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Written question asked by Chris Mullin (Labour) on Monday, 15 March 2010, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 17 March 2010. It was answered by Phil Woolas (Labour) on Monday, 29 March 2010 on behalf of the Home Office.

Immigration: Turkey

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the number of Turkish citizens who have entered the UK under the terms of the Ankara Agreement; and if he will make a statement.
Answer

The number of Turkish nationals who have been granted entry clearance to the UK under the Turkish European Community Association Agreement, also known as the Ankara Agreement, in each year since 2004 is shown in the following table. The number of entry clearance applications received in each of these years is also shown. Reliable information for previous years is not held. We do not keep a separate record of people who have actually been admitted under the agreement.

Turkish ECAA—Applications for entry clearance
Applications received Visas issued
2004 1 0
2005 3 1
2006 3 0
2007 7 3
2008 23 2
2009 54 10
2010 (January-February) 41 0

These data are unpublished and should be treated as provisional.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
508 c687-8W; 322863
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Immigration Turkey
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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