§ Mr. Bernie GrantTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were arrested as being illegal immigrants in the first six weeks of(a) 1988 and (b) 1989; and what were their nationalities.
§ Mr. RentonThe available information is as follows:
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First Six Weeks of 1988 1989 Nationality (i) (ii) (i) (ii) Afghanistan — — 1 1 Algeria 4 4 26 23 Australia 1 1 1 — Austria 1 1 1 — Bangladesh 21 17 32 28 Barbados 1 — 1 — Brazil 6 5 6 6
First Six Weeks of 1988 1989 Nationality (i) (ii) (i) (ii) Bulgaria 1 — — — Cameroon 1 — — — Canada 2 1 — — China 1 — 4 3 Colombia 11 6 5 4 Congo — — 1 — Cyprus 5 2 2 — Czechoslovakia 2 2 — — Ecuador 1 — 1 1 Egypt 1 — 2 — Finland — — 1 1 France 3 2 3 1 Gambia — — 2 — Ghana 52 39 35 23 Holland — — 1 1 Hong Kong 8 5 6 4 India 26 18 29 24 Indonesia — — 1 1 Iran 5 1 1 — Israel 2 2 2 — Italy 1 — — — Ivory Coast 1 1 — — Jamaica 6 2 10 6 Japan 3 — 5 1 Jordan — — 1 — Kenya — — 2 1 Korea 1 — 2 — Libya — — 3 — Malaysia 4 — 4 3 Mauritius 2 2 3 — Mexico 1 1 — — Morocco 6 3 4 3 Nepal — — 3 3 Nigeria 53 41 59 39 Pakistan 16 7 25 20 Peru 1 — 2 2 Philippines — — 3 1 Poland 2 2 4 4 Portugal 9 9 16 8 Romania 1 1 — — Saudi Arabia 1 1 — — Sierra Leone 1 — 2 1 Singapore 1 1 1 — Spain 6 1 7 4 Sri Lanka 25 1 7 1 St Lucia — — 1 — Sudan 1 — 1 1 Sweden — — 1 1 Syria 1 — — — Thailand 2 1 1 1 Togo — — 1 1 Tunisia — — 3 3 Turkey 59 43 49 29 USA 4 2 1 — Yugoslavia 5 — 9 4 Zaire 1 — 3 — Zimbabwe — — 1 — Stateless/Nationality Uncertain 7 2 5 1 376 227 403 259 Note: For each year column (i) gives the number of illegal entrants dealt with; column (ii) records the number of those in column (i) who were detained.