Appendix
Government Statistics Regarding Stateless or Potentially Stateless
Individuals Who Made Affirmative or Defensive Asylum Requests and
the Outcomes148
USCIS Asylum Requests and Resolution Statistics 149
Individuals Identified as Stateless
FY
Accepted
Granted
Referred
Denied
Closed
Pending
Received
Reopened
2010
80
1
36
41
4
6
33
2009
108
5
82
54
2
7
32
2008
121
3
61
83
2
7
55
2007
134
5
40
78
6
19
76
2006
75
7
33
41
7
21
60
2005
83
6
31
62
2
8
71
6-Yr Total
601
27
283
359
23
68
327
EOIR Asylum Statistics150
Individuals Identified as Stateless or “No Nationality”151
FY
2010
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
Received
133
274
214 (4)
178 (3)
112 (1)
176
Granted
85 (2)
82
59 (1)
79
86
72 (1)
Denied
22
20
36 (1)
34
26
28
Abandoned
3
7
5
3
8
1 (1)
Withdrawn
11
11
7
6
9
9
Other
34
56
24 (3)
30
33
38
6-Yr Total
1,087 (8)
463 (4)
166 (1)
27 (1)
53
215 (3)
Solutions for the Stateless in the U.S.
33