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To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Iraqi asylum seekers (a) have been refused asylum or other legal status to remain in the UK and (b) exhausted their rights of appeal in each year since 1997. - Including tables.

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

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Answered

Tabled on

21 January 2004

For answer on

23 February 2004

Answered on

23 February 2004

Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Iraqi asylum seekers (a) have been refused asylum or other legal status to remain in the UK and (b) exhausted their rights of appeal in each year since 1997. [150620] Beverley Hughes: The tables show the available information, relating to the outcomes of initial decisions, including refusals of leave to remain, and grants of asylum and the outcome of appeals at the IAA, for Iraqi nationals, who have applied for asylum in the United Kingdom, for each year from 1997 to September 2003. Data by nationality are not available for outcomes at the other levels of appeal. Information on the numbers of asylum applications by nationality and on the outcome of appeals is published in quarterly web pages and in the annual statistical bulletin Asylum Statistics United Kingdom, available from the Home Office website at http:// www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html. The next quarterly publication, covering the fourth quarter of 2003 and provisional full year data, will be published on 24 February. Initial decisions on applications received for asylum in the United Kingdom1, 1997-September 2003, Nationals of Iraq Number of principal applicants _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Cases considered under normal procedures3 Backlog clearance exercise4 Initial Granted Granted Granted Granted Refused Granted Refused decisions2 asylum exceptional humanitaria discretiona asylum or under leave to n ry leave exceptional backlog remain protection leave to criteria5 remain under backlog criteria 1997 665 255 295 6-- 6-- 110 -- -- 1998 1,100 510 500 6-- 6-- 90 -- -- 1999 745 315 320 6-- 6-- 100 5 7-- 2000 5,530 845 2,455 6-- 6-- 2,220 10 7-- 20018 9,035 830 1,885 6-- 6-- 6,315 -- -- 20029 11,905 715 8,195 6-- 6-- 2,995 -- -- January to March 20039 2,915 65 2,105 6-- 6-- 770 -- -- April to June 20039 335 5 6-- 7-- 7-- 330 -- -- July to September 20039 1,790 7-- 6-- -- 15 1,775 -- -- _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Figures rounded to the nearest 5, 2 Information is of initial decisions, excluding the outcome of appeals or other subsequent decisions. 3 Cases considered under normal procedures may include some cases decided under the backlog criteria. 4 Cases decided under measures aimed at reducing the pre-1996 asylum application backlog. 5 Includes some cases where the application has been refused on substantive grounds. 6 Not applicable 7 Equals 1 or 2 8 Revised figures 9 Provisional figures Outcome of appeals1,2 determined by adjudicators of the Immigration Appellate Authority, excluding dependants, nationals of Iraq, 1997-September 2003 Number of principal appellants _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Appeals determined by adjudicators Allowed Dismissed Withdrawn Total Total As percentage Total As percentage Total As percentage determined of total of total of total determined determined determined 19973 15 10 64 4-- 14 5 21 19983 45 15 29 25 51 10 20 1999 5-- 5-- 5-- 5-- 5-- 5-- 5-- 2000 5-- 5-- 5-- 5-- 5-- 5-- 5-- 2001 1,655 445 27 1,065 64 145 9 20026 4,570 1,130 25 2,970 65 470 10 January to March 20036 1,355 280 21 910 67 160 12 April to June 20036 205 40 20 145 69 20 10 July to September 20036 1,220 50 4 1,040 85 130 10 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Figures rounded to nearest 5 (except percentages), Figures may not add up due to independent rounding. 2 Figures include cases withdrawn by the Home Office, as well as the appellant. 3 Figures are based on the cases for which information is recorded on the Refugee Index. 4 Equals 1 or 2 5 Not available. 6 Provisional figures

Date

23 February 2004

Reference

418 c223-4W; 150620

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many failed asylum seekers he estimates are in the UK without legal basis for their presence; and how many are failed Iraqi asylum seekers.

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

21 January 2004

For answer on

2 February 2004

Answered on

2 February 2004

Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many failed asylum seekers he estimates are in the UK without legal basis for their presence; and how many are failed Iraqi asylum seekers. [150621] Beverley Hughes: Information on the total number of asylum seekers currently in the UK, including failed asylum seekers, is not currently available. This could be obtained only at disproportionate cost by examination of individual case records. Even such an exercise, however, would not produce a valid estimate as some applicants may leave the United Kingdom without informing the Immigration Service. The Government have commissioned research into the methods used in other countries to estimate the size of the illegal population in order to define methods appropriate for the UK. The work required is challenging because, by definition, illegal migrants fall outside of official statistics and are therefore difficult to measure. People illegally present in the UK are also motivated to ensure they remain hidden, further compounding the difficulties of conducting research. The number of cases (principal applicants) awaiting initial decision or awaiting appeal determinations continues to fall as the level of applications falls, initial decisions continue to outstrip the number of applications, and record numbers of appeals are determined by the IAA. The latest published figures show that as at the end of September 2003 there were: 29,100 cases awaiting an initial decision (of this total, 8,500 cases were work in progress, i.e. the application had been outstanding for six months or less), the lowest level for a decade; an estimated 16,000 appeals lodged with the Home Office which had not been sent to the Immigration Appellate Authority (a proportion of appeals lodged do not result in appeal bundles being sent to the IAA); and 28,800 asylum cases work in progress in the IAA (18,100 at the Adjudicator Tier, 5,600 applications for permission to appeal to the Tribunal, and 5,100 Tribunal Appeals). Information on asylum applications is published quarterly. The next publication will be available at the end of February 2004 on the Home Office Research Development and Statistics Directorate website at http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html.

Date

2 February 2004

Reference

417 c700-1W;417 c701W; 150621

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many failed Iraqi asylum seekers (a) have been removed from the UK, (b) have voluntarily left the UK with government support and (c) have otherwise been recorded as leaving the UK in each year since 1997. - Inc table.

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

21 January 2004

For answer on

2 February 2004

Answered on

2 February 2004

Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many failed Iraqi asylum seekers (a) have been removed from the UK, (b) have voluntarily left the UK with government support and (c) have otherwise been recorded as leaving the UK in each year since 1997. [150619] Beverley Hughes: Estimates of the number of nationals of Iraq who had sought asylum at some stage and who were removed from the UK from 1997 to June 2003 (the latest date for which figures are available) are shown in the table. These figures include persons departing `voluntarily' after the initiation of enforcement action against them, and persons leaving under Assisted Voluntary Returns Programmes run by the International Organisation for Migration. Removals and voluntary1 departures of principal asylum applicants (excluding dependants): January 1997 to June 2003 2,3,4 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Nationals of Iraq 1997 40 1998 40 1999 n/a 2000 n/a 2001 90 2002 195 January to June 2003 175 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. n/a = Not available. 1 Includes persons departing "voluntarily" after enforcement action had been initiated against them, persons leaving under Assisted Voluntary Return Programmes run by the International Organisation for Migration, and removals on safe third country, grounds. 2 Figures rounded to the nearest five and may not sum to total due to rounding. 3 Data have been estimated due to data quality issues. 4 Provisional figures. At present removals to Iraq are on a voluntary basis only, enforced returns will commence when the circumstances are right. Information on the destination of these removals and whether they departed voluntarily with government support is not available, except by examination of individual case-files at disproportionate cost. Estimates of the nationality of those asylum seekers who were removed from the UK in the third quarter of 2003 are due to be published on 24 February 2004 on the Home Office website: www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/ immigration1.html

Date

2 February 2004

Reference

150619; 417 c700W;417 c700-1W

House

House of Commons

Home Office

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Iraqi asylum seekers have returned to Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein. - Inc table.

Asked by

James Clappison (Conservative)

Answering body

Home Office

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

21 January 2004

For answer on

2 February 2004

Answered on

2 February 2004

Mr. Clappison: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Iraqi asylum seekers have returned to Iraq since the fall of Saddam Hussein. [150622] Beverley Hughes: Estimates of the number of nationals of Iraq who had sought asylum at some stage and who were removed from the UK since the fall of Saddam Hussein in April 2003 to June 2003--the latest available figures--are shown in the table. These figures include persons departing `voluntarily' after the initiation of enforcement action against them, and persons leaving under Assisted Voluntary Returns Programmes run by the International Organisation for Migration. Removals and voluntary1 departures of principal asylum applicants (excluding dependants): April 2003 to June 2003 2,3,4 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Nationals of Iraq April 2003 45 May 2003 25 June 2003 20 Total 85 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Includes persons departing "voluntarily" after enforcement action had been initiated against them, persons leaving under Assisted Voluntary Return Programmes run by the International Organisation for Migration, and removals on safe third country grounds. 2 Figures rounded to the nearest five and may not sum to total due to rounding. 3 Data have been estimated due to data quality issues. 4 Provisional figures. Information on the destination of these removals is not available. At present removals to Iraq are on a voluntary basis only, enforced returns will commence when the circumstances are right. Figures for principal asylum applicants removed from the United Kingdom in the period July to September 2003 will be available after publication of Asylum statistics Quarter 4 2003 on 24 February 2004 on the Home Office website: www.homeoffice.gov.uk/ rds/immigration1.html

Date

2 February 2004

Reference

417 c701-2W; 150622

House

House of Commons

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