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Asylum Statistics: Q3 2006

transmitter | 22.11.2006 16:22 | Anti-racism | Migration | Social Struggles | Birmingham | London

The Home Office has released its "asylum statistics" for the 3rd quarter of 2006 (July, August and September). Below is a summary of the main points.

'Removals':

• Principal applicants removed in Q3: 3,295; 3,635 including dependants

• In Q3, there were 3,295 principal applicants removed from the UK, 26% lower than in Q2 (4,480), and 12% less than in Q3 2005 (3,745).

• Including dependants, 3,635 asylum seekers were removed in Q3, 28% lower than in Q2 (5,070), and 14% less than in Q3 2005 (4,225).

• The five nationalities accounting for the highest number of removals (principal applicants) were Serbian & Montenegrin, Turkish, Afghan, Iraqi and Pakistani.

• 810 asylum seekers were removed under Assisted Voluntary Return schemes (690 principal applicants and 120 dependants), 22% of the 3,635 total.

Top 10 asylum removal nationalities (principal applicants) Q3 2006
Serbia & Montenegro 405
Turkey 330
Afghanistan 270
Iraq 205
Pakistan 205
Albania 140
Nigeria 140
Eritrea 140
Iran 135
Sri Lanka 120
Other nationalities 1,205
Total 3,295

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Detention:

• Asylum detainees as at 30 September 2006: 1,455 detainees who had claimed asylum at some stage

[Please note that detention has not fallen, the Home Office no longer include persons detained in prison in the statistics]

• As at 30 September 2006, 1,455 persons who had sought asylum at some stage were being detained in the UK solely under Immigration Act powers. This accounted for 72% of all detainees (compared with 1,705 persons as at 24 June). This excludes persons detained in police cells and prison establishments. Due to a change in the working practices of IND, statistics on those detained in prison establishments under sole Immigration Act powers are not available for Q3.

• 1,425 were held at Immigration Service Removal Centres, and 30 at Immigration Short Term Holding Facilities.

• The nationalities accounting for the highest number of asylum detainees were Sri Lankan (100), Turkish (100) and Nigerian (90). 94% of asylum detainees as at 30 September 2006 were male.

• As at 30 September 2006, 20 people detained solely under Immigration Act powers were recorded as being less than 18 years old. All of these had been in detention for less than one month.

Top 10 asylum detained nationalities Q3 2006
Sri Lanka 100
Turkey 100
Nigeria 90
India 85
Eritrea 80
Pakistan 80
China 65
Algeria 60
Sudan 60
Afghanistan 60
Other nationalities 670
Total 1,455

35 persons had been detained for more than 12 months.

• A total of 7,390 people left detention in Q2 2006, a fall of 1% from Q1 2006 (7,490). Of the 4,360 (59% of the total) asylum detainees leaving detention, 2,610 (60%) were removed from the UK, 1,465 (34%) were granted temporary admission/release and 280 (6%) were bailed.

Immigration Service Removal Centres

1st column total of detainees, 2nd column number of asylum seekers

Harmondsworth 470 345

Dover Immigration Removal Centre 305 195

Colnbrook Long Term 260 160

Campsfield House 185 125

Oakington Reception Centre 165 165

Haslar 145 105

Dungavel 130 110

Tinsley House 105 85

Lindholme 105 70

Yarl's Wood 90 65

Immigration Short Term Holding Facilities

Colnbrook Short Term 25 15

Manchester Airport 15 10

Dover Harbour 5 5

Harwich Abbey 5 5

Total 2,010 1,455

Due to changes in working practices, these statistics now exclude all persons detained in Prison Service

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Family ILR Exercise (310 more families granted ILR)

• There were 61,320 main applicants identified for consideration as at 30 September 2006. Of these 24,340 were granted ILR, 8,000 were considered on another Family ILR application, 20,130 were refused and 8,575 were found to be ineligible. There were 15 main applicants awaiting an initial examination and 265 awaiting a decision.

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Asylum Applications:

• Asylum Applications in Q3: 5,850, 7% higher than previous quarter

• The number of applications for asylum in the UK, excluding dependants, was 7% higher in Q3 (5,850) compared with Q2 (5,490), but was 7% less than Q3 2005 (6,320).

• Including dependants, the number of applications to the UK increased by 11% in Q3 (7,105) from Q2 (6,380).

• Largest nationalities: Eritrea, Afghanistan, Iran
• Eritrean nationals accounted for the highest number of applications, 35% higher than Q2. Applications also
increased in Q3 for nationals of Afghanistan (3%), Iran (15%), Somalia (11%), Iraq (117%) and Pakistan (13%).

• Applications fell for nationals of China (-4%), Zimbabwe (-23%), Sudan (-3%) and Nigeria (-24%).

• In Q3, applications from nationalities currently subject to the Non-suspensive appeal (NSA) provisions of the NIA Act fell by 13% to 570 from 655 in Q2 (see notes 4-8, page 12).

Top 10 applicant nationalities Q3 2006
Eritrea 720
Afghanistan 600
Iran 570
China 515
Somalia 470
Iraq 330
Zimbabwe 280
Pakistan 255
Sudan 175
Nigeria 165
Other nationalities 1,780
Total 5,850

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