Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful refugee family reunion applications there have been in the last three years.
The available published statistics relate to the 'Family: other' category, which are known to very largely consist of family reunion cases. The information is provided in the table below.
Entry clearance visas (cases resolved of which: grants, refusals, withdrawn/lapsed): Family Other[2] | ||||
Year | Cases resolved | of which: | ||
Granted | Refused | Withdrawn or lapsed | ||
2013 | 6,108 | 4,211 | 1,797 | 100 |
2014 | 6,658 | 4,596 | 1,931 | 131 |
2015 | 8,544 | 4,949 | 3,466 | 129 |
Source: |
[1] For the year 2015 family reunion visas made up 99% of “Family: Other” visas granted.
[2] The “Family: Other” category consists of:
The latest quarterly Home Office immigration statistics on entry clearance visas are published in 'Immigration Statistics', available from the Home Office website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/migration-statistics