TABLE 21. REFUGEE-STATUS APPLICATIONS: FISCAL YEARS 1980-2000
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 ........................
2000 ........................
NOTE: The Refugee Act of 1980 went into effect April 1, 1980. The pending beginning of fiscal year 1990 figure does not match the pending end of fiscal year1989 figure due to changes in the processing of Soviet refugees residing in the republics of the former Soviet Union. The beginning fiscal year 1990 figure excludesthe initial questionnaires submitted by refugee applicants residing in the republics of the former Soviet Union. Changes in the number of applications pending from1991 to 1992, 1993 to 1994, and 1999 to 2000 are due to revisions in the data from reporting offices.
16,642 14,957 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 10,095 5,566
10,712 24,522
25,042
95,241 178,273 76,150 92,522 99,636
80,734 67,310 85,823
105,024 190,597
135,251 123,492 133,786 127,676 142,068
143,223 155,868 122,741 124,777 111,576
91,854
89,580 155,291 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 74,491 77,600 73,198 85,592
66,546
6,149 15,322 14,943 20,255 16,220
18,430 9,679
13,911 11,821 33,179
29,805 12,644 14,886 20,280 20,557
32,412 26,317 22,725 31,001 19,094
21,010
1,197 3,998 6,631 2,489
604
1,842 3,362 6,126 5,632 4,005
24,904 5,700 6,780 5,107
19,485
34,251 59,589 17,270 6,768 6,358
10,482
14,957 18,619 11,668 7,801
12,681
13,707 15,895 20,152 27,441 85,349
20,369 17,555 15,028 11,291 12,471
10,095 5,566
10,712 24,522 25,054
18,858
11
TABLE 22. REFUGEE-STATUS APPLICATIONS BY GEOGRAPHIC AREA AND COUNTRY OF CHARGEABILITYFISCAL YEAR 2000
Geographic area and country ofchargeability
All countries ...........
Africa ......................Algeria ..................Angola ..................Benin .....................Botswana ..............Burkina Faso .........Burundi .................Cameroon ..............Central African
Republic .............Chad ......................Congo, Democratic
Republic ............Congo, Republic ...Cote d’Ivoire .........Djibouti .................Egypt .....................Equatorial Guinea Eritrea ...................Ethiopia .................Gambia, The .........Ghana ....................Guinea-Bissau .......Kenya ....................Liberia ...................Libya .....................Mauritania .............Namibia ................Nigeria ..................Rwanda .................Senegal ..................Sierra Leone ..........Somalia .................Sudan ....................Togo ......................Tunisia ..................Uganda ..................
East Asia .................Burma ...................Cambodia ..............China, People’s
Repuiblic ...........Laos ......................Maldives ...............Pakistan .................Vietnam ................
Europe ....................Albania ..................Bosnia-
Herzegovina .......Bulgaria ................Croatia ..................Lithuania ...............Macedonia ............Poland ...................Romania ................
25,042
6,312 1 - 1 - -
54 4
4 24
441 8 3 - - - 3
216 - 6 2 -
2,816 - -
98 32
100 -
241 474
1,657 125
- 2
1- -
1 - - - 1
16,60217
15,345 -
1,211 - - 9 4
91,854
23,799 82 19 1 2 2
181 3
- 2
1,447 12 4
28 1
40 88
1,608 15 7 1 6
4,326 5
216 7
70 176
2 2,659 7,354 4,853
535 12 35
1,101998 55
7 37 1 3 1
45,36312
28,344 6
2,061 1 1 3 1
66,546
20,084 67 2 - - 2
117 -
- -
1,519 16 4 1 1
40 66
1,221 11 5 1 6
4,242 -
206 11 39
179 -
2,275 5,700 4,056
278 2
17
944880 22
1 37 1 3 1
32,3551
19,466 -
2,663 - - 2 4
21,010
5,106 16 4 - - - 6 -
- -
71 - - 9 - -
10 266
4 - - -
2,039 - 1 -
27 14
- 503
1,247 700 179 10
-
158118 33
7 - - - 1
8,462 -
3,797 6
32 1 1 - -
10,482
502 - - - - - 3 -
- -
38 - - 1 - - 5
24 - 1 - -
28 - -
24 -
15 -
15 131 216
- - 1
-- -
- - - - 1
8,0749
7,881 -
158 - - 1 -
18,858
4,419 -
13 2 2 -
109 7
4 26
260 4 3
17 - -
10 313
- 7 2 -
833 5 9
70 36 68 2
107 750
1,538 203
- 19
-- -
- - - - 1
13,074 19
12,545 -
419 - - 9 1
12
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
See footnotes at end of table.
1 Data for Vietnam processed by the Resettlement Opportunity for Vietnamese Returnees Program are not available for fiscal year 2000.2 Includes republics of the former Soviet Union. The INS codes refugee-status applications data for the republics of the former Soviet Union using only the code forthe former Soviet Union.3 Data are for unknown republic; exclude independent republics. See Notice of Special Geographic Definitions.
- Represents zero.
TABLE 22. REFUGEE-STATUS APPLICATIONS BY GEOGRAPHIC AREA AND COUNTRY OF CHARGEABILITYFISCAL YEAR 2000—Continued
Geographic area and country ofchargeability
Soviet Union 2 .......Yugoslavia 3 ..........
Latin America/Caribbean ..........
Cuba ......................Ecuador .................Haiti ......................
Near East/South Asia .........
Afghanistan ...........Bahrain ..................Iran ........................Iraq ........................Jordan ....................Kuwait ..................Lebanon ................Sri Lanka ...............Syria ......................Turkey ...................United Arab
Emirates .............Yemen ...................
Not reported .............
106
161- -
161
1,966 49
- 1,476
428 1 5 - - 2 -
- 5
-
14,530 404
9,1049,079
1 24
12,4122,116
5 6,084 4,152
6 12 2 3
22 3
6 1
75
9,934 285
2,8962,845
- 51
10,1931,561
5 5,437 3,155
5 8 - 1
14 1
6 -
74
4,575 50
5,044 5,042
1 1
2,240475
- 1,014
742 - 4 - - 4 -
- 1
-
16 9
1,192 1,192
- -
71377
- 295 323
2 5 2 2 5 2
- -
1
15 66
133 - -
133
1,232 52
- 814 360
- - - - 1 -
- 5
-
13
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
TABLE 23. REFUGEE APPROVALS AND ARRIVALS BY GEOGRAPHIC AREA OF CHARGEABILITYFISCAL YEARS 1993-2000
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000Geographic 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 2 ...............................................Africa .................................................East Asia ............................................Europe .................................................Latin America/Caribbean ..................Near East/South Asia .........................
1 Previous editions of the INS Statistical Yearbook show authorized initial admissions. Beginning with the 1999 edition, data are for authorized final ceilingadmissions. 2 In editions of the Yearbook prior to 1996, refugee arrival data were derived from the Nonimmigrant Information System of the Immigration and NaturalizationService. However, beginning with the 1996 edition, arrival data are from the Bureau for Refugee Programs, Department of State. Any comparison of refugee arrivaldata 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 behigher than approvals because of the arrival of persons approved in previous years.
NOTE: The authorized admission levels for 1993, 1994, and 1995 were 132,000, 121,000, and 112,000, respectively, including 16,000 Amerasians in 1993, 3,500in 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 authorizedadmission levels for 1992 through 1995 for East Asia have been reduced accordingly. Beginning in fiscal year 1996, there is no specific allocation for Amerasians inauthorized admissions.
- Represents zero.
14
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
90,00018,0008,000
44,5003,500
10,0006,000
66,54620,084
944 32,355 2,896
10,193 74
72,14317,5603,557
37,6643,233
10,129
TABLE 24. REFUGEE ARRIVALS INTO THE UNITED STATES BY COUNTRY OF CHARGEABILITY
FISCAL YEARS 1994-2000
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000Country 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 .............................Bahrain ....................................Burma ......................................Cambodia ................................China, People's Republic ........India .........................................Indonesia .................................Iran ..........................................Iraq ..........................................Jordan ......................................Kuwait .....................................Laos .........................................Maldives ..................................Pakistan ...................................Sri Lanka .................................Syria ........................................Vietnam ...................................Yemen .....................................
Africa .........................................Algeria .....................................Angola .....................................Benin .......................................Burkina Faso ...........................Burundi ...................................Cameroon ................................Central African Republic ........Chad ........................................
15
109,593
50,838171NANANA
7,0885-5
NA-1
NANANANA
-NA3167
NA-
43,470NANANANA
-
46,45721
-756---
8514,984
--
6,272----
34,248-
5,861-6------
98,520
45,70351
NANANA
9,8703--
NA--
NANANANA
-NA3924
NA-
35,716NANANANA
-
40,4204-
361---
9783,482
--
3,675----
32,244-
4,779-1--821-
74,791
41,61723
NANANA
12,030--1
NA--
NANANANA
-NA1116
NA-
29,536NANANANA
-
22,131--
11-14-
1,2562,528
--
2,201----
16,130-
7,502-2--81--
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
-45
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
-41
85,076
55,8778
35210
1,00822,699
-1,660
-7150
-412140167203
1,03532
4,3862
1949
168,649
81814,280
14,041365
-295
-1-
261,7501,955
--
19--52
9,6221
13,04812
---
22391
22
72,143
37,6641
20259
1,05019,033
-2,995
18130
-284147103162
1,05614
3,723-
282241
7,334693524
13,6221,709
5637
-1-
145,1453,158
51364164
182,841
1
17,624572-1
1657-2
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 24. REFUGEE ARRIVALS INTO THE UNITED STATES BY COUNTRY OF CHARGEABILITYFISCAL YEARS 1994-2000—Continued
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000Country of
chargeability
Congo, Democratic Republic 3
Congo, Republic 3 ..................Cote d’ Ivoire ..........................Djibouti ...................................Equatorial Guinea ...................Eritrea ......................................Ethiopia ...................................Egypt .......................................Gambia, The ............................Ghana ......................................Guinea .....................................Kenya ......................................Lesotho ....................................Liberia .....................................Libya .......................................Madagascar .............................Malawi ....................................Mauritania ...............................Mozambique ...........................Namibia ...................................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
92----6
328--5---
6103---1--
31-
3,555-
1,220--22-
6,4376,4362,6703,766
1-1
-----
85-----
239--9---
52-------
8848
2,506-
1,705-
25-
10-
7,6187,6186,1331,485
---
-----
38----
14194
--1-6-
46------
3411813
6,4361
575-1-
104
3,5393,5373,498
392-2
2--2-
45--
16-7
197-
164---
231------7
10057
4,9741
277-
30-9-
2,9862,9862,911
75---
-----
52-1
15-9
152-
50--
13-
1,494-2----
31286
1762,951
-1,252
-1532-
1,5871,5871,587
----
-----
422758-
321,873
-13562-
2,495---1--
625153675
4,320-
2,3931
93-
12-
2,1092,1092,018
91---
1--1-
1,35411
--
1294
1,3476
1331
11-
2,620-----5
50345
1,1286,026
-3,833
-511
218
-
3,2333,2333,184
49---
-----
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. The Department of State included Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania with the republics of the former Soviet Union prior to 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 INS Statistical Yearbook prior to 1996, refugee arrival data were derived from the Nonimmigrant Information System of the Immigrationand Naturalization Service. However, beginning with the 1996 edition, arrival data are from the Bureau for Refugee Programs, Department of State. Any comparisonof refugee 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 1973-2000
Cases Cases Cases Cases Cases Percentreceived 1 completed 2 approved denied adjudicated 3 approved 4Year
1973-2000 ...............
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 ....................
1996-2000 ...............1996 6 ....................1997 6 ....................1998 6 ....................1999 6 ....................2000 ......................
1 Beginning in 1992, includes cases newly filed and cases reopened. 2 Includes approvals, denials, cases otherwise closed, cases referred to an immigration judge (interviewed and not interviewed), and cases referred to an immigrationjudge because the alien failed to meet the filing deadline. 3 Includes approvals, denials, cases referred to an immigration judge following an interview, and cases referred to an immigration judge because the alien failed tomeet the filing deadline. 4 Cases approved divided by cases adjudicated. 5 The three-month period—July 1 through September 30, 1976—between fiscal year 1976 and fiscal year 1977. At that time, the fiscal year definition was changedfrom July 1-June 30 to October 1-September 30. 6 Data for 1993-99 have been updated.
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.
1,413,449
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
327,686116,882 76,827 49,110 38,091 46,776
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
412,770105,000 117,001 79,629 52,712 58,428
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
63,30513,505 10,162 9,930
13,159 16,549
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
11,0452,358 2,304 3,017 1,620 1,746
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
228,83761,672 52,634 42,416 34,218 37,897
26
251134
46312639535355
252635302024
243054391815
233438222220
282219233844
17
TABLE 26. NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS GRANTED ASYLUM BY INS ASYLUM OFFICERS BY NATIONALITY
FISCAL YEARS 1994-2000
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000Nationality
All nationalities .........................
Europe .......................................Albania ....................................Armenia ...................................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 ........................................Jordan ......................................
See footnotes at end of table.
18
11,644
2,3874775252-
1644052222
366-
13-1-
155-8-3-
181564
--6
240---71
1911
22676
3,837155
-86
-874
412574
162420729
-38
17,374
3,4201454067514
-2895859225
8129
252
17666
1115
-10
-181577
-4-
68-11
10-
2181
621,052
5,185330
-349
121541
5331,081
678419912
-53
18,574
4,542439336128101
19943591-1
7245
131
155
17-
1012
-12
-77
472--1
128--1
113
2152
422,207
5,358221
-251
2153
7430
1,6746
59295416
-20
16,186
2,2973782488320
-41564733-
621-4-
17127-
316-2-
53382
-2-
59---6
17196
937
515
8,656282
-121
117810
483860
3414
5,7817-
19
13,011
2,548541312161262
20723817-
67112-
27433
223-6-
44434
23-
631--
1513
1425
54453
3,382296
1105
-26912466639415
708179
1-
25
17,849
2,73640237715031
-236240
---
121111-
18111232-11
38560
-4-
15---
172
984
32718
5,811339
-123
4347145
1,188393
1,545780206
6-
33
22,861
3,675425
1,137265631
247936
-7-
1403561
51171118
1312-
39630
---4---
189
942
62521
7,732269
38915
34161
3,354647937874385151
22
TABLE 26. NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS GRANTED ASYLUM BY INS ASYLUM OFFICERS BY NATIONALITY
FISCAL YEARS 1994-2000—Continued
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000Nationality
Korea .......................................Kuwait .....................................Laos .........................................Lebanon ...................................Malaysia ..................................Mongolia .................................Nepal .......................................Oman .......................................Pakistan ...................................Philippines ...............................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 ...........................Djibouti ....................................Egypt .......................................Equatorial Guinea ....................Eritrea ......................................Ethiopia ...................................Gabon ......................................Gambia, The ............................Ghana .......................................Guinea .....................................Guinea-Bissau .........................Kenya .......................................Lesotho ....................................Liberia .....................................Libya ........................................Malawi .....................................Mali .........................................Mauritania ...............................Mauritius .................................Morocco ...................................Mozambique ............................Namibia ...................................Niger ........................................Nigeria .....................................Rwanda ....................................Senegal ....................................
19
92482891-5-
21874131
621,023
-23-3
11
2,008252--
1974
--5
931
151
54-5
66231
42137
24-
2982063
1621--
4127434
9383391
--
16-
5065237
69679
-3
31-4
40
4,34998323
98159
--7
2139
49-
196-
121,093
4626737
-40
-61420
-14
273295--
7812614524
72217785-44
4483661
32307
1-
15-5
44
4,061818-2
9295
--8
1364
30-
139-
34818
1752839
-181
7026-9
403241-4
661206910
58
14371-3-
2681711
4635
--
27-6
28
3,07379412
5779
--2
1395
15-
129-
45450
2561915
-27
-479
7-6
10524--
87100101
7
31318645-
17-
2831975
5344
-5
20-
1033
4,93618412
-1
43155
-3
1320811012
-355
2103541
1421653
-70
-4951022
13935--
109145859
-231848151
13-
3712893
45346-
322
1341
7,1411433586
52244
11
20215266171
402-
1691,090
34512482
107-
6691259
101-6--
9911910821
-9
1527265
181
3781744
56306-
533
1651
7,271675719
29336
-2
16222260254
4682
2041,410
32419944
96-
67821
-4
931721
50449715
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 26. NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS GRANTED ASYLUM BY INS ASYLUM OFFICERS BY NATIONALITY
FISCAL YEARS 1994-2000—Continued
1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000Nationality
Sierra Leone ............................Somalia ....................................South Africa ............................Sudan .......................................Tanzania ..................................Togo .........................................Tunisia .....................................Uganda .....................................Zambia .....................................Zimbabwe ................................
Oceania .....................................Australia ..................................Fiji ...........................................
North America ..........................Canada .....................................Mexico .....................................Caribbean ..............................
Bahamas, The ........................Barbados ................................Cuba ......................................Dominica ...............................Dominican Republic ..............Haiti .......................................Jamaica ..................................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 ..................................Uruguay ...................................Venezuela ................................
Stateless ......................................
Unknown ....................................
20
4814911
246-
24-
2012
29-
29
2,72229
1,546--
492--
1,054-
--
1,165--
18537291
5161
546-42-
6861-
462--3
87
28
70285
7397
657
-361
10
51-
51
3,324-
791,274
--
524--
7462
-2
1,971--
2341,062
192481
2
8893
22168
1041514
-683
5-
19
147
9
6153115
3435
541
28--
351
34
3,810-
432,116
--
631--
1,485-
--
1,651--
195890140419
7
594-
12155
91-1-
467--3
122
52
25701
4266
-335
14-1
8-8
1,758-
321,019
--
313--
6997
--
707--
17735051
1281
315--41
48-26
243119
53
26
1571,315
-403
9492
712-
2-2
1,689-
36601
11
196-2
3946
-1
1,052--
38746949
1461
395--
274
10822-
222151
14
48
11
1832,355
6441
4571
55-3
351
34
1,331-
56444
--
252-1
1871
12
831--
29643364299
711-
114521
2294-2
3756-
18
75
9
2181,982
7507
5622
115-8
79-
79
1,369-
39875
--
1183-
754-
--
45511
1462741320
-
2,66827
199
2,4703--
13113
23
63
4
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.
TABLE 27. ASYLUM CASES FILED WITH INS ASYLUM OFFICERS BY NATIONALITYFISCAL YEAR 2000
Cases filed Cases Cases Individuals Casesduring reopened granted Percent granted asylum deniedyear 1 during year during year approved
2
during year during yearNationality
All nationalities ...................
Europe .................................Albania ..............................Armenia .............................Austria ...............................Azerbaijan .........................Belarus ..............................Belgium .............................Bosnia-Herzegovina ..........Bulgaria .............................Croatia ...............................Czech Republic .................Czechoslovakia 3 ................Estonia ...............................Finland ..............................France ................................Georgia ..............................Germany ............................Greece ...............................Hungary .............................Italy ...................................Kazakhstan ........................Kyrgyzstan ........................Latvia ................................Lithuania ...........................Macedonia .........................Moldova ............................Netherlands .......................Norway ..............................Poland ................................Portugal .............................Romania ............................Russia ................................Slovak Republic ................Slovenia .............................Soviet Union 3 ...................Spain ..................................Sweden ..............................Tajikistan ...........................Turkmenistan ....................Ukraine ..............................United Kingdom ................Uzbekistan .........................Yugoslavia 3 ......................
Asia ......................................Afghanistan .......................Bahrain ..............................Bangladesh ........................Bhutan ...............................Burma ................................Cambodia ..........................China, People’s Republic ...Hong Kong ........................India ..................................Indonesia ...........................Iran ....................................Iraq ....................................Israel ..................................Japan ..................................
See footnotes at end of table.
40,686 6,090 16,549 44 22,861 1,746
5,890 466 2,479 46 3,675 351 970 20 252 28 425 49
1,836 36 792 49 1,137 144 1 - - - - -
356 9 180 68 265 3 134 2 50 41 63 12
8 - 1 33 1 - 50 - 20 51 24 5
108 21 58 53 79 7 26 5 26 68 36 1 2 - - - - - 7 8 - - - -
13 3 3 23 7 1 2 - - - - - 4 1 - - - -
235 5 97 45 140 6 6 2 3 100 3 - 6 - 3 100 5 - 5 5 2 50 6 - 2 1 1 25 1 -
62 4 31 50 51 5 43 - 14 40 17 3 22 - 8 44 11 1 6 - 1 10 1 1
22 5 5 16 8 1 23 2 9 56 13 1 3 - - - - - 1 - 1 100 1 -
19 41 2 9 2 - - 1 - - - 1
61 47 33 47 39 4 859 73 383 46 630 47
5 3 - - - - 4 - - - - - - 84 3 100 4 - 1 1 - - - - 2 - - - - -
13 - 8 53 18 1 14 - 5 63 9 -
208 31 68 33 94 21 6 3 2 50 2 -
124 2 39 41 62 4 621 51 379 57 521 33
11,046 1,639 5,594 51 7,732 693 219 5 177 78 269 1
- - 2 100 3 - 118 165 51 30 89 15 20 - 14 70 15 -
629 11 305 70 341 29 42 2 37 31 61 62
5,745 700 2,514 47 3,354 198 1 - - - - 1
1,291 252 525 46 647 33 883 26 665 50 937 269 876 47 591 66 874 19 333 4 229 81 385 15 10 9 5 31 15 1 2 - - - 1 -
21
TABLE 27. ASYLUM CASES FILED WITH INS ASYLUM OFFICERS BY NATIONALITYFISCAL YEAR 2000—Continued
Nationality
Jordan ...............................Korea ................................Kuwait ..............................Laos ..................................Lebanon ............................Malaysia ...........................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 Republic...Chad ..................................Comoros ...........................Congo, Dem. Republic .....Congo, Republic ...............Cote d'Ivoire .....................Djibouti .............................Egypt ................................Equatorial Guinea .............Eritrea ...............................Ethiopia ............................Gabon ...............................Gambia, The .....................Ghana ................................Guinea ..............................Guinea-Bissau ..................Kenya ................................Liberia ..............................Libya .................................Malawi ..............................Mali ..................................Mauritania ........................Mauritius ..........................Morocco ............................Mozambique .....................Namibia ............................Niger .................................Nigeria ..............................Rwanda .............................
See footnotes at end of table.
38 21 15 29 22 2 5 3 - - - - 6 7 3 38 9 - 1 5 14 33 15 1
49 20 20 36 27 2 32 2 26 70 26 - 16 1 4 29 5 1 28 11 15 41 18 - 1 - 1 100 1 -
334 187 212 53 378 28 51 94 11 16 17 2 2 - - - - 1 8 2 4 67 4 1 5 - 4 80 4 1
107 12 36 40 56 4 32 14 25 56 30 2 3 2 1 100 6 - 4 3 - - - -
67 14 41 67 53 2 2 - 2 100 3 -
21 - 12 52 16 - 65 20 33 53 51 3
10,203 467 5,986 61 7,271 413 54 11 49 62 67 4 63 - 31 53 57 3 2 1 1 25 1 - - - - - - -
10 2 6 50 9 - 72 1 24 41 29 2
535 14 302 58 336 29 - 1 - - - - 4 - 1 33 2 1
16 2 16 70 16 - 1 - - - - -
275 10 163 61 222 9 346 7 185 60 260 8 26 18 13 50 25 1 5 - 2 50 4 -
562 24 293 54 468 21 1 - 2 50 2 -
249 2 167 61 204 15 1,455 37 1,246 77 1,410 28
5 - 2 33 3 - 36 28 19 32 24 3 20 37 10 29 19 -
285 15 83 39 94 9 8 3 4 57 4 2
106 5 77 67 96 6 1,039 75 585 58 678 156
6 - 10 77 21 1 3 - - - - - 5 31 3 33 4 1
863 8 92 20 93 4 - - 1 50 1 -
13 2 4 44 7 - 1 - 1 100 2 - - - 1 100 1 -
51 6 30 57 50 8 63 44 31 30 44 3 94 1 62 61 97 7
22
Cases filed Cases Cases Individuals Casesduring reopened granted Percent granted asylum deniedyear 1 during year during year approved
2
during year during year
TABLE 27. ASYLUM CASES FILED WITH INS ASYLUM OFFICERS BY NATIONALITYFISCAL YEAR 2000—Continued
Nationality
Senegal ..............................Sierra Leone ......................Somalia .............................South Africa ......................Sudan ................................Tanzania ............................Togo ..................................Tunisia ..............................Uganda ..............................Zambia ..............................Zimbabwe .........................
Oceania ................................Australia ............................Fiji .....................................New Zealand .....................
North America ....................Canada ..............................Mexico ..............................Caribbean ........................
Antigua-Barbuda Barbados ........................Cuba ..............................Dominica .......................Dominican Republic ......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 ...........................Uruguay ............................Venezuela ..........................
Stateless ................................
Unknown ..............................
See footnotes at end of table.
38 8 14 33 15 2 520 19 186 45 218 28
2,386 29 1,678 66 1,982 11 17 2 3 17 7 3
565 8 424 77 507 32 10 1 2 33 5 1
109 12 57 54 62 7 10 - 2 25 2 -
247 3 99 50 115 8 4 - - - - -
23 - 5 50 8 -
247 16 46 42 79 2 1 - - - - -
245 16 46 43 79 2 1 - - - - -
10,017 3,191 1,105 12 1,369 195 2 - - - - -
3,755 183 35 1 39 8
4,509 696 708 20 875 64 - - - - - - - 2 - - - -
154 325 94 70 118 17 3 1 - - 3 - 1 2 - - - 1 1 2 - - - -
4,337 320 614 19 754 45 4 22 - - - - - - - - - - 2 4 - - - - - - - - - - 7 18 - - - 1
1,751 2,312 362 13 455 123 5 1 1 25 1 - 3 4 1 50 1 -
1,006 863 120 9 146 98 676 1,096 220 16 274 15 30 135 12 7 13 10 27 210 8 36 20 - 4 3 - - - -
3,053 292 1,291 59 2,668 89 12 1 2 29 2 - 14 4 4 18 7 - 85 44 14 14 19 1 12 3 4 40 9 -
2,728 54 1,164 65 2,470 80 18 80 3 12 3 1
- 27 - - - - 1 1 - - - -
132 65 77 41 131 5 3 9 1 13 1 - 2 - 3 43 3 -
46 4 19 56 23 2
120 17 48 44 63 2
110 2 - - 4 1
23
Cases filed Cases Cases Individuals Casesduring reopened granted Percent granted asylum deniedyear 1 during year during year approved
2
during year during year
TABLE 27. ASYLUM CASES FILED WITH INS ASYLUM OFFICERS BY NATIONALITYFISCAL YEAR 2000—Continued
Nationality
All nationalities ..................
Europe .................................Albania .............................Armenia ............................Austria ..............................Azerbaijan .........................Belarus ..............................Belgium ............................Bosnia-Herzegovina .........Bulgaria ............................Croatia ..............................Czech Republic .................Czechoslovakia 3................Estonia ..............................Finland ..............................France ...............................Georgia .............................Germany ...........................Greece ...............................Hungary ............................Italy ...................................Kazakhstan .......................Kyrgyzstan ........................Latvia ................................Lithuania ...........................Macedonia ........................Moldova ............................Netherlands .......................Norway .............................Poland ...............................Portugal .............................Romania ............................Russia ...............................Slovak Republic ................Slovenia ............................Soviet Union 3 ...................Spain .................................Sweden .............................Tajikistan ..........................Turkmenistan ....................Ukraine .............................United Kingdom ...............Uzbekistan ........................Yugoslavia 3 ......................
Asia ......................................Afghanistan .......................Bahrain .............................Bangladesh .......................Bhutan ...............................Burma ...............................Cambodia ..........................China, People’s Republic ..Hong Kong .......................India ..................................Indonesia ...........................Iran ....................................Iraq ....................................Israel .................................Japan .................................Jordan ...............................
2,592 6,038 13,857 6,674 13,564
531 418 1,388 205 2,189 70 86 47 16 502
218 58 35 45 630 - - - - - 6 10 8 25 73
16 10 4 1 50 - - 1 - 2 9 3 4 2 11 7 6 79 3 38 2 5 12 - 6 - - - - 2 - - 14 2 5 4 - - 1 9 - - - 1 - - 1 - 2 -
13 20 7 5 92 - - 2 1 - - - - 1 - - 2 20 1 - - - - 2 3 6 5 7 3 21 5 4 - 1 14 1 3 3 2 6 1 - 7 - 8 1 6 2 2 20 1 2 4 1 4 - - 1 - 2 - - - - - - 6 89 2 15 1 - 3 - - 4 7 218 2 26
81 74 224 50 320 - - 4 - 2 - - 4 - 1 - - 303 - - - - 1 - - - - 1 - 1 1 2 - 1 4 - - 2 - 3
26 31 75 9 84 - - 3 2 2 7 2 3 1 50
51 75 201 21 183
1,082 1,205 2,602 462 3,483 1 18 34 3 30 - - - - -
15 11 130 8 95 - 2 - - 4
39 28 28 21 76 196 7 8 7 14 293 762 870 217 1,839
1 - - - - 47 81 405 63 503
346 133 6 55 262 34 55 129 36 225 23 6 20 2 33 1 1 26 - 9 - - 2 - 1 7 9 40 3 26
24
See footnotes at end of table.
Individuals Cases referred to Cases Cases referred to Cases referred todenied asylum immigration judge, otherwise closed immigration judge, immigration judge,
during year filing deadline during year 4 not interviewed interviewed
TABLE 27. ASYLUM CASES FILED WITH INS ASYLUM OFFICERS BY NATIONALITYFISCAL YEAR 2000—Continued
Nationality
Korea .................................Kuwait ...............................Laos ...................................Lebanon ............................Malaysia ............................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 Republic ...Chad ..................................Comoros ............................Congo, Dem. Republic ......Congo, Republic ...............Cote d'Ivoire ......................Djibouti .............................Egypt .................................Equatorial Guinea .............Eritrea ................................Ethiopia .............................Gabon ................................Gambia, The ......................Ghana ................................Guinea ...............................Guinea-Bissau ...................Kenya ................................Liberia ...............................Libya .................................Malawi ..............................Mali ...................................Mauritania .........................Mauritius ...........................Morocco ............................Mozambique .....................Namibia .............................Niger .................................Nigeria ..............................Rwanda .............................Senegal ..............................Sierra Leone ......................
- 3 4 - 2 - 3 17 1 2 1 2 149 1 25 3 7 67 6 27 - 7 2 1 4 1 2 - 1 7 - 8 12 - 14 - - - - -
45 16 267 15 147 6 20 279 15 37 1 - - - - 1 - 3 - 1 1 - - - -
13 9 20 4 41 2 4 18 - 14 - - 2 1 - - - 9 - 1 2 3 19 1 15 - - - - - - 4 11 1 7 3 4 25 - 22
514 795 1,089 473 2,682 4 9 34 - 17 6 5 5 1 19 - 1 4 - 2 - 1 - - - - - 2 1 6 2 7 1 16 26
33 21 22 13 166 - - 18 - 5 1 1 - - - - 3 1 - 4 - - - - -
10 28 11 12 68 13 33 7 22 84 1 3 40 2 9 - - - - 2
39 15 50 12 215 - - - - 2
15 15 1 3 75 34 57 195 24 295
- 1 3 - 3 3 10 22 4 27 - 3 85 4 21
12 49 12 15 73 2 - 10 1 1
13 11 8 4 21 181 14 201 17 246
1 - 3 - 2 - 1 - - - 1 2 36 2 3 4 101 8 52 255 - - - - 1 - - 3 1 5 - - - - - - - - - -
16 - 33 1 15 3 12 108 6 56
10 8 2 4 25 2 5 25 4 22
36 78 31 32 120
25
See footnotes at end of table.
Individuals Cases referred to Cases Cases referred to Cases referred todenied asylum immigration judge, otherwise closed immigration judge, immigration judge,
during year filing deadline during year 4 not interviewed interviewed
1 Cases filed and reopened in the same year are included only with cases filed. 2 The number of cases granted divided by the sum of cases granted, denied, referredunder filing deadline, and referred to an immigration judge following an interview. 3 Data are for unknown republic; exclude independent republics. See Notice ofSpecial Geographic Definitions. 4 Include ABC interview no show cases. See Asylum section of text.
- Represents zero.
TABLE 27. ASYLUM CASES FILED WITH INS ASYLUM OFFICERS BY NATIONALITYFISCAL YEAR 2000—Continued
Nationality
Somalia .............................South Africa ......................Sudan ................................Tanzania ............................Togo ..................................Tunisia ..............................Uganda ..............................Zambia ..............................Zimbabwe .........................
Oceania ................................Australia ............................Fiji .....................................New Zealand .....................
North America ....................Canada ..............................Mexico ..............................Caribbean ........................
Antigua-Barbuda Barbados ........................Cuba ..............................Dominica .......................Dominican Republic ......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 ...........................Uruguay ............................Venezuela ..........................
Stateless ................................
Unknown ..............................
11 260 55 194 577 4 4 11 - 8
37 8 18 13 86 1 - 2 - 3 8 7 13 - 35 - 1 - 2 5
11 20 7 10 72 - - - - 1 - 1 2 1 4
2 2 118 8 59 - - - - - 2 2 118 7 58 - - - 1 1
267 3,433 7,951 5,441 4,380 - - - - 2
11 2,358 180 720 411 89 564 1,508 361 2,125
- - 1 - - - - 1 - -
18 3 758 30 21 3 1 3 - 1 1 - 7 - - - - 3 1 2
65 557 641 329 2,090 1 - 51 - 5 - - 2 - - - 1 3 - 1
- - 1 - - 1 2 37 1 5
167 511 6,263 4,360 1,842 - 3 1 2 - - - 5 1 1
139 259 2,967 4,153 815 15 237 2,224 184 869 13 6 228 16 143
- 3 825 4 11 - 3 13 - 3
187 149 665 81 671 - 4 4 1 1 - 4 25 1 14 1 24 223 7 61 - 2 4 1 4
173 87 106 40 467 1 7 101 10 14 - - 46 - 3 - - 3 - -
10 17 130 21 87 - - 10 - 7 - - 5 - 4 2 4 8 - 9
8 9 32 4 51
1 27 12 - 49
26
Individuals Cases referred to Cases Cases referred to Cases referred todenied asylum immigration judge, otherwise closed immigration judge, immigration judge,
during year filing deadline during year 4 not interviewed interviewed
TABLE 28. ASYLUM CASES FILED WITH INS ASYLUM OFFICERS BY ASYLUM OFFICE AND STATE OF RESIDENCE
FISCAL YEAR 2000
Cases filed Cases Cases Individuals Casesduring reopened granted Percent granted asylum deniedyear 1 during year during year approved
2
during year 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 ....................
Guam ..........................Puerto Rico .................U.S. Virgin Islands .....
See footnotes at end of table.
40,686 6,090 16,549 44 22,861 1,746
3,828 586 2,664 61 3,366 178 2,645 250 645 28 937 284 1,780 124 528 35 730 126
10,580 1,191 4,659 45 6,461 527 7,336 966 2,098 38 3,656 129 4,309 1,333 1,494 36 1,954 170 3,810 1,389 1,203 27 1,618 160 6,398 251 3,258 61 4,139 172
29 23 21 62 30 1 16 3 4 50 6 -
169 28 123 60 181 11 35 10 6 21 9 2
15,409 1,292 7,111 50 9,560 644 358 17 102 33 148 24 183 44 75 42 114 6 34 38 17 38 31 2
267 21 208 64 236 16 7,011 957 2,053 38 3,581 129
649 176 376 58 504 17 22 6 6 50 9 3 4 1 1 20 1 -
543 41 179 33 242 64 90 13 42 41 63 14
100 15 12 12 22 3 56 12 11 18 21 6
315 11 10 29 14 3 31 4 9 30 10 4 16 2 4 19 4 -
1,523 111 968 60 1,187 90 588 222 265 27 368 31 416 42 184 44 284 47 475 35 305 47 392 121 14 1 5 42 5 - 97 10 26 31 33 4 2 - 1 33 1 -
217 38 19 5 29 4 175 51 72 42 91 8 20 3 13 43 16 2
604 436 253 34 357 35 6 2 3 43 3 1
5,973 1,853 1,785 30 2,288 205 207 85 157 51 212 14
1 - - - - 1 648 24 109 35 146 11 38 1 26 57 40 3
129 12 74 58 106 12 641 76 259 43 342 41 47 39 39 29 57 4
34 10 21 55 35 - 19 8 6 27 7 -
484 23 136 37 162 13 763 70 281 39 407 81 57 8 17 40 21 3 3 1 4 100 5 -
1,083 164 837 65 1,085 41 493 28 200 62 262 9
4 - 3 60 3 - 106 9 47 34 57 15
3 - - - - -
258 2 46 75 52 1 19 9 10 83 14 -
202 3 8 15 8 -
27
TABLE 28. ASYLUM CASES FILED WITH INS ASYLUM OFFICERS BY ASYLUM OFFICE AND STATE OF RESIDENCE
FISCAL YEAR 2000—Continued
Individuals Cases referred to Cases Cases referred to Cases referred todenied asylum immigration judge, otherwise closed immigration judge, immigration judge,
during year filing deadline during year 3 not interviewed interviewed
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 ....................
Guam ..........................Puerto Rico .................U.S. Virgin Islands .....
1 Cases filed and reopened in the same year are included only with cases filed. 2 The number of cases granted divided by the sum of cases granted, denied, referredunder filing deadline, and referred to an immigration judge following an interview. 3 Includes ABC interview no show cases. See Asylum section of text.
- Represents zero.
28
2,592 6,038 13,857 6,674 13,564
241 303 1,512 727 1,197 501 285 453 245 1,112 185 207 344 598 653 768 2,440 3,546 2,710 2,687 253 662 2,099 414 2,603 222 758 1,759 1,113 1,750 194 558 2,841 501 2,516 228 825 1,303 366 1,046
1 3 10 4 9 - 1 21 5 3
13 15 46 12 56 4 7 32 28 14
930 3,166 4,411 2,943 3,381 28 35 57 53 151 7 20 80 26 79 2 3 43 3 23
18 12 158 91 90 253 643 2,102 402 2,517
22 113 122 99 145 3 - 29 2 3 - 1 9 4 3
88 60 107 38 238 17 11 21 8 36 4 22 25 32 61 9 7 28 4 36 3 3 11 5 19 7 7 7 1 10 - 2 7 2 15
124 96 554 215 459 36 79 800 75 614 80 18 87 11 165
266 37 80 18 181 - 1 2 - 6 7 12 27 10 42 - - 1 - 2 4 107 45 93 244
10 33 118 69 58 3 - 11 1 15
45 81 811 247 372 2 1 6 2 2
263 1,070 2,584 1,221 2,807 17 12 131 54 125 1 - 1 - 1
15 47 40 22 147 3 5 17 7 12
13 9 45 9 32 55 53 125 27 254 4 8 105 10 83
- 1 8 - 16 - 2 6 - 14
17 46 33 41 168 126 98 200 465 267
3 7 18 1 15 - - 9 2 -
57 51 539 262 353 13 19 98 20 95
- - 4 1 2 18 11 8 7 64
- - - 2 2
1 - 7 8 14 - 1 8 1 1 - 2 3 11 43
TABLE 29. REFUGEES AND ASYLEES GRANTED LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS BY ENACTMENT
FISCAL YEARS 1946-2000
Total 1946-50 1951-60 1961-70 1971-80 1981-90 1991-2000Enactment
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
3,492,894
40,324 409,696
466 189,025 29,462
30,752
22,213 1,820
19,800 142,103
610,568 175,168 139,294
1,682,2031,541,696
140,507
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
1,021,266
X X X X X
X
X X 1 X
116,604 107 265
904,289807,437 96,852
TABLE 30. REFUGEES AND ASYLEES GRANTED LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUSBY REGION AND SELECTED COUNTRY OF BIRTH
FISCAL YEARS 1946-2000
Total 1946-50 1951-60 1961-70 1971-80 1981-90 1991-2000 1999 2000Region and country
of birth
All countries ..................
Europe ............................Albania ........................Armenia .......................Austria .........................Azerbaijan ...................Belarus .........................Belgium .......................Bosnia-Herzegovina ....Bulgaria .......................Croatia .........................Czech Republic ............Czechoslovakia 1 ..........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 2...............Spain ............................Sweden ........................Switzerland ..................Tajikistan .....................Turkmenistan ...............Ukraine ........................United Kingdom ..........Uzbekistan ...................Yugoslavia 2 .................Unknown Europe .........
Asia .................................Afghanistan .................Bahrain ........................
30
213,347
211,98329X
4,801XX
NAX
139XX
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-
NA
492,371
456,1461,409
X11,487
XX
NAX
1,138XX
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
NA
212,843
55,2351,952
X233
XX
NAX
1,799XX
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-
NA
539,447
71,858395
X185
XX
21X
1,238XX
3,646122
139X
1431
4784,358
28
346XX
16NA23
-X6X184
5,88221
6,812X1XX
31,3095,317
312XXX
58X
11,297123
210,683542
-
1,013,620
155,512289
X424
XX
33X
1,197XX
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
NA
1,021,266
426,5653,2552,161
39012,07224,581
2637,5911,6791,807
31,255
1884310
1422,5931,309
-374
1,285-6
4124,2691,2482,757
11,161
-137
-11,717
-367
7,50013
15,70860,404
-3197
90,5334431746
2,546410
109,739120
19,5396,274
-
351,3479,725
5
42,852
21,80144
13016
372766
65,298
20254
-12
-33
-5
100115
-87--6
21046
126-
33-8-
373-81
36-
632,842
-5
174,394
2544
4525
4,9564
759625
-
9,30054
-
65,941
33,10666
11418
4551,227
511,627
38689
381
57-
13134435
-59-17
472174134
-55
-34
-729
-31
57-
683,985
-5
182,443
413
124740
7,74210
9651,156
-
13,342113
-
3,492,894
1,377,2997,3292,161
17,52012,07224,581
8037,5917,1901,807
337,982
2412,132
17549
2,593102,461
131,53876,455
420
63,6494,2691,248
41,0751
28,5562
13711
11,7171
17,65718
210,3205,078
75,71360,404
13197
239,15010,857
2058
2,546410
109,739370
19,53990,7659,750
1,328,54533,214
5
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 30. REFUGEES AND ASYLEES GRANTED LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUSBY REGION AND SELECTED COUNTRY OF BIRTH
FISCAL YEARS 1946-2000—Continued
Total 1946-50 1951-60 1961-70 1971-80 1981-90 1991-2000 1999 2000Region and country
of birth
Bangladesh ..................Bhutan ..........................Burma ..........................Cambodia ....................China 3 .........................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 Rep. ...Chad .............................Congo, Democratic
Republic 4 .................Congo, Republic 4 .......Cote d’ Ivoire ..............Djibouti .......................Egypt ...........................Equatorial Guinea .......Eritrea ..........................Ethiopia 5 .....................Gabon ..........................Gambia, The ................
31
NANANA
-319NA
-NA
-118
-NA
3NA
-NA
-NANANANANANANANANANANANANA
4-
603NA
-NA59
20NANANANANANANANANANA
NANANANA
8NA
XNANANA
NANANA
-12,008
NA1,076
NA8,253
192130NA
3,803NA
3,116NA
-NANANANANANANANANANANANANA11915
1,427NA
2NA
3,280
1,768NANANANANANANANANANA
NANANANA
1,354NA
X61
NANA
NANANA
-5,308
NA2,128
NA7,658
58119NA554NA
1,316NA
-NANANANANANANANANANANANANA38313
1,489NA
7NA862
5,486NANANANANANANANANANA
NANANANA
5,396NA
X2
NANA
2NA70
7,73913,760
483,468
41222364
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
NANANA
114,0647,928
NA1,916
NA1,385
46,7737,540
NA110NA120NA
142,964NANANANANANA
5NANANANANANA
2,14530,2591,896
NA324,453
117,577
22,1495
255NA85
-89
131-
19211
19426
2X
18,5421-
5662
7216,3887,608
9611
2,544201
24,31322,557
17624
33326
46937,2651,028
3385
231321
1,65096818
88013
3542,125
22,75955959
206,85780
-
51,64913891209
14148302
63
43
92425
11920
420-
60817,865
654
84-
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
951
5136
487-
3646614
9563,483
54
106
1670830
-30
-311
13422
-52
-16
149810281
5,5762-
3,3652326-9
1816
--
14
468
141
26-7
270-
15
5682
791128,19146,931
579,1992,585
17,71971,81837,197
2524,550
4214,643
480201,919
1,62332
5742
31337
1,6701,181
1889041
3786,112
54,2877,167
59681,585
11312,200
84,063144350209416
156311235
50
1,12327
12139
9,0772
60837,777
754
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 30. REFUGEES AND ASYLEES GRANTED LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUSBY REGION AND SELECTED COUNTRY OF BIRTH
FISCAL YEARS 1946-2000—Continued
Total 1946-50 1951-60 1961-70 1971-80 1981-90 1991-2000 1999 2000Region and country
of birth
Ghana ...........................Guinea ..........................Guinea-Bissau ..............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
32
NANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANA12
7NANANANANANANANA
NA7
163NANANANANA
3NANANANANANA
NANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANA353
75NANANANANANANANA
NA75
831NANANANANA
6NANANANANANA
NANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANANA88
21NANANANANANANANA
NA21
132,068NANANANANA
131,557NANANANANANA
3NANA
412
14-8
NANA
1333
NA6---1
NA26
144
NA211
5833
40
371
21NANA
2122
NA8
252,633961
20215
251,825-1115
NA
13515
NA8729
109363
133
NA1
NA1172711
14131
NA122170
285739NA
7NANA3015324
130
22-
NANANA
-NA
43
NA15
121,840NA
1NA
-NA
114,2135-
8324-
NA
4315036
1,4479
3,839591
-2312
2111923313727
443-
389-
403
27216,837
1955,191
232
1147
4395232
-
291-7
2801-1--
2-
185,33380
-416
-20
154,235--
14-11
14-5
131-
124--12
1622---
43-
53-4-
181,279
1153
--7-
221--
2-11-----
--
9,0866-
33-2
8,730--1---
462
14241
-273
5--1
6411---
78-
52-
10-
421,817
1210
117
--
12-2-
24--
24-----
--
15,23311
-51
-3
14,715----1-
5696536
1,53839
3,950968
16412
2122037
10611128
4631
3921
4115
29516,913
4945,934
241
1158
79810859
623
4531
28280
12265
2126
692,868176
2618
125
651,83951
847561
See footnotes at end of table.
TABLE 30. REFUGEES AND ASYLEES GRANTED LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUSBY REGION AND SELECTED COUNTRY OF BIRTH
FISCAL YEARS 1946-2000—Continued
Total 1946-50 1951-60 1961-70 1971-80 1981-90 1991-2000 1999 2000Region and country
of birth
Cayman Islands .........Cuba ..........................Dominica ..................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 Is.
Central America ........Belize ........................Costa Rica .................El Salvador ...............Guatemala .................Honduras ...................Nicaragua ..................Panama ......................Unknown N. America
South America ...............Argentina .....................Bolivia .........................Brazil ...........................Chile ............................Colombia .....................Ecuador ........................Guyana .........................Paraguay ......................Peru ..............................Suriname ......................Uruguay .......................Venezuela ....................Unknown S. America ..
Unknown or not reported
1 Prior to 1993, data include independent republics; beginning in 1993, data are for unknown republic only.2 Prior to 1992, data include independent republics; beginning in 1992, data are for unknown republic only. 3 Includes People’s Republic of China and Taiwan.4 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.5 Prior to 1993, data include Eritrea.
NOTE: See Glossary for fiscal year definitions.
- Represents zero. NA Not available. X Not applicable.
33
NA3
NANANANANANANANANANANA
NANANA
1NANA
-NANA
1NA159
32NANANA
-NANANANANANANANA32
36
NA6
NANANANANANANANANANANA
NANANA
1NANA
-NANA
1NA824
74NANANA
5NANANANANANANANA69
55
NA131,557
NANANANANANANANANANANA
NANANA
4NANA
1NANA
3NA507
123NANANA
4NANANANANANANANA119
15
9251,514
4152
186251
NA3
NA31
1341
2898
514547692742
214
1,2441011016
415217149
74
132NA438367
1
NA113,367
NANANANANANANANA
311
NANANA
6,973NANA
1,383NANA
5,590NA653
1,986NANANA532350NANANA251NANA407446
19
2144,612
6193
19,364
223212--
155
30,5826
2204,0732,0331,050
22,486714
-
5,85712591
136171
1,132194247
2,5075916
1,395-
224
-8,588
-18
-122
1------
---
315-6
4710548
1036-
4171358
1312128
-1
1171-
110-
62
-14,362
-23
-322
51--1--
---
4531
1476
13963
14911
-
81327133322
2153023
27834
183-
58
11641,059
10345
29,450
47424542
1496
37,85014
2715,5022,0801,119
28,108756
2,357
9,316226101152
1,1271,699
3433111
2,8905959
1,885733
350
TABLE 31. REFUGEES AND ASYLEES GRANTED LAWFUL PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS BY AGE AND SEXFISCAL YEARS 1993-2000
1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000Age 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 ..........................
- Represents zero. Z Rounds to less than .05 percent.
34
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