Claims by Country of Alleged Persecution - 2023

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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 – January to December​ 2023
 
ReferredFinalizedPending (as of 2023/12/31)
AcceptedRejectedAbandonedWithdrawn and OtherTotal
Total
137,947 37,222 9,601 1,712 3,313 51,848 156,032
Afghanistan3,382928----289722,836
Albania15465------105209
Algeria78913552----2141,011
Angola1,051162100----2861,484
Anguilla--------------
Antigua and Barbuda--------------
Argentina60--20----2471
Armenia--------------
Australia--------------
Azerbaijan23149------53250
Bahamas57835886----510705
Bahrain--------------
Bangladesh2,400607132----7762,560
Barbados212105------135228
Belarus--------------
Belgium27----------27
Belize--------------
Benin9820------35126
Bhutan--------------
Bolivia44----------58
Bosnia and Herzegovina--------------
Botswana--------------
Brazil2995074----138484
Bulgaria30----------33
Burkina Faso35726------47401
Burundi975251------2631,014
Cambodia--------------
Cameroon156023431----2771682
Cayman Islands--------------
Central African Republic33----------38
Chad1080131------1571171
Chile769128116----2781,098
China1,527948127----1,1391,486
Colombia8,0013,001485801503,71610,049
Comoros--------------
Congo, Democratic Republic of the3,471360312----7394,471
Congo, Republic of the (Brazzaville)43153------67561
Costa Rica61----------67
Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)54145------74614
Croatia--------------
Cuba65724234----309765
Cyprus--------------
Czech Republic9838----2983108
Denmark--------------
Djibouti11921------23141
Dominica--------------
Dominican Republic20463------85264
Ecuador2763024----62330
Egypt47532622----357487
El Salvador17716041----222269
England--------------
Equatorial Guinea--------------
Eritrea249148------187232
Eswatini (Swaziland)20----------27
Ethiopia1,942584------6081,827
Fiji--------------
France44--------2257
Gabon30----------42
Gambia23640------52264
Georgia47490------120540
Germany------------24
Ghana1,44112664----2161,560
Greece--------------
Grenada--------------
Guadeloupe--------------
Guatemala2129459----176315
Guinea63211134----165718
Guinea-Bissau--------------
Guyana22--------2332
Haiti101211508782154122256617561
Honduras24614534----192324
Hong Kong9195------10052
Hungary517180----136328456
India906025002051220253502410638
Indonesia62--------2575
Iran5,9804,99738----5,1113,952
Iraq395221------251400
Ireland33----------36
Israel6726------3966
Italy34--------2446
Jamaica37614245----210489
Japan--------------
Jordan1,160319122----4651,235
Kazakhstan200--------44184
Kenya3,97023636----2893,969
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)--------------
Kosovo35----------43
Kuwait20------------
Kyrgyzstan--------------
Laos--------------
Latvia--------------
Lebanon866506162----7021,021
Liberia16021------36179
Libya15692------106179
Lithuania--------------
Luxembourg--------------
Madagascar24----------35
Malawi43----------62
Malaysia41----------51
Mali2744722----78330
Malta--------------
Mauritania29657------76309
Mauritius--------------
Mexico25236289424245601240711828,165
Moldova, Republic of--------------
Mongolia44--------2049
Montenegro--------------
Morocco12441------69180
Mozambique--------------
Myanmar (Burma)9654------5681
Namibia60----------71
Nepal448120------136448
Netherlands30----------34
New Zealand--------------
Nicaragua59431827----361659
Niger71----------80
Nigeria6,5131,086439----1,6356,871
North Macedonia--------------
Norway--------------
Oman--------------
Pakistan4,8321402194----16434,870
Palestine458317------346463
Palestinian Territory, Occupied--------------
Panama67----------85
Papua New Guinea--------------
Paraguay--------------
Peru1,2301009229282491,598
Philippines473137----7861
Poland3431------4065
Portugal------------25
Qatar22----------20
Romania1,0221673488813701,215
Russia415136------156413
Rwanda140432648----3911521
Saint Kitts and Nevis--------------
Saint Lucia26----------27
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines------------26
Samoa--------------
Saudi Arabia12871------77146
Senegal171347------851829
Serbia--------------
Sierra Leone76--23----36102
Singapore--------------
Slovakia25114------12442
Slovenia--------------
Somalia2677551----157325
South Africa26762------79300
South Sudan24----------27
Spain25--------2145
Sri Lanka205566583----7712284
Sudan859518------535699
Suriname--------------
Sweden26----------34
Switzerland--------------
Syria1,101444------4701,035
Taiwan--------------
Tajikistan72----------77
Tanzania5578426----110573
Thailand--------------
Togo33540------53376
Trinidad and Tobago6623------3277
Tunisia12649------75180
Türkiye94134943951397952569533
Turkmenistan--------------
Turks and Caicos Islands--------------
Uganda2,844448------4742,881
Ukraine256137------153169
United Arab Emirates3432------3733
United Kingdom--------------
United States157--123--32185229
Uruguay--------------
Uzbekistan125--------20135
Venezuela3,0545987072377773,400
Viet Nam2106549----133273
Western Sahara--------------
Yemen527389------398490
Zambia30----------38
Zimbabwe688192------218769
(Blank)79--------21102
Unknown--------------
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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.