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Home Office

Answer

Mr. Battle: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people in the last five years have sought asylum from Iraq; and how many have been refused. [174337] Mr. Browne: The tables show applications and initial decisions and appeal decisions for nationals of Iraq, 1999-2003 where available. Initial decisions do not necessarily relate to applications made in the same period, neither do appeal outcomes necessarily relate to decisions made in the same period. Asylum applications1 received in the United Kingdom, excluding dependants, and initial decisions2 on applications, 1999-2003: Nationals of Iraq Principal applicants _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Applications3 Total Port In country Total initial decisions 1999 1,800 1,385 415 745 20004 7,475 1,920 5,555 5,530 20015 6,680 2,315 4,365 9,035 20026 14,570 1,525 13,045 11,905 20036 4,045 415 3,635 6,755 Initial decisionsCases considered under normal procedures7 Backlog clearance exercise Grants of Grants of ELR Grants of HP Grants of DL Total Grants of ELR Non asylum refusals under backlog compliance criteria4,8 refusals under backlog criteria8,9 1999 315 320 n/a n/a 100 5 10-- 20004 845 2,455 n/a n/a 2,220 10 10-- 20015 830 1,885 n/a n/a 6,315 n/a n/a 20026 715 8,195 n/a n/a 2,995 n/a n/a 20036 75 2,105 10-- 45 4,530 n/a n/a _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Figures rounded to nearest 5 2 Information is of initial determination decisions, excluding the outcome of appeals or other subsequent decisions. 3 May exclude some cases lodged at Local Enforcement Offices between January and March 2000. 4 May include a small number of cases where asylum has been granted. 5 Revised figures 6 Provisional figures 7 Cases considered under normal procedures may include some cases decided under the backlog criteria. 8 Cases decided under pragmatic measures aimed at reducing the pre `96 act asylum backlog. 9 May include a small number of cases where the application has been refused on substantive grounds. 10 Equals 1 or 2 Outcome of appeals1,2 determined by adjudicators of the Immigration Appellate Authority, excluding dependants: Nationals of Iraq, 2001 to 2003 Number of principal appellants _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Appeals determined by adjudicators2 Allowed Dismissed Withdrawn Total Total As percentage Total As percentage Total As percentage of determined of determined of determined 2001 1,655 445 27 1,065 64 145 9 20023 4,570 1,130 25 2,970 65 470 10 20033 5,400 495 9 4,465 8 445 8 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Figures rounded to nearest 5 (except percentages). Figures may not add up due to independent rounding. Data on appeal outcomes by nationality in this table are derived from electronic sources. 2 Figures include cases withdrawn by the Home Office, as well as the appellant. 3 Provisional figures Information on asylum applications, initial decisions and appeals are published in quarterly web pages, the next publication covering the first quarter of 2004 will be available on the 25 May 2004, and in the annual statistical bulletin Asylum Statistics United Kingdom. Copies of these publications and others relating to general immigration to the UK are available from the Library and from the Home Office Research Development and Statistics Directorate web site at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

174337; 421 c1405-6W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Asylum Applications Iraq

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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