Asylum seekers statically figures for 2013

The Asian countries are appearing on Human smugglers' manifests this year as the changing face of asylum seekers is revealed in new fi...

The Asian countries are appearing on Human smugglers' manifests this year as the changing face of asylum seekers is revealed in new figures.

1. There were 320 people from Pakistan and 147 from Iraq. But the fifth-largest group this year - the 244 people from Bangladesh - have not before appeared on official counts.

2. There are Vietnamese and Burmese people, who are making dangerous sea journey to Australia than ever before.

3. Iranians become the main group of asylum seeker arrivals and the large numbers of Sri Lankan seen last year shrinks

4. It's the first time since statistics have been kept that Iranians have held the position, with arrivals from war-torn Afghanistan the largest group in each year from 2011 back to 2008.

5. 1079 Iranians in 2013 where from Sri Lanka 6428 people arrived in 2012 taking top place from Sri Lanka.

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