HC Deb 20 December 1990 vol 183 cc326-7W
Mr. Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for each quarter since 1 January 1989, and by country, how many passengers were refused entry to the United Kingdom.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

Information by nationality is given in the following table:

1989 1990
Geographical region/nationality Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3
USA 261 280 337 270 313 321 345
Uruguay 5 3 4 2 4 5 4
Venezuela 7 7 11 2 6 16 9
Africa
Algeria 391 543 1,198 961 748 81 84
Egypt 6 5 16 6 8 9 13
Ethiopia 3 6 5 4 8 7 16
Ghana 109 102 124 124 110 118 123
Kenya 40 34 48 48 40 47 58
Libya 3 9 9 7 8 11 12
Mauritius 41 43 57 58 57 51 54
Morocco 253 305 1,051 466 353 102 112
Nigeria 193 203 189 174 190 172 191
Sierra Leone 44 43 51 97 66 62 102
Somalia 8 4 6 14 18 2 16
South Africa 73 118 115 83 138 126 151
Sudan 10 3 12 6 5 2 7
Tanzania 21 22 34 34 28 22 30
Tunisia 50 42 58 60 81 44 29
Uganda 62 47 52 46 60 33 46
Zambia 25 24 29 43 28 25 21
Zimbabwe 36 25 30 47 29 44 48
Indian sub-continent
Bangladesh 87 87 151 103 63 79 82
India 111 114 125 115 114 131 124
Pakistan 75 74 107 101 81 93 147
Middle East
Iran 161 62 141 124 62 79 124
Iraq 6 15 15 5 7 11 27
Israel 53 57 59 50 53 55 71
Jordan 3 5 9 7 3 8 10
Kuwait 2 13 3 1
Lebanon 17 14 27 25 18 19 21
Saudi Arabia 10 7 25 5 3 4 4
Syria 9 15 19 11 18 12 17
Remainder of Asia
China 21 23 25 14 5 6 27
Indonesia 4 4 5 5 4 8 1
Japan 65 52 49 46 60 58 66
Malaysia 93 261 141 123 107 256 235
Philippines 25 29 37 20 24 45 53
Singapore 28 16 15 18 14 16 18
Sri Lanka 28 27 30 22 23 15 29
Thailand 14 19 14 5 7 14 20
BDTC Hong Kong 33 45 49 51 40 75 68
Australasia
Australia 35 40 38 33 45 58 52
New Zealand 31 29 42 19 29 39 34
British overseas citizens 4 8 16 5 13 9 12
Other countries not elsewhere specified 249 285 329 257 262 344 336
Stateless 175 173 234 236 246 330 357
All nationalitie (excluding EC) 4,636 5,782 6,860 5,258 4,818 4,487 4,782

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