HC Deb 13 June 1989 vol 154 cc389-90W
Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many persons from which countries of origin, have been refused leave to enter the United Kingdom on the grounds of mental disorder in 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987 and 1988.

Mr. Renton

I have been asked to reply.

The available information is given in the following table.

Passengers who were refused leave to enter and removed from the United Kingdom at a port of entry because of a mental disorder by nationality
Geographical region and Nationality Number
1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
Europe
Austria 3 3 1
Belgium 3 2 5 7
Cyprus 1
Denmark 5 3 3 1
Finland 2 1 1
France 12 9 9 13 12
GDR 1 3 1
German Federal Republic 12 7 6 10 11
Greece 1 2 2 3
Italy 2 4 10 5 4
Netherlands 6 11 18 12 6
Norway 1 2 2 3 2
Poland 1
Portugal 1 1 1 1
Spain 9 4 6 1 2
Sweden 7 4 3 3 5
Switzerland 1 1 5 4 5
Yugoslavia 2 1
Total 66 57 68 61 57
Americas
Argentina 1
Brazil 1 1
Canada 2 3 5 6 8
Chile 1
Jamaica 2 3
Trinidad & Tobago 1
USA 31 36 39 43 51

Geographical region and Nationality Number
1984 1985 1986 1987 1988
Uruguay 1
Total 35 41 47 49 63
Africa
Algeria 1
Ghana 1 1 3 1
Kenya 1
Mauritius 1
Morocco 1 2
Nigeria 1 1 3 1
Sierra Leone 1
South Africa 1 1 1 1
Sudan 1
Tunisia 1
Uganda 1
Zimbabwe 1
3 7 7 8 2
Asia
Bangladesh 1 1 2
Hong Kong 1 1
India 3 2 1
Israel 2 2
Japan 1 2 2
Lebanon 1
Malaysia 1 1 1
Pakistan 2 2
Philippines 1
Saudi Arabia 1
Syria 1
Turkey 1 1
9 9 7 5 4
Australasia
Australia 1 3 3 1 1
New Zealand 5 1
1 3 3 6 2
Others
UKPH 1
Other countries not elsewhere specified 4 5 2 1
Stateless 5 7 6 5 6
All Nationalities 123 125 143 136 135