HC Deb 08 May 1990 vol 172 cc30-1W
Mr. Maclennan (Caithness and Sutherland)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 20th April,Official Report, column 1030, what were the departure points of those passengers without proper documentation which led to airlines being tined under the carriers' liability legislation since its introduction in March 1987.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

Information before 1 July 1989 is not readily available. In the last six months of that year airline passengers giving rise to charges under the Carriers' Liability Act arrived in the United Kingdom from almost 200 primary ports of embarkation. I will write to the hon. Member enclosing the full list. Listed are the 42 airports from which more than 50 such passengers departed for the United Kingdom.

  • Bombay
  • New York
  • Paris
  • Jedda
  • Moscow
  • Lagos
  • Nairobi
  • Colombo
  • Frankfurt
  • Cairo
  • Mogadishu
  • Tehran
  • Dubai
  • Hong Kong
  • Singapore
  • Amsterdam
  • Los Angeles
  • Lusaka
  • Istanbul
  • Delhi
  • Abu Dhabi
  • Bangkok
  • Accra
  • Dhaka
  • Zurich
  • Brussels
  • Geneva
  • Toronto
  • Addis Ababa
  • Copenhagen
  • Madras
  • Larnaca
  • Bahrain
  • Warsaw
  • Rome
  • Karachi
  • Budapest
  • Johannesburg
  • Stockholm
  • Riyadh
  • Manila
  • Muscat

Mr. Maclennan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to his answer of 20 April,Official Report, column 1030, how many passengers whose arrival without proper documentation resulted in fines under the carrier liability legislation claimed refugee status.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

The information requested is not readily available and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.