§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what establishments are currently being used for detention of asylum seekers; how many are held in each one; and what is their country of origin;
(2) how many asylum seekers are currently held in custody; and what is the comparative figure for each month of the past year.
§ Mr. Nicholas BakerAs at 8 March 1995, a total of 587 persons who had sought asylum were detained. This figure includes people awaiting the setting of directions for removal following refusal of the application, as well as those whose applications were under consideration or subject to appeal. Information on the nationality of those detained is given in the table.
I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to a question from the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent, Central (Mr. Fisher) on 2 March, column 660, which gave the available information on the location of those persons who had sought asylum detained as at 23 February 1995.
Information on the numbers detained over the last year, by month, is not available.
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Table 1 Number of people detained on 8 March 1995 who had sought asylum, by nationality Country Number detained Angola 13 Albania 9 Algeria 58 Armenia 1 Bangladesh 18 Benin 1 Brazil 6 Bulgaria 2 Burma 3 Cameroon 3 China 19 Colombia 7 Dominica 1 Ecuador 3 Eritrea 1 Gambia 3 Georgia 5
Table 1 Number of people detained on 8 March 1995 who had sought asylum, by nationality Country Number detained Ghana 65 India 69 Iran 4 Ivory Coast 6 Jamaica 5 Kenya 4 Lebanon 4 Liberia 3 Libya 6 Sri Lanka 22 Moldavia 1 Morocco 8 Mozambique 1 Nigeria 109 Pakistan 26 Philippines 1 Poland 1 Romania 9 Russia 3 Sudan 2 Sierra Leone 8 Somalia 2 Slovakia South Africa 3 Sudan 2 Thailand 1 Togo 1 Tunisia 1 Turkey 25 Uganda 1 Former Yugoslavia 14 Zaire 11 Zambia 1 Total 587
§ Mrs. RocheTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will provide a breakdown of the number of asylum seekers currently detained under Immigration Act powers by(a) nationality, (b) gender, (c) length of detention, (d) place of detention and (e) immigration status at the time of application;
(2) how many asylum seekers were detained under Immigration Act powers in each month in 1993 and 1994.
§ Mr. Nicholas BakerAs at 8 March 1995, a total of 587 persons who had sought asylum were detained. This figure includes people awaiting the setting of directions for removal following refusal of the application, as well as those whose applications were under consideration or subject to appeal. Of this figure, 153 had been in detention less than one month, 104 between one and two months, 230 between two and six months, and 100 had been in detention longer than six months.
Information on the gender, immigration status and nationality of those detained is given in tables 1 and 2.
I refer the hon. Member to the reply given to a question from the hon. Member for Stoke-on-Trent, Central (Mr. Fisher) on 2 March, column 660, which gave the available information on the location of those persons who had sought asylum detained as at 23 February 1995.
Information on the numbers detained during 1993 and 1994, by month, is not available.
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Table 1: Number of people detained on 8 March 1995 who had sought asylym, by immigration status and gender Immigration Status Male Female Total Port case 247 26 273 Illegal entrant case 240 9 249 Deportation case 57 8 65 Total 544 4. 587
Table 2: Number of people detained on 8 March 1995 who had sought asylym, by nationality Country Number detained Angola 13 Albania 9 Algeria 58 Armenia 1 Bangladesh 18 Benin 1 Brazil 6 Bulgaria 2 Burma 3 Cameroon 3 China 19 Columbia 7 Domincia 1 Ecuador 3 Eritrea 1 Gambia 3 Georgia 5 Ghana 65 India 69 Iran 4 Ivory Coast 6 Jamaica 5 Kenya 4 Lebanon 4 Liberia 3 Libya 6 Sri Lanka 22 Moldavia 1 Morocco 8 Mozambique 1 Nigeria 109 Pakistan 26 Philippines 1 Poland 1 Romania 9 Russia 3 Sudan 2 Sierra Leone 8 Somalia 2 Slovakia 1 South Africa 3 Sudan 2 Thailand 1 Togo 1 Tunisia 1 Turkey 25 Uganda 1 Former Yugoslavia 14 Zaire 11 Zambia 1 Total 587