§ Mrs. EllmanTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Iraqi Kurds have been refused asylum in the past year. [86551]
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§ Beverley HughesThe tables show asylum initial decisions and appeal outcomes made on asylum applications from Iraqi nationals for each of the last 12 months. Appeal outcomes in any given time period do not necessarily relate to initial decisions made in the same period.
It is not possible to say how many of the applicants are of Kurdish origin. Data on the ethnic origin of asylum seekers are not collated centrally and could be produced by examination of individual case-files only at disproportionate cost.
Information on asylum applications is published quarterly. The next publication will cover the period October to December 2002, and will be available from 28 February 2003 on the Home Office Research Development and Statistics Directorate website at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigrationl.html.
Table 1: initial decisions1,2 on applications received for asylum in the United Kingdom from nationals of Iraq, excluding dependants, October 2001 to September 2002 Principal applicants Total initial decisions Grants of asylum Grants of ELR Refusals 2001 October 635 65 210 360 November 505 70 165 265 December 530 50 195 285 2002 January 910 85 435 390 February 765 65 405 290 March 860 65 585 210 April 980 75 705 200 May 890 65 625 200 June 675 55 445 175 July 1,065 65 785 215 August 885 45 660 175 September 1,120 40 815 265 Total 9,820 755 6,030 3,035 1Figures have been rounded to the nearest five, and are provisional. 2 Information is of initial determination decisions, excluding the outcome of appeals or other subsequent decisions. 482W
Table 2: outcome of asylum appeals brought by nationals of Iraq, determined by adjudicators of the immigration appellate authority (IAA), October 2001 to September 2002 by month1 Principal appellants Total Allowed Dismissed Withdrawn2 2001 October 255 60 175 25 November 280 60 185 35 December 230 40 165 25 2002 January 325 65 220 40 February 390 105 255 25 March 430 105 285 40 April 495 135 320 40 May 470 130 300 40 June 320 80 210 30 July 380 65 280 35 August 420 90 280 45 September 395 100 255 40 Total 4,390 1,035 2,940 420
1 Provisional figures rounded to the nearest five. Appeals do not necessarily relate to initial Home Office decisions in the same month. 2 Figures include cases withdrawn by the Home Office as well as the appellant.