Asylum: Eritrea
(asked on 11th June 2015) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many requests for asylum from Eritreans have been granted over the last year, on a month by month basis.
The table below shows the latest published number of nationals of Eritrea granted asylum and other form of protection in the UK, based on initial decisions for main applicants since January 2014.
| Number of nationals of Eritrea granted asylum or other form of protection in the UK (main applicants), based on initial decisions (1) | ||||
| Month/Year | Grants of asylum | Humanitarian Protection | Discretionary Leave | Other form of protection (2) |
| 2014 | ||||
| January | 83 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| February | 58 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| March | 67 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| April | 77 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| May | 94 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| June | 111 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| July | 190 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| August | 179 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| September | 270 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| October | 281 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| November | 325 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| December | 409 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total 2014 | 2,144 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 2015 | ||||
| January | 316 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| February | 157 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| March | 63 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Total January to March 2015 | 536 | 0 | 0 | 7 |
| (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) Figures for 'Other form of protection' include: grants under family and private life rules, which relate to the introduction of a new approach to Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, from 9 July 2012; Leave Outside the Rules, which was introduced for those refused asylum from 1 April 2013; and UASC leave, which was introduced for Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children refused asylum but eligible for temporary leave from 1 April 2013. | ||||
The figures provided in the table are a subset of latest statistics published in the Immigration Statistics release by the Home Office, in Table as_01_q “Asylum applications and initial decisions for main applicants, by country of nationality”.
The Home Office publishes quarterly and annual statistics on asylum applications and initial decisions within the Immigration Statistics release. A copy of the latest release, Immigration Statistics January – March 2015, is available from the Library of the House.