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Deportation

Volume 110: debated on Monday 16 February 1987

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asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were deported in each of the last three years; to which countries they went; and how many went to countries other than those from which they originally came.

The only information available relates to the nationality of the person deported which will usually be the country of both origin and destination. Figures for 1984 and 1985 are given in the table; corresponding information for 1986 will be available in March.

Deportation Orders enforced, by nationality
Number
Nationality119841985
Commonwealth
Australia64
Cyprus3925
Ghana140137
Hong Kong BDTC1623
India4451
Jamaica78
Malaysia106

Number

Nationality

1

1984

1985

Mauritius128
Nigeria214216
Sierra Leone46
Sri Lanka65
Zimbabwe122
Other Commonwealth4331
Total Commonwealth553522

European Community (EC)

France64
Ireland2320
Italy2323
Netherlands1710
Other EC1511
Total EC8468

Non-EC Foreign

Algeria1311
Chile611
Colombia1814
Egypt1311
Germany (Dem. Rep.)1716
Iran1110
Israel73
Libya198
Morocco1018
Pakistan4249
South Africa65
Turkey5628
USA2217
Other foreign4151
Total non-EC foreign281252
All countries918842

Persons detained in 1986 under the Prevention of Terrorism (Temporary Provisions) Act 1984 and subsequent charges

Police force area

Detained

Charged under Prevention of Terrorism Acts

Charged under other legislation

1

Metropolitan police district849
Merseyside112
Dumfries and Galloway508
Other areas57314
Total2021323

1 Persons also charged with offences under the Prevention of Terrorism Acts are included in the previous column.

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what was the average number of days spent on remand by those remanded in custody for terrorist-type offences in 1986 with regard to cases now completed in England and Wales and the number of bail applications refused, respectively;(2) how many persons were remanded in custody before trial for offences connected with terrorism in 1986.

1 Only those with 10 or more cases in total during 1984–5 are shown separately; other nationalities are represented under "Other Commonwealth", "Other European Community" and "Other non-EC foreign".