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Table 19. Individuals Granted Asylum Defensively by Region and Country of Nationality: Fiscal Years 2012 to 2021

By Region of Nationality

Region of nationality	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total	10,575	9,767	8,636	8,140	8,693	10,565	13,197	18,909	14,601	7,367
Africa	2,078	1,897	1,643	1,372	1,308	1,535	1,600	2,315	1,559	783
Asia	6,707	6,088	5,413	4,769	4,217	4,251	5,654	7,686	4,671	2,254
Europe	817	850	636	532	360	398	597	794	547	368
North America	618	678	707	1,277	2,541	4,004	4,870	7,136	6,575	3,302
Oceania	12	5	D	D	-	D	D	6	4	-
South America	251	205	201	155	114	219	337	772	1,102	609
Unknown	92	44	D	D	153	D	D	200	143	51

By Country of Nationality

Country of nationality	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020	2021
Total	10,575	9,767	8,636	8,140	8,693	10,565	13,197	18,909	14,601	7,367
Afghanistan	33	16	18	14	23	28	28	31	20	11
Albania	67	60	64	75	94	118	180	122	79	28
Angola	D	D	D	D	6	11	19	29	22	24
Armenia	72	51	49	21	18	36	58	106	61	38
Azerbaijan	16	6	10	11	D	14	21	21	13	22
Bangladesh	57	65	51	92	91	120	287	367	290	108
Belarus	71	72	54	34	25	25	38	37	24	36
Benin	5	10	4	10	D	D	-	D	D	-
Bolivia	7	4	D	D	-	D	D	11	D	D
Brazil	13	14	5	D	5	10	21	38	50	30
Bulgaria	16	5	10	D	6	D	4	10	-	4
Burkina Faso	53	58	60	51	71	78	63	81	58	20
Burma	62	33	24	20	16	10	15	26	12	21
Burundi	10	12	31	18	28	20	22	47	16	7
Cameroon	150	136	110	92	114	219	312	659	591	142
Central African Republic	D	8	D	D	D	7	11	D	D	D
Chad	25	4	7	D	4	10	7	17	5	D
China, People's Republic	5,000	4,510	3,981	3,585	3,077	2,731	3,048	3,459	1,950	780
Colombia	97	67	67	51	24	38	40	46	37	47
Congo, Democratic Republic	14	25	25	22	8	32	50	56	42	26
Congo, Republic	42	41	21	16	33	24	40	30	18	13
Cote d'Ivoire	56	58	47	36	17	19	23	30	20	7
Cuba	6	6	9	11	7	62	161	711	1,227	95
Djibouti	5	9	D	12	D	11	6	10	6	D
Dominican Republic	4	4	11	6	8	6	8	6	22	4
Ecuador	15	25	19	43	39	77	119	121	103	47
Egypt	277	293	240	148	148	140	164	146	111	70
El Salvador	156	181	187	300	758	1,343	1,773	2,321	1,731	1,149
Eritrea	331	234	162	138	151	238	271	320	122	72
Ethiopia	406	387	317	252	185	155	121	181	74	59
Fiji	10	D	D	-	-	D	D	6	-	-
Gambia	70	74	76	51	45	32	32	24	8	5
Georgia	18	10	13	8	9	11	8	34	31	23
Ghana	7	10	14	36	65	74	36	48	28	14
Guatemala	192	149	164	363	631	953	1,018	1,545	1,437	880
Guinea	124	92	57	43	49	79	85	87	33	23
Haiti	34	54	50	62	27	91	49	77	47	28
Honduras	73	93	151	303	620	956	1,181	1,291	1,016	603
India	250	311	368	301	308	457	951	1,929	1,179	629
Indonesia	98	75	47	19	10	11	17	27	27	9
Iran	88	57	58	37	56	51	53	107	56	36
Iraq	91	52	79	52	26	45	74	105	94	73
Jamaica	11	5	5	7	7	8	10	15	4	4
Jordan	11	13	6	5	D	D	7	29	8	8
Kazakhstan	13	28	31	16	15	30	25	27	20	21
Kenya	69	38	49	21	11	14	22	28	26	12
Kosovo	32	34	28	18	19	32	31	43	15	13
Kyrgyzstan	25	36	35	48	48	37	64	80	55	30
Lebanon	21	17	4	D	6	4	8	28	5	12
Liberia	10	10	13	6	9	8	12	15	18	6
Libya	6	-	D	-	5	5	D	14	14	D
Mali	68	74	56	33	25	31	32	26	11	11
Mauritania	26	39	24	29	13	20	13	26	22	10
Mexico	117	154	105	200	456	551	631	802	719	367
Moldova	88	73	70	40	32	30	38	76	38	27
Mongolia	37	40	21	6	8	5	15	34	11	8
Nepal	379	385	282	250	260	290	470	606	308	143
Nicaragua	9	17	15	20	19	27	35	357	364	163
Nigeria	26	29	59	64	66	70	53	194	154	130
Pakistan	150	122	96	55	69	93	135	181	92	55
Peru	14	8	13	19	17	19	26	46	17	9
Philippines	8	4	-	D	D	D	11	7	8	4
Romania	8	38	20	28	37	38	44	40	31	29
Russia	155	192	115	100	81	59	118	299	245	156
Rwanda	20	28	43	15	19	22	39	28	24	24
Saudi Arabia	9	7	7	4	7	10	9	10	11	6
Senegal	25	19	16	18	7	23	12	14	11	6
Serbia and Montenegro (former)	45	49	31	17	D	5	D	D	4	NA
Sierra Leone	20	11	10	4	4	10	21	21	8	4
Somalia	82	81	117	177	154	90	41	32	16	11
Soviet Union (former)	255	228	158	159	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Sri Lanka	101	96	74	46	32	41	56	70	57	14
Sudan	36	32	14	21	25	25	25	37	9	23
Syria	28	46	65	104	77	145	157	135	62	41
Tajikistan	8	13	13	8	10	6	15	14	11	8
Togo	13	14	11	10	D	13	11	13	10	6
Turkey	22	D	D	14	D	13	26	60	54	52
Turkmenistan	9	D	4	4	D	4	8	12	5	D
Uganda	24	27	24	11	14	19	28	59	46	30
Ukraine	52	55	55	41	48	68	106	142	83	59
Uzbekistan	36	54	37	25	15	32	45	89	90	29
Venezuela	100	76	90	32	27	68	123	501	890	472
Vietnam	10	4	4	D	D	D	6	36	89	45
Yemen	14	9	18	7	9	4	21	21	20	13
Zimbabwe	34	20	7	D	D	13	8	12	8	-
All other countries ^[1]	130	119	81	74	55	69	82	105	98	63
Unknown ^[2]	92	44	D	D	153	D	D	200	143	51

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