Income, amenities and negative attitudes

Table 1 Immigrants to Sweden from selected countries

Sample countries	Refugees^a	Family reunions	Labour market	Total
Ex Yugoslavia	13,860	3080	12	16,952
Poland	47	1356	19	1422
Romania	201	427		627
Russia	172	489	6	667
Ethiopia	623	575		1197
Somalia	1323	819		2142
Uganda	91			91
Cuba	88			88
Chile	135	436		571
Afghanistan	116			116
Bangladesh	86		1	87
Iraq	2663	955		3617
Iran	1542	1532	3	3077
China	78	220	19	317
Lebanon	596	650		1246
Sri Lanka	83	157		240
Syria	416	429		846
Turkey	401	1517		1918
Stateless/unknown^b	892	1230	6	2128
Total coming from countries in our sample	23,410	13,872	64	37,346
Other countries^c	69	8101	154	8254
Total all countries	23,479	21,972	218	45,600

Amount of immigrants on average per year during the period 1990–1994. Source: Migrationsverket
^aGranted residence permits according to the Genève convention, de facto refugees, persons in need of protection, humanitarian reasons and special refugee quota
^bStateless and unknown (mainly Palestinians), former Soviet Union and Peru, where many asylum seekers came from in the period
^cFor family reunions: mainly the UK, Germany, the USA, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. For labour permits: mainly the UK, Germany, the Netherlands, Greece, Canada, the USA, Brazil, Japan and South Korea.