Asylum applications lodged in Norway by Citizenship and Month (2023)
This table shows the number applications for protection (asylum) according to the Immigration Act Section 28, in 2023, application month and citizenship.
| Citizenship | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 40 | 40 | 20 | 11 | 24 | 16 | 18 | 35 | 204 |
| Albania | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 19 |
| Algeria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| Angola | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Argentina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Armenia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| Azerbaijan | 10 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 23 |
| Bangladesh | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Belarus | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 20 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Brazil | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Bulgaria | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Burundi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cameroon | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Canada | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Chad | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| China | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 17 |
| Colombia | 9 | 9 | 16 | 11 | 23 | 12 | 21 | 4 | 105 |
| Congo | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 15 |
| Congo, Brazzaville | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Cuba | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| Czech Republic | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 |
| Egypt | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 10 |
| El Salvador | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Eritrea | 18 | 21 | 18 | 21 | 30 | 24 | 62 | 39 | 233 |
| Ethiopia | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 29 |
| France | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Gambia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Georgia | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 27 |
| Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Ghana | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Guatemala | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Guinea | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Hungary | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| India | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Iran | 8 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 46 |
| Iraq | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 23 |
| Israel | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Italy | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Japan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 |
| Jordan | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Kazakhstan | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 13 |
| Kenya | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Kosovo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Latvia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Lebanon | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 |
| Liberia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Libya | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 |
| Malawi | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Mauritania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Mexico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Moldova | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| Mongolia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Morocco | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 16 |
| Myanmar | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| Nepal | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| Netherlands | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| New Zealand | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nicaragua | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| Niger | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Nigeria | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 11 |
| Pakistan | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 |
| Panama | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Peru | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| Poland | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Romania | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| Russia | 34 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 10 | 17 | 16 | 13 | 125 |
| Rwanda | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Senegal | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Serbia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Somalia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 9 | 42 |
| South Sudan | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| Spain | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Sri Lanka | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| Stateless | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 46 |
| Sudan | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 |
| Sweden | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Syrian Arab Republic | 109 | 35 | 55 | 74 | 106 | 139 | 180 | 202 | 900 |
| Tajikistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Togo | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Tunisia | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 8 |
| Turkey | 14 | 22 | 25 | 19 | 25 | 53 | 58 | 78 | 294 |
| Turkmenistan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| Uganda | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| Ukraine | 87 | 92 | 122 | 78 | 67 | 91 | 82 | 95 | 714 |
| United Kingdom | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| United States | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Uzbekistan | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| Venezuela | 7 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 53 |
| Vietnam | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| Yemen | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 26 |
| Zambia | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Zimbabwe | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 403 | 288 | 351 | 298 | 357 | 432 | 540 | 602 | 3271 |
The contents of this table were changed in October 2022. Persons applying for collective protection are no longer included.
The statistics are updated monthly.
Source: Utlendingsdirektoratet / The Norwegian Directorate of Immigration (UDI)