A senior official from the organisation confirmed that 7 420 Zimbabweans had sought asylum in the UK.
"This was the highest figure for that year from all the asylum seekers to the UK."
According to the Report, Zimbabwe was followed by Afghanistan with 3 535 asylum seekers, and the Islamic Republic of Iran with 2 125 asylum seekers.
The UNHCR has warned, however, that individuals who are simply passing through a nation are not "refugees" but "asylum seekers" because they must first seek asylum "officially" from that country's Department of Immigration before they can be called "refugees".
The UNHCR Report covers 44 industrialised countries which provided monthly data to its Geneva-based Head Office.
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