HC Deb 19 March 1987 vol 112 c554W
Mr. Cohen

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people from Sierra Leone have (i) applied and (ii) been granted political asylum in the United Kingdom since the present Government in that country assumed power.

Mr. Waddington

Information on applications and grants in 1979 to 1985 was published in tables 1 and 5A–5F of the Home Office Statistical Bulletin "Refugee Statistics, United Kingdom, 1985" (Issue 12/86). It is hoped to publish corresponding figures for 1986 around the end of April.