HC Deb 10 July 1986 vol 101 cc218-21W
Mr. Dubs

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many passengers (a) in total and (b) by nationality who were refused leave to enter in each quarter since January 1985 (i) were detained at least overnight, (ii) were temporarily admitted and (iii) absconded following the grant of temporary admission.

Mr. Waddington

Information is not fully available in the form requested. The information in the following table relates to the number of passengers who were detained at least overnight in 1985. It includes both passengers refused entry and those required to submit to further examination. A person detained in more than one place will have been counted in each place of detention and there is an element of double counting in the table. This information is not available quarterly and not available for 1986 to date.

Number
Afghanistan 57
Algeria 153
Angola 3
Argentina 8
Australia 12
Austria 15
Bahrain 2
Bangladesh 1,133
Belgium 2
Benin 3
Bermuda 2
Bolivia 7
Brazil 26
Brunei 1
Bulgaria 3
Burkina (Upper Volta) 5
Burma 1
Cameroon 3
Canada 10
Cape Verde 6
Chile 25
China 16
Colombia 139
Cyprus 19
Czechoslovakia 2
Ecuador 4
Egypt 27
Ethiopia 38
Fiji 1
Finland 5
France 12
Gambia 60
Germany (Federal Republic) 11
Ghana 870
Greece 18
Grenada 2
Guatemala 1
Guyana 3
Haiti 1
Honduras 1
Hong Kong (BDTC) 56
Hungary 1
Iceland 1
India 732
Indonesia 2
Iran 143
Iraq 170
Israel 28
Italy 15
Ivory Coast 17
Jamaica 31
Japan 9
Jordan 7
Kenya 6
Korea 16
Kuwait 4
Lebanon 44
Lesotho 3
Liberia 8

Number
Libya 48
Malawi 1
Malaysia 50
Mali 1
Malta 5
Mauritania 1
Mauritius 38
Mexico 8
Morocco 120
Mozambique 1
Nepal 4
Netherlands 9
New Zealand 1
Niger 1
Nigeria 1,044
Norway 7
Oman 1
Pakistan 913
Panama 2
Paraguay 2
Peru 4
Philippines 38
Poland 27
Portugal 92
Romania 6
Rwanda 1
St. Lucia 3
St. Vincent and The Grenadines 1
Saudi Arabia 10
Senegal 4
Seychelles 6
Sierra Leone 45
Singapore 12
Somalia 12
South Africa 9
Spain 140
Sri Lanka 596
Sudan 10
Sweden 8
Switzerland 15
Syria 12
Tanzania 15
Thailand 19
Togo 5
Tunisia 59
Turkey 454
Tuvalu 2
Uganda 18
United Arab Emirates 1
United States 134
Uruguay 3
USSR 1
Venezuela 3
Yemen(North)/Yemen (South) 6
Yugoslavia 26
Zaire 1
Zambia 11
Zimbabwe 14
British Overseas Citizens 11
Nationality Doubtful 130
Total 8,221

The number of passengers given temporary admission after having been refused entry was:

Number
1985
1st Quarter n.a.
2nd Quarter 1,869
3rd Quarter 2,574
4th Quarter 2,152
1986
1st Quarter 1,948

n.a. = Not available.

This information is not available by nationality.

Information is also not available on the total number of passengers who absconded following refusal of leave to enter. However, in 1985, 388 persons absconded following a grant of temporary admission but not necessarily after being refused leave to enter. The corresponding figure for the first quarter of 1986 was 167.

This information is not available by nationality.

Mr. Dubs

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many passengers were (a) admitted, (b) required to submit to further examination and (c) refused leave to enter in each month since January 1985.

Mr. Waddington

The table gives the information at present available on admissions into the United Kingdom of non-EC nationals subject to immigration control, and those refused leave to enter and removed, for each month since January 1985. The numbers of passengers refused and removed, including EC nationals, are also given; corresponding estimates of the numbers of non-British EC nationals admitted to the United Kingdom are available only annually. No information is available on the total number of passengers required to submit to further examination.

Passengers (a) admitted and (b) refused leave to enter and removed, January. 1985 to March 1986
Number
Admitted Refused leave to enter and removed
(excluding EC nationals) (excluding EC nationals) (including EC nationals)
1985
January 438,000 1,282 1,324
February 377,000 993 1,028
March 555,000 1,282 1,323
April 641,000 1,217 1,273
May 786,000 1,229 1,262
June 1,020,000 1,394 1,458
July 1,180,000 1,596 1,649
August 1,030,000 1,798 1,845
September 875,000 1,864 1,926
October 658,000 1,789 1.839
November 474,000 1,647 1,695
December 496,000 1,834 1,885
1986
January n.a. 1,860 1,963
February n.a. 1,636 1,712
March n.a. 1,791 1,867
n.a. = Not yet available.