HC Deb 12 March 1992 vol 205 cc590-5W
Sir John Wheeler

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information he has on decisions made since December 1991 on applications for asylum in the United Kingdom.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

On 1 December 1991 new arrangements were introduced to record, manually, decisions on asylum applications. Under these arrangements decisions are counted at the time they are made in the asylum and special cases divison. This provides a more up-to-date count of decisions than the information previously available, which is subject to delays in recording on the computer system.

Figures for December 1991 and January and February 1992, produced under these new arrangements are given in the tables.

Granted Asylum Granted Exceptional leave Refused Asylum and Exceptional leave Refused on third country grounds3 Refused under paragraph 101 of Immigration rules4 Total decisions
Others — 1 — — 139 140
Total 5 95 33 42 768 943
Asia
Bangladesh — 3 6 — — 9
China — 4 1 — — 5
India — 45 38 11 6 100
Pakistan — 27 31 — 7 65
Sri Lanka — 38 — 1 — 39
Others 4 35 — — — 39
Total 4 152 76 12 13 257
Grand Total 38 324 136 79 784 1,361
1 Excluding dependants.
2 Decisions do not necessarily relate to applications made in the same time period.
3 Refused on the grounds that the applicant had arrived from a safe third country.
4 For failure to provide evidence within a reasonable period to support the claim. The majority of these refusals were on grounds of failure to respond to two invitations to interview.

Decisions1 2 made in January 1992 on applications for asylum in the United Kingdom, by nationality
Granted Asylum Granted Exceptional leave Refused Asylum and exceptional leave Refused on third country grounds3 Refused under paragraph 101 of Immigration rules4 Total decisions
Europe and Americas
Bulgaria — — 1 — — 1
Colombia — — — — — —
Czechoslovakia — — — — — —
Poland — — — — — —
Romania — 7 1 — — 8
Turkey 8 27 9 9 10 63
USSR — — — — — —
Yugoslavia — — — — — —
Others 1 1 1 9 — 12
Total 9 35 12 18 10 84
Middle East
Iran 3 18 1 — — 22
Iraq 9 18 — — — 27
Lebanon — 6 2 4 — 12
Others 3 9 4 5 1 22
Total 15 51 7 9 1 83
Africa
Angola — — 16 — 299 315
Benin — — — — 47 47
Burkina Faso — — 1 — 20 21
Cameroon — — — — 90 90
Central African Republic — — — — 4 4
Chad — — 1 — 21 22
Congo — — — — 24 24
Ethiopia 3 16 1 3 10 33
Gabon — — — — 62 62
Ghana — 2 19 — 37 58
Ivory Coast — — — — 147 147
Kenya — — — — — —
Liberia — — — — 2 2
Nigeria — — 5 2 5 12
Somalia 1 189 — 4 21 215
South Africa — — 1 — 1 2
Sudan 10 3 — — 5 18
Togo — — — 1 42 43
Uganda 2 3 4 — 45 54
Zaire — 1 4 11 252 268
Others — — 6 — 16 22
Total 16 214 58 21 1,150 1,459

Granted Asylum Granted Exceptional leave Refusd Asylum and exceptional leave Refused on third country grounds3 Refused under paragraph 101 of Immigration rules4 Total decisions
Asia
Bangladesh — 3 9 — 7 19
China — — — — — —
India — 62 40 8 17 127
Pakistan 1 46 30 2 25 104
Sri Lanka 1 76 — 1 1 79
Others 1 42 1 1 — 45
Total 3 229 80 12 50 374
Grand Total 43 529 157 60 1,211 2,000
1 Excluding dependants.
2 Decisions do not necessarily relate to applications made in the same time period.
3 Refused on the grounds that the applicant had arrived from a safe third country.
4 For failure to provide evidence within a reasonable period to support the claim. The majority of these refusals were on grounds of failure to respond to two invitations to interview.

Decisions1 2 made in February 1992 on applications for asylum in the United Kingdom, by nationality
Granted Asylum Granted Exceptional leave Refused Asylum and exceptional leave Refused on third country grounds3 Refused under paragraph 101 of Immigration rules4 Total decisions
Europe and Americas
Bulgaria — — — — 1 1
Colombia — — 2 — — 2
Czechoslovakia — — — — — —
Poland — — — — 2 2
Romania — — 2 2 1 5
Turkey 15 24 10 4 18 71
USSR — — — — — —
Yugoslavia — — — 6 — 6
Others — — — — 3 3
Total 15 24 14 12 25 90
Middle East
Iran 4 17 3 — — 24
Iraq 9 17 2 1 3 32
Lebanon — 15 1 1 2 19
Others 3 5 4 2 3 17
Total 16 54 10 4 8 92
Africa
Angola — — 1 — 203 204
Benin — — — — 47 47
Burkina Faso — — — — 27 27
Cameroon — — — — 82 82
Central African Republic — — — — 7 7
Chad — — — — 22 22
Congo — — — — 20 20
Ethiopia — 4 1 3 16 24
Gabon — — — — 2 2
Ghana 1 3 20 1 44 69
Ivory Coast — — 1 — 106 107
Kenya — — 1 — 2 3
Liberia — — — — 1 1
Nigeria — — 2 — 5 7
Somalia 6 122 — 5 17 150
South Africa — — — — 1 1
Sudan 8 — — 7 18
Togo — — — — 40 40
Uganda — 1 — — 2 3
Zaire 1 — — 10 333 344
Others — — 1 — 22 23
Total 16 133 27 19 1,006 1,201
Asia
Bangladesh 1 2 8 — 18 29
China — — — — — —
India — 59 99 7 23 188

Granted Asylum Granted Exceptional leave Refused Asylum and exceptional leave Refused on third country grounds3 Refused under paragraph 101 of Immigration rules4 Total decisions
Pakistan — 63 53 1 31 148
Sri Lanka 4 61 — 1 6 72
Others 4 20 1 — 2 27
Total 9 205 161 9 80 464
Grand Total 56 416 212 44 1,119 1,847
1 Excluding dependants.
2 Decisions do not necessarily relate to applications made in the same time period.
3 Refused on the grounds that the applicant had arrived from a safe third country.
4 For failure to provide evidence within a reasonable period to support the claim. The majority of these refusals were on grounds of failure to respond to two invitations to interview.