§ Mr. HendersonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people who had obtained entry clearance as visitors prior to travelling to the United Kingdom were refused entry on arrival in 1994. [14797]
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§ Mr. KirkhopeThe information available relates to all persons with an entry clearance or work permit who were refused leave to enter on arrival in the United Kingdom. There were 950 such persons in 1994.
§ Mr. HendersonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of applications made in(a) Jamaica and (b) Trinidad and Tobago for entry clearance as a visitor to the United Kingdom were refused; and what proportion of applications on arrival for leave to enter the United Kingdom as a visitor from passengers from (a) and (b) were refused in 1994. [14798]
§ Mr. KirkhopeSome 910 entry clearance applications for temporary purposes were refused initially in Jamaica, and 30 in Trinidad and Tobago, in 1994. These represented 26 and 3 per cent. respectively of the applications decided. Citizens of these two countries do not need an entry clearance to visit the United Kingdom. The information available on passengers seeking leave to enter the United Kingdom is given in the table.
Citizens of Jamaica, and Trinidad and Tobago, admitted and refused at United Kingdom ports in 1994 Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago Admissions of visitors 13,200 8,480 Total of passengers refused leave to enter 366 61 Those refused because of insufficient means for proposed visit or not a genuine visitor1 306 50 1 Excluding visitors refused for other reasons, eg false passport.
§ Mr. HendersonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people with indefinite leave to remain in the United Kingdom were refused re-entry to the United Kingdom under the returning residents rule in 1994 when they had been out of the country for(a) less than and (b) more than two years; and what were the nationalities of the people concerned. [14800]
§ Mr. KirkhopeThe total number and nationalities of persons refused leave to enter and removed from the United Kingdom in 1994, on the basis that they did not qualify as returning residents as claimed, are given in the table. It is not known how many of these persons had been out of the country for less than two years.
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Passengers claiming to be returning residents who were refused leave to enter, and removed from, the United Kingdom in 1994 Nationality Number Bangladesh 8 Canada 1 India 1 Iran 1 Jamaica 4 Malaysia 2 Mauritius 2 Mexico 1 Morocco 1 Nigeria 6 Pakistan 3 Philippines 3 South Africa 3 USA 1 Total 37