To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people, by nationality, have requested entry to the United Kingdom as returning residents, in each quarter since April 1992; and how many have been (a) readmitted as such, (b) readmitted for a limited period and (c) refused entry to the United Kingdom.
[holding answer 26 July 1993]: The available information is given in the tables. Information is not available on persons seeking admission as returning residents who were found not to satisfy the relevant requirements of the immigration rules but who were admitted for a limited period under another category.
| Table 1 Persons1 admitted as returning residents since April 19922 | |||
| Number of admissions | |||
| Nationality | 2nd quarter 1992 | 3rd quarter 1992 | 4th quarter 1992 |
| EUROPE | 28,640 | 39,550 | 25,440 |
| Austria | 2,300 | 3,050 | 1,850 |
| Bulgaria | 110 | 140 | 110 |
| Cyprus | 1,370 | 2,540 | 1,100 |
| Czechoslovakia | 240 | 290 | 160 |
| Finland | 1,770 | 2,450 | 1,480 |
| Hungary | 350 | 570 | 310 |
| Malta | 1,850 | 3,100 | 1,490 |
| Norway | 3,150 | 4,030 | 2,620 |
| Poland | 1,960 | 3,800 | 1,920 |
| Romania | 130 | 190 | 100 |
| Sweden | 6,890 | 7,180 | 6,170 |
| Switzerland | 4,320 | 4,970 | 3,810 |
| Turkey | 2,460 | 4,990 | 2,520 |
| Former USSR | 430 | 890 | 570 |
| Former Yugoslavia | 1,300 | 1,380 | 1,220 |
| AMERICAS | 50,550 | 60,380 | 44,920 |
| Argentina | 370 | 330 | 310 |
| Barbados | 410 | 570 | 420 |
| Brazil | 780 | 1,200 | 650 |
| Canada | 8,670 | 10,410 | 7,040 |
| Chile | 460 | 660 | 330 |
| Colombia | 660 | 850 | 460 |
| Cuba | 10 | + | + |
| Guyana | 260 | 380 | 300 |
| Jamaica | 1,590 | 2,100 | 1,640 |
| Mexico | 370 | 460 | 300 |
| Peru | 230 | 190 | 140 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 830 | 1,050 | 620 |
| USA | 35,660 | 41,900 | 32,510 |
| Uruguay | 40 | 90 | 40 |
| Venezuela | 220 | 200 | 170 |
| AFRICA | 14,340 | 20,580 | 13,980 |
| Algeria | 540 | 890 | 420 |
| Egypt | 790 | 1,070 | 780 |
| Ethiopia | 100 | 100 | 70 |
| Ghana | 1,660 | 2,250 | 1,900 |
| Kenya | 1,180 | 1,440 | 960 |
| Libya | 150 | 220 | 200 |
| Mauritius | 1,020 | 1,420 | 770 |
| Morocco | 1,030 | 2,870 | 1,020 |
| Nigeria | 3,320 | 4,410 | 3,850 |
| Sierra Leone | 190 | 310 | 200 |
| Somalia | 30 | 60 | 40 |
| South Africa | 2,540 | 2,720 | 2,090 |
| Sudan | 200 | 320 | 120 |
| Tanzania | 360 | 620 | 400 |
| Tunisia | 300 | 600 | 270 |
| Uganda | 170 | 230 | 160 |
| Zambia | 240 | 340 | 210 |
| Zimbabwe | 500 | 690 | 530 |
| ASIA | 46,600 | 51,300 | 35,040 |
| Bangladesh | 2,380 | 3,000 | 1,410 |
| China | 220 | 220 | 220 |
| Hong Kong BDTC/BN(O) | 1,270 | 1,400 | 870 |
| India | 14,560 | 15,300 | 11,580 |
| Indonesia | 190 | 250 | 140 |
Number of admissions
| |||
Nationality
| 2nd quarter 1992
| 3rd quarter 1992
| 4th quarter 1992
|
| Iran | 3,750 | 4,910 | 2,580 |
| Iraq | 560 | 690 | 460 |
| Israel | 1,820 | 1,900 | 1,390 |
| Japan | 5,680 | 6,600 | 4,840 |
| Jordan | 430 | 570 | 400 |
| Kuwait | 150 | 150 | 100 |
| Lebanon | 1,180 | 1,410 | 880 |
| Malaysia | 3,340 | 3,340 | 2,130 |
| Pakistan | 5,680 | 4,650 | 4,260 |
| Philippines | 1,640 | 1,860 | 1,030 |
| Saudia Arabia | 290 | 390 | 220 |
| Singapore | 720 | 860 | 630 |
| Sri Lanka | 1,490 | 2,460 | 1,060 |
| Syria | 260 | 350 | 130 |
| Thailand | 1,000 | 980 | 670 |
| AUSTRALIA | 19,260 | 20,500 | 15,010 |
| Australia | 12,090 | 13,010 | 9,660 |
| New Zealand | 7,160 | 7,490 | 5,350 |
| OTHERS | 6,610 | 8,630 | 4,940 |
| British Overseas Citizens | 1,240 | 1,270 | 790 |
| Other countries not elsewhere specified | 2,590 | 3,340 | 2,040 |
| Stateless | 2,790 | 4,020 | 2,060 |
| ALL NATIONALITIES | 166,000 | 200,950 | 139,330 |
| + 5 or fewer. | |||
1 Excluding EC nationals to whom the immigration rules on returning residents do not apply. | |||
2 Data for the first two quarters of 1993 are not yet available. | |||
Passenger admissions and persons refused leave to enter and removed, for selected nationalities in 1992.
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1st quarter 1992
| 2nd quarter 1992
| 3rd quarter 1992
| 4th quarter 1992
| Year 1992
| ||||||
Nationality
| Admissions
| Refused and removed
| Admissions
| Refused and removed
| Admissions
| Refused and removed
| Admissions
| Refused and removed
| Admissions
| Refused and removed
|
| Jamaica | 4,930 | 100 | 6,010 | 98 | 9,170 | 104 | 5,760 | 107 | 25,900 | 409 |
| Turkey | 16,300 | 57 | 18,400 | 55 | 25,300 | 52 | 19,600 | 64 | 79,500 | 228 |
| Morocco | 3,540 | 21 | 4,410 | 28 | 6,720 | 27 | 3,840 | 23 | 18,500 | 99 |
| USA | 521,000 | 228 | 823,000 | 251 | 903,000 | 247 | 559,000 | 207 | 2,810,000 | 933 |
| Australia | 77,100 | 65 | 133,000 | 69 | 156,000 | 54 | 98,600 | 48 | 465,000 | 236 |
| Malaysia | 14,500 | 70 | 25,300 | 111 | 31,700 | 81 | 22,100 | 84 | 93,600 | 346 |
| Hong Kong (BDTS and BN(O)s) | 17,700 | 34 | 21,000 | 39 | 39,500 | 35 | 13,600 | 23 | 91,800 | 131 |
| Guyana | 1,000 | 9 | 1,580 | 16 | 2,200 | 12 | 1,240 | 23 | 6,030 | 60 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 3,060 | 13 | 4,490 | 13 | 7,040 | 18 | 3,740 | 17 | 18,300 | 61 |
| Colombia | 3,750 | 102 | 5,990 | 93 | 6,620 | 80 | 4,750 | 122 | 21,100 | 397 |
| Algeria | 2,690 | 60 | 3,840 | 45 | 5,560 | 58 | 3,260 | 70 | 15,300 | 233 |
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were detained under
Table 2
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Persons seeking admission as returning residents who have been refused and removed since April 19921
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Nationality2
| 2nd quarter 1992
| 3rd quarter 1992
| 4th quarter 1992
|
| Poland | — | — | 1 |
| Former Yugoslavia | 1 | — | — |
| Brazil | — | 1 | — |
| Jamaica | — | 1 | 1 |
| Venezuela | — | 1 | — |
| Nigeria | 1 | — | — |
| Zambia | 1 | — | — |
| Zimbabwe | — | 1 | — |
| Bangladesh | 6 | — | 4 |
| Hong Kong BDTC/BN(O) | 1 | — | — |
| India | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Iran | 1 | — | — |
| Pakistan | 2 | — | — |
| Other countries not elseware specified | 1 | — | — |
| All nationalities | 17 | 7 | 7 |
1 Data for the first two quarters of 1993 are not yet available. | |||
2 Nationalities other than those given are zero. | |||