Azerbaijan is one of the countries where the number of requests from citizens for asylum abroad, compared with last year, increased by 36%.
It has been stated in the report of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) on March 23.
Most Azerbaijani citizens wish to move to EU countries. So, if in 2008 there had been 1,691 applications for asylum, then in 2009 the figure was 2319. Results for the last 2 years by citizens of Azerbaijan received 4010 petitions.
However, such a trend is observed in other countries of South Caucasus. Last year the number of Armenian citizens, who submitted the request for asylum has increased by 43% compared to 2008.
Georgia has become a leader in terms of growth in the number willing to go to another country, this figure in Georgia increased by as much as 102%, that is, in fact the number wishing to leave the country in 2009 doubled compared to 2008.
The most attractive country for residence were the United States (in 2009, asylum in the United States asked 49 thousand people), followed by France (41 thousand), Canada (33 thousand), UK (29 thousand), Germany (27,5 thousand).
APA
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