Refugee Appeals by Country of Alleged Persecution - 2022

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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.
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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.​

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Appeals by Country of Alleged Persecution – 2022 
 
FiledNon-Merit Merit
Total FinalizationsPending
(as of 2022​/12​​/31)
Dismissed - Lack of RAD JurisdictionDismissed - Appeal not PerfectedDismissed – Withdrawn, Abandoned & OtherDismissed - Confirmed RPDAllowed - Referred Back​Allowed - Substituted Determination
Total11,1862897473676,3638352,46411,0655,005
Afghanistan23------------24--
Albania37------38----52--
Algeria101------100----12151
Angola196--26--89----148104
Anguilla------------------
Antigua and Barbuda------------------
Argentina21------26----27--
Azerbaijan------------------
Bahamas99------40----7649
Bangladesh187------118--5520386
Barbados------------------
Belgium------------------
Benin------------------
Bolivia------------------
Brazil49------26----4420
Brunei------------------
Bulgaria------------------
Burkina Faso22------------22--
Burundi21------------20--
Cameroon54------31----6121
Central African Republic------------------
Chad25------------23--
Chile94------47----6634
China355--20--22031148424142
Colombia47677----16036154448172
Congo, Democratic Republic of the292--24--150--21218167
Congo, Republic of the (Brazzaville)34------------32--
Costa Rica------------------
Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)33------23----2723
Croatia------------------
Cuba30------------2220
Czech Republic------------------
Djibouti------------------
Dominica------------------
Dominican Republic38------20----2921
Ecuador27------------29--
Egypt30------24----40--
El Salvador35------------30--
Eritrea32------------25--
Estonia------------------
Eswatini (Swaziland)------------------
Ethiopia27----------2840--
Falkland Islands------------------
Fiji------------------
France------------------
Gabon------------------
Gambia21------21----27--
Georgia30------------31--
Ghana74------37----6233
Greece------------------
Grenada------------------
Guatemala37------22----44--
Guinea50------------3821
Guyana------------------
Haiti22636----202324135581
Honduras28------26----43--
Hong Kong------------------
Hungary--------------29--
India3,99322388401,8951565043,0051,771
Indonesia------------------
Iran70------48433913732
Latvia------------------
Iraq30------------36--
Israel------------------
Italy20------------22--
Jamaica78------29----6140
Japan------------------
Jordan66------25--226630
Kazakhstan------------------
Kenya52------53--2687--
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)------------------
Kosovo------------------
Kuwait------------------
Lebanon99------74----9647
Lesotho------------------
Liberia--------------24--
Libya------------------
Lithuania------------------
Madagascar------------------
Malawi------------------
Malaysia------------------
Mali30------------20--
Mauritania24----------------
Mauritius------------------
Mexico1,610--94--9911113321,577767
Mongolia------------------
Morocco------------------
Myanmar (Burma)------------------
Namibia------------------
Nepal--------24--2357--
Netherlands------------------
Nicaragua------------------
Niger------------------
Nigeria790----1126241083161,204331
North Macedonia------------------
Norway------------------
Pakistan280------24449168475113
Palestine------------------
Panama------------------
Paraguay------------------
Peru56------------4327
Philippines35------29----34--
Poland--------------23--
Portugal------------------
Romania27----------2330--
Russia------------------
Rwanda51------------3935
Saint Lucia------------------
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines------------------
Saudi Arabia------------------
Senegal38------31----49--
Serbia------------------
Sierra Leone23----------------
Slovenia------------------
Somalia72------47----8249
South Africa30------26----3520
South Sudan------------------
Spain21----------------
Sri Lanka128------48--6613254
Sudan------------------
Suriname------------------
Sweden------------------
Syria20----------------
Taiwan------------------
Tanzania------------------
Thailand------------------
Togo------------------
Trinidad and Tobago------------------
Tunisia27------27----31--
Türkiye--------------30--
Turkmenistan------------------
Uganda34------27----45--
Ukraine28----------2036--
United Arab Emirates------------------
United Kingdom------------------
United States52------58----7624
Uruguay------------------
Uzbekistan------------------
Venezuela79------52----8422
Viet Nam110------35----6155
Yemen------------------
Zambia------------------
Zimbabwe------------------
(Blank)------------------
Unknown------------------
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