§ Mr. MaddenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people from the former Yugoslavia have applied, to date, to the United Kingdom for asylum; how many have been(a) granted asylum, (b) granted exceptional leave to remain, (c) application still under consideration and (d) application refused; how many of those applicants who have been refused asylum or exceptional leave have, to date, been removed from the United Kingdom; to which country such people were removed; how many refusals are currently subject to appeal; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Charles WardleInformation for the period 1 January 1992 to 28 February 1994 is given in the table. The large majority of applications made in the period—an estimated 6,640 at 28 February 1994—are under consideration and the applicants are being allowed to stay in the meantime.
Information on the destination of cases removed is not readily available. No nationals of the former Yugoslavia are being removed to war zones. The number of refusals of former Yugoslav cases curently subject to appeal is not separately identifiable in the statistics.
In addition to consideration of asylum applications, the Government have, under arrangements announced in November 1992 and June 1993, offered to receive 1,000 particularly vulnerable individuals from the former Yugoslavia and their close dependants, an estimated total of 4,000 people in all. As at 18 March 1994, 601 particularly vulnerable individuals and 810 dependants had arrived under these arrangements. Before this, 68 sick and wounded ex-detainees from Bosnia arrived in September 1992.
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Decisions1 on applications1 received for asylum in the United Kingdom from nationals of the former Yugoslavia, excluding dependants, 1 January 1992 to 28 February 1994 Number Asylum applications2 7,685 Decisions2 3 4 455 Recognised as a refugee and granted asylum 5 Not recognised as a refugee but granted exceptional leave to remain5 175 Refusals 270 Refused asylum and exceptional leave—after full consideration 20 Refused under paragraph 180F6 155 Refused on safe third country grounds7 95 Applications pending4 6,640 Removals: Port cases Safe third country 65 Other 5 In-country cases8 n/a 1 Provisional figures rounded to the nearest five. 2 Figures exclude information on applications made overseas. 3 Decisions do not necessarily relate to applications made in the period. 4 Information on withdrawals is not readily available and not shown in the table. 5 Usually granted for a year in the first instance, subject then to further review. 6 For failure to provide evidence to support the asylum claim within a reasonable period, including failure to respond to invitation to interview to establish identity (paragraph 101 prior to 26 July 1993). 7 Refused on the grounds that the applicant had arrived from a safe third country.
8Information for enforcement cases is not available for the entire period. However, during the periods 1 January 1992 to 31 December 1992 and 1 August 1993 to 28 February 1994 the total number of removals in after entry enforcement cases, including also voluntary departures, was three.