§ Mr. Jim CunninghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many illegal immigrants have been expelled in each year since 1979 from(a) the United Kingdom and (b) each separate region within the United Kingdom; [5160]
(2) which country has received most illegal immigrants expelled from the United Kingdom in each year since 1979. [5161]
§ Mr. KirkhopeInformation on the total number of illegal entrants and persons subject to deportation action who have been removed from the United Kingdom is given in table 1. The data for 1984 onwards show the nationalities grouped by main geographical region. The largest 10 individual nationalities, comprising two thirds of the total, in 1994 are shown in table 2; corresponding data for other years could be provided only at disproportionate cost. Data on nationalities have been given in the absence of statistics on the countries to which persons were removed. Data are also not available on the region of residence prior to removal.
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Table 1: Persons removed1 from the United Kingdom as illegal entrants or under the deportation process, 1979–1995 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 All nationalities 1.416 1.938 1.601 1.315 1.196
Nationality by geographical region 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 Europe 276 257 210 284 449 527 Americas 101 137 115 159 249 404 Africa 634 690 804 952 1,467 1,918 Indian sub-continent 187 177 223 389 582 590 Other Asia 95 100 98 116 215 283 Oceania 8 7 10 13 11 16 Other nationalities2 56 57 62 80 74 101 All nationalities 1,357 1,425 1,522 1,993 3,047 3.839
Nationality by geographical region 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 January to June Europe 362 615 609 988 911 n/a Americas 522 803 820 732 539 n/a Africa 1,963 2,457 2,740 2,207 1,354 n/a Indian sub-continent 454 616 797 896 1,002 n/a Other Asia 302 543 545 448 437 n/a Oceania 28 35 26 42 40 n/a Other nationalities2 131 233 293 171 25 n/a All nationalities 3,762 5,302 5,830 5,484 4,308 1,963 n/a Not yet available.
1Excluding 'voluntary' departures after enforcement action had been initiated.
2British Overseas citizens, stateless and nationality doubtful. Data prior to 1994 also include the small nationalities of the geographical regions specified.
Table 2: Persons removed1 from the United Kingdom as illegal entrants or under the deportation process: the top ten nationalities in 1994 Nationality Number of persons India 574 Nigeria 570 Poland 451 Pakistan 287 Ghana 216 Jamaica 194 Bangladesh 150 Turkey 145 Algeria 132 Malaysia 104 Total 2,823 1Excluding 'voluntary' departures after enforcement action had been initiated.