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Decisions
Backlog clearance exercise
Granted asylum or exceptional leave under backlog criteria Refused under backlog criteria
Nationality Number( 7, 8) Percentage( 6) Number( 7, )( 9) Percentage( 6) Applications withdrawn Applications outstanding at end of year

Europe

Albania

5

(80)

*

(20)

60

n/a

Czech Republic

*

(100)

(—)

80

n/a

FRY

165

(82)

35

(18)

240

n/a

Poland

10

(50)

10

(50)

95

n/a

Romania

45

(63)

30

(37)

65

n/a

Russia

185

(84)

35

(16)

35

n/a

Turkey

1,215

(94)

80

(6)

40

n/a

Ukraine

155

(88)

20

(12)

55

n/a

Other Former USSR

320

(86)

50

(14)

155

n/a

Other Former Yugo.

80

(75)

30

(25)

25

n/a

Other

210

(89)

25

(11)

35

n/a

Total

2,395

(88)

320

(12)

885

n/a

Americas

Colombia

180

(95)

10

(5)

15

n/a

Ecuador

100

(96)

5

(4)

10

n/a

Other

135

(89)

15

(11)

45

n/a

Total

420

(93)

30

(7)

70

n/a

Africa

Algeria

415

(83)

85

(17)

45

n/a

Angola

240

(72)

90

(28)

10

n/a

Dem. Rep. Congo

610

(89)

75

(11)

20

n/a

Ethiopia

390

(93)

30

(7)

15

n/a

Gambia

30

(88)

5

(12)

5

n/a

Ghana

90

(72)

35

(28)

15

n/a

Ivory Coast

70

(95)

5

(5)

5

n/a

Kenya

625

(90)

70

(10)

30

n/a

Nigeria

290

(86)

45

(14)

40

n/a

Rwanda

30

(94)

*

(6)

5

n/a

Sierra Leone

365

(90)

40

(10)

25

n/a

Somalia

55

(78)

15

(22)

50

n/a

Sudan

300

(94)

20

(6)

10

n/a

Tanzania

80

(95)

5

(5)

5

n/a

Uganda

195

(94)

10

(6)

15

n/a

Zimbabwe

35

(88)

5

(12)

10

n/a

Other

520

(92)

50

(8)

50

n/a

Total

4,345

(88)

585

(12)

345

n/a

Middle East

n/a

Iran

210

(89)

25

(11)

40

n/a

Iraq

10

(89)

*

(11)

20

n/a

Other

295

(96)

10

(4)

40

n/a

Total

515

(93)

40

(7)

100

n/a

Asia

Afghanistan

10

(100)

(—)

25

n/a

Bangladesh

290

(90)

35

(10)

15

n/a

China

165

(79)

45

(21)

30

n/a

India

175

(78)

50

(22)

45

n/a

Pakistan

685

(91)

65

(9)

95

n/a

Sri Lanka

895

(90)

100

(10)

45

n/a

Other

170

(84)

30

(16)

35

n/a

Total

2,385

(88)

320

(12)

290

n/a

Nationality not known

275

(89)

35

(11)

30

n/a

Grand total

10,325

(89)

1,335

(11)

1,720

89,100

(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 2000.
(3) Information is of initial decisions, excluding the outcome of appeals or other subsequent decisions.
(4) May exclude some cases lodged at Local Enforcement Offices between January and March 2000.
(5) Cases considered under normal procedures may include some cases decided under the backlog criteria.
(6) Percentages for cases considered under normal procedures and those within the backlog clearance exercise are calculated separately.
(7) Cases decided under measures aimed at reducing the pre 1996 asylum application backlog.
(8) Includes cases where asylum or exceptional leave has been granted under the backlog criteria.
(9) Includes some cases where the application has been refused on substantive grounds.
(10) Provisional.

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