Pending cases refer to asylum applications which have been submitted, but not yet decided.
Data are available for a limited number of countries only.
Figures usually refer to the number of persons. In case the asylum procedure includes an administrative review or appeal process, such cases are generally included. Thus, cases pending in front of judicial courts are excluded. See also footnotes in preceding tables. In addition, some 62,000 asylum applications were pending in review at the end of FY 1997, and some 68,500 at the end of FY 1998.