HC Deb 29 November 1983 vol 49 cc433-4W
Mr. Dubs

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons of each nationality were detained in Harmondsworth detention centre in 1982; and how many of these were children under the age of 17 years.

Mr. Waddington

I regret that the information requested for 1982 is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost. Information has, however, been kept on this basis since the beginning of 1983 and is contained in the following table for the period from 1 January to 22 November 1983. During that period 2,350 persons were detained at Harmondsworth, of whom 48 were aged under 17.

Persons detained under the Immigration Act 1971 at Harmondsworth
Nationals of Number detained
Afghanistan 44
Algeria 22
Antigua 2
Argentina 4
Australia 9
Austria 2
Bangladesh 108
Barbados 2
Belgium 1
Bermuda 1
Bolivia 1
Brazil 4
Bulgaria 3
Burma 1
Cameroon 2
Canada 9
Cayman Islands 1
Chile 4
China 2
Colombia 26
Cyprus 3
Denmark 2
Dominica 2
Egypt 13
Ethiopia 6
Gambia 1
Germany W. 5
Ghana 436
Greece 4
Grenada 4

Nationals of Number detained
Guyana 2
Honduras 1
Hong Kong 18
India 388
Indonesia 2
Iran 68
Iraq 30
Israel 10
Italy 1
Ivory Coast 2
Jamaica 4
Japan 8
Jordon 8
Kenya 13
Korea 3
Kuwait 6
Lebanon 5
Lesotho 2
Libya 5
Malaysia 14
Malta 4
Mauritius 10
Mexico 7
Morocco 21
Mozambique 1
Netherlands 1
New Zealand 1
Nigeria 369
Norway 3
Pakistan 362
Panama 1
Peru 1
Philippines 7
Poland 4
Portugal 2
Qatar 3
Romania 4
St. Lucia 1
Saudi Arabia 6
Sierra Leone 4
Singapore 5
Somalia 1
South Africa 6
Spain 11
Sri Lanka 21
Sudan 7
Surinam 1
Sweden 1
Switzerland 2
Syria 7
Tanzania 17
Thailand 9
Togo 3
Trinidad 3
Tunisia 12
Turkey 36
UAE 1
Uganda 3
UKPH 5
Uruguay 6
USA 39
USSR 5
Venezuela 3
Vietnam 1
Yemen 2
Yugoslavia 5
Zambia 1
Zimbabwe 1
Stateless 10