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Mr. Darling
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the number of people seeking asylum in the United Kingdom in each quarter of 1988, 1989 and 1990, showing the numbers by country of embarkation.
| Applications received for asylum in the United Kingdom, by nationality, 1988–90 | |||||||||||
| 1988 | 11989 | 11990 | |||||||||
| Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | Q4 | Q1 | Q2 | Q3 | |
| Europe | |||||||||||
| Czechoslovakia | 2 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 35 | 5 | * | — | — |
| Hungary | 15 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 10 | * | 5 | 5 | * | * | — |
| Poland | 25 | 19 | 26 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 5 | * |
| Romania | 4 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | * | 5 | 5 | 20 | 75 |
| Turkey | 217 | 155 | 126 | 203 | 570 | 3,645 | 140 | 125 | 135 | 210 | 245 |
| Yugoslavia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | * | * | 15 | * | * | 5 | 5 |
| Others | — | 9 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 20 | 30 | 35 | 60 |
| Total | 266 | 199 | 192 | 246 | 610 | 3,695 | 230 | 175 | 180 | 280 | 380 |
| Americas | |||||||||||
| Chile | 7 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | * | — | — |
| Colombia | 21 | 15 | 15 | 9 | 20 | 15 | 30 | 25 | 20 | 55 | 25 |
| Others | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 15 |
| Total | 29 | 24 | 21 | 16 | 30 | 30 | 40 | 30 | 35 | 60 | 40 |
| Africa | |||||||||||
| Angola | 11 | 11 | 15 | 23 | 40 | 35 | 95 | 90 | 135 | 200 | 160 |
| Ethiopia | 53 | 62 | 86 | 69 | 65 | 70 | 230 | 240 | 190 | 380 | 950 |
| Ghana | 51 | 43 | 45 | 48 | 45 | 75 | 90 | 135 | 220 | 170 | 410 |
| Libya | 25 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 5 | * | 5 | 5 | * | 5 | * |
| Seychelles | 32 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 5 |
| Somalia2 | 70 | 73 | 125 | 154 | 420 | 345 | 1,005 | 930 | 475 | 510 | 1,100 |
| South Africa | 13 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 15 | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | * |
| Sudan | 3 | 11 | 18 | 16 | 25 | 25 | 45 | 60 | 60 | 40 | 40 |
| Uganda | 92 | 163 | 152 | 141 | 235 | 385 | 500 | 545 | 460 | 550 | 950 |
| Zaire | 37 | 33 | 38 | 75 | 100 | 105 | 200 | 315 | 450 | 440 | 1,220 |
| Others | 21 | 27 | 27 | 42 | 55 | 35 | 35 | 30 | 50 | 60 | 70 |
| Total | 409 | 458 | 544 | 600 | 1,010 | 1,100 | 2,220 | 2,365 | 2,070 | 2,360 | 4,910 |
| Middle East | |||||||||||
| Iran | 181 | 177 | 119 | 110 | 130 | 115 | 125 | 125 | 110 | 85 | 125 |
| Iraq | 66 | 48 | 113 | 75 | 105 | 60 | 120 | 105 | 160 | 195 | 510 |
| Lebanon | 57 | 43 | 32 | 48 | 25 | 20 | 50 | 95 | 100 | 55 | 260 |
| Syria | — | 2 | 8 | — | * | 5 | 5 | * | * | 5 | * |
| Others | 5 | 9 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 15 |
| Total | 309 | 279 | 280 | 248 | 270 | 205 | 310 | 345 | 380 | 350 | 920 |
| Remainder of Asia | |||||||||||
| Afghanistan3 | 9 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 40 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 25 | 55 | 65 |
| Bangladesh | — | 7 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | * | * | 5 | 15 | 5 |
| India | 20 | 61 | 87 | 179 | 140 | 150 | 180 | 255 | 340 | 320 | 390 |
| Pakistan | 125 | 85 | 129 | 57 | 40 | 55 | 65 | 135 | 190 | 155 | 385 |
| Sri Lanka | 167 | 101 | 105 | 134 | 190 | 260 | 550 | 1,055 | 785 | 705 | 825 |
| Others | 3 | 2 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 30 | 50 | 40 | 40 | 20 | 50 |
| Total | 304 | 260 | 350 | 401 | 430 | 520 | 875 | 1,510 | 1,385 | 1,270 | 1,720 |
| Other and unknown nationalities | 20 | 21 | 48 | 25 | 30 | 35 | 65 | 85 | 75 | 80 | 95 |
| Grand Total | 1,357 | 1,241 | 1,435 | 1,536 | 2,385 | 5,585 | 3,740 | 4,515 | 4,130 | 4,410 | 8,060 |
| 1 Provisional figures: those for 1990 may understate because of delays in recording. Figures rounded to the nearest 5, with "*" = less than 3. | |||||||||||
| 2 In addition, since mid 1990 certain applications by nationals of Somalia to the British High Commission in Dhaka are being processed locally: information on these cases is not yet available centrally. | |||||||||||
| 3 In addition, about 1,700 applications in 1988, 35 in 1989 and 30 during January to April 1990, by nationals of Afghanistan, made to the British High Commission in New Delhi, are being processed locally. Corresponding information since May 1990 is not yet available centrally. | |||||||||||
Mr. Peter Lloyd
[holding answer 14 November 1990]: Information by nationality of applicant is given in the table.