§ Mr. FisherTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for political asylum have been received from people previously resident in(a) Nigeria, (b) Turkey, (c) Iraq, (d) Iran and (e) China in each of the last five years; and how many of those applications, in each case, have been accepted. [1926]
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§ Mr. KirkhopeInformation on asylum applications and grants of asylum from nationals of Nigeria, Turkey, Iraq, Iran and China are given in tables 2.1 and 3.1 respectively of the Home Office statistical bulletin, "Asylum Statistics United Kingdom 1994, issue 15/95. A copy of this publication is available in the Library. It should be noted that grants of asylum in a particular year do not necessarily relate to applications made in that year.