§ Mr. DicksTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many applicants, including dependants from Bosnia, have been granted entry into the United Kingdom since 1992 as(a) political refugees, (b) visitors and (c) students; and how many have subsequently returned to that country; [23419]
(2) how many applicants, including dependants from Somalia, have been granted entry into the United Kingdom since 1992 as (a) political refugees, (b) visitors and (c) students; and how many have subsequently returned to that country; [23418]
§ Mr. Nicholas Baker[holding answer 10 May 1995]: Information on nationals of the former Yugoslavia and Somalia given leave to enter as visitors, students and "refugees, exceptional leave cases and their dependants" in 1992–93 are given in table 3.1 of "Control of Immigration: Statistics, United Kingdom, 1992", Cm. 2368, and the corresponding publication for 1993, Cm. 2637, copies of which are in the Library. Data for 1994 are given in the table. The data exclude persons granted temporary admission before the resolution of their case. The data available for the new countries of the former Yugoslavia are incomplete because many passengers still have Yugoslav passports. It is not known how many nationals of the former Yugoslavia and Somalia subsequently returned to their home country.
Persons given leave to enter the United Kingdom in 19941 Number of admissions Nationality Visitors Students Refugees, exceptional leave cases and their dependants2 Former Yugoslavia 38,800 5,370 1,270 Somalia 1,780 20 980 1 Data are provisional. 2 Persons who applied for asylum at a port and were subsequently granted refugee status or exceptional leave to enter the United Kingdom—and their dependants.