Otherwise, use the Windows style sheet. The number of applications for asylum in November 2000 increased 42 percent compared to the number filed in November 1999. The pending caseload was 4 percent lower than in the same month last year.
Cases filed - includes both new and reopened applications.
RAPS graph shows upward slope for asylum application received and downward slope for reopened and pending cases in 2001 compared to 2000 Nationals of the People's Republic of China submitted the most asylum applications in November, followed by Colombia and Mexico.