Refugee Appeals by Country of Alleged Persecution - 2023

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 2023/06/30)
Dismissed - Lack of RAD JurisdictionDismissed - Appeal not PerfectedDismissed – Withdrawn, Abandoned & OtherDismissed - Confirmed RPDAllowed - Referred BackAllowed - Substituted Determination
Total 4,107 91 214 107 2,980 498 1,263 5,153 3,996
Afghanistan------------------
Albania------------------
Algeria46------39----4651
Angola39------50----7370
Antigua and Barbuda------------------
Argentina------------------
Armenia------------------
Azerbaijan------------------
Bahamas35------------4836
Bangladesh66------52--309061
Barbados------------------
Belgium------------------
Benin------------------
Bolivia------------------
Brazil------------------
Brunei------------------
Burkina Faso------------------
Burundi------------------
Cameroon------------------
Central African Republic------------------
Chad------------------
Chile46------24----3545
China69------81--5516153
Colombia148------68--79180140
Congo, Democratic Republic of the99------10222--159107
Congo, Republic of the (Brazzaville)------------------
Costa Rica------------------
Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)------------------
Cuba------------------
Czech Republic------------------
Dominican Republic------------------
Ecuador------------------
Egypt------------------
El Salvador------------------
Eritrea------------------
Ethiopia------------------
Fiji------------------
France------------------
Gabon------------------
Gambia------------------
Georgia------------------
Ghana33------------3234
Greece------------------
Grenada------------------
Guatemala25--------------27
Guinea------------------
Guinea-Bissau------------------
Guyana------------------
Haiti99------33----8695
Honduras------------------
Hong Kong------------------
Hungary------------------
India1,245--58--1,0871514461,7671,250
Indonesia------------------
Iran20------------3220
Iraq------------------
Ireland------------------
Israel------------------
Italy------------------
Jamaica21------23----43--
Japan------------------
Jordan63------20----3360
Kazakhstan------------------
Kenya20--------------24
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)------------------
Kosovo------------------
Kyrgyzstan------------------
Latvia------------------
Lebanon74------36----6655
Liberia------------------
Libya------------------
Lithuania------------------
Luxembourg------------------
Malawi------------------
Malaysia------------------
Mali------------------
Mauritania------------------
Mauritius------------------
Mexico1,062--57--61469196944896
Mongolia------------------
Morocco--​----------------
Mozambique------------------
Namibia------------------
Nepal------------------
Netherlands------------------
Nicaragua------------------
Niger------------------
Nigeria172------17137104329179
North Macedonia------------------
Pakistan78------63--5012764
Palestine------------------
Panama------------------
Peru25------------2131
Philippines------------------
Poland------------------
Portugal------------------
Romania------------------
Russia------------------
Rwanda21------------2729
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines------------------
Saudi Arabia------------------
Senegal------------------
Serbia------------------
Sierra Leone------------------
Somalia24------24----4036
South Africa--------------21--
Spain------------------
Sri Lanka38----------325339
Sudan------------------
Sweden------------------
Syria------------------
Taiwan------------------
Tanzania------------------
Togo------------------
Trinidad and Tobago------------------
Tunisia----------------21
Türkiye23--------------25
Uganda------------------
Ukraine------------------
United Arab Emirates------------------
United Kingdom------------------
United States--------------23--
Uruguay------------------
Venezuela25------------29--
Viet Nam26------59----73--
Yemen------------------
Zambia------------------
Zimbabwe------------------
(Blank)------------------
Unknown------------------