The figures presented here have been provided by Governments, based on their own records. They relate to the number of individual asylum applications submitted, as well as to the number of decisions taken. These figures do not include persons who arrived in asylum countries and who have not submitted an individual asylum request.
Most countries provide statistics on the basis of citizenship.
Therefore, no precise figures are available on the number of Kosovo Albanians applying for asylum. All statistics included in this document are subject to change. Therefore, the monthly figures for 1998 may not add up to the annual 1998 figures. The data pertaining to March 1999 will be available towards mid-April 1999. The regional classification adopted in this document is that of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat in New York.