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RefNZ Statistics

New Zealand Refugee Statistics 

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Last updated: 25 November 2010

RefNZ Statistics provides key New Zealand refugee statistics. The statistics are listed in the Index below. Unless otherwise stated, the statistics have been obtained under the Official Information Act 1982. Further statistics will be added as they become available. Use the Index to link to statistics of interest.

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Index

Refugee Status Branch: General Statistics

Table 1: The number of people arriving at New Zealand airports and indicating a wish to apply for refugee status (spontaneous refugees) in the calendar years from 1991 to 1996 and the financial years from 1997/98 to 2009/2010.

Table 2: The number of refugee status applications submitted to the Refugee Status Branch in the financial years from 1990/91 to 2009/2010.

Table 3: The number of refugee status applications determined, and the number of applications and people approved and declined by the Refugee Status Branch during the financial years from 1992/93 to 2009/2010.

Table 4: Number of applications lodged with the Refugee Status Branch per client during the period 01 July 1999 to 30 June 2005.
 

Refugee Status Branch:Statistics by Nationality

Table 5: Five countries with the highest number of refugee status applications filed with the Refugee Status Branch during the financial years from 1990/91 to 2009/2010.

Table 6: Five countries with the highest number of refugee status applications approved by the Refugee Status Branch during the financial years from 1992/93 to 2009/2010.

Table 7: Five countries with the highest number of refugee status applications declined by the Refugee Status Branch during the financial years from 1992/93 to 2009/2010.
 

Refugee Status Branch: Statistics by Gender

Table 8: Breakdown by gender of the applications received by the Refugee Status Branch in the financial years from 1997/98 to 2009/2010.

Table 9: Breakdown by gender of the applications approved by the Refugee Status Branch in the financial years from 1997/98 to 2009/2010.

Table 10: Breakdown by gender of the applications declined by the Refugee Status Branch in the financial years from 1997/98 to 2009/2010.

Table 11: Breakdown of success rates by gender as a percentage of the both successful applications and total applications decided by the Refugee Status Branch in the financial years from 1997/98 to 2009/2010.
 

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Refugee Status Appeals Authority: General Statistics

Table 12: The number of appeals received, withdrawn, heard, published and  finalised by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority, including the number of outstanding appeals, in the financial years from 1991/92 to 2010/2011.

Table 13: The number and percentage of refugee status appeal applications declined and allowed by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority for the financial years from 1991/92 to 2010/2011.

Table 14: Breakdown of decisions published by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority into categories of standard claims, non-appearance, manifestly unfounded claims, second appeals and third appeals for the financial years from 1998/99 to 2010/2011.
 

Refugee Status Appeals Authority: Statistics by Nationality

Table 15: The number of decisions published by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority by nationality, including the number of decisions allowed, dismissed, non-appearance, manifestly unfounded, second appeals and third appeals in the 1998/99 financial year.

Table 16: The number of decisions published by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority by nationality, including the number of decisions allowed, dismissed, non-appearance, manifestly unfounded, second appeals and third appeals in the 1999/2000 financial year.

Table 17: The number of decisions published by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority by nationality, including the number of decisions allowed, dismissed, non-appearance, manifestly unfounded, second appeals and third appeals in the 2000/2001 financial year.

Table 18: The number of decisions published by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority by nationality, including the number of decisions allowed, dismissed, non-appearance, manifestly unfounded, second appeals and third appeals in the 2001/2002 financial year.

Table 19: The number of decisions published by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority by nationality, including the number of decisions allowed, dismissed, non-appearance, manifestly unfounded, second appeals and third appeals in the 2002/2003 financial year.

Table 20: The number of decisions published by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority by nationality, including the number of decisions allowed, dismissed, non-appearance, manifestly unfounded and second appeals in the 2003/2004 financial year.

Table 21: The number of decisions published by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority by nationality, including the number of decisions allowed, dismissed, non-appearance, manifestly unfounded, second appeals and third appeals in the 2004/2005 financial year.

Table 22: The number of decisions published by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority by nationality, including the number of decisions allowed, dismissed, non-appearance, manifestly unfounded, second appeals and third appeals in the 2005/2006 financial year.

Table 23: The number of decisions published by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority by nationality, including the number of decisions allowed, dismissed, non-appearance, manifestly unfounded and second appeals in the 2006/2007 financial year.

Table 24: The number of decisions published by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority by nationality, including the number of decisions allowed, dismissed, non-appearance, manifestly unfounded and second appeals in the 2007/2008 financial year.

Table 25: The number of decisions published by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority by nationality, including the number of decisions allowed, dismissed, non-appearance, manifestly unfounded and second appeals in the 2008/2009 financial year.

Table 26: The number of decisions published by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority by nationality, including the number of decisions allowed, dismissed, non-appearance, manifestly unfounded and second appeals in the 2009/2010 financial year.

Table 27: The number of decisions published by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority by nationality, including the number of decisions allowed, dismissed, non-appearance, manifestly unfounded and second appeals in the 2010/2011 financial year.

Table 28: Top three countries with the highest number of appeals submitted in the financial years from 1998/99 to 2010/11.

Table 29: Top three countries with the highest number of appeals allowed by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority in the financial years from 1998/99 to 2010/11.

Table 30: Top three countries with the highest number of appeals dismissed by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority in the financial years from 1998/99 to 2010/11.

Table 31: Top three countries with the highest number of manifestly unfounded appeals determined by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority in the financial years from 1998/99 to 2010/11.
 

Refugee Status Appeals Authority: Statistics by Gender

Table 32: Number of decisions published by nationality and gender, including a breakdown of appeal applications allowed and declined, by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority in the 1998/99 financial year.

Table 33: Number of decisions published by nationality and gender, including a breakdown of appeal applications allowed and declined, by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority in the 1999/2000 financial year.

Table 34: Number of decisions published by nationality and gender, including a breakdown of appeal applications allowed and declined, by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority in the 2000/01 financial year.

Table 35: Number of decisions published by nationality and gender, including a breakdown of appeal applications allowed and declined, by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority in the 2001/02 financial year.

Table 36: Number of decisions published by nationality and gender, including a breakdown of appeal applications allowed and declined, by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority in the 2002/03 financial year.

Table 37: Number of decisions published by nationality and gender, including a breakdown of appeal applications allowed and declined, by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority in the 2003/04 financial year.

Table 38: Number of decisions published by nationality and gender, including a breakdown of appeal applications allowed and declined, by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority in the 2004/05 financial year.

Table 39: Number of decisions published by nationality and gender, including a breakdown of appeal applications allowed and declined, by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority in the 2005/06 financial year.

Table 40: Number of decisions published by nationality and gender, including a breakdown of appeal applications allowed and declined, by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority in the 2006/07 financial year.

Table 41: Number of decisions published by nationality and gender, including a breakdown of appeal applications allowed and declined, by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority in the 2007/08 financial year.

Table 42: Number of decisions published by nationality and gender, including a breakdown of appeal applications allowed and declined, by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority in the 2008/09 financial year.

Table 43: Number of decisions published by nationality and gender, including a breakdown of appeal applications allowed and declined, by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority in the 2009/10 financial year.

Table 44: Top three countries, by gender, with the highest number of appeals submitted to the Refugee Status Appeals Authority in the financial years from 1998/99 to 2009/10.

Table 45: Top three countries, by gender, with the highest number of appeals allowed by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority in the financial years from 1998/99 to 2009/10.

Table 46: Top three countries, by gender, with the highest number of appeals declined by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority in the financial years from 1998/99 to 2009/10.

Table 47: Breakdown of success rates by gender as a percentage of both successful appeals and total appeals decided in the financial years from 1998/99 to 2009/10.
 

Refugee Status Appeals Authority: Child Applicants

Table 48: Child appellants in the Refugee Status appeals Authority, including their nationality, gender and decision outcome in the 1998/99 financial year.

Table 49: Child appellants in the Refugee Status Appeals Authority, including their nationality, gender and decision outcome in the 1999/2000 financial year.

Table 50: Child appellants in the Refugee Status Appeals Authority, including their nationality, gender and decision outcome in the 2000/2001 financial year.

Table 51: Child appellants in the Refugee Status Appeals Authority, including their nationality, gender and decision outcome in the 2001/2002 financial year. 

Table 52: Child appellants in the Refugee Status Appeals Authority, including their nationality, gender and decision outcome in the 2002/2003 financial year. 

Table 53: Child appellants in the Refugee Status Appeals Authority, including their nationality, gender and decision outcome in the 2003/2004 financial year. 

Table 54: Child appellants in the Refugee Status Appeals Authority, including their nationality, gender and decision outcome in the 2004/2005 financial year.

Table 55: Child appellants in the Refugee Status Appeals Authority, including their nationality, gender and decision outcome in the 2005/2006 financial year.

Table 56: Child appellants in the Refugee Status Appeals Authority, including their nationality, gender and decision outcome in the 2006/2007 financial year.

Table 57: Child appellants in the Refugee Status Appeals Authority, including their nationality, gender and decision outcome in the 2007/2008 financial year.

Table 58: Child appellants in the Refugee Status Appeals Authority, including their nationality, gender and decision outcome in the 2008/2009 financial year.

Table 59: Child appellants in the Refugee Status Appeals Authority, including their nationality, gender and decision outcome in the 2009/2010 financial year.

  Refugee Status Appeals Authority: Article 1F Exclusion

Table 60: Breakdown by nationality of Article 1F exclusion decisions of the Refugee Status Appeals Authority in the 1998/99 financial year.

Table 61: Breakdown by nationality of Article 1F exclusion decisions of the Refugee Status Appeals Authority in the 1999/2000 financial year.

Table 62: Breakdown by nationality of Article 1F exclusion decisions of the Refugee Status Appeals Authority in the 2000/2001 financial year.

Table 63: Breakdown by nationality of Article 1F exclusion decisions of the Refugee Status Appeals Authority in the 2001/2002 financial year.

Table 64: Breakdown by nationality of Article 1F exclusion decisions of the Refugee Status Appeals Authority in the 2002/2003 financial year.

Table 65: Breakdown by nationality of Article 1F exclusion decisions of the Refugee Status Appeals Authority in the 2003/2004 financial year.

Table 66: Breakdown by nationality of Article 1F exclusion decisions of the Refugee Status Appeals Authority in the 2004/2005 financial year.

Table 67: Breakdown by nationality of Article 1F exclusion decisions of the Refugee Status Appeals Authority in the 2005/2006 financial year.

Table 68: Breakdown by nationality of Article 1F exclusion decisions of the Refugee Status Appeals Authority in the 2006/2007 financial year.

Table 69: Breakdown by nationality of Article 1F exclusion decisions of the Refugee Status Appeals Authority in the 2007/2008 financial year.

Table 70: Breakdown by nationality of Article 1F exclusion decisions of the Refugee Status Appeals Authority in the 2008/2009 financial year.

Table 71: Breakdown by nationality of Article 1F exclusion decisions of the Refugee Status Appeals Authority in the 2009/2010 financial year.

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Judicial Review

Table 72: Analysis of the outcomes of judicial review applications filed in the High Court in the financial years from 1998/99 to 2009/2010.

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United Nations Refugee Quota Programme

Table 73: Breakdown by nationality of people granted residence in New Zealand under the United Nations Refugee Quota programme in the financial years from 1979/80 to 1989/90.

Table 74: Breakdown by nationality of people granted residence in New Zealand under the United Nations Refugee Quota Programme in the financial years from 1990/91 to 2009/2010.

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Expulsion Statistics

Table 75: The number of people refused entry to New Zealand and turned around at airports in the calendar years from 1991 to 1995 and the financial years from 1996/97 to 2009/10.

Table 76: Breakdown by nationality of people refused entry to New Zealand and turned around at airports in the financial years from 1997/98 to 2009/10.

Table 77: Three countries with the highest number of nationals refused entry and turned around upon arrival at a New Zealand airport in the financial years from 1997/98 to 2009/10.

Table 78: The number of removal orders served, and the number of people removed as a result of removal orders executed, including those declined refugee status, and voluntary departures during the calendar years from 1993 to 1995 and the financial years from 1996/97 to 2009/10.

Table 79: Number of officers employed by the New Zealand Immigration Service to enforce border control in the calendar/financial years from 1997 to 2010.

Table 80: Number of overstayers in New Zealand as assessed at given dates in the years 1991 to 2010.

Table 81: Estimated numbers of overstayers by nationality as at 28 April 2010 in descending rank.

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Refugee Status Branch: General Statistics

Table 1: The number of people arriving at New Zealand airports and indicating a wish to apply for refugee status (spontaneous refugees) in the calendar years from 1991 to 1996 and the financial years from 1997/1998 to 2009/2010.[1]

Year	Number of Persons
1991	184
1992	215
1993	103
1994	88
1995	175
1996	280
1997/98	299
1998/99	342
1999/2000	292
2000/01	262
2001/02	241
2002/03	249
2003/04	135
2004/05	91
2005/06	84
2006/07	50
2007/08	26
2008/09	23
2009/10	34

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Table 2: The number of refugee status applications submitted to the Refugee Status Branch in the financial years from 1990/91 to 2009/2010.[2]

Financial Year	Applications  received by RSB
1990/91	901
1991/92	1124
1992/93	541
1993/94	382
1994/95	641
1995/96	1064
1996/97	1534
1997/98	1784
1998/99	2019
1999/2000	1409
2000/01	1703
2001/02	1441
2002/03	955
2003/04	713
2004/05	399
2005/06	317
2006/07	244
2007/08	267
2008/09	246
2009/10	384

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Table 3: The number of refugee status applications determined, and the number of applications and people approved and declined by the Refugee Status Branch during the financial years from 1992/93 to 2009/2010.[3]

	Decisions made	Applications approved	% Applications Approved	People approved	Applications declined	% Applications Declined	People declined
1992/93	1268	95	7.5%	128	1173	92.5%	1543
1993/94	416	27	6.5%	68	389	93.5%	638
1994/95	284	76	26.8%	134	208	73.2%	293
1995/96	565	87	15.4%	147	478	84.6%	793
1996/97	679	105	15.5%	180	574	84.5%	1060
1997/98	768	134	17.4%	275	634	82.6%	1055
1998/99	1595	234	14.7%	538	1361	85.3%	2182
1999/2000	1955	310	15.9%	473	1645	84.1%	1967
2000/01	2348	311	13.2%	312	2037	86.8%	2104
2001/02	2608	631	24.2%	650	1977	75.8%	2104
2002/03	1289	247	19.2%	-	1042	80.8%	-
2003/04	801	115	14.4%	-	686	85.6%	-
2004/05	499	81	16.2%	-	418	83.8%	-
2005/06	340	68	20%	-	272	80%	-
2006/07	271	66	24.4%	-	205	75.6%	-
2007/08	275	81	29.5%	-	194	70.5%	-
2008/09	240	72	30%	-	168	70%	-
2009/10	335	91	27%	-	244	73%	-

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Table 4: Number of applications lodged with the Refugee Status Branch per client during the period 01 July 1999 to 30 June 2005.

Number of applications lodged per client	Number of clients
1	5453
2	382
3	87
4	35
5	10
Total	5967

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Refugee Status Branch: Statistics by Nationality

Table 5: Five countries with the highest number of refugee status applications filed with the Refugee Status Branch during the financial years from 1990/91 to 2009/2010.[4]

Year	1	2	3	4	5
1990/91	India (503)	China (124)	Bangladesh (70)	Iran (46)	Sri Lanka (39)
1991/92	China (481)	India (324)	Iran (108)	Sri Lanka (41)	Peru (24)
1992/93	India (167)	China (158)	Iran (55)	Peru (26)	Bulgaria/Russia (16)
1993/94	China/India (91)	-	Iran (38)	Bangladesh (25)	Russia (24)
1994/95	India (206)	Russia (126)	China (37)	Somalia (23)	Sri Lanka (22)
1995/96	India (252)	China (226)	Russia (154)	Iran (104)	Somalia (34)
1996/97	China (663)	India (183)	Russia (110)	Iran (87)	Fiji (66)
1997/98	China (363)	South Korea (174)	India (168)	Indonesia (120)	Vietnam (100)
1998/99	Indonesia (504)	Thailand (221)	China (217)	India (151)	Sri Lanka (115)
1999/2000	Thailand (200)	India (140)	Czech Rep (124)	Sri Lanka (119)	Iran (112)
2000/01	Thailand (455)	Iran (138)	Sri Lanka (126)	Czech Rep (123)	Zimbabwe (95)
2001/02	Thailand (427)	Afghanistan (137)	Iran (104)	India (85)	Zimbabwe (75)
2002/03	Thailand (219)	Iran (148)	India (106)	Zimbabwe (101)	Hungary (81)
2003/04	Iran (106)	India (95)	Thailand (67)	China (62)	Bangladesh (36)
2004/05	Iran (66)	China (30)	India (30)	Chile (23)	Czech Republic (23)
2005/06	Iran (31)	Iraq (28)	Bangladesh (23)	India (20)	Czech Republic (20)
2006/07	China (38)	Iran (32)	Iraq (28)	Sri Lanka (19)	Bangladesh (17)
2007/08	Iraq (46)	Sri Lanka (36)	Iran (22)	China (16)	Malaysia (11)
2008/09	Iran (28)	Fiji (23)	Sri Lanka (23)	China (22)	Iraq (16)
2009/10	Fiji (57)	Sri Lanka (34)	Iran (30)	China (25)	India/Iraq (24)

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Table 6: Five countries with the highest number of refugee status applications approved by the Refugee Status Branch during the financial years from 1992/93 to 2009/2010.

Year	1	2	3	4	5
1992/93	China (31)	Iran (20)	Sri Lanka (6)	India (5)	Philippines (3)
1993/94	Iran (5)	Ghana/Somalia (3)	-	Afghanistan (4)	Bangladesh/India/Zaire (2)
1994/95	Somalia (10)	Sri Lanka/Iran (9)	-	Philippines/Afghanistan (5)	-
1995/96	Iran (15)	India (11)	Afghanistan (7)	Somalia (6)	Ghana/Nigeria/Rwanda (5)
1996/97	Iran (22)	Somalia (14)	Iraq (8)	India/Libya (6)	-
1997/98	Iran/Sri Lanka (28)	-	Ethiopia (11)	Iraq/Somalia (10)	-
1998/99	Sri Lanka (48)	Afghanistan (39)	Iran (31)	Somalia (22)	India (11)
1999/2000	Sri Lanka (85)	Iran (67)	Afghanistan (67)	Somalia (25)	Iraq (10)
2000/01	Sri Lanka (87)	Iran (85)	China (25)	Iraq (24)	Kuwait (13)
2001/02	Afghanistan (157)	Iran (152)	Sri Lanka (83)	Iraq (73)	Kuwait (31)
2002/03	Iran (88)	Zimbabwe (33)	Sri Lanka (23)	Iraq (22)	Somalia (17)
2003/04	Iran (39)	Zimbabwe (24)	Somalia (9)	Syria (7)	Libya (6)
2004/05	Iran (22)	Myanmar (9)	Iraq (9)	Syria (8)	Jordan (6)
2005/06	Iraq (18)	Iran (11)	Myanmar (6)	Zimbabwe (6)	China/Egypt (4)
2006/07	Iraq (23)	China (19)	Sri Lanka (6)	Iran (6)	Myanmar (4)
2007/08	Iraq (35)	China (11)	Sri Lanka (11)	Zimbabwe (6)	Myanmar (4)
2008/09	Iraq (21)	China (12)	Sri Lanka (9)	Iran (6)	Afghanistan (3)
2009/10	Iraq (16)	Sri Lanka (13)	China (12)	Iran/Zimbabwe (7)	Palestine (5)

 

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Table 7: Five countries with the highest number of refugee status applications declined by the Refugee Status Branch during the financial years from 1992/93 to 2009/2010.

Year	1	2	3	4	5
1992/93	China (464)	India (442)	Iran (87)	Sri Lanka (35)	Philippines (21)
1993/94	China (112)	India (88)	Iran (39)	Philippines (16)	Bangladesh/Bulgaria (15)
1994/95	India (57)	China (59)	Rwanda (18)	Bangladesh (13)	Philippines (10)
1995/96	India (252)	Rwanda (61)	China (28)	Iran (26)	Philippines (15)
1996/97	China (155)	India (130)	Fiji (42)	Rwanda (41)	Iran (34)
1997/98	China (121)	Fiji (109)	India (103)	South Korea (53)	Iran (33)
1998/99	China (318)	South Korea (142)	Indonesia (118)	Thailand (110)	Vietnam (96)
1999/2000	China (422)	Indonesia (349)	India (127)	Malaysia (105)	Thailand (63)
2000/01	Thailand (475)	China (196)	India (121)	Indonesia (93)	Malaysia (56)
2001/02	Thailand (408)	India (197)	China (136)	Czech Rep (135)	Sri Lanka (93)
2002/03	Thailand (218)	India (106)	Hungary (81)	Zimbabwe (68)	Iran (60)
2003/04	India (85)	Thailand (83)	Iran (75)	China (52)	Bangladesh (35)
2004/05	Iran (75)	India (66)	China (38)	Chile (25)	Bangladesh (21)
2005/06	Czech Republic (27)	Iran (25)	Bangladesh (25)	Nepal (17)	Fiji (16)
2006/07	Iran (26)	Sri Lanka (20)	China (17)	India (13)	Pakistan (12)
2007/08	Sri Lanka (23)	Iran (19)	China (15)	Fiji (11)	Malaysia (11)
2008/09	Iran (20)	Fiji (15)	India (14)	Czech Republic/ Sri Lanka (10)	China/Malaysia (9)
2009/10	Fiji (45)	India (24)	Czech Republic/Sri Lanka (21)	Iran (19)	Slovakia (16)

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Refugee Status Branch: Statistics by Gender

Table 8: Breakdown by gender of the applications received by the Refugee Status Branch  in the financial years from 1997/98 to 2009/2010.

 

	1997/98 (%)	1998/99 (%)	1999/2000 (%)	2000/01 (%)	2001/02 (%)	2002/03 (%)	2003/04 (%)	2004/05 (%)	2005/06 (%)	2006/07 (%)	2007/08 (%)	2008/09 (%)	2009/10 (%)
Male	1305 (73.2%)	1393 (69%)	955 (67.8%)	1079 (62.7%)	948 (65%)	637 (66.8%)	498 (69.7%)	334 (66.9%)	227 (66.8%)	163 (66.8%)	145 (61.2%)	167 (67.9%)	234 (61%)
Female	458 (25.7%)	623 (30.8%)	449 (31.9%)	638 (37.1%)	507 (35%)	316 (33.2%)	216 (30.3%)	165 (33.1%)	113 (33.2%)	81 (33.2%)	92 (38.8%)	79 (32.1%)	150 (39%)
Unknown	20 (1%)	4 (0.2%)	4 (0.3%)	2 (.2%)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Total	1783 (100%)	2020 (100%)	1408 (100%)	1719 (100%)	1455 (100%)	953 (100%)	714 (100%)	499 (100%)	340 (100%)	244 (100%)	237 (100%)	246  (100%)	384 (100%)

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Table 9: Breakdown by gender of the applications approved by the Refugee Status Branch in the financial years from 1997/98 to 2009/2010.

	1997/98 (%)	1998/99 (%)	1999/2000 (%)	2000/01 (%)	2001/02 (%)	2002/03 (%)	2003/04 (%)	2004/05 (%)	2005/06 (%)	2006/07 (%)	2007/08 (%)	2008/09 (%)	2009/10 (%)
Male	106 (79.1%)	184 (78.6%)	281 (90.7%)	244 (78.2%)	459 (73.2%)	165 (66.8%)	63 (54.8%)	47 (58%)	42 (61.8%)	38 (57.6%)	43 (53%)	43 (59.7%)	54 (61%)
Female	27 (20.2%)	50 (21.4%)	28 (9%)	68 (21.8%)	168 (26.8%)	82 (33.2%)	52 (45.2%)	34 (42%)	26 (38.2%)	28 (42.4%)	38 (47%)	29 (40.3%)	35 (39%)
Unknown	1 (0.7%)	0 (0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Total	134 (100%)	234 (100%)	310  (100%)	312  (100%)	627 (100%)	247 (100%)	115 (100%)	81 (100%)	68 (100%)	66 (100%)	81 (100%)	72 (100%)	89 (100%)

 

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Table 10: Breakdown by gender of the applications declined by the Refugee Status Branch in the financial years from 1997/98 to 2009/2010.

 

	1997/98 (%)	1998/99 (%)	1999/2000 (%)	2000/01 (%)	2001/02 (%)	2002/03 (%)	2003/04 (%)	2004/05 (%)	2005/06 (%)	2006/07 (%)	2007/08 (%)	2008/09 (%)	2009/10 (%)
Male	423 (72.3%)	864 (69.8%)	971 (65.7%)	1338 (63%)	1381 (66.7%)	702 (68.8%)	492 (63.2%)	287 (68.7%)	185 (68%)	138 (70%)	122 (65.6%)	114 (67.9%)	125 (63%)
Female	151 (25.8%)	364 (29.4%)	501 (33.9%)	781 (36.7%)	688 (33.3%)	318 (31.2%)	287 (36.8%)	131 (31.3%)	87 (32%)	59 (30%)	64 (34.4%)	54 (32.1%)	73 (37%)
Unknown	11(1.9%)	10(0.8%)	6(0.4%)	7 (.3%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)	0 (0%)
Total	585 (100%)	1238 (100%)	1478 (100%)	2126 (100%)	2069 (100%)	1020 (100%)	779 (100%)	418 (100%)	272 (100%)	197 (100%)	186 (100%)	168 (100%)	198 (100%)

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Table 11: Breakdown of success rate by gender as a percentage of both successful applications and total applications decided by the Refugee Status Branch in the financial years from 1997/98 to 2009/2010.[5]

	1997/98	1998/99	1999/2000	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07	2007/08	2008/09	2009/10
Total applications decided	719	1472	1788	2342	2694	1267	802	499	340	271	275	240	335
No of successful male applications	106	184	281	244	459	165	63	47	42	38	43	43	54
No of successful female applications	27	50	28	68	168	82	52	34	26	28	38	29	35
Total successful applications	134	234	310	312	627	247	115	81	68	66	81	72	89
Male success rate as a % of total successful applications	79.1%	78.6%	90.6%	78.2%	73.2%	66.8%	54.8%	58%	61.8%	57.6%	53%	59.7%	60.7%
Female success rate as a % of total successful applications	20.1%	21.4%	9%	21.8%	26.8%	33.2%	45.2%	42%	38.2%	42.4%	47%	40.3%	39.3%
Success of male applicants as a % of total applications	14.8%	12.5%	15.7%	10.4%	17%	13%	7.8%	9.4%	12.4%	14%	15.6%	17.9%	16.1%
Success of female applicants as a % of total applications	3.8%	3.4%	1.6%	2.9%	6.2%	6.5%	6.4%	6.8%	7.6%	10.3%	13.8%	12.1%	10.4%
Total success rate	18.6%	15.9%	17.3%	13.3%	23.3%	19.5%	14.3%	16.2%	20%	24.3%	29.4%	30%	26.5%

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Refugee Status Appeals Authority: General Statistics

Table 12: The number of appeals received, withdrawn, heard, published and finalised by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority, including the number of outstanding appeals, in the financial years 1991/92 to 2010/11.[6]

 

	Appeals received	Appeals withdrawn/ OOT*	Appeals heard	Appeals published	Appeals finalised	Appeals outstanding**
June-1991	18	0	7	0	0	18
1991/92	376	15	102	57	72	322
1992/93	1339	72	313	166	238	1423
1993/94	524	110	551	409	519	1428
1994/95	179	416	525	509	925	670
1995/96	354	14	165	125	139	215
1996/97	458	60	421	409	469	238
1997/98	417	32	371	426	458	185
1998/99	582	25	459	405	430	333
1999/2000	574	70	494	517	587	317
2000/01	640	76	634	642	718	236
2001/02	1277	106	651	637	743	770
2002/03	670	129	623	570	699	741
2003/04	550	98	561	569	667	624
2004/05	360	71	578	570	641	344
2005/06	245	40	308	395	435	165
2006/07	171	35	207	191	226	110
2007/08	177	24	155	176	200	87
2008/09	121	14	120	128	142	66
2009/10	178	15	178	171	186	58
2010/11	51	11	42	18	29	80
Total to date	9245	1423	7442	7084	8507	80

 

Key * Appeals lodged out of time.   ** Includes both appeals not yet heard and those not yet published.

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Table 13: The number and percentage of refugee status appeal applications declined and allowed by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority in the financial years from 1991/92 to 2010/11.[7]

 

	Total number of decisions	Number allowed	Percentage allowed	Number dismissed	Percentage dismissed
1991/92	57	17	29.8%	40	70.2%
1992/93	166	28	16.8%	138	83.2%
1993/94	409	109	26.7%	300	73.3%
1994/95	509	250	49.1%	259	50.9%
1995/96	125	24	19.2%	101	80.8%
1996/97	409	37	9%	372	91%
1997/98	426	31	7.3%	395	92.7%
1998/99	405	42	10.4%	363	89.6%
1999/2000	517	74	14.3%	443	85.7%
2000/01	640	52	8%	588	92%
2001/02	637	51	8%	586	92%
2002/03	570	64	11.2%	506	88.8%
2003/04	565	88	15.6%	477	84.4%
2004/05	569	143	25.1%	426	74.9%
2005/06	294	62	21.1%	232	78.9%
2006/07	190	53	27.9%	137	72.1%
2007/08	176	46	26.1%	130	73.9%
2008/09	125	50	40%	75	60%
2009/10	167	52	31%	116	69%
2010/11	9	3	33%	6	67%
Total No/ average %	6965	1276	18.3%	5690	81.7%

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Table 14: Breakdown of decisions published by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority into categories of standard claims, non-appearance, manifestly unfounded claims, second and third appeals, cancelled and not cancelled appeals for the financial years from 1998/99 to 2010/11.[8]

 

	1998/99	1999/2000	2000/01	2001/02	2002/03	2003/04	2004/05	2005/06	2006/07	2007/08	2008/09	2009/10	2010/11
Total number of decisions	344	514	640	637	570	565	569	294	190	176	125	167	9
Standard claims	193	436	402	267	309	417	428	219	131	105	63	116	8
Non-appearance	34	33	56	30	26	20	45	18	3	5	4
Manifestly unfounded	95	33	167	306	187	113	60	25	7	9	6	6
Second Appeals	16	10	14	32	44	15	34	32	27	35	32	30	1
Third Appeals	6	2	1	2	4	0	2	0	0	0
Cancelled Appeals	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	18	13	7	10
Not Cancelled Appeals	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	4	9	13	5

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Refugee Status Appeals Authority: Statistics by Nationality

Table 15: The number of decisions published by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority by nationality, including the number of decisions
allowed, dismissed, non-appearance, manifestly unfounded, second appeals and third appeals in the 1998/99 financial year.[9]

 

	Number	Allowed	Dismissed	Non -appearance	Manifestly unfounded	Second appeal	Third appeal
Algeria	5	3	2	0	0	0	0
Bangladesh	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Bulgaria	3	0	3	0	0	0	0
Cambodia	3	0	3	1	0	0	0
Czech Rep.	4	0	4	0	1	0	0
China	86	5	81	8	22	1	0
Ethiopia	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Fiji	25	0	25	1	24	1	0
Ghana	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
Hong Kong	4	0	4	0	3	0	0
India	48	7	41	2	8	6	4
Indonesia	15	0	15	0	4	0	0
Iran	29	12	17	0	0	2	1
Japan	4	0	4	0	4	0	0
Kazakhstan	7	0	7	0	0	0	0
Liberia	4	0	4	3	0	0	0
Malaysia	1	0	1	0	1	0	0
Morocco	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
Nepal	1	0	1	0	1	1	0
Nigeria	5	0	5	0	1	1	0
Pakistan	2	0	2	1	1	1	0
Peru	3	0	3	0	0	1	0
Poland	1	0	1	0	0	1	0
Romania	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Russian Fed.	16	5	11	0	2	1	0
Somalia	3	2	1	1	0	0	0
South Africa	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
South Korea	39	0	39	7	16	0	0
Sri Lanka	4	0	4	0	0	0	0
Taiwan	4	0	4	2	2	0	0
Thailand	3	0	3	1	2	0	0
Tonga	2	0	2	1	1	0	0
Ukraine	3	1	2	0	0	0	1
Vietnam	11	1	10	6	2	0	0
Total	344	37	307	34	95	16	6

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Table 16: The number of decisions published by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority by nationality, including the number of decisions allowed, dismissed, non-appearance, manifestly unfounded, second appeals and third appeals in the 1999/2000 financial year.[10]

 

	Number	Allowed	Dismissed	Non -appearance	Manifestly unfounded	Second appeal	Third appeal
Afghanistan	2	2	0	0	0	0	0
Algeria	4	2	2	0	0	0	0
Bangladesh	5	0	5	0	0	0	0
China	85	5	80	15	2	3	0
Colombia	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Congo	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Czech Republic	6	6	0	0	0	0	0
Ethiopia	4	2	2	0	0		0
Egypt	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
Fiji	13	0	13	0	7	0	0
Ghana	5	0	5	0	0	0	0
India	78	9	69	2	1	3	2
Indonesia	99	0	99	7	1	0	0
Iran	52	27	25	1	0	0	0
Iraq	3	3	0	0	0	0	0
Kazakhstan	3	0	3	0	0	0	0
Kuwait	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Liberia	9	0	9	1	0	0	0
Libya	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Malaysia	5	0	5	0	3	0	0
Morocco	4	1	3	0	0	0	0
Myanmar	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
Nigeria	4	0	4	1	0	0	0
Pakistan	4	0	4	0	0	0	0
Peru	4	0	4	0	0	0	0
Philippines	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Poland	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Russian Federation	13	0	13	0	5	1	0
Rwanda	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
Somalia	5	3	2	1	0	0	0
South Africa	3	0	3	0	0	0	0
South Korea	8	0	8	0	1	0	0
Sri Lanka	18	10	8	0	1	2	0
Sudan	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Syria	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
Tajikistan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Thailand	24	0	24	3	6	0	0
Togo	2	1	1	0	0	0	0
Tonga	2	0	2	0	0	0	0
Turkey	1	0	1	0	0	0	0
Ukraine	16	0	16	0	4	0	0
United States	1	0	1	1	0	0	0
Vietnam	15	0	15	1	2	0	0
Yemen	1	0	1	0	0	1	0
Total	514	76	438	26	33	10	2

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Table 17: The number of decisions published by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority by nationality, including the number of decisions allowed, dismissed, non-appearance, manifestly unfounded, second appeals and third appeals in the 2000/2001 financial year.[11]

 

	Number	Allowed	Dismissed	Non -appearance	Manifestly unfounded	Second appeal	Third appeal	With- drawal
Afghanistan	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
Albania	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Algeria	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Bangladesh	11	0	11	2	0	1	0	1
Burundi	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Cambodia	2	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
Chile	4	0	4	0	4	0	0	0
China	157	12	145	17	11	3	0	1
Congo	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Czech Republic	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	1
Egypt	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Ethiopia	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Fiji	13	0	13	0	1	0	0	0
India	76	1	75	4	1	2	0	0
Indonesia	110	0	110	0	46	2	0	1
Iran	26	15	11	0	0	2	0	0
Iraq	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Kazakhstan	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Laos	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Liberia	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Macedonia	3	0	3	0	3	0	0	0
Malaysia	30	0	30	0	22	0	1	1
Morocco	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
Myanmar	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0
Nepal	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Nigeria	5	1	4	0	0	0	0	0
Pakistan	9	1	8	2	0	1	0	1
Romania	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Russian Federation	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Sierra Leone	3	0	3	1	0	0	0	0
Singapore	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
Somalia	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0
South Africa	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
Sri Lanka	22	6	16	2	0	0	0	0
Thailand	81	0	81	25	46	0	0	0
Tonga	4	0	4	0	4	0	0	0
Tunisia	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
Turkey	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
Tuvalu	16	0	16	0	16	0	0	0
Ukraine	4	0	4	0	1	1	0	0
Vietnam	23	3	20	3	4	0	0	0
Zambia	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Undisclosed	3	1	2	0	0	1	0	0
Total	640	52	588	56	162	14	1	6

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Table 18: The number of decisions published by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority by nationality, including the number of decisions allowed, dismissed, non-appearance, manifestly unfounded, second appeals and third appeals in the 2001/2002 financial year.

	Number	Allowed	Dismissed	Non -appearance	Manifestly unfounded	Second appeal	Third appeal
Afghanistan	1		1
Albania	3	3
Algeria	10	1	9
Bangladesh	11		11
Bolivia	4	1	3
Cambodia	8		8
Chile	4		4
China	43	4	39	5	1	2
Colombia	1		1
Czech Republic	28	7	21	4
Fiji	21		21		8
Ghana	1		1
India	78	3	75	10	1	3
Indonesia	11		11		6	1
Iran	19	8	11			2
Iraq	3	1	2
Jordan	1		1
Kenya	1		1
Liberia	4	1	3
Libya	1	1
Lithuania	2		2		1
Malaysia	4		4
Mali	1		1
Moldova	1		1
Nigeria	11		11	1
Pakistan	6	2	4	2
Philippines	18		18		11
Poland	3		3
Russian Federation	2	1	1
Sierra Leone	6	4	2
Slovak Republic	1		1
Solomon Islands	1		1
Somalia	1		1	1
South Africa	2		2		1
Sri Lanka	16	5	11
Tanzania	1		1
Thailand	284		284	7	273	24	2
Turkey	4	4
Vietnam	9		9		4
Yemen	1		1
Yugoslavia	4		4
Zimbabwe	6	5	1
Total	637	51	586	30	306	32	2

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Table 19: The number of decisions published by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority by nationality, including the number of decisions allowed, dismissed, non-appearance, manifestly unfounded, second appeals and third appeals in the 2002/2003 financial year.

	Number	Allowed	Dismissed	Non -appearance	Manifestly unfounded	Second appeal	Third appeal
Afghanistan	8		8	2
Albania	1		1
Algeria	9	3	6	1
Azerbaijan	1		1
Bangladesh	22	1	21	1
Bolivia	1		1
Bulgaria	1		1
Burma	1		1
Chile	14		14		8
China	34	4	30		3	1
Colombia	2	2
Congo	7	1	6	3
Czech Republic	36	5	31		3
Dominica	2	2
Egypt	2		2
Eritrea	1		1
Ethiopia	3	1	2
Fiji	13		13		11
Ghana	1		1
Hungary	3		3
India	74	2	72	8	2
Indonesia	9		9		6
Iran	50	23	27
Iraq	5	3	2
Israel	1		1
Jordan	1		1
Kuwait	2	1	1
Latvia	1		1
Lithuania	1		1		1
Macedonia	1		1		1
Malaysia	16		16	1	13	2
Morocco	4	1	3
Nepal	2		2
Nigeria	9		9			1
Pakistan	13	4	9	1
Peru	1		1
PNG	1		1
Russia	1		1
Rwanda	1		1
Sierra Leone	1		1	1
Somalia	2	2
South Africa	7		7		1
Sri Lanka	39	3	36	2	2	3
Sudan	1		1
Syria	2	2
Thailand	144		144	6	135	37	4
Tunisia	1	1
Turkey	1	1
Uganda	1		1
Ukraine	2		2
Vietnam	6	1	5
Yugoslavia	3		3		1
Zimbabwe	5	1	4
Total	570	64	506	26	187	44	4

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Table 20: The number of decisions published by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority by nationality, including the number of decisions allowed, dismissed, non-appearance, manifestly unfounded and second appeals in the 2003/2004 financial year.

	Number	Allowed	Dismissed	Non -appearance	Manifestly unfounded	Second appeal
Afghanistan	4		4
Albania	3		3
Algeria	5	3	2
Argentina	1		1
Azerbaijan	1		1
Bangladesh	14		14
Brazil	4		4		3
Bulgaria	2		2
Cambodia	2		2		1
Chile	11		11		1
China	30	1	29	3	13	1
Colombia	3	2	1
Congo (DRC)	7	2	5
Cuba	2	2
Czech Republic	32	13	19
Ecuador	4		4
Egypt	6	1	5
Eritrea	4	1	3
Ethiopia	2	1	1
Fiji	6		6		3
Ghana	2		2
Guinea	1	1
Hungary	18	1	17	2
India	60		60	10	4
Indonesia	4		4		2
Iran	64	24	40	1		3
Iraq	22	5	17
Israel	4		4		3
Kuwait	2		2
Kyrgyzstan	1	1
Latvia	2		2
Lebanon	3		3
Liberia	1		1
Malaysia	20		20		16	3
Morocco	1		1			1
Myanmar	5	3	2
Nepal	12	2	10
Nigeria	12		12	1
Pakistan	18		18	1
Papua New Guinea	1		1
Peru	4		4
Saudi Arabia	1		1
Sierra Leone	3		3
Singapore	1		1		1
Solomon Islands	3		3
Somalia	1	1
South Africa	6	3	3
Sri Lanka	38	1	37
Stateless	1		1
Sudan	2	2
Syria	2	2
Thailand	70		70	2	65	7
Turkey	9	1	8
Ukraine	1	1
Vietnam	4		4
Western Samoa	1		1		1
Zimbabwe	22	14	8
Total	565	88	477	20	113	15

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Table 21: The number of decisions published by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority by nationality, including the number of decisions allowed, dismissed, non-appearance, manifestly unfounded, second appeals and third appeals in the 2004/2005 financial year.

	Number	Allowed	Dismissed	Non -appearance	Manifestly unfounded	Second appeal	Third appeal
Afghanistan	2		2
Albania	11		11		4
Algeria	7	4	3
Armenia	1		1
Bangladesh	30		30	5		1
Bolivia	2		2
Brazil	4		4	1
Bulgaria	3	1	2
Burma (Myanmar)	1		1
Cambodia	3	2	1
Chile	35	1	34
China	32	10	22	9	8	7	1
Colombia	4	3	1
Czech Republic	37	21	16		2
DRC	5	4	1
Egypt	2	1	1
Ethiopia	4		4			1
Fiji	7		7		7
Ghana	1		1
Hungary	10		10	1
India	67	1	66	21	4	4
Iran	75	42	33			5	1
Iraq	29	13	16	1		1
Israel	2		2		2
Jordan	15	2	13
Kuwait	3	1	2	1
Kyrgyzstan	3	3
Laos	1		1		1
Lebanon	2	1	1
Lithuania	1		1
Malaysia	9		9	1	7
Mongolia	2	1	1
Morocco	1		1
Nepal	5	2	3		3	3
Nigeria	8		8
Pakistan	11	1	10	1		1
Palestine	3	1	2
Peru	5		5
Russia	9		9	1
Serbia & Montenegro	2	1	1
Sierra Leone	1		1
Somalia	2	2
South Africa	8		8
Sri Lanka	33	6	27	3
Stateless	4	3	1
Sudan	2	1	1
Syria	7	2	5
Thailand	21		21		20	11
Turkey	6	3	3
United Kingdom	1		1
Vietnam	13	1	12		2
Zimbabwe	17	9	8
Total	569	143	426	45	60	34	2

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Table 22: The number of decisions published by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority by nationality, including the number of decisions allowed, dismissed, non-appearance, manifestly unfounded, second appeals and third appeals in the 2005/2006 financial year.

	Number	Allowed	Dismissed	Non -appearance	Manifestly unfounded	Second appeal	Third appeal
Angola	1	1
Afghanistan	1		1
Bangladesh	17		17	1	2	4
Belarus	1	1
Chile	13		13		1
China	8	3	5	1	1	1
Colombia	2		2
Czech Republic	5		5
DRC	4		4			1
Ethiopia	2		2
Fiji	2		2		2
Georgia	1	1
Hungary	2		2
India	51	1	50	8	5	10
Iran	36	13	23			7
Iraq	8	4	4
Israel	4	1	3		2
Jordan	8	6	2
Laos	2		2		1	1
Lebanon	2	2
Malaysia	7	2	5		5	5
Myanmar	5	1	4
Nepal	12	2	10	3		1
Nigeria	6		6
Pakistan	13	3	10	4
Palestine	1		1
Peru	1		1
Poland	1		1
Romania	1		1		1
Russia	4		4		2
Serbia & Montenegro	6	4	2
Somalia	3	2	1
South Africa	4		4
Sri Lanka	27	2	25		1	1
Stateless	2	1	1
Sudan	9	1	8
Syria	4	1	3
Thailand	1		1		1	1
Turkey	1	1
Uganda	1		1
Uzbekistan	1		1
Vietnam	3		3		1
Zimbabwe	9	8	1
Undisclosed	2	1	1
Total	294	62	232	17	25	32

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Table 23: The number of decisions published by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority by nationality, including the number of
decisions allowed, dismissed, cancelled and not cancelled, manifestly unfounded, non-appearance and second appeals
in the 2006/2007 financial year.

	Number	Allowed	Dismissed	Cancelled	Not Cancelled	Manifestly unfounded	Non appearance	Second appeal
Afghanistan	1				1
Algeria	1		1
Bahrain	1	1
Bangladesh	12		12			4		6
Bulgaria	4	4
Brazil	1	1
China	1	1						1
Czech Republic	5	2	3				1	1
DRC	1		1
Egypt	1		1
Eritrea	1	1
Fiji	9		9			3
India	8	1	4	2	1
Iran	46	5	25	14	2		2	6
Iraq	8	8						1
Israel	5	2	3
Jordan	4		4					2
Kosovo	1		1
Kuwait	1		1
Kyrgyzstan	4	4
Malaysia	2		2
Nepal	6	3	3
Netherlands/Somalia	1			1
Nigeria	1		1
Pakistan	7	4	3					5
Romania	1		1
Saudi Arabia	1			1
Sierra Leone	2		2
Slovakia	10	5	5
Sri Lanka	22	3	19					4
Stateless	1		1
Sudan	2	2
Syria	8	1	7					1
Vietnam	6		6
Undisclosed	1	1
Zimbabwe/South Africa	1		1
Zimbabwe	3		3
Total	190	49	119	18	4	7	3	27

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Table 24: The number of decisions published by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority by nationality, including the number of
decisions allowed, dismissed, cancelled and not cancelled, manifestly unfounded, non-appearance and second appeals
in the 2007/2008 financial year.

	Number	Allowed	Dismissed	Cancelled	Not Cancelled	Manifestly unfounded	Non appearance	Second appeal
Afghanistan	2				2
Algeria	2	1	1					2
Bangladesh	13	2	11			1	2	5
Boliva	1		1
Cambodia	1		1					1
Chad	6		6
China	14	8	6
Czech Republic	5		5
DRC	1		1
Ethiopia	2		2
Fiji	9		9			4		4
Hungary	4		4
India	6	1	5					5
Iran	38	9	15	9	5	1		5
Iraq	5	4		1
Israel	1		1
Malaysia	2		2			2	1	1
Mali	2	2
Nepal	3		3					2
Nigeria	3	1	2
Pakistan	1			1
Peru	1		1
Poland	2		2
Romania	1		1
Russian Federation	3		2	1
Slovakia	1		1
Somalia	8	1	6	1			2
South Africa	4		4
Sri Lanka	22	4	18					9
Stateless	3		3			1		1
Sudan	2	2
Syria	4	1	1		2
Zimbabwe	4	1	3
Total	176	37	117	13	9	9	5	35

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Table 25: The number of decisions published by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority by nationality, including the number of
decisions allowed, dismissed, cancelled and not cancelled, manifestly unfounded, non-appearance and second appeals
in the 2008/2009 financial year.

	Number	Allowed	Dismissed	Cancelled	Not Cancelled	Manifestly unfounded	Non appearance	Second appeal
Afghanistan	3	2	1
Angola	1		1
Bangladesh	3	2	1				1	2
Bolivia	4		4
Chad	2		2			1		2
China	7	3	4			2		3
Colombia	1	1
Czech Republic	5	1	4					3
Democratic Republic of Congo	1		1
Egypt	6	1	5					1
Estonia	2		2
Fiji	1		1			1	1
Hungary	1		1
India	3		3				1	2
Indonesia	1		1
Iran	33	9	8	6	10			5
Iraq	2	1		1				1
Israel	1		1
Kenya	1	1
Malaysia	3		3			1
Myanmar	4	2	2					1
Nepal	5		5
Nigeria	4		4					4
Pakistan	1		1
Poland	1		1			1
Russian Federation	2		1		1		1
Saudi Arabia	2	2
Slovakia	3		3					3
Somalia	3	1	2					1
Sri Lanka	11	7	4					3
Stateless/Israel	1	1
Sudan	1				1
Syria	1	1
Turkey	3	1	1		1			1
Ukraine	1		1
Zimbabwe	1	1
Total	125	37	68	7	13	6	4	32

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Table 26: The number of decisions published by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority by nationality, including the number of
decisions allowed, dismissed, cancelled and not cancelled, manifestly unfounded, non-appearance and second appeals
in the 2009/2010 financial year.

	Number	Allowed	Dismissed	Cancelled	Not Cancelled	Manifestly Unfounded	Non Appearance	Subsequent Appeal
Afghanistan	5	1		2	2
African country	3	1	1		1
Algeria	3	2	1
Bangladesh	5		5					3
Brazil	1		1
Burma (Myanmar)	1	1
Chad	1		1					1
China	3	1	2					1
Colombia	4	2	2
Czech Republic	6	2	4
DRC	7	3	2	2				2
Egypt	5		5					5
Ethiopia	3	2	1					2
Fiji	19	5	14
Ghana	1		1
India	21		21
Iran	22	12	7	3	1			6
Iraq	7	4	2	1		1		1
Israel	2		2			2
Malaysia	2		2			2
Nepal	1		1					1
Nigeria	2		2					1
Pakistan	9	1	8					1
Romania	1		1
Russia	1				1
Saudi Arabia	3	3
Singapore	1		1			1
Slovakia	4		4
Somalia	4	2	1	1
South Africa	2	1	1
Sri Lanka	13	1	11	1				4
Sudan	2	2						1
Syria	1		1					1
Uganda	1		1
Vietnam	1	1
Total	167	47	106	10	5	6		30

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Table 27: The number of decisions published by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority by nationality, including the number of
decisions allowed, dismissed, cancelled and not cancelled, manifestly unfounded, non-appearance and second appeals
in the 2010/2011 financial year.[12]

	Number	Allowed	Dismissed	Cancelled	Not Cancelled	Manifestly Unfounded	Non Appearance	Subsequent Appeal
Bolivia	1		1
Ethiopia	1		1
Indonesia	1		1
Iran	1	1
Kuwait	1	1
Sri Lanka	3		3					1
Vietnam	1	1
Total	9	3	6					1

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Table 28: Top three countries with the highest number of appeals submitted to the Refugee Status Appeals Authority
in the financial years from 1998/99 to 2010/11.[13]

 

	1	2	3
1998/99	China (86)	India (48)	South Korea (39)
1999/2000	Indonesia (100)	China (85)	India (78)
2000/01	China (157)	Indonesia (110)	Thailand (81)
2001/02	Thailand (284)	India (78)	China (43)
2002/03	Thailand (144)	India (74)	Iran (50)
2003/04	Thailand (70)	Iran (64)	India (60)
2004/05	Iran (75)	India (67)	Czech Republic (37)
2005/06	India (51)	Iran (36)	Sri Lanka (27)
2006/07	Iran (46)	Sri Lanka (22)	Bangladesh (12)
2007/08	Iran (38)	Sri Lanka (22)	China (14)
2008/09	Iran (33)	Sri Lanka (11)	China (7)
2009/10	Iran (22)	India (21)	Fiji (19)
2010/11	Sri Lanka (3)	-	-

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Table 29: Top three countries with the highest number of appeals allowed by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority
in the financial years from 1998/99 to 2010/11.[14]

 

	1	2	3
1998/99	Iran (12)	China/Russian Fed (5)	-
1999/2000	Iran (27)	Sri Lanka (10)	India (9)
2000/01	Iran (15)	China (12)	Sri Lanka (6)
2001/02	Iran (8)	Czech Republic (7)	Sri Lanka/ Zimbabwe (5)
2002/03	Iran (23)	Czech Republic (5)	China/Pakistan (4)
2003/04	Iran (24)	Zimbabwe (14)	Czech Republic (13)
2004/05	Iran (42)	Czech Republic (21)	Iraq (13)
2005/06	Iran (13)	Zimbabwe (8)	Jordan (6)
2006/07	Iraq (8)	Iran/Slovakia (5)	Bulgaria/Kyrgyzstan/Pakistan (4)
2007/08	Iran (14)	China (8)	Iraq/Sri Lanka (4)
2008/09	Iran (9)	Sri Lanka (7)	China (3)
2009/10	Iran (12)	Fiji (5)	Iraq (4)
2010/11

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Table 30: Top three countries with the highest number of appeals dismissed by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority
in the financial years from 1998/99 to 2010/11.[15]

 

	1	2	3
1998/99	China (81)	India (41)	South Korea (39)
1999/2000	Indonesia (100)	China (80)	India (69)
2000/01	China (145)	Indonesia (110)	Thailand (81)
2001/02	Thailand (284)	India (75)	China (39)
2002/03	Thailand (144)	India (72)	Sri Lanka (36)
2003/04	Thailand (70)	India (60)	Iran (40)
2004/05	India (66)	Chile (34)	Iran (33)
2005/06	India (50)	Sri Lanka (25)	Iran (23)
2006/07	Iran (39)	Sri Lanka (19)	Bangladesh (12)
2007/08	Iran (24)	Sri Lanka (18)	Bangladesh (11)
2008/09	Iran (8)	Egypt/Nepal (5)	-
2009/10	India (21)	Fiji (14)	Pakistan (8)
2010/11	Sri Lanka (3)	-	-

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Table 31: Top three countries with the highest number of manifestly unfounded appeals determined by the
Refugee Status Appeals Authority in the financial years from 1998/99 to 2010/11.[16]

 

	1	2	3
1998/99	Fiji (24)	China (22)	South Korea (16)
1999/2000	Fiji (7)	Thailand (6)	Russian Federation (5)
2000/01	Indonesia/Thailand (46)	-	Malaysia (22)
2001/02	Thailand (273)	Philippines (11)	Fiji (8)
2002/03	Thailand (135)	Malaysia (13)	Fiji (11)
2003/04	Thailand (65)	Malaysia (16)	China (13)
2004/05	Thailand (20)	China (8)	Fiji/Malaysia (7)
2005/06	India/Malaysia (5)	-	Bangladesh/Fiji/Israel/Russia (2)
2006/07	Bangladesh (4)	Fiji (3)	-
2007/08	Fiji (4)	Malaysia (2)	Bangladesh/Iran/Stateless (1)
2008/09	China (2)	Chad/Fiji/Malaysia/Poland (1)	-
2009/10	Israel/Malaysia (2)	Iraq/Singapore (1)	-
2010/11

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Refugee Status Appeals Authority: Statistics by Gender

Table 32: Number of decisions published by nationality and gender, including a breakdown of appeal applications allowed
and declined, by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority in the 1998/99 financial year.

 

Country	Total: Male	Total: Female	Allowed: Male	Allowed: Female	Dismissed: Male	Dismissed: Female
Algeria	6	0	3	0	3	0
Bangladesh	4	0	1	0	3	0
Bulgaria	3	0	0	0	3	0
Cambodia	2	1	0	0	2	1
China	76	25	4	2	72	23
Czech Republic	4	1	0	0	4	1
Ethiopia	2	0	1	0	1	0
Fiji	21	10	0	0	21	10
Ghana	2	0	0	0	2	0
Hong Kong	2	2	0	0	2	2
India	61	1	9	0	52	1
Indonesia	13	2	0	0	132	2
Iran	21	6	9	3	12	3
Iraq	1	0	1	0	0	0
Japan	1	3	0	0	1	3
Kazakhstan	5	2	0	0	5	2
Liberia	4	0	0	0	4	0
Malaysia	1	2	0	0	1	2
Morocco	2	0	0	0	2	0
Nepal	4	0	0	0	4	0
Nigeria	7	0	0	0	7	0
Pakistan	3	0	0	0	3	0
Poland	2	0	0	0	2	0
Peru	3	1	0	0	3	1
Romania	1	0	0	0	1	0
Russian Federation	12	3	4	3	8	0
Sierra Leone	1	0	0	0	1	0
Somalia	3	0	2	0	1	0
South Africa	2	0	0	0	2	0
South Korea	19	24	0	0	19	24
Sri Lanka	6	0	0	0	6	0
Taiwan	1	2	0	0	1	2
Thailand	3	3	0	0	3	3
Tonga	1	1	0	0	1	1
Ukraine	3	0	1	0	2	0
Vietnam	12	0	1	0	11	0
Yemen	1	0	0	0	1	0
Unknown	1	0	0	1	0	0
Total	315	90	36	9	279	81

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Table 33: Number of decisions published by nationality and gender, including a breakdown of appeal applications allowed
and declined, by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority in the 1999/2000 financial year.

 

Country	Total: Male	Total: Female	Allowed: Male	Allowed: Female	Dismissed: Male	Dismissed: Female
Afghanistan	2	0	2	0	0	0
Algeria	4	0	2	0	2	0
Bangladesh	4	1	0	0	4	1
China	53	32	3	2	50	30
Colombia	1	0	1	0	0	0
Congo	1	0	0	0	1	0
Czech Republic	5	1	5	1	0	0
Egypt	2	0	0	0	2	0
Ethiopia	3	1	1	1	2	0
Fiji	11	2	0	0	11	2
Ghana	4	1	0	0	4	1
India	76	2	7	0	69	2
Indonesia	59	40	0	0	59	40
Iran	50	2	26	0	24	2
Iraq	3	0	3	0	0	0
Kazakhstan	2	1	0	0	2	1
Kuwait	1	0	1	0	0	0
Liberia	7	2	0	0	7	2
Libya	1	0	0	0	1	0
Malaysia	2	3	0	0	2	3
Morocco	4	0	1	0	3	0
Myanmar	2	0	0	0	2	0
Nigeria	4	0	0	0	4	0
Pakistan	4	0	0	0	4	0
Poland	1	0	0	0	1	0
Peru	2	2	0	0	2	2
Philippines	0	1	0	0	0	1
Romania	0	0	0	0	0	0
Russian Federation	12	0	0	0	12	0
Rwanda	2	0	0	0	2	0
Somalia	5	0	3	0	2	0
South Africa	3	0	0	0	3	0
South Korea	6	2	0	0	6	2
Sri Lanka	18	0	10	0	8	0
Sudan	1	0	1	0	0	0
Syria	2	0	1	0	1	0
Tajikistan	1	0	0	0	1	0
Thailand	11	13	0	0	11	13
Togo	2	0	1	0	1	0
Tonga	1	1	0	0	1	1
Turkey	1	0	0	0	1	0
Ukraine	13	3	0	0	13	3
United States	0	1	0	0	0	1
Vietnam	12	3	1	0	11	3
Yemen	1	0	0	0	1	0
Total	399	115	69	4	330	111

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Table 34: Number of decisions published by nationality and gender, including a breakdown of appeal applications allowed
and declined, by the Refugee Status Appeals Authority in the 2000/01 financial year.

 

	Total: Male	Total: Female	Allowed: Male	Allowed: Female	Dismissed: Male	Dismissed: Female
Afghanistan	3	0	0	0	3	0
Albania	1	0	1	0	0	0
Algeria	2	0	1	0	1	0
Bangladesh	11	0	0	0	11	0
Burundi	1	0	0	0	1	0
Cambodia	1	1	0	0	1	1
Chile	3	1	0	0	3	1
China	130	27	10	2	120	25
Congo	1	0	1	0	0	0
Czech Republic	1	3	0	0	1	3
Egypt	2	0	0	0	2	0
Ethiopia	1	0	1	0	0	0
Fiji	10	3	0	0	10	3
India	73	3	1	0	72	3
Indonesia	56	54	0	0	56	54
Iran	20	6	10	5	10	1
Iraq	1	0	1	0	0	0
Kazakhstan	1	0	0	0	1	0
Laos	0	1	0	0	0	1
Liberia	0	1	0	0	0	1
Macedonia	0	3	0	0	0	3
Malaysia	18	12	0	0	18	12
Morocco	3	0	2	0	1	0
Myanmar	1	1	0	1	1	0
Nepal	1	0	1	0	0	0
Nigeria	3	2	1	0	2	2
Pakistan	9	0	1	0	8	0
Romania	1	0	0	0	1	0
Russian Federation	2	0	0	0	2	0
Sierra Leone	3	0	0	0	3	0
Singapore	1	0	0	0	1	0
Somalia	3	0	1	0	2	0
South Africa	2	0	0	0	2	0
Sri Lanka	17	5	5	1	12	4
Thailand	50	31	0	0	50	31
Tonga	3	1	0	0	3	1
Tunisia	1	0	1	0	0	0
Turkey	2	0	1	0	1	0
Tuvalu	9	7	0	0	9	7
Ukraine	4	0	0	0	4	0
Vietnam	18	5	3	0	15	5
Zambia	1	0	0	0	1	0
Undisclosed	3	0	1	0	2	0
Total	473	167	43	9	430	158