Asylum: Turkey
(asked on 8th April 2016) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications have been received from Turkish nationals in each year since 2006.
The number of asylum applications received from Turkish nationals (main applicants) in each year from 2006 to 2015, is detailed in the table below.
Asylum applications received from Turkish nationals, for main applicants, 2006 to 2015 | ||||||
Year | Total applications | |||||
2006 | 426 | |||||
2007 | 208 | |||||
2008 | 193 | |||||
2009 | 187 | |||||
2010 | 155 | |||||
2011 | 170 | |||||
2012 | 190 | |||||
2013 | 250 | |||||
2014 | 271 | |||||
2015 (1) | 230 | |||||
Source: table as_01, Immigration Statistics, October to December 2015, Home Office. | ||||||
(1) 2015 figures are provisional and subject to revision. | ||||||
The Home Office publishes quarterly figures on asylum applications by nationality within the Immigration Statistics release. A copy of the latest release, Immigration Statistics, October to December 2015, is available from: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2015