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Asylum Denial Rates by Nationality Before and After the Attorney General's Directive (alphabetical) |
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| 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% |
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