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Written question asked by Lord Marlesford (Conservative), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord West of Spithead (Labour) on Tuesday, 6 April 2010.

Immigration

Question
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many travellers arriving in the United Kingdom in each of the last 12 months have been refused entry at the border; and how many of those have claimed asylum.
Answer

Our records show almost 22,000 incidents of persons being refused entry to the UK at the border between 1 March 2009 and 28 February 2010. Of these, 425 claimed asylum. This is in addition to 29,000 incidents of persons who attempted to enter the UK illegally but were thwarted by officers at juxtaposed controls. The monthly breakdown is as follows*:

Month Total number of refusals at UK border Number of which claimed asylum
March 09 1,877 37
April 09 1,750 30
May 09 1,993 34
June 09 1,891 40
July 09 1,902 29
August 09 1,924 37
September 09 1,917 44
October 09 1,864 35
November 09 1,619 51
December 09 1,869 45
January 10 1,697 24
February 10 1,696 19
Total 21,999 425
* Data are management information and are from a live database. They have not been subject to the detailed checks required for National Statistics.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
2957; 718 c410WA
Session
2009-10
Subjects
Asylum Immigration controls
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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