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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


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


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


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


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 ......................................


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


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




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 ..................................


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 .............................


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


2

during year during year


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 ..............................


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


2



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


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


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




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.


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



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

FISCAL YEAR 2000


2


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 .....


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



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


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


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





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





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


75NANANANANANANANA

NA75

831NANANANANA

6NANANANANANA


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





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


NANANA

1NANA

-NANA

1NA824

74NANANA

5NANANANANANANANA69

55

NA131,557


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

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