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Asylum

Answer

Information on the number of nationals from Ghana, Nigeria and Poland who have received indefinite leave to remain in the UK through the 1998 backlog clearance exercise and the 2003 family indefinite leave to remain exercise is as follows. Information on the nationality breakdown of grants of leave to remain under the UKBA’s case resolution programme were provided in the response given to the hon. Member on 29 September 2008, Official Report, columns 2348-49W.Information on asylum initial decisions for nationals of Poland for 2005 and 2006 is as follows. Information for previous years and for nationals of Ghana and Nigeria are available from the annual Statistical Bulletin Asylum Statistics United Kingdom.Since the accession of Poland to the EU on 1 May 2004 Polish nationals have not been subject to immigration control and have had the ability to exercise EU rights of movement and residence in the UK. Full access to the UK labour market was also provided under the terms of workers registration scheme.Copies of these publications are available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office Research, Development and Statistics website at:"http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html."

Nationals of Nigeria, Ghana and Poland, granted exceptional leave under the 1998 backlog criteria¹, ², ³, excluding dependants, 1999 and 2000
Principal applicants
	Total
Country of nationality	1999	2000
Nigeria	765	290
Ghana	1,415	90
Poland	20	10
¹ Figures rounded to the nearest five.
² Cases decided under measures aimed at reducing the pre-1996 asylum application backlog.
³ Includes cases where asylum or exceptional leave has been granted under the backlog criteria.

Grants of ILR issued under the family ILR exercise as at 7 December 2007¹, ², ³, excluding dependants, for nationals of Nigeria, Ghana and Poland
Country of nationality	Total principal applicants
Nigeria	1,175
Ghana	620
Poland	580
¹ Provisional figures rounded to the nearest five.
² Main asylum applicants.
³ This information is based on internal management information and therefore provisional.

Initial decisions made on asylum applications¹, ², excluding dependants, 2005 and 2006 for nationals of Poland
Principal applicants
Initial decisions	2005	2006³
Total decisions	10	5
Grants of asylum	0	0
Grants of HP	0	0
Grants of DL	0	0
Total refusals	10	5
¹ Figures rounded to nearest five.
² Information is of initial decisions, excluding the outcome of appeals or other subsequent decisions.
³ Provisional figures.
Source:
RDS-IRS

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

482 c1212-4W; 177409

Session

2007-08

Subjects

Asylum Poland West Africa

Link

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