Refugee Appeals by Country of Alleged Persecution - 2020

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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 – January to December, 2020

 FiledNon-Merit Merit
Total FinalizationsPending
(as of 2020/12/31)
Dismissed - Lack of RAD JurisdictionDismissed - Appeal not PerfectedDismissed – Withdrawn, Abandoned & OtherDismissed - Confirmed RPDAllowed - Referred BackAllowed - Substituted Determination
Total 6,894 189 292 168 6,151 792 1,963 9,555 7,071
Afghanistan​22
----
--26
--
--
44
24
Albania38
--------
--
--
45
40
Algeria80
------
​28
----30
89
Angola98
------35
--
--
41
103
Antigua and Barbuda--
------------
--
--
Argentina--
--------
------
--
Armenia--
--------
------
--
Austria------------------
Azerbaijan--
--
----
--
--
--
32
​--
Bahamas--
--
----29
--
--
42
​--
Bahrain----------
------
--
Bangladesh86
--
--
--59
--
30
103
82
Barbados--
--------
--
----
--
Belarus(Byelorussia)--------------
--
--
Belgium--
------
--
------
--
Belize----------
------
--
Benin--
--------
------
--
Bolivia --------------
--
--
​Bosnia and Herzegovina----------
------
--
Botswana------------------
Brazil41
----
--
26
----
34
39
Bulgaria--
------------
--
--
Burkina Faso--
--------
------
--
Burundi--
--------
----
--
--
Cambodia----------
------
--
Cameroon29
----
--
39
--
--
57
29
Central African Rep----------
------
--
Chad32
----
----
--
--
​25
27
Chile--
--------
----
--
--
China244
--
--
--
361
64
152
592
232
Colombia279
60
--
--165
​29
54
317
201
Congo (Brazzaville)--
--------
------
--
Congo, Democratic Republic150
----
--
89
--
​23
145
156
Costa Rica--
--------
--
----
--
Croatia--
--------
------
--
Cuba--
------
----
--
--
--
Czech Republic--
----------
--
--
--
Denmark​
--
----------
--
--
--
​Djibouti--
------
20
--
21
48
​--
Dominica--
----------------
Dominican Republic--
--
------
--
----
--
Ecuador--
--------
------
--
Egypt75
--
----
--
--
--
57
76
El Salvador21
--
----
47
--
--
79
​--
Equatorial Guinea--
----------------​
Eritrea--
----
----
--
​22
44
23
Ethiopia118
----
--
73
--
68
164
86
Fiji--
------
--------
--
France--
----------------
Gabon--
----------------
Gambia--
--------
------
--
Georgia34
------​24
--
--
37
37
Germany--
----------------
Ghana27
----
--​29
--
--44
42
Grenada----------
--
----
--
Guatemala--
--
--
----
----
​22
--
Guinea--
--------
--
--
--
--
Guinea-Bissau--
----------------
Guyana--
--
------
----
--
--
Haiti510
--
61
--
964
48
59
1,172
518​
Honduras​22
--
--
--
--
--
--
​35
--
Hong Kong (SAR)--
--------
------
--
Hungary--
--------
--
47
62
--
India530
--
--
--
326
--
61
434
522
Indonesia--------
--
------
--
Iran75
----
--
72
--
87
180
73
Iraq42
--
--
--
36
--
39
92
41
Ireland--
----------------
Israel--
--------
----
--
--
Italy--
--------
----
--
--
Ivory Coast--
--------
--
--
--
--
Jamaica41
----
--
34
--
--
58
35
Japan------------------
Jordan69
--
----32
--
--
71
76
Kazakhstan----------
------
--
Kenya56
--
--
--​30
--
24
60
60
Korea R. (South)--
------------
--
--
Kosovo--
--------
------
--
Kuwait--
----------------
Kyrgyzstan--
--------
------
--
Lebanon32
----
--
45
--
​21
78
38
Lesotho----------
------
--
Liberia--
--
------
------
--
Libya​26
--------
--
--
--
27
Madagascar----------
------
--
Malawi--
----
----
------
--
Mali----------
--
----
--
Mauritania----------
--
----
--
Mexico1,009
--
33
--
488
78
114
747
996
Moldova------------------
Mongolia--
----------
----
--
Montenegro------------------
Morocco--
--------
------
--
Mozambique--
--------
------
--
Myanmar, Burma--
--------
----
--
--
Namibia--
--------
------
--
Nepal--
------
20
--
--
​29
--
Netherlands--
--------
------
--
Nicaragua--------------
--
--
Niger--
--------
------
--
Nigeria1,812
--
​24
--
1,826
208
555
2,649
1,983
Pakistan311
--
--
--
226
32
85
374
336
Palestine40
--
----
​26
--
20
69
29
Panama--
--------
------
--
Papua New Guinea----------
------
--
Peru--
--------
--
----
--
Philippines--
--
------
--
--
--
--
Poland--
--
------
--
----
--
Portugal----------
------
--
Romania24
------
​21
--
--
39
20
Russia--
--------
--
--
20
--
Rwanda44
----
----
----
​21
46
Saint Kitts and Nevis, Fed. Of----------
------
--
Saint Lucia--
------
--
----
--
--
Saint Vincent--
--------
----
--
--
Saudi Arabia--
--------
--
--
34
​--
Senegal
33
--------
----
--
36
Serbia----------
------
--
Sierra Leone--
------------
--
--
Singapore----------
------
--
Slovakia--
------
--
----
--
--
Somalia33
----
--
77
43
46
174
50
South Africa48
------​21
--
--
28
56
Spain--
--------
------
--
Sri Lanka54
------37
--
​31
76
60
Sudan--
--
--
----
--
--
--
--
Sudan (South)​
--
--
--
----
--
--
--
--
Suriname----------
------
--
Swaziland------------------
Sweden----------
------
--
Syria--
------
--
--
27
42
​--
Taiwan------------------
Tajikistan----------
----
--
--
Tanzania--
------​22
--
--
30
--
Thailand------------------
Togo--
--------
--
----
--
Trinidad and Tobago--
----------------
Tunisia--
------
--
--
----
--
Turkey36
----
--38
--
--
77
39
Uganda​37
------
20
--
--
35
48
Ukraine--
--------
--
--
33
21
United Arab Emirates--
----------------
United States of America76
--
​20
--
138
--
--
171
64
Uruguay--
----------------
Uzbekistan--
------------
--
--
Venezuela66
--
--
--
60
--
​22
101
59
Vietnam​22
--------------22
Yemen--
--------
--
--
​22
--
Zambia--
----------------
Zimbabwe29
--
------
--
--
​26
33
Unknown--
--------
------
--
(Blank)--
--------
------
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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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