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Top five countries of origin for Humanitarian entrants by visa stream, 2007-08 to 2012-13

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Visa class	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13
Refugee and Special Humanitarian	Burma	Iraq	Burma	Burma	Burma	Iraq
	Iraq	Burma	Iraq	Iraq	Iraq	Afghanistan
	Afghanistan	Afghanistan	Bhutan	Bhutan	Afghanistan	Burma
	Sudan	Sudan	Afghanistan	Afghanistan	Bhutan	Bhutan
	Liberia	Bhutan	DR Congo	DR Congo	Ethiopia	DR Congo
Onshore Protection	Sri Lanka	China	Afghanistan	Afghanistan	Afghanistan	Afghanistan
	China	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka	Iran	Iran	Iran
	Iraq	Afghanistan	China	Stateless	Stateless	Pakistan
	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	Iraq	Sri Lanka	Iraq	Stateless
	Iraq	Iran	Iraq	Iran	Sri Lanka	Sri Lanka

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Refugee and humanitarian entrants by state or territory of settlement, 2007-08 to 2012-13

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State/territory	% national popn	2007-08	2008-09	2009-10	2010-11	2011-12	2012-13	Total
Australian Capital Territory	1.65%	180(1.9%)	188(1.6%)	119(1.2%)	144(1.6%)	49(0.7%)	67(0.8%)	785(1.4%)
New South Wales	32.14%	2,958 (31.1%)	4,151 (35.6%)	3,180 (32.2%)	2,979 (30.6%)	1,727(22.8%)	2,748(32.8%)	17,792(31.4%)
Northern Territory	1.04%	94(1.0%)	108(0.9%)	103(1.0%)	75(0.8%)	68(0.9%)	54(0.6%)	510(0.9%)
Queensland	20.10%	976 (10.3%)	1,159 (10.0%)	1,284 (13.0%)	1,354 (14.8%)	1,262(16.7%)	1,076(12.8%)	7,065(12.8%)
South Australia	7.30%	835(8.8%)	1,013 (8.7%)	952(9.7%)	1,144 (12.5%)	1,123(14.9%)	694(8.3%)	5,623(10.2%)
Tasmania	2.26%	237(2.5%)	303(2.6%)	399(4.0%)	359(3.9%)	319(4.2%)	378(4.5%)	2,038(3.7%)
Victoria	24.79%	2,787 (29.3%)	3,035 (26.1%)	2,670 (27.1%)	2,440 (26.7%)	2,234(29.60%)	2,845(33.9%)	15,912(28.6%)
Western Australia	10.71%	1,440 (15.1%)	1,688 (14.5%)	1,149 (11.7%)	817(8.9%)	751(9.9%)	527(6.3%)	6,378(11.1%)
Total	9,507	11,645	9,856	9,130	7,576	8,389	56,103

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Sources

Australian Bureau of Statistics’ Australian Demographic Statistics Department of Immigration and Citizenship Settlement Reporting Database, http://www.immi.gov.au/settlement
Department of Immigration and Citizenship Annual Reports http://www.immi.gov.au/about/reports/annual
Department of Immigration and Citizenship annual publications Asylum Trends, Immigration Update andSettler Arrivals, http://www.immi.gov.au/media/publications/statistics
Some statistics supplied on request by the Department of Immigration and Citizenship.

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