Query Responses
Query responses are replies to focused queries or requests for Information that are submitted in the course of the refugee status determination process.
- Australia: Refugee Review Tribunal 1,398
- Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation (ACCORD) 33
- Canada: Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada 39,358
- Council of Europe: Commissioner for Human Rights 1
- Country of Origin Research and Information (CORI) 17
- Forum 18 1
- Immigration Advisory Service (IAS) 1
- Immigration Law Practitioners' Association (ILPA) 1
- Information Centre about Asylum and Refugees 1
- Institute for War and Peace Reporting 2
- Ireland: High Court 1
- Ireland: Refugee Documentation Centre 656
- Landinfo - Country of Origin Information Centre 1
- Swiss Refugee Council 15
- UN Committee on the Rights of the Child (CRC) 2
- UN High Commissioner for Refugees 1
- United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services 282
- Afghanistan 417
- Albania 448
- Algeria 414
- American Samoa 1
- Angola 286
- Antigua and Barbuda 24
- Argentina 446
- Armenia 83
- Aruba 2
- Australia 57
- Austria 24
- Azerbaijan 153
- Bahamas 17
- Bahrain 22
- Bangladesh 831
- Barbados 31
- Belarus 109
- Belgium 30
- Belize 19
- Benin 36
- Bhutan 9
- Bolivia 131
- Bosnia and Herzegovina 80
- Botswana 29
- Brazil 124
- Brunei Darussalam 2
- Bulgaria 565
- Burkina Faso 47
- Burundi 176
- Cambodia 45
- Cameroon 244
- Canada 376
- Cape Verde 2
- Cayman Islands 1
- Central African Republic 37
- Chad 211
- Chile 389
- China 1,588
- Colombia 497
- Comoros 29
- Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1,237
- Congo, Republic of the 164
- Costa Rica 290
- Croatia 142
- Cuba 382
- Cyprus 21
- Czech Republic 168
- Côte d'Ivoire 153
- Denmark 28
- Djibouti 199
- Dominica 27
- Dominican Republic 99
- Ecuador 204
- Egypt 238
- El Salvador 735
- Equatorial Guinea 20
- Eritrea 151
- Estonia 163
- Ethiopia 653
- Fiji 99
- Finland 10
- France 181
- French Guiana 6
- Gabon 24
- Gambia 61
- Georgia 159
- Germany 175
- Ghana 975
- Greece 103
- Grenada 66
- Guadeloupe 3
- Guatemala 527
- Guinea 196
- Guinea-Bissau 18
- Guyana 186
- Haiti 320
- Holy See (Vatican City State) 2
- Honduras 409
- Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region of China) 72
- Hungary 270
- Iceland 1
- India 1,340
- Indonesia 153
- Iran, Islamic Republic of 1,491
- Iraq 437
- Ireland 19
- Israel 751
- Italy 95
- Jamaica 127
- Japan 42
- Jordan 222
- Kazakhstan 123
- Kenya 399
- Kiribati 2
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 21
- Korea, Republic of 133
- Kuwait 113
- Kyrgyzstan 41
- Lao People's Democratic Republic 9
- Latvia 124
- Lebanon 977
- Lesotho 8
- Liberia 175
- Libya 161
- Lithuania 74
- Luxembourg 2
- Macau (Special Administrative Region of China) 4
- Madagascar 12
- Malawi 31
- Malaysia 177
- Maldives 3
- Mali 111
- Malta 7
- Martinique 2
- Mauritania 101
- Mauritius 12
- Mexico 1,153
- Moldova, Republic of 212
- Mongolia 41
- Montenegro 199
- Montserrat 5
- Morocco 178
- Mozambique 17
- Myanmar 77
- Namibia 43
- Nauru 1
- Nepal 107
- Netherlands 59
- Netherlands Antilles 19
- New Caledonia 1
- New Zealand 3
- Nicaragua 309
- Niger 38
- Nigeria 1,512
- Norway 15
- Occupied Palestinian Territory 175
- Oman 7
- Pakistan 1,446
- Panama 122
- Papua New Guinea 7
- Paraguay 45
- Peru 498
- Philippines 165
- Poland 364
- Portugal 37
- Qatar 18
- Romania 620
- Russian Federation 1,138
- Rwanda 295
- Saint Kitts and Nevis 8
- Saint Lucia 63
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 124
- Samoa 1
- Sao Tome and Principe 1
- Saudi Arabia 115
- Senegal 88
- Serbia 449
- Seychelles 39
- Sierra Leone 131
- Singapore 34
- Slovakia 113
- Slovenia 28
- Solomon Islands 6
- Somalia 1,108
- South Africa 154
- South Sudan 4
- Spain 100
- Sri Lanka 1,121
- Sudan 324
- Suriname 16
- Swaziland 12
- Sweden 43
- Switzerland 39
- Syrian Arab Republic 277
- Tajikistan 30
- Tanzania, United Republic of 124
- Thailand 72
- The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia 119
- Timor-Leste (East Timor) 7
- Togo 139
- Tonga 2
- Trinidad and Tobago 87
- Tunisia 116
- Turkey 655
- Turkmenistan 13
- Turks and Caicos Islands 5
- Tuvalu 1
- U.S. Virgin Islands 2
- Uganda 238
- Ukraine 511
- United Arab Emirates 60
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 114
- United States of America 502
- Uruguay 176
- Uzbekistan 83
- Venezuela 730
- Viet Nam 144
- Western Sahara Territory 13
- Yemen 154
- Zambia 59
- Zimbabwe 301
- 1951 Refugee Convention 2
- Abduction 70
- Abkhazians 6
- Abuse of psychiatry 12
- Access to procedures 44
- Acehnese 2
- Acholi 5
- Acts of persecution 3
- Adivasis 2
- Administrative courts 1
- Adoption 30
- Afars 22
- Africans 7
- Afro-Colombians 2
- Age discrimination 1
- Ahmadis 114
- Ahwazi 5
- Airports 227
- Akan 17
- Alawi 45
- Albanians 7
- Alevis 6
- Aliens 25
- Amhara 46
- Anglican 3
- Animist 2
- Anuak 1
- Apartheid 12
- Appeal / Right to appeal 18
- Arabs 40
- Arbitrary arrest and detention 64
- Armed attacks on camps 5
- Armed forces / Military 127
- Armed groups / Militias / Paramilitary forces / Resistance movements 2,085
- Armenian 78
- Arrival 5
- Ashanti 30
- Ashkaelian 1
- Ashraf 2
- Assamese 3
- Assemblies of God 2
- Asylum policy 7
- Asylum-migration nexus 1
- Asylum-seekers 64
- Azeri 24
- Baganda 4
- Baha'i 26
- Bail 23
- Bajuni 4
- Bakhtiari 1
- Bakongo 27
- Baluchis 10
- Bamileke 5
- Bantu 4
- Banyamulenge 2
- Banyarwanda 9
- Baptist 90
- Bashkirs 4
- Basques 6
- Bedoon 25
- Beja 2
- Belarusians 1
- Bemba 9
- Bengalis 11
- Berber 23
- Bihari 20
- Blood feuds 23
- Bodos 1
- Border conflict 3
- Border controls 40
- Border crossers 34
- Buddhist 66
- Bulgarians 18
- Burden of proof 1
- Buryat 5
- Cabinda 15
- Camp management 3
- Catholic 235
- Ceasefire 12
- Cessation clauses 2
- Chakma 2
- Changes of circumstances in home country 10
- Chechen 18
- Child labour 2
- Child prostitution 8
- Child soldiers 70
- Children's rights 66
- Children-at-risk 103
- Chin 6
- Chinese 31
- Chittagong Hill Tribes 25
- Christian 253
- Chuvash 4
- Circassians 5
- Citizenship law 53
- Civil and political rights 18
- Civil rights legislation 3
- Civil war 51
- Civilian character of asylum 1
- Combatants / Former combatants 30
- Communal conflict / Social conflict 54
- Conflict resolution 11
- Conflict situation 39
- Congregationalist 1
- Contemporary forms of slavery 5
- Convention refugee 40
- Copts 29
- Corruption 122
- Cossacks 13
- Country of origin information (COI) 3
- Coup d'état 269
- Creoles 2
- Crime prevention 17
- Crimes against humanity 27
- Criminal justice 663
- Customary law 4
- Czechs 17
- Dalit 12
- Danes 3
- Darfuri 2
- Darod 47
- Death in custody 1
- Death penalty 30
- Death squads 48
- Demobilization / Disarmament 8
- Democracy 6
- Denial of nationality 7
- Denial of refugee status 77
- Deportation / Forcible return 256
- Dera Sacha Sauda 1
- Dinka 3
- Diolas 5
- Dioula 2
- Diplomatic asylum 1
- Disabled persons 67
- Disappeared persons 100
- Discrimination based on race, nationality, ethnicity 1,161
- Domestic violence 530
- Drug trafficking 97
- Druze 21
- East Caprivians 1
- Economic, social and cultural rights 24
- Effective protection 7
- Effective remedy 10
- Elderly 28
- Election law 1
- Elections 78
- Emigrants 63
- Entry / Exit 45
- Episcopalian 2
- Equal opportunities 2
- Equality before the law 22
- Eritreans 3
- Ethiopians 2
- Ethnic cleansing 7
- Evacuation 2
- Evangelical 60
- Evidence (including age and language assessments / medico-legal reports) 4
- Ewe 11
- Exceptional leave to remain (ELR) 2
- Exiles 59
- Expulsion 148
- Extradition 56
- Extrajudicial executions 18
- Extreme poverty 3
- False documents 35
- Falun Gong 90
- Family law 4
- Family reunification 22
- Female genital mutilation (FGM) 121
- Fijians 26
- Filipinos 23
- Flight by land, air or sea 4
- Forced labour 22
- Forced marriage 142
- Forced sterilization / Abortion 6
- Foreign occupation 41
- Freedom from torture, inhuman and degrading treatment 138
- Freedom of assembly and association 167
- Freedom of conscience 31
- Freedom of expression 203
- Freedom of information 63
- Freedom of movement 340
- Freedom of religion 547
- Freedom of speech 60
- Fulani 15
- Fur 3
- Gaboye 1
- Gagauz 8
- Gender discrimination 47
- Gender-based persecution 22
- Generalized violence 1
- Genocide 37
- Germans 20
- Good governance 106
- Greeks 9
- Gujaratis 3
- HIV and AIDS 95
- Habeas corpus 7
- Habitual residence 22
- Haitians 17
- Han 3
- Haratin 2
- Hare Krishna 4
- Harmful traditional practices 58
- Hazara 24
- Hema 2
- Hijacking 17
- Hindu 180
- Hmong 2
- Honour killings 34
- Housing, land and property rights (HLP) 161
- Hui 6
- Human rights activists 37
- Human rights and fundamental freedoms 729
- Human rights courts 3
- Human rights law 1
- Human rights monitors 7
- Humanitarian assistance 5
- Hungarians 39
- Hutus 93
- IDP camps 7
- Ibo 15
- Ijaw 25
- Illegal entry 38
- Illegal immigrants / Undocumented migrants 79
- Illegitimate children 14
- Immigrants 118
- Immigration Detention 48
- Immigration control after entry 4
- Immigration law 2
- Immunity 9
- Impunity 26
- Independence of judiciary 8
- Indians 18
- Indigenous persons 43
- Ingush 11
- Integration 5
- Internal armed conflict 39
- Internal flight alternative (IFA) / Internal relocation alternative (IRA) / Internal protection alternative (IPA) 69
- Internally displaced persons (IDPs) 59
- International armed conflict 10
- International courts and tribunals 3
- International criminal law 2
- International humanitarian law (IHL) / Geneva Conventions 6
- Involuntary repatriation 14
- Iranians 31
- Ismaili 2
- Issaq 28
- Japanese 13
- Jehovah's Witness 28
- Jew 312
- Kachin 1
- Kalenjin 4
- Karamojong 1
- Karen 4
- Kashmiris 23
- Kazakhs 5
- Khakass 4
- Khmer 3
- Kikuyu 25
- Kisii 6
- Komi 4
- Konkomba 9
- Koreans 21
- Kosovar 3
- Krou 1
- Kurd 288
- Kusasi 2
- Labour law 4
- Landmines, unexploded ordnance (UXO) and improvised explosive devices (IEDs) 2
- Lari 12
- Law of the sea 2
- Laws relating to religion 7
- Laz 2
- Legal representation / Legal aid 60
- Lendu 3
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex (LGBTI) 435
- Lezgin 3
- Livelihoods 7
- Location of camps 14
- Luba 16
- Lunda, Yeke 1
- Luo 8
- Lutheran 1
- M'boshi 1
- Macedonians 31
- Madhesis 1
- Madhiban 5
- Magyars 2
- Malays 5
- Malinke / Mandingo 6
- Mandate status 17
- Manifestly unfounded / Clearly abusive claims 1
- Mass exodus 10
- Maternal and child health care 19
- Mayans 5
- Medical screening 2
- Melanesians 1
- Memoranda of understanding (MOU) 1
- Mende 4
- Mental health 47
- Mentally disadvantaged persons 24
- Mercenaries 4
- Merina 1
- Meskhetians 1
- Messianic Jews 14
- Methodist 5
- Midgan 1
- Migrant rights 1
- Migrants 49
- Military courts 137
- Military law 1
- Military operations 13
- Military service / Conscientious objection / Desertion / Draft evasion / Forced conscription 1,311
- Minorities 347
- Minority rights 27
- Mohajirs 58
- Mon 2
- Mongols 1
- Montenegrin 7
- Mormon 5
- Mossi-Dagomba 3
- Multiple nationality 38
- Muslim 592
- Nagas 1
- National security / Public order 4
- Nationality law 6
- Naturalization 153
- Ndebele 5
- Nepalis 7
- New Life Church 1
- Ngbandi 5
- Nomads 34
- Non-refoulement 34
- Non-state agents of persecution 22
- Nuba 8
- Nuer 1
- One-child policy / Family planning 18
- Opposition 342
- Oromo 51
- Orthodox Christian 26
- Ossetians (South) 11
- Ovimbundu 4
- Paez 1
- Palestinian 144
- Pashtun 15
- Passports 200
- Peace agreements 65
- Peace process 26
- Peacekeeping 13
- Pentecostal 10
- Persecution based on nationality 3
- Persecution based on political opinion 364
- Persecution of family members 82
- Persecution on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity 54
- Persons of concern to UNHCR 2
- Piracy 2
- Poles 13
- Police 322
- Political asylum 43
- Political groups 515
- Political parties 835
- Political situation 513
- Polygamy 23
- Polynesians 1
- Pomaks 5
- Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) 1
- Pre-trial detention 1
- Prevention of discrimination 2
- Prison or detention conditions 159
- Prisoners of war 1
- Proof of nationality 8
- Property restitution 23
- Prosecution vs persecution 23
- Prostitution / Commercial sex work 39
- Protection of camps 1
- Protection of civilian persons in time of war 8
- Protestant 31
- Protests / Demonstrations / Riots / Civil unrest 1
- Public health 205
- Punjabis 16
- Quechua 1
- Racial / Ethnic persecution 1,093
- Raizals 1
- Rastafarian 3
- Re-entry 4
- Readmission 1
- Reception 3
- Reconciliation 7
- Referendum 7
- Refoulement 38
- Refugee / Asylum law 2
- Refugee camps 113
- Refugee identity documents 55
- Refugee seamen 30
- Refugee status determination (RSD) / Asylum procedures 10
- Refugee travel documents / CTDs 63
- Refugees 43
- Refugees sur place 6
- Registration 28
- Reintegration 5
- Rejected asylum-seekers 87
- Rejection at border 2
- Religious discrimination 205
- Religious persecution (including forced conversion) 266
- Rescue at sea / Interception at sea 1
- Resettlement 36
- Residence permits / Residency 716
- Return conditions 45
- Returnees 159
- Right to a nationality 753
- Right to education 77
- Right to employment 101
- Right to family life 6
- Right to food 5
- Right to health 27
- Right to justice 28
- Right to leave 130
- Right to liberty and security 2
- Right to life 9
- Right to registration at birth 20
- Right to return 218
- Right to seek asylum 4
- Right to self-determination 8
- Rights of non-citizens 62
- Rohingya (Arakanese) 11
- Roma 226
- Romanians 24
- Rule of law / Due process / Procedural fairness 97
- Russians 132
- SGBV 928
- Sabean Mandean 4
- Sabians 3
- Safe country of origin 1
- Safe third country 2
- Saharawis 2
- Salafi 3
- Sale of children 2
- Sami 2
- Sanctions 5
- Sandzak 2
- Secondary movement 1
- Security forces 249
- Security situation 258
- Serb 56
- Serious non-political crime 4
- Seventh Day Adventist 38
- Sexual and reproductive rights 47
- Shan 5
- Sharia law 20
- Shia 122
- Sikh 320
- Sindhis 4
- Single heads of household 41
- Sinhalese 58
- Slovaks 4
- Slovenes 2
- Small arms 1
- Smuggling of persons 21
- Social group discrimination 57
- Social group persecution 16
- Solomon Islanders 1
- Somalis 72
- Spontaneous return 1
- State of emergency 22
- State protection 509
- Stateless persons 6
- Statelessness 8
- Stowaways 2
- Sufi 6
- Sunni 145
- Sur place persecution 5
- Survivors of trafficking / Persons at risk of trafficking 1
- Tajik 8
- Tamil 375
- Tatars 62
- Temne 3
- Temporary admission 7
- Temporary protection 6
- Territorial asylum 2
- Terrorism 503
- Threats / Intimidation 1
- Tibetan 42
- Tien Do 1
- Tigreans 6
- Tiv 1
- Torture 5
- Trafficking in persons 32
- Transgression of social / cultural norms 2
- Transit 7
- Transitional justice (including amnesty laws) 1
- Travel documents 76
- Tuareg 4
- Turkmen 6
- Tutsis 107
- UNHCR mandate 3
- Udmurts 1
- Uighur 25
- Ukrainians 29
- Unaccompanied / Separated children 12
- Unlawful departure 69
- Urban refugees 1
- Uzbek 3
- Vietnamese 1
- Visas 910
- Voluntary repatriation 97
- War crimes 5
- Well-founded fear of persecution 8
- Widowed persons 43
- Withdrawal of nationality 9
- Witnesses 108
- Women's rights 215
- Women-at-risk 265
- Work permits 194
- Yibir 7
- Yoruba 36
- Zanzibaris 2
- Zapotecs 1
- Zarma 1
- Zoroastrian 28
- Zulus 4
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