§ Mr. Bernie GrantTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what instructions have been given to immigration officials when dealing with travellers from other European economic area countries who refuse to submit to examination under powers granted by the Immigration Acts, citing instead a right to enter without being checked under the provision of article 7A of the European Community treaty.
§ Mr. Charles WardleImmigration officers are instructed to admit freely passengers who satisfy them that they are nationals of European economic area countries.
§ Mr. Bernie GrantTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many people, by nationality, were refused leave to enter and removed at United Kingdom airports in 1993 whose travel was wholly internal to the European Community
934W(2) how many people whose journey was internal to the European Community were refused entry and returned abroad by immigration officials at United Kingdom airports during the course of 1993.
§ Mr. Charles WardleThe information requested is not available centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. Bernie GrantTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people, by nationality, were refused leave to enter and removed at United Kingdom channel ports in 1993 whose travel was wholly internal to the European Community.
§ Mr. Charles WardleThe following table shows the numbers and nationalities of passengers refused entry and removed at the ports of Dover, Folkestone, Newhaven, Portsmouth and Ramsgate in 1993.
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Number Commonwealth citizens Australia 21 Bangladesh 5 Canada 8 Cyprus 6 Ghana 45 Hong Kong 11 India 39 Jamaica 3 Kenya 4 Malaysia 66 Malta 1 Mauritius 8 New Zealand 19 Nigeria 23 Pakistan 25 Sierra Leone 45 Singapore 5 Sri Lanka 33 Tanzania 7 Trinidad and Tobago 5 Uganda 1 Zimbabwe 3 British overseas citizens 2 Other Commonwealth 15 Other nationals Algeria 87 Angola 13 Argentina 7 Austria 10 Brazil 65 Bulgaria 6 Chile 8 China 4 Colombia 19 Czechoslovakia 295 Egypt 1 Ethiopia 8 Finland 6 Hungary 82 Indonesia 2 Iran 2 Israel 22 Japan 13 Libya 1 Mexico 6 Morocco 17 Norway 1 Peru 9 Philippines 3 Poland 1,254 Rumania 32 Somalia 10 South Africa 85
Number South Korea 13 Sudan 1 Sweden 11 Switzerland 8 Thailand 1 Tunisia 2 Turkey 30 United States of America 110 USSR 8 Venezuela 3 Yugoslavia 20 Zaire 24 Others 270 Stateless Hong Kong 2 Stateless others 757 European Community1 Belgium 7 France 74 Greece 1 Italy 22 Netherlands 29
Numbers of reported cases involving attacks by dogs of all types on humans Year Police force 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 Kent n/a n/a 1,002 1,150 853 Merseyside 347 351 371 271 243 Northumbria n/a n/a n/a 246 175