HC Deb 27 March 1991 vol 188 cc468-9W
Mr. Darling

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for asylum, by nationality, were made(a) on entry and (b) after entry to the United Kingdom in each month since June 1989.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

[holding answer 25 March 1991]: The readily available information is given in the following table. Some of the figures for 1990 will understate because of delays in recording. Reliable figures for the fourth quarter of 1990 are not yet available.

1989 1990
Q3 Q4 Q1 Q2 Q3
Made on Entry Made after entry Made on entry Made after entry Made on entry Made after entry Made on entry Made after entry Made on entry Made after entry
Americas
Chile * 5 — 5 — * — — — —
Colombia 15 10 10 15 10 10 25 25 15 15
Others — 5 — 5 5 10 5 10 5 10
Total 20 20 10 25 15 20 30 35 15 20
Africa
Angola 25 65 20 70 65 75 95 135 65 100
Ethiopia 100 125 140 105 75 120 225 160 490 460
Ghana 5 85 20 120 30 190 25 140 20 385
Libya — 5 — 5 — * * 5 — 5
Seychelles * 10 5 10 * 10 — 5 * *
Somalia 795 205 815 110 400 75 315 195 600 505
South Africa * 5 5 * * 10 * 5 * *
Sudan 5 45 * 60 — 60 — 40 — 40
Uganda 295 195 330 215 250 210 320 230 410 540
Zaire 5 190 50 275 5 420 40 400 80 1,140
Others * 35 5 25 25 60 25 35 35 35
Total 1,230 960 1,390 990 855 1,235 1,045 1,350 1,700 3,215
Middle East
Iran 35 90 50 70 65 45 40 50 60 75
Iraq 65 55 75 25 135 25 145 55 395 135
Lebanon 20 35 65 35 60 40 45 15 165 115
Syria — 5 — — — * 5 — * *
Others * 5 — 20 * 10 5 5 * 15
Total 120 195 190 160 260 120 240 120 625 340
Asia
Afghanistan 25 5 20 5 20 5 35 20 45 30
Bangladesh * — — * * 5 5 10 * 5
India * 175 * 245 5 335 — 330 5 410
Pakistan — 70 * 135 10 185 5 165 15 415
Sri Lanka 270 275 760 285 560 220 510 200 540 305
Others 5 45 5 35 10 30 — 20 — 55
Total 300 565 785 710 600 780 555 740 605 1,225
Other and unknown nationality 25 40 65 25 50 25 65 20 75 25
Grand Total 1,715 1,985 2,470 2,050 1,800 2,340 1,980 2,495 3,200 5,040
1Provisional and estimated figures: some of those for 1990 will understate because of delays in recording. Figures rounded to nearest 5, with '*' = less than 3.
2Including dependants applying with the principal applicant, and those, to date, arriving subsequently but before the principal application was decided. Figures are tabulated by the date and location of the principal application.
3Excluding applications made from overseas.