§ Mr. CoxTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the number of Tamils from Sri Lanka who have been given refugee status in the United Kingdom in the last three years.
§ Mr. Renton[holding answer 14 April 1989]: Statistics are not kept on the number of refugees who belong to specific ethnic groups. The numbers of Sri Lankans granted asylum in the last three years are as follows:
Number 1986 4 1987 6 1988 19 1 provisional.