Attempted immigration from West Africa surged in 2023

Deportation proceedings initiated vs. West Africans. Annual data by fiscal year ending September.

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Not all deportation cases relate to asylum seekers and not all asylum seekers are subject to deportation proceedings. However, these timely numbers provide a rough indication of where the 2023 surge in asylum seekers is coming from.

Chart: Daniel KatziveSource: TRAC University of SyracuseGet the dataCreated with Datawrapper