§ Mr. Bernie GrantTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many Jamacian citizens were initially refused leave to enter the United Kingdom as not being genuine vistors(a) between January and October 1988, inclusive and (b) between January and October 1989 inclusive;
(2) how many overseas visitors were initially refused leave to enter and were removed from the United 806W Kingdom (a) between January and October 1988, inclusive and (b) between January and October 1989, inclusive; and what were their nationalities.
§ Mr. Peter Lloyd[holding answer 3 November 1989]: The total numbers of passengers by nationality who were refused leave to enter and removed from the United Kingdom between January and August of 1988 and 1989 are given in the table; figures for September and October 1989 are not yet available. It is not possible from the information available centrally to ascertain how many sought entry as visitors.
Of the 258 Jamaican citizens removed between January and August 1988 and the 561 removed between January and August 1989, 191 and 484 respectively failed to satisfy the immigration officer that they qualified as genuine visitors under paragraph 22 of the rules. Some of the remainder may also have sought entry as visitors and, if so, would have been refused for other reasons.
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Passengers refused leave to enter and removed from the United Kingdom Number Nationality January to August 1988 January to August 1989 Europe 3,050 3,652 Austria 53 85 Belgium 21 1 Bulgaria 8 12 Cyprus 142 131 Czechoslovakia 11 12 Denmark 3 7 Finland 26 56 France 89 31 Germany (Democratic Republic) 2 4 Germany (Federal Republic) 52 16 Greece 7 4 Hungary 10 16 Italy 41 9 Luxembourg — 1 Malta 11 15 Netherlands 40 15 Norway 42 64 Poland 56 96 Portugal 434 117 Romania 7 11 Spain 340 112 Sweden 86 129 Switzerland 71 60 Turkey 1,159 1,930 USSR 15 35 Yugoslavia 324 683 Americas 1,960 2,695 Argentina 45 48 Barbados 5 21 Brazil 288 474 Canada 61 68 Chile 62 61 Colombia 376 418 Cuba — 1 Guyana 16 28 Jamaica 258 561 Mexico 60 98 Peru 40 71 Trinidad and Tobago 19 49 United States of America 712 766 Uruguay 5 11 Venezuela 13 20 Africa 3,968 5,123 Algeria 1,363 1,768 Egypt 14 23 Ethiopia 8 13 Ghana 242 296 Kenya 86 107
Number Nationality January to August 1988 January to August 1989 Libya 18 16 Mauritius 124 123 Morocco 941 1,327 Nigeria 481 518 Sierra Leone 69 125 Somalia 8 17 South Africa 201 276 Sudan 27 20 Tanzania 57 65 Tunisia 130 132 Uganda 116 146 Zambia 32 71 Zimbabwe 51 80 Asia 2,614 2,501 Bangladesh 293 286 China 25 61 Hong Kong BDTC 233 106 India 468 314 Indonesia 7 12 Iran 252 319 Iraq 66 33 Israel 109 149 Japan 133 151 Jordan 20 16 Kuwait 2 17 Lebanon 49 46 Malaysia 332 445 Pakistan 267 221 Philippines 82 83 Saudi Arabia 37 36 Singapore 70 52 Sir Lanka 96 78 Syria 31 35 Thailand 42 41 Australasia 147 190 Australia 91 99 New Zealand 56 91 Others 1,070 1,282 British Overseas Citizens 35 22 Other countries not elsewhere specified 525 750 Stateless 510 510 All Nationalities 12,809 15,443