Refugee Protection Claims (New System) by Country of Alleged Persecution - 2017

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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 – 2017

 ReferredFinalizedPending (as of 2017/12/31)
AcceptedRejectedAbandonedWithdrawn & OtherTotal
Total 47,425 13,553 6,223 740 997 21,513 43,250
Afghanistan65039437----458555
Albania1566762----144175
Algeria1934330----79181
Angola244--------37240
Antigua and Barbuda37--------2228
Argentina24----------22
Armenia--------------
Australia--------------
Austria--------------
Azerbaijan42013659----211369
Bahamas17669​------95145
Bahrain20------------
Bangladesh46714251----213492
Barbados6326------3546
Belarus(Byelorussia)--------------
Belgium--------------
Belize--------------
Benin24----------24
Bolivia--------------
Bosnia and Herzegovina--------------
Botswana--------------
Brazil148--24----39146
British Virgin Island--------------
Bulgaria--------------
Burkina Faso41----------35
Burundi93371826----750571
Cambodia--------------
Cameroon2448246----130229
Central African Rep--------------
Chad31210345----154250
Chile67--------2675
China1,17955356427311,1751,324
Colombia1,321509181----7311,287
Congo (Brazzaville)10735------5793
Congo, Democratic Republic551134142----290552
Costa Rica--------------
Croatia24----------45
Cuba873231----6872
Cyprus--------------
Czech Republic18637----45100262
Denmark--------------
Djibouti59121593----314429
Dominica--------------
Dominican Republic5922------3744
Ecuador----------22--
Egypt84928947----360688
El Salvador70116679----257605
Equatorial Guinea--------------
Eritrea1,15080343----868825
Ethiopia63225786----352531
Fiji--------------
Finland--------------
France--------------
Gabon----------20--
Gambia34----------43
Georgia1583843----90207
Germany--------------
Ghana2303358----100217
Greece--------------
Grenada--------------
Guatemala209--33----57199
Guinea1344220----64116
Guinea-Bissau--------------
Guyana51----------67
Haiti8,286221601150209927,574
Honduras3188341----130269
Hong Kong (SAR)--------------
Hungary5272271223393475860
India1,460138261----5051,331
Indonesia38--------2037
Iran67928656----366556
Iraq895536140----712815
Ireland--------------
Israel102--------34111
Italy41----​
----2436
Ivory Coast82----------88
Jamaica18675------132159
Japan--------------
Jordan19645------86199
Kazakhstan37----------35
Kenya120--​
​32----63117
Korea DPR (North)------------22
Korea R. (South)23----------29
Kosovo43--------2651
Kuwait30------------
Kyrgyzstan--------------
Latvia--------------
Lebanon399178102----292382
Lesotho--------------
Liberia30----------22
Libya428244------269428
Lithuania--------------
Luxembourg--------------
Macedonia--------------
Madagascar--------------
Malawi--------------
Malaysia--------------
Maldives--------------
Mali48--30----4848
Mauritania563520----5953
Mauritius--------------
Mexico1,45911122159494401,221
Moldova--------------
Mongolia24----------23
Montenegro--------------
Morocco45--------2750
Mozambique--------------
Myanmar, Burma--------------
Namibia------------28
Nepal11947------78159
Netherlands--------------
New Zealand--------------
Nicaragua--------------
Niger20------------
Nigeria5,57576491729281,7384,991
Norway--------------
Pakistan1,665573148----7511,801
Palestine63330788----406541
Panama------------22
Peru70--------2884
Philippines39----------54
Poland84----------102
Portugal--------------
Qatar--------------
Romania122----412778145
Russia19192------118162
Rwanda20860------89182
Saint Kitts and Nevis, Fed. Of--------------
Saint Lucia21----------47
Saint Vincent----------2224
Saudi Arabia36212140----174317
Senegal51--------4040
Serbia--------------
Sierra Leone27--------2123
Singapore--------------
Slovakia272104------146573
Slovakia (Slovak Republic)--------------
Slovenia--------------
Somalia7713171873780621687
South Africa104--------24104
Spain20------------
Sri Lanka38718265----269448
Sudan69734538----393590
Sudan (South)--------------
Suriname--------------
Swaziland--------------
Sweden--------------
Switzerland--------------
Syria1,41478642----863897
Taiwan--------------
Tajikistan--------------
Tanzania45--------2953
Thailand--------------
Togo43----------43
Trinidad and Tobago--------------
Tunisia60--------2655
Turkey2,1991,247158--​--1,4621,621
Turkmenistan--------------
Uganda2077753----131147
Ukraine2248547----141342
United Arab Emirates27----------23
United Kingdom--------------
United States of America869--1472544219724
Uruguay--------------
Uzbekistan37--------2647
Venezuela1,240388106----5111,050
Vietnam30----------28
Yemen904375------403721
Zambia--------------
Zimbabwe1686445----110137
Stateless--------------
Unknown38--------2539

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.​