Asylum and refugee policy: Statistical tables

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Table 1: Numbers of unauthorised arrivals by boat in 2011

January 2011

166

July 2011

283

February 2011

251

August 2011

280

March 2011

354

September 2011

319

April 2011

362

October 2011

314

May 2011

304

November 2011

892

June 2011

183

December 2011

1080

 

Table 2: Numbers of unauthorised arrivals by boat in 2012

January 2012

301

July 2012

1798

February 2012

848

August 2012

1933

March 2012

110

September 2012

2295 

April 2012

947

October 2012

 

May 2012

1176

November 2012

 

June 2011

1765

December 2012

 

 

Table 3: Annual number of unauthorised boats and arrivals (by financial year)

Year

Number of boats

Numbers Aboard

1989–90

3

224

1990–91

5

158

1991–92

3

78

1992–93

4

194

1993–94

6

194

1994–95

21

1071

1995–96

14

589

1996–97

13

365

1997–98

13

157

1998–99

42

921

1999–00

75

4175

2000–01

54

4137

2001–02

19

3039

2002–03

0

0

2003–04

3

82

2004–05

0

0

2005–06

8

61

2006–07

4

133

2007–08

3

25

2008–09

23

1033

2009–10

118

5609

2010–11

89

4940

2011–12

73

8492

2012–13

108 (by 15 October 2012)

6797 (by 15 October 2012)

 

Table 4: Countries of claimed nationality by boat arrivals in 2011

Afghanistan

1694

Iran

1584

“Stateless”

379

Iraq

326

Sri Lanka

211

Pakistan

202

Vietnam

101

Burma

76

Palestine

49

Syria

33

Other

18

Total:

4564

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