Figures usually refer to the number of persons.
In case the asylum procedure includes an administrative review or appeal process, such decisions are generally included. See also footnotes in preceding tables. During 1989-1998, the average number of persons per case was 2.10. Concerns number of cases granted asylum, denied and otherwise closed. In addition, the Executive Office of Immigration Review decided some 50,600 asylum applications during FY 1997, and some 48,800 asylum applications during FY 1998.