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Written question asked by Jason McCartney (Conservative) on Friday, 19 June 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 23 June 2015. It was answered by James Brokenshire (Conservative) on Thursday, 25 June 2015 on behalf of the Home Office.


Entry Clearances: Iraq

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people from the Kurdistan Region in Iraq (a) applied for and (b) were refused entry clearance to the UK in the last 12 months for which figures are available.

Answer

The most recent figures available from 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2015 show A) the number of Entry Clearance applications made via the Visa Application Centre in Erbil, Iraq to be 2,895 and B) the number of refusals 1,600.


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
3343
Session
2015-16
Related items
Visas: Iraq
Monday, 29 February 2016
Written questions
House of Commons
Subjects
Iraq Entry clearances Kurds
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk