Refugee Appeals by Country of Alleged Persecution - 2021

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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 – 2021 ​(January to December​)

 FiledNon-Merit Merit
Total FinalizationsPending
(as of 2021​/12/31)
Dismissed - Lack of RAD JurisdictionDismissed - Appeal not PerfectedDismissed – Withdrawn, Abandoned & OtherDismissed - Confirmed RPDAllowed - Referred BackAllowed - Substituted Determination
Total 10,055 251 382 613 7,160 1,042 2,820 12,268 4,891
Afghanistan--------------35--
Albania49------26--236128
Algeria140------99--4315772
Angola163------15821--20759
Anguilla------------------
Antigua and Barbuda------------------
Argentina------------------
Armenia------------------
Austria------------------
Azerbaijan------------------
Bahamas58------35----4926
Bahrain------------------
Bangladesh182------472183162102
Barbados------------------
Belarus(Byelorussia)------------------
Belgium------------------
Benin------------------
Botswana------------------
Brazil29------38----53--
Brunei------------------
Bulgaria------------------
Burkina Faso------------------
Burundi------------------
Cameroon55------26----5628
Chad--------------32--
Chile32------25----41--
China462------27731153490206
Colombia32050----219--73375146
Congo (Brazzaville)24------------21--
Congo, Democratic Republic180------171----24393
Costa Rica------------------
Croatia------------------
Cuba------------------
Czech Republic------------------
Djibouti------------------
Dominica------------------
Dominican Republic22----------------
Ecuador27------------26--
Egypt90------88--4714026
El Salvador--------------27--
Equatorial Guinea------------------
Eritrea25------21----36--
Eswatini (Swaziland)------------------
Ethiopia47------30--74120--
Fiji------------------
France------------------
Gabon------------------
Gambia--------------20--
Georgia31------30----53--
Ghana56------46----7721
Greece------------------
Grenada------------------
Guatemala30----------------
Guinea------------------
Guinea-Bissau------------------
Guyana------------------
Haiti3462025584354967654212
Honduras34------------2127
Hong Kong (SAR)------------------
Hungary20------------21--
India1,485--82--7841032221,224784
Indonesia------------------
Iran175------50--5615099
Iraq65------45--3587--
Ireland------------------
Israel------------------
Italy20----------------
Ivory Coast45------27----33--
Jamaica48------43----6123
Jordan91------87--2413730
Kazakhstan------------------
Kenya135------74--4814253
Korea R. (South)------------------
Kosovo------------------
Kuwait------------------
Kyrgyzstan------------------
Lebanon103------52----9645
Lesotho------------------
Liberia31----------------
Libya--------------33--
Lithuania------------------
Madagascar------------------
Malawi------------------
Malaysia------------------
Mali------------------
Mauritania------------------
Mauritius------------------
Mexico1,575--56--1,2451603351,837734
Moldova------------------
Mongolia------------------
Montenegro------------------
Morocco------------------
Myanmar, Burma------------------
Namibia------------------
Nepal84------------3950
Netherlands------------------
Nicaragua------------------
Niger------------------
Nigeria1,612----3261,5522566662,856748
North Macedonia, Republic Of------------------
Norway------------------
Pakistan685------38252234710313
Palestine--------------38--
Panama------------------
Peru24------------26--
Philippines38------33----40--
Poland27--------------23
Portugal------------------
Qatar------------------
Romania29------------38--
Russia25------------21--
Rwanda64------40----8228
Saint Lucia------------------
Saint Vincent------------------
Saudi Arabia--------------20--
Senegal73------70----8920
Serbia------------------
Sierra Leone------------------
Slovakia------------------
Slovenia------------------
Somalia80------35--257857
South Africa38------36----6925
Spain------------------
Sri Lanka124------38--5812758
Sudan29------------32--
Sudan (South)------------------
Suriname------------------
Sweden------------------
Syria------------------
Taiwan------------------
Tajikistan------------------
Tanzania22----------------
Thailand------------------
Togo------------------
Trinidad and Tobago------------------
Tunisia22----------------
Turkey46------30--236422
Turkmenistan------------------
Uganda45------35--206429
Ukraine20------------28--
United Arab Emirates------------------
United Kingdom------------------
United States of America99------75----11349
Uruguay------------------
Uzbekistan------------------
Venezuela81------55--3811327
Vietnam20------33----36--
Yemen------------------
Zambia------------------
Zimbabwe32------25----53--
(Blank)------------------
Unknown------------------
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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.​

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