Asylum: Eritrea
(asked on 28th April 2016) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of overall asylum appeals were lodged by Eritrean nationals or refugees in (1) 2013, (2) 2014, and (3) 2015.
Figures on asylum appeals by nationality are published quarterly by the Home Office in the Immigration Statistics release. The following table gives the proportion of total asylum appeals that were lodged by Eritrean nationals, for 2013 to 2015.
Proportion of total asylum appeals received that were lodged by Eritrean nationals, 2013-2015 | ||||||
Year | Total appeals received | Appeals received from Eritrean nationals | Proportion of total appeals from Eritrean nationals | |||
2013 | 8,519 | 88 | 1% | |||
2014 | 8,241 | 172 | 2% | |||
2015 | 14,041 | 1718 | 12% | |||
Table notes: | ||||||
(1) Source: table as_14, Immigration Statistics October to December 2015, Home Office | ||||||
(2) Figures exclude dependants | ||||||
(3) Figures 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/organisations/home-office/series/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release.