HC Deb 05 April 1989 vol 150 cc220-5W
Mr. Darling

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list for each country the number of(a) applications and (b) refusals of applications to enter the United Kingdom for (i) settlement and (ii) temporary purposes in (1) 1987 and (2) 1988.

Mr. Renton

[holding answer 14 March 1989]: The information requested is available centrally only for countries in the Indian sub-continent and Hong Kong. This information, and that for other countries on all applications for entry clearance granted and refused, is given in the following tables.

Table 1
Applications for entry clearance to the United Kingdom
Number ofpersons
1987 1988
Country, and category of application Applications newly received1 Applications granted2 3 Applications refused initially3 Applications newly received1 Applications granted2 3 Applicalions refused initially3
Bangladesh:
Settlement4 7,600 4,830 1,560 6,650 5,870 1,870
Temporary purposes 10,370 7,730 1,790 11,790 8,830 2,040
India:
Settlement4 5,030 3,810 1,070 4,280 3,810 1,110
Temporary purposes 101,930 93,950 5,140 105,150 93,880 6,760
Pakistan:
Settlement4 7,630 4,450 1,280 6,970 4,730 1,430
Temporary purposes 61,350 49,180 7,610 59,480 47,820 9,560
Hong Kong:
Settlement 710 590 30 750 640 40
Temporary purposes 51,060 49,930 140 46,760 45,670 100
1 Including applications subsequently withdrawn.
2 Granted initially or on appeal.
3 These applications may have been received in an earlier period.
4 Including applications for a certificate of entitlement to, or a confirmation of, the right of abode in the United Kingdom.
Table 2
Applications for entry clearance1 to the United Kingdom Number ofpersons2
1987 1988
Country Applications granted3 4 Applications refused initially4 Applications granted3 4 Applications refused initially4
Afghanistan 210 5— 280 —
Algeria 970 10 760 20
Angola 810 5— 1,070 —
Argentina 17,130 5— 11,600 10
Ascension Island 50 — n/a n/a
Australia 12,970 40 18,050 70
Austria 2,630 10 2,240 20
Bahamas 290 — 260 —
Bahrain 4,390 n/a 3,900 40
Bangladesh 12,560 3,350 14,700 3,910
Barbados 2,710 130 1,680 120
Belgium 2,880 60 3,130 50
Belize 130 — 110 —
Bermuda 540 — 500 —
Bolivia 30 5— n/a n/a
Botswana 640 — 670 5—
Brazil 920 1 1,150 5—
Brunei 1,220 5— 1,240 —
Bulgaria 4,180 10 4,530 10
Burma 640 5— 550 10
Cameroon 2,220 n/a 1,810 10
Canada 9,390 10 8,460 10
Chile 210 5— 290 —
China 9,590 30 11,660 260
Colombia 740 10 700 60
Congo 100 — 110 —
Costa Rica 120 5— 80 n/a
Cote D'Ivoire 450 50 520 10
Cuba 470 5— 540 —
Cyprus 7,790 310 7,150 450
Czechoslovakia 11,340 5— 13,430 20
Denmark 1,420 30 1,470 30
Ecuador 90 — 100 5—
Egypt 25,500 610 23,070 610
Ethiopia 4,070 30 3,610 20
Fiji 490 50 480 30
Finland 470 — 540 —
France 11,580 70 11,740 110
Gabon 390 — 380 5—
Gambia 1,120 20 950 20
Germany (FRG) 8,620 90 10,370 150
Germany (GDR) 3,850 — 5,420 5—
Ghana 8,750 2,250 9,980 930
1987 1988
Country Applications granted3 4 Applications refused initially4 Applications granted3 4 Applications refused initially4
Gibraltar 120 — 160 —
Greece 1,400 60 1,220 70
Guyana 1,470 100 1,660 80
Holy See 20 20 20 —
Honduras 30 5— 20 10
Hong Kong 50,510 170 46,310 140
Hungary 16,300 5— 17,660 10
Iceland 130 — 130 —
India 97,760 6,210 97,690 7,860
Indonesia 10,370 50 9,470 5—
Iraq 3,370 20 4,510 10
Irish Republic 1,700 10 1,700 5—
Israel 1,210 5— n/a n/a
Italy 3,200 30 3,510 40
Jamaica 3,170 710 3,660 400
Japan 3,460 10 4,200 30
Jerusalem 1,820 — 1,370 20
Jordan 11,680 40 10,580 70
Kenya 3,180 80 2,720 110
Korea (South) 360 5— 340 60
Kuwait 11,650 50 10,720 50
Lebanon 5,640 — 6,150 5—
Lesotho 40 5— 40 5—
Liberia 2,040 20 1,600 40
Libya 700 5— 1,060 5—
Luxembourg 260 — 210 —
Madagascar 345 n/a 300 —
Malawi 500 5— 460 10
Malaysia 4,660 230 4,460 300
Malta 1,290 30 1,500 20
Mauritius 2,430 240 1,870 n/a
Mexico 540 — 530 —
Mongolia 20 — 30 —
Morocco 650 10 630 20
Mozambique 430 — 420 —
Nepal 1,100 20 1,040 20
Netherlands 4,000 5— 2,640 50
New Zealand 4,720 n/a 5,070 —
Nigeria 51,660 4,090 51,880 4,950
Norway 2,230 30 1,980 10
Oman 8,510 — 7,960 40
Pakistan 53,630 8,890 52,550 11,000
Panama 120 5— 60 10
Papua New Guinea 320 5— 300 5—
Peru 250 5— 670 5—
Philippines 10,210 480 9,950 710
Poland 33,750 330 41,400 680
Portugal 730 30 510 10
Qatar 4,300 30 3,390 50
Romania 4,100 5— 3,500 20
Saudi Arabia 40,280 220 n/a n/a
St. Helena 100 n/a n/a n/a
Senegal 870 — n/a n/a
Seychelles 130 5— 140 10
Sierra Leone 2,520 120 2,330 190
Singapore 3,360 10 3,180 20
Solomon Islands 60 — 60 —
Somalia 540 40 900 50
South Africa 1,640 5 n/a n/a
Soviet Union 14,110 — 15,800 —
Spain 3,060 10 2,870 30
Sri Lanka 7,060 860 7,240 810
Sudan 10,080 10 7,900 40
Swaziland 40 — 30 —
Sweden 3,360 10 3,960 40
Switzerland 4,380 60 n/a n/a
Syria 70 5 210 —
Tanzania 1,680 50 1,610 30
Thailand 16,390 n/a 16,530 n/a
Tonga 20 — 10 —
Trinidad and Tobago 2,490 90 2,230 120
Tunisia 300 5 380 —
Turkey 1,590 80 2,400 90
Uganda 580 10 330 10
1987 1988
Country Applications granted3 4 Applicalions refused initially4 Applications granted3 4 Applications refused initially4
United Arab Emirates 14,950 100 16,820 380
United States 42,090 n/a 37,680 160
Uruguay 130 — 100 —
Vanuatu 50 — 60 —
Venezuela 220 5 290 5
Vietnam 40 5 n/a n/a
Yemen Arab Republic n/a n/a 2,570 5
People's Democratic Republic of Yemen 460 n/a 560 n/a
Yugoslavia 410 30 440 40
Zaire 810 — 840 5
Zambia 1,850 5 2,250 20
Zimbabwe 860 30 1,200 70
n/a Not available.
1 Including applications for a certificate of entitlement to, or a confirmation of, the right of abode in the United Kingdom (except in Ghana, Hong Kong and Sir Lanka).
2 Because of rounding, the figures in this table may be slightly different from those implied by Table 1.
3 Granted initially or on appeal.
4 These applications may have been received in an earlier period.
5 Five of fewer.