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Home Office

Answer

Mr. Lidington: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many failed asylum seekers have been removed by (a) the Ports Directorate and (b) the Enforcement Directorate during 2000-01 to date; how many failed asylum seekers were removed by each Directorate in 1999-2000; and if he will make a statement. [139362] Mrs. Roche: The information available on the number of failed asylum seekers removed from the United Kingdom, in the financial year 1999-2000, and from 1 April to 30 September in the current year is given in the table. The Government have made clear their determination to increase substantially the number of such removals and significant additional resources are being allocated to achieving this. We have set a target of 12,000 removals in the current financial year and 30,000 for the financial year 2001-02. Asylum seekers removed{1} from the United Kingdom _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 April 1999 to 31 March 2000{1,2} 1 April to 30 September 2000{1,2,3} Port asylum removals 5,080 3,020 Enforcement asylum removals 2,830 1,850 Total 7,910 4,870 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Includes voluntary departures {2} Excludes dependants {3} Figures are provisional and subject to revision {4} Includes Port and Enforcement departures under the Voluntary Assisted Returns programme

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

357 c94W; 139362

Session

1999-00

Subjects

Asylum Deportation Enforcement Refugees Immigration Service Ports Directorate

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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