Refugee Appeals by Country of Alleged Persecution - 2019

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 - 2019

 FiledNon-Merit MeritTotal FinalizationsPending
(as of 2019/12/31)
Dismissed - Lack of RAD JurisdictionDismissed - Appeal not PerfectedDismissed – Withdrawn, Abandoned & OtherDismissed - Confirmed RPDAllowed - Referred BackAllowed - Substituted Determination
Total 11,817 577 266 214 5,746 707 1,174 8,684 9,700
Afghanistan41--
----
--
--
--
3546
Albania37------
21--
--
3743
Algeria55----
--39--
--
5439
Angola84--
--
--
48--
--
6546
Antigua and Barbuda--
--------
--
--
--
--
Argentina--
--------
--
----
--
Armenia--
----------------
Austria------------------
Azerbaijan44--
--
--
36--
--
6140
Bahamas46--
----
13--
--
--
50
Bahrain--
----------------
Bangladesh133--
----
65--
30111100
Barbados--
--------
----
--
--
Belarus(Byelorussia)--
----------------
Belgium--
--------
------
--
Belize--
--------
------
--
Benin--
--------
------
--
Bolivia--
----------------
Bosnia and Herzegovina------------------
Botswana--
--
------------
--
Brazil33--
--
--
25--
--3332
Bulgaria------------------
Burkina Faso--
--------
----
--
--
Burundi--
--
----
----
----
--
Cambodia--
--
----------
--
--
Cameroon43----
----
----
--
57
Central African Rep------------------
Chad--
--
--
--27--
--
3920
Chile33--
----
22----
42--
China471--
--
--
2023840311576
Colombia340116--
--
97--
40267236
Congo (Brazzaville)27----
----
----
--
21
Congo, Democratic Republic182--
--
--
55--
--
99146
Costa Rica--
--
------
------
--
Croatia----------
----
--
--
Cuba--
--
--
--
--
--
----
--
Czech Republic--
--------
----
--
--
Djibouti39--
----29--
--
4749
Dominican Republic--
--------
------
--
Ecuador--
--
------
------
--
Egypt80--
--
--22--
--
4858
El Salvador10528--
--
24--
--
7371
Equatorial Guinea--
--
--------
----
--
Eritrea49----
--20--
--
4251
Ethiopia133--
--
--
30--
2470134
Fiji--
----------------
Finland----------
------
--
France--
--------
------
--
Gabon--------------
--
--
Gambia--
--------
------
--
Georgia29--
----
21--
--
3540
Germany--
--------
------
--
Ghana80--
--
--
53--
--
8360
Greece--------------
--
--
Grenada--
----
----------
--
Guatemala--
--
----
--
--
--
--
21
Guinea20--------
------
23
Guinea-Bissau----------
------
--
Guyana28--
----21--
--31--
Haiti1,82510541211,41271781,7291,178
Honduras26--
--
--
--
--
--
3326
Hong Kong (SAR)--
--
------------
--
Hungary62--
----
38--
4210673
India480--
--
--
296--
67397424
Indonesia--
--------
------
--
Iran181--
----
33233192177
Iraq69--
--
--
--
--
215791
Ireland--
--------
------
--
Israel--
--
------
----
--
--
Italy--
--------
--
----
--
Ivory Coast--
--------
--
----
--
Jamaica49--
--
--
--
----
2452
Japan--
------
--------
--
Jordan91--
--
--
26--
--
4978
Kazakhstan--
----------------
Kenya36----
--
--
--
--
--
64
Korea R. (South)--
----
----------
--
Kosovo--
--------
------
--
Kuwait--
--
--
----------
--
Kyrgyzstan--
----------------
Lebanon73--
--
--
38--
--
6984
Lesotho--
----------------
Liberia--
----------------
Libya23----
--
--
----
22--
Lithuania----------
------
--
Luxembourg----------
------
--
Madagascar--
----------------
Malawi--
--------
------
--
Malaysia--
----
----
------
--
Mali--
------
--
--
--22--
Mauritania--
--------
--
--
--
--
Mexico89922--
--
3313760485733
Moldova--
--------
------
--
Mongolia--
------------
--
--
Montenegro--
------------
--
--
Morocco--
--------
----
--
--
Mozambique--
----------------
Myanmar, Burma--
----------------
Namibia--
--
------------
--
Nepal--
------
--
--
--
--
31
Netherlands--
----------------
Nicaragua--
----------------
Niger--
--------
--
----
--
Nigeria3,9104758461,7672162882,4222,812
North Macedonia, Republic Of----------
------
--
Pakistan42337--
--
1342126237399
Palestine71--
----
--
----
3158
Panama--
--
------
------
--
Papua New Guinea--
----------------
Peru22--
----
--
------
--
Philippines--
------
--
--
--
--
--
Poland--
--
----
--
----
--
--
Portugal--
--------------6
Romania69--
--
--
--
--
--
4935
Russia--
--------
------
21
Rwanda22--
--
----
--
--
2223
Saint Kitts and Nevis, Fed. Of--
----------------
Saint Lucia--
--
------
------
--
Saint Vincent--
--
------------
--
Saudi Arabia57--
----
20--
--
4937
Senegal--
--------
------
--
Serbia--
----------------
Sierra Leone--
----
----
------
--
Singapore--
----------------
Slovakia--
--
----
------
--
--
Somalia99----
--32--
35105189
South Africa50----
--28--
--
3836
Spain--
--------
----
--
--
Sri Lanka80--
----
--
--
--
4182
Sudan--
----
--
40--
287818
Suriname------------------
Swaziland------------------
Sweden--
--------
------
--
Syria38--
--
--
--
--
--
--
43
Taiwan--
----------------
Tajikistan--
----------------
Tanzania--
----
----
--
----
27
Thailand--
--
--
----------
--
Togo--
----
----
--
----
--
Trinidad and Tobago--
--------
------
--
Tunisia--
--
----
--
------
--
Turkey62--
----
23--
366881
Uganda44--
--
--
--
--
--
3146
Ukraine38--
----
--
--
--
2840
United Arab Emirates--
--
------
------
--
United Kingdom--
--------
------
--
United States of America226--
24--
117--
--166159
Uruguay--
--------
------
--
Uzbekistan--
--------
--
----
--
Venezuela11020--
--
73--
2413494
Vietnam--
--------
------
--
Yemen24----
----
--
--
--
22
Zimbabwe--
--------
------
30
Unknown--
--
--
--
--
--
----
--
(Blank)--
------
--
----
--
--

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.​