§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the latest available figures for asylum seekers from Turkey who have arrived since 18 January who have(a) been returned to Turkey, (b) interviewed but held in detention, (c) given temporary asylum for up to one year, (d) given leave to remain for more than one year and (e) granted refugee status.
§ Mr. RentonThe information is not available in the form requested. From the beginning of January up until the introduction of a visa requirement for Turkish nationals on 23 June some 3,900 Turkish nationals claimed asylum on arrival in the United Kingdom. As at 11 October, 34 have been refused asylum and returned to Turkey. On 11 October. nine remained in detention, all of whom had been interviewed. There is no status of temporary asylum, but temporary admission pending consideration of their claims was granted to all those who were not detained. Exceptional leave to remain, initially for 12 months, has been granted in 243 cases. A total of 71 have been recognised as refugees under the terms of the 1951 United Nations convention on refugees and granted four years leave to remain initially. A total of 229 have returned voluntarily to Turkey before examination of their cases was completed.
§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received from non-statutory organisations concerning their call for resources to assist Kurdish asylum seekers; what response he has given; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. RentonRepresentations have been received from a number of Church, community and voluntary organisations seeking among other things financial assistance for emergency reception arrangements for Turkish asylum seekers who arrived in the United Kingdom in May and June. Exceptional payments to reimburse some of the expenses incurred have been made to most non-statutory organisations which assisted; a few others remain under consideration and will he settled shortly.