Lord Green of Deddington – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Green of Deddington on 2016-01-11.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many asylum applications have been made in each of the last five years by applicants who entered the UK on a student visa; what were the nationalities of each applicant; how many of those applications were refused, and how many unsuccessful applicants were subsequently removed.
Lord Bates
Over the last five years there have been 15,470 cases of individuals who have entered on a student visa and subsequently also went on to claim asylum. Details by year and nationality are below.
Unfortunately the way corresponding data is held on asylum outcome means that to obtain the numbers of cases that were granted, refused and removed could only be achieved at disproportionate cost.
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Visa Nationality |
Asylum Year |
Grand Total |
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2010 |
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
2014 |
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|
Afghanistan |
10 |
26 |
63 |
73 |
69 |
241 |
|
Albania |
2 |
6 |
3 |
5 |
16 |
|
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Algeria |
7 |
4 |
2 |
4 |
17 |
|
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Angola |
2 |
2 |
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Armenia |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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Azerbaijan |
4 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
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Bahrain |
6 |
5 |
1 |
12 |
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Bangladesh |
12 |
31 |
167 |
318 |
264 |
792 |
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Belarus |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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Benin |
1 |
1 |
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Bolivia |
1 |
1 |
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Botswana |
1 |
2 |
1 |
2 |
6 |
|
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Bulgaria |
1 |
1 |
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Burkina Faso |
1 |
1 |
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|
Burma (Myanmar) |
166 |
98 |
42 |
14 |
13 |
333 |
|
Burundi |
2 |
1 |
3 |
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|
Cameroon |
4 |
3 |
9 |
33 |
52 |
101 |
|
Central African Republic |
1 |
1 |
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|
China |
16 |
25 |
95 |
162 |
160 |
458 |
|
Colombia |
2 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
11 |
|
Congo |
3 |
2 |
1 |
6 |
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|
Democratic Republic of Congo |
5 |
7 |
5 |
17 |
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|
Egypt |
1 |
8 |
12 |
15 |
15 |
51 |
|
Equatorial Guinea |
1 |
1 |
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|
Eritrea |
6 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
3 |
16 |
|
Ethiopia |
9 |
5 |
6 |
11 |
8 |
39 |
|
Gambia |
11 |
9 |
38 |
39 |
32 |
129 |
|
Georgia |
2 |
5 |
7 |
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Ghana |
3 |
3 |
2 |
8 |
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Guinea |
3 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
17 |
|
HONG KONG |
1 |
1 |
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|
India |
10 |
26 |
244 |
320 |
294 |
894 |
|
Iran |
106 |
244 |
464 |
307 |
148 |
1269 |
|
Iraq |
6 |
3 |
15 |
17 |
54 |
95 |
|
Israel |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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|
Ivory Coast |
1 |
2 |
5 |
1 |
2 |
11 |
|
Jamaica |
1 |
2 |
2 |
5 |
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|
Japan |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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|
Jordan |
2 |
4 |
4 |
5 |
3 |
18 |
|
Kenya |
6 |
5 |
10 |
12 |
12 |
45 |
|
Kuwait |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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Kyrgyzstan |
5 |
3 |
3 |
2 |
13 |
|
|
Lebanon |
1 |
2 |
6 |
5 |
14 |
|
|
Liberia |
1 |
1 |
2 |
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|
Libya |
7 |
114 |
73 |
57 |
86 |
337 |
|
Malawi |
2 |
4 |
10 |
15 |
9 |
40 |
|
Malaysia |
1 |
2 |
3 |
6 |
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Maldives |
1 |
1 |
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|
Mali |
1 |
2 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
6 |
|
Mauritius |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
10 |
|
|
MEXICO |
2 |
2 |
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Mongolia |
1 |
2 |
3 |
2 |
8 |
|
|
Morocco |
3 |
6 |
6 |
3 |
18 |
|
|
Nepal |
4 |
3 |
33 |
37 |
25 |
102 |
|
Nigeria |
6 |
12 |
94 |
142 |
136 |
390 |
|
Oman |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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Pakistan |
52 |
385 |
1313 |
1471 |
1265 |
4486 |
|
Palestinian Authority |
18 |
24 |
30 |
25 |
30 |
127 |
|
Philippines |
1 |
8 |
12 |
11 |
32 |
|
|
Russian Federation |
2 |
1 |
4 |
3 |
10 |
|
|
Rwanda |
9 |
7 |
3 |
5 |
5 |
29 |
|
Saudi Arabia |
4 |
3 |
6 |
13 |
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|
Senegal |
4 |
7 |
4 |
3 |
18 |
|
|
Sierra Leone |
1 |
4 |
9 |
2 |
16 |
|
|
SINGAPORE |
1 |
1 |
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Somalia |
1 |
1 |
3 |
5 |
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South Africa |
1 |
1 |
2 |
4 |
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SOUTH KOREA |
1 |
2 |
3 |
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|
SOUTH SUDAN |
1 |
1 |
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|
Sri Lanka |
230 |
744 |
1137 |
1171 |
715 |
3997 |
|
St Lucia |
1 |
1 |
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St Vincent & the Grenadines |
1 |
1 |
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|
Sudan |
6 |
11 |
23 |
11 |
9 |
60 |
|
Syria |
8 |
24 |
256 |
251 |
134 |
673 |
|
Tanzania |
10 |
8 |
15 |
17 |
11 |
61 |
|
Thailand |
1 |
1 |
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Tunisia |
2 |
1 |
3 |
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Turkey |
6 |
8 |
10 |
5 |
3 |
32 |
|
Turkmenistan |
1 |
1 |
1 |
3 |
3 |
9 |
|
Uganda |
7 |
11 |
42 |
33 |
41 |
134 |
|
Ukraine |
9 |
9 |
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Uzbekistan |
1 |
4 |
5 |
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Venezuela |
3 |
3 |
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|
Vietnam |
1 |
1 |
5 |
9 |
17 |
33 |
|
Yemen |
2 |
5 |
3 |
5 |
15 |
|
|
Yugoslavia |
1 |
1 |
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Zambia |
1 |
4 |
3 |
4 |
12 |
|
|
Zimbabwe |
14 |
11 |
26 |
15 |
15 |
81 |
|
Grand Total |
781 |
1901 |
4350 |
4695 |
3743 |
15470 |
Note: The figures quoted have been derived from internal management information and are therefore provisional and subject to change.
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