§ Mr. HendersonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many(a) decisions have been made to deport, (b) deportation orders signed and (c) deportation orders enforced against (i) British overseas citizens and (ii) other British nationals who are not British citizens in each year since 1990; to which countries it has been proposed to send these people; and how many such people against whom decisions to deport were made left the country voluntarily. [7685]
§ Mr. KirkhopeThe information available is given in the table. Statistics are not available on the countries to which British nationals have been removed from the United Kingdom under the deportation process. Of the 27 British nationals removed in 1994, 26 were British dependent territories citizens or British nationals (overseas) from Hong Kong, and one was a BDTC from St. Helena.
British nationals subject to deportation action 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 11995 British overseas citizens Notices of intention to deport issued, and court recommendations for deportation made — — 6 341 Deportation orders made — — — — 1 2
Table A: Notices of intention to deport issued since 1 July 1993 Category of case 1993 1994 19951 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 1st 2nd 3rd quarter quarter quarter quarter quarter quarter Year quarter quarter quarter Breach of conditions of leave to enter or remain 2 987 954 1,173 1,285 1,445 1,383 5,286 1,343 1,187 1,412 Conducive to the public good3 24 15 27 46 26 26 125 19 31 16 Dependants4 — 1 — — — — — — 43 58 Total 1,011 970 1,200 1,331 1,471 1,409 5,411 1,362 1,261 1,486 1Provisional data. 2Under section 3(5)(a) of Immigration Act 1971. 3Under section 3(5)(b). 4Under section 3(5)(c).
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Table B: Notices of intention to deport issued, by nationality, 1994. Geographical region and nationality Number of persons European Economic Area Austria — Belgium 3 Denmark — Finland — France 3 Germany 5 Greece 1 Iceland — Ireland 1 Italy 8 Luxembourg — Netherlands 15 Norway — Portugal 7
British nationals subject to deportation action 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 11995 Deportation orders enforced — — — — — — Supervised departures — — 2 — — — Voluntary departures — — — — 1 — Other British nationals2 Notices of intention to deport issued, and court recommendations for deportation made 67 71 105 72 77 37 Deportation orders made 9 11 13 4 22 11 Deportation orders enforced 4 5 9 9 11 2 Supervised departures 31 41 57 30 16 11 Voluntary departures 2 1 4 2 9 4 1January to June—provisional figures. 2British Dependent Territories Citizens, British Nationals (Overseas), British Subjects and British Protected Persons.
§ Mr. HendersonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many decisions to make a deportation order, by nationality of the potential deportee, where there is a right of appeal as provided under(a) section 5 of the Immigration Act 1988 or (b) section 8(3) of the Asylum and Immigration Appeals Act 1993 have been made in each quarter since 1 July 1993; and on what basis these decisions have been made. [7602]
§ Mr. KirkhopeInformation on notices of intention to deport issued up to the third quarter of 1995 is given in table A. An analysis by nationality of the person, in respect of notices issued in the whole of 1994, is given in table B; the quarterly data requested for he whole of the period from July 1993 onwards could be provided only at disproportionate cost.
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Table B: Notices of intention to deport issued, by nationality, 1994. Geographical region and nationality Number of persons Spain 3 Sweden 1 Total EEA 47 Europe Bulgaria 26 Cyprus 33 Former Czechoslovakia 10 Hungary 3 Malta 1 Poland 199 Romania 33 Russia 16 Other former USSR 21 Switzerland —
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Table B: Notices of intention to deport issued, by nationality, 1994. Geographical region and nationality Number of persons Turkey 130 Former Yugoslavia 51 Other Europe — Total Europe 523 Americas — Argentina — Barbados 8 Brazil 53 Canada 6 Chile 2 Colombia 47 Guyana 31 Jamaica 225 Mexico 1 Peru 8 Trinidad and Tobago 25 USA 39 Venezuela — Other Americas 49 Total Americas 494 Africa Algeria 127 Angola 1 Egypt 38 Ethiopia 25 Ghana 529 Kenya 52 Libya 10 Mauritius 42 Morocco 106 Nigeria 1,038 Sierra Leone 176 Somalia — South Africa 41 Sudan 23 Tanzania 24 Tunisia 11 Uganda 47 Zaire 2 Zambia 26 Zimbabwe 49 Other Africa 107 Total Africa 2,474 Asia Indian sub-continent Bangladesh 124 India 536 Pakistan 617 Total Indian sub-continent 1,277 Middle East Iran 29 Iraq 6 Israel 14 Jordan 8 Kuwait — Lebanon 6 Saudi Arabia — Syria 9 Yemen 9 Other Middle East 6 Total Middle East 87 Remainder of Asia China 30
Table B: Notices of intention to deport issued, by nationality, 1994. Geographical region and nationality Number of persons Hong Kong1 69 Indonesia — Japan 18 Malaysia 97 Phillippines 116 Singapore 4 South Korea 13 Sri Lanka 49 Taiwan 1 Thailand 22 Other Asia 23 Total Remainder of Asia 442 Oceania Australia 25 New Zealand 26 Other Oceania 3 Total Oceania 54 British Overseas citizens 7 Stateless2 6 All nationalities 5,411 1Includes Hong Kong stateless persons. 2Excluding Palestine and Hong Kong stateless persons.