INS RELEASES DETAILED ASYLUM STATISTICS The Immigration and Naturalization Service has released highly
detailed statistics on asylum filings for the fiscal year that ended
last September. The statistics show the number of cases filed
by nationals of each country in the world and the number of
cases approved and denied from that country. A detailed
breakdown is included in the web version of this newsletter. Asylum Statistics Chart FY 1998
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | |
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