ASYLUM APPLICANTS AND DETAINEES (Hansard, 25 May 1993)

Earl Ferrers

Information on asylum applications awaiting a decision is not available in the form requested. Available information on the total number awaiting a decision at 31st March 1993, by nationality, is given in Table A. Of the 42,170 applications then awaiting a decision, it is estimated that 55 per cent, were made after 1st January 1992. Corresponding estimates for individual nationalities are not readily available.

Information on asylum applicants detained at 19th May 1993 for more than one month is given in Table B.

Table A
Asylum applications¹ awaiting a decision at 31st March 1993, excluding dependants, by nationality
	Number
Europe and Americas
Bulgaria	355
Colombia	425
Romania	755
Turkey	2,760
Former USSR	495
Former Yugoslavia	5,970
Others	680
Total	11,430
Africa
Angola	1,655
Congo	80
Ethiopia	820
Ghana	4,770
Somalia	1,910
Sudan	1,260
Togo/Ivory Coast	800
Uganda	1,725
Zaire	3,315
Others	3,105
Total	19,440
Middle East
Iran	545
Iraq	610
Lebanon	495
Others	660
Total	2,310
Asia
China	640
India	2,135
Pakistan	3,035
Sri Lanka	2,620
Others	580
Total	9,010
Other and unknown nationalities	—
Grand total	42,170
¹Estimated figures, rounded to nearest five.

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Table B
Asylum applicants detained¹ as at 19th May 1993 for more than one month, by nationality, place of detention and length of detention
Number of persons
Nationality	Harmondsworth²	Haslar²	Her Majesty's prisons²	Total
(i) Detained for between one and two months
Algeria	—	3	2	5
Angola	2	1	1	4
Bangladesh	—	1	1	2
Cameroon	—	—	1	1
China	1	—	—	1
Gambia	—	1	—	1
Ghana	4	4	4	12
India	2	1	28	31
Ivory Coast	2	—	—	2
Kenya	—	1	—	1
Libya	—	—	1	1
Morocco	1	—	—	1
Nigeria	5	1	4	10
Pakistan	—	1	—	1
Romania	—	1	1	2
Sierra Leone	—	1	1	2
Tanzania	—	1	—	1
Turkey	—	1	2	3
Uganda	—	1	1	2
Former Yugoslavia	1	—	1	2
Zaire	5	—	1	6
TOTAL	23	19	49	91
(ii) Detained for between two and three months
Algeria	—	—	6	6
Angola	—	—	1	1
Colombia	2	—	—	2
Cyprus	—	1	—	1
Ghana	—	1	—	1
India	1	2	13	16
Iraq	—	—	1	1
Ivory Coast	1	2	—	3
Nigeria	5	—	4	9
Pakistan	1	—	—	1
Romania	—	—	3	3
Sierra Leone	—	1	1	2
Sudan	—	—	1	1
Turkey	—	—	1	1
Zaire	1	—	5	6
TOTAL	11	7	36	54
(iii) Detained for between three and four months
Algeria	—	—	2	2
Angola	1	1	—	2
Colombia	—	1	—	1
Egypt	—	2	—	2
Ghana	4	2	—	6
India	1	6	6	13
Jamaica	—	1	—	1
Kenya	—	1	—	1
Libya	—	—	1	1
Nigeria	2	3	1	6
Pakistan	—	3	—	3
Sierra Leone	1	—	—	1
Turkey	—	—	2	2
Uganda	—	—	1	1
Zaire	6	1	2	9
Total	15	21	15	51
(iv) Detained for between four and five months
Angola	—	1	1	2
Bangladesh	—	1	—	1
Colombia	—	—	1	1
Ecuador	—	1	—	1
Ghana	1	2	1	4
India	—	3	—	3
Morocco	—	1	—	1
Nigeria	1	—	1	2

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Nationality	Harmondsworth²	Haslar²	Her Majesty's prisons²	Total
Poland	—	2	—	2
Turkey	—	—	3	3
Former Yugoslavia	—	—	1	1
Zaire	3	3	1	7
Total	5	14	9	28
(v) Detained for between five and six months
Algeria	—	1	—	1
Angola	1	—	1	2
Ghana	—	3	—	3
India	—	2	4	6
Ivory Coast	2	1	—	3
Kenya	—	1	—	1
Nigeria	1	—	—	1
Pakistan	1	—	—	1
South Africa	—	—	1	1
Total	5	8	6	19
(vi) Detained for between six and seven months
Angola	—	—	1	1
Ghana	1	1	—	2
India	—	—	3	3
Sri Lanka	—	—	1	1
Total	1	1	5	7
(vii) Detained for between seven and twelve months
Algeria	—	1	2	3
Angola	—	2	2	4
Bangladesh	—	1	—	1
Colombia	2	—	—	2
Ghana	—	2	1	3
India	2	1	5	8
Iran	—	—	1	1
Nigeria	2	1	—	3
Pakistan	—	1	—	1
Sierra Leone	—	—	2	2
Tanzania	—	1	—	1
Zaire	—	—	2	2
Total	6	10	15	31
(viii) Detained for longer than twelve months
Colombia	—	1	—	1
India	—	—	2	2
Total	—	1	2	3
¹ Persons detained, as at 19th May 1993, solely under the powers contained in Schedules 2 or 3 to the Immigration Act 1971. In some cases the asylum application will have been lodged subsequent to the applicant being detained. The figures include both detained asylum applicants who applied at ports, and those detained in after-entry enforcement work. For the latter, the figures exclude persons whose asylum application was refused and who remained in detention pending removal.
²Any asylum applicant detained for longer than one month is held in one of these locations.

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