Cameroon: Asylum Approval Rates and Decisions in US Immigration Courts

1,166 asylum merits decisions; 31.1% granted (2025-09 to 2026-08). Historical EOIR decisions do not predict an individual case. Judge-code history is not verified personal tenure.

How we estimate

EOIR grant rate means grants divided by grants plus denials for asylum merits decisions, excluding other closures. Rates require at least 2 decisions; rankings require at least 30. Proceedings history can extend to 1951; the first recorded asylum merits month in this import is Dec 1972. Each dataset states its own coverage. Do not interpret proceedings coverage as asylum decision coverage. Reconstructed pending counts may differ from agency totals. Historical judge-code attribution is not verified personal tenure.

Grants and denials by period

Totals and breakdowns use the canonical page period. Court and nationality trend tables include all available decision history; other trend tables use their labeled periods. All tables apply the display floor. Interactive filters can select a different period. Empty buckets and cells below the floor have no reported rate.

Decision trend
Group	Grants	Denials	Merits decisions	Asylum merits grant rate
1984	0	0	0	Too few decisions to report a rate (minimum 2).
1985	0	0	0	Too few decisions to report a rate (minimum 2).
1986	0	2	2	0.0%
1987	0	0	0	Too few decisions to report a rate (minimum 2).
1988	0	0	0	Too few decisions to report a rate (minimum 2).
1989	0	1	1	Too few decisions to report a rate (minimum 2).
1990	0	2	2	0.0%
1991	0	3	3	0.0%
1992	2	4	6	33.3%
1993	4	9	13	30.8%
1994	13	16	29	44.8%
1995	22	32	54	40.7%
1996	30	32	62	48.4%
1997	56	37	93	60.2%
1998	66	51	117	56.4%
1999	51	65	116	44.0%
2000	115	94	209	55.0%
2001	110	105	215	51.2%
2002	125	180	305	41.0%
2003	214	281	495	43.2%
2004	282	305	587	48.0%
2005	283	201	484	58.5%
2006	337	163	500	67.4%
2007	191	129	320	59.7%
2008	174	100	274	63.5%
2009	209	81	290	72.1%
2010	200	56	256	78.1%
2011	208	50	258	80.6%
2012	181	74	255	71.0%
2013	158	59	217	72.8%
2014	125	35	160	78.1%
2015	103	41	144	71.5%
2016	150	53	203	73.9%
2017	266	103	369	72.1%
2018	399	157	556	71.8%
2019	820	203	1,023	80.2%
2020	936	733	1,669	56.1%
2021	275	51	326	84.4%
2022	482	79	561	85.9%
2023	505	155	660	76.5%
2024	593	290	883	67.2%
2025	531	749	1,280	41.5%
2026	186	507	693	26.8%

Representation breakdown
Group	Grants	Denials	Merits decisions	Asylum merits grant rate
Represented	358	728	1,086	33.0%
Not represented	5	75	80	6.2%

Custody breakdown
Group	Grants	Denials	Merits decisions	Asylum merits grant rate
Never detained	228	475	703	32.4%
Detained	94	262	356	26.4%
Released	41	66	107	38.3%

Courts with recorded decisions

Guides

Methods and limitations

What is the asylum grant rate for Cameroon?

1,166 asylum merits decisions; 31.1% granted (2025-09 to 2026-08). Rates reflect the period and sample on this page. Historical EOIR decisions do not predict an individual case. Judge-code history is not verified personal tenure.

How do asylum grant rates vary by country?

Our nationality directory compares EOIR asylum merits decisions by the nationality recorded in court data. Use the same period and sample floor for comparisons. Nationality does not determine an individual outcome.

Which courts have the most recorded decisions for Cameroon?

Hyattsville Immigration Court; Baltimore Immigration Court; Cleveland Immigration Court. These are leading courts by merits-decision count in the page’s period, not recommendations about venue or individual outcomes.

Why is a grant rate or ranking missing?

We display a rate only with at least 2 merits decisions and rank judges or court comparisons only with at least 30. Small samples can vary widely. A missing rate is not a zero grant rate.