Written question asked by Lord Laird (Ulster Unionist Party), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Baroness Browning (Conservative) on Wednesday, 18 May 2011.
Asylum Seekers
- Question
- To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 10 May (WA 199–200), how many asylum seekers have applied for asylum from each Commonwealth country in the last 10 years; how many of those have been refused asylum; and to which of those countries are people presently not returned if asylum is refused.
- Answer
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The numbers of asylum applications received in the United Kingdom, excluding dependants, from nationals of each Commonwealth country over the last 10 years are provided below in Table A.
Asylum applications received in the United Kingdom, excluding dependants(1), 2001 to 2010, Commonwealth nationals Country of nationality 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 (P) 2010 (P) Antigua and Barbuda * * - - * * - * * - Australia * 5 * * - - * * 5 * Bahamas, The - - * - - - - - - - Bangladesh 510 720 735 510 425 440 540 455 440 450 Barbados * - - - - * - * * * Belize - * * - - - * - - * Botswana * 10 15 10 5 5 5 5 10 15 Brunei - - - - - - - - - - Cameroon 380 615 505 360 290 260 160 115 90 85 Canada 5 5 5 5 5 5 * * 5 * Cyprus 20 40 5 - - - * - - - Dominica - - - 5 * * * - * 5 Fiji(2) - - - Gambia, The 65 130 95 100 90 110 100 125 210 240 Ghana 190 275 325 355 230 130 120 140 140 165 Grenada - - - * - 5 * * 5 * Guyana 5 10 10 5 5 * 5 10 10 5 India 1,850 1,865 2,290 1,405 940 680 510 715 615 520 Jamaica 525 1,310 965 455 325 215 240 240 200 215 Kenya 305 350 220 145 100 95 115 150 100 115 Kiribati - - - - - - - - - - Lesotho * 5 - * * * * * * * Malawi 45 95 150 170 130 65 65 115 160 165 Malaysia 20 25 20 15 20 20 30 35 35 55 Maldives - 15 * 5 - * - - * - Malta * - * - - - - - - - Mauritius 15 10 10 20 10 15 20 20 15 40 Mozambique 5 5 5 5 5 * * 5 * * Namibia 5 10 * * * 10 5 10 20 20 Nauru - - - - - - - - - - New Zealand * - - - - - - - * - Nigeria 810 1,125 1,010 1,090 1,025 790 780 820 680 780 Pakistan 2.860 2.405 1,915 1,710 1,145 965 1,030 1,230 1,300 1,400 Papua New Guinea - * - - - - - - - - Rwanda 530 655 260 75 40 20 15 20 25 20 St. Kitts and Nevis - - - - * - * * - * St. Lucia * * 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 St. Vincent and the Grenadines * - * * * * * * 5 5 Samoa - - - - - - - - - - Seychelles 15 20 10 5 * * * 5 5 * Sierra Leone 1,940 1,155 380 230 135 125 85 55 80 80 Singapore * 5 5 5 * - * * * * Solomon Islands - - - - - - - - - - South Africa 130 230 265 180 120 90 12D 145 175 125 Sri Lanka 5,510 3,130 705 330 395 525 990 1,475 1,115 1,360 Swaziland * * 5 * * 5 5 15 5 * Tanzania 80 40 30 20 20 15 20 25 35 25 Tonga - * - - - - - - - - Trinidad and Tobago 5 5 15 10 5 5 * 15 30 10 Tuvalu - - - - - - - * - - Uganda 480 715 705 405 205 165 130 130 155 215 Vanuatu - - - - - - - - - - Zambia 20 15 15 15 15 15 15 10 30 15 Zimbabwe(3) 2,140 7,655 3,295 2,065 1,075 1,650 1,800 3,165 5,600 1,410 Total 18,495 22,656 13,985 9,715 6,780 6,440 6,925 9,275 11,305 7,565 "(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) Fiji has had membership of the Commonwealth suspended since 8 December 2006.""(3) Zimbabwe withdrew from the Commonwealth on 7 December 2003, having been suspended since 19 March 2002.""(P) Provisional figures." "(2) Fiji has had membership of the Commonwealth suspended since 8 December 2006.""(3) Zimbabwe withdrew from the Commonwealth on 7 December 2003, having been suspended since 19 March 2002.""(P) Provisional figures." "(3) Zimbabwe withdrew from the Commonwealth on 7 December 2003, having been suspended since 19 March 2002.""(P) Provisional figures." "(P) Provisional figures." The numbers of refusals at initial decision for nationals of each Commonwealth country over the past 10 years are provided below in Table B.
Refusals(1)(2) of asylum, exceptional leave, humanitarian protection and discretionary leave, excluding dependants, 2001 to 2010, Commonwealth nationals Country of nationality 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 (P) 2010 (P) Antigua and Barbuda - * * - * - - - - * Australia * * - - - - - - - * Bahamas, The - - - - - - - - - - Bangladesh 920 445 500 305 250 260 325 250 275 360 Barbados * - - - - - - * * * Belize - - - - - - - - - - Botswana 5 5 15 5 5 * 5 5 5 10 Brunei * - - * - - - - - - Cameroon 500 440 525 335 245 185 165 90 70 75 Canada * 5 5 5 * * - - 5 * Cyprus 25 40 20 5 - - - * - - Dominica - - - 5 * * * - - 5 Fiji(3) 5 5 5 - - - - * * * Gambia, The 65 105 100 115 80 90 75 60 130 180 Ghana 330 230 320 315 190 85 95 95 95 150 Grenada * - - * * * * - 5 * Guyana 5 5 10 5 5 * 5 10 10 5 India 2,880 1,815 2,300 1,510 915 565 430 325 280 345 Jamaica 470 890 1,105 500 305 160 225 170 155 200 Kenya 820 300 245 170 95 80 95 110 75 100 Kiribati - - - - - - - - - - Lesotho * 5 * * * - * - * * Malawi 55 55 150 150 110 50 55 70 135 145 Malaysia 25 20 30 10 10 10 15 20 20 35 Maldives * 10 * * - - - - * * Malta - * * * * - - - - - Mauritius 20 5 10 20 5 10 15 20 10 35 Mozambique 5 5 * 5 5 5 * 5 5 * Namibia 5 10 * * * 10 5 5 10 15 Nauru- - - - - - - - - - New Zealand - - - - - - - - * - Nigeria 1,110 1,010 1,040 990 805 560 595 560 515 715 Pakistan 3,995 2,310 2,050 1,795 1,040 690 775 730 1,010 1,260 Papua New Guinea - - - - - - - - - - Rwanda 455 315 360 170 50 15 25 10 15 25 St. Kitts and Nevis - - - - - - * - - * St. Lucia * * * 5 * 5 5 5 5 5 St. Vincent and the Grenadines * * - - * * * * * 5 Samoa * - - - - - - - - - Seychelles 15 20 10 5 5 * * * 5 * Sierra Leone 1,125 1,255 610 320 145 85 80 35 50 75 Singapore 5 5 5 * 5 - - * - * Solomon Islands - - * - - - - - - - South Africa 135 190 245 230 90 55 85 75 115 125 Sri Lanka 8370 3,670 1,355 625 455 370 810 670 1,060 1.395 Swaziland * * * 5 * 5 10 5 5 5 Tanzania 110 35 40 20 20 15 20 20 25 25 Tonga - * - - - - - - - - Trinidad and Tobago 10 10 15 5 5 5 5 5 15 20 Tuvalu - - - - - - - - - - Uganda 955 510 615 355 190 125 115 80 130 180 Vanuatu - - - - - - - - - - Zambia 40 15 15 20 15 10 10 15 20 15 Zimbabwe(4) 1,970 3,885 3.285 2,310 945 1,510 1,155 2.015 4,110 1,300 Total 24,435 17,630 14,990 10,320 5,995 4,960 5,200 5,465 8,375 6,825 "(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) Information is of initial determination decisions, excluding the outcome of appeals or other subsequent decisions, by year of decision.""(3) Fiji has had membership of the Commonwealth suspended since 8 December 2006.""(4) Zimbabwe withdrew from the Commonwealth on 7 December 2003, having been suspended since 19 March 2002.""(P) Provisional figures." "(2) Information is of initial determination decisions, excluding the outcome of appeals or other subsequent decisions, by year of decision.""(3) Fiji has had membership of the Commonwealth suspended since 8 December 2006.""(4) Zimbabwe withdrew from the Commonwealth on 7 December 2003, having been suspended since 19 March 2002.""(P) Provisional figures." "(3) Fiji has had membership of the Commonwealth suspended since 8 December 2006.""(4) Zimbabwe withdrew from the Commonwealth on 7 December 2003, having been suspended since 19 March 2002.""(P) Provisional figures." "(4) Zimbabwe withdrew from the Commonwealth on 7 December 2003, having been suspended since 19 March 2002.""(P) Provisional figures." "(P) Provisional figures." There are no Commonwealth countries to which as a matter of policy the Government will not return failed asylum seekers for safety reasons. Further information on asylum is available from the Control of Immigration publications available in the Library of the House and the Home Office Science website at: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/science-research/ research-statistics.
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