§ Mr. Simon ThomasTo ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department how many successful appeals for visa applications there have been from Arab countries since September 1999. [65232]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonThe information requested could be provided only at disproportionate cost. There are a number of different types of visa and only family visit visa appeals are recorded separately from other immigration appeals. From October 2000 (when the appeal right for such applications was reintroduced) to 31 May 2002 there were 93 successful family visit visa appeals from the nationals of member states of the Arab League. The breakdown by country is as follows:
- Algeria—23
- Djibouti—1
- Egypt—9
- Iraq—8
- Jordan—1
- Lebanon—0
- Libya—4
- Mauritania—7
- Morocco—6
- Oman—0
- Somalia—5
- Sudan—9
- Syria—2
- Tunisia—5
- Yemen—13.
No appeals were received from nationals of Bahrain, Comoros. Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia or the United Arab Emirates.