§ Mr. Hunterasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many foreign nationals have applied for political asylum in the United Kingdom in each year since 1979;
(2) how many foreign nationals have been granted political asylum in the United Kingdom in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. WaddingtonThe number of applications for asylum received (from all nationalities) and granted from 1979 to 1984 are as follows:
Applied for Granted 1979 1,563 525 1980 2,352 1,147 1981 2,425 1,473 1982 4,223 1,727 1983 4,296 1,185 1984 3,478 584 Notes:
(i) These figures do not include those admitted under the Indo-Chinese refugee programme.
(ii) Applications are not necessarily decided in the same year as they are received.
(iii) Following the computerisation of refugee statistics the figures for 1979 to 1983 have been recalculated and differ from those previously published. Detailed statistics for 1984 and revised figures for earlier years will shortly be placed in the Library.
(iv) The figures of those granted asylum do not include those given exceptional leave to enter or remain.