Refugee Appeals by Country of Alleged Persecution - 2026

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The following table includes all intake: appeals by the claimant or by the Minister that have not yet been decided by the Refugee Appeal Division (RAD), and appeals that have been returned to the RAD from the Federal Court. Please note:

  • Appeals finalized in a given year may have been filed in a previous year.
  • The country of alleged persecution in the table below corresponds to the first listed country of alleged persecution as identified by the claimant when they made their claim before the Refugee Protection Division (RPD), and which was entered in the case management system.
  • Only countries for which an appeal was filed, finalized, or pending within this reporting period are displayed.
  • The table below reflects the data on countries contained within the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) case management system and is used solely to support the refugee determination process. The fact that these countries are listed should not be construed as implying that the IRB recognizes these particular countries’ sovereignty or political status. Furthermore, country names may not accurately reflect the current geopolitical situation; rather, they reflect the information as it currently exists in the IRB case management system.

Due to privacy considerations, some values in this table have been suppressed and replaced with the notation "--". As a result, components may not be a sum of the total indicated. In general, the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada suppresses values less than 20.
See protecting privacy when releasing statistical information: small value suppression to learn more about how the Board approaches small value suppression.

Appeals by Country of Alleged Persecution – January to March​ ​2026​
 
FiledNon-Merit Merit
Total FinalizationsPending
(as of 2026​/03/31​)
Dismissed - Lack of RAD JurisdictionDismissed - Appeal not PerfectedDismissed – Withdrawn, Abandoned & OtherDismissed - Confirmed RPDAllowed - Referred BackAllowed - Substituted Determination
Total
3,708 112 165 36 2,269 237 650 3,469 4,958
Afghanistan--------------2333
Albania------------------
Algeria32--------------38
Angola34------50----6552
Antigua and Barbuda------------------
Argentina------------------
Azerbaijan------------------
Bahamas------------------
Bahrain------------------
Bangladesh287------209--53286398
Barbados------------------
Belgium------------------
Benin------------------
Bolivia------------------
Brazil------------------
Burkina Faso------------------
Burundi20--------------28
Cameroon38------32----4561
Central African Republic------------------
Chad45------------3955
Chile31------20----3943
China51------35----5556
Colombia164------61--28121193
Comoros------------------
Congo, Democratic Republic of the95--21--72----111110
Congo, Republic of the (Brazzaville)------------------
Costa Rica------------------
Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)20--------------35
Cuba----------------25
Djibouti------------------
Dominica------------------
Dominican Republic------------------
Ecuador26------------2627
Egypt------------------
El Salvador------------------
Equatorial Guinea------------------
Eritrea------------------
Ethiopia------------222621
Fiji------------------
France------------------
Gabon------------------
Gambia------------------
Georgia22--------------27
Ghana190------85----127217
Greece------------------
Guatemala------------------
Guinea22------------2035
Guinea-Bissau------------------
Haiti44------28----3858
Honduras------------------
Hong Kong------------------
Hungary------------------
India610------49649125697797
Indonesia------------------
Iran------------------
Iraq------------------
Ireland------------------
Israel------------------
Italy------------------
Jamaica------------------
Jordan45------26----4079
Kazakhstan------------------
Kenya74------61--3398105
Korea, Republic of (South Korea)------------------
Kosovo------------------
Kuwait------------------
Latvia------------------
Lebanon31------------2353
Liberia------------------
Libya------------------
Lithuania------------------
Madagascar------------------
Malaysia------------------
Mali------------------
Mauritania------------------
Mauritius------------------
Mexico554--22--3262865449613
Mongolia------------------
Morocco------------------
Myanmar (Burma)------------------
Namibia------------------
Nepal21--------------29
Netherlands------------------
Nicaragua------------------
Niger------------------
Nigeria412--21--2914087449475
North Macedonia------------------
Pakistan143------64--33114196
Palestine------------------
Panama------------------
Peru32--------------46
Philippines------------------
Poland------------------
Portugal------------------
Romania--------------21--
Russia------------------
Rwanda29------23----3546
Saint Kitts and Nevis------------------
Saint Lucia------------------
Senegal96------59----75127
Serbia------------------
Sierra Leone------------------
Somalia----------------26
South Africa------------------
South Sudan------------------
Sri Lanka42------------3176
Sudan------------------
Sweden------------------
Switzerland------------------
Syria------------------
Tanzania----------------25
Togo----------------21
Trinidad and Tobago------------------
Tunisia------------------
Türkiye32------22----3755
Uganda35------------3950
Ukraine------------------
United Kingdom------------------
United States------------------
Uruguay------------------
Uzbekistan------------------
Venezuela38------------3158
Viet Nam24--------------31
Yemen------------------
Zimbabwe----------------21
(Blank)------------------
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