Refugee Appeals by Country of Alleged Persecution - 2026

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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 June​ ​2026​
 
FiledNon-Merit Merit
Total FinalizationsPending
(as of 2026​/06/30​)
Dismissed - Lack of RAD JurisdictionDismissed - Appeal not PerfectedDismissed – Withdrawn, Abandoned & OtherDismissed - Confirmed RPDAllowed - Referred BackAllowed - Substituted Determination
Total7,247237306924,0014691,1516,2565,715
Afghanistan27------------3241
Albania------------------
Algeria57--------------54
Angola70------79----9756
Antigua and Barbuda------------------
Argentina------------------
Armenia------------------
Azerbaijan26------------26--
Bahamas--------------22--
Bahrain------------------
Bangladesh577------3903279526448
Barbados26----------------
Belarus------------------
Belgium------------------
Benin------------------
Bolivia------------------
Brazil------------------
Bulgaria------------------
Burkina Faso22------23----31--
Burundi41------------3333
Cameroon80------58----8563
Central African Republic------------------
Chad7629----29----7055
Chile48------45----6534
China110------56--228882
Colombia25728----1142046221186
Comoros------------------
Congo, Democratic Republic of the204--39--112----190140
Congo, Republic of the (Brazzaville)28------------25--
Costa Rica------------------
Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)30------23----35--
Cuba----------------27
Djibouti------------------
Dominica------------------
Dominican Republic------------------
Ecuador40------------4621
Egypt------------------
El Salvador------------------
Equatorial Guinea------------------
Eritrea------------------
Ethiopia22----------3043--
Fiji------------------
France------------------
Gabon------------------
Gambia------------------
Georgia26--------------29
Ghana335------169--51260230
Greece------------------
Guatemala------------------
Guinea35------28----3632
Guinea-Bissau------------------
Guyana------------------
Haiti114------55----7393
Honduras------------------
Hong Kong------------------
Hungary------------------
India1,277--28--794912171,169994
Indonesia------------------
Iran------------------
Iraq------------------
Ireland------------------
Israel------------------
Italy------------------
Jamaica29------------25--
Jordan87------45----7685
Kazakhstan------------------
Kenya152------102--39156125
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)------------------
Kosovo------------------
Kuwait------------------
Laos------------------
Latvia------------------
Lebanon47------------4448
Liberia------------------
Libya------------------
Lithuania------------------
Madagascar------------------
Malaysia------------------
Mali------------------
Mauritania------------------
Mauritius------------------
Mexico1,025--52--60155122845690
Mongolia------------------
Morocco------------------
Myanmar (Burma)------------------
Namibia------------------
Nepal38--------------35
Netherlands------------------
Nicaragua------------------
Niger------------------
Nigeria843--33--48071141750605
North Macedonia------------------
Pakistan251------983480220198
Palestine------------------
Panama------------------
Peru72------34----4956
Philippines------------------
Poland------------------
Portugal------------------
Qatar------------------
Romania26------------2325
Russia------------------
Rwanda50------37----5745
Saint Kitts and Nevis------------------
Saint Lucia------------------
Saudi Arabia------------------
Senegal193------136----163136
Serbia------------------
Sierra Leone------------------
Somalia----------------25
South Africa------------------
South Sudan------------------
Sri Lanka112------25--2675102
Sudan------------------
Sweden------------------
Switzerland------------------
Syria------------------
Tanzania31--------------35
Togo32--------------29
Trinidad and Tobago------------------
Tunisia------------------
Türkiye102------24--2260102
Uganda68------24--245666
Ukraine------------------
United Kingdom------------------
United States------------------
Uruguay------------------
Uzbekistan------------------
Venezuela85------26----5878
Viet Nam42------38----4225
Yemen------------------
Zimbabwe------------------
(Blank)------------------
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