§ Mr. DonohoeTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many foreign nationals have been expelled from the United Kingdom in each year since 1979; and if he will list their nationalities.
§ Mr. BaldryThe number of foreign nationals—that is, diplomats officially accredited to missions in London—expelled from the United Kingdom since 1979 is as follows:
Nationality Number 1979 nil — 1980 Libya 3 1981 Soviet Union 1 1982 nil — 1983 Czechoslovakia 2 1984 Czechoslovakia 2 Libya 2 Soviet Union 1 1985 Soviet Union 2 1986 nil — 1987 Bulgaria 1 Soviet Union 1 1988 Soviet Union 1 Cuba 2 Vietnam 1 Czechoslovakia 3 Iraq 4 1989 Czechoslovakia 4 South Africa 3 Soviet Union 8 1990 Iraq 11 1991 Iraq 9 1992 Iran 1 1993 nil — 1994 Iran 1 Sudan 1