Asylum Statistics Chart FY 1998
Chart 4
ASYLUM STATISTICS
FY 1998
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| Nationality | Pending 10/1/97 |
Cases Received |
Cases Granted |
Individuals Granted |
Cases Denied |
Cases Other |
Pending 10/01/98 |
| Totals | 54,667 |
60,013 |
5,924 |
7,470 |
17,638 |
24,579 |
66,539 |
| UNKNOWN NATIONALITY | 0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
| AFGHANISTAN | 125 |
149 |
89 |
150 |
27 |
31 |
127 |
| ALBANIA | 331 |
938 |
171 |
235 |
203 |
160 |
735 |
| ALGERIA | 82 |
134 |
42 |
47 |
39 |
23 |
112 |
| ANDORRA | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| ANGOLA | 8 |
14 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
1 |
13 |
| ANGUILLA | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| ANTIQUA AND BARBUDA | 4 |
4 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
| ARGENTINA | 40 |
79 |
2 |
2 |
7 |
16 |
94 |
| ARMENIA | 384 |
348 |
28 |
41 |
88 |
70 |
546 |
| ARU13A | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| AUSTRALIA | 2 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
| AUSTRIA | 2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| AZERBAIJAN | 52 |
80 |
21 |
30 |
17 |
13 |
81 |
| BAHAMAS | 15 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
13 |
11 |
| BAHRAIN | 9 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
2 |
23 |
| BANGLADESH | 1,635 |
820 |
68 |
110 |
352 |
314 |
1,721 |
| BARBADOS | 10 |
7 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
11 |
| BELGIUM | 2 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
| BELIZE | 22 |
26 |
0 |
0 |
12 |
9 |
27 |
| BENIN | 6 |
15 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
14 |
| BERMUDA | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| BHUTAN | 2 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
| BOLIVIA | 59 |
35 |
3 |
10 |
9 |
19 |
63 |
| BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA | 27 |
15 |
11 |
16 |
1 |
7 |
23 |
| BOTSWANA | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| BOUVET ISLAND | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| BRAZIL | 112 |
151 |
4 |
5 |
46 |
48 |
165 |
Note: These figures reflect combined 243-H Asylum statistics
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ASYLUM STATISTICS
FY 1998
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| Nationality | Pending 10/1/97 |
Cases Received |
Cases Granted |
Individuals Granted |
Cases Denied |
Cases Other |
Pending 10/01/98 |
| BRITISH INDIAN OCEAN TERRITORY | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS | 1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| BRITISH WEST INDIES | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| BRUNEI | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| BUKINA FASO | 23 |
20 |
2 |
2 |
9 |
9 |
23 |
| BULGARIA | 275 |
269 |
51 |
84 |
71 |
108 |
314 |
| BURMA (MYANMAR) | 109 |
127 |
47 |
53 |
17 |
27 |
145 |
| BURUNDI | 59 |
99 |
7 |
7 |
45 |
55 |
51 |
| BYELORUSSIA (BELARUS) | 70 |
62 |
12 |
18 |
9 |
22 |
89 |
| CAMBODIA | 22 |
65 |
6 |
6 |
25 |
25 |
31 |
| CAMEROON | 101 |
167 |
58 |
65 |
43 |
33 |
134 |
| CANADA | 10 |
16 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
13 |
| CAPE VERDE | 4 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
| CAYMAN ISLANDS | 1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC | 5 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
6 |
| CHAD | 3 |
8 |
2 |
2 |
2 |
0 |
7 |
| CHILE | 27 |
31 |
3 |
7 |
8 |
11 |
36 |
| CHINA | 8,623 |
4,485 |
1,368 |
1,505 |
2,213 |
1,520 |
8,007 |
| CHRISTMAS ISLANDS | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| COCOS ISLAND | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| COLOMBIA | 297 |
525 |
16 |
34 |
119 |
189 |
498 |
| COMORO ISLANDS | 0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| CONGO | 1 |
170 |
20 |
20 |
29 |
20 |
112 |
| COOK ISLANDS | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| COSTA RICA | 15 |
13 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
7 |
18 |
| CROATIA | 97 |
36 |
5 |
5 |
14 |
25 |
89 |
| CUBA | 599 |
600 |
152 |
183 |
201 |
276 |
570 |
| CYPRUS | 1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| CZECH REPUBLIC | 2 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
5 |
| CZECHOSLOVAKIA | 21 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
13 |
22 |
Note: These figures reflect combined 243-H Asylum statistics
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FY 1998
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| Nationality | Pending 10/1/97 |
Cases Received |
Cases Granted |
Individuals Granted |
Cases Denied |
Cases Other |
Pending 10/01/98 |
| DENMARK | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| DJIBOUTI | 0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| DOMINICA | 9 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
4 |
11 |
| DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | 17 |
43 |
0 |
0 |
13 |
24 |
23 |
| EAST GERMANY | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| ECUADOR | 287 |
246 |
4 |
4 |
68 |
173 |
288 |
| EGYPT | 213 |
349 |
68 |
117 |
73 |
77 |
344 |
| EL SALVADOR | 3,858 |
7,447 |
92 |
108 |
2,398 |
2,131 |
6,684 |
| EQUATORIAL GUINEA | 0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
| ERITREA | 29 |
84 |
27 |
31 |
15 |
8 |
63 |
| ESTONIA | 29 |
to |
6 |
15 |
4 |
3 |
26 |
| ETHIOPIA | 451 |
580 |
162 |
190 |
220 |
132 |
517 |
| FAEROE ISLAND | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| FALKLAND ISLANDS | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONESA | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| FIJI | 142 |
72 |
11 |
26 |
19 |
28 |
156 |
| FINLAND | 7 |
2 |
1 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
| FRANCE | 13 |
14 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
7 |
16 |
| FRENCH GUIANA | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| FRENCH POLYNESIA | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| FRENCH SOUTHERN AND ANTARCTIC LAN | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| FRENCH WEST INDIES | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| GABON | 3 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
| GAMBIA | 319 |
137 |
33 |
41 |
69 |
94 |
260 |
| GAZA STRIP | 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| GEORGIA | 117 |
99 |
21 |
27 |
28 |
27 |
140 |
| GERMANY | 10 |
18 |
2 |
5 |
5 |
6 |
15 |
| GHANA | 473 |
186 |
16 |
17 |
134 |
116 |
393 |
| GIBRALTAR | 1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| GREECE | 5 |
9 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
Note: These figures reflect combined 243-H Asylum statistics
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FY 1998
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| Nationality | Pending 10/1/97 |
Cases Received |
Cases Granted |
individuals Granted |
Cases Denied |
Cases Other |
Pending 10/01/98 |
| GREENLAND | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| GRENADA | 15 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
15 |
| GI 1ADELOUPE | 1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
| GUATEMALA | 4,468 |
8,613 |
159 |
200 |
2,180 |
3,827 |
6,915 |
| GUINEA | 181 |
155 |
28 |
31 |
60 |
32 |
216 |
| GUINEA BISSAU | 5 |
8 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
9 |
| GUYANA | 88 |
57 |
2 |
2 |
23 |
25 |
95 |
| HAITI | 3,423 |
3,237 |
200 |
243 |
1,222 |
3,049 |
2,189 |
| HEARD AND MCDONALD ISLANDS | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| HONDURAS | 1,165 |
1,580 |
36 |
44 |
459 |
582 |
1,668 |
| HONG KONG | 3 |
11 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
3 |
5 |
| HUNGARY | 39 |
31 |
3 |
4 |
4 |
16 |
47 |
| ICELAND | 2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
| INDIA | 2,527 |
3,194 |
271 |
307 |
825 |
1,297 |
3,328 |
| INDONESIA | 32 |
45 |
2 |
5 |
16 |
12 |
47 |
| IRAN | 395 |
576 |
142 |
210 |
127 |
148 |
554 |
| IRAQ | 129 |
233 |
49 |
80 |
69 |
44 |
200 |
| IRELAND | 1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
| ISRAEL | 101 |
83 |
7 |
7 |
28 |
35 |
114 |
| ITALY | 5 |
8 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
8 |
| IVORY COAST (COTE, D'IVOIRE) | 197 |
102 |
14 |
15 |
45 |
62 |
178 |
| JAMAICA | 121 |
87 |
2 |
2 |
26 |
46 |
134 |
| JAPAN | 7 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
8 |
16 |
| JORDAN | 151 |
192 |
14 |
36 |
48 |
67 |
214 |
| KAMPUCHEA | 20 |
140 |
18 |
21 |
35 |
23 |
84 |
| KAZAKHSTAN | 38 |
46 |
12 |
25 |
10 |
13 |
49 |
| KENYA | 31 |
76 |
4 |
5 |
15 |
14 |
74 |
| KIRGHIZIA (KYRGYZSTAN) | 7 |
9 |
2 |
2 |
4 |
2 |
8 |
| KIRIBATI | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| KOSRAE, FEDERATED STATES OF MICRONE | 2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
4 |
Note: These figures reflect combined 243-H Asylum statistics
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| Nationality | Pending 10/1/97 |
Cases Received |
Cases Granted |
Individuals Granted |
Cases Denied |
Cases Other |
Pending 10/01/98 |
| KUWAIT | 19 |
57 |
2 |
4 |
9 |
23 |
42 |
| LAOS | 160 |
182 |
22 |
28 |
75 |
69 |
176 |
| LATVIA | 39 |
35 |
9 |
13 |
7 |
9 |
49 |
| LEBANON | 251 |
256 |
19 |
32 |
65 |
119 |
304 |
| LESOTHO | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| LIBYA | 539 |
523 |
114 |
132 |
129 |
252 |
567 |
| LIBERIA | 9 |
11 |
3 |
3 |
4 |
2 |
11 |
| LIECHTENSTEIN | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| LITHUANIA | 21 |
34 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
14 |
38 |
| LUXEMBBURG | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| MACAU | 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| MAMOONIA | 111 |
58 |
8 |
15 |
39 |
19 |
103 |
| MADAGASCAR | 11 |
10 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
12 |
| MALAWI | 3 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
5 |
3 |
| MALAYSIA | 33 |
19 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
8 |
35 |
| MALDIVES | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| MALI | 222 |
74 |
2 |
2 |
50 |
59 |
185 |
| MALTA | 2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
| MARTIMQUE | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| MAURITANIA | 653 |
925 |
238 |
239 |
374 |
154 |
812 |
| MAURITIUS | 2 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
| MEXICO | 8,306 |
10,116 |
20 |
29 |
2,340 |
4,117 |
11,945 |
| MIDWAY ISLANDS | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| MOLDAVIA (MOLDOVA) | 32 |
27 |
9 |
19 |
11 |
5 |
34 |
| MONACO | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| MONGOLIA | 0 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
| MONTSERRAT | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| MOROCCO | 11 |
20 |
5 |
6 |
6 |
5 |
15 |
| MOZAMBIQUE | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| NAMIBIA | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
Note: These figures reflect combined 243-H Asylum statistics
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FY 1998
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| Nationality | Pending 10/1/97 |
Cases Received |
Cases Granted |
Individuals Granted |
Cases Denied |
Cases Other |
Pending 10/01/98 |
| NAURU | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| NEPAL | 24 |
127 |
6 |
9 |
17 |
12 |
116 |
| NETHERLANDS | 2 |
5 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
| NETHERLANDS ANTILLES | 0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| NEW CALEDONIA | 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| NEW ZEALAND | 0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
| NICARAGUA | 2,604 |
593 |
14 |
21 |
155 |
1,067 |
1,961 |
| NIGER | 24 |
39 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
9 |
42 |
| NIGERIA | 753 |
686 |
133 |
160 |
235 |
234 |
837 |
| NIM | 3 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
2 |
2 |
| NO NATIONALITY | 0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| NORFOLK ISLAND | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| NORTH KOREA | 4 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
9 |
| NORWAY | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| OMAN | 0 |
9 | 0 |
0 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
| PAKISTAN | 1,073 |
949 |
111 |
192 |
314 |
377 |
1,220 |
| PALAU | 1 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
4 |
| PANAMA | 22 |
18 |
0 |
0 |
9 |
8 |
23 |
| PAPUA NEW GUINEA | 0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
| PARAGUAY | 8 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
8 |
12 |
| PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF BENIN | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| PERU | 863 |
1,137 |
87 |
161 |
234 |
265 |
1,414 |
| PHILIPPINES | 963 |
619 |
19 |
37 |
208 |
269 |
1,086 |
| PITCAIRN ISLANDS | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| POLAND | 208 |
195 |
1 |
2 |
24 |
182 |
196 |
| PORTUGAL | 43 |
31 |
0 |
0 |
5 |
21 |
48 |
| QATAR | 3 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
3 |
| REUNIOUN | 0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| ROMANIA | 513 |
378 |
27 |
43 |
99 |
192 |
573 |
| RUSSIA | 1,041 |
923 |
183 |
307 |
177 |
309 |
1,295 |
Note: These figures reflect combined 243-H Asylum statistics
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| Nationality | Pending 10/1/97 |
Cases Received |
Cases Granted |
Individuals Granted |
Cases Denied |
Cases Other |
Pending 10/01/98 |
| RWANDA | 91 |
75 |
14 |
18 |
51 |
48 |
53 |
| SAN MARINO | 0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
1 |
| SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| SAUDI ARABIA | 10 |
14 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
3 |
12 |
| SENEGAL | 149 |
99 |
10 |
10 |
44 |
36 |
158 |
| SERBIA MONTENEGRO | 52 |
80 |
21 |
26 |
16 |
14 |
81 |
| SEYCHELLES | 1 |
5 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
| SIERRA LEONE | 113 |
240 |
21 |
21 |
50 |
128 |
154 |
| SINGAPORE | 2 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
4 |
| SLOVAK REPUBLIC | 40 |
15 |
1 |
5 |
9 |
8 |
37 |
| SLOVENIA | 7 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
2 |
10 |
| SOLOMON ISLANDS | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| SOMALIA | 399 |
876 |
403 |
425 |
211 |
204 |
457 |
| SOUTH AFRICA | 23 |
16 |
4 |
7 |
10 |
5 |
20 |
| SOUTH KOREA | 7 |
16 |
1 |
1 |
5 |
7 |
10 |
| SOVIET UNION | 8 |
11 |
3 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
11 |
| SPAIN | 12 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
2 |
5 |
11 |
| SRI LANKA | 137 |
486 |
208 |
221 |
70 |
96 |
249 |
| ST. CHRISTOPHER-NFVIS | 1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| ST. HELENA | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| ST. KITTS, WEST INDIES | 0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| ST. LUCIA | 11 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
3 |
8 |
10 |
| ST. PIERRE AND MIQUELON | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES | 2 |
5 |
0 |
01 |
0 |
1 |
6 |
| STATELESS - ALIEN UNABLE TO NAME A C | 95 |
55 |
20 |
29 |
13 |
13 |
104 |
| SUDAN | 129 |
233 |
71 |
80 |
36 |
88 |
167 |
| SURINAME | 70 |
51 |
4 |
7 |
11 |
13 |
93 |
| SWAZILAND | 0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
| SWEDEN | 2 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
| SWITZERLAND | 0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
1 |
Note: These figures reflect combined 243-H Asylum statistics
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FY 1998
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