§ Mr. VazTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the current backlog in dealing with referral cases at each of the immigration centres.
§ Mr. Charles WardleThe information requested is not available centrally and could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. MaddenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what was the total number of passengers detained overnight under Immigration Act powers during 1991 by nationality.
§ Mr. Charles Wardle[holding answer 3 July 1992]: The information requested is given in the table.
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Passengers1 detained overnight or longer in 1991, by nationality Geographical region and nationality2 Number of persons All nationalities 8,016 European Community 35 280W
Geographical region and nationality2 Number of persons Belgium — Denmark — France 10 Germany 2 Greece — Italy 2 Luxembourg — Netherlands 4 Portugal 13 Spain 4 Other Western Europe 689 Austria 6 Cyprus 42 Finland 12 Malta 7 Norway 3 Sweden 27 Switzerland 8 Turkey 229 Yugoslavia 355 Eastern Europe 198 Bulgaria 28 Czechoslovakia 22 Hungary 27 Poland 48 Romania 55 USSR 18 Americas 1,031 Argentina 24 Barbados 5 Brazil 204 Canada 17 Chile 23 Colombia 297 Cuba 2 Guyana 11 Jamaica 219 Mexico 21 Peru 29 Trinidad and Tobago 16 USA 148 Uruguay 1 Venezuela 14 Africa 2.902 Algeria 232 Egypt 31 Ethiopia 113 Ghana 539 Kenya 50 Libya 27 Mauritius 34 Morocco 138 Nigeria 1,036 Sierra Leone 211 Somalia 190 South Africa 56 Sudan 52 Tanzania 41 Tunisia 19 Uganda 72 Zambia 26 Zimbabwe 35 Indian sub-continent 1,047 Bangladesh 497 India 223 Pakistan 327 Middle East 298 Iran 53 Iraq 81 Israel 71 Jordan 12
Geographical region and nationality2 Number of persons Kuwait 3 Lebanon 62 Saudi Arabia 2 Syria 14 Remainder of Asia 521 China 32 Indonesia 6 Japan 26 Malaysia 175 Philippines 31 Singapore 12 Sri Lanka 176 Thailand 12 Hong Kong3 51 Australasia 33 Australia 27 New Zealand 6 Others 1,262 British Overseas Citizens 33 Other countries not elsewhere specified 861 Stateless 368 1Includes some illegal entrants and deportees. 2Or claimed nationality where the nationality is in doubt. 3British Dependent Territories citizens and British Nationals (Overseas) only.