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Asylum

Answer

[holding answer 18 March 2008]: The requested information is contained in the following table.Copies of asylum statistics 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."

Grants of ILR issued under the Family ILR exercise as at 7 December 2007, excluding dependants, for specified nationalities¹, ², ³, 4
Country of nationality	Total
Africa other
Benin	5
Botswana	*
Burkina Faso	5
Central African Republic	*
Chad	10
Gabon	5
Guinea	15
Guinea-Bissau	10
Malawi	10
Mali	5
Mauritania	*
Mauritius	15
Mozambique	*
Niger	5
Senegal	*
Seychelles	10
South Africa	40
Togo	40
Western Sahara	*
Zambia	25
Total Africa Other	200
Asia Other
Bhutan	*
Cambodia	*
Fiji	*
Indonesia	10
Malaysia	5
Mongolia	30
Myanmar (Burma)	10
Nauru	*
Nepal	50
North Korea	*
Philippines	15
Singapore	*
South Korea	5
Taiwan	*
Thailand	5
Total Asia other	130
Middle East
Bahrain	*
Egypt	20
Israel	40
Jordan	10
Kuwait	10
Lebanon	100
Morocco	15
Oman	*
Palestine	155
Saudi Arabia	5
Tunisia	10
United Arab Emirates	*
Yemen	65
Total Middle East other	440
¹ Provisional figures rounded to the nearest 5 (* = 1 or 2 ).
² Main asylum applicants.
³ This information is based on internal management information.
4 Nationality recorded as at 7 December 2007 is not necessarily the applicant's nationality at the time of grant of ILR.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

474 c1312-3W; 195358

Session

2007-08

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