§ Mr. Dubsasked 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. WaddingtonI 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.
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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