Asylum: Gambia
(asked on 14th December 2015) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for asylum in the UK have been (a) made by and (b) granted to citizens of The Gambia in each year since 2010.
The table below shows the number of asylum applications, initial decisions and total grants in the UK from nationals of The Gambia (main applicants), in each year since 2010 and Q1- Q3 of 2015.
Asylum applications, initial decisions and total grants in the UK (main applicants), for nationals of The Gambia, 2010 to 2014, and Q1-Q3 2015 | |||
Year/Quarter | Total applications | Total initial decisions (1) | Total grants (2) |
2010 | 244 | 265 | 86 |
2011 | 267 | 230 | 78 |
2012 | 300 | 265 | 101 |
2013 | 251 | 199 | 75 |
2014 | 194 | 191 | 79 |
2015 Q1-Q3 | 139 | 184 | 56 |
Source: Home Office, Immigration Statistics, June - September 2015, Table as_01 and Table as_01_q. | |||
(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) Total grants include: a) asylum grants b) Humanitarian Protection, c) Discretionary Leave, d) Grants under family and private life rules, e) Leave Outside the Rules, and f) UASC leave. | |||
The figures provided in the table are published by the Home Office in the Immigration Statistics release, in table as_01 and as_01q
Figures on the number of asylum applications and initial decisions for main applicants by country of nationality are published quarterly by the Home Office in tables as_01 and as_01q of the immigration statistics release. The latest release (Immigration Statistics, July to September 2015) is available on the GOV.UK website:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2015