{
  "id": 16250080,
  "title": "Canada grants asylum to 7,643 Nigerians in 30 months",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/24/canada-grants-asylum-to-7-643-nigerians-in-30-months-16250080",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-24T00:28:51.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Punch",
    "slug": "punch",
    "url": "https://punchng.com/canada-grants-asylum-to-7643-nigerians-in-30-months/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Between January 2024 and June 2026, Canada granted refugee protection to 7,643 Nigerians, making Nigeria the largest source of successful asylum seekers from Africa. This figure marked a significant increase from the 2,230 grants awarded in 2024, which surged by 55 per cent to 3,463 in 2025, before dropping to 1,950 in the first six months of 2026. However, Canadian authorities rejected 3,080 Nigerian asylum claims during the same period, with nearly three out of every ten decisions resulting in a denial of asylum.",
  "summary": "Data from the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada's Refugee Protection Division shows that 7,643 Nigerians were granted refugee protection over a 30-month period between January 2024 and June 2026. Punch Nigeria reports that Nigeria was the largest source of successful asylum seekers from Africa and ranked among the top claimant nationalities globally.\n\nThe number of successful claims rose from 2,230 in 2024 to 3,463 in 2025, before reaching 1,950 in the first six months of 2026. During this same timeframe, Canadian authorities rejected 3,080 Nigerian asylum claims, while another 1,530 cases were withdrawn or abandoned, resulting in 12,253 total finalized cases for Nigerians.\n\nAccording to Punch Nigeria, Uganda, Kenya, Ethiopia, and Ghana also ranked as significant sources of asylum seekers from the continent. For the first half of 2026, Nigeria led the group with 1,950 grants, followed by Kenya, Uganda, Ghana, the DRC, Ethiopia, and Rwanda.",
  "key_points": [],
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}