HC Deb 16 December 1983 vol 50 cc610-3W
Ms. Clare Short

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will provide details, by country, of the number of visitors refused admission to the United Kingdom as a proportion of applicants from that country for each of the past 10 years.

Mr. Waddington

This reply also includes information for 1983 pursuant to my reply to the hon. Member for Eccles on 1 December.-[Vol 49, c. 975.]

In the following tables the number of people refused leave to enter the United Kingdom is given as a proportion of the number admitted or refused. Separate information is not available on the numbers refused who were seeking admission as visitors nor on EC countries or Gibraltar. Information on the numbers admitted to the United

Foreign nationals (excluding European Community) refused leave to enter the United Kingdom as a proportion of the number admitted or refused
per cent.
Nationals of 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 *1983
Algeria .. .. .. 1.7 2.6 4.2 4.8 4.9 3.4 2.4 2.4
Argentina 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 1.5 1.0
Austria 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 †
Brazil 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
Bulgaria .. .. .. .. .. 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2
Chile 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.7
China 2.8 1.1 0.4 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.4 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2
Colombia 0.6 0.6 1.4 1.3 1.4 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.0 0.8 0.8
Cuba 2.2 1.5 1.2 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.6 0.4 0.2 0.4 1.0
Czechoslovakia 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.1
Egypt 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1
Ethiopia .. .. .. .. .. 0.6 0.7 0.9 0.2 0.6 0.2
Finland † 0.1 0.1 † † † † 0.1 † † †
G.D.R. .. 3.8 4.7 4.0 3.8 3.4 0.9 0.1 † 0.3 0.2
Hungary 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 † 0.1 0.1
Indonesia 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1
Iran 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.4 2.1 3.4 1.0 0.8 0.6
Iraq 0.5 0.3 0.7 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.3 0.3
Israel 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.1
Japan † 0.1 0.1 † 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 † † †
Jordan .. .. .. .. .. 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
Lebanon .. .. .. .. .. 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2
Libya .. .. .. .. .. 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.2 0.1
Mexico 01 † † 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Morocco .. .. .. 1.6 1.9 2.3 2.9 3.1 3.1 2.2 2.7
Norway † † † † † † † † † † †
Pakistan 1.8 1.8 1.5 1.4 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.0
Peru 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.4 0.5
Philippines .. .. .. 0.4 0.3 0.6 0.6 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.3
Poland 0.3 0.4 0.6 0.4 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.5 0.2
Portugal 0.2 0.2 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2
Rumania 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.7
Saudi Arabia .. .. .. .. .. 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2
Somalia .. .. .. .. .. 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.3 0.5 0.1
South Africa 0.1 † 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1
Spain 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
Sudan .. .. .. .. .. 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2
Sweden † † † † † † † † † † †
Switzerland 0.1 0.1 † † † † † † † † †
Syria .. .. .. .. .. 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.2
Thailand .. .. .. .. .. 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.4
Tunisia .. .. .. 1.2 1.3 2.4 2.3 2.6 2.4 1.5 1.4
Turkey 1.1 0.9 1.1 0.9 0.8 1.7 2.0 1.8 0.9 1.0 0.9
United States of America † † † † † † † † † † †
Union of Soviet Socialist Republics 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.6 0.8 4.6
Uruguay .. .. .. .. .. 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3
Venezuela 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2
Yugoslavia 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4
Other foreign countries 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2
Stateless .. .. .. 0.9 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.7 0.7 0.9 1.1
TOTAL 0.13 0.14 0.17 0.16 0.15 0.18 0.26 0.23 0.16 0.15 0.13
* January to September.
.. Not available separately—included in other foreign.
† Less than 0.1 per cent.

Commonwealth citizens refused leave to enter the United Kingdom as a proportion of the number admitted or refused
per cent.
Country or territory issuing passport 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 *1983
Australia † † † † † † † † † † †
Bangladesh 2.9 2.6 2.6 2.4 1.5 1.2 1.1 0.8 0.7 0.8 1.3
Barbados 0.1 0.1 0.1 † † 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 †
Canada † † † † † † † † † † †
Cyprus 1.3 1.6 1.8 1.3 1.1 1.1 1.1 0.8 0.5 0.4 0.4
Ghana 1.2 3.0 1.6 1.5 1.5 1.8 1.9 2.3 3.3 3.7 3.2

Kingdom as visitors is published annually in "Control of Immigration: Statistics"—table 1 of the latest issue Cmnd. 8944 for 1982.

Country or territory issuing passport 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 *1983
Guyana 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.3 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.3 0.3
Hong Kong 0.4 0.9 0.4 0.6 0.8 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.3 0.3
India 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.6
Jamaica 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.1
Kenya 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.4 0.4 0.4
Malaysia 0.3 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.3 0.2 0.2 0.2
Malta 0.1 0.1 0.1 † 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1
Mautitius 1.6 1.3 1.6 0.6 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.6 0.4
New Zealand † † † † † † † † † † †
Nigeria 1.5 1.7 1.5 0.9 0.7 0.8 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.8
Sierra Leone 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.4 0.6
Singapore 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1
Sri Lanka 0.4 0.4 0.5 0.5 0.5 0.9 1.2 0.9 0.7 0.6 1.1
Tanzania 1.5 1.0 0.8 1.2 0.8 0.8 0.9 1.2 1.0 1.0 1.2
Trinidad and Tobago 0.2 0.2 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 †
Uganda 2.7 1.0 1.0 0.8 0.8 0.9 0.7 1.3 0.8 0.7 0.6
West Indies Associated States 0.6 0.5 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.9
Zambia 0.3 — 0.1 0.4 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1
Zimbabwe 3.9 2.4 2.8 6.1 3.9 2.9 2.7 0.7 0.5 0.3 0.3
United Kingdom passport holders 1.2 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.3 0.3 0.3 0.4 0.5 0.3 0.3
All other territories 0.8 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.7 0.4 0.5 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.5
TOTAL 0.31 0.37 0.35 0.28 0.25 0.29 0.32 0.35 0.38 0.35 0.35
* January to September.
† Less than 0.1 per cent.
— Nil.