§ Mr. CorbynTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many male and female asylum seekers have since the beginning of the war in former Yugoslavia(a) been sent back by British officials at a United Kingdom port of entry to a safe third country, listing the countries (b) been refused visas at any British embassy or consulate in the former Yugoslavia, Austria, Hungary or Poland and (c) been deported from the United Kingdom to any part of the former Yugoslavia.
§ Mr. Nicholas Baker[holding answer 10 January 1995]: The table gives the available information on the number of removals and voluntary departures of asylum applicants from the former Yugoslavia for 1992, 1993 and 1994.
Removals and voluntary departures of asylum applicants from the former Yugoslavia, excluding dependents, 1992 to 1994 Number of persons 1992 1993 1994 Port cases 120 126 66 Illegal entry and deportation cases 3 3 7 Information on the destination of those nationals of the former Yugoslavia removed or voluntarily departed is only available for the period 26 July 1993 to 31 December 1994, and is given in the following table.
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Destination of former Yugoslav asylum applicants, removed or voluntarily departed, 26 July 1993–31 December 1994 Number of persons Destination Country other than the former Yugoslavia Former Yugoslavia Port cases 62 51 Illegal entry and deportation cases 5 6 Total1 67 57 1 The 67 former Yugoslavs removed or voluntarily departed to a country other than the former Yugoslavia comprised 50 males and 17 females; the 57 removed or voluntarily departed to the former Yugoslavia comprised 41 males and 16 females. Of the 62 former Yugoslav port cases. 45 male and 17 female, who were removed or voluntarily departed to a country other than the former Yugoslavia, the countries they were removed or voluntary departed to were:
Male Female 11 France 5 France 7 Bulgaria 2 Bulgaria 6 Germany 2 Italy 5 Sweden 2 Sweden 2 Turkey 1 Hungary 2 Hungary 1 Norway 2 Norway 1 Germany 2 Italy 1 Czechoslovakia 2 Spain 1 Turkey 1 Saudi Arabia 1 United States of America 1 Albania 1 United States of America 1 Switzerland 1 Austria 1 Holland No nationals of the former Yugoslavia are being removed to war zones.
Information on the number of former Yugoslavs refused visas at British embassies of consulates in the former Yugoslavia, Austria, Poland or Hungary is not available.