Asylum: Eritrea
(asked on 28th April 2016) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many appeals lodged against initial asylum refusals by Eritrean nationals were lodged (1) within the UK, and (2) outside the UK, in (a) 2013, (b) 2014, and (c) 2015.
The numbers of Eritrean nationals who lodged an asylum appeal in the UK or from overseas in the three years up to December 2015 are:
| Total | Within the UK | Outside the UK |
2013 | 122 | 122 | 0 |
2014 | 241 | 240 | 1 |
2015 | 1,856 | 1,854 | 2 |
The numbers of Eritrean nationals who were required to pay a fee for their asylum appeal in the three years up to December 2015 are:
| Total |
2013 | 1 |
2014 | 2 |
2015 | 23 |
Notes to tables:
1. Figures include Asylum, Protection and Revocation of Protection appeals.
2. Figures provided are taken from internal management information and not subject to the same quality checks as Official Statistics.