Asylum: Libya
(asked on 1st July 2015) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications were made for asylum in the UK by Libyans between June 2014 and the end of November 2014; how many Libyans who made such applications (a) remain in the UK awaiting a decision and (b) have been refused asylum; and if she will make a statement.
Figures on asylum applications and initial decisions are published quarterly by the Home Office in the Immigration Statistics release, in table as_01q. The following table shows the number of asylum applications by nationals of Libya that were made, refused (based on initial decisions), and pending in quarter 3 (July-September) and quarter 4 (October-December) 2014, for main applicants.
| Table: Number of asylum applications by nationals of Libya that were made, refused (based on initial decisions (1)) and pending (2) in Q3 (Jul-Sep) and Q4 (Oct-Dec) 2014, for main applicants | |||||
| Quarter | Total applications | Total refusals | Total pending | ||
| Q3 2014 | 118 | 30 | 336 | ||
| Q4 2014 | 126 | 59 | 410 | ||
| (1) Initial decisions do not necessarily relate to applications made in the same period and exclude the outcome of appeals or other subsequent decisions. | |||||
| (2) 'Pending' cases are those asylum applications, including fresh claims, lodged since 1 April 2006 which are still under consideration at the end of the reference period. | |||||
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.