§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many applications for asylum have been refused with 48 hours in which to lodge an appeal since 26 July 1993; and how many people served with such notice have lodged appeals;
(2) how many asylum applications, by nationality, have been refused as being unfounded (a) on safe third-country grounds and (b) on other grounds.
§ Mr. Charles WardleInformation, covering the period 1 August 1993 to 30 June 1994, on the number of refusals on safe third-country by nationality is given in the table. There were 845 third-country refusals, of which an estimated 300 were "fast-track" refusals who had 48 hours in which to lodge an appeal. In addition, provisional data suggest that about 300 cases have been refused on other without-foundation grounds.
Information on the number of "fast-track" appeals lodged or on the nationality of those refused on other without-foundation grounds is not readily available.
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Decisions12 to refuse asylum and exceptional leave on safe third country grounds3, by nationality. 1 August 1993 to 30 June 1994 Number of principal applicants Europe and Americas Number Bulgaria * Colombia 10 Romania 20 Turkey 110 Former USSR 15 Former Yugoslavia 35 Others 30 Africa Angola 40 Benin * Cameroon * Congo 5 Ethiopia 30 Ghana 60 Nigeria 25 Sierra Leone 30 Somalia 80 Sudan 5 Togo & Ivory Coast 15 Uganda 10 Zaire 35 Others 80 Total 425 Middle East Iran 10 Iraq 20 Lebanon 5 Others 15
Europe and Americas Number Total 45 Asia China 10 India 20 Pakistan 15 Sri Lanka 95 Others 10 Total 155 Other and unknown nationalities * Grand total 845 1 Excluding dependants. 2 Figures rounded to nearest 5, with '*'=1 or 2. 3 Refused on the grounds that the applicant had arrived from a safe third country.