Graphical Highlights
 
Asylum Denial Rates by Nationality
Before and After the Attorney General's Directive
(alphabetical)

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Nationality Decisions Denial Rate
FY2004
to
FY2006
FY2007
to
FY2009
FY2004
to
FY2006
FY2007
to
FY2009
Afghanistan 190 84 39% 33%
Albania                     3,338 1,359 45% 36%
Algeria                     143 47 66% 66%
Andorra                     4 1 25% 0%
Angola                      90 37 66% 46%
Antigua And Barbuda         1 1 100% 100%
Argentina                   620 114 94% 79%
Armenia                     1,736 743 50% 39%
Aruba                              - 1        - 100%
Australia                   5 2 100% 100%
Austria                     12 11 67% 100%
Azerbaijan                  150 60 41% 30%
Bahamas                     24 17 79% 82%
Bahrain                     18 6 89% 100%
Bangladesh                  749 378 49% 45%
Barbados                    4 1 75% 100%
Belarus                     165 151 33% 31%
Belgium                     12 19 42% 32%
Belize                      16 13 75% 85%
Benin                       22 13 68% 39%
Bermuda                     2 1 0% 100%
Bhutan                      7 8 43% 13%
Bolivia                     51 30 75% 67%
Bosnia-Herzegovina          68 82 69% 55%
Botswana                    2 2 50% 50%
Brazil                      338 261 73% 70%
British Indian Ocean Territory        4 1 100% 100%
Bulgaria                    319 199 40% 37%
Burkina Faso                56 95 63% 37%
Burma (Myanmar)             611 425 26% 21%
Burundi                     80 75 55% 60%
Byelorussia (Belarus)       193 131 26% 15%
Cambodia                    160 93 85% 68%
Cameroon                    1,600 762 44% 37%
Canada                      27 29 37% 55%
Cape Verde                  2 3 100% 100%
Cayman Islands                     - 1        - 0%
Central African Republic    85 51 65% 35%
Chad                        48 90 35% 23%
Chile                       45 13 76% 54%
China                       18,213 14,402 43% 31%
Colombia                    10,407 3,803 67% 62%
Comoros                     3 2 33% 100%
Costa Rica                  26 21 69% 71%
Croatia                     22 13 68% 77%
Cuba                        363 263 78% 78%
Cyprus                      3 1 67% 0%
Czech Republic              19 6 74% 50%
Czechoslovakia              28 14 71% 64%
Democratic Republic Of Congo 170 113 57% 41%
Denmark                     4 1 100% 100%
Djibouti                    8 7 13% 57%
Dominica                    3 1 100% 100%
Dominican Republic          85 74 94% 89%
East Germany                1 2 100% 100%
Ecuador                     124 119 79% 77%
Egypt                       1,031 673 32% 23%
El Salvador                 2,514 4,209 92% 91%
Equatorial Guinea           2 10 0% 10%
Eritrea                     328 413 30% 16%
Estonia                     35 63 51% 65%
Ethiopia                    1,454 1,253 40% 28%
Federated States of Micronesa       3 2 100% 100%
Fiji                        458 130 62% 44%
Finland                     2 2 50% 0%
France                      27 18 67% 83%
Gabon                       20 13 50% 62%
Gambia                      209 277 56% 50%
Gaza Strip                  1 1 100% 100%
Georgia                     384 148 51% 53%
Germany                     46 37 61% 78%
Ghana                       94 85 84% 72%
Gibraltar                   3        - 67%        -
Greece                      26 18 46% 33%
Grenada                     4 2 100% 50%
Guadeloupe                  1        - 0%        -
Guatemala                   3,050 3,633 84% 89%
Guinea                      1,510 1,070 42% 36%
Guinea Bissau               24 14 58% 43%
Guyana                      411 113 81% 85%
Haiti                       9,426 6,701 81% 80%
Honduras                    1,166 1,268 85% 85%
Hong Kong                   8 7 88% 71%
Hungary                     17 3 71% 67%
Iceland                     3        - 33%        -
India                       2,787 1,569 57% 50%
Indonesia                   4,713 1,748 76% 70%
Iran                        842 368 45% 39%
Iraq                        853 1,099 53% 13%
Ireland                     1 1 100% 100%
Israel                      151 100 66% 59%
Italy                       28 21 86% 100%
Ivory Coast (Cote D'ivoire) 605 512 43% 45%
Jamaica                     150 176 95% 95%
Japan                       28 10 79% 50%
Jordan                      232 149 67% 71%
Kampuchea                   108 11 48% 55%
Kazakhstan                  118 90 44% 32%
Kenya                       468 380 62% 57%
Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan)      71 26 32% 39%
Kosovo                      30 29 60% 41%
Kuwait                      38 22 61% 68%
Laos                        159 75 78% 80%
Latvia                      63 29 46% 66%
Lebanon                     289 174 69% 70%
Lesotho                            - 2        - 100%
Liberia                     455 236 52% 55%
Libya                       7 14 71% 36%
Lithuania                   90 34 64% 82%
Macau                       3 1 100% 100%
Macedonia                   169 91 69% 53%
Madagascar                  4 10 50% 40%
Malawi                      15 15 47% 73%
Malaysia                    37 36 68% 78%
Maldives                    2 4 0% 0%
Mali                        163 273 45% 54%
Malta                       2 1 50% 0%
Mauritania                  1,343 636 53% 49%
Mauritius                   1 1 100% 100%
Mexico                      1,392 893 89% 83%
Moldavia (Moldova)          54 66 61% 49%
Monaco                      1 3 100% 0%
Mongolia                    177 227 57% 46%
Montenegro                  3 2 67% 50%
Montserrat                  1 1 100% 100%
Morocco                     72 44 81% 66%
Mozambique                         - 1        - 0%
Namibia                     3 7 100% 86%
Nauru                              - 3        - 100%
Nepal                       521 567 34% 35%
Netherlands                 13 12 85% 75%
Netherlands Antilles        4        - 100%        -
Nicaragua                   330 432 88% 88%
Niger                       74 51 76% 43%
Nigeria                     471 280 76% 69%
Niue                        4 12 75% 25%
No Nationality              1 2 0% 50%
North Korea                 10 6 30% 0%
Norway                      2        - 100%        -
Oman                        1 3 0% 33%
Pakistan                    1,426 737 66% 52%
Palestinian                 22 24 96% 58%
Panama                      36 19 50% 84%
Papua New Guinea                   - 1        - 100%
Paraguay                    14 4 79% 75%
People's Republic Of The                                   
Congo                       532 247 45% 36%
Peru                        791 433 67% 70%
Philippines                 320 159 78% 79%
Poland                      90 53 83% 72%
Portugal                    9 5 33% 80%
Qatar                       3 10 67% 60%
Romania                     269 189 55% 46%
Russia                      1,312 792 41% 38%
Rwanda                      107 76 35% 29%
San Marino                  3        - 100%        -
Saudi Arabia                35 26 43% 54%
Senegal                     177 155 67% 60%
Serbia Montenegro           116 132 46% 36%
Seychelles                  18 3 44% 67%
Sierra Leone                705 273 60% 60%
Singapore                   18 9 61% 33%
Slovak Republic             23 6 74% 83%
Slovenia                    10 4 80% 25%
Somalia                     487 438 40% 31%
South Africa                81 45 63% 80%
South Korea                 28 22 82% 82%
Soviet Union                653 553 32% 23%
Spain                       24 7 88% 43%
Sri Lanka                   400 411 44% 40%
St. Kiitts, West Indies     4 1 100% 100%
St. Kitts And Nevis         2        - 50%        -
St. Lucia                   3 3 100% 67%
St. Vincent And The                                        
Grenadines                  1 4 100% 100%
Stateless - Alien Unable To Name a Country 307 264 30% 30%
Sudan                       290 128 42% 39%
Suriname                    11 6 73% 83%
Swaziland                   2        - 50%        -
Sweden                      2 14 100% 79%
Switzerland                 2 4 100% 0%
Syria                       166 107 75% 58%
Taiwan                      14 7 71% 86%
Tajikistan (Tadzhik)        24 17 21% 35%
Tanzania                    74 68 64% 63%
Thailand                    28 30 96% 77%
The Republic Of Palau       1        - 100%        -
Togo                        593 261 47% 37%
Tonga                       7 4 86% 100%
Trinidad And Tobago         32 51 78% 86%
Tunisia                     40 21 88% 91%
Turkey                      183 82 60% 46%
Turkmenistan                67 55 22% 40%
Turks And Caicos Islands    4        - 75%        -
Uganda                      247 151 44% 33%
Ukraine                     507 269 60% 56%
United Arab Emirates        20        - 35%        -
United Kingdom              55 24 71% 79%
Unknown Nationality         1 10 0% 70%
Uruguay                     48 19 88% 95%
Uzebekistan                 426 299 38% 42%
Venezuela                   1,825 1,767 73% 58%
Vietnam                     219 118 90% 81%
Western Samoa                      - 2        - 100%
Yemen                       142 84 80% 73%
Yugoslavia                  959 419 44% 26%
Zaire                       37 17 57% 18%
Zambia                      50 28 56% 54%
Zimbabwe                    388 345 52% 38%

 


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