§ Mr. Bernie GrantTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many overseas visitors were initially refused leave to enter and removed from the United Kingdom in 1987 and in each subsequent calendar year to date; and what were their nationalities.
§ Mr. Charles WardleThe total numbers of non-EC passengers by nationality who were refused leave to enter, and removed from, the United Kingdom in 1987–91 are published in table 1 of the annual Home Office Command Papers "Control of Immigration: Statistics, United Kingdom"—Cm. 415, 726, 1 124, 1571 and 2063 for each of the five years respectively—copies of which are held in the Library. Corresponding information for 1992 is given in table A. Information on EC nationals refused and removed in 1987–92 is given in table B. It is not possible from the information available centrally to ascertain how many of those refused leave to enter, and removed from, the United Kingdom had sought entry as visitors.
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Table A Non-EC nationals refused leave to enter, and removed from, the United Kingdom in 1992 Geographical region and nationality1 Number of persons All nationalities excluding EC 14,722 Western Europe (excluding EC) 1,163 Austria 70 Cyprus 78 Finland 53 Malta 13 Norway 40 Sweden 122 Switzerland 67 Turkey 228 Former Yugoslavia 492 Eastern Europe 1,576 Bulgaria 28 Czechoslovakia 302 Hungary 145 Poland 855 Romania 86 Former USSR 160 Americas 2,886 Argentina 65 Barbados 34 Brazil 518
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Geographical region and nationality1 Number of persons Canada 125 Chile 42 Colombia 397 Cuba 4 Guyana 60 Jamaica 409 Mexico 83 Peru 108 Trinidad and Tobago 61 United States or America 933 Uruguay 16 Venezuela 31 Africa 3,443 Algeria 233 Egypt 23 Ethiopia 36 Ghana 401 Kenya 210 Libya 19 Mauritius 157 Morocco 99 Nigeria 1,070 Sierra Leone 316 Somalia 50 South Africa 430 Sudan 12 Tanzania 107 Tunisia 31 Uganda 38 Zambia 73 Zimbabwe 138 Indian sub-continent 1,058 Bangladesh 390 India 324 Pakistan 344 Middle East 563 Iran 175 Iraq 19 Israel 125 Jordan 22 Kuwait 7 Lebanon 175 Saudi Arabia 18 Syria 22 Remainder of Asia 991 China 53 Indonesia 12 Japan 138 Malaysia 346 Philippines 114 Singapore 46 Sri Lanka 108 Thailand 43 Hong Kong2 131 Australasia 392 Australia 236 New Zealand 156 Others 2,650 British Overseas citizens 22 Other countries not elsewhere specified 1,453 Stateless 1,175 1 Or claimed nationality where the nationality is in doubt. 2 British Dependent Territories citizens and British Nationals (Overseas) only.
Table B EC nationals1 refused leave to enter, and removed from, the United Kingdom, 1987–92 Number of persons Nationality 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 European Community 1,453 1,654 367 145 88 229 Belgium 36 28 2 6 3 16 Denmark 12 5 7 6 4 5 France 158 134 49 34 18 111 Germany2 91 66 20 11 13 1 Greece 57 13 4 1 — 3 Italy 91 56 12 3 4 23 Luxembourg 1 — 1 — — — Netherlands 124 70 18 25 9 23 Portugal 472 767 134 49 32 44 Spain 411 515 120 10 5 3 1 Passengerss who are, or claim to be. EC nationals. 2 Excluding nationals of the German Democratic Republic prior to the unification of Germany on 3 October 1990.