§ Mr. Gregor MacKenzieasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons have been granted refugee status or given political asylum in the United Kingdom in (a) 1978 and (b) 1982; and what were their countries of origin.
§ Mr. WaddingtonStatistics on applications for asylum were not collected until 1979. The available statistics for372W the years 1979 to 1982 are in the Library. In 1979, 708 persons from 25 different countries of origin were granted refugee status or asylum in the United Kingdom. The corresponding figures for 1982 are 2,368 persons from 30 different countries. These figures do not include refugee status or asylum granted under the special programmes for Latin American and Vietnamese refugees.