HC Deb 27 July 1993 vol 229 cc865-8W
Mr. Allen

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people, by nationality, have requested entry to the United Kingdom as returning residents, in each quarter since April 1992; and how many have been (a) readmitted as such, (b) readmitted for a limited period and (c) refused entry to the United Kingdom.

Mr. Charles Wardle

[holding answer 26 July 1993]: The available information is given in the tables. Information is not available on persons seeking admission as returning residents who were found not to satisfy the relevant requirements of the immigration rules but who were admitted for a limited period under another category.

Table 1 Persons1 admitted as returning residents since April 19922
Number of admissions
Nationality 2nd quarter 1992 3rd quarter 1992 4th quarter 1992
EUROPE 28,640 39,550 25,440
Austria 2,300 3,050 1,850
Bulgaria 110 140 110
Cyprus 1,370 2,540 1,100
Czechoslovakia 240 290 160
Finland 1,770 2,450 1,480
Hungary 350 570 310
Malta 1,850 3,100 1,490
Norway 3,150 4,030 2,620
Poland 1,960 3,800 1,920
Romania 130 190 100
Sweden 6,890 7,180 6,170
Switzerland 4,320 4,970 3,810
Turkey 2,460 4,990 2,520
Former USSR 430 890 570
Former Yugoslavia 1,300 1,380 1,220
AMERICAS 50,550 60,380 44,920
Argentina 370 330 310
Barbados 410 570 420
Brazil 780 1,200 650
Canada 8,670 10,410 7,040
Chile 460 660 330
Colombia 660 850 460
Cuba 10 + +
Guyana 260 380 300
Jamaica 1,590 2,100 1,640
Mexico 370 460 300
Peru 230 190 140
Trinidad and Tobago 830 1,050 620
USA 35,660 41,900 32,510
Uruguay 40 90 40
Venezuela 220 200 170
AFRICA 14,340 20,580 13,980
Algeria 540 890 420
Egypt 790 1,070 780
Ethiopia 100 100 70
Ghana 1,660 2,250 1,900
Kenya 1,180 1,440 960
Libya 150 220 200
Mauritius 1,020 1,420 770
Morocco 1,030 2,870 1,020
Nigeria 3,320 4,410 3,850
Sierra Leone 190 310 200
Somalia 30 60 40
South Africa 2,540 2,720 2,090
Sudan 200 320 120
Tanzania 360 620 400
Tunisia 300 600 270
Uganda 170 230 160
Zambia 240 340 210
Zimbabwe 500 690 530
ASIA 46,600 51,300 35,040
Bangladesh 2,380 3,000 1,410
China 220 220 220
Hong Kong BDTC/BN(O) 1,270 1,400 870
India 14,560 15,300 11,580
Indonesia 190 250 140

Number of admissions
Nationality 2nd quarter 1992 3rd quarter 1992 4th quarter 1992
Iran 3,750 4,910 2,580
Iraq 560 690 460
Israel 1,820 1,900 1,390
Japan 5,680 6,600 4,840
Jordan 430 570 400
Kuwait 150 150 100
Lebanon 1,180 1,410 880
Malaysia 3,340 3,340 2,130
Pakistan 5,680 4,650 4,260
Philippines 1,640 1,860 1,030
Saudia Arabia 290 390 220
Singapore 720 860 630
Sri Lanka 1,490 2,460 1,060
Syria 260 350 130
Thailand 1,000 980 670
AUSTRALIA 19,260 20,500 15,010
Australia 12,090 13,010 9,660
New Zealand 7,160 7,490 5,350
OTHERS 6,610 8,630 4,940
British Overseas Citizens 1,240 1,270 790
Other countries not elsewhere specified 2,590 3,340 2,040
Stateless 2,790 4,020 2,060
ALL NATIONALITIES 166,000 200,950 139,330
+ 5 or fewer.
1 Excluding EC nationals to whom the immigration rules on returning residents do not apply.
2 Data for the first two quarters of 1993 are not yet available.

Passenger admissions and persons refused leave to enter and removed, for selected nationalities in 1992.
1st quarter 1992 2nd quarter 1992 3rd quarter 1992 4th quarter 1992 Year 1992
Nationality Admissions Refused and removed Admissions Refused and removed Admissions Refused and removed Admissions Refused and removed Admissions Refused and removed
Jamaica 4,930 100 6,010 98 9,170 104 5,760 107 25,900 409
Turkey 16,300 57 18,400 55 25,300 52 19,600 64 79,500 228
Morocco 3,540 21 4,410 28 6,720 27 3,840 23 18,500 99
USA 521,000 228 823,000 251 903,000 247 559,000 207 2,810,000 933
Australia 77,100 65 133,000 69 156,000 54 98,600 48 465,000 236
Malaysia 14,500 70 25,300 111 31,700 81 22,100 84 93,600 346
Hong Kong (BDTS and BN(O)s) 17,700 34 21,000 39 39,500 35 13,600 23 91,800 131
Guyana 1,000 9 1,580 16 2,200 12 1,240 23 6,030 60
Trinidad and Tobago 3,060 13 4,490 13 7,040 18 3,740 17 18,300 61
Colombia 3,750 102 5,990 93 6,620 80 4,750 122 21,100 397
Algeria 2,690 60 3,840 45 5,560 58 3,260 70 15,300 233

Mr. Allen

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were detained under

Table 2
Persons seeking admission as returning residents who have been refused and removed since April 19921
Nationality2 2nd quarter 1992 3rd quarter 1992 4th quarter 1992
Poland 1
Former Yugoslavia 1
Brazil 1
Jamaica 1 1
Venezuela 1
Nigeria 1
Zambia 1
Zimbabwe 1
Bangladesh 6 4
Hong Kong BDTC/BN(O) 1
India 3 3 1
Iran 1
Pakistan 2
Other countries not elseware specified 1
All nationalities 17 7 7
1 Data for the first two quarters of 1993 are not yet available.
2 Nationalities other than those given are zero.

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