UK Asylum Statistics: 1st Quarter Jan/Feb/March 2008
The Home Office have published their quarterly bulletin on Asylum statistics for January, February and March 2008, in that period:
Removals: Principal asylum applicants removed in Q1 2008: 2,805;
Total persons removed in Q1 2008: 16,760; 12% higher than Q1 2007 (14,970)
* 970 persons were removed under Assisted Voluntary Return schemes in Q1 2008 (320 non-asylum cases, 575 principal asylum applicants and 75 asylum dependants).
Top Ten nationalities accounting for the highest number of asylum removals in Q1 2008 (principal applicants) were
Afghan (270),
Iraqi (205),
Turkish (190),
Chinese (185)
Pakistani (185)
Jamaica (105)
Iraq (95)
Iran (75)
Eritrea (65)
Sri Lanka( 55) (more…)
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