§ Mr. EtheringtonTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Bosnians are now resident in Britain outside the quota system.
§ Mr. Charles WardleThe numbers of people who many apply for or be granted asylum, or be admitted to the United Kingdom in other capacities under the immigration rules, are not subject to quotas. Each case is considered on its merits under the relevant rules.
The available information is as follows. Between 1 January 1992 and 31 January 1994 some 7,590 nationals of the former Yugoslavia, excluding dependants, applied for asylum in the United Kingdom. The large majority of these cases are under consideration and the applicants are being allowed to stay in the meantime.
157WIn addition, under arrangements announced in November 1992 and June 1993, the Government have offered to receive 1,000 particularly vulnerable individuals from Bosnia and other parts of the former Yugoslavia, and their close dependants: an estimated total of 4,000 people. As at 21 February 1994, 568 particularly vulnerable individuals and 781 dependants had arrived under these arrangements. Prior to this, 68 sick and wounded ex-detainees from Bosnia arrived in September 1992.
Information on Bosnians who have entered the United Kingdom in another capacity is not separately identifiable in the statistics.