HC Deb 07 February 1994 vol 237 cc26-8W
Mr. Cox

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been deported from the United Kingdom in each of the last three years; and what was the nationality of each person who has been deported.

Mr. Charles Wardle

[holding answer 27 January 1994]The information requested is given in the table.

Persons removed from the United Kingdom under the deportation process1
Geographical region and nationality 1991 1992 19933
All nationalities 2,616 2,583 2,254
European Community
Belgium 7 10 4
Denmark — 2 2
France 4 5 6
Germany 5 5 10
Greece 2 2 3
Ireland 8 11 5
Italy 5 14 11
Luxembourg 3 — —
Netherlands 29 30 23
Portugal — 4 2
Spain 3 3 2
Other Western Europe
Austria — — 3
Cyprus 12 16 11
Finland 2 — 1
Malta 1 1 1
Norway 2 2 1
Sweden 2 1 2
Switzerland 1 1 3
Turkey 60 58 35
Former Yugoslavia 37 13 10
Eastern Europe
Bulgaria 8 1 13

Geographical region and nationality 1991 1992 19933
Former Czechoslovakia 6 4 25
Hungary 4 7 4
Poland 128 126 155
Romania 2 5 1
Former USSR 1 — 6
Americas
Argentina 1 — 1
Barbados 4 3 2
Brazil 67 76 51
Canada 8 18 10
Chile 4 3 6
Colombia 72 78 67
Guyana 6 5 12
Jamaica 129 141 147
Mexico 4 1 1
Peru 12 10 8
Trinidad and Tobago 2 9 5
United States of America 45 42 32
Venezuela 2 2 2
Africa
Algeria 156 115 64
Angola 1 2 2
Egypt 39 30 27
Ethiopia 2 — 1
Ghana 137 140 132
Kenya 12 10 14
Libya 3 5 2
Mauritius 20 29 11
Morocco 99 73 50
Nigeria 640 623 440
Sierra Leone 43 20 20
Somalia — — —
South Africa 22 23 44
Sudan 2 2 3
Tanzania 12 19 11
Tunisia 10 10 10
Uganda 11 9 8
Zaire 1 3 3
Zambia 11 23 15
Zimbabwe 10 11 28
Indian sub-continent
Bangladesh 50 62 64
India 105 117 132
Pakistan 127 159 138
Middle East
Iran 4 10 4
Iraq 52 — 1
Israel 14 10 10
Jordan 4 1 5
Kuwait — — —
Lebanon 4 1 3
Saudi Arabia 1 — —
Syria 2 1 4
Yemen 2 1 7
Remainder of Asia
China 1 3 7
Indonesia 2 2 3
Japan 16 7 9
Malaysia 94 116 85
Philippines 20 25 43
Singapore 1 1 3
South Korea 2 — 1
Sri Lanka 7 7 6
Thailand 30 23 8
Hong Kong2 49 68 42
Australasia
Australia 14 5 9
New Zealand 10 9 16
Others
British Overseas citizens — 2 —
Other countries not elsewhere specified 78 88 81
Less or nationality doubtful 8 9 5

1 Including persons who departed voluntarily, but excluding illegal entrants removed. In total, some 6,100 persons were removed illegal entrants or under the deportation process, including 400 who departed voluntarily, in the 12 months ending June 1993.

2 British dependent territories citizens and British nationals (overseas) only.

3 Provisional.