Graphical Highlights
 
Asylum Denial Rates by Nationality
FY 2001 - FY 2006

Nationality Number Decided Percent Denied (%) Ranking
Jamaica 296 93.6 1
Argentina 836 92.3 2
Dominican Republic 190 92.1 3
El Salvador 3,950 90.9 4
Mexico 3,147 90.6 5
Nicaragua 596 90.1 6
Vietnam 498 88.4 7
Honduras 1,701 85.2 8
Guatemala 5,702 84.4 9
Cambodia 242 84.3 10
Guyana 590 83.7 11
Haiti 18,266 82.6 12
Ghana 286 82.2 13
Ecuador 256 82.0 14
Poland 206 80.6 15
Laos 326 79.1 16
Philippines 701 77.6 17
Cuba 960 77.4 18
Nigeria 1,170 76.2 19
Brazil 518 75.5 20
Morocco 121 75.2 21
Yemen 317 73.8 22
Niger 138 72.5 23
Indonesia 7,067 72.4 24
Venezuela 2,005 72.3 25
Angola 165 71.5 26
Jordan 482 70.7 27
Senegal 287 70.4 28
Macedonia 368 70.1 29
Syria 301 69.1 30
Lithuania 156 68.6 31
Israel 234 68.4 32
Tanzania 129 67.4 33
Colombia 18,823 66.0 34
South Africa 174 65.5 35
Algeria 289 63.7 36
Peru 1,599 62.9 37
Pakistan 2,767 62.3 38
Central African Republic 116 62.1 39
Turkey 395 62.0 40
Lebanon 622 61.6 41
Democratic Republic Of Congo 295 60.7 42
Kenya 755 60.7 42
United Kingdom 131 60.3 44
Sierra Leone 1,474 59.2 45
Kampuchea 244 59.0 46
Bosnia-Herzegovina 134 57.5 47
Burundi 175 57.1 48
Mauritania 2,368 56.9 49
Latvia 132 56.8 50
Ukraine 1,133 56.8 50
Moldavia (Moldova) 122 56.6 52
India 6,400 56.1 53
Gambia 357 55.5 54
Mongolia 188 54.8 55
Armenia 3,931 54.2 56
Yugoslavia 2,233 54.1 57
Fiji 1,033 53.5 58
Zimbabwe 573 53.4 59
Bangladesh 1,499 52.3 60
Romania 646 52.3 60
Georgia 752 51.2 62
Albania 7,235 50.4 63
China 39,891 50.1 64
Somalia 2,015 48.9 65
Serbia Montenegro 259 48.6 66
Sudan 831 48.5 67
Guinea 2,299 48.4 68
Uganda 548 48.4 68
Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire) 787 48.2 70
Cameroon 2,567 48.1 71
Congo 1,294 47.7 72
Bulgaria 668 47.6 73
Ethiopia 2,963 47.5 74
Mali 202 47.5 74
Togo 847 46.9 76
Sri Lanka 1,165 45.6 77
Zaire 158 45.6 77
Iran 2,056 45.6 77
Iraq 1,933 44.9 80
Liberia 1,153 44.5 81
Kazakhstan 274 43.8 82
Eritrea 699 43.3 83
Azerbaijan 358 42.5 84
Russia 3,014 39.7 85
Rwanda 216 38.0 86
Kirghizia (Kyrgyzstan) 116 37.9 87
Uzebekistan 677 36.2 88
Stateless - Alien Unable To Name A Country 443 36.1 89
Nepal 726 35.5 90
Afghanistan 601 34.6 91
Belarus 198 34.3 92
Egypt 2,108 33.5 93
Soviet Union 702 33.0 94
Byelorussia (Belarus) 307 31.6 95
Burma (Myanmar) 1,129 26.1 96

* Includes nationalities with at least 100 asylum decisions.


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