§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what third countries are expected to participate in meetings of common interest referred to at item 10 of the recent report of the Centre for Information, Discussion and Exchange on Asylum.
§ Mr. Charles WardleNo decisions have yet been made on participation by third countries.
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will place in the Library the detailed analysis of the use by member states of terms to express definite concepts of asylum statistics referred to in the recent report of the Centre for Information, Discussion and Exchange on Asylum.
§ Mr. Charles WardleNo.
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what are the funding implications for the Government of participation in the Centre for Information, Discussion and Exchange on Asylum.
§ Mr. Charles WardleNone, apart from travelling and subsistence allowances.
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will place in the Library the documents on compilation of texts on European asylum practice, the schedule for the purpose of an improved oral exchange of data at the Centre for Information, Discussion and Exchange on Asylum meetings, the principles for the dissemination of information from CIREA, and reports on the context of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees database which are referred to in the recent report of the Centre for Information, Discussion and Exchange on Asylum.
§ Mr. Charles WardleI am placing in the Library copies of the compilation of texts on European asylum practice and the schedule for the purpose of an improved oral exchange of data. The other material requested has not been made public.
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will place in the Library all joint reports from the local diplomatic representations of the European countries referred to at item 6 of the recent report of the Centre for Information, Discussion and Exchange on Asylum.
§ Mr. Charles WardleNo.
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many passengers seeking political asylum in(a) 1992 and (b) 1993 to the nearest available date were granted temporary admission;
392W(2) if he will provide a breakdown by nationality of the number of people seeking political asylum who were detained under Immigration Act powers in 1992 and 1993 to the latest convenient date in (a) prison department establishments and (b) immigration detention accommodation, for (i) under a week, (ii) one to four weeks, (iii) one month to six months, (iv) six months to a year and (v) over a year.
§ Mr. Charles WardleThe information requested on temporary admission is not available centrally.
The information on detention is not available in the form requested, but the tables provide relevant information on people seeking asylum who, on 19 July 1993, had been detained for seven days or more.
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Asylum seekers1 detained as at 19 July 1993 by length and place of detention Prison detention IS detention Total Asylum seekers detained for one to four weeks Algeria 3 — 3 Afghanistan — 1 1 Angola — 1 1 Columbia 1 3 4 Ecuador 1 — 1 Ethiopia — 1 1 Ghana 2 6 8 India 9 3 12 Iran 3 — 3 Kenya — 1 1 Liberia 1 — 1 Nigeria 1 7 8 Pakistan 2 1 3 Romania 4 — 4 Sierra Leonne 1 — 1 Somalia — 1 1 Sri Lanka — 1 1 Tanzania — 1 1 Turkey 1 — 1 Uganda — 3 3 Zaire — 1 1 Total 29 31 60 Asylum seekers detained for one to six months Algeria 11 5 16 Angola 4 7 11 Bangladesh 1 1 2 Cameroon — 1 1 China 4 — 4 Columbia — 5 5 Congo — 1 1 Egypt 1 1 2 Gambia — 1 1 Ghanaian 6 11 17 India 50 11 61 Iran 1 — 1 Iraq 1 — 1 Ivory Coast — 5 5 Kenya 3 3 Lebanon 1 1 2 Liberia — 1 1 Libya 1 — 1 Malawi — 1 1
Prison detention IS detention Total Morocco 2 — 2 Niger — 1 1 Nigeria 9 5 14 Pakistan 3 3 6 Peru 1 — 1 Somali — 1 1 Romania 6 1 7 Sierra Leonne 1 7 8 Sudan 1 — 1 Tanzania 1 2 3 Tunisia — 1 1 Turkey 7 2 9 Uganda 1 2 3 Zaire 11 12 23 Nationality doubtful 1 1 2 Total 125 93 218 Asylum seekers detained for six to 12 months Algeria 1 2 3 Angola — 1 1 Columbia 1 — 1 Egypt — 1 1 Ghana 1 3 4 India 5 6 11 Lebanon 1 — 1 Nigeria 3 2 5 Pakistan — 2 2 Sierra Leonne 2 — 2 South Africa 1 — 1 Sri Lanka 1 — 1 Tanzania — 1 1 Zaire 2 1 3 Total 18 19 37 Asylum seekers detained for more than one year India 1 — 1 Zaire 1 — 1 Total 2 — 2 Total asylum seekers detained as at 19 July 1993 Total 174 143 317 1 Persons detained solely under the powers contained in schedule 2 or 3 to the Immigration Act 1971. In some cases the asylum application will have been lodged subsequent to the application being detained. The figures include both detained asylum applicants who applied at ports and those detained in the course of after-entry enforcement work or prior to deportation or removal as an illegal entrant.
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how the Centre for Information, Discussion and Exchange on Asylum is funded.
§ Mr. Charles WardleThere is no specific funding for CIREA. Its activities are supported by a small number of officials in the General Secretariat of the Council of the European Communities, who also have other duties, and accommodation is provided within the offices of the Council.