To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have (a) applied for and (b) been granted asylum from (i) Syria, (ii) Eritrea, (iii) Afghanistan, (iv) Somalia, (v) Nigeria, (vi) Palestine, (vii) Iraq and (viii) Libya in each of the last five years.
This answer is the replacement for a previous holding answer.
Answered on
9 July 2015
Thefollowing table shows the latest published number of nationals of (i) Syria, (ii) Eritrea, (iii) Afghanistan, (iv) Somalia, (v) Nigeria, (vi) Palestine, (vii) Iraq and (viii) Libya in each of the last five years that have (a) applied for and (b) been granted asylum or an alternative form of protection in the UK, based on initial decisions for main applicants.
The figures provided in the table are published by the Home Office in the Immigration Statistics release, in Table as_01.
The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics on asylum applications and initial decisions within the Immigration Statistics release. A copy of the latest release, Immigration Statistics January – March 2015 is available from https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release and the Library of the House.