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Home Office

Answer

Mr. Hancock: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many passengers, by nationality, were refused leave to enter the United Kingdom and were detained overnight or longer, in each of the last five years. [59340] Mr. Mike O'Brien: The figures for 1993-97 are given in the table. Passengers refused leave to enter the United Kingdom and detained overnight or longer, by region and nationality, 1993-97 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Geographical region and Year of detention nationality 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 European Economic Area{1} Austria {7}-- {6}-- {7}-- {6}-- {6}-- Belgium {7}-- 10 {6}-- {7}-- 10 Denmark {7}-- {7}-- {6}-- {6}-- {6}-- Finland {7}-- {6}-- {6}-- {6}-- {6}-- France 40 30 {7}-- {7}-- 10 Germany {6}-- 10 {7}-- {7}-- 10 Greece {7}-- {7}-- {6}-- {6}-- {6}-- Iceland {6}-- {6}-- {6}-- {6}-- {6}-- Italy {7}-- 30 {7}-- {6}-- 10 Liechtenstein {5}-- {6}-- {6}-- {6}-- {6}-- Luxembourg {6}-- {7}-- {6}-- {6}-- {6}-- Netherlands 10 40 10 10 10 Norway {7}-- {6}-- {6}-- {7}-- {6}-- Portugal 20 30 {6}-- {7}-- 10 Spain {6}-- {7}-- {6}-- {6}-- {7}-- Sweden 10 10 {7}-- {7}-- {7}-- Other Europe Bulgaria 10 30 60 40 110 Cyprus 50 340 200 280 290 Czechoslovak Passport 30 30 10 10 10 Holders Czech Republic {5}-- 10 30 50 190 Slovakia {5}-- 10 30 80 260 Hungary 20 10 20 20 40 Malta {7}-- {7}-- {7}-- {7}-- {7}-- Poland 140 160 270 360 320 Romania 80 100 110 110 160 USSR Passport Holders 30 {7}-- 10 {7}-- {7}-- Russia {5}-- 30 50 50 40 Other former USSR {5}-- 60 140 440 400 Switzerland {7}-- {7}-- {7}-- {7}-- {7}-- Turkey 190 280 210 350 280 Yugoslav Passport Holders 60 50 120 120 320 Bosnia {5}-- {7}-- {7}-- 20 10 Croatia {5}-- 20 20 20 50 Slovenia {5}-- 10 10 10 20 Other former Yugoslavia {5}-- 10 10 10 {7}-- Other Europe {5}-- 40 40 40 140 Americas Argentina 10 10 10 {7}-- 10 Barbados 10 10 20 10 10 Brazil 70 60 60 100 90 Canada 30 20 30 40 40 Chile {7}-- 10 {7}-- {7}-- 10 Colombia 140 170 180 270 300 Guyana 20 20 30 20 10 Jamaica 190 270 350 470 600 Mexico 10 20 10 20 20 Peru 30 30 40 40 10 Trinidad and Tobago 10 30 10 30 30 USA 70 100 80 80 90 Venezuela 10 10 10 20 20 Other Americas {5}-- 140 230 270 290 Africa Algeria 130 200 250 230 280 Angola 60 70 50 100 100 Congo (Dem. Rep.){2} 140 160 120 210 160 Egypt {7}-- 10 10 10 10 Ethiopia 70 60 20 30 20 Ghana 420 640 360 300 240 Kenya 150 170 180 120 170 Libya 40 20 20 {7}-- 20 Mauritius 30 30 30 20 10 Morocco 20 40 20 30 50 Nigeria 580 1,060 920 610 630 Sierra Leone 210 280 40 60 70 Somalia 150 100 110 120 170 South Africa 60 80 80 80 100 Sudan 10 30 20 40 30 Tanzania 70 80 100 30 60 Tunisia 10 20 {7}-- 20 10 Uganda 50 40 40 40 60 Zambia 20 20 40 20 10 Zimbabwe 10 30 30 70 60 Other Africa {5}-- 580 560 410 280 Indian sub-continent Bangladesh 120 150 140 100 80 India 140 310 200 220 230 Pakistan 140 260 220 270 420 Middle East Iran 30 30 50 80 80 Iraq 40 40 50 80 60 Israel 10 20 20 50 40 Jordan {7}-- 10 {7}-- {7}-- 10 Kuwait {7}-- {6}-- {6}-- {7}-- {7}-- Lebanon 20 10 20 20 40 Saudi Arabia 10 {6}-- {7}-- {7}-- {7}-- Syria {7}-- {7}-- {7}-- 10 20 Yemen {7}-- {7}-- {7}-- {7}-- {7}-- Other Middle East {5}-- {7}-- 10 10 30 Remainder of Asia China 80 100 300 150 190 Hong Kong BDTC{3} 20 10 10 {7}-- 10 Hong Kong stateless 20 {7}-- {6}-- {6}-- {7}-- Indonesia {7}-- {7}-- {6}-- {6}-- {7}-- Japan 10 30 10 10 10 Malaysia 70 30 80 110 70 Philippines 10 20 10 10 10 Singapore 10 10 10 10 10 South Korea 10 10 20 10 10 Sri Lanka 180 260 130 150 140 Taiwan {5}-- {6}-- {7}-- {7}-- {6}-- Thailand {6}-- 10 {6}-- {7}-- {7}-- Other Asia {5}-- 50 50 90 110 Oceania Australia 10 10 20 20 20 New Zealand {7}-- {7}-- {7}-- {7}-- 10 Other Oceania {5}-- {7}-- {7}-- {6}-- {7}-- British Overseas citizens 30 20 10 20 30 Stateless{4} 360 550 680 830 820 Other countries not 730 {6}-- {6}-- {6}-- {6}-- elsewhere specified All nationalities 5,570 7,940 7,480 8,220 9,240 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Includes all current EEA countries throughout the period covered {2} The Democratic Republic of the Congo, formerly known as Zaire {3} British Dependent Territories Citizens {4} Stateless not elsewhere specified {5} Not available {6} Nil {7} Negligible (i.e. 5 or fewer) Note: The figures in this table have been rounded to the nearest 10; because of this the sum of the constituent items may not agree with the total as shown.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

59340; 319 c379-81W

Session

1997-98

Subjects

Detainees Immigration controls Migrants Passengers

Contains statistics

Yes