§ Mr. DarlingTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has on the number of applications made for asylum in each European Community country in (i) 1980, (ii) 1988, (iii) 1989 and (iv) 1990.
§ Mr. Peter LloydThe available information is given in the table:
Applications for asylum in European Community countries1 1980 1988 1989 19902 Belgium 2,700 5,100 8,100 12,950 Denmark 50 4,650 4,600 5,300 Federal Republic of Germany 107,800 103,100 121,300 193,050 France 13,700 31,600 58,750 56,050 Greece 1,800 8,400 3,000 4,400 Italy 2,450 1,300 3,350 4,750 Netherlands 3,200 7,500 13,900 17,600 Portugal n.a. 350 150 100 Spain n.a. 3,300 2,850 6,850 United Kingdom 2,350 5,250 16,300 30,000 1 Information is not available for the Republic of Ireland and Luxembourg. 2 Some of the 1990 figures are provisional estimates. n.a. = not available.