§ Mr. Norman Atkinsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons have been recommended for deportation following conviction by the courts for (a) Immigration Act offences and (b) other criminal offences during 1979 and the first half of the current year; and how many recommendations have been adopted.
§ Mr. RaisonThe available information is as follows:
Recommedations for deportation made by the courts Deportation orders made following court recommendations 1979 1,075 626 1 August 1980 to 30 June 1980 637 349 The nature of the offences is not separately recorded. The number of deportation orders made and the number of court recommendations made within the same period are not directly related.
§ Mr. Norman Atkinsonasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many deportation notices he has signed during the first half of the current year, grouped according to the countries of origin of those concerned.
§ Mr. RaisonThe number of deportation orders signed was as follows:
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Algeria 28 Antigua 1 Australia 8 Austria 1 Bahamas 1 Bangladesh 12 Barbados 2 Belgium 1 Cameroons 1 Canada 7 Chile 1 China 1 Colombia 20 Cyprus 65 Denmark 1 Egypt 32 France 5 Germany 8 Ghana 120 Greece 3 Guyana 11 Hong Kong 16 India 76 Iran 34 Iraq 2
Irish Republic 21 Israel 5 Italy 20 Jamaica 3 Jordan 3 Kenya 2 Lebanon 1 Lesotho 1 Liberia 3 Libya 6 Malaysia 9 Mali 1 Malta 3 Mauritius 30 Morocco 6 Nepal 1 Netherlands 1 New Zealand 1 Nigeria 142 Pakistan 63 Philippines 1 Poland 3 Portugal 6 Saudi Arabia 2 Seychelles 1 Sierra Leone 7 Singapore 4 South Africa 2 Spain 6 Sri Lanka 17 Sudan 2 Sweden 1 Switzerland 1 Syria 1 Tanzania 6 Thailand 7 Trinidad & Tobago 3 Tunisia 5 Turkey 22 Uganda 2 United States of America 9 West Indies Associated States 2 Yugoslavia 1 Zaire 1 Zambia 4 Zimbabwe 4 Stateless 4 Total 903 The countries listed are those which issued the passports; this is not necessarily the country of origin in each case.