Refugee Appeals by Country of Alleged Persecution - 2017

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The following table includes all intake: appeals by the claimant or by the Minister that have not yet been decided by the Refugee Appeal Division (RAD), and appeals that have been returned to the RAD from the Federal Court. Please note:

  • Appeals finalized in a given year may have been filed in a previous year.
  • The country of alleged persecution in the table below corresponds to the first listed country of alleged persecution as identified by the claimant when they made their claim before the Refugee Protection Division (RPD), and which was entered in the case management system.
  • Only countries for which an appeal was filed, finalized, or pending within this reporting period are displayed.
  • The table below reflects the data on countries contained within the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) case management system and is used solely to support the refugee determination process. The fact that these countries are listed should not be construed as implying that the IRB recognizes these particular countries’ sovereignty or political status. Furthermore, country names may not accurately reflect the current geopolitical situation; rather, they reflect the information as it currently exists in the IRB case management system.

Appeals by Country of Alleged Persecution - 2017

 FiledNon-Merit MeritTotal FinalizationsPending
(as of 2017/12/31)
Dismissed - Lack of RAD JurisdictionDismissed - Appeal not PerfectedDismissed – Withdrawn, Abandoned & OtherDismissed - Confirmed RPDAllowed - Referred BackAllowed - Substituted Determination
Total 4,905 414 245 98 1,625 409 346 3,137 3,710
Afghanistan33--
----
21--
--
4120
Albania52--
----
25--
--
3857
Algeria30----
----
--
----
40
Angola--
--
--------
----
--
Antigua and Barbuda--
--------
----
--
--
Argentina--
----------
----
--
Armenia------------
----
--
Azerbaijan55--
------
--
----
44
Bahamas--
----
----
--
--
29--
Bangladesh58----
--21--
--
3646
Barbados--
--
------------
--
Belgium--
--------
----
--
--
Benin--
----------
----
--
Bolivia--
--
------------
--
Bosnia and Herzegovina--
----------------
Botswana--
--
------
------
--
Brazil23----
----
----
--
21
Bulgaria--
--------
------
--
Burkina Faso--
----
--
--
--
----
--
Burundi20--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
Cambodia--
----------
----
--
Cameroon39--
--
--
--
--
--
--
55
Central African Rep------------------
Chad41----
----
--
--
--
46
Chile--
--------
--
----
--
China457--
--
--
21952--
319289
Colombia10049--
--
20--
--
9560
Congo (Brazzaville)--
--
--
----
--
--
--
--
Congo, Democratic Republic91--
--
--
--
--
--
5091
Costa Rica--
--
--
----
------
--
Croatia--
--
------
------
--
Cuba--
--
------
--
--
--
--
Cyprus----------
------
--
Czech Republic--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
Djibouti55--
--
----
--
--2235
Dominica----------
------
--
Dominican Republic--
--------
----
--
--
Ecuador--
--
--
----
--
----
--
Egypt37--
--
----
--
--
2328
El Salvador29--
----
--
----
31--
Equatorial Guinea--
----
----------
--
Eritrea49--
--
----
----
3828
Ethiopia86--
--
--
42--
--
8142
Finland--
----------------
France--
--
--
--------
--
--
Gabon--
--
------------
--
Gambia--
----
----
------
--
Georgia42--
------
--
--
--
39
Germany--
--------
------
--
Ghana55----
--
23--
--
3442
Greece------------
--
--
--
Guatemala--
--
--
--
--
--
----
--
Guinea--
--
--3----
--
--
--
--
Guinea-Bissau--
----------------
Guyana--
--------
------
--
Haiti42354--
--
50--
--
116401
Honduras--
--------
--
--
--
--
Hong Kong (SAR)--
----------------
Hungary132--
--
--
75--
--
11089
India243--
--
--6924--
117266
Indonesia--
----------
----
--
Iran47--
--
----
--
--
--
41
Iraq90--
--
--
--
--
--
7666
Ireland--
--------
------
--
Israel--
--
------
------
--
Italy--
----
--
--
----26--
Ivory Coast--
--------
--
----
--
Jamaica44--
--
--29----3625
Jordan--
--
------
--
--
25--
Kazakhstan--
--
------------
--
Kenya23----
----
--
----
20
Korea R. (South)--
----
------
----
--
Kosovo--
--------
----
--
--
Kuwait--
----
--
--------
--
Kyrgyzstan--
--------
----
--
--
Latvia--
----
----------
--
Lebanon85--
--
--
24--
--
6571
Liberia--
--
--
----------
--
Libya23--
------
--
--
36--
Lithuania--
----------------
Malawi--
----------------
Mali25--
--
----
--
--
2241
Mauritania--
----
--
------
--
--
Mauritius--
--
------
--
----
--
Mexico155--
--
--
26--
--
59125
Moldova--
----------------
Mongolia--
----
----
--
----
--
Montenegro--
----------
----
--
Morocco--
--2----
--
----
--
Mozambique--
--------
------
--
Namibia----------
------
--
Nepal28--------
--
----
--
Netherlands--
----------------
Nicaragua--
----------------
Niger--
--------
------
--
Nigeria8304529--
33585--
526525
Norway--
----
--
--------
--
Pakistan126--
--
--
57--
--
7988
Palestine30--
------
----
23--
Peru--
--
------------
--
Philippines--
--------
--
----
--
Poland--
--------
------
--
Portugal--
----
----
------
--
Qatar--
----------------
Romania--
--------
------
--
Russia--
--------
------
--
Rwanda20--
------
--
--
--
20
Saint Kitts and Nevis, Fed. Of--
----------
----
--
Saint Lucia--
--
--------
--
--
--
Saint Vincent--
--
--
----
--
--
--
--
Saudi Arabia22--
------
------
--
Senegal--
----
----
--
--
--
--
Serbia----------
--
--
--
--
Sierra Leone--
------------
--
--
Slovakia--
----
----
------
--
Somalia181--
--
--
37--
47116129
South Africa--
--
--
--
--------
--
Spain--
--------
------
--
Sri Lanka58--
--
----
--
--
2244
Sudan26--
------
--
--
--
20
Swaziland--
--
------------
--
Switzerland--
--------
------
--
Syria--
--
------
------
--
Taiwan--
------
--
------
--
Tajikistan--
----------------
Tanzania--
----
--
--
----
--
--
Thailand----------
------
--
Togo--
----
----
--
--
--
--
Trinidad and Tobago--
--------
--
--
--
--
Tunisia--
--------
------
--
Turkey141--
--
--
22--
318584
Uganda47--
--
--
--
--
--
2633
Ukraine42--
--
----
--
--
3426
United Arab Emirates--
--
------------
--
United Kingdom--
--------
------
--
United States of America48--
--​--
--
--
--2141
Uruguay--
----------------
Uzbekistan--
----------
----
--
Venezuela85--
--
--20--
--
5567
Vietnam--
----------------
Yemen--
--
------
------
--
Zambia--
----------------
Zimbabwe25--
--
----
----
25--
Unknown--
------------
--
--

Due to privacy considerations, some values in this table have been suppressed and replaced with the notation "--". As a result, components may not be a sum of the total indicated. In general, the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada suppresses values less than 20. ​
​See protecting privacy when releasing statistical information: small value suppression to learn more about how the Board approaches small value suppression.​