Control of Immigration: Statistics United Kingdom 2001
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This Command Paper previously issued 29/11/02 has been reprinted to correct errors, it should be issued free of charge to all known recipients of the original copy. HOME OFFICE CONTROL OF IMMIGRATION: STATISTICS UNITED KINGDOM 2001 Presented to Parliament by the Secretary of State for the Home Department by Command of Her Majesty November 2002 £14.75Cm 5684 £14.75Cm © Crown Copyright 2002 The text in this document (excluding the Royal Arms and departmental logos) may be reproduced free of charge in any format or medium providing that it is reproduced accurately and not used in a misleading context. The material must be acknowledged as Crown copyright and the title of the document specified. Any enquiries relating to the copyright in this document should be addressed to The Licensing Division, HMSO, St Clements House, 2-16 Colegate, Norwich NR3 1BQ. Fax: 01603 723000 or e-mail: [email protected] CONTROL OF IMMIGRATION: STATISTICS UNITED KINGDOM 2001 Cm 5684 ISBN 0 10 1568428 ADDENDUM Table 9.1: Net international migration to/from the United Kingdom, by nationality, 1991-2000 (page 102) In light of the results from the 2001 Census, which were published on 30 September 2002, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) have now published interim revised international migration estimates for the UK for 1992-2001. The 2001 Census results indicated that existing international migration sources have over-estimated net migration by around 80,000 a year since 1991. For this reason, the migration estimates have been adjusted to be consistent with the Census. International migration estimates from ONS are published in Table 9.1 of the Command Paper. The revised interim series was not available at the time of going to press and so the table in this publication is now out of date. However, the interim revised estimates, and more details about the adjustments, can be found on the National Statistics website: www.statistics.gov.uk ONS will be publishing final revised migration estimates in late Spring 2003. November 2002 London: The Stationery Office CONTENTS Page Main points and commentary ѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠ 4 Section 1: Summary Table 1.1 Control of immigration: statistical summary, 1991-2001 ѠѠѠѠѠѠѠ 26 Section 2: Pre-entry control abroad Table 2.1 Decisions on entry clearance applications worldwide, by country and category, 1998-2001 Ѡ 30 2.2 Grants of entry clearance to spouses, fiancé(e)s, children and other dependent relatives, and of certificates of entitlement, in the Indian sub-continent, by country, 1991-2001 ѠѠѠ 38 2.3 Applications for entry clearance for settlement made by spouses, fiancé(e)s, children and other dependent relatives in the Indian sub-continent, by category, 1991-2001 ѠѠѠѠ 40 2.4 Applications for entry clearance for settlement made by spouses, fiancé(e)s, children and other dependent relatives in the Indian sub-continent, by country, 1981-2001 ѠѠѠѠ 42 2.5 Applications for a certificate of entitlement to the right of abode, in the Indian sub-continent, by category, 1991-2001 ѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠ 44 2.6 Waiting times to first interview for applicants in the settlement queues in the Indian sub- continent, by country, 1991-2001 ѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠ 45 Section 3: Entry control at the ports Table 3.1 Passenger arrivals and removals, 1991-2001 ѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠ 47 3.2 Passengers given leave to enter the United Kingdom by purpose of journey, and passengers refused entry at port and subsequently removed, by nationality, excluding EEA nationals, 2001 48 3.3 Passengers given leave to enter the United Kingdom by purpose of journey, and passengers refused entry at port and subsequently removed, excluding EEA nationals, 1991-2001 ѠѠ 54 3.4 Work permit holders and dependants given leave to enter, excluding EEA nationals, 1991-2001 56 3.5 Passengers given limited leave to enter as husbands, wives, children, or for marriage, excluding EEA nationals, 1991-2001 ѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠ 58 Section 4: Asylum Table 4.1 Applications received for asylum in the United Kingdom, excluding dependants, by location of application, and decisions, 1993-2001 ѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠ 60 4.2 Applications received for asylum in the United Kingdom, excluding dependants, by nationality, 1993-2001 ѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠ 61 4.3 Initial decisions on applications received for asylum in the United Kingdom, excluding dependants, by nationality, 2001 ѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠ 62 4.4 Asylum appeals to the immigration adjudicators, tribunal and applications for Judicial Review, 1998-2001 ѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠ 63 4.5 Summary of applications for support and other information for those applying to the National Asylum Support Service (NASS) in the UK, 2000 and 2001 ѠѠѠѠѠѠѠ 64 4.6 Number of asylum seekers (including dependants) in receipt of support from NASS by region of the UK, as at end of December 2001 ѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠ 65 4.7 Asylum seekers, including dependants, supported by NASS, by type of support, 2001 ѠѠ 65 2 Page Section 5: After-entry control Table 5.1 Grants and refusals of extensions of leave to remain in the United Kingdom and settlement, by category and nationality, excluding EEA nationals, 2001 ѠѠѠѠѠѠѠ 68 5.2 Decisions on applications for an extension of leave to remain in the United Kingdom and settlement, by category, excluding EEA nationals, 1996-99 ѠѠѠѠѠѠ 74 Section 6: Grants of settlement Table 6.1 Grants of settlement, by nationality and category, 2001 ѠѠѠѠѠѠѠ 76 6.2 Grants of settlement of non-EEA nationals on removal of time limit, by broad nationality, gender and age, 2001 ѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠ 82 6.3 Grants of settlement by category of acceptance, 1991-2001 ѠѠѠѠѠѠ 83 6.4 Grants of settlement, by main category and broad nationality, 1991-2001 ѠѠѠѠ 84 6.5 Grants of settlement by nationality, 1991-2001 ѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠ 86 6.6 Grants of settlement - Commonwealth citizens and foreign nationals, 1960-2001 ѠѠѠ 89 Section 7: Enforcement of immigration law Table 7.1 Persons removed from the United Kingdom and those subject to enforcement action, 1991-2001 ѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠ 91 7.2 Persons removed from the United Kingdom as a result of enforcement action, 1991-2001 Ѡ 92 7.3 Persons removed from the United Kingdom as a result of enforcement action, by nationality, 1991-2001 ѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠ 93 7.4 Persons dealt with as illegal entrants, 1991-2001 ѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠ 94 7.5 Deportation action, 1991-2001 ѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠ 95 7.6 Persons recorded as being in detention in the UK solely under Immigration Act powers as at 29 December 2001, by gender, length of detention and place of detention ѠѠѠѠ 96 7.7 Persons recorded as being in detention in the UK solely under Immigration Act powers as at 29 December 2001, by nationality ѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠ 97 7.8 Persons proceeded against for offences under the Immigration Acts 1971 to 1999 in England and Wales, 1997-2001 ѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠ 98 Section 8: Appeals against immigration control decisions Table 8.1 Outcome of appeals to immigration adjudicators, by broad category, 1996-2001 ѠѠѠ 100 Section 9: Net migration Table 9.1 Net international migration to/from the United Kingdom, by nationality, 1991-2001 ѠѠ 102 Changes affecting statistics of immigration control ѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠ 103 Explanatory notes and definitions ѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠѠ 106 3 1. MAIN POINTS Pre-entry control Ⅵ 2001 data for decisions on entry clearance applications worldwide have not been included in this report. This is because of a change in the data available and insufficient time to check the quality of that data. Ⅵ Due to the exceptional circumstances in Pakistan following the terrorist attack in New York on 11 September 2002, it has not been possible to obtain complete data on applications made for entry clearance in Pakistan for 2001. No data for 2001 have therefore been included for Pakistan in the Indian sub-continent tables on entry clearance. On-entry control Ⅵ The number of international arrivals from outside the Common Travel Area fell slightly to 88.1 million in 2001. Some 12.8 million were non-EEA nationals (paragraphs 3.1 and 3.2). Ⅵ The total number of work permit holders and dependants admitted to the UK was 108,825 in 2001, 16,775 more than in 2000 and continuing the historical upward trend (paragraph 3.6). Ⅵ Passengers refused entry at port and subsequently removed from the UK remained virtually unchanged at nearly 37,815 (paragraph 3.13). Asylum Ⅵ Applications for asylum excluding dependants fell 11 per cent in 2001 to 71,365. The highest number of applications were from nationals of Afghanistan, Iraq, Somalia, Sri Lanka, and Turkey (paragraphs 4.1 and 4.2). Ⅵ There were 119,015 initial asylum decisions, excluding dependants, in 2001, 9 per cent higher than in 2000. 11,180 initial decisions granted asylum, 19,845 granted exceptional leave to remain (ELR), and 87,990 refused both asylum and ELR (paragraphs 4.4 and 4.5). After-entry control Ⅵ There was an 11 per cent increase in the number of after-entry decisions in 2001. The number of decisions on applications to vary conditions of leave rose from 249,920 in 2000 to 277,375 in 2001 (including settlement but excluding asylum cases and dependants of principal applicants) (paragraph 5.1). Ⅵ Categories showing the largest increases were: working holidaymakers (345 per cent), business (204 per cent), work permit holders (63 per cent) and students (21 per cent) (paragraph 5.1). Ⅵ Of the total number of decisions in 2001, 68 per cent were grants of an extension, 26 per cent were grants of settlement, and 6 per cent were refusals. Student cases were the largest group accounting for almost 32 per cent of the total number of decisions (paragraph 5.2). Grants of settlement Ⅵ Grants of settlement in 2001 fell by 15 per cent to 106,820. This was mainly due to a fall in asylum-related settlement (paragraph 6.1).