CIMM – Stats on the Irregular Claims (BTP) and overall claims– November 18, 2022

Table 4.2: IRB Outcomes for Irregular Claims: January 1, 2022 to September 30, 2022
Country of Citizenship Finalized Positive Negative Abandoned Withdrawn / Other Acceptance RateFootnote * Acceptance RateFootnote **
Haiti 976 302 349 52 273 31% 46%
Turkey 137 120 5 11 1 88% 96%
Colombia 804 580 175 6 43 72% 77%
Chile 17 3 10 1 3 18% 23%
Pakistan 345 223 98 9 15 65% 69%
Brazil 91 12 60 2 17 13% 17%
Venezuela 71 56 11 1 3 79% 84%
United States of America 381 2 256 32 91 1% 1%
Nigeria 1,492 627 362 13 490 42% 63%
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 353 118 182 0 53 33% 39%
Angola 334 149 135 4 46 45% 52%
Peru 35 16 6 3 10 46% 73%
Yemen, Republic of 62 61 0 0 1 98% 100%
Afghanistan 111 100 3 3 5 90% 97%
Zimbabwe 62 41 6 0 15 66% 87%
Top 15 (based on YTD)Footnote *** 5,271 2,410 1,658 137 1,066 46% 59%
Other Countries 1,817 1,125 460 66 166 62% 71%
All Countries 7,088 3,535 2,118 203 1,232 50% 63%

Regular claims include all claims with the exception of irregular claims. Irregular claims are based on the In-between

examination office.

Data source and Date: IRCC-EDW (CBR) - Refreshed October 10, 2022

IRB Data is not official IRB Data and may differ from the Official IRB numbers. IRB official data is on country of persecution and not citizenship.

Data are preliminary estimates and are subject to change.

Table 1.1: IRB Referrals & Outcomes: January 1, 2022 to September 30, 2022
Country of Citizenship Finalized Referred Positive Negative Abandoned Withdrawn / Other Acceptance RateFootnote *
Mexico 5,057 2,666 1,027 1,238 206 195 39%
Haiti 4,988 1,737 725 554 58 400 42%
Turkey 3,428 882 843 14 18 7 96%
Colombia 3,132 2,150 1,512 477 23 138 70%
Iran 3,264 2,388 2,311 37 4 36 97%
India 2,147 5,804 2,509 3,013 161 121 43%
Pakistan 1,287 1,177 898 229 12 38 76%
Chile 862 187 83 92 2 10 44%
Nigeria 982 2,109 1,000 512 17 580 47%
Venezuela 595 509 413 77 4 15 81%
Brazil 502 185 66 90 6 23 36%
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 646 680 301 289 4 86 44%
United States of America 550 677 19Footnote *** 462 56 140 3%
Sri Lanka 580 594 483 102 5 4 81%
Afghanistan 543 524 492 14 3 15 94%
Top 15Footnote ** 28,563 22,269 12,682 7,200 579 1,808 57%
Other Countries 11,413 10,915 7,340 2,395 348 832 67%
All Countries 39,976 33,184 20,022 9,595 927 2,640 60%

Details are left blank on the asylum claim application.

Data source and Date: IRCC-EDW (CBR) - Refreshed October 10, 2022

IRB Data is not official IRB Data and may differ from the Official IRB numbers. IRB official data is on country of

persecution and not citizenship.

Data are preliminary estimates and are subject to change.

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Data more recent than July 2022 have not been released publicly.

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