Refugee Protection Claims (New System) by Country of Alleged Persecution - 2018

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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 – 2018

 ReferredFinalizedPending (as of 2018/12/31)
AcceptedRejectedAbandonedWithdrawn & OtherTotal
Total 55,388 14,790 8,759 1,376 1,880 26,805 71,675
Afghanistan55243249----501603
Albania1535761----127201
Algeria4256621----94512
Angola5094031----84668
Antigua and Barbuda------------29
Argentina------------24
Armenia--------------
Australia--------------
Austria--------------
Azerbaijan163129------217316
Bahamas2123733----90265
Bahrain--------------
Bangladesh819131----472701,024
Barbados6330------3574
Belarus (Byelorussia)--------------
Belgium--------------
Belize--------------
Benin39----------48
Bhutan--------------
Bolivia--------------
Bosnia and Herzegovina--------------
Botswana--------------
Brazil80--36----66160
British Virgin Island--------------
Brunei--------------
Bulgaria59----------61
Burkina Faso74----------101
Burundi757382------406911
Cambodia21----------28
Cameroon39610047----154470
Central African Rep25----------29
Chad2516825----100403
Chile91--40----59108
China1,94256350753401,1632,105
Colombia2,58245826745448143,056
Comoros--------------
Congo (Brazzaville)18029------41226
Congo, Democratic Republic1,148162100----2831,415
Costa Rica------------23
Croatia----------3227
Cuba92--------35126
Cyprus--------------
Czech Republic9075----47153197
Denmark--------------
Djibouti12727143----324232
Dominica--------------
Dominican Republic88----------124
Ecuador39----------42
Egypt1,19742944----5011,382
El Salvador504275106----407699
Equatorial Guinea--------------
Eritrea66062454----706766
Ethiopia75029098----415862
Fiji--------------
France37----------35
Gabon26----------30
Gambia77--------2991
Georgia1927346----134265
Germany20----------22
Ghana1594281----135241
Greece--------------
Grenada--------------
Guatemala1296336----129201
Guinea23132------49298
Guinea-Bissau--------------
Guyana45--------3280
Haiti1,4965571,55584602,2566,811
Honduras2278263----161333
Hong Kong (SAR)--------------
Hungary48237913221196728614
India4,515175211238506745,175
Indonesia30--------2047
Iran2,53842195----5712,521
Iraq543366125----536819
Ireland--------------
Israel4145------6777
Italy44--26----2951
Ivory Coast128--------37177
Jamaica2154744----120255
Japan--------------
Jordan4239248----161463
Kazakhstan3625------3338
Kenya2924042----87321
Korea DPR (North)--------------
Korea R. (South)----------2222
Kosovo4324------4351
Kuwait47----------62
Kyrgyzstan--------------
Latvia--------------
Lebanon439159119----297524
Lesotho--------------
Liberia45----------56
Libya333228------258502
Lithuania--------------
Luxembourg--------------
Macedonia--------------
Madagascar------------20
Malawi20----------31
Malaysia--------------
Maldives--------------
Mali13320------40140
Mauritania176--------30200
Mauritius--------------
Mexico3,1571903631271688483,525
Moldova--------------
Mongolia45----------49
Montenegro--------------
Morocco63--------3578
Mozambique--------------
Myanmar, Burma28----------28
Namibia----------20--
Nepal171103------141189
Netherlands------------21
Nicaragua347----------346
Niger36----------44
Nigeria9,8577551,777128422,70212,138
Norway--------------
Pakistan2,10474128732461,1062,788
Palestine72430785----412853
Panama------------27
Papua New Guinea--------------
Paraguay--------------
Peru136--------34185
Philippines39--------4944
Poland65--27----59108
Portugal--------------
Qatar--------------
Romania1,366----1252834511,048
Russia15266------92221
Rwanda36768------90459
Saint Kitts and Nevis, Fed. Of--------------
Saint Lucia--21------43--
Saint Vincent20--------2222
Saudi Arabia38313869----216483
Senegal214--------28224
Serbia--------------
Sierra Leone53--------2254
Singapore--------------
Slovakia15324637--83377349
Slovakia (Slovak Republic)--------------
Slovenia--------------
Solomon Islands--------------
Somalia547306210----606621
South Africa160--------45218
Spain27----------31
Sri Lanka55720545----273733
Sudan636381120----539692
Sudan (South)--------------
Suriname--------------
Swaziland--------------
Sweden------------20
Switzerland--------------
Syria67151836----591930
Taiwan--------------
Tajikistan29----------26
Tanzania85--32----5088
Thailand--------------
Togo43----------68
Trinidad and Tobago32----------40
Tunisia73----------113
Turkey1,9041,407128----1,5941,937
Turkmenistan--------------
Uganda4587129----103502
Ukraine18220336----248276
United Arab Emirates28----------​45
United Kingdom--------------
United States of America642--294--72398964
Uruguay--------------
Uzbekistan----------4023
Venezuela1,330525159----7111,666
Vietnam41----------54
Western Samoa--------------
Yemen48546131----501707
Zambia24----------27
Zimbabwe2115833----101246
Stateless--------------
Unknown65--​
------2774

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.​