Migration and Asylum in Europe in 2002 – Statistical Report
A first report was prepared by the Commission services in co-operation with data providers in Member States and published on this website in 2004. It covered the year 2001 and provided a picture of patterns and trends with respect to migrants, asylum applicants, refugees and enforcement measures against illegal immigration in the 15 European Union Member States at that time, plus the ten countries which were then in the process of acceding to the EU, and four other countries closely associated to the European Union (Norway, Iceland, Bulgaria, Romania).
Based on this experience, the report for the year 2002 has been prepared by a group of experts from the Berlin Institute for Social Research (BIVS) and the Groupe d’étude de Démographie Appliquée (GéDAP) in co-operation with the European Migration Network (EMN). A comprehensive report for the year 2003, also covering 29 countries, will appear later in 2006.
The preparation of the 2002 Annual Statistical Report proceeded in the following manner. The data sets are based on material sent to Eurostat by the National Statistical Offices (and in some cases by other administrative bodies, e.g. Ministries of Interior) in the 29 countries concerned. The Eurostat data has also been the subject of discussions and revisions by members of the working group preparing the Annual Report with Eurostat officials. The core activities of the working group are related to improving the data situation in general and concentrating on data in the areas of migration flows, settlement, asylum and illegal migration.
The 2002 report is introduced by some short remarks about the international migration situation and European migration patterns. This information will be extended for the 2003 Annual Report. Some national contact points of the European Migration Network have written country reports, published as annexes to this report. Other statistical data of interest and contextual numerical data are provided in the country reports.
The main report is available here:
This report is composed by 5 different sections, which can be downloaded separately:
Enforcement measures against illegal immigration (refusals, apprehensions and removals)
11 National Contact Points of the European Migration Network have provided country analyses of the 2002 data: