.4 Eritrea 63.0 44.0 24.2 24.6 30.7 34.9 60.0 60.3 57.4 49.8 Ethiopia 25.7 42.9 17.4 29.9 28.4 29.1 30.3 28.2 38.2 25.2 Guatemala 2.2 2.1 1.3 2.0 1.8 5.1 9.2 16.7 26.7 36.3 Honduras 1.4 1.5 0.9 1.0 1.1 4.0 8.0 16.4 24.9 34.9 Iran (Islamic Rep. of) 12.4 14.2 16.5 21.5 22.6 23.2 22.5 42.4 61.8 35.1 Iraq 49.8 29.1 27.6 30.3 26.5 46.0 99.8 208.6 185.1 113.5 Myanmar 18.4 48.7 28.3 18.4 23.2 57.8 28.0 24.0 19.7 21.7 Nigeria 15.4 18.1 12.6 19.1 20.8 23.8 32.0 43.6 56.4 52.0 Pakistan 19.8 15.8 14.8 23.8 30.2 33.7 35.0 57.6 58.5 43.4 Somalia 52.8 38.8 35.6 37.1 30.4 35.5 41.1 35.2 37.1 31.0 Syrian Arab Rep. 5.8 5.7 7.7 12.6 32.0 66.1 170.0 409.3 347.6 117.1 Venezuela (Bolivarian Rep. of) 1.0 0.8 0.8 1.0 0.9 1.1 4.1 10.2 34.2 111.6 Ukraine 1.6 1.4 1.5 1.5 1.6 1.5 288.6 175.7 38.5 31.9 ‘08 ‘09 ‘10 ‘11 ‘12 ‘13 ‘14 ‘15 '16 ‘17 protection. Among other countries where more than 1,000 substantive decisions were made, the TPR varied from over 80 per cent in Australia, Austria, France, Italy, and Switzerland to under 20 per cent in Bulgaria, Denmark, and Norway. Syria was the next most common country of origin with 117,100 new claims in 104 countries in 2017, mostly in Europe. This is a sharp decline from the numbers witnessed in 2016 (347,600) and 2015 (409,300). The new individual claims were in addition to new arrivals in countries where Syrians receive recognition on a prima facie or group basis such as Jordan and Lebanon; or in Turkey, where they were granted protection under the country’s Temporary Protection Regulation. Germany continued to receive the most claims from Syrians with 49,000 registered, less than one-fifth of the 266,300 registered last year. As in 2016, Greece received the second-largest number of claims (16,300) followed by Austria (7,300), France (5,800), Sweden (4,600), and Spain (4,300). In all of these unhcr > Global trends 2017 >300 101-300 51-100 21-50 0-20 countries, the number of asylum claims from Syrians was lower than the previous year. Hungary saw a particularly sharp decline, from 4,700 such claims in 2016 to 500 in 2017. In contrast to decisions on applications from Afghans, those from Syrians almost always resulted in some form of protection. Globally, the TPR for new applications stood at 99 per cent. Among countries where more than 1,000 decisions were made on new claims, the TPR varied from almost 100 per cent in Germany (for all forms of protection) to 92 per cent in Belgium with the exception of the Netherlands, which had a TPR of 80 per cent. As in 2016, the third most common country of origin for new asylum applications was Iraq with 113,500 claims, a decrease from 2016 (185,100) and 2015 (208,600). Turkey continued to be the country that received the most asylum applications from Iraqis, with 44,500 claims. Germany received 21,900 claims – about a quarter of those registered in 2016. As happened in 2016 for the first time, Jordan and Syria again recorded Iraqi claims for asylum with 5,700 43