§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for entry clearance in order to seek asylum in the United Kingdom were(a) received and (b) granted by country during 1991 and the first quarter of 1992.
§ Mr. Charles Wardle[holding answer 6 July 1992]: The available information on applications for asylum in the United Kingdom made abroad is given in the table. These figures may be under-recorded.
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Applications1, 3 for asylum in the United Kingdom received by British posts abroad and referred to the Home Office for decision2, and grants1, 3 of asylum, by nationality (provisional estimates4) Number of persons Applications received Grants of asylum4 Nationality 1991 First quarter 1992 1991 First quarter 1992 Angola * — — — Bulgaria * * — — China — * * — Ethiopia — — — * Ghana * — * — Iran 5 — 5 — Iraq 10 — 5 — Kenya * — — — Lebanon * — — — Nigeria — * — — Pakistan * — — — Somalia — — * — Turkey — — * — Uganda 5 * * — USSR * — — — Yugoslavia — * — — Zaire * — — — Nationality uncertain * — * — Total2 30 5 20 * 1 Excluding dependants. 2In addition a further 20 applications during 1991 and the first quarter of 1992, made by nationals of Afghanistan, and 40 applications during 1991 made by nationals of Liberia, to the British high commissions in New Delhi and Lagos, respectively, were processed locally. No grants of asylum were made during this time. 3 Figures may understate: rounded to the nearest 5, with "*" = 1 or 2. 4Grants in the time periods shown do not necessarily relate to applications made in those periods.
§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many passengers seeking political asylum in(a) 1990, (b) 1991 and (c) 1992 up to the nearest available date were granted temporary admission.
§ Mr. Charles Wardle[holding answer 6 July 1992]: The information requested on temporary admission is not available centrally.
The information on detention is not available in the form requested. However, information on passengers seeking asylum who at 3 July 1992 had been detained for seven days or more is given in the table.
Prison department establishment IS detention Algeria — 2 Angola 4 — Chile 1 — Colombia — 1 Cyprus 1 — Ghana 6 10 India 5 3 Iran 1 2 Ivory Coast 1 2 Kenya — 2 Lebanon 6 8 Morocco 1 — Namibia 1 — Niger — 1 Nigeria 4 7 Pakistan 1 1 Peru — 1 Saudi Arabia — 1 Sierra Leone 1 2 Sri Lanka 1 — Uganda 3 — Zaire 12 13 Zimbabwe 1 — Total 50 56