Asylum: Families

(asked on 23rd May 2016) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful refugee family reunion applications there have been in the last three years.


Answered by
James Brokenshire Portrait
James Brokenshire
This question was answered on 6th June 2016

The available published statistics relate to the 'Family: other' category, which are known to very largely consist of family reunion cases. The information is provided in the table below.

Entry clearance visas (cases resolved of which: grants, refusals, withdrawn/lapsed): Family Other[2]

Year

Cases resolved

of which:

Granted

Refused

Withdrawn or lapsed

2013

6,108

4,211

1,797

100

2014

6,658

4,596

1,931

131

2015

8,544

4,949

3,466

129

Source:
Immigration Statistics Oct - Dec 2015, Visas volume 1 table vi_01_q.

[1] For the year 2015 family reunion visas made up 99% of “Family: Other” visas granted.

[2] The “Family: Other” category consists of:

  • Family reunion: pre-existing family members (partners, minor children) of a person with refugee leave or humanitarian protection, who has not yet obtained British citizenship;
  • From July 2012: dependants who are not partners or children of those with refugee leave or humanitarian protection;
  • From July 2012: parents with access rights to a child.

The latest quarterly Home Office immigration statistics on entry clearance visas are published in 'Immigration Statistics', available from the Home Office website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics

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