Refugee Appeals by Country of Alleged Persecution - 2021

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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.

Appeals by Country of Alleged Persecution – 2021 ​(January to March)

 FiledNon-Merit Merit
Total FinalizationsPending
(as of 2021​/03/31)
Dismissed - Lack of RAD JurisdictionDismissed - Appeal not PerfectedDismissed – Withdrawn, Abandoned & OtherDismissed - Confirmed RPDAllowed - Referred BackAllowed - Substituted Determination
Total2,1665762762,6774229904,2844,965
Afghanistan----------------22
Albania--------------2132
Algeria--------31----5747
Angola56------56----6693
Antigua and Barbuda------------------
Armenia------------------
Austria------------------
Azerbaijan------------------
Bahamas------------------
Bangladesh43----------305669
Barbados------------------
Belarus(Byelorussia)------------------
Belgium------------------
Benin------------------
Botswana------------------
Brazil--------25----28--
Brunei------------------
Bulgaria------------------
Burkina Faso------------------
Burundi------------------
Cameroon----------------24
Chad------------------
Chile------------------
China89------49--2790232
Colombia66------88----129138
Congo (Brazzaville)------------------
Congo, Democratic Republic29------81----10877
Costa Rica------------------
Croatia------------------
Cuba------------------
Czech Republic------------------
Denmark------------------
Djibouti------------------
Dominica------------------
Dominican Republic------------------
Ecuador------------------
Egypt--------48----5638
El Salvador------------------
Equatorial Guinea------------------
Eritrea------------------
Ethiopia------------365542
Fiji------------------
France------------------
Gabon------------------
Gambia------------------
Georgia----------------26
Ghana--------------2135
Grenada------------------
Guatemala------------------
Guinea------------------
Guinea-Bissau------------------
Guyana------------------
Haiti72------174----218373
Honduras------------------
Hong Kong (SAR)------------------
Hungary------------------
India241------1974348306458
Indonesia------------------
Iran22------------4055
Iraq24------------2441
Ireland------------------
Israel------------------
Italy------------------
Ivory Coast------------------
Jamaica----------------31
Jordan21------36----6235
Kenya40--------------86
Korea R. (South)------------------
Kosovo------------------
Kuwait------------------
Kyrgyzstan------------------
Lebanon21------------3326
Lesotho------------------
Liberia------------------
Libya----------------24
Madagascar------------------
Malawi------------------
Mali------------------
Mauritania------------------
Mexico320------45277108667649
Moldova------------------
Mongolia------------------
Montenegro------------------
Morocco------------------
Myanmar, Burma------------------
Namibia------------------
Nepal------------------
Netherlands------------------
Nicaragua------------------
Niger------------------
Nigeria491----238171143471,3091,166
Pakistan132------121--65211257
Palestine--------------21--
Panama------------------
Peru------------------
Philippines----------------27
Poland------------------
Portugal------------------
Qatar------------------
Romania------------------
Russia------------------
Rwanda22------20----2048
Saint Lucia------------------
Saint Vincent------------------
Saudi Arabia------------------
Senegal----------------33
Serbia------------------
Sierra Leone------------------
Slovakia------------------
Somalia--------------2727
South Africa--------20----4721
Spain------------------
Sri Lanka37------------3365
Sudan------------------
Sudan (South)------------------
Syria------------------
Tanzania------------------
Thailand------------------
Togo------------------
Trinidad and Tobago------------------
Tunisia------------------
Turkey--------------2627
Uganda--------------2239
Ukraine------------------
United Arab Emirates------------------
United States of America24------28----3355
Uruguay------------------
Uzbekistan------------------
Venezuela24------26----4340
Vietnam----------------23
Yemen------------------
Zambia------------------
Zimbabwe----------------26
Unknown------------------
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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. Learn more about how the Board approaches small value suppression.

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