Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many unaccompanied Albanian children have been granted discretionary leave to remain in each of the last three years.
The Home Office publishes data on asylum applications and grants of extensions in the ‘Immigration Statistics Quarterly Release’ (https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release).
Data on the number of asylum applications from unaccompanied asylum seeking children (UASC), and the initial decision on such applications are published in tables Asy_D01 and Asy_D02 of the asylum and resettlement detailed datasets (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/asylum-and-resettlement-datasets), which include nationality breakdowns. Asy_D02 can be broken down to show grants of discretionary leave (DL) following an asylum application but does not show any grants of DL from non-asylum routes.
Data on the number of non-asylum related grants of discretionary leave granted in-country are published in tables Exe_D01 of the extensions detailed datasets (https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/managed-migration-datasets), which include nationality breakdowns. Exe_D01 can be broken down to show grants of DL but does not show the reason for the grant, or whether the grant was to an unaccompanied child
Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relate up to September 2020. Additionally, the Home Office publishes a high-level overview of the data in both the asylum and resettlement and extensions ‘summary tables’. The ‘contents’ sheet contains an overview of all available data on asylum and resettlement and extensions.
Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’ (https://www.gov.uk/search/research-and-statistics?keywords=immigration&content_store_document_type=upcoming_statistics&organisations%5B%5D=home-office&order=relevance).
The data from the tables mentioned above are outlined below.
Table 1 – The number of asylum applications the UK has received from Albanian Unaccompanied Asylum Seeking Children (UASC) in the last three years and 2020 to date.
Year | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 (Jan to Sep) |
Albanian UASC Applications | 265 | 293 | 238 | 67 |
Source: Home Office, Immigration Statistics year ending September 2020 Asylum and Resettlement Table Asy_D01
Table 2 – The number of Albanian UASC granted discretionary leave (DL) at initial decision following an application for asylum in the last three years and 2020 to date.
Year | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 (Jan to Sep) |
Albanian UASC granted DL | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
Source: Home Office, Immigration Statistics year ending September 2020 Asylum and Resettlement Table Asy_D02
Table 3 – The number of Albanians granted non-asylum related discretionary leave (DL) in the last three years and 2020 to date.
Year | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 (Jan to Sep) |
Albanians granted DL | 55 | 56 | 18 | 12 |
Source: Home Office, Immigration Statistics year ending September 2020 Extensions Table Exe_D01
Notes:
The data on Discretionary Leave (DL) in the extensions dataset include all grants of discretionary leave to remain to non-EEA nationals except those granted DL following an asylum claim.