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Immigration: Appeals

Volume 490: debated on Monday 23 March 2009

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Mr. Carswell

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many immigration appeals were (a) received from and (b) granted in relation to people from (i) India, (ii) Pakistan and (iii) Nigeria in each of the last six years. (264760)

Bridget Prentice

The number of immigration appeals received and granted in relation to appeals from people from India, Pakistan and Nigeria in the last six years is shown in the following table.

Appeal receiptsAppeals allowed

India

Nigeria

Pakistan

India

Nigeria

Pakistan

2003-04

2,581

2,334

1,392

111

491

622

2004-05

4,288

1,976

4,646

1,622

759

1,308

2005-06

10,791

10,296

17,351

2,220

764

3,366

2006-07

9,762

11,019

13,547

3,862

3,904

5,468

2007-08

13,926

10,240

19,270

4,201

3,175

5,793

2008-09 (April to December 2008)1

12,779

7,289

13,634

4,029

2,180

5,682

1 Data are provisional and subject to reconciliation.