Asylum Seekers 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.--------------------------------- | | --------------------------------- | | --------------------------------- |Europe |||||||||||| --------------------------------- |Czechoslovakia | --------------------------------- |Hungary | --------------------------------- |Poland | --------------------------------- |Romania | --------------------------------- |Turkey | --------------------------------- |Yugoslavia | --------------------------------- |Others | --------------------------------- |Total | --------------------------------- |Americas |||||||||||| --------------------------------- |Chile | --------------------------------- |Colombia | --------------------------------- |Others | --------------------------------- |Total | --------------------------------- |Africa |||||||||||| --------------------------------- |Angola | --------------------------------- |Ethiopia | --------------------------------- |Ghana | --------------------------------- |Libya | --------------------------------- |Seychelles | --------------------------------- |Somalia2 | --------------------------------- |South Africa | --------------------------------- |Sudan | --------------------------------- |Uganda | --------------------------------- |Zaire | --------------------------------- |Others | --------------------------------- |Total | --------------------------------- |Middle East |||||||||||| --------------------------------- |Iran | --------------------------------- |Iraq | --------------------------------- |Lebanon | --------------------------------- |Syria | --------------------------------- |Others | --------------------------------- |Total | --------------------------------- |Remainder of Asia |||||||||||| --------------------------------- |Afghanistan3 | --------------------------------- |Bangladesh | --------------------------------- |India | --------------------------------- |Pakistan | --------------------------------- |Sri Lanka | --------------------------------- |Others | --------------------------------- |Total | --------------------------------- |Other and unknown nationalities| --------------------------------- |Grand Total | --------------------------------- Mr. Peter Lloyd [holding answer 14 November 1990]: Information by nationality of applicant is given in the table.