Refugee Appeals by Country of Alleged Persecution - 2023

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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.

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.

Appeals by Country of Alleged Persecution – 2023
 
FiledNon-Merit Merit
Total FinalizationsPending
(as of 2023/12​/31​)
Dismissed - Lack of RAD JurisdictionDismissed - Appeal not PerfectedDismissed – Withdrawn, Abandoned & OtherDismissed - Confirmed RPDAllowed - Referred BackAllowed - Substituted Determination
Total7,9651833842195,9689272,44910,1302,888
Afghanistan21----------------
Albania--------------21--
Algeria60------81----96--
Angola71------9825--14629
Antigua and Barbuda------------------
Argentina------------------
Armenia------------------
Azerbaijan------------------
Bahamas77------61----10323
Bangladesh138------100--4716855
Barbados------------------
Belarus------------------
Belgium------------------
Benin------------------
Bolivia------------------
Brazil34------------39--
Brunei------------------
Bulgaria------------------
Burkina Faso------------------
Burundi------------------
Cameroon20------------32--
Central African Republic------------------
Chad------------------
Chile105------62----8950
China133------133--7523841
Colombia35338----15639144384141
Congo, Democratic Republic of the152--27--17538--26356
Congo, Republic of the (Brazzaville)--------------23--
Costa Rica------------------
Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)--------20----26--
Cuba--------------34--
Czech Republic------------------
Djibouti------------------
Dominican Republic--------------26--
Ecuador27------------29--
Egypt------------2331--
El Salvador26------------26--
Eritrea--------------33--
Ethiopia------------------
Fiji------------------
France------------------
Gabon------------------
Gambia------------------
Georgia--------------27--
Ghana63------46----7521
Greece------------------
Grenada------------------
Guatemala45------24----39--
Guinea26------24----28--
Guinea-Bissau------------------
Guyana------------------
Haiti170------78303218171
Honduras33------------31--
Hong Kong------------------
Hungary------------------
India2,174--84--1,9502738423,196750
Indonesia------------------
Iran41------20--2657--
Iraq--------------20--
Ireland------------------
Israel------------------
Italy--------------20--
Jamaica34------35----62--
Japan------------------
Jordan97------45--42110--
Kazakhstan------------------
Kenya42----------2446--
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)------------------
Kosovo------------------
Kyrgyzstan------------------
Latvia------------------
Lebanon132------84----13346
Liberia------------------
Libya------------------
Lithuania------------------
Luxembourg------------------
Madagascar------------------
Malawi------------------
Malaysia------------------
Mali------------------
Mauritania------------------
Mauritius------------------
Mexico2,183--125--1,4101534652,​205759
Mongolia------------------
Morocco20----------------
Mozambique------------------
Namibia------------------
Nepal------------------
Netherlands------------------
Nicaragua--------------23--
Niger------------------
Nigeria389----2128458168543183
North Macedonia------------------
Norway------------------
Pakistan185------118--9123564
Palestine------------------
Panama------------------
Peru60------40----71--
Philippines28------------28--
Poland------------------
Portugal------------------
Romania27----------------
Russia------------------
Rwanda47------28----5824
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines------------------
Saudi Arabia------------------
Senegal------------------
Serbia------------------
Sierra Leone--------20----30--
Somalia41------52----81--
South Africa--------------30--
Spain--------------20--
Sri Lanka85------39--6011032
Sudan------------------
Sweden------------------
Syria------------------
Taiwan------------------
Tajikistan------------------
Tanzania22------------21--
Togo------------------
Trinidad and Tobago------------------
Tunisia21------22----24--
Türkiye64------23----4832
Uganda--------------29--
Ukraine------------------
United Arab Emirates------------------
United Kingdom------------------
United States26------31----38--
Uruguay------------------
Uzbekistan------------------
Venezuela44------20----53--
Viet Nam37------74----91--
Yemen------------------
Zambia------------------
Zimbabwe------------------
(Blank)------------------
Unknown------------------