§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many passengers (a) in total and (b) by 219W 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. WaddingtonInformation 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.
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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:
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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. Dubsasked 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. WaddingtonThe 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.