Asylum Denial Rates Continue to Climb in the USA .During Financial Year 2020, 73.7% immigration judge decisions denied asylum, and asylum itself was granted just 26.3% of the time.
Asylum Decisions by Nationality
While asylum seekers from Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras led the list of countries who sought asylum and had their cases decided during FY 2020, Chinese nationals led the list of those granted asylum in larger numbers than any other nationality group.
The odds of success in receiving asylum or an alternative form of relief continued to vary greatly by the asylum seeker's nationality. Among the 10 countries with the largest number of asylum decisions, Hondurans had the least success with 87.3 percent of applicants who were denied. Those from Guatemala had the second lowest success rate, with 85.8 percent denied, followed by Mexicans whose asylum applications were denied 85.0 percent of the time.
Chinese applicants, in contrast, had the highest success rates among the top ten nationality groups. Less than one out of four (23.3%) applicants from China had their asylum applications denied.
Asylum seekers from India had the next highest success rate. Only 38.0 percent of their applications were denied.
Cameroon nationals were close behind India in third place with 38.4 percent of their asylum applications denied
Top Ten Nationalities Seeking Asylum by Outcome
Honduras: 12.7% granted asylum
Guatemala : 14.2% granted asylum
Mexico: 15% granted asylum
El Salvador: 18.1% granted asylum
Nicaragua: 38.5% granted asylum
Cuba: 39.5% granted asylum
Venezuela: 54.3% granted asylum
Cameroon: 61.6% granted asylum
India: 62% granted asylum
China: 76.7% granted asylum
Asylum Decisions by Nationality
While asylum seekers from Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras led the list of countries who sought asylum and had their cases decided during FY 2020, Chinese nationals led the list of those granted asylum in larger numbers than any other nationality group.
The odds of success in receiving asylum or an alternative form of relief continued to vary greatly by the asylum seeker's nationality. Among the 10 countries with the largest number of asylum decisions, Hondurans had the least success with 87.3 percent of applicants who were denied. Those from Guatemala had the second lowest success rate, with 85.8 percent denied, followed by Mexicans whose asylum applications were denied 85.0 percent of the time.
Chinese applicants, in contrast, had the highest success rates among the top ten nationality groups. Less than one out of four (23.3%) applicants from China had their asylum applications denied.
Asylum seekers from India had the next highest success rate. Only 38.0 percent of their applications were denied.
Cameroon nationals were close behind India in third place with 38.4 percent of their asylum applications denied
Top Ten Nationalities Seeking Asylum by Outcome
Honduras: 12.7% granted asylum
Guatemala : 14.2% granted asylum
Mexico: 15% granted asylum
El Salvador: 18.1% granted asylum
Nicaragua: 38.5% granted asylum
Cuba: 39.5% granted asylum
Venezuela: 54.3% granted asylum
Cameroon: 61.6% granted asylum
India: 62% granted asylum
China: 76.7% granted asylum