§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the total numbers of asylum applications received from Turkish nationals for each of the last 24 months; and what was the outcome of these applications. [18306]
§ Mr. Nicholas BakerThe available information on asylum applications by Turkish nationals and on decisions made, for the last 24 months, is given in the table.
Decisions on applications for asylum(1) received from nationals of Turkey in the United Kingdom, excluding dependants,
March 1993 to February 1995
number of principal applicants Applications2 Total decisions2 3 Granted asylum Granted ELR4 Refused5 1993 March 130 255 60 150 45 April 105 210 50 115 45 May 150 130 15 55 60 June 125 160 30 65 60 July(6) 125 100 20 35 45 August 85 70 15 5 55 September 115 80 10 * 70 October 105 60 5 5 50 November 115 105 25 15 65 December 135 105 10 0 95 1994 January 175 95 15 15 65 February 120 135 25 10 95 March 160 95 15 5 75 April 205 100 5 * 95 May 190 90 5 * 85 June 185 90 5 * 85 July 155 95 10 * 85 August 165 115 5 * 110 September 165 80 5 5 70 October 220 90 5 10 75 November 180 95 0 * 95 December 125 70 5 * 65 1995 January 100 110 5 5 100 February 165 80 * 0 80 1 Provisional figures rounded to the nearest 5, with * = 1 or 2. 2 Figures exclude information on applications made overseas. 3 Decisions do not necessarily relate to applications made in the same month. 4 Usually granted for a year in the first instance, subject then to further review. 5 Refusals include those made after full consideration, refusals under para 180F for failure to provide evidence to support the asylum claim within a reasonable period, and refusals on the grounds that the applicant had arrived from a sate third country. 6 The Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993 came into force on 26 July 1993.