Asylum: Eritrea
(asked on 28th April 2016) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of Eritreans who challenged an initial asylum refusal won their appeal in (1) 2013, (2) 2014, and (3) 2015.
Figures on asylum appeal determinations by country of nationality are published quarterly by the Home Office in the Immigration Statistics release. The following table gives the proportion of determined asylum appeals from Eritrean nationals that were allowed in each year, from 2013 to 2015.
Proportion of determined asylum appeals from Eritrean nationals that were allowed, 2013 to 2015 |
Year | Appeals determined for Eritrean nationals | Appeals allowed for Eritrean nationals | Proportion of appeals that were allowed for Eritrean nationals |
2013 | 76 | 27 | 36% |
2014 | 114 | 50 | 44% |
2015 | 562 | 452 | 80% |
Table notes: |
(1) Source: table as_14, Immigration Statistics October to December 2015, Home Office |
(2) HM Courts & Tribunals Service (HMCTS) (formerly the Tribunals Service Immigration and Asylum (TSIA)), consists of the First-tier Tribunal and Upper Tribunal of the Immigration and Asylum Chamber (FTTIAC and UTIAC). This replaced the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT) on 15 February 2010. All figures for appeals determined are cases dealt with by Immigration Judges at the AIT or FTTIAC. | ||||||
(3) Figures exclude dependants. | ||||||
(4) The appeals allowed figures may include a small number of cases where the asylum application was granted at initial decision, but later appealed against. This may be due to the circumstances of the grant (i.e. discretionary leave/UASC leave rather than asylum). | ||||||
(5) Data for 2015 are provisional and subject to update. |
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