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Asylum Denial Rates by Nationality Before and After the Attorney General's Directive (alphabetical) |
Nationality | Decisions | Denial Rate | ||
FY2004 to FY2006 |
FY2007 to FY2009 |
FY2004 to FY2006 |
FY2007 to FY2009 |
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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% |