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Asylum: Democratic Republic of Congo

Answer

The following table shows the number of asylum cases who were removed or departed voluntarily from the United Kingdom to the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) between January 2004 and March 2009.Figures for the second quarter of 2009 was published on 27 August 2009.During 2008, enforced removals of asylum cases to the Democratic Republic of Congo were deferred until a Court of Appeal judgment, which was handed down on 3 December.Published statistics on immigration and asylum are available from the Library of the House and from the Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate website at:"http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration-asylum-stats.html"

Removals and voluntary departures¹ of asylum cases² to the Democratic Republic of Congo, January 2004 to March 2009
Number of departures³, 4
	2004	2005	2006	20075	20085	January to March 20095
Principal asylum cases6	15	40	105	120	40	20
Of which:
Nationals of the Democratic Republic of Congo	15	35	95	115	35	15
Other nationals	—	10	10	5	5	*
Dependant asylum cases	—	*	10	30	5	5
Of which:
Nationals of the Democratic Republic of Congo	—	—	10	30	5	5
Other nationals	—	*	—	—	—	—
Total asylum cases	15	45	115	145	45	20
Of which:
Nationals of the Democratic Republic of Congo	15	35	105	140	40	20
Other nationals	—	10	10	5	5	*
¹ Figures are rounded to the nearest 5 (— = 0, * = 1 or 2) and may not sum to the totals shown because of independent rounding.
² Includes persons departing voluntarily after notifying the UK Border Agency of their intention to leave prior to their departure, persons leaving under Assisted Voluntary Return Programmes run by the International Organisation for Migration and since January 2005, persons who it has been established left the UK without informing the immigration authorities.
³ Removals and voluntary departures recorded on the system as at the dates on which the data extracts were taken.
4 Destination as recorded on source database.
5 Provisional figures. Figures will under record due to data cleansing and data matching exercises that take place after the extracts are taken.
6 Figures exclude dependants.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

497 c507-8W; 290015

Session

2008-09

Subjects

Asylum Democratic Republic of the Congo

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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