Refugee Appeals by Country of Alleged Persecution - 2025

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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 – January to December ​2025​
 
FiledNon-Merit Merit
Total FinalizationsPending
(as of 2025​/12/31​)
Dismissed - Lack of RAD JurisdictionDismissed - Appeal not PerfectedDismissed – Withdrawn, Abandoned & OtherDismissed - Confirmed RPDAllowed - Referred BackAllowed - Substituted Determination
Total12,3393835271356,8657602,28510,9554,689
Afghanistan74------------4346
Albania29------------20--
Algeria34------22----32--
Angola187------121----14983
Antigua and Barbuda------------------
Argentina--------------23--
Australia------------------
Azerbaijan24----------------
Bahamas48------25----52--
Bahrain------------------
Bangladesh841------35331111519396
Barbados27------------32--
Belgium------------------
Belize------------------
Benin------------------
Bhutan------------------
Bolivia------------------
Botswana------------------
Brazil38------32----40--
Brunei------------------
Burkina Faso49------------2925
Burundi60------22----3825
Cambodia------------------
Cameroon166------65--4012868
Central African Republic------------------
Chad13345----39----10749
Chile137------92--2613951
China153------64--4412360
Colombia48469----29244103529150
Comoros------------------
Congo, Democratic Republic of the275--29--1342633236127
Congo, Republic of the (Brazzaville)41------28----42--
Costa Rica------------------
Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)57------30----4324
Croatia------------------
Cuba38------------2721
Djibouti------------------
Dominica------------------
Dominican Republic22----------------
Ecuador60------------3527
Egypt------------------
El Salvador26----------------
Equatorial Guinea------------------
Eritrea------------------
Ethiopia56------------3633
Fiji------------------
France------------------
Gabon------------------
Gambia46------24----39--
Georgia27------------20--
Ghana408--38--1843241309153
Greece------------------
Grenada------------------
Guatemala28------------27--
Guinea76------38----5333
Guinea-Bissau------------------
Haiti161------105--2315952
Honduras27----------------
Hong Kong------------------
Hungary------------------
India2,2572561211,3861193591,971875
Indonesia------------------
Iran20------------29--
Iraq46------------3120
Ireland------------------
Israel------------------
Italy------------------
Jamaica50------29----47--
Japan------------------
Jordan175------81202613974
Kazakhstan24------------25--
Kenya306------150--71247129
Kosovo------------------
Kuwait------------------
Laos------------------
Lebanon98------34----6345
Liberia31------------25--
Libya--------------24--
Lithuania------------------
Malaysia------------------
Mali26------------22--
Mauritania------------------
Mauritius------------------
Mexico1,633--132--1,289773931,934508
Mongolia------------------
Morocco------------------
Mozambique------------------
Myanmar (Burma)------------------
Namibia------------------
Nepal51------35----57--
Netherlands------------------
Nicaragua23------------21--
Niger------------------
Nigeria1,325--39--685762571,079511
North Macedonia------------------
Pakistan43620----1893487358162
Palestine------------------
Panama------------------
Papua New Guinea------------------
Peru11821----87--2013633
Philippines21----------------
Poland------------------
Portugal------------------
Romania48------------5022
Russia------------------
Rwanda137------61--2711152
Saint Kitts and Nevis------------------
Saint Lucia------------------
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines------------------
Saudi Arabia------------------
Senegal281------179----228106
Serbia------------------
Sierra Leone------------------
Somalia37------------37--
South Africa47------20----44--
South Sudan------------------
Spain------------------
Sri Lanka156------58--6813865
Sudan------------------
Sweden------------------
Switzerland------------------
Syria------------------
Taiwan------------------
Tajikistan------------------
Tanzania29------------26--
Thailand------------------
Togo22----------------
Trinidad and Tobago------------------
Tunisia------------------
Türkiye15720----53--6315258
Uganda195------92--5116654
Ukraine------------------
United Kingdom------------------
United States--------------22--
Uruguay------------------
Uzbekistan------------------
Venezuela152------91--2314751
Viet Nam78------43----5626
Yemen------------------
Zambia------------------
Zimbabwe46------23--2147--
(Blank)------------------
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