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Table 3.4
Turkish asylum seekers by destination, 1981–2010
Destination
1981–1990
1991–1995
1996–2000
2001–2005
2006–2010
1981–2010
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
No.
%
europe
2 31, 417
175, 557
98.6
141, 226
9 7. 9
10 7, 5 3 4
9 7. 2
33,853
9 7. 9
689,587
98.5
Canada
755
0.4
1,919
- 3
2,451
2.2
503
- 5
6,628
0.9
Australia
780
0.4
928
0.6
332
0.3
117
0.3
2,157
0.3
uSA
984
0.6
19 9
0.1
330
0.3
95
0.3
1,608
0.2
tot al
178 , 076
100.0
14 4, 272
100.0
14 4, 272
100.0
34,568
100.0
699,980
100.0
Source: Figures compiled by İçduygu (2006) from various O
eCd and e
urostat sources and updated by the author in 2012