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Mr. Darling
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Turkish nationals have (a) sought asylum in the United Kingdom and (b) been granted asylum in each year since 1980.
Mr. Peter Lloyd
Information is given in the following table.Information on applications in 1991 is available only for principal applicants excluding dependants, while for 1980–84 it is available only including dependants. Figures are therefore shown on both bases, where available, for comparison.
| Applications1by Turkish nationals for refugee status or asylum in the United Kingdom and numbers granted11980–91 | ||||
| Applications | Granted refugee status or asylum | |||
| Excluding dependants | Including associated dependants2 | Excluding dependants | Including associated dependants2 | |
| 1980 | . . | 21 | . . | 1 |
| 1981 | . . | 1 | . . | 1 |
| 1982 | . . | 38 | . . | 6 |
| 1983 | . . | 43 | . . | 18 |
| 1984 | . . | 61 | . . | 46 |
| 1985 | 27 | 34 | 10 | 12 |
| 1986 | 86 | 1ll | 9 | 13 |
| 1987 | 121 | 210 | 3 | 5 |
| 1988 | 337 | 705 | 5 | 5 |
| 31989 | 2,380 | 4,500 | 205 | 390 |
| 31990 | 1,100 | 1,455 | 235 | 530 |
| 31990 | 2,100 | . . | 4— | 4— |
| 1Grants in a particular year do not necessarily relate to applications made in that year. | ||||
| 2 Including dependants applying with the principal applicant and those to date, arriving subsequently but before the principal application was decided. | ||||
| 3 Figures rounded to nearest 5. | ||||
| . . Not available. | ||||
| 4 Not yet available. | ||||