Refugee Appeals by Country of Alleged Persecution - 2015

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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.

Appeals by Country of Alleged Persecution - 2015

 FiledNon-Merit MeritTotal FinalizationsPending (as of 2015/12/31)
Dismissed - Lack of RAD JurisdictionDismissed - Appeal not PerfectedDismissed - Withdrawn, Abandoned & OtherDismissed - Confirmed RPDAllowed - Referred BackAllowed - Substituted Determination
Total 2,959 250 148 85 1,606 209 483 2,781 1,092
Afghanistan22 --
--
----
--
--
26 --
Albania45 --
--
--31 --
--
52 --
Algeria31 --
----21 --
--
27 21
Angola--
--
------
----
--
--
Antigua and Barbuda--
--------
------
--
Argentina--
--------
------
--
Armenia--
------
--
------
--
Austria--
----------------
Azerbaijan--
--------
------
--
Bahamas--
----
--------
--
--
Bangladesh62 --
--
--
34 --
--
58 21
Barbados--
--
------
--
--
--
--
Benin--
--------
------
--
Bolivia--
--------
------
--
Bosnia and Herzegovina--
--
------
------
--
Botswana--
--
--
--------
--
--
Brazil--
--------
----
--
--
Bulgaria--
--------
------
--
Burkina Faso--
--------
----
--
--
Burundi--
--
----
--
--
--
--
--
Cambodia--
------
--
------
--
Cameroon55 --
----40 --
--
56 23
Central African Republic--
----------
----
--
Chad--
--
--
----
----
--
--
Chile--
----------------
China391 24 --
--
275 --
83 408 84
Colombia109 30 --
--
45 --
--
105 36
Congo (Brazzaville)--
----
--
--
----
--
--
Congo, Democratic Republic of the (Zaire)102 --
--
--49 --
--
83 57
Costa Rica------
----------
--
Croatia--
--
--
----------
--
Cuba24 --
--
--20 -- --
32 --
Czech Republic--
----------------
Djibouti--
--------
----
--
--
Dominican Republic--
--
----
--
--
--
--
--
Ecuador--
--
------
--
----
--
Egypt--
------
--
--
--
25 --
El Salvador--
--
--
----
--
--
26 --
Eritrea21 --
--
----
--
--
28 --
Ethiopia58 --
--
--
25 --
20 56 --
France--
----
----------
--
Gabon--
----
----
------
--
Gambia--
--------
----
--
--
​Georgia24 --
--
--
16 --
--
27 --
Germany--
--
------------
--
Ghana47 --
--
--27 --
--
38 --
Greece--
--------
----
--
--
Grenada--
----
----
----
--
--
Guatemala-- --
------
----
--
--
Guinea26 --
--
--
--
--
--
23 --
Guinea-Bissau--
--------
--
----
--
Guyana--
--------
------
--
Haiti106 --
--
--
62 --
27 119 58
Honduras27 --
--
----
----22 --
Hungary96 --
--
--
21 --
--37 60
India125 --
--
--93 ----
112 69
Indonesia--
--------
--
----
--
Iran21 --
----
--
--
--
31 --
Iraq--
--
--
----
----
--
--
Israel--
--------
------
--
Italy20 --
------
----
--
--
Ivory Coast--
------
--
--
--
--
--
Jamaica43 --
--
--
24 --
--
38 --
Japan--
----------------
Jordan--
--
------
--
----
--
Kenya20 --
--
----
--
--
21 --
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (North)--
--------
------
--
Korea, Republic of (South)--
--------
------
--
Kosovo21 --
----
--
----
28 --
Kuwait--
------
--
--
----
--
Kyrgyzstan--
--------
------
--
Lebanon55 13 --
--
28 ----
49 --
Liberia--
----------------
Libya46 ------
--
----
27 20
Madagascar--
--------
------
--
Malaysia--
--------
------
--
Mali29 ----
----
--
--
--
--
Mauritania--
--------
------
--
Mexico22 --
----
--
------
--
Mongolia--
----
----
----
--
--
Morocco20 --
------
--
--
--
--
Myanmar, Burma--
------------
--
--
Namibia--
--
------------
--
Nepal--
----
----
--
--
--
--
Netherlands--
--
------------
--
Nicaragua--
--
--
----------
--
Niger--
----------------
Nigeria230 --
--
--
150 --
45 225 68
Pakistan126 --
--
--
80 --
--
116 42
Palestine20 --
--
--
--
--
--
--
--
Panama--
----------------
Peru--
--
------
--
----
--
Philippines--
----
----
------
--
Poland--
----------------
Romania--------------
--
--
Russia--
----
--
--
--
--
20 --
Rwanda--
-- --
----
----
--
--
Saint Kitts and Nevis, Federation of--
--------
--
----
--
Saint Lucia--
--
--
----
--
--
--
--
Saint Vincent--
--
--
----
--
--
--
--
Saudi Arabia--
----------
--
--
--
Senegal--
--
------
----
--
--
Serbia--
--------
------
--
Sierra Leone--
--------
------
--
Singapore--
------------
--
--
Slovakia--
--
------------
--
Somalia116 --
--
--
35 --
--
84 55
South Africa--
--------
--
--
--
--
Spain--
--
------------
--
Sri Lanka34 --
--
--30 --
--
39 --
Sudan--
------
--
--
--
--
--
Sweden----------
------
--
Switzerland--
--
------------
--
Syria--
--------
--
----
--
Taiwan--
--------
------
--
Tanzania--
--
------
----
--
--
Togo--
----
--
--
--
----
--
Trinidad and Tobago--
--------
--
--
--
--
Tunisia--
----
----
--
--
--
--
Turkey46 --
--
--21 --
--
42 --
Uganda--
--------
--
--
--
--
Ukraine104 --
--
--
47 --
29 99 24
United Arab Emirates--
--------
------
--
United States of America--
--
------
------ --
Uruguay--
--
------------
--
Uzbekistan--
--
------
--​--
--
--
Venezuela28 ------
--
--
--
29 --
Vietnam--
--------
------
--
Yemen--
------
--
------
--
Zambia--
--------
------
--
Zimbabwe--
----
----
--
--
--
--
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.​