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

sort alphabetical  sort by denial rate

Nationality* Decisions Denial Rate
FY2004
to
FY2006
FY2008
to
FY2010
FY2004
to
FY2006
FY2008
to
FY2010
Jamaica                                          150 219 94.7 95.9
Guyana                                           411 79 81.0 93.7
El Salvador                                      2,514 3,930 92.0 90.4
Guatemala                                        3,050 3,644 84.3 88.0
Nicaragua                                        330 419 88.2 87.4
Dominican Republic                               85 86 94.1 87.2
Honduras                                         1,166 1,222 84.6 86.7
Mexico                                           1,392 1,145 89.3 85.8
Cuba                                             363 300 78.0 85.7
Ecuador                                          124 137 79.0 81.8
Vietnam                                          219 115 89.5 81.7
Philippines                                      320 158 77.5 79.1
Haiti                                            9,426 5,163 81.3 79.0
Argentina                                        620 75 94.0 78.7
Tanzania                                         74 51 63.5 76.5
Poland                                           90 59 83.3 76.3
Laos                                             159 88 78.0 75.0
Ghana                                            94 106 84.0 74.5
Brazil                                           338 227 73.4 71.8
Yemen                                            142 59 79.6 71.2
Lebanon                                          289 166 68.9 71.1
Morocco                                          72 50 80.6 70.0
Peru                                             791 359 67.3 69.9
Nigeria                                          471 294 76.0 69.7
Indonesia                                        4,713 1,452 76.3 69.6
Jordan                                           232 141 67.2 68.1
Bosnia-Herzegovina                               68 77 69.1 64.9
Cambodia                                         160 79 85.0 64.6
Senegal                                          177 146 67.2 63.0
Liberia                                          455 206 51.9 62.1
Israel                                           151 103 66.2 61.2
Sierra Leone                                     705 244 59.9 60.7
Colombia                                         10,407 2,663 67.3 60.5
Turkey                                           183 86 60.1 58.1
Venezuela                                        1,825 1,468 73.1 56.9
Syria                                            166 86 75.3 55.8
Niger                                            74 56 75.7 55.4
Macedonia                                        169 75 68.6 54.7
Ukraine                                          507 321 60.0 54.5
Kenya                                            468 463 62.2 52.3
Pakistan                                         1,426 694 66.3 51.7
Mali                                             163 315 44.8 51.4
Gambia                                           209 272 56.0 50.0
Burundi                                          80 58 55.0 48.3
India                                            2,787 1,342 56.5 48.2
Mauritania                                       1,343 450 52.9 47.6
Moldavia (Moldova)                               54 133 61.1 47.4
Fiji                                             458 121 61.8 45.5
Georgia                                          384 134 50.8 45.5
Democratic Republic of Congo                     170 119 56.5 45.4
Mongolia                                         177 220 56.5 44.5
Ivory Coast (Cote D'Ivoire)                      605 422 42.6 44.5
Romania                                          269 173 54.6 43.4
Zimbabwe                                         388 317 52.3 42.6
Uzebekistan                                      426 309 37.6 41.7
Sudan                                            290 165 42.1 41.2
Russia                                           1,312 740 41.1 40.0
Bangladesh                                       749 288 48.9 39.9
Sri Lanka                                        400 447 44.3 39.4
Afghanistan                                      190 64 38.9 39.1
Albania                                          3,338 1,025 45.3 37.1
Kazakhstan                                       118 89 44.1 37.1
Uganda                                           247 126 43.7 36.5
Iran                                             842 341 45.1 36.4
People's Republic of the Congo                   532 216 44.7 35.6
Guinea                                           1,510 901 42.3 35.5
Bulgaria                                         319 152 40.4 34.9
Togo                                             593 200 47.4 34.5
Serbia Montenegro                                116 129 45.7 34.1
Armenia                                          1,736 771 50.4 34.0
Central African Republic                         85 51 64.7 33.3
China                                            18,213 14,200 42.5 31.9
Nepal                                            521 718 34.2 31.2
Cameroon                                         1,600 733 44.3 30.6
Stateless - Alien Unable to Name a Country       307 255 29.6 28.2
Somalia                                          487 535 40.0 27.3
Ethiopia                                         1,454 1,320 40.3 24.3
Burkina Faso                                     56 124 62.5 24.2
Yugoslavia                                       959 362 44.4 22.7
Belarus                                          165 168 32.7 22.6
Rwanda                                           107 85 34.6 22.4
Soviet Union                                     653 519 32.3 21.6
Egypt                                            1,031 653 32.0 20.7
Burma (Myanmar)                                  611 371 26.0 19.1
Byelorussia (Belarus)                            193 123 25.9 17.9
Eritrea                                          328 514 30.2 13.2
Iraq                                             853 1,017 53.1 13.0

* includes nationalities with at least 50 asylum decisions in each period.


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