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Asylum Denial Rates by Nationality Before and After the Attorney General's Directive (by denial rate) |
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| Nationality | Decisions | Denial Rate | ||
| FY2004 to FY2006 |
FY2007 to FY2009 |
FY2004 to FY2006 |
FY2007 to FY2009 |
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| Jamaica | 150 | 176 | 95% | 95% |
| Argentina | 620 | 114 | 94% | 79% |
| El Salvador | 2,514 | 4,209 | 92% | 91% |
| Vietnam | 219 | 118 | 90% | 81% |
| Mexico | 1,392 | 893 | 89% | 83% |
| Nicaragua | 330 | 432 | 88% | 88% |
| Cambodia | 160 | 93 | 85% | 68% |
| Honduras | 1,166 | 1,268 | 85% | 85% |
| Guatemala | 3,050 | 3,633 | 84% | 89% |
| Haiti | 9,426 | 6,701 | 81% | 80% |
| Guyana | 411 | 113 | 81% | 85% |
| Yemen | 142 | 84 | 80% | 73% |
| Ecuador | 124 | 119 | 79% | 77% |
| Cuba | 363 | 263 | 78% | 78% |
| Laos | 159 | 75 | 78% | 80% |
| Philippines | 320 | 159 | 78% | 79% |
| Indonesia | 4,713 | 1,748 | 76% | 70% |
| Nigeria | 471 | 280 | 76% | 69% |
| Syria | 166 | 107 | 75% | 58% |
| Brazil | 338 | 261 | 73% | 70% |
| Venezuela | 1,825 | 1,767 | 73% | 58% |
| Lebanon | 289 | 174 | 69% | 70% |
| Macedonia | 169 | 91 | 69% | 53% |
| Colombia | 10,407 | 3,803 | 67% | 62% |
| Peru | 791 | 433 | 67% | 70% |
| Jordan | 232 | 149 | 67% | 71% |
| Senegal | 177 | 155 | 67% | 60% |
| Pakistan | 1,426 | 737 | 66% | 52% |
| Israel | 151 | 100 | 66% | 59% |
| Algeria | 143 | 47 | 66% | 66% |
| Kenya | 468 | 380 | 62% | 57% |
| Fiji | 458 | 130 | 62% | 44% |
| Turkey | 183 | 82 | 60% | 46% |
| Ukraine | 507 | 269 | 60% | 56% |
| Sierra Leone | 705 | 273 | 60% | 60% |
| Democratic Republic Of Congo | 170 | 113 | 57% | 41% |
| India | 2,787 | 1,569 | 57% | 50% |
| Mongolia | 177 | 227 | 57% | 46% |
| Gambia | 209 | 277 | 56% | 50% |
| Romania | 269 | 189 | 55% | 46% |
| Iraq | 853 | 1,099 | 53% | 13% |
| Mauritania | 1,343 | 636 | 53% | 49% |
| Zimbabwe | 388 | 345 | 52% | 38% |
| Liberia | 455 | 236 | 52% | 55% |
| Georgia | 384 | 148 | 51% | 53% |
| Armenia | 1,736 | 743 | 50% | 39% |
| Bangladesh | 749 | 378 | 49% | 45% |
| Kampuchea | 108 | 11 | 48% | 55% |
| Togo | 593 | 261 | 47% | 37% |
| Serbia Montenegro | 116 | 132 | 46% | 36% |
| Albania | 3,338 | 1,359 | 45% | 36% |
| Iran | 842 | 368 | 45% | 39% |
| Mali | 163 | 273 | 45% | 54% |
| Congo | 532 | 247 | 45% | 36% |
| Yugoslavia | 959 | 419 | 44% | 26% |
| Cameroon | 1,600 | 762 | 44% | 37% |
| Sri Lanka | 400 | 411 | 44% | 40% |
| Kazakhstan | 118 | 90 | 44% | 32% |
| Uganda | 247 | 151 | 44% | 33% |
| Ivory Coast (Cote D'ivoire) | 605 | 512 | 43% | 45% |
| China | 18,213 | 14,402 | 43% | 31% |
| Guinea | 1,510 | 1,070 | 42% | 36% |
| Sudan | 290 | 128 | 42% | 39% |
| Russia | 1,312 | 792 | 41% | 38% |
| Azerbaijan | 150 | 60 | 41% | 30% |
| Bulgaria | 319 | 199 | 40% | 37% |
| Ethiopia | 1,454 | 1,253 | 40% | 28% |
| Somalia | 487 | 438 | 40% | 31% |
| Afghanistan | 190 | 84 | 39% | 33% |
| Uzebekistan | 426 | 299 | 38% | 42% |
| Rwanda | 107 | 76 | 35% | 29% |
| Nepal | 521 | 567 | 34% | 35% |
| Belarus | 165 | 151 | 33% | 31% |
| Soviet Union | 653 | 553 | 32% | 23% |
| Egypt | 1,031 | 673 | 32% | 23% |
| Eritrea | 328 | 413 | 30% | 16% |
| Stateless - Alien Unable To Name a Country | 307 | 264 | 30% | 30% |
| Burma (Myanmar) | 611 | 425 | 26% | 21% |
| Byelorussia (Belarus) | 193 | 131 | 26% | 15% |
| * Includes nationalities with at least 100 asylum decisions. |
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