§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of citizens originating from former British Commonwealth member nations who have either been deported or refused entry clearance into the United Kingdom in each single year since 1979.
§ Mr. WaddingtonInformation on the number of persons deported is given in the table. The available information on refusals of entry clearance relates only to Pakistan where in the years 1979 to 1984, respectively, a total of 4,755, 3,293, 3,011, 2,901, 2,320 and 1,863 persons were refused clearance for entry to the United Kingdom either for immediate settlement or for admission for a limited period as husbands, fiancés, students, visitors, and so on.
Nationals of former British Commonwealth countries deported from the United Kingdom, 1979–84. Nationals of Number of persons 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 Burma — — — 1 — — Cameroon Republic* — 2 1 1 — — Republic of Ireland 34 38 43 40 25 23 South Africa 52 60 35 48 32 42 Somalia† — — — — — — Pakistan 9 5 9 4 6 6 South Yemen‡ 1 — 1 1 2 — Sudan 5 1 1 1 2 3 498W
Offence(s) Sentence Murder Life imprisonment Murder Life imprisonment Murder Life imprisonment Murder Life imprisonment Murder Life imprisonment Murder Life imprisonment Murder Life imprisonment Murder Life imprisonment Murder Life imprisonment Murder Life imprisonment Murder Life imprisonment
* The United Republic of Cameroon includes the former territory of the Southern Cameroons which was a member of the Commonwealth. † Includes the former territory of British Somaliland. ‡ Formerly Aden.
§ Mr. Winnickasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will state the numbers of passengers arriving in the United Kingdom from the Indian subcontinent during 1984 who were (a) given leave to enter and (b) refused leave to enter, in each of the following categories: ordinary visitors, business visitors, in transit, returning after temporary absence abroad, students, work permit holders and dependants, coming for settlement on arrival, and others.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe available information, which is given in the following table, will be published in the forthcoming Command Paper "Control of Immigration: Statistics, United Kingdom 1984". Information on those refused leave to enter does not identify the category in which they sought entry.
Citizens of Indian sub-continent countries given leave to enter and refused, 1984 Number of journeys Given leave to enter: Ordinary visitors 190,000 Business visitors 41,100 In transit 36,600 Returning after temporary absence abroad 76,600 Students 3,790 Work permit holders 700 Dependants of work permit holders 260 Settlement on arrival 9,100 Others 6,960 Total 365,000 Refused leave to enter 3,891