Claims by Country of Alleged Persecution - 2022

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The following table includes all types of cases referred to the Refugee Protection Division (RPD) on or after December 15, 2012 (new system). Also included are claims that have been returned to the RPD by either the Federal Court or the Refugee Appeal Division for re-determination, as well as other types of matters heard by the RPD (such as applications to reopen). Not included in the table are applications to vacate or to cease refugee protection or claims that were referred prior to December 15, 2012.

​Please note:​

  • Claims finalized in a given time period may have been referred to the RPD in a previous time period.
  • 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 to an officer from the Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) or from Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada (IRCC), and which was entered in the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) case management system.
  • Only countries for which a claim was referred, finalized, or pending within this time period are displayed.
  • The table below reflects the data on countries contained within the 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 is currently captured in the IRB case management system.
Claims (New System) by Country of Alleged Persecution – 2022​
 
ReferredFinalizedPending (as of 2022/12/31​)
AcceptedRejectedAbandonedWithdrawn & OtherTotal
​Total 60,158 28,272 12,537 1,351 3,284 45,444 70,223
Afghanistan76961625----665428
Albania1129635----151162
Algeria313281113----442438
Angola495231185----480721
Anguilla--------------
Antigua and Barbuda------------25
Argentina24--22----2937
Armenia--------------
Australia--------------
Azerbaijan7336------4272
Bahamas63825698----407637
Bahrain--------------
Bangladesh725493190----711935
Barbados15673------105151
Belarus--------------
Belgium--------------
Belize--------------
Benin2628------4463
Bolivia21----------31
Bosnia and Herzegovina--------------
Botswana--------------
Brazil2246662----155317
Bulgaria------20--37--
Burkina Faso495221----8291
Burundi24811520----147302
Cambodia--------------
Cameroon30721749----313409
Central African Republic----------30--
Chad19416528----199248
Chile49087121----221606
China9421,04234337521,4741,100
Colombia4,9972,092571331842,8805,770
Comoros--------------
Congo, Democratic Republic of the1,059421476----1,0271,747
Congo, Republic of the (Brazzaville)1364837----106210
Costa Rica----------3124
Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)916934----127153
Croatia--------------
Cuba35815246----220419
Cyprus--------------
Czech Republic6120------3791
Denmark--------------
Djibouti3923------2545
Dominica--------------
Dominican Republic896646----127147
Ecuador935436----92116
Egypt35631824----349370
El Salvador24330047----358315
Equatorial Guinea--------------
Eritrea1999121----126183
Estonia--------------
Eswatini (Swaziland)--------------
Ethiopia613455------484501
Falkland Islands--------------
Fiji--------------
France21----------36
Gabon----------2627
Gambia592127----5381
Georgia1118126----122187
Germany--------------
Ghana25310575----205345
Greece--------------
Grenada--------------
Guadeloupe--------------
Guatemala1979949----161280
Guinea11812057----196251
Guinea-Bissau--------------
Guyana--25------4139
Haiti9,3531,010895944962,49510,056
Honduras16613242----198266
Hong Kong8537------5260
Hungary283135----53199274
India3,2373,4693,7972611677,6946,615
Indonesia3929------3938
Iran4,4313,50056----3,6123,078
Iraq26813933----184261
Ireland--------------
Israel4029------3742
Italy22--------2539
Jamaica26116991----297323
Japan--------------
Jordan59334292----460545
Kazakhstan--22------3028
Kenya32020363----304289
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)--------------
Kosovo20--------3022
Kuwait--------------
Kyrgyzstan--------------
Laos--------------
Latvia--------------
Lebanon758422115----570865
Lesotho--------------
Liberia2733------5855
Libya95101------124131
Lithuania--------------
Luxembourg--------------
Madagascar--------------
Malawi3120------3237
Malaysia--------------
Maldives--------------
Mali634140----97130
Mauritania483725----6691
Mauritius--------------
Mexico7,4831,5961,7963193054,01610,045
Moldova, Republic of--------------
Mongolia2728------3525
Montenegro--------------
Morocco6467------90124
Mozambique--------------
Myanmar (Burma)5539------3945
Namibia22----------28
Nepal15589------101137
Netherlands--------------
New Zealand--------------
Nicaragua41111526----151424
Niger--21------3227
Nigeria1,5811,315728226662,7312,018
North Macedonia--------------
Norway--------------
Oman--------------
Pakistan1,8941,210296----1,5761,681
Palestine36822924----270342
Palestinian Territory, Occupied--------------
Panama21----------26
Papua New Guinea--------------
Paraguay--------------
Peru47410963----206617
Philippines343139----7793
Poland5239------6472
Portugal------------21
Qatar--------------
Romania5221044510223274596
Russia15267------82155
Rwanda35925557----357508
Saint Lucia--------------
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines------------24
Samoa--------------
Saudi Arabia113105------129103
Senegal1095545----125202
Serbia--------------
Sierra Leone27--20----3763
Singapore--------------
Slovakia53--------30141
Solomon Islands--------------
Somalia1297575----192224
South Africa804040----97116
South Sudan--------------
Spain28--21----2542
Sri Lanka888624126----7631,012
Sudan365147------170380
Suriname--------------
Sweden--------------
Syria42820625----246407
Taiwan--------------
Tajikistan22----------23
Tanzania10590------109127
Thailand--------------
Togo4436------5196
Trinidad and Tobago37--------2942
Tunisia675934----104130
Türkiye5,6111,35527----1,4505,386
Turkmenistan--------------
Uganda545274----29329513
UK - Brit. protected person--------------
Ukraine26732025----36167
United Arab Emirates34--------2132
United Kingdom--------------
United States118--186--59293238
Uruguay--------------
Uzbekistan31----------31
Venezuela982550103----6901,138
Viet Nam12958138----209194
Western Sahara--------------
Yemen478215------223360
Zambia--------------
Zimbabwe28489----22127302
(Blank)53------202749
Unknown--------------

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.