Individuals granted asylum in the U.S. 2021, by country of nationality

In 2021, around 1,195 individuals from China were granted asylum affirmatively and 780 were granted asylum defensively into the United States. Asylees are persons who sought residence in the United States in order to avoid persecution in their country of origin. There were total of 1,459 asylum seekers from El Salvador during the same year.

Number of individuals granted asylum (affirmatively or defensively) in the U.S. in 2021, by country of nationality

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Characteristic	Affirmatively	Defensively
Venezuela	1,596	472
People's Republic of China	1,195	780
El Salvador	310	1,149
Guatemala	456	880
Honduras	419	603
Egypt	654	70
India	86	629
Mexico	303	367
Russia	418	156
Nigeria	306	130
Ethiopia	297	59
Syria	233	41
Nicaragua	103	163
Pakistan	167	55
Iraq	143	73
Iran	176	36
Colombia	162	47
Nepal	19	143
Cameroon	5	142
Ukraine	82	59
Eritrea	63	72
Haiti	104	28
Burma	107	21
Bangladesh	17	108
Cuba	29	95

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fiscal year 2021

Supplementary notes

Asylees are persons who sought residence in the United States in order to avoid persecution in their country of origin. Persons granted asylum applied either at a port of entry or at some point after their entry into the United States.
There are two ways in which to file for asylum, affirmatively or defensively. People who apply affirmatively are those who come to the U.S. either legally or illegally but have not been put into removal proceedings. They apply with the Asylum Office. If arrested and put into removal proceedings, however, an individual can apply defensively, that is with the Immigration Judge.

The fiscal year is the accounting period for the federal government which begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends.

Individuals granted asylum affirmatively can be found here.

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