§ Ms KinghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many asylum applications, made by Algerians, have been decided by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate in each of the last three months; [104371]
(2) how many asylum applications, made by Algerians, have been decided by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate in each of the last three months, where the applicant has been in detention; [104372]
215W(3) how many asylum applications have been made by Algerians in the last three months. [104374]
§ Mrs. RocheThe available information is that in September 1999, 135 nationals of Algeria, excluding dependants, applied for asylum in the United Kingdom. This figure fell slightly to 115 in October and 90 in November.
Information on how many asylum applications, made by Algerians, have been decided by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate in each of the last three months is not currently available.
Information on Algerian asylum seekers who have had a decision and who had been detained at some point could be obtained only at disproportionate cost through the examination of individual case records.
§ Ms KinghamTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Algerians have been(a) removed and (b) deported in each of the last three months; and what proportion of these had previously claimed asylum. [104373]
§ Mrs. RocheThe latest available information relates to arriving passengers during the period April-June 1999. Thirty-eight Algerian passengers were refused leave to enter and removed from the United Kingdom in April 1999, 28 in May 1999 and 21 in June 1999. Those data are provisional and do not show whether or not the person concerned had claimed asylum. This additional information could be obtained only by examining the individual case files.
Data for Algerian nationals removed or departing voluntarily under illegal entry or deportation procedures during this period are not yet available.