Refugee Protection Claims (Legacy) by Country of Alleged Persecution - 2013

Please note that claims finalized in a given time period may have been referred in a previous time period. The following table includes all types of cases referred to the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) before December 15, 2012 (legacy). Also included are claims that have been returned to the IRB by the Federal Court for re-determination, as well as other types of matters heard by the IRB (such as applications to reopen). Not included in the table are applications to vacate or to cease refugee protection.

  • Claims finalized in a given time period may have been referred to the IRB in a previous time period.
  • 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 to an officer from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) or from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), and which was entered in the IRB case management system.
  • Only countries for which a claim was referred, finalized, or pending within this time period are displayed.
  • The table below reflects the data on countries contained within the 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 is currently captured in the IRB case management system.

Claims (Legacy) by Country of Alleged Persecution - 2013

 ReferredFinalizedPending (as of 2013/12/31)
AcceptedRejectedAbandonedWithdrawn & OtherTotal
Total -- 4,751 7,921 634 1,739 15,045 17,294
Afghanistan--9243----153243
Albania--75101----191384
Algeria--3497----151132
Angola--------------
Antigua and Barbuda--------------
Argentina--------------
Armenia--------------
Australia--------------
Austria--------------
Azerbaijan----------24--
Bahamas--------------
Bahrain--------------
Bangladesh--2851----90148
Barbados----------2927
Belarus (Byelorussia)--------------
Belgium--------------
Belize--------------
Benin--------------
Bermuda--------------
Bolivia--------------
Bosnia and Herzegovina----32----39--
Botswana----23----3566
Brazil----------5220
Bulgaria----------3130
Burkina Faso--------------
Burundi----41----8577
Cambodia----------2245
Cameroon--33------6886
Cape Verde--------------
Central African Republic--------------
Chad--------------
Chile----------20--
China--302600691471,1182,034
Colombia--240440----727529
Comoros--------------
Congo (Brazzaville)----------2521
Congo, Democratic Republic of the (Zaire)--114108----244209
Costa Rica--------------
Croatia----238--72346814
Cuba--3434----8473
Cyprus--------------
Czech Republic--2579----12561
Djibouti--3430----6972
Dominica--------------
Dominican Republic----25----4350
Ecuador----------2021
Egypt--107------124116
El Salvador--115193----331291
England--------------
Equatorial Guinea--------------
Eritrea--49------62112
Estonia--------------
Ethiopia--​--28----5696
Fiji--------------
Finland--------------
France--------------
Gabon--------------
Gambia--------------
Georgia----24----4689
Germany--------------
Ghana----21----3355
Greece----------3667
Grenada--------------
Guatemala--37127----179111
Guinea----36----5886
Guinea-Bissau--------------
Guyana------------34
Haiti--120205----344206
Honduras--82122----238175
Hong Kong (SAR)----------2333
Hungary--3911,083424271,9431,753
India--652323252381906
Indonesia----------21--
Iran--13541----188211
Iraq--31------61115
Ireland--------------
Israel----83--50152131
Italy----------2120
Ivory Coast--2520----5339
Jamaica--5179----152164
Japan--------------
Jordan--2535----6547
Kazakhstan----------2965
Kenya----------2444
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (North)----37--88159663
Korea, Republic of (South)----32----5440
Kosovo--2631----5961
Kuwait--------------
Kyrgyzstan--------------
Laos--------------
Latvia----25----5331
Lebanon--3350----9270
Liberia--------------
Libya----36----5249
Lithuania----------3038
Macedonia----------21--
Madagascar--------------
Malawi--------------
Malaysia--------------
Mali----------2027
Mauritania--------------
Mauritius--------------
Mexico--1666475073936412
Moldova----------2430
Mongolia--------------
Montenegro--------------
Morocco----23----4628
Myanmar, Burma--------------
Namibia--79208----307241
Nepal----------2239
Netherlands--------------
Nevis--------------
Nicaragua----24----41--
Niger--------------
Nigeria--73144----226440
Norway--------------
Oman--------------
Pakistan--423191----646530
Palestine------------39
Panama--------------
Papua New Guinea--------------
Paraguay--------------
Peru----56----9284
Philippines----44----5251
Poland----73--37134129
Portugal------------25
Qatar--------------
Romania--20477144182324
Russia--5348----129158
Rwanda--2426----5665
Saint Kitts and Nevis, Federation of--------------
Saint Lucia--134144----296213
Saint Vincent--100176----297183
San Marino--------------
Saudi Arabia--------------
Senegal----------2837
Serbia----------2927
Sierra Leone--------------
Singapore--------------
Slovakia----122--33181333
Slovakia (Slovak Republic)--------------
Slovenia--------------
Somalia--99--35--163221
South Africa----------22--
Spain----35----3922
Sri Lanka--193230----444754
Sudan--26------3866
Swaziland----------3130
Sweden--------------
Switzerland--------------
Syria--165------198202
Taiwan--------------
Tajikistan--------------
Tanzania--------------
Thailand--------------
Togo--------------
Trinidad and Tobago----------2221
Tunisia----38----5553
Turkey--136123----275256
Turkmenistan--------------
Turks and Caicos Islands------------21
Uganda------------39
Ukraine--3148----103205
United Arab Emirates--------------
United Kingdom--------------
United States of America----143--30185176
Uruguay--------------
Uzbekistan----------2023
Venezuela--3450----9682
Vietnam--------------
Yemen------------24
Zambia--------------
Zimbabwe----------3632
Stateless--------------
Unknown----------29--

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.​