HC Deb 05 April 1990 vol 170 cc796-7W
Mr. Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give, by nationality, the number of asylum seekers who have applied for asylum in the United Kingdom(a) at the ports of entry and (b) after entry during 1989 and 1990; and if he will state for each of the above categories and by nationality (i) the number refused, (ii) the number granted refugee status and (iii) the number granted exceptional leave to remain.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

Provisional information on the numbers of applications for refugee status in the United Kingdom, and of grants and other decisions, in 1989, is shown in the table. Final information for 1989 will be published in the Home Office statistical bulletin, "Refugee Statistics United Kingdom 1989", in the summer. Information for 1990 to date is not yet available. Provisional figures for refugee applications and decisions, by nationality, are provided quarterly to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and copies are in the Library.

Nationality Applications received Decisions2
At ports After entry3 Granted refugee status Granted exceptional leave Refused refugee status
Following port application Following after-entry application3 Following port application Following after-entry application3 Following port application Following after-entry application3
Middle East
Iran 133 291 23 119 110 554 — 19
Iraq 243 116 33 52 108 227 — 8
Lebanon 86 71 — 3 19 206 2 6
Libya — 16 5 4 — 15 1 6
Syria — 5 — 6 — 3 — 5
Others 5 37 — 1 — 9 1 10
Total 467 536 61 185 237 1,014 4 54
Asia
Afghanistan 67 52 — 28 45 36 4 1
Bangladesh 5 2 — — — 1 — —
India 9 380 — — — 2 6 33
Pakistan 2 232 — 7 44 63 42 519
Sri Lanka 1,325 190 — 1 278 261 8 24
Others 9 59 — 10 — 9 — —
Total 1,417 915 — 46 367 372 60 577
Other and unknown nationality 101 114 12 57 16 37 — 18
Grand total 9,369 3,204 380 1,171 1,892 2,171 81 766
1 Provisional figures.
2 Decisions do not necessarily relate to applications made in 1989.
3 Includes also figures for the small number of applications made from outside the United Kingdom.