Refugee Protection Claims (New System) by Country of Alleged Persecution - 2019

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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 – 2019

 ReferredFinalizedPending (as of 2019/12/31)​
AcceptedRejectedAbandonedWithdrawn & OtherTotal
Total 58,378 25,034 13,718 1,610 2,129 42,491 87,270
Afghanistan46452147----587481
Albania20765------107299
Algeria5866870----165933
Angola69610991----2101,144
Anguilla--------------
Antigua and Barbuda22----------39
Argentina29----------40
Armenia--------------
Australia--------------
Azerbaijan10313042----186232
Bahamas3079963----179393
Bahrain--------------
Bangladesh854255148----4341,423
Barbados10339------60117
Belarus(Byelorussia)--------------
Belgium--------------
Belize--------------
Benin28----------64
Bhutan--------------
Bolivia------------29
Bosnia and Herzegovina--------------
Botswana--------------
Brazil2222942----86295
British Virgin Island--------------
Brunei--------------
Bulgaria8525------45101
Burkina Faso88-------23164
Burundi770872-----903767
Cambodia-----------26
Cameroon48014352----213736
Cayman Islands--------------
Central African Rep------------40
Chad25596------118537
Chile1362039----65179
China2,01054753461401,1822,941
Colombia3,197949410421231,5244,711
Comoros-------------
Congo (Brazzaville)832130----54237
Congo, Democratic Republic1,46422123131285112,365
Costa Rica27---------38
Croatia------------39
Cuba17722------41260
Cyprus--------------
Czech Republic7167----47130137
Denmark--------------
Djibouti73146------187113
Dominica--------------
Dominican Republic87--------37173
Ecuador84----------111
Egypt1,0311,03292--​--1,1541,252
El Salvador397258157----431666
Equatorial Guinea--------------
Eritrea34852470----629473
Estonia--------------
Ethiopia604308134----4561,000
Fiji--------------
France21---------51
Gabon------------38
Gambia57--------25125
Georgia1375432----98305
Germany-----------21
Ghana1893875----119308
Greece--------------
Grenada--------------
Guatemala1676125----112255
Guinea19946------81407
Guinea-Bissau--------------
Guyana29--26----3870
Haiti1,6001,2522,20687413,5864,820
Honduras3008741----148486
Hong Kong (SAR)--------------
Hungary30225110525131512406
India6,3813525122211041,18910,354
Indonesia45--------2963
Iran5,3382,744174----3,0244,829
Iraq453484131----656606
Ireland--------------
Israel5630------5576
Italy38--------2068
Ivory Coast151--------36290
Jamaica2748169----173358
Japan--------------
Jordan530113141--26280716
Kazakhstan39----------74
Kenya4957442----132685
Korea DPR (North)--------------
Korea R. (South)23----------33
Kosovo4326------4847
Kuwait6838------4886
Kyrgyzstan--------------
Latvia--------------
Lebanon552207107----330746
Lesotho--------------
Liberia118----------156
Libya40833463----403494
Lithuania--------------
Madagascar------------26
Malawi75----------94
Malaysia--------------
Mali86----------209
Mauritania67--------25239
Mauritius------------20
Mexico5,6346021,0452883842,3196,829
Moldova-------------
Mongolia36--------2560
Montenegro--------------
Morocco92--------20149
Mozambique--------------
Myanmar, Burma23--------2526
Namibia--------------
Nepal23375------102320
Netherlands21---------31
Nicaragua328142------159513
Niger31----------61
Nigeria4,4721,7333,95151755,81010,782
North Macedonia, Republic Of--------------
Norway--------------
Oman--------------
Pakistan2,4201,416483----1,9613,240
Palestine544370------509877
Panama-------------
Papua New Guinea--------------
Paraguay--------------
Peru2055024----86303
Philippines93--------20117
Poland87--22----59135
Portugal--------------
Qatar------------23
Romania53817677421118792784
Russia130110-----138210
Rwanda660284------314803
Saint Kitts and Nevis, Fed. Of--------------
Saint Lucia24--------2121
Saint Vincent30--------2229
Saudi Arabia31228281----394396
Senegal184--------34374
Serbia--------------
Sierra Leone48----------95
Singapore--------------
Slovakia58148----37200207
Slovakia (Slovak Republic)--------------
Slovenia--------------
Solomon Islands--------------
Somalia26424191----361513
South Africa1403565----112244
Spain29----------48
Sri Lanka92428485----3921,267
Sudan96365031----706936
Sudan (South)------------21
Suriname--------------
Swaziland--------------
Sweden--------------
Switzerland--------------
Syria31171987----844370
Taiwan--------------
Tajikistan------------30
Tanzania18025------40228
Thailand--------------
Togo64--------20112
Trinidad and Tobago49----------71
Tunisia7921------34158
Turkey1,9392,04366----2,1651,696
Turkmenistan--------------
Uganda59618352----248851
Ukraine1776338----117341
United Arab Emirates59--------2871
United Kingdom--------------
United States of America423--463--​
53550857
Uruguay--------------
Uzbekistan--------------
Venezuela1,3341,329154----1,5201,473
Vietnam102--------28128
Yemen47870747----764420
Zambia------------33
Zimbabwe2627534----116392
Stateless--------------
Unknown80--------33114

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.​