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| Nationality of Asylum Seekers |
| Nationality | Number Decided | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Total | Fiscal Year | ||
| 1994-1999 | 2000-2005 | ||
| All | 297,240 | 140,212 | 157,028 |
| China | 55,121 | 20,075 | 35,046 |
| Haiti | 23,569 | 8,962 | 14,607 |
| Guatemala | 22,149 | 16,762 | 5,387 |
| El Salvador | 16,582 | 12,832 | 3,750 |
| Colombia | 15,434 | 1,111 | 14,323 |
| India | 12,907 | 6,825 | 6,082 |
| Mexico | 11,073 | 8,116 | 2,957 |
| Albania | 7,993 | 1,642 | 6,351 |
| Pakistan | 6,066 | 3,678 | 2,388 |
| Russia | 5,348 | 2,336 | 3,012 |
| Peru | 5,131 | 3,255 | 1,876 |
| Somalia | 4,990 | 2,311 | 2,679 |
| Ethiopia | 4,881 | 2,333 | 2,548 |
| Indonesia | 4,867 | 146 | 4,721 |
| Yugoslavia | 4,523 | 2,339 | 2,184 |
| Bangladesh | 4,421 | 2,793 | 1,628 |
| Armenia | 4,286 | 980 | 3,306 |
| Honduras | 4,274 | 3,215 | 1,059 |
| Mauritania | 4,247 | 2,233 | 2,014 |
| Nicaragua | 4,188 | 3,738 | 450 |
| Iran | 3,525 | 1,526 | 1,999 |
| Cuba | 3,483 | 2,375 | 1,108 |
| Nigeria | 3,071 | 1,876 | 1,195 |
| Philippines | 2,797 | 2,089 | 708 |
| Egypt | 2,763 | 878 | 1,885 |
| Liberia | 2,644 | 1,512 | 1,132 |
| Ukraine | 2,471 | 1,387 | 1,084 |
| Cameroon | 2,278 | 445 | 1,833 |
| Sri Lanka | 2,191 | 1,015 | 1,176 |
| Iraq | 2,136 | 540 | 1,596 |
| Romania | 2,085 | 1,457 | 628 |
| Guinea | 1,883 | 425 | 1,458 |
| Sierra Leone | 1,876 | 610 | 1,266 |
| Ghana | 1,825 | 1,484 | 341 |
| Afghanistan | 1,736 | 1,032 | 704 |
| Fiji | 1,509 | 578 | 931 |
| Bulgaria | 1,477 | 905 | 572 |
| Congo | 1,438 | 202 | 1,236 |
| Sudan | 1,291 | 486 | 805 |
| Burma (Myanmar) | 1,213 | 311 | 902 |
| Lebanon | 1,174 | 552 | 622 |
| Vietnam | 1,138 | 552 | 586 |
| Jordan | 945 | 535 | 410 |
| Georgia | 903 | 266 | 637 |
| Gambia | 898 | 615 | 283 |
| Laos | 861 | 557 | 304 |
| Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) | 829 | 397 | 432 |
| Togo | 786 | 257 | 529 |
| Venezuela | 757 | 150 | 607 |
| Uganda | 729 | 238 | 491 |
| Eritrea | 714 | 154 | 560 |
| Algeria | 692 | 408 | 284 |
| Kenya | 666 | 140 | 526 |
| Brazil | 656 | 267 | 389 |
| Ecuador | 652 | 443 | 209 |
| Argentina | 648 | 88 | 560 |
| Nepal | 613 | 145 | 468 |
| Zaire | 602 | 420 | 182 |
| Uzebekistan | 597 | 129 | 468 |
| Guyana | 596 | 164 | 432 |
| Senegal | 552 | 333 | 219 |
| Macedonia | 551 | 230 | 321 |
| Syria | 546 | 305 | 241 |
| Azerbaijan | 528 | 181 | 347 |
| Yemen | 514 | 216 | 298 |
| Stateless | 458 | 169 | 289 |
| Serbia Montenegro | 447 | 207 | 240 |
| Turkey | 438 | 111 | 327 |
| Kazakhstan | 435 | 160 | 275 |
| Kampuchea | 428 | 167 | 261 |
| Jamaica | 407 | 157 | 250 |
| Israel | 391 | 203 | 188 |
| Byelorussia (Belarus) | 376 | 141 | 235 |
| Burundi | 369 | 193 | 176 |
| Rwanda | 364 | 171 | 193 |
| Zimbabwe | 358 | 30 | 328 |
| Poland | 344 | 177 | 167 |
| Mali | 338 | 233 | 105 |
| Soviet Union | 329 | 75 | 254 |
| Cambodia | 293 | 126 | 167 |
| South Africa | 282 | 126 | 156 |
| Bolivia | 271 | 179 | 92 |
| United Kingdom | 260 | 127 | 133 |
| Latvia | 236 | 115 | 121 |
| Dominican Republic | 219 | 56 | 163 |
| Bosnia-Herzegovina | 214 | 111 | 103 |
| Lithuania | 204 | 94 | 110 |
| Suriname | 198 | 129 | 69 |
| Croatia | 194 | 118 | 76 |
| Moldavia (Moldova) | 193 | 87 | 106 |
| Trinidad And Tobago | 188 | 126 | 62 |
| Kuwait | 183 | 107 | 76 |
| Angola | 181 | 49 | 132 |
| Democratic Republic of Congo | 179 | - | 179 |
| Niger | 154 | 49 | 105 |
| Chile | 154 | 66 | 88 |
| Slovak Republic | 153 | 105 | 48 |
| Morocco | 149 | 53 | 96 |
| Estonia | 142 | 60 | 82 |
| Panama | 141 | 74 | 67 |
| Germany | 136 | 50 | 86 |
| Hungary | 135 | 92 | 43 |
| Thailand | 129 | 73 | 56 |
| Malaysia | 122 | 61 | 61 |
| Bukina Faso | 113 | 56 | 57 |
| Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) | 112 | 31 | 81 |
| France | 103 | 60 | 43 |
| Tanzania | 100 | 15 | 85 |
Note: Nationalities with less than 100 decisions have been omitted from this listing. "All" includes all nationalities.
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