Granted asylum or exceptional leave under backlog criteria
Refused under backlog criteria
Nationality
Number( 6, 7)
Percentage( 5)
Number( 6, 8)
Percentage( 5)
Applications withdrawn
Applications outstanding at end of year
Europe
Albania
30
(90)
5
(10)
5
n/a
Czech Republic
*
(100)
—
(—)
15
n/a
FRY
875
(96)
40
(4)
n/a
n/a
Poland
20
(73)
5
(27)
40
n/a
Romania
45
(50)
45
(50)
10
n/a
Russia
190
(78)
50
(22)
n/a
n/a
Turkey
1,520
(91)
150
(9)
40
n/a
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Ukraine
25
(86)
5
(14)
n/a
n/a
Other Former USSR
120
(91)
10
(9)
75
n/a
Other Former Yugo.
60
(79)
15
(21)
30
n/a
Other
315
(88)
40
(12)
50
n/a
Total
3,195
(90)
370
(10)
265
n/a
Americas
Colombia
215
(92)
20
(8)
5
n/a
Ecuador
25
(93)
*
(7)
5
n/a
Other
70
(84)
15
(16)
20
n/a
Total
310
(90)
35
(10)
30
n/a
Africa
Algeria
205
(88)
30
(12)
40
n/a
Angola
260
(83)
55
(17)
15
n/a
Dem. Rep. Congo
1,155
(94)
75
(6)
40
n/a
Ethiopia
190
(95)
10
(5)
*
n/a
Gambia
40
(64)
20
(36)
5
n/a
Ghana
1,415
(91)
135
(9)
20
n/a
Ivory Coast
155
(83)
30
(17)
10
n/a
Kenya
210
(78)
60
(22)
25
n/a
Nigeria
765
(82)
175
(18)
45
n/a
Rwanda
55
(85)
10
(15)
10
n/a
Sierra Leone
400
(96)
15
(4)
10
n/a
Somalia
35
(83)
5
(17)
10
n/a
Sudan
100
(92)
10
(8)
5
n/a
Tanzania
110
(79)
30
(21)
5
n/a
Uganda
170
(95)
10
(5)
10
n/a
Zimbabwe
10
(90)
*
(10)
*
n/a
Other
325
(87)
50
(13)
10
n/a
Total
5,605
(89)
720
(11)
260
n/a
Middle East
n/a
Iran
250
(94)
15
(6)
15
n/a
Iraq
5
(86)
*
(14)
10
n/a
Other
85
(91)
10
(9)
20
n/a
Total
340
(93)
25
(7)
40
n/a
Asia
Afghanistan
10
(100)
—
(—)
5
n/a
Bangladesh
220
(94)
15
(6)
20
n/a
China
245
(93)
20
(7)
5
n/a
India
170
(92)
15
(8)
35
n/a
Pakistan
215
(97)
5
(3)
40
n/a
Sri Lanka
620
(94)
35
(6)
20
n/a
Other
80
(96)
5
(4)
10
n/a
Total
1,555
(94)
95
(6)
130
n/a
Nationality not known
135
(81)
30
(19)
5
n/a
Grand total
11,140
(90)
1,275
(10)
730
119,700
(1 )Provisional figures (other than percentages) rounded to the nearest 5, with * = 1 or 2. (2) Decision figures do not necessarily relate to applications received in 1999. (3) Information is of initial decisions, excluding the outcome of appeals or other subsequent decisions. (4) 1999 figures may exclude some cases lodged at Local Enforcement Offices. (5) Percentages for cases considered under normal procedures and those within the backlog clearance exercise are calculated separately. (6) Cases decided under measures aimed at reducing the pre 1996 asylum application backlog. (7) Includes cases where asylum or exceptional leave has been granted under the backlog criteria. (8) Includes some cases where the application has been refused on substantive grounds.
