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This report will appear as chapters in the forthcoming 1999 Statistical Yearbook of the Immigrationand Naturalization Service. All references to Appendixes, Charts, Tables, and other sections of theStatistical Yearbook, as well as detailed table numbers, appear as they will in the final Yearbook edition.

REFUGEES, ASYLEES, FISCAL YEAR 1999

A refugee is an alien outside the United States whois unable or unwilling to return to his or her

country of nationality because of persecution or a well-founded fear of persecution. (See Appendix 2, p. A.2-9.)Claims of persecution must be based on race, religion,nationality, membership in a particular social group, orpolitical opinion. Persons within their country ofnationality may be treated as refugees, provided that thePresident, after consultation with Congress, declares thatthey are of special humanitarian concern to the UnitedStates. The definition of refugee set forth in theImmigration and Nationality Act, as amended by theRefugee Act of 1980, conforms to the 1967 United NationsProtocol on Refugees.

U.S. Refugee ProgramThe United States first recognized refugees for entry intothe country in fiscal year 1946. After that time manydifferent refugee programs were enacted on an ad hocbasis, including the Displaced Persons Act and the Cubanand Indochinese Refugee Adjustment Acts. During thefirst decade of refugee programs, virtually all refugeesentered the United States as immigrants. Since 1957, mostrefugees either have been paroled into the United Statesunder special authority granted to the Attorney General bythe Immigration and Nationality Act, or have entered in astatutory refugee status. Each of these refugees may beadjusted to lawful permanent resident status at a later date.

Chart C depicts initial refugee admissions and adjustmentsto lawful permanent resident status for the period 1946-99.This graph demonstrates the time lag between initialadmission and adjustment to immigrant status. At theonset of parole programs there generally were nomechanisms for adjustment to permanent status, thuscreating a recurring need for special legislation. TheRefugee Act of 1980 addressed this situation by allowingrefugees to adjust status one year after arrival. Somerefugees do not adjust status for several years and somerefugees never adjust status.

Admission ceilingsAt the beginning of each fiscal year, the President, afterconsultation with Congress to review the worldwiderefugee situation, determines the number of refugees inneed of resettlement who are of special humanitarianconcern to the United States. The President thenestablishes the authorized number of admissions for thatfiscal year. During the year, changes in the need forresettlement may require revisions in the overall limit onrefugee admissions or reallocation among areas of theworld. The admission ceiling of 78,000 for 1999 wasestablished and later raised and reallocated amonggeographic regions as follows:

The authorized admission levels set the maximum numberof refugees allowed to enter the United States in a fiscalyear from each of the geographic areas of chargeability.The authorized ceiling was decreased from 83,000 in 1998to 78,000 in 1999, resuming a downward trend since thepeak of 142,000 in 1992. An unallocated funded reserveof 2,000 was placed in the 1999 ceiling to allow for smallincreases in one or more areas as needed withoutsubtracting refugee authorized admissions from otherareas. However, the need to resettle more Kosovarrefugees during 1999 caused the President to raise thelimit for Europe to 61,000 and the overall limit to 91,000.

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II. REFUGEES

This section presents information on persons who are admitted to the United Statesbecause of persecution abroad, including the number and characteristics of persons applying, approved, arriving, and adjusting to lawful permanent resident status.

- Represents zero.

Initialceiling

78,00012,0009,000

48,0003,0004,0002,000

Finalceiling

91,00013,00010,50061,0002,2504,250

-

Geographic region of origin

Total ................................................Africa ..............................................East Asia .........................................Europe ...............................................Latin America / Caribbean ..............Near East / South Asia ....................Unallocated, funded ........................

The ceiling for East Asia includes certain VietnameseAmerasians, who enter the United States with immigrantvisas. Although these aliens are immigrants rather thanrefugees, they are included in the refugee ceiling since theyare eligible for refugee benefits in the United States. Only241 Amerasians, including their family members, enteredthe United States in 1999. They are included in theimmigrant rather than the refugee tables in the StatisticalYearbook. The Amerasian program is ending, since mostof the eligible persons have already been identified andentered the United States.

Criteria for refugee statusDuring 1999, refugees were interviewed and approved foradmission to the United States by officers in 15 of theService’s 39 overseas offices. To qualify for admission tothe United States as a refugee, each applicant must meet all

of the following criteria: be a refugee as set forth in theRefugee Act of 1980; be among the types of refugeesdetermined to be of special humanitarian concern to theUnited States; be admissible under the Immigration andNationality Act; and not be firmly resettled in any foreigncountry. Spouses and minor children of qualifyingrefugees also enter the United States as refugees, eitheraccompanying or following to join the principal refugee.Occasionally these family members gain refugee statusafter arriving in the United States; this was the case with109 people in 1999.

Special program for applicants from the formerSoviet Union Beginning in 1990, the administrative processing ofrefugee applicants residing in the Soviet Union was shiftedto the United States. Applicants from the former Soviet

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Chart CRefugee and Asylee Initial Admissions and Adjustments to Lawful Permanent

Resident Status: Fiscal Years 1946-99

NOTE: For the period 1946-56, admissions to lawful permanent resident status and initial admissions were the same. See Glossary for fiscal year definitions.Source: Tables 23, 24, 27, and 32.

1949-53 Displaced Persons Act 1978-84 Indochinese Refugee 3/75-3/80 Indochinese refugees paroled 1954-57 Refugee Relief Act Adjustment Act 1980 Refugee-Parolee adjustments began11/56-7/58 Hungarians paroled 2/70-3/80 Refugee-Parolees admitted 4/80 Refugee Act admissions began1959 Hungarian adjustments began 1/59-3/80 Cubans paroled 1981 Refugee Act adjustments began1966-80 Refugee conditional entrants 1967 Cuban adjustments began 4/80-10/80 Mariel boatlift

1985-87 Mariel adjustments

1946 1950 1955 1960 1965 1970 1975 1980 1985 1990 1995 1999

Major refugee programs

Thousands

Initial admissions

Adjustments to lawful permanent resident status

350

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Union are now required to submit an initial questionnaireto the State Department’s Washington Processing Center(WPC) in Rosslyn, Virginia. The WPC establishesinterview priority for applications based on informationsupplied on the initial questionnaires and schedulesinterviews in Moscow. On the day of their interview,applicants submit completed refugee applications toService officers in Moscow. Since 1990, those applicationshave been counted as filed on the interview date.

Applicants from the former Soviet Union who were inother countries at the start of fiscal year 1990 are stillallowed to submit applications for refugee status directly toother INS refugee processing posts. Only 10 Sovietapplications were filed outside of Moscow in 1999,including 4 spouses and children who received refugeestatus in the United States.

Data Overview

Applications (Tables B, 21-22)The number of applications for refugee status filed with theINS decreased from 1998 (124,777) to 1999 (111,576)(Table 21). The leading countries of chargeability of theapplicants were Bosnia-Herzegovina with 27 percent of the

applications, Yugoslavia (17—principally Kosovars), theformer Soviet Union (15), Vietnam (8), Cuba (7), andSomalia (6) (Table B and Table 22). Among those countriesof chargeability from which at least 1,000 applications werefiled in 1999, the largest percentage increases over 1998were in applications filed by nationals from Yugoslavia(from 3 to 18,415), Somalia (from 2,638 to 6,722, 154.8percent), Iran (1,691 to 3,696, 118.6 percent), and Liberia(4,228 to 4,640, 9.7 percent); the largest percentagedecreases were in applications filed by nationals of theformer Soviet Union (from 35,008 to 16,882, -51.8 percent),Vietnam (17,240 to 8,856, -48.6 percent), and Croatia(3,111 to 1,681, -46.0 percent). Overall, among the fivegeographic regions of chargeability from which applicationsfor refugee status were filed in 1999, applications filed bynationals from the Near East/South Asia and Africaincreased about 53 and 34 percent, respectively, while thosefiled by nationals from the East Asia, Europe, and LatinAmerica/Caribbean geographic regions decreased 46, 15,and 8 percent, respectively, over 1998.

Approvals (Tables B, 21-23)The total number of refugees approved for admission to theUnited States was 17 percent higher in 1999 (85,592) thanin 1998 (73,198) (Table 23). The leading countries of

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111,576

30,19018,41516,882

8,8567,3396,722

4,6403,6963,2622,9061,863

1,681814758699676

2,177

85,592

24,76617,97011,696

6,2532,7015,668

2,1222,2522,8581,8612,581

1,215633629586661

1,140

All nationalities

Bosina-Herzegovina ...............Yugoslavia 1 ...........................Soviet Union 2 .........................Vietnam .................................Cuba ......................................Somalia ..................................

Liberia ...................................Iran ........................................Sudan .....................................Iraq ........................................Ethiopia .................................

Croatia ...................................Sierra Leone ..........................Togo ......................................Afghanistan ...........................Nigeria ...................................

Other .....................................

Table B Refugee-Status Applications Filed and Approved, and Refugees Admitted, by Selected

Nationality: Fiscal Year 1999

1 Data exclude republics of the former Yugoslavia. Refugee applications filed include 18,261 from Kosovo; applications approved, 17,831; andrefugee arrivals, 14,161. 2 Data are for republics of the former Soviet Union. Source: Tables 22 and 24.

Nationality Refugee applicationsfiled

Refugee arrivalsRefugee applications

approved

85,076

22,69914,28016,9629,6222,0184,320

2,4951,7502,3931,9551,873

1,66067593

365625

1,291

chargeability were Bosnia-Herzegovina with 24,766approvals, Yugoslavia (17,970—principally Kosovars), theformer Soviet Union (11,696), Vietnam (6,253), Somalia(5,668), Sudan (2,858), Cuba (2,701), and Ethiopia (2,581)(Table B and Table 22). These eight countries accountedfor 87 percent of all approvals in 1999. The numberapproved from the former Soviet Union decreased 38percent from 1998, reflecting a downward trend inapplications in the past seven years. The numbers ofrefugees approved from the Latin America, Africa, theNear East, and Europe regions increased by 131, 84, 20,and 19 percent, respectively, in 1999. The significantincrease in the Latin America geographic region wasattributed to a large increase (131 percent) in the numberof refugees approved from Cuba. Refugee approvals forVietnam decreased more than 50 percent. All Vietnameserefugee processing centers outside Vietnam were closed bythe end of 1997. Residents of former refugee camps wereasked to return to Vietnam. Their cases are processedthrough a special program called the ResettlementOpportunity for Vietnamese Returnees (ROVR) inVietnam. The ROVR program adjudicated 4,073 cases andapproved 3,684 cases in 1999.

DependentsRefugee figures include spouses and children who arecleared to join principal refugees already in the UnitedStates, and they count against the annual ceiling. Becauseof these family reunification cases, the data continue toshow refugees being approved and arriving for some timeafter active refugee processing has ended for nationals ofcertain countries. Most of the refugee flow from Europe infiscal year 1999, other than from the former Soviet Unionand Yugoslavia, was family reunification cases. Overall,2.0 percent of the applications and 2.1 percent of theapprovals were family reunification cases. In comparisonwith the number of applications filed and refugeesapproved within each geographic region, the Africa regionhad the highest percentage of family reunification casesamong applications, 4.8 percent. The Near East region hadthe highest percentage among approvals, 5.3 percent.

Arrivals (Tables 23, 24)Refugee arrivals into the United States increased to 85,076in 1999 from 76,181 in 1998 (Tables B, 23, and 24). 1 The

increase was largely attributed to the increase in refugeearrivals from Yugoslavia, Croatia, Ethiopia, Somalia,Sudan, and Liberia. Bosnia-Herzegovina (22,699),Yugoslavia (14,280), Vietnam (9,622), Ukraine (8,649),Somalia (4,320), and Russia (4,386) were the leadingcountries for refugee arrivals in 1999, comprising 75percent of the total. The time lag between approval of arefugee application and the refugee’s arrival in the UnitedStates may be several months or more. After approval,refugees must undergo health and security clearances, havesponsorship and placement arranged, and in some cases gothrough orientation and English language training. Thistime lag accounts for the discrepancies between approvaland arrival figures in any given year.

Understanding the Data

Data CollectionThe Immigration and Naturalization Service collects dataon refugees at three points during processing: when theyapply for refugee status abroad; when they are admitted tothe United States; and when they adjust to lawfulpermanent resident status. The INS overseas officescollect data on applicants for refugee status. Each officecompletes INS Form G-319, Report of Applicants forRefugee Status under Section 207, which reports refugeecasework by the country to which each applicant ischargeable.

Both the Bureau for Refugee Programs (Department ofState) and the Office of Refugee Resettlement (Departmentof Health and Human Services) collect data on refugeesadmitted to the United States. The Bureau for RefugeePrograms collects data through the IntergovernmentalOrganization for Migration, which is a nongovernmentalorganization that arranges the transportation of refugees tothe United States. The Office of Refugee Resettlement,responsible for the disbursement of funds for refugeebenefits, collects detailed data on the characteristics ofrefugees at the time they are initially admitted to the UnitedStates.

The Immigration and Naturalization Service collects dataon refugees adjusting to lawful permanent resident statusas part of its immigrant data series gathered by theComputer Linked Application Information ManagementSystems (CLAIMS). The data collected includedemographic variables as well as immigration-orientedvariables (see Immigrants section). This is the only stagein the refugee process where the INS collects detailedinformation about the characteristics of refugees.

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More than 85,000 refugees arrivedin the United States during 1999.

1 Refugee arrival data are from the Bureau for Refugee Programs,Department of State. See Data Collection section.

Limitations of DataAfter careful consideration of the reporting requirementsand limitations of data collected by the INS, it was decidedthat the Statistical Yearbook would present refugee arrivalstatistics from the Bureau for Refugee Programs,Department of State. This source counts the actualnumber of refugees arriving in the United States in eachfiscal year. Comparison of refugee arrival data fromeditions of the Yearbook prior to 1996 with the present

edition must be made with caution. From 1987 to 1995refugee arrival data presented in the Yearbook were derivedfrom the INS’s Nonimmigrant Information System (NIIS).This system compiled refugee arrival data by country ofcitizenship on a monthly basis from INS Form I-94,Arrival/Departure Record (see Nonimmigrants section).However, since this system records each entry of a personwith nonimmigrant status, a refugee traveling abroad andreturning to the United States may be counted more thanonce during a fiscal year.

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Refugee detailed tables are located at the end of the Asylees text section.

An asylee is an alien in the United States who isunable or unwilling to return to his or her country of

nationality because of persecution or a well-founded fearof persecution. (See Appendix 2, p. A.2-2.) An asyleemust meet the same criteria as a refugee; the only differenceis the location of the person upon application—the potentialasylee is in the United States or applying for admission at aport of entry, and the potential refugee is outside the UnitedStates. The Immigration and Nationality Act, as amendedby the Refugee Act of 1980, regulates U.S. asylum policy aswell as governing refugee procedures. The Act, for the firsttime, established a statutory basis for granting asylum in theUnited States consistent with the 1967 United NationsProtocol on Refugees.

U.S. Asylum ProgramFiling of claimsAny alien physically present in the United States or at aport of entry may request asylum in the United States.According to the Refugee Act, current immigration status,whether legal or illegal, is not relevant to an applicant’sasylum claim. Aliens may apply for asylum in one of twoways: with an INS asylum officer; or, if apprehended, withan immigration judge as part of a removal hearing.Traditionally, aliens who appeared at ports of entry withoutproper documents and requested asylum were referred forexclusion hearings; however, the Illegal ImmigrationReform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (IIRIRA) of1996 made major revisions to the procedure, effective onApril 1, 1997. Under the new law, such aliens are referredto asylum officers for credible fear interviews. Theseinterviews are not formal asylum hearings. The purpose ofthe interviews is to determine whether aliens have crediblefear of persecution and are thus eligible to apply forasylum before an immigration judge. In credible fearinterviews, aliens only need to show that there is asignificant possibility that they might qualify for asylum.To be granted asylum, aliens must show they have beenpersecuted in the past or have a well-founded fear ofpersecution. An alien may request that an immigrationjudge review a negative determination by the INS on acredible fear claim. The data reported in this sectionpertain only to asylum cases filed with INS asylum

officers. Aliens denied asylum by the INS may renewasylum claims with an immigration judge.

Adjudication of claimsOn April 2, 1991, the Asylum Officer Corps (AOC)assumed responsibility within INS for the adjudication ofasylum claims that were filed with the INS. Before thatdate, such claims had been heard by examiners in INSdistrict offices. During fiscal year 1999, asylum officersworked from eight sites in the United States—Arlington,VA, Chicago, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, New YorkCity, Newark, NJ, and San Francisco. Applicants who didnot live near these locations were interviewed by asylumofficers who traveled to other INS offices.

In March 1994, the INS published proposed regulationsdesigned to streamline the asylum decision process,discourage the filing of frivolous claims, and in cases ofclaims that do not appear to meet the standards forgranting asylum, integrate the work of asylum officerswith the work of the immigration judges in the ExecutiveOffice for Immigration Review (EOIR), an independentJustice Department agency. The final asylum reformregulations were published in December 1994, and tookeffect on January 4, 1995.

Under asylum reform, the INS standard is to conduct theasylum interview within 43 days after the claim is filed, andto identify and grant those cases that have merit (generallyin 60 days from the date of filing the application). If theINS asylum officer does not find the claim to be grantable,the applicant is referred immediately for removalproceedings before EOIR (unless the alien is still in a legalstatus). The immigration judge may grant the claim or mayissue a denial and an order of removal. Under this system,INS asylum officers issue relatively few denials, but aninterview followed by a referral to EOIR represents theasylum officer’s judgment that the application is not readilygrantable. The INS will issue a denial (and cannot refer thecase) when the applicant is still in a legal status. Anapplicant who fails without good cause to keep a scheduledappointment for an asylum interview is referredimmediately to EOIR for removal proceedings; this isconsidered to be one type of case closure.

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III. ASYLEES

This section presents information on persons who come to the United States to seekasylum from persecution abroad, including the number and characteristics of persons who filed, were granted asylum, and adjusted to lawful permanent resident status.

Beginning in 1997, the AOC also began conductingcredible fear interviews as required by IIRIRA andinterviewing applicants for refugee status at INS overseaslocations.

Data Overview Applications filed (Chart D, Tables 25, 27)The annual number of asylum applications filed with theINS has fluctuated greatly since the effective date of theRefugee Act of 1980, as shown in Chart D. In fiscal year1999, 42,207 asylum cases were filed or reopened. Thesecases involved 60,781 individuals. The number of casesdeclined 18 percent from the 51,176 cases filed in 1998(Table 25). The decline in 1999 was largely due todecreases in claims filed or reopened by nationals ofGuatemala, El Salvador, India, and Mexico. However,there were large increases in claims by nationals ofIndonesia and Somalia.

In 1999, 32,711 new claims for asylum were filed with theINS. The People’s Republic of China, with 4,209 newclaims, ranked first, followed by Somalia (3,125), Haiti(2,492), Indonesia (2,330), Mexico (2,251), and ElSalvador (2,008) (Table 27). Individuals from therepublics of the former Soviet Union filed 2,343 newclaims; two-thirds were from Russia and Armenia. A malewas the principal applicant in 62 percent (20,172) of thenew claims filed. About 56 percent of all individualsinvolved in new claims are male.

Nearly 9,500 asylum cases were reopened in 1999, whichaccounted for 22 percent of the applications received(Table 27). The leading countries of nationality of thereopened cases were Guatemala (1,681), El Salvador(1,046), the People’s Republic of China (1,027), and Haiti(548). The republics of the former Soviet Union had 730cases.

The number of reopened cases in 1999 was less than one-half of the cases reopened in 1998. An automatic functiontriggers the reopening of cases that were administrativelyclosed when aliens apply for renewal of their employmentauthorization. Those cases were administratively closeddue to a failure to appear for the asylum interview or aninvalid mailing address. This function also automaticallyreschedules an interview. Some of these reopened casesmay qualify under the terms of the American BaptistChurches (ABC) vs. Thornburgh settlement.

Trends in asylum applications filed by nationalsfrom Central America (Tables C, 27)For over a decade, nationals from Central Americadominated the annual number of asylum applications filedin the United States. From 1986 to 1992, about half of allasylum applications were filed by Central Americans. By1993 and 1994, that percentage had fallen somewhat, but itremained at about 40 percent of the total applications filed.Then, the number of applicants from Central Americasurged to a new height in the next two years, well over halfof all asylum applicants. A sharp decline in cases filed byNicaraguans was later offset by a sharp increase in casesfiled by Guatemalans and Salvadorans. Beginning in 1997,the numbers started a sharp decline largely due to thetermination of the filing period under the terms of theAmerican Baptist Churches (ABC) vs. Thornburghsettlement. As a result, Central Americans accounted forabout 10 percent of the new claims and 16 percent of thetotal filed and reopened in 1999. The trend in claims fromCentral America is shown in Table C.

During the 1990s, the trend in asylum claims filed orreopened by nationals from Central America has beendriven in large part by ABC cases. Under the terms of this

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Chart DAsylum Applications Filed with the INS:

Fiscal Years 1973-99Thousands

NOTE: See Glossary for fiscal year definitions. Source: Table 27.

1973 1975 1977 1979 1981 1983 1985 1987 1989 1991 1993 1995 1997 1999

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150

125

100

75

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More than 42,200 asylum applications were filed in theUnited States during 1999.

1991 class action lawsuit settlement, many nationals of ElSalvador and Guatemala were allowed to file or renew theirclaims for asylum. Nationals of Guatemala had a filingdeadline of March 31, 1992, which was the peak year forclaims from this country. The 187,000 Salvadorans whohad registered for Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in1991 became eligible to file for asylum at the expiration oftheir TPS period in 1992. They were later grantedadditional time under deferred enforced departure periodswhich extended until December 1994, and they ultimatelyhad until January 31, 1996 to apply for asylum under theABC agreement. The number of ABC claims filed bySalvadorans surged during fiscal year 1996 before thefiling deadline. These claims are heard under the pre-reform regulations. Applications filed after the ABC filingdeadline were processed as reform filings, except thoseABC cases that were closed by the EOIR or federal courtsand were not previously filed with the INS. Under thesettlement, once the latter cases are identified by the INS,they are treated as ABC filings instead of reform filings.During 1999, 2,498 cases were identified as either filed orreopened as ABC cases.

On November 19, 1997, the Nicaraguan Adjustment andCentral American Relief Act (NACARA) was signed intolaw. Section 203 of the NACARA permits certainGuatemalans, Salvadorans and nationals of former Sovietbloc countries to apply for suspension of deportation orspecial rule cancellation of removal under the moregenerous standards in effect before the 1996 immigrationlaw. Individuals granted relief under NACARA arepermitted to remain in the United States as lawfulpermanent resident aliens. All ABC class members, whoare eligible for ABC benefits and have asylumapplications pending with the INS, also are eligible toapply for the NACARA benefits with the INS AsylumProgram.

Cases completed (Tables 25, 27, 28)During fiscal year 1999, the Asylum Officer Corpscompleted work on 55,196 claims and adjudicated about 63percent (34,544) of them (Table 25). The number of casesgranted in 1999 was 13,241, representing 38.3 percent ofthe cases adjudicated compared to the 23.3 percentapproval rate in fiscal year 1998. The 13,241 granted casesincluded 17,800 individuals—principals, spouses, andchildren (Tables 27 and 28). The leading countries ofnationality were Somalia with 2,108 granted cases,Indonesia (1,120), the People’s Republic of China (940),and Ethiopia (914) (Table 27).

There are special procedures for adjudicating cases basedon coercive population control. Section 601 of the IIRIRAstipulates that a person qualifies as a refugee or asyleepersecuted for political opinion if forced to undergo, has awell founded fear of being compelled to undergo, or resistsa coercive population-control procedure. It sets acombined annual ceiling of 1,000 persons who may begranted refugee or asylee status under this provision. Boththe INS and the Executive Office for Immigration Review(EOIR) grant conditional asylee status to qualifiedapplicants each year under this provision—status that is notsubject to the 1,000 annual ceiling (currently, there aremore than 1,000 conditional grants in a year). At thebeginning of a new fiscal year, the INS Asylum Officeissues 1,000 final grants—counted toward the annualceiling of the previous year—to those who have received aconditional asylee status from either agency in previousfiscal years. The selection criterion for final grants is thedate of the conditional grants. Those who received theirconditional grants earlier would receive their final grantsfirst. At the beginning of fiscal year 2000, the INS issuedthe 1,000 fiscal year 1999 final grants for asylum status to168 individuals who received their conditional grants fromthe INS, 810 whose conditional grants were made by

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54,89814,61634,198

3,1802,805

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Central America .........El Salvador ................Guatemala .................Nicaragua ..................Honduras ...................

Other .........................

Table C Asylum Applications Filed with the INS by Central Americans: Fiscal Years 1993-99

Area of citizenship 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998

62,31018,60034,433

4,6824,385

209

104,22875,86023,202

1,9083,163

95

83,41065,58813,892

2,0341,836

60

21,5998,1569,8111,6741,851

107

13,9046,3455,896

819809

35

1999

6,5813,0542,788

344319

76

Source: Table 27; applications received and reopened during year.

immigration judges, and 22 whose conditional grants weremade by the Board of Immigration Appeals. China was thecountry of origin of all grants. No one was granted refugeestatus in fiscal year 1999 based on coercive population-control measures.

Cases pending (Tables 27, 28)The number of asylum cases pending for adjudicationdecreased about 4 percent, from 358,255 in 1998 to342,485 in 1999. Cases filed by nationals of El Salvador(178,868), Guatemala (100,379), Haiti (15,180), andNicaragua (13,708), accounted for about 90 percent of thepending cases. The ABC cases, which also can be handledunder the NACARA provisions, comprised 90 percent ofthe Salvadoran and Guatemalan cases filed, and 79 percentof all pending cases. A large number of Nicaraguan andHaitian pending cases also will be eligible for theNACARA benefits.

Credible fear interviewsDuring fiscal year 1999, about 6,503 aliens appeared atports of entry without proper documents and requestedasylum. Most of these aliens were subsequently referred toasylum officers for credible fear interviews. Nationals ofthe People’s Republic of China submitted the mostapplications (2,150), followed by Haiti (1,004) and SriLanka (728). These three countries accounted for almost60 percent of all applications in 1999. Some applicantschange their mind and decide to withdraw their asylumapplications before a credible fear interview takes place.The Asylum Officer Corps made 5,829 credible feardeterminations in 1999. The total approval rate for thecases not withdrawn was 97.9 percent.

Understanding the DataData CollectionPrior to April 1, 1991, data on asylum applicants reflectcases filed with INS district directors and, subsequently,cases filed with INS asylum officers on Form I-589(Request for Asylum in the United States). A centralized,automated data system (Refugee, Asylum, and ParoleSystem—RAPS) supports the processing of the existingcaseload and new asylum applications. The systemsupports case tracking, schedules and controls interviews,and generates management and statistical reports. Thesystem reports asylum casework by nationality and othercharacteristics of asylum applicants. Data can be reportedby case or by the number of persons covered, since a casemay include more than one person. Data on asylumapplicants have been collected by the INS for selectednationalities since July 1980, and for all nationalities sinceJune 1983.

As with refugees, the Immigration and NaturalizationService collects data on asylees adjusting to lawfulpermanent resident status in the Computer LinkedApplication Information Management Systems (CLAIMS)(see Immigrants section). Adjustment to immigrant statuswas the only point at which detailed characteristics ofasylees were collected prior to 1992. The RAPS systemprovides data on selected characteristics of asylum seekersand asylees at an earlier time.

The number of asylum applications filed is defined here asthe sum of new applications received and applicationsreopened during the year. Tables 27 and 28 show thenumber of applications that were reopened during the year.Most of these are cases that had been closed earlier withouta decision. The tabulations also show the number of casesreferred to immigration judges, with and without aninterview. A referral due to failure to keep an appointmentfor an interview without good cause is consideredcomparable, for statistical purposes, to a closed case. Theapproval rate is calculated as the number of casesgranted/approved divided by the number of casesadjudicated, which is defined as the casesgranted/approved, denied, and referred to EOIR followingan interview.

Limitations of DataThe figures shown here for fiscal year 1999 differ slightlyfrom preliminary statistics released by the Asylum Divisionin November 1999. The data presented here were tabulatedfrom the RAPS system three months after the close of thefiscal year and incorporate late additions and corrections tothe database. Cases entered into the RAPS system duringfiscal year 1999 with filing dates in previous fiscal yearswere treated as new cases in these tabulations. Othercorrections resulted in a decrease from 360,247 to 358,255in the pending caseload as reported in the 1998 StatisticalYearbook and at the beginning of fiscal year 1999 in thisedition. Another change between 1998 and 1999 concernsthe identification of applicants from the former SovietUnion. Due to improvements in data collection, only 1new filing in 1999 was assigned to an unspecified republic.

It is possible for an asylum case to have more than oneaction during a year, particularly if the claimant fails topursue a claim and later reopens it. Therefore, some claimsmay be double-counted as received and reopened, or closedand denied or granted. For this reason, and due to recentgrowth in the number of reopened claims, the pendingcaseload at the end of the year can no longer be calculatedby taking the pending caseload at the beginning of the year,adding claims filed, and subtracting claims completed.

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Data on applicants for asylum collected by the Immigrationand Naturalization Service historically have covered onlycases filed with the INS. Information has not beenavailable on cases filed by aliens after the INS has placedthe alien in removal proceedings before an immigrationjudge in the Executive Office for Immigration Review. Thetwo agencies are working to integrate their data systems toprovide these data in the future. Asylum was granted byEOIR to approximately 8,400 individuals in 1999;therefore, the total number of individuals granted asylum byboth agencies was more than 26,000.

Principal applicants whose asylum applications aresuccessful can apply for their spouses and minor children,whether they are in the United States or abroad, and these

relatives also receive status as asylees. The RAPS systemcollects information on the spouses and children of asylumapplicants only if they are included on the principal’sapplication. Information regarding relatives whoseprincipals petition for them after receiving asylum iscollected by the CLAIMS and is not included in any table inthis publication. The total number of relatives approved forasylum after the initial appeal of their sponsors is unknown;however, approximately 1,850 relatives in the United Stateswere granted asylee status in 1999. The data collected bythe INS at the time asylees adjust to permanent residentstatus include all aliens who adjust regardless of whetherthey were granted asylum by the INS, immigration judges,or the Board of Immigration Appeals. Adjustment data alsoinclude all spouses and children of persons granted asylum.

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TABLE 21. REFUGEE-STATUS APPLICATIONS: FISCAL YEARS 1980-99

Applications Applications Applications Applications Applications Applications pending filed during approved denied during otherwise closed pending

beginning of year year during year year during year end of year Year

1980 (April-Sept.) ..1981 ........................1982 ........................1983 ........................1984 ........................

1985 ........................1986 ........................1987 ........................1988 ........................1989 ........................

1990 ........................1991 ........................1992 ........................1993 ........................1994 ........................

1995 ........................1996 ........................1997 ........................1998 ........................1999 ........................

NOTE: The Refugee Act of 1980 went into effect April 1, 1980. Because of an administrative processing change, 45,825 applications pending in Moscow at theend of fiscal year 1989 were administratively closed and added to the pool of initial questionnaires submitted to the Washington Processing Center (WPC) beginningin 1990. Changes in the number of applications pending from 1991 to 1992 and 1993 to 1994 are due to revisions in the data from reporting offices.

16,64214,957 18,619 11,668 7,801

12,681 13,707 15,895 20,152 27,441

39,524 20,369 18,238 15,028 15,582

12,471 10,0955,566

10,71224,522

95,241 178,273 76,150 92,52299,636

80,734 67,310 85,823

105,024 190,597

135,251 123,492 133,786 127,676 142,068

143,223 155,868 122,741124,777111,576

89,580155,291 61,527 73,645 77,932

59,436 52,081 61,529 80,282 95,505

99,697 107,962 115,330 106,026 105,137

78,936 74,49177,60073,198 85,592

6,149 15,32214,943 20,255 16,220

18,430 9,679

13,911 11,82133,179

29,805 12,644 14,886 20,280 20,557

32,412 26,31722,72531,00119,094

1,197 3,998 6,631 2,489

604

1,842 3,3626,126 5,632 4,005

24,904 5,700 6,7805,107

19,485

34,251 59,58917,270 6,7686,358

14,95718,61911,6687,801

12,681

13,70715,89520,15227,44185,349

20,36917,55515,02811,29112,471

10,0955,566

10,71224,52225,054

11

TABLE 22. REFUGEE-STATUS APPLICATIONS BY GEOGRAPHIC AREA AND COUNTRY OF CHARGEABILITYFISCAL YEAR 1999

Geographic area and country ofchargeability

All countries ...........

Africa ......................Benin .....................Burkina Faso .........Burundi .................Cameroon ..............Central Africa .......Chad ......................Congo, Democratic

Republic ............Congo, Republic ...Cote d’Ivoire .........Djibouti .................Equatorial Guinea Eritrea ...................Ethiopia .................Gambia, The .........Ghana ....................Guinea-Bissau .......Kenya ....................Liberia ...................Mauritania .............Mozambique .........Namibia ................Nigeria ..................Rwanda .................Sierra Leone ..........Somalia .................Sudan ....................Togo ......................Tunisia ..................Uganda ..................

East Asia .................Burma ...................China, People’s Rep. Indonesia ...............Laos ......................Vietnam ................

Europe ....................Albania ..................Bosnia-

Herzegovina .......Croatia ..................Poland ...................Romania ................Soviet Union 1 .......Yugoslavia 2 ..........

Latin America/Caribbean ..........

Cuba ......................Haiti ......................

24,522

4,9261-

1844

14

67-3--1

1,788-32-

7331--

3916

318193

1,69921

-1

3----3

18,95227

18,13976211193

---

111,576

19,954-2

12512

-34

45638396

1351,863

231072

4,640-3

98676228814

6,7223,262

7587

21

9,390496

61220

8,856

67,18710

30,1901,681

45

16,88218,415

7,5987,339

259

85,592

15,581-1

7912

-16

512439-

512,581

18762

2,12211-

661130633

5,6682,858

629-

18

6,728447

54

196,253

55,66611

24,7661,215

62

11,69617,970

2,7962,701

95

19,094

2,216--2--8

286--6

81733

1-1-

190-2-

1112

2336512202272

1,94249

-81

1,884

9,8053

4,43411

--

5,169188

4,0124,009

3

6,358

771-18---

3----1

1204---

245---

112

25122226

3--

718----

718

4,0636

3,7806--

17254

629629

-

25,054

6,3121-

5444

24

44183--3

217-62-

2,816--

9832

100241474

1,657125

-2

5-1--4

16,60517

15,3491,211

9496

161-

161

12


beginning of year year during year year during year end of year

See footnotes at end of table.

1 Data are for the republics of the former Soviet Union.2 Data are for unknown republic; exclude independent republics. See Notice of Special Geographic Definitions. Refugee applications filed include 18,261 fromKosovo; applications approved, 17,831.

- Represents zero.

TABLE 22. REFUGEE-STATUS APPLICATIONS BY GEOGRAPHIC AREA AND COUNTRY OF CHARGEABILITYFISCAL YEAR 1999—Continued

Geographic area and country ofchargeability

Near East/South Asia .........

Afghanistan ...........Algeria ..................Iran ........................Iraq ........................Jordan ....................Kuwait ..................Morocco ................Pakistan .................Sri Lanka ...............Syria ......................Turkey ...................Yemen ...................

Not reported ..........

64150

-336250

-------5

-

7,35169925

3,6962,906

1611

11311

96

4,72558610

2,2521,861

-111

111-1

96

1,1195714

271776

------1-

-

17757

-2991

--------

-

1,971491

1,480428

15---2-5

-

13


beginning of year year during year year during year end of year

TABLE 23. REFUGEE APPROVALS AND ARRIVALS BY GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF CHARGEABILITYFISCAL YEARS 1992-99

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999Geographic area of chargeability

Authorized admissions 1 .......................Africa .................................................East Asia ............................................Europe .................................................Latin America/Caribbean ..................Near East/South Asia .........................Unallocated Reserve ..........................

Approvals .............................................Africa .................................................East Asia ............................................Europe .................................................Latin America/Caribbean ..................Near East/South Asia .........................Not reported .......................................

Arrivals 3 ...............................................Africa .................................................East Asia ............................................Europe .................................................Latin America/Caribbean ..................Near East/South Asia .........................

1 Previous editions of the Statistical Yearbook show authorized initial admissions. Beginning with the 1999 edition, data for all years are for authorized final ceiling

admissions. 2 Includes a one-time provision for 13,000 Kosovar refugee authorized admissions, 17,831 approvals, and 14,161 arrivals. 3 In editions of theStatistical Yearbook prior to 1996, refugee arrival data were derived from the Nonimmigrant Information System of the Immigration and Naturalization Service.However, beginning with the 1996 edition, arrival data are from the Bureau for Refugee Programs, Department of State. Any comparison of refugee arrival databetween this and any pre-1996 edition of the Yearbook must be made with caution (see Refugees section—Data Overview and Data Collection). Arrivals may behigher than approvals because of the arrival of persons approved in previous years.

NOTE: The authorized admission levels for 1992, 1993, 1994, and 1995 were 142,000, 132,000, 121,000, and 112,000, respectively, including 18,500 Amerasiansin 1992, 16,000 in 1993, 3,500 in 1994, and 1,000 in 1995. Since Amerasians enter the United States on immigrant visas, they are not included as refugee admissions.As a result, the authorized admission levels for 1992 through 1995 for East Asia have been reduced accordingly. Beginning in fiscal year 1996, there is no specificallocation for Amerasians in authorized admissions.

- Represents zero.

14

123,500 6,000

33,350 64,300 3,000 6,850

10,000

115,330 5,667

31,751 68,131 4,121 5,660

-

114,498 5,491

34,202 64,184 3,777 6,844

116,000 7,000

35,000 52,500 4,500 7,000

10,000

106,026 6,813

38,314 52,090 3,991 4,818

-

107,926 6,969

38,302 51,278 4,377 7,000

117,500 7,000

41,500 53,000 9,000 6,000 1,000

105,137 5,748

40,639 48,963 2,513 7,229

45

109,593 5,861

40,601 50,838 6,437 5,856

111,000 7,000

39,000 48,000 8,000 5,000 4,000

78,936 4,895

23,023 45,900 1,933 3,068

117

98,520 4,779

35,956 45,703 7,618 4,464

90,000 7,770

25,000 45,000 6,000 4,300 2,000

74,491 9,681

11,891 47,611

982 4,246

80

74,791 7,502

18,343 41,617 3,541 3,788

78,000 7,000

10,000 52,500 4,000 4,500

-

77,600 7,854 6,810

56,379 1,860 4,539

158

69,2766,069 7,781

48,4502,986 3,990

83,0007,000

14,00054,0004,0004,000

-

73,1988,443

12,88146,6711,2083,931

64

76,1816,665

10,47554,2601,5873,194

91,00013,000 10,500 61,000 2,250 4,250

-

85,59215,581 6,728

55,666 2,796 4,725

96

85,07613,048 9,963

55,877 2,110 4,078

2

2

2

TABLE 24. REFUGEE ARRIVALS INTO THE UNITED STATES BY COUNTRY OF CHARGEABILITY

FISCAL YEARS 1993-99

1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999Country of

chargeability

All countries ..............................

Europe ........................................Albania ....................................Armenia ...................................Azerbaijan ...............................Belarus ....................................Bosnia-Herzegovina ................Bulgaria ...................................Croatia .....................................Czechoslovakia 1 ....................Estonia .....................................Georgia ....................................Hungary ...................................Kazakhstan ..............................Kyrgyzstan ..............................Latvia ......................................Lithuania .................................Macedonia ...............................Moldova ..................................Poland .....................................Romania ..................................Russia ......................................Slovenia ...................................Soviet Union 2 ........................Tajikistan .................................Turkmenistan ..........................Ukraine ....................................Uzbekistan ...............................Yugoslavia 2 ...........................

Asia .............................................Afghanistan .............................Burma ......................................Cambodia ................................China, People's Republic ........India .........................................Indonesia .................................Iran ..........................................Iraq ..........................................Laos .........................................Sri Lanka .................................Syria ........................................Vietnam ...................................Yemen .....................................

Africa .........................................Algeria .....................................Angola .....................................Benin .......................................Burkina Faso ...........................Burundi ...................................Cameroon ................................Central African Republic ........Chad ........................................Congo, Democratic Republic 3

Congo, Republic 3 ..................Cote d’ Ivoire ..........................Djibouti ...................................Eritrea ......................................

15

107,926

51,278458NANANA

1,88734

-3

NA--

NANANANA

XNA54

215NA

-48,627

NANANANA

-

45,3021,233

9422

---

1,1614,6056,967

-1

31,219-

6,969----3---

199----

109,593

50,838171NANANA

7,0885-5

NA-1

NANANANA

-NA3167

NA-

43,470NANANANA

-

46,4572175

6---

8514,9846,272

--

34,248-

5,861-6------

92---6

98,520

45,70351

NANANA

9,8703--

NA--

NANANANA

-NA3924

NA-

35,716NANANANA

-

40,4204

361---

9783,4823,675

--

32,244-

4,779-1--821-

85----

74,791

41,61723

NANANA

12,030--1

NA--

NANANANA

-NA1116

NA-

29,536NANANANA

-

22,131-

11-14-

1,2562,5282,201

--

16,130-

7,502-2--81--

38---

14

69,276

48,4509

NANANA

21,357---

NA--

NANANANA

-NA

63

NA-

27,072NANANANA

3

11,771-

182--6-

1,3052,679

939--

6,660-

6,069---1

3319

-4545

--

167

76,181

54,2603

NANANA

30,906---

NA--

NANANANA

-NA

2-

NA-

23,349NANANANA

-

13,66988

186---1

1,6991,407

---

10,288-

6,665----

2415

-4152

-1

159

85,076

55,8778

35210

1,00822,699

-1,660

-7150

-412140167203

1,03532

4,3862

1949

168,649

81814,280

14,041365295

-1-

261,7501,955

1952

9,6221

13,04812

---

22391

22422758

32


TABLE 24. REFUGEE ARRIVALS INTO THE UNITED STATES BY COUNTRY OF CHARGEABILITYFISCAL YEARS 1993-99—Continued

1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999Country of

chargeability

Ethiopia ...................................Gambia, The ............................Ghana ......................................Guinea .....................................Kenya ......................................Lesotho ....................................Liberia .....................................Libya .......................................Madagascar .............................Malawi ....................................Mauritania ...............................Mozambique ...........................Nigeria .....................................Rwanda ...................................Sierra Leone ............................Somalia ...................................South Africa ............................Sudan .......................................Tanzania ..................................Togo ........................................Tunisia .....................................Uganda ....................................Zambia ....................................

North America ..........................Caribbean ..............................

Cuba .....................................Haiti ......................................

Central America ....................El Salvador ..........................Nicaragua ............................

South America ...........................Argentina .................................Colombia .................................Peru .........................................Venezuela ................................

16

2,765-2---

961--1---7-

2,7538

244---

242

4,3744,3723,0651,307

211

3-1-2

328-5---

6103---1-

31-

3,555-

1,220--22-

6,4376,4362,6703,766

1-1

-----

239-9---

52------

8848

2,506-

1,705-

25-

10-

7,6187,6186,1331,485

---

-----

194-1-6-

46-----

3411813

6,4361

575-1-

104

3,5393,5373,498

392-2

2--2-

197164---

231-----7

10057

4,9741

277-

30-9-

2,9862,9862,911

75---

-----

15250

--

13-

1,494-2---

31286

1762,951

-1,252

-1532-

1,5871,5871,587

----

-----

1,87313562-

2,495---1-

625153675

4,320-

2,3931

93-

12-

2,1092,1092,018

91---

1--1-

1 Data include independent and unknown republics. See Notice of Special Geographic Definitions.2 Data are for unknown republic only. See Notice of Special Geographic Definitions. For the former Soviet Union, data are not available for independent republicsprior to 1999. For the former Yugoslavia, 14,161 refugee arrivals from Kosovo are included for 1999.3 In May 1997 Zaire was formally recognized as the Democratic Republic of the Congo; the Congo is referred to by its conventional name, the Republic of theCongo. See Notice of Special Geographic Definitions.

NOTE: In editions of the Statistical Yearbook prior to 1996, refugee arrival data were derived from the Nonimmigrant Information System of the Immigration andNaturalization Service. However, beginning with the 1996 edition, arrival data are from the Bureau for Refugee Programs, Department of State. Any comparison ofrefugee arrival data between this and any pre-1996 edition of the Yearbook must be made with caution (see Refugees section, Data Overview and Data Collection).Arrivals may be higher than approvals because of the arrival of persons approved in previous years.

- Represents zero. NA Not available. X Not applicable.

TABLE 25. ASYLUM CASES FILED WITH INS DISTRICT DIRECTORS AND ASYLUM OFFICERSFISCAL YEARS 1973-99

Cases Cases Cases Cases Cases Percentreceived 1 completed 2 approved denied adjudicated 3 approved 4Year

1973-99 ...................

1973.......................1974 ......................1975 ......................

1976-80 ....................1976 ......................1976, TQ 5 ............1977 ......................1978 ......................1979 ......................1980 ......................

1981-85 ...................1981 ......................1982 ......................1983 ......................1984 ......................1985 ......................

1986-90 ...................1986 ......................1987 ......................1988 ......................1989 ......................1990 ......................

1991-95 ...................1991 ......................1992 ......................1993 6 ....................1994 6 ....................1995 6 ....................

1996-99 ...................1996 6 ....................1997 6 ....................1998 6 ....................1999 ......................

1 Beginning in 1992, includes cases newly filed and cases reopened. 2 Includes approvals, denials, and cases otherwise closed. Beginning in 1995, also includescases referred to an immigration judge (interviewed and not interviewed). Cases otherwise closed are those in which the applicant withdrew the case fromconsideration, never acknowledged the request for an interview with the INS, or died. 3 Includes approvals and denials. Beginning in 1995, also includes casesreferred to an immigration judge following an interview. 4 Cases approved divided by cases adjudicated. 5 The three-month period—July 1 through September30, 1976—between fiscal year 1976 and fiscal year 1977. At that time, the fiscal year definition was changed from July 1-June 30 to October 1-September 30.6 Data for 1993-98 have been updated from previous editions of the Yearbook.

NOTE: The Refugee Act of 1980 went into effect April 1, 1980. Data for fiscal years 1982 and 1983 have been estimated due to changes in the reportingprocedures during those two periods. Since April 1, 1991, authority to decide most asylum claims has resided with the INS Asylum Officer Corps. See Glossary forfiscal year definitions.

1,376,976

1,9132,7162,432

42,1732,733

8962,5293,7025,801

26,512

161,87261,56833,29626,09124,29516,622

281,04818,88926,10760,736

101,67973,637

593,60956,310

103,964142,680143,225147,430

291,213118,19579,63551,17642,207

1,018,620

1,5102,7691,664

10,8471,914

3701,9392,3122,3122,000

124,1424,521

11,32625,44754,32028,528

310,07145,79244,78568,357

102,79548,342

205,16116,55221,99631,97046,52788,116

362,456106,090119,13582,03555,196

133,839

380294562

4,99059097

7541,2181,2271,104

25,1621,1753,9097,2158,2784,585

24,0673,3594,0625,5316,9424,173

31,6612,1083,9195,0538,133

12,448

46,72313,45210,0829,948

13,241

239,683

1,1302,4751,102

5,8571,324

2731,1851,0941,085

896

73,9283,3467,255

16,81132,34414,172

75,6217,8823,4548,582

31,54724,156

70,0554,1676,506

17,61028,18313,589

9,5152,3652,3343,0791,737

544,308

1,5102,7691,664

10,8471,914

3701,9392,3122,3122,000

99,0904,521

11,16424,02640,62218,757

99,68811,2417,516

14,11338,48928,329

137,3076,275

10,42522,66436,33661,607

191,43361,69252,64142,55634,544

24.6

25.2 10.6 33.8

46.0 30.8 26.2 38.9 52.7 53.1 55.2

25.426.0 35.0 30.0 20.4 24.4

24.1 29.9 54.0 39.2 18.0 14.7

23.133.6 37.6 22.3 22.4 20.2

24.4 21.8 19.2 23.4 38.3

17

TABLE 26. NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS GRANTED ASYLUM BY INS DISTRICT DIRECTORS AND ASYLUM OFFICERS BY NATIONALITY


1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999Nationality

All nationalities .........................

Europe .......................................Albania ....................................Armenia ...................................Austria .....................................Azerbaijan ...............................Belarus .....................................Belgium ...................................Bosnia-Herzegovina ................Bulgaria ...................................Croatia .....................................Czechoslovakia 1 ......................Estonia .....................................France ......................................Georgia ....................................Germany ..................................Greece ......................................Hungary ...................................Italy ..........................................Kazakhstan ..............................Kyrgyzstan ...............................Latvia .......................................Lithuania ..................................Macedonia ...............................Moldova ...................................Norway ....................................Poland ......................................Portugal ...................................Romania ...................................Russia ......................................San Marino ..............................Slovak Republic ......................Slovenia ...................................Soviet Union 1 ..........................Spain ........................................Sweden ....................................Switzerland ..............................Tajikistan .................................Turkmenistan ...........................Ukraine ....................................United Kingdom ......................Uzbekistan ...............................Yugoslavia 1 .............................

Asia ............................................Afghanistan .............................Bahrain ....................................Bangladesh ..............................Bhutan .....................................Burma ......................................Cambodia .................................China, People’s Republic ........India .........................................Indonesia .................................Iran ...........................................Iraq ...........................................Israel ........................................Japan ........................................


18

7,344

1,8282828141-

1575922154-223-55X3133

257237

--1

579--21-

5413

491

2,385691

33-

42-

332352

1339100281

11,644

2,3874775

-25

2-

1644052

222

366-

13-1-

155-8-3-

181564

--6

240---71

1911

22676

3,837155

-86

-87

4412574

162420729

-

17,374

3,420145406

-7514

-2895859225

8129

252

17666

1115

-10

-181577

-4-

68-11

10-

2181

621,052

5,185330

-349

121541

5331,081

678419912

-

18,475

4,517431332

-127101

19345621-1

7045

131

155

18-

1012

-12

-80

471--1

128--1

113

2132

432,196

5,321216

-246

2151

7428

1,6906

60591715

-

15,799

2,249377241

-8019

-40574734-

601-4-

17127-

346-1-

55368

-2-

50---6

17190

937

505

8,366262

-118

117610

488850

3407

5,5386-

12,924

2,534539312

-160262

20743817-

67112-

27433

223-6-

44432

23-

631--

1512

1425

53444

3,341284

1101

-27012266739215

707176

1-

17,800

2,739403380

-14832

-236440

---

120112-

18111232-11

37564

-4-

15---

182

984

32712

5,766332

-121

4346128

1,193396

1,526775204

6-


FISCAL YEARS 1993-99—Continued

1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999Nationality

Jordan ......................................Korea .......................................Kuwait .....................................Laos .........................................Lebanon ...................................Malaysia ..................................Maldives ..................................Mongolia .................................Nepal .......................................Oman .......................................Pakistan ...................................Philippines ...............................Qatar ........................................Saudi Arabia ............................Singapore .................................Sri Lanka .................................Syria .........................................Taiwan .....................................Thailand ...................................Turkey .....................................United Arab Emirates ..............Vietnam ...................................Yemen .....................................

Africa .........................................Algeria .....................................Angola .....................................Benin .......................................Burkina-Faso ...........................Burundi ....................................Cameroon ................................Cape Verde ..............................Central African Republic .........Chad .........................................Congo, Democratic Republic 2

Congo, Republic of 2 ...............Cote d’ Ivoire ...........................Dijibouti ...................................Egypt .......................................Equatorial Guinea ....................Eritrea ......................................Ethiopia ...................................Gabon ......................................Gambia, The ............................Ghana .......................................Guinea .....................................Guinea-Bissau .........................Kenya .......................................Lesotho ....................................Liberia .....................................Libya ........................................Malawi .....................................Mali .........................................Mauritania ...............................Mauritius .................................Morocco ...................................Namibia ...................................Niger ........................................Nigeria .....................................

19

351

3177653--5-

16955

-1-

16620

--4131

1,1157----

26-11

45-2-

28--

348--

1434

17-

240221-

1042-

134

389

2482891--5-

21874

-13

162

1,023-23-3

11

2,008252--

1974

--5

931

151

54-5

66231

42137

24-

29820

63

1621-

4127

539

383391

---

16-

50652

-37

69679

-3

31-4

40

4,34998323

98159

--7

2139

49-

196-

121,093

4626737

-40

-61420

-14

273295-

78126

207

2217745--44

44137

-61

32304

1-

15-5

43

4,040827-2

9195

--8

1364

29-

136-

34816

1742839

-181

6946-9

4052414

64119

1958

15371--3-

26115

-11

4535

--

27-6

28

3,04479312

5875

--2

1405

15-

125-

44440

2561913

-27

-470

7-6

10124-

87101

232

1315625--

17-

27519

-75

5344

-4

20-

1031

4,91018412

-1

44154

-3

1320511012

-355

2101543

1421653

-68

-4891022

13935-

109146

331

23185015

-1

13-

37027

-93

45336-

322

1341

7,1321423586

50244

11

20213266171

398-

1661,092

34512482

108-

6651249

101-6-

99116




1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999Nationality

Rwanda ....................................Senegal ....................................Sierra Leone ............................Somalia ....................................South Africa ............................Sudan .......................................Tanzania ..................................Togo .........................................Tunisia .....................................Uganda .....................................Zambia .....................................Zimbabwe ................................

Oceania .....................................Australia ..................................Fiji ...........................................

North America ..........................Canada .....................................Mexico .....................................Caribbean ..............................

Bahamas, The ........................Barbados ................................Cuba ......................................Dominican Republic ..............Haiti .......................................Jamaica ..................................St.Vincent and the

Grenadines ........................Trinidad and Tobago .............

Central America ....................El Salvador ............................Guatemala ..............................Honduras ...............................Nicaragua ..............................Panama ..................................

South America ..........................Argentina .................................Bolivia .....................................Brazil .......................................Chile ........................................Colombia .................................Ecuador ....................................Guyana .....................................Paraguay ..................................Peru ..........................................Suriname ..................................Uruguay ...................................Venezuela ................................

Stateless ...................................

Unknown .................................

20

121

22119

7133

241

22--

67-

67

1,514--

945--

3151

6263

--

56973

17032

2886

291-421

363--

2396--

117

27

434

4814911

246-

24-

2012

29-

29

2,72229

1,546--

492-

1,054-

--

1,16518537291

5161

546-42-

6861-

462--3

87

28

1452470

2857

3976

57-

361

10

51-

51

3,324-

791,274

--

524-

7462

-2

1,971234

1,062192481

2

8893

22168

1041514

-683

5-

19

147

9

691059

52915

3425

542

28--

341

33

3,799-

432,112

--

631-

1,481-

--

1,644195888139415

7

590-

12155

91-1-

463--3

159

15

1017

25704

4266

-335

14-1

8-8

1,735-

321,009

--

308-

6947

--

69417134352

1271

316--41

48-26

24311

10

79

2

819

1571,308

-397

9502

712-

2-2

1,684-

40596

11

1962

3896

-1

1,04838346849

1471

393--

274

10722-

221151

14

49

11

10621

1832,368

6437

4572

55-3

341

33

1,334-

54450

--

2551

1901

12

83029443364318

710-

114521

2284-2

3756-

18

83

2

1 Data are for unknown republic only. See Notice of Special Geographic Definitions. 2 In May 1997 Zaire was formally recognized as the Democratic Republic of the Congo; the Congo is referred to by its conventional name, the Republic of the Congo.

- Represents zero. X Not Applicable.

TABLE 27. ASYLUM CASES FILED WITH INS ASYLUM OFFICERS BY NATIONALITYFISCAL YEAR 1999

Cases pending Cases filed Cases Cases Individualsbeginning during reopened granted

Percentgranted asylum

of year 1 year during year during yearapproved 2

during yearNationality

All nationalities .........

Europe .......................Albania ....................Armenia ...................Austria .....................Azerbaijan ...............Belarus ....................Belgium ...................Bosnia-Herzegovina Bulgaria ...................Croatia .....................Czech Republic .......Czechoslovakia 4 ......Denmark ..................Estonia .....................Finland ....................France ......................Georgia ....................Germany ..................Greece .....................Hungary ...................Ireland .....................Italy .........................Kazakhstan ..............Kyrgyzstan ..............Latvia ......................Lithuania .................Macedonia ...............Moldova ..................Netherlands .............Norway ....................Poland .....................Portugal ...................Romania ..................Russia ......................San Marino ..............Slovak Republic ......Slovenia ...................Soviet Union 4 .........Spain .......................Sweden ....................Switzerland .............Tajikistan .................Turkmenistan ..........Ukraine ....................United Kingdom ......Uzbekistan ...............Yugoslavia 4 ............

Asia ............................Afghanistan .............Bahrain ....................Bangladesh ..............Bhutan .....................Brunei ......................Burma ......................Cambodia ................China, People’s Rep.Cyprus .....................Hong Kong ..............India ........................Indonesia .................Iran ..........................Iraq ..........................Israel ........................


358,255

7,097300276

-81372

4548173

-82

-21

-5

87133

11271

278

32481414

-1

4299

1,2591,238

-162

1,040722

104

4392229

819

15,949254

2652

2-

245262

4,69012

3,20416790614287

32,711

4,298784803

-20366

-2386331614-9

1407-5-5

472611112410

--

18-

45769

-3316-1

135

1914

69865

10,230232

2123

8-

37456

4,209--

1,1802,330

77814813

9,496

1,3724441

-12813

5217

-17

-2--

151-

172-613

1131-1

1311

163194

-6-

3872--2-

5726

163

2,53515

-286

2-

225

1,0271-

44542968

19

13,241

1,829260264

-9627

-145326

------

60112--

11111122--1-

24332

-1-1---

102

724

27523

4,154206

-774-

28485

940--

3371,120

507120

6

38

443443

-5940

-454757

------

4311

-29

--

3241677

18--4-

2943

-11

-100

---

775030364865

3982

-2280

-735224

--

2168647429

17,800

2,739403380

-14832

-236440

------

120112--

18111232--11

37564

-4-

15---

182

984

32712

5,766332

-121

4-

346128

1,193--

3961,526

775204

6

21

TABLE 27. ASYLUM CASES FILED WITH INS ASYLUM OFFICERS BY NATIONALITYFISCAL YEAR 1999—Continued





Japan .......................Jordan ......................Korea .......................Kuwait .....................Laos .........................Lebanon ...................Malaysia ..................Maldives ..................Mongolia .................Nepal .......................Oman .......................Pakistan ...................Philippines ...............Qatar ........................Saudi Arabia ............Singapore ................Sri Lanka .................Syria ........................Taiwan .....................Thailand .................Turkey .....................United Arab

Emirates ...............Vietnam ...................Yemen .....................

Africa .........................Algeria .....................Angola .....................Benin .......................Botswana .................Burkina Faso ...........Burundi ...................Cameroon ................Cape Verde ..............Central African Rep.Chad ........................Comoros ..................Congo, Dem. Rep. ...Congo, Republic .....Cote d'Ivoire ............Djibouti ...................Egypt .......................Equatorial Guinea ...Eritrea ......................Ethiopia ...................Gabon ......................Gambia, The ............Ghana ......................Guinea .....................Guinea Bassau .........Kenya ......................Lesotho ....................Liberia .....................Libya .......................Madagascar .............Malawi ....................Mali .........................Mauritania ...............Mauritius .................Morocco ..................Mozambique ...........Namibia ...................Niger .......................Nigeria .....................Rwanda ...................


12101672

1,10139022

--

61-

1,2141,613

214

-102115

987

104

243

155

8,837233167-

1340

218412

111

193100120

-323

176

1,3868

16537513121

1211

1,4322124

115270

8233-

19263659

133498

3225

-7

51-

35443

-59

66371-

35

11937

9,069974041

11119349

-7

30-

194340152

4341

2411,101

23315

1095

93-

6518--7

76516-1

5696

119

-1413

27415--

16-

272100

-2-

19537

18

-3

31

7352112-29

22-15-

176

28-

39-

13741

29481817-

941--

2526

----

22597

-20

-11162714

-1

12-

23516

-23

28213-

20

26

31

5,805125204-3

43208

11

19-

157199131

234-

123914

32910461

73-

5418-27

101-3--

608475

-39

-73234374

-2019

-458-

5075414850

-54

1002441

61695980

-214261501770

-636637

10052

-5977754115403363

-6480

-1002115

-43

--

613768

-331

23185015

-1

13-

37027

-93

45336-

32

21341

7,132142358-6

50244

11

20-

213266171

398-

1661,092

34512482

108-

66512

-49

101-6--

99116106

22






Sao Tome and .........Principe ..............

Senegal ....................Seychelles ...............Sierra Leone ............Somalia ...................South Africa ............Sudan .......................Tanzania ..................Togo ........................Tunisia .....................Uganda ....................Uruguay ...................Zambia ....................Zimbabwe ...............

Oceania ......................Australia ..................Fiji ...........................New Zealand ...........Palau ........................Samoa ......................Tonga ......................

North America ..........Canada .....................Mexico ....................Caribbean ..............

Antigua-Barbuda Bahamas, The ......Barbados ..............Cuba .....................Dominica .............Dominican Rep. ...Grenada ...............Haiti .....................Jamaica ................St. Kitts-Nevis .....St Lucia ................St. Vincent and

the Grenadines ..Trinidad and

Tobago ..............Central America ....

Belize ...................Costa Rica ............El Salvador ..........Guatemala ............Honduras .............Nicaragua..............Panama ................

South America ..........Argentina .................Bolivia .....................Brazil .......................Chile ........................Colombia .................Ecuador ...................Guyana ....................Paraguay ..................Peru .........................Suriname .................Venezuela ................

Stateless ...................Unknown .................


1133

1231

1,48676

2966

793

126182

11

7512

749----

321,7979

1,36918,773

4112

3,6188

424

14,823128

29

1

121301,646

330

180,149104,668

1,50715,058

231

3,54810

10481249

722309114

61,309

6647

25620

-41

-336

3,12519

3917

776

1084-2

931

91---1

8,2723

2,2512,739

-11

23711-

2,4921--

1

43,279

32

2,0081,107

6792

-

56443

488

3341022

1314

18

80105

-30

-16618

26361411-

181

17----

4,294-

307685

312

75111

54823

--

-

303,302

36

1,0461,681

25225262

49816

3011937538

-217207

3113

-18

-137

2,1083

3241

532

50--1

13-

13----

987-

41348

---

187-1-

1571--

1

1598

--

20632542223

384-4

3110

1223-2

1933

16

69-

-32

-4672147525592944

--

25

10-

10----

11-2

15---

78-

50-8

13--

100

813

--

111412618

33-

4034403915

-100301657

55-

-21

-183

2,3686

4374

572

55--3

341

33----

1,334-

54450

---

255-1-

1901--

1

2830

--

29443364318

710-

114521

2284-2

3756

18

832

23


Cases Individuals Cases Cases to Cases to Casesdenied denied asylum otherwise closed immigration judge, immigration judge, pending

during year during year during year 3 not interviewed interviewed end of yearNationality

All nationalities .........

Europe .......................Albania ....................Armenia ...................Austria .....................Azerbaijan ...............Belarus ....................Belgium ...................Bosnia-Herzegovina Bulgaria ...................Croatia .....................Czech Republic .......Czechoslovakia 4 ......Denmark ..................Estonia .....................Finland ....................France ......................Georgia ....................Germany ..................Greece .....................Hungary ...................Ireland .....................Italy .........................Kazakhstan ..............Kyrgyzstan ..............Latvia ......................Lithuania .................Macedonia ...............Moldova ..................Netherlands .............Norway ....................Poland .....................Portugal ...................Romania ..................Russia ......................San Marino ..............Slovak Republic ......Slovenia ...................Soviet Union 4 .........Spain .......................Sweden ....................Switzerland .............Tajikistan .................Turkmenistan ..........Ukraine ....................United Kingdom ......Uzbekistan ...............Yugoslavia 4 ............

Asia ............................Afghanistan .............Bahrain ....................Bangladesh ..............Bhutan .....................Brunei ......................Burma ......................Cambodia ................China, People’s Rep.Cyprus .....................Hong Kong ..............India ........................Indonesia .................Iran ..........................Iraq ..........................Israel ........................Japan .......................

1,737

2704576

-63-265-1---181-1-11-21-1--5-

1252

---------8-3

29

8903-

25--

1611

380-1

622276074-

2,351

41465

107-66-295-1---1

184-1-12-22-2--6-

13106

---------814

42

1,1953-

27--

1721

494-1

7830198157-

17,888

1,1922934

-641

106126

-17

-3--

132-63-3-1

12-5--

996

140238

-31

2323----

7114

158

4,38644

-342

--

172

1,215--

94616

1401132

-

2,764

1572223

-122--41-1---143-1--1--111-15-6

26----1--1-

1721

19

4387-

17--95

149--

122373642-

19,566

2,022450273

-60371

1553151312-6

717-413

22161412258--

181

46381

-84-62332

1577

26258

5,635431

2471-

8766

2,65611

1,23429722436111

342,485

7,014292424

-106321

2843045

-81

-22

-6

7862

11932

387

2841128--

4413

1,2281,103

-12

-1,185

4--95

3401242

819

12,551189

3305

5-

213149

4,333--

2,022817775117611

24





Jordan ......................Korea .......................Kuwait .....................Laos .........................Lebanon ...................Malaysia ..................Maldives ..................Mongolia .................Nepal .......................Oman .......................Pakistan ...................Philippines ...............Qatar ........................Saudi Arabia ............Singapore ................Sri Lanka .................Syria ........................Taiwan .....................Thailand .................Turkey .....................United Arab

Emirates ...............Vietnam ...................Yemen .....................

Africa .........................Algeria .....................Angola .....................Benin .......................Botswana .................Burkina Faso ...........Burundi ...................Cameroon ................Cape Verde ..............Central African Rep.Chad ........................Comoros ..................Congo, Dem. Rep. ...Congo, Republic .....Cote d'Ivoire ............Djibouti ...................Egypt .......................Equatorial Guinea ...Eritrea ......................Ethiopia ...................Gabon ......................Gambia, The ............Ghana ......................Guinea .....................Guinea Bassau .........Kenya ......................Lesotho ....................Liberia .....................Libya .......................Madagascar .............Malawi ....................Mali .........................Mauritania ...............Mauritius .................Morocco ..................Mozambique ...........Namibia ...................Niger .......................Nigeria .....................Rwanda ...................Sao Tome and .........

Principe ..............

521561----

517--1211-4

-25

35811--11

12--2-692-

33-

1342

-5

11717-

84---68----4

175

-

1151591--1-

6811

--1211-4

-2

10

43811--11

16--2-7

132-

56-

1450

-5

11717-

96---68----7

285

-

637

1698

1246--

17-

576499

-5-

38312

2555

-8

51

1,3542622-44

286111

104

44-

56-3

120-

4115126491

2171--

552439--

48231

4

-

41--22--1-

168---511-3

-33

50262---

197----

18132-

13-6

18-23515-

10----

82-1--49

11

-

2643

48304-4

50-

235186

-2-

382225

13

-1740

3,33754131-

1058

120156-

889220

-187

-74

2331

3647631

36-

2252--

20555

14--

3512930

1

1367

5295624922

-2

40-

6671,022

2125

71792

6459

12984

6,92412918617

37198332

14-

113122741

2512

1021,191

71072021081984

-1,064

1822

55269

51231

10431254

-

25


1 The total number of cases pending at the beginning of fiscal year 1999 is lower than the 360,247 reported at the end of fiscal year 1998 because of corrections to

the data base. 2 The number of cases granted divided by the sum of: cases granted; denied; and referred to an immigration judge following an interview. See

Asylum section of text. 3 Include ABC interview no show cases. 4 Data are for unknown republic; exclude independent republics. See Notice of Special Geographic

Definitions. - Represents zero.




Senegal ....................Seychelles ...............Sierra Leone ............Somalia ...................South Africa ............Sudan .......................Tanzania ..................Togo ........................Tunisia .....................Uganda ....................Uruguay ...................Zambia ....................Zimbabwe ...............

Oceania ......................Australia ..................Fiji ...........................New Zealand ...........Palau ........................Samoa ......................Tonga ......................

North America ..........Canada .....................Mexico ....................Caribbean ..............

Antigua-Barbuda Bahamas, The ......Barbados ..............Cuba .....................Dominica .............Dominican Rep. ...Grenada ...............Haiti .....................Jamaica ................St. Kitts-Nevis .....St Lucia ................St. Vincent and

the Grenadines ..Trinidad and

Tobago ..............Central America ....

Belize ...................Costa Rica ............El Salvador ..........Guatemala ............Honduras .............Nicaragua..............Panama ................

South America ..........Argentina .................Bolivia .....................Brazil .......................Chile ........................Colombia .................Ecuador ...................Guyana ....................Paraguay ..................Peru .........................Suriname .................Venezuela ................

Stateless ...................Unknown .................

3-

23101

36-412---

14-

14----

161-

1555

--15---

462-1

-

-91

--

4122226-

40--23

115--

18-1

31

3-

31103

38-422---

29-

29----

180-

1861

--35---

502-1

-

-101

--

4523276-

86--4

10248--

3721

45

531

3846232854-

15221

56-

56----

9,5955

6201,029

361

669571

19367

-5

-

727,941

312

1,6004,021

5161,627

162

1,2305

3915320

266154642

4614818

741

1-

18226

3913121--

5-4---1

1,608-

394331

---

21--1

3071--

-

1883

--

5782683151

49--8-

186--

17--

23

35-

13782318703

334

621-3

1093

106----

7,5664

1,7351,915

-3-

4911-

1,8455--

-

113,912

38

1,5472,030

2818

35

73026

5712

183129-

4221611

54113

90-

2201,405

50228

5622

10619

-8

6571

656----

313,1563

96618,353

433

2,9794

343

15,1807223

1

65293,834

214

178,868100,379

83113,708

32

2,0147

6063215

516209734

4591821

15712

26

TABLE 28. ASYLUM CASES FILED WITH INS ASYLUM OFFICERS BY ASYLUM OFFICE AND STATE OF RESIDENCE

FISCAL YEAR 1999




during year

Asylum office andstate

of residence

Total ...........................

Asylum office:

Arlington ....................Chicago ......................Houston ......................Los Angeles ................Miami .........................Newark .......................New York ...................San Francisco .............

State:

Alabama .....................Alaska .........................Arizona .......................Arkansas .....................California ....................Colorado .....................Connecticut ................Delaware ....................District of Columbia ...Florida ........................

Georgia .......................Hawaii ........................Idaho ...........................Illinois ........................Indiana ........................Iowa ............................Kansas ........................Kentucky ....................Louisiana ....................Maine ..........................

Maryland ....................Massachusetts .............Michigan ....................Minnesota ...................Mississippi ..................Missouri ......................Montana ......................Nebraska .....................Nevada ........................New Hampshire ..........

New Jersey .................New Mexico ...............New York ...................North Carolina ............North Dakota ..............Ohio ............................Oklahoma ...................Oregon ........................Pennsylvania ..............Rhode Island ...............

South Carolina ............South Dakota ..............Tennessee ...................Texas ..........................Utah ............................Vermont ......................Virginia ......................Washington ................West Virginia .............Wisconsin ...................Wyoming ....................Unknown ....................

Guam ..........................Puerto Rico .................U.S. Virgin Islands .....


358,255

44,32612,86921,269

143,81944,72031,45826,71333,081

931320

1,6081,109

164,0291,6381,021

8295,896

44,023

6,669230190

1,974523

1,1641,224

567214161

12,02811,915

9231,947

6961114

2,7053,177

115

8,660112

31,5342,692

51,456

3043,0041,0563,051

349226799

16,71270162

16,0362,931

22158151

37966

100

32,711

3,1242,0791,626

10,0463,5073,2924,1454,892

398

13057

13,70223712825

3143,421

4693112

451958037

1442120

1,064453298357

6602

19617320

58615

5,720132

235738

10639561

3013

469762468

1,060413

3186

1-

1609

89

9,496

802289185

1,5901,9031,7912,421

515

323

659

1,90026506555

1,861

23641

561612121283

19015157574

131

25483

5281

3,305108

1324

188225

143

23102122

193351

131-

3105

13,241

2,164644587

4,145832

1,2521,2492,368

204

827

5,8351048923

181825

27395

1754224225

1512

769235136326

4261

11488

2754

1,546135

11263876

24944

141

123304221

761913

47--

4915

-

38

5435355120262942

1829438

463955406520

319033404128478

4844

61274353404614213633

37242449334768595525

275

254437

10065514330

--

4365

-

17,800

2,8291,027

8115,3721,2931,6641,7103,094

327

1199

7,64615111833

2031,291

363137

2516333357

2118

958308256438

5291

22549

3734

2,081197

118054

10733561

183

152428273

1,045106

453

--

5216

-

27

TABLE 28. ASYLUM CASES FILED WITH INS ASYLUM OFFICERS BY ASYLUM OFFICE AND STATE OF RESIDENCE

FISCAL YEAR 1999—Continued


during year during year during year not interviewed interviewed end of year

Asylum office andstate

of residence

Total ...........................

Asylum office:

Arlington ....................Chicago ......................Houston ......................Los Angeles ................Miami .........................Newark .......................New York ...................San Francisco .............

State:

Alabama .....................Alaska .........................Arizona .......................Arkansas .....................California ....................Colorado .....................Connecticut ................Delaware ....................District of Columbia ...Florida ........................

Georgia .......................Hawaii ........................Idaho ...........................Illinois ........................Indiana ........................Iowa ............................Kansas ........................Kentucky ....................Louisiana ....................Maine ..........................

Maryland ....................Massachusetts .............Michigan ....................Minnesota ...................Mississippi ..................Missouri ......................Montana ......................Nebraska .....................Nevada ........................New Hampshire ..........

New Jersey .................New Mexico ...............New York ...................North Carolina ............North Dakota ..............Ohio ............................Oklahoma ...................Oregon ........................Pennsylvania ..............Rhode Island ...............

South Carolina ............South Dakota ..............Tennessee ...................Texas ..........................Utah ............................Vermont ......................Virginia ......................Washington ................West Virginia .............Wisconsin ...................Wyoming ....................Unknown ....................

Guam ..........................Puerto Rico .................U.S. Virgin Islands .....

1 The total number of cases pending at the beginning of fiscal year 1999 is lower than the 360,247 reported at the end of fiscal year 1998 because of corrections to

the data base. 2 The number of cases granted divided by the sum of: cases granted; denied; and referred to an immigration judge following an interview. SeeAsylum section of text. - Represents zero.

1,737

13114112248686

384187200

21

111

6461691

1091

81-

341443421

74202930352-73

384

45461

1247

328

4-6

775-

295-

12--

v 1--

2,351

172211165713132445242271

41

131

93322191

14139

131-

451545651

92255042364-73

537

53284

184

10378

7-8

1096-

388-

19--

1--

17,888

2,638334221

1,8825,4803,0622,5031,768

1365

7421

3,453217454

1135,363

1,14543

55191318139

11

38955386

1087

14-9

4211

8303

3,757303

-2583

178121

678

57122163

51014181-

1992

2,764

229150167

1,036414191319258

8-

1718

1,205133-

21389

6714

223

16131424

50591327

-2-6

251

511

37215

-25299

20

42

53772-

6614

-3--

114

21

19,566

1,7511,081

9593,5373,2363,1192,8223,061

929

9680

6,171144643487

3,183

615-

10226475922541414

416610152254

3264

417913

4339

4,459137

11311445

176122

3419

36130433

-383824

96--

658

31

342,485

40,96012,78320,974

143,82739,42128,17525,76730,578

725312

1,4901,043

161,6011,599

955798

5,82138,818

5,157249180

1,950504

1,1361,191

625200140

11,48610,985

8421,590

6161010

2,8563,182

101

8,075107

29,3642,293

51,514

2782,981

8702,808

264212679

16,66867766

15,4493,163

18182161

39448

136

28

TABLE 29. REFUGEES AND ASYLEES GRANTED LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS BY ENACTMENT


Total 1946-50 1951-60 1961-70 1971-80 1981-90 1991-99Enactment

Total .............................................................

Presidential Directive of 12/22/45 ................Displaced Persons Act of 6/25/48 ................Orphan Act of 7/29/53 ..................................Refugee Relief Act of 8/7/53 ........................Refugee-Escapee Act of 9/11/57 ..................

Hungarian Refugee Act of 7/25/58 ...............Azores & Netherlands Refugee Act of

9/2/58 ......................................................Refugee Relatives Act of 9/22/59 .................Fair Share Refugee Act of 7/14/60 ...............Refugee Conditional Entrants Act of 10/3/65

Cuban Refugee Act of 11/2/66 .....................Indochinese Refugee Act of 10/28/77 ..........Refugee Parolee Act of 10/5/78 ....................Refugee Act of 1980, 3/17/80 ......................

Refugees .................................................Asylees ....................................................

NOTE: See Glossary for fiscal year definitions.

X Not applicable.

29

3,426,953

40,324 409,696

466 189,025 29,462

30,752

22,213 1,820

19,800 142,103

597,222 175,167 139,292

1,629,6111,495,962

133,649

213,347

40,324 173,023

XXX

X

XXXX

XXXXXX

492,371

X236,669

466 188,993 24,263

30,491

10,057 1,432

XX

XXXXXX

212,843

X4 X

28 5,199

258

12,156 388

19,714 39,149

135,947 XXXXX

539,447

XXX2 X

2

XX

82 102,625

252,119 137,309 46,058 1,250

X1,250

1,013,620

XXX2 X

1

XX3

329

105,898 37,752 92,971

776,664 734,259 42,405

955,325

XXXXX

X

XX1X

103,258106263

851,697761,70389,994

TABLE 30. REFUGEES AND ASYLEES GRANTED LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUSBY REGION AND SELECTED COUNTRY OF BIRTH


Total 1946-50 1951-60 1961-70 1971-80 1981-90 1991-99 1998 1 1999Region and country

of birth

All countries ..................

Europe ...........................Albania ...........................Armenia ..........................Austria ............................Azerbaijan ......................Belarus ............................Belgium ..........................Bosnia-Herzegovina .......Bulgaria ..........................Croatia ............................Czechoslovakia 2 ............Denmark .........................Estonia ............................Finland ............................France .............................Georgia ...........................Germany .........................Gibraltar .........................Greece ............................Hungary ..........................Iceland ............................Ireland ............................Italy ................................Kazakstan .......................Kyrgystan .......................Latvia ..............................Liechtenstein ..................Lithuania ........................Luxembourg ...................Macedonia ......................Malta ..............................Moldova .........................Monaco ...........................Netherlands ....................Norway ...........................Poland .............................Portugal ..........................Romania .........................Russia .............................San Marino .....................Slovak Republic .............Slovenia .........................Soviet Union 3..................Spain ...............................Sweden ...........................Switzerland .....................Tajikistan ........................Turkmenistan ..................Ukraine ...........................United Kingdom .............Uzbekistan ......................Yugoslavia 3 ....................Unknown Europe ...........

Asia ................................Afghanistan ....................Bahrain ...........................Bangladesh .....................Bhutan .............................

30

213,347

211,98329X

4,801XX

NAX

139X

8,449NA

7,143NANA

X36,633

NA124

6,086NANA642

XX

21,422NA

18,694NA

XNA

XNA129NA

78,52912

4,180X

NAXX

14,0721

NANA

XXX

NAX

9,8161,082

1,106-

NANANA

492,371

456,1461,409

X11,487

XX

NAX

1,138X

10,719NA

4,103NANA

X62,860

NA28,56855,740

NANA

60,657XX

16,783NA

8,569NA

XNA

XNA

14,336NA

81,3233,650

12,057X

NAXX

30,059246NANA

XXX

NAX

44,7557,687

33,4221

NANANA

212,843

55,2351,952

X233

XX

NAX

1,799X

5,709NA16

NANA

X665NA586

4,044NANA

1,198XX

49NA72

NAX

NAX

NA3,134

NA3,1971,3617,158

XNA

XX

8714,114

NANA

XXX

NAX

18,299778

19,895-

NANANA

539,447

71,858395

X185

XX

21X

1,238X

3,646122

139X

1431

4784,358

28

346XX

16NA23

-X6X184

5,88221

6,812X1XX

31,3095,317

312XXX

58X

11,297123

210,683542

-2

NA

1,013,620

155,512289

X424

XX

33X

1,197X

8,2045

255

268X

851-

1,4084,942

26

394XX

48-

372X5X-

147

33,88921

29,798X-

XX

72,306736NANA

XXX

192X

32480

712,09222,946

NANANA

955,325

393,4593,1892,047

37211,61723,354

2125,9641,6411,1181,247

1778610

1292,459

874-

3691,276

-5

4053,7971,0742,623

11,106

-103

-10,988

-336

7,44313

15,64056,419

-2679

88,0904021434

2,499370

101,997110

18,5745,118

-

338,0059,612

5471

1

52,193

19,04856

1586

196557

24,060

33211

91

1813

10055

-8

14--7

1524969

-27

-32

-272

-5-

54-

1162,225

-6

165,524

3133

2410

3,6419

292993

-

11,745137

-159

-

42,852

21,80144

13016

372766

65,298

2025412

-33

-5

100115

-87--6

21046

126-

33-8-

373-81

36-

632,842

-5

174,394

2544

4525

4,9564

759625

-

9,30054

-84

-

3,426,953

1,344,1937,2632,047

17,50211,61723,354

7525,9647,1521,118

37,97423

12,07517

5362,459

102,0261

31,53376,446

419

63,6423,7971,074

40,9411

28,5012

10311

10,9881

17,65417

210,2635,078

75,64556,419

12679

236,70710,816

1746

2,499370

101,997360

18,57489,6099,750

1,315,20333,101

5473

1




of birth

Burma .............................Cambodia .......................China 4 ............................Cyprus ............................Hong Kong .....................India ................................Indonesia ........................Iran .................................Iraq .................................Israel ...............................Japan ...............................Jordan .............................Korea ..............................Kuwait ............................Laos ................................Lebanon ..........................Macau .............................Malaysia .........................Maldives .........................Mongolia ........................Nepal ..............................Oman ..............................Pakistan ..........................Philippines ......................Qatar ...............................Saudia Arabia .................Singapore ........................Sri Lanka ........................Syria ...............................Thailand ..........................Turkey ............................United Arab Emirates .....Vietnam ..........................Yemen ............................Unknown Asia ................

Africa .............................Algeria ............................Angola ............................Benin ..............................Botswana ........................Burkina Faso ..................Burundi ...........................Cameroon .......................Cape Verde......................Central African RepublicChad ................................Congo, Democratic

Republic 5 .................Congo, Republic 5 ...........Cote d’ Ivoire .................Djibouti ..........................Egypt ..............................Equatorial Guinea ...........Eritrea .............................Ethiopia 6 ........................Gabon .............................Gambia, The ...................Ghana .............................Guinea ............................Guinea-Bissau ................

31

NA-

319NA

-NA

-118

-NA

3NA

-NA

-NANANANANANANANANANANANANA

4-

603NA

-NA59

20NANANANANANANANANANA

NANANANA

8NA

XNANANANANANA

NA-

12,008NA

1,076NA

8,253192130NA

3,803NA

3,116NA

-NANANANANANANANANANANANANA11915

1,427NA

2NA

3,280

1,768NANANANANANANANANANA

NANANANA

1,354NA

X61

NANANANANA

NA-

5,308NA

2,128NA

7,65858

119NA554NA

1,316NA

-NANANANANANANANANANANANANA38313

1,489NA

7NA862

5,486NANANANANANANANANANA

NANANANA

5,396NA

X2

NANANANANA

707,739

13,76048

3,46841

222364

6,8517656886511

21,69059529

189-

NA11

20213NA102824

1,3361,2411,193

NA150,266

22422

2,99114

NANA

2NANA

417

711

NA1,473

-X

1,307NANA

3NANA

NA114,064

7,928NA

1,916NA

1,38546,7737,540

NA110NA120NA

142,964NANANANANANA

5NANANANANANA

2,14530,2591,896

NA324,453

117,577

22,1495

255NA85

-89

131

NA

19211

19426

2X

18,5421

NA13515

NA

6706,3527,121

9575

2,078187

23,35719,074

17120

32320

45336,557

9983

3552

2831

-1,516

94618

82813

3381,976

21,94953158

201,28178

-

48,284115891495

130286

63

29

87817

10519

394-

60117,595

639

3854822

7962

898-5

3734

7541,001

61

212

291,110

391---1-

13016

-791

27707

1,134215

4,92122

-

4,2253321-1

4355

--1

552

207

54-

27507

12342

-14

4539

431-

16118

11,0301,835

51

1419

38316

-13

-33-

5471

57-

17160380151

4,5034-

2,1841211-36

12--

12

2123-

32-

14183

13

14-5

740128,15546,444

579,1632,119

17,70570,86233,714

2474,546

4114,637

464201,211

1,59332

5442

28326

1,5361,159

1883841

3625,963

53,4777,139

58676,009

11112,200

80,69812134814947

138295235

36

1,07719

10738

9,0512

60137,507

739

5236322




of birth

Kenya ..............................Lesotho............................Liberia ............................Libya ..............................Madagascar ....................Malawi ............................Mali ................................Mauritania ......................Mauritius ........................Morocco .........................Mozambique ...................Namibia ..........................Niger ...............................Nigeria ............................Reunion ..........................Rwanda ...........................Sao Tome and Principe ..Senegal ...........................Seychelles .......................Sierra Leone ...................Somalia ...........................South Africa ...................Sudan ..............................Swaziland .......................Tanzania .........................Togo ...............................Tunisia ............................Uganda ...........................Zambia ............................Zimbabwe .......................Unknown Africa .............

Oceania ..........................American Samoa ............Australia .........................Fiji ..................................French Polynesia ............Guam ..............................New Caledonia ...............New Zealand ..................Papua New Guinea .........Wallis and Futuna

Islands ......................Unknown Oceania ..........

North America ..............Canada ............................Greenland .......................Mexico ............................St. Pierre and Miquelon ..United States ..................Caribbean ......................Anguilla ..........................Antigua-Barbuda ............Bahamas, The .................Barbados .........................Bermuda .........................British Virgin Islands .....Cayman Islands ..............Cuba ...............................Dominica ........................

32

NANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANA12

7NANANANANANANANA

NA7

163NANANANANA

3NANANANANANANA

3NA


75NANANANANANANANA

NA75

831NANANANANA

6NANANANANANANA

6NA


21NANANANANANANANA

NA21

132,068NANANANANA

131,557NANANANANANANA

131,557NA

412

14-8

NANA

1333

NA6---1

NA26

144

NA211

5833

40

371

21NANA

2122

NA8

252,633961

20215

251,825-1115

NA9

251,5144

8729

109363

133

NA1

NA1172711

14131

NA122170

285739NA

7NANA3015324

130

22-

NANANA

-NA

43

NA15

121,840NA

1NA

-NA

114,2135-

8324-

NANA

113,367NA

1,2069

3,566586

-2311

1471822313727

365-

337-

303

23015,020

1944,981

115

1147

4275230

-

267-7

2561-1--

2-

170,10069

-365

-17

139,520--

14--12

130,2506

234-

2254-24

64-2-3-

112-

34-3-

522,270

1287

-1

22-

1511-

20--

20-----

--

16,3726-

41-2

15,480------2

14,9151

131-

124--12

1622---

43-

53-4-

181,279

1153

--7-

221--

2-11-----

--

9,0866-

33-2

8,730--1----

8,588-

1,29739

3,677963

16411

1481936

10611128

3851

3401

3115

25315,096

4935,724

124

1158

78610857

623

4291

28256

12265

2126

677,635165

2567

122

637,12451

847551

11626,697

10




of birth

Dominican Republic .......Grenada ...........................Haiti ................................Jamaica ...........................Martinique ......................Montserrat .......................Netherlands Antilles .......Puerto Rico .....................St. Kitts and Nevis ..........St. Lucia ..........................St. Vincent and the

Grenadines ................Trinidad and Tobago ......Turks and Caicos IslandsCentral America ...........Belize ..............................Costa Rica .......................El Salvador .....................Guatemala .......................Honduras .........................Nicaragua ........................Panama ............................Unknown North America

South America ...............Argentina ........................Bolivia ............................Brazil ..............................Chile ................................Colombia ........................Ecuador ...........................Guyana ............................Paraguay .........................Peru .................................Suriname .........................Uruguay ..........................Venezuela .......................Unknown South America

Unknown or not reported

1 Data for fiscal year 1998 have been revised due to changes in the counts for asylees. The previously reported total was 54,645. See text, p.17. 2 Prior to 1993, data include independent republics; beginning in 1993, data are for unknown republic only.3 Prior to 1992, data include independent republics; beginning in 1992, data are for unknown republic only. 4 Includes People’s Republic of China and Taiwan.5 In May 1997 Zaire was formally recognized as the Democratic Republic of the Congo; the Congo is referred to by its conventional name, the Republic of the Congo.6 Prior to 1993, data include Eritrea.

NOTE: See Glossary for fiscal year definitions.

- Represents zero. NA Not available. X Not applicable.

33

NANANANANANANANANANANA

NANA

1NANA

-NANA

1NA159

32NANANA

-NANANANANANANANA32

36


NANA

1NANA

-NANA

1NA824

74NANANA

5NANANANANANANANA69

55


NANA

4NANA

1NANA

3NA507

123NANANA

4NANANANANANANANA119

15

1521

86251

NA3

NA31

13

41

2898

514547692742

214

1,2441011016

415217149

74

132NA438367

1

NANANANANANANA

311

NA

NANA

6,973NANA

1,383NANA

5,590NA653

1,986NANANA532350NANANA251NANA407446

19

1701

9,042172211--1

55

30,1295

2063,9971,894

98722,337

703-

5,0449878

103149917164224

2,2295612

1,212-

166

18-

5372-2-----

21

843-

1012926410831616

-

71213121412

171304-

338--

118-

71

18-

1221---------

315-6

4710548

1036-

4171358

1312128

-1

1171-

110-

62

3222

9,12842324442

14

96

37,39713

2575,4261,9411,056

27,959745

2,357

8,50319988

1191,1051,484

313298

2,6125655

1,702733

292

TABLE 31. REFUGEES AND ASYLEES GRANTED LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS BY AGE AND SEXFISCAL YEARS 1992-99

1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1 1999Age and sex

Total ...................................Under 5 years ...................5-9 years ...........................10-14 years .......................15-19 years .......................20-24 years .......................25-29 years .......................30-34 years .......................35-39 years .......................40-44 years .......................45-49 years .......................50-54 years .......................55-59 years .......................60-64 years .......................65-69 years .......................70-74 years .......................75-79 years .......................80 years and over .............Unknown age ...................

Male ...................................Under 5 years ...................5-9 years ...........................10-14 years .......................15-19 years .......................20-24 years .......................25-29 years .......................30-34 years .......................35-39 years .......................40-44 years .......................45-49 years .......................50-54 years .......................55-59 years .......................60-64 years .......................65-69 years .......................70-74 years .......................75-79 years .......................80 years and over .............Unknown age ...................

Female ................................Under 5 years ...................5-9 years ...........................10-14 years .......................15-19 years .......................20-24 years .......................25-29 years .......................30-34 years .......................35-39 years .......................40-44 years .......................45-49 years .......................50-54 years .......................55-59 years .......................60-64 years .......................65-69 years .......................70-74 years .......................75-79 years .......................80 years and over .............Unknown age ...................

Unknown sex ....................

Percent distribution ...........Male ..................................Female ..............................Unknown ..........................

1 Data for fiscal year 1998 have been revised due to changes in the counts for asylees. The previously reported total was 54,645. See text, p.17.

- Represents zero. Z Rounds to less than .05 percent.

34

117,0375,760

11,3049,250

12,22413,28011,89510,7389,1708,0786,1305,2074,0083,4813,0021,655

99181945

60,5833,0625,7664,9136,7247,1316,3815,4874,6404,0793,2932,7262,0371,6301,295

70239529725

56,4152,6985,5344,3365,4966,1455,5065,2444,5283,9982,8342,4791,9701,8491,707

95359652220

39

100.051.848.2

Z

127,3435,563

11,4969,971

11,65413,86912,09410,7039,1519,0687,9496,2945,4914,7474,2812,4431,3051,223

41

64,8852,8365,9105,1226,1707,3376,5185,4814,5444,2804,2483,3832,6992,3441,9241,072

53545725

62,4482,7275,5844,8475,4836,5315,5765,2224,6064,7873,6992,9112,7922,4032,3571,371

77076616

10

100.051.049.0

Z

121,4345,181

10,1989,4519,596

13,11511,1489,9788,4208,0317,8275,9696,0645,0534,9453,1431,6491,641

25

61,7902,6605,2594,8415,0676,9876,2905,4154,1763,7484,0193,1682,8602,4212,3061,321

64459216

59,6332,5194,9374,6084,5276,1284,8574,5634,2434,2823,8082,8013,2042,6322,6391,8221,0051,049

9

11

100.050.949.1

Z

114,664 4,509 9,163 9,287 8,076

13,199 11,491 9,433 7,860 7,546 7,707 5,574 5,862 4,594 4,267 2,905 1,502 1,676

13

59,023 2,279 4,776 4,835 4,282 7,190 6,457 5,274 3,901 3,582 3,816 3,034 2,839 2,289 2,112 1,209

575 569

4

55,638 2,230 4,387 4,452 3,794 6,009 5,034 4,159 3,958 3,964 3,891 2,540 3,023 2,304 2,155 1,696

926 1,107

9

3

100.051.548.5

Z

128,5654,3039,525

10,7378,153

14,21014,00911,8979,2268,6209,0786,4676,6634,8464,5873,0621,4941,674

14

67,3862,1984,9505,6194,3427,5908,1966,8324,8674,1354,5383,5753,3252,3752,3131,305

626591

9

61,1782,1054,5745,1183,8116,6205,8135,0654,3594,4854,5402,8923,3382,4712,2741,757

8681,083

5

1

100.052.447.6

Z

112,1583,4248,7219,9637,669

11,57312,81611,9008,8677,8067,4025,6544,9943,7043,2382,0011,0771,335

14

59,5981,7984,4965,1054,0206,2077,3897,0604,8063,9103,7763,1422,5981,8961,669

915408396

7

52,5171,6264,2214,8543,6455,3595,4184,8394,0603,8903,6252,5112,3941,8061,5681,086

669939

7

43

100.053.146.8

Z

52,1931,5894,1464,5103,9764,8145,9975,9524,7463,6113,2012,4532,0031,7361,346

957561592

3

27,793804

2,1152,4352,0882,5193,4803,4662,6251,8441,6371,3291,069

835707412237190

1

24,245777

2,0222,0591,8782,2782,5022,4642,1111,7531,5561,119

927897636543321401

1

155

100.053.346.5

.3

42,8521,2813,1643,5413,3313,6184,6314,2413,6642,9292,5842,3271,7781,9241,4691,140

60960714

21,977662

1,6181,8261,7421,8282,5702,3701,9421,4251,2971,184

868883765537253200

7

20,847618

1,5431,7131,5851,7882,0541,8701,7191,5031,2861,142

9091,040

704603356407

7

28

100.051.348.6

.1

TABLE 32. REFUGEES AND ASYLEES GRANTED LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUSBY REGION AND COUNTRY OF BIRTH


Region and country of birth

All countries ...............................

Europe ........................................Albania .....................................Armenia ....................................Austria ......................................Azerbaijan ................................Belarus .....................................Belgium ....................................Bosnia-Herzegovina .................Bulgaria ....................................Croatia ......................................Czechoslovakia 2 .......................Denmark ...................................Estonia ......................................Finland .....................................France .......................................Georgia .....................................Germany ...................................Greece ......................................Hungary ....................................Ireland ......................................Italy ..........................................Kazakhstan ...............................Kyrgyzstan ...............................Latvia .......................................Liechtenstein ............................Lithuania ..................................Macedonia ................................Moldova ...................................Netherlands ..............................Norway .....................................Poland ......................................Portugal ....................................Romania ...................................Russia .......................................Slovak Republic .......................Slovenia ....................................Soviet Union 3 ..........................Spain ........................................Sweden .....................................Switzerland ..............................Tajikistan ..................................Turkmenistan ...........................Ukraine .....................................United Kingdom .......................Uzbekistan ................................Yugoslavia 3 .............................

Asia .............................................Afghanistan ..............................Bahrain .....................................Bangladesh ...............................Bhutan ......................................Burma .......................................Cambodia .................................China, People’s Republic .........Cyprus ......................................Hong Kong ...............................India .........................................Indonesia ..................................Iran ...........................................Iraq ...........................................Israel .........................................Japan ........................................


35

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1 1999

97,364

33,11164X

84XX1X

178X

883153

34X

154315868

-86XX6-

11XX41

3,9032

3,186XXX

23,1868415XXX

23X

23

51,8672,144

---2

4,719330

8301428

8,649141161

139,079

62,94675X

131XX1X

311X

659392

34X

214127817

1206

XX

341

75XX51

4,2052

4,276XXX

51,55196

-10XXX

34X

66

49,7622,100

215

-16

2,550620

4754712

8,515193104

117,037

42,72153947990

1,5513,008

1-

562-

319-

1552

132559428

2292

105460123315

-157

X1,588

2-

1,512-

4,9717,122

XX

3,8245024

16730

13,3477

1,55058

53,4222,082

210

-19

1,695884

-1933413

3,093365105

127,343

53,1951,198

32954

2,7904,480

2-

3032

1191

1253

15213823980

-32

544114493

-228

X2,546

7-

7314

3,6548,965

--

6,1263713

30140

16,9777

2,47575

51,7832,233

-7-

78808

1,153-

9010316

3,8751,856

203

121,434

54,97873334225

2,6685,156

23371381141

-176

-10

392846537

-11

595210568

-214

42,154

3-

3342

1,19910,359

--

5,71955

-2

53450

19,36617

3,211154

45,7681,665

-19

-114557774

382

13341

2,1864,400

294

114,664

46,99831421415

1,5943,421

-3,818

105117362

8327

383615028

-7

600155387

-15120

1,597-1

2453

5928,176

211

5,06033

-1

65471

14,9379

3,258778

43,314616

-36

-136268803

248

32362

1,2453,848

342

128,565

51,97715418215

1,4463,480

36,246

100236219

98-

245919033402

17624177359

-13620

1,415-2

1831

4479,745

417

3,3034633

53578

16,63611

4,1441,301

42,076369

-50

-101210845

-47

48530

1,2123,802

32-

112,158

39,79576

21320

1,0002,486

46,205

69287311

89-

18425791124

-14

612200272

-8519

1,04331

1431

3226,985

918

2,5892914

23966

12,13712

2,8851,068

30,835356

1911

82163692

-19

4628

1,4471,774

25-

52,193

19,04856

1586

196557

24,060

33211

91

1813

100558

14-7

1524969

-2732

2725-

54-

1162,225

616

5,5243133

2410

3,6419

292993

11,745137

-159

-7962

898-5

3734

7541,001

61

42,852

21,80144

13016

372766

65,298

2025412

-33

-5

100115

87-6

21046

126-

338

37381

36-

632,842

517

4,3942544

4525

4,9564

759625

9,30054

-84

-4539

429-

16118

11,0301,835

51




Jordan .......................................Korea ........................................Kuwait ......................................Laos ..........................................Lebanon ....................................Macau .......................................Malaysia ...................................Maldives ...................................Mongolia ..................................Nepal ........................................Pakistan ....................................Philippines ................................Qatar .........................................Saudi Arabia .............................Singapore .................................Sri Lanka ..................................Syria .........................................Taiwan ......................................Thailand ..................................Turkey ......................................United Arab Emirates ..............Vietnam ....................................Yemen ......................................

Africa ..........................................Algeria ......................................Angola ......................................Benin ........................................Botswana ..................................Burkina Faso ............................Burundi ....................................Cameroon .................................Cape Verde ...............................Central African Republic .........Chad .........................................Congo, Democratic Republic 4

Congo, Republic 4 ....................Cote d'Ivoire .............................Djibouti ....................................Egypt ........................................Eritrea .......................................Ethiopia ....................................Gabon .......................................Gambia, The .............................Ghana .......................................Guinea ......................................Guinea Bassau ..........................Kenya .......................................Lesotho .....................................Liberia ......................................Libya ........................................Malawi .....................................Mali ..........................................Mauritania ................................Mauritius ..................................Morocco ...................................Mozambique ............................Namibia ....................................Niger ........................................Nigeria ......................................Rwanda ....................................Senegal .....................................Seychelles ................................Sierra Leone .............................Somalia ....................................


36

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1 1999

1724

9,824118

-59

---

157290

-1536

3933

4,077276

120,537

3

2,2123

14-6---1--

14--4

69X

1,682--

59--

315

26843---185-11---

38

151

119,127

318-

93-2-

166249

-332

59252

53,603

1096

21,5435

4,731-

229--43511

57621

52X

3,582--

64--

32-

42175

9---436-

20-234

282

15-

138,026

1401

88-3-

129221

6192

229610

4,048162

32,1555

4,480-

2515-5---1

721-2

18X

3,268--

161-

429

25143

3-12196-912-3

330

421

1146,547

204-

37243

185122

224

-62

1151

3,7247915

30,2499

5,9442

13-3-4

12-13

109-33

3543

3,682-1

352-

42-

239172

-1713

1617

-1442-2

885

483

944,482

88-

49-4-

181103

5751

3334

-3,076

1567

27,3184

6,07837-1-6

14--2

113-

156

37200

2,530--

377-

98-

851274-43335-

218--4

1,572

645

633,364

481

44-25

197803

1261

30258

22,932

589

28,5954

7,52734---4

33--3

1302

19-

29204

1,802--

547-

165-

855282-

1011---

26131-

253,095

584

742,155

77-

15-37

194801

2801

42208

21,940

424

29,7006

5,46416111--

1768

--4

175-

24-

6668

98512

5621

-171

-70024

--

1055---

40847-

441,700

463

461,363

68-

16-7

1228068

-135

546

1461

1,112359

22,29719

7,6514641-1

4189112

1464

19-

7145

1,0563

1067103

291-

5051324

3541--

2780

1409-

783,607

212

291,110

391---1

13016

-791

27707

-1,134

215

4,92122

4,2253321-1

4355

--1

552

207

5427

5071

2342

-14

234-

225424

64-2-3-

112343-

522,270

1419

38316

-13

-33

5471

57-

17160

2380151

4,5034

2,1841211-36

12--

122123-

3214

18313

14-5

131-

124-12

1622---

43534-

181,279




South Africa .............................Sudan ........................................Swaziland .................................Tanzania ...................................Togo .........................................Tunisia ......................................Uganda .....................................Zambia .....................................Zimbabwe ................................

Oceania ......................................Australia ...................................Fiji ............................................French Polynesia ......................New Caledonia .........................Wallis and Futuna Islands ........

North America ..........................Canada ......................................Mexico .....................................United States ............................Caribbean ...............................

Bahamas, The .......................British Virgin Islands ...........Cayman Islands ....................Cuba ......................................Dominica ..............................Dominican Republic .............Grenada ................................Haiti ......................................Jamaica .................................Martinique ............................Montserrat ............................Netherlands Antilles .............Puerto Rico ...........................St. Vincent and the

Grenadines .......................Trinidad and Tobago ............Turks and Caicos Islands ......

Central America .....................Belize ....................................Costa Rica .............................El Salvador ...........................Guatemala .............................Honduras ..............................Nicaragua...............................Panama .................................

South America ...........................Argentina ..................................Bolivia ......................................Brazil ........................................Chile .........................................Colombia ..................................Ecuador ....................................Guyana .....................................Paraguay ...................................Peru ..........................................Suriname ..................................Uruguay ....................................Venezuela .................................

Unknown or not reported ............1 Data for fiscal year 1998 have been revised due to changes in the counts for asylees. The previously reported total was 54,645. See text, p.17. 2 Prior to 1993, data include

independent republics; beginning in 1993, data are for unknown republic only. See Notice of Special Geographic Definitions. 3 Prior to 1992, data include independentrepublics; beginning in 1992, data are for unknown republic only. See Notice of Special Geographic Definitions. 4 On May 30, 1997, Zaire was formally recognized as theDemocratic Republic of the Congo. With this change of Zaire, the Congo is shown in the long form, Republic of the Congo.- Represents zero. X Not applicable.

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1 1999

3560

-1-1

54-6

------

9,9105

602

7,7001-1

7,6684

201-5----

---

2,143-

372455866

1,69443

26421106

206317

-1

3513

87-

77184

-3-2

54173

11----

21,31714743

8,00531-

7,9531

14-

312----

---

13,221-

641,249

296133

11,233246

32086

103846141-

7322

12022

33369

-311

6444

9-8-1-

15,9625

29-

9,9692--

9,919-

27-

161----

--4

5,959-

31743169105

4,668243

4431537

16746--

7427

-220

1

37443

-122

87106

342

31--1

15,9268

291

11,7004--

11,6034

18-

683----

---

4,188-

29811210165

2,89281

46146

111763254-

176164

135-

6402

--5-

7932

231

22---

14,2041015

-12,672

---

11,998-8-

6641----

1--

1,5071

2027513181

96633

3839

1098

702531

15322

91-

23935

-181

367-

63-

611-1

16,2655

37-

14,8881--

12,355-

22-

2,50241-1-

-2-

1,33528

28315811972738

497119

1010

102113-

24141

95-

91,089

13

171

2469

562

54---

28,0703

471

26,5972--

22,542-

191

4,0283---1

-1-

1,4222

1826223411976621

92213171821

11615

-1

5683-

150-

71,119

-3

52-

4635

59-

59---

32,89812608

31,4791--

30,377-

26-

1,074-1---

---

1,339-

2019832710966619

89012101614

1541071

48913

17330

1287

-1

22-

1511

20-

20---

16,3726

412

15,480--2

14,9151

18-

5372-2--

-21

843-

1012926410831616

71213121412

171304-

338--

11871

1153

--7-

221-

211---

9,0866

332

8,7301--

8,588-

18-

1221----

---

315-6

4710548

1036

4171358

1312128

-1

1171-

11062

37

TABLE 33. REFUGEES AND ASYLEES GRANTED LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS BY SELECTEDCOUNTRY OF BIRTH AND SELECTED METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA OF RESIDENCE

FISCAL YEAR 1999

Metropolitan statistical area 1

Total ................................................................

New York, NY ................................................Miami, FL .......................................................Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA ........................Detroit, MI .......................................................Chicago, IL ......................................................Orange County, CA .........................................Atlanta, GA .....................................................St. Louis, MO-IL .............................................San Jose, CA ...................................................Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI ........................

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA .........................Sacramento, CA ..............................................Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA .........................Philadelphia, PA-NJ ........................................Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT ..............................Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL ............Boston-Lawrence-Lowell-Brockton, MA .......Las Vegas, NV ................................................Rochester, NY .................................................Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI ...........

Kansas City, MO-KS ......................................Louisville, KY .................................................Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY ..............................Jersey City, NJ ................................................Pittsburgh, PA .................................................Denver, CO .....................................................San Francisco, CA ...........................................Dallas, TX .......................................................Utica-Rome, NY .............................................Riverside-San Bernardino, CA ........................

Newark, NJ ......................................................Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH ..........................Phoenix-Mesa, AZ ..........................................Washington, DC-MD-VA ...............................Fort Lauderdale, FL ........................................Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA ...................Richmond-Petersburg, VA ..............................Jacksonville, FL ..............................................Spokane, WA ..................................................Orlando, FL .....................................................

Lansing-East Lansing, MI ...............................San Diego, CA ................................................Syracuse, NY ...................................................Boise, ID .........................................................Bergen-Passaic, NJ ..........................................Erie, PA ...........................................................Nashville, TN ..................................................Rockford, IL ....................................................Fort Worth-Arlington, TX ...............................Des Moines, ID ...............................................

Other MSA ......................................................Non-MSA ........................................................Unknown .........................................................


38

AllBosnia- China,

countriesBelarus Herze- People’s Cuba Iran Iraq Laos Moldova

govina Republic

42,852

7,685 5,553 2,936 1,494 1,490 1,312

947 864 835 727

663 661 621 608 583 545 488 429 397 354

348 325 316 314 309 302 293 292 272 266

264 258 257 248 246 245 214 208 205 203

181 173 171 164 160 153 148 146 143 141

5,101 1,592

2

766

295 -

56 19 6 5 3

18 -

14

5 18 6

19 4 1 3 - 8 -

3 -

60 -

20 18 2 - 3 -

12 17

- - - 1 3 -

42 -

- 1 - -

11 - - - - -

84 9 -

5,298

115 2

98 440 538 27

225 487 102 32

79 4

61 17

257 103 79 81 65

183

2 57 50

- 85 43 4

62 216 12

15 28 72 8 -

26 95

100 6

53

10 9

34 85 7

42 6

100 23 94

705 254

-

429

346 1

31 - 1 2 - - 4 1

1 1 - 5 - 1 - - - -

- - - - 3 - 3 - - 1

1 - - - - - - - - -

- - - - 1 1 - - - -

19 6-

8,588

50 4,982

153 2

85 28 60 16 13 13

8 2

39 14 22

291 30

297 62 22

47 188

6 292 23 10 13 59

- 21

114 3

35 15

138 36 5

24 5

99

31 37 16 3

32 -

17 26 15 1

678 410

-

1,030

72 1

729 2

11 28 9 -

14 -

2 - 1 1 5 - 1

21 - -

2 - - - 1 2 - 6 - 3

- - - 5 - - 3 2 1 -

1 2 - - - -

16 - 1 -

66 22

-

1,835

5 - 8

532 29 7

73 82 5 2

34 -

48 26 46

- 21 2 1 7

94 16 52

- 10 29 1

22 2 -

- 1

18 106

- 6 - 8 - -

19 15 1

18 -

23 48 3

17 -

330 68

-

383

- - 1

18 1 9 - - 2

96

- 43 1 - 2 - 2 1 2 -

17 - - - - 4 - 4 - 2

- - - - - - - - - 1

8 - 4 - - - - 1 - 1

143 20

-

373

112 -

22 5 1 3 1 - 2

21

27 12 17 16 2 - 1 -

11 -

3 - 7 1 3 2

12 - - -

8 6 - - - - 1 - 2 -

- - - - 3 5 - - - -

50 17

-

TABLE 33. REFUGEES AND ASYLEES GRANTED LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS BY SELECTEDCOUNTRY OF BIRTH AND SELECTED METROPOLITAN STATISTICAL AREA OF RESIDENCE

FISCAL YEAR 1999—Continued

Metropolitan statistical area 1

Total ................................................................

New York, NY ................................................Miami, FL .......................................................Los Angeles-Long Beach, CA ........................Detroit, MI .......................................................Chicago, IL ......................................................Orange County, CA .........................................Atlanta, GA .....................................................St. Louis, MO-IL .............................................San Jose, CA ...................................................Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI ........................

Seattle-Bellevue-Everett, WA .........................Sacramento, CA ..............................................Portland-Vancouver, OR-WA .........................Philadelphia, PA-NJ ........................................Salt Lake City-Ogden, UT ..............................Tampa-St. Petersburg-Clearwater, FL ............Boston-Lawrence-Lowell-Brockton, MA .......Las Vegas, NV ................................................Rochester, NY .................................................Grand Rapids-Muskegon-Holland, MI ...........

Kansas City, MO-KS ......................................Louisville, KY .................................................Buffalo-Niagara Falls, NY ..............................Jersey City, NJ ................................................Pittsburgh, PA .................................................Denver, CO .....................................................San Francisco, CA ...........................................Dallas, TX .......................................................Utica-Rome, NY .............................................Riverside-San Bernardino, CA ........................

Newark, NJ ......................................................Cleveland-Lorain-Elyria, OH ..........................Phoenix-Mesa, AZ ..........................................Washington, DC-MD-VA ...............................Fort Lauderdale, FL ........................................Harrisburg-Lebanon-Carlisle, PA ...................Richmond-Petersburg, VA ..............................Jacksonville, FL ..............................................Spokane, WA ..................................................Orlando, FL .....................................................

Lansing-East Lansing, MI ...............................San Diego, CA ................................................Syracuse, NY ...................................................Boise, ID .........................................................Bergen-Passaic, NJ ..........................................Erie, PA ...........................................................Nashville, TN ..................................................Rockford, IL ....................................................Fort Worth-Arlington, TX ...............................Des Moines, ID ...............................................

Other MSA ......................................................Non-MSA ........................................................Unknown .........................................................

1 Ranked by the number of refugees and asylees. See Glossary for definition of metropolitan statistical area. 2 Data are for unknown republic; excludeindependent republics. See Notice of Special Geographic Definitions.

- Represents zero.

39

Russia SomaliaSoviet

Thailand Ukraine Uzbekistan VietnamYugo-

OtherUnion 2 slavia 2

2,842

954 25

168 81 44 25 42 25 36 39

80 80

104 72 17 9

40 - 5

10

3 4 1 7

46 62 68 11 1

15

43 41 1 6

16 2

34 4

65 2

1 15 1 -

43 14 1 3 3 2

383 88

-

1,279

1 - 6

16 55 10

173 49 34

238

59 -

17 10 61

- 27

- 25 39

51 2

26 - - 5 -

24 - -

- - - 4 - -

14 3 - 2

44 36 14

- - 3

28 - 5 -

138 591

4,394

2,414 45

307 87

470 15 20 2

14 10

28 66 33

132 20

- 151

- 55 10

2 18 46

- 4

18 7

11 1 7

8 25 7 1

26 10 2 1 - 3

2 4 8 - 6 - - - 1 4

207 86

-

380

- - 9

17 -

17 - - 1

86

- 30

- - 1 2 5 - - -

9 - - - - - - 1 - 7

- - - - - - - - - -

7 - 5 - - - - - - 3

162 18

-

4,956

1,821 2

386 77 68 13 28 60 26 44

194 283 183 139 17 3

32 -

114 -

31 3

20 3

76 20

135 5

24 25

44 109

5 3 7 9

18 5

50 -

- 10 48 20 32 23

- 1 - 6

562 172

-

759

498 4

27 8 2 2

15 4 - -

8 18 12 14 2 - - 3 4 -

8 - - - - 4 4 4 - -

4 6 4 2 3 2 9 - 3 -

- - 6 - - 6 - - - -

65 8-

4,503

28 4

348 13 58

1,011 232 42

509 42

64 65 58 47 62 95 55 7 5

50

40 27 34 7

22 26 22 50 1

101

6 1

81 15 7

32 13 30 3

12

21 15 21 16

- 2

11 8

57 9

835 183

-

625

161 -

21 44 19 13

- 13 3 -

10 - 4 7 5

10 3 8 3

12

- 3 5 - 3 5 - 2 1 2

1 2 6 - -

82 4

11 4 4

7 1 3

11 8 3 - 1 1 1

91 27

-

4,412

813 487 566 133 102 97 66 66 70 89

64 39 37 89 60 30 38 9

37 21

36 7 9 4

13 54 22 31 23 70

8 19 28 83 49 39 13 20 24 27

30 28 10 11 17 31 21 3

20 20

583 145

1

TABLE 34. REFUGEES AND ASYLEES GRANTED LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUSBY STATE OF RESIDENCE


State of residence

Total ............................................

Alabama ......................................Alaska ..........................................Arizona ........................................Arkansas ......................................California .....................................Colorado ......................................Connecticut .................................Delaware .....................................District of Columbia ....................Florida .........................................

Georgia ........................................Hawaii .........................................Idaho ............................................Illinois .........................................Indiana .........................................Iowa .............................................Kansas .........................................Kentucky .....................................Louisiana .....................................Maine ...........................................

Maryland .....................................Massachusetts ..............................Michigan .....................................Minnesota ....................................Mississippi ...................................Missouri .......................................Montana .......................................Nebraska ......................................Nevada .........................................New Hampshire ...........................

New Jersey ..................................New Mexico ................................New York ....................................North Carolina .............................North Dakota ...............................Ohio .............................................Oklahoma ....................................Oregon .........................................Pennsylvania ...............................Rhode Island ................................

South Carolina .............................South Dakota ...............................Tennessee ....................................Texas ...........................................Utah .............................................Vermont .......................................Virginia .......................................Washington .................................West Virginia ..............................Wisconsin ....................................Wyoming .....................................

U.S. territories and possessionsGuam ...........................................Puerto Rico ..................................U.S. Virgin Islands ......................

Other ............................................

1 Data for fiscal year 1998 have been revised due to changes in the counts for asylees. The previously reported total was 54,645. See text, p.17. - Represents zero.

40

1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1 1999

97,364

12727

68276

38,507578

1,16248

2959,145

989255114

3,41913046729166

470165

1,2424,7241,2212,656

124534

9175358139

1,33926

12,87133770

770214

1,3152,983

395

6752

4482,866

36485

1,6921,605

51,578

6

477

-

-

139,079

13672

890122

45,5941,3421,767

107508

15,064

1,777261139

5,67943354450884

898281

2,1485,2892,3843,027

80908131221464189

3,141142

22,10564942

1,375204

2,6243,953

635

130196525

4,911513139

2,4032,194

312,011

4

6972

-

117,037

9456

60899

38,2611,1141,111

39408

14,035

1,467245169

4,411248445691348938141

2,2753,4611,9162,338

12069261

143377227

2,603166

14,09768449

2,734404

1,7463,827

488

74176668

3,95736368

1,8915,063

-1,302

3

16120

-

-

127,343

11862

973150

39,5161,1061,116

47355

14,344

1,765241146

3,906457654623286660131

1,4974,3032,5962,678

661,029

61663400155

3,188215

16,986887180

2,378258

2,6193,748

385

150213869

4,86244167

1,7666,018

61,868

1

1133

-

-

121,434

10647

708111

29,2841,186

90451

41314,108

2,287239217

4,122463467655267614127

2,7743,8242,5942,989

751,338

42490297144

2,680196

20,8461,162

3112,254

4191,9353,313

321

120326942

4,57650070

2,2586,330

31,814

4

-109

-

2

114,664

67 20

628 91

26,104 1,296

956 37

445 14,527

2,672 240 190

5,060 424 733 473 430 376 135

2,244 3,639 2,979 3,635

38 1,303

15 574 411 185

2,058 179

19,721 863 138

1,791 418 766

3,125 287

154 279

1,152 4,272

414 112

2,054 4,793

6 2,052

1

13 84 5

-

128,565

9572

33396

20,2331,416

86459

50623,535

2,645208387

5,040585851755486909257

2,1363,4453,0013,787

1161,733

48362444257

3,665282

24,625884271

1,668487

1,8132,712

284

142200

1,0306,415

650177

2,5445,271

10561

4

14194

1

-

112,158

56 28

289 94

23,046 1,102

552 17

45728,672

3,206 70

1263,798

410 1,020

359 394 577 219

1,716 2,496 1,5973,210

130 1,027

19 726 572 236

2,068 195

13,638 764 281

1,362 133

1,958 2,261

91

173 130

1,140 2,749

135 183

1,914 6,305

2 329

4

7 114

1

-

52,193

48 26

106 45

8,309 553 169 23

188 14,093

769 8

55 1,471

394 180 136 808 219 80

935 793

1,250 1,696

41 516 20 36

263 86

826 102

8,430 422 183 664 62

760 711 71

55 76

331 982 612 103

1,096 2,874

5 418

-

4 90

-

-

42,852

38 41

398 2

7,190 408 371 12 5

7,214

1,010 6

270 1,698

161 233 264 391 103 13

190 712

2,226 839 35

1,161 13 65

460 59

915 100

9,197 274 47

481 144 497

1,564 68

90 39

229 742 606 99

495 1,310

9 205

-

1 152

-

-

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