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Written question asked by Nigel Evans (Conservative) on Wednesday, 13 June 2007, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 18 June 2007. It was answered by Liam Byrne (Labour) on Wednesday, 20 June 2007 on behalf of the Home Office.

Asylum: Belarus

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for asylum were received from nationals of Belarus in each year since 1997; and how many of these applications were (a) approved and (b) refused and resulted in deportations.
Answer

[holding answer 18 June 2007]: The information requested could be obtained only by the detailed examination of individual case records at disproportionate cost.Information on the number of Belarusian asylum applications received in each year since 1997 is shown in the following table.

Applications¹ received for asylum in the UK, excluding dependants, for nationals of Belarus, 1997 to 2006
Number of applications
1997 35
1998 110
1999² 600
2000² 580
2001 80
2002 110
2003 120
2004 45
2005³ 60
2006³ 55
¹ Figures rounded to the nearest 5.
² May exclude some cases lodged at local enforcement offices between January 1999 and March 2000.
³ Provisional figures.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
143361; 461 c1940-1W;461 c1941-2W
Session
2006-07
Subjects
Asylum Belarus
Link
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