Annex 19
APPLICATIONS RECEIVED FOR ASYLUM IN THE UNITED
KINGDOM, EXCLUDING DEPENDANTS, BY LOCATION OF APPLICATION AND
DECISIONS, 1995 TO 1999(1)
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| 1995 | 1996
| 1997 | 1998
| 1999 |
| Total applications received
| 43,965 | 29,640
| 32,500 | 46,015
| 71,160 | (p)
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| Of which: | applied at port |
14,410 | 12,440
| 16,590 | 23,345
| 29,455 | (p)
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| | applied in country(2)
| 29,555 | 17,205
| 15,915 | 22,670
| 41,700 | (p)
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| Total decisions(3)(4) | 27,005
| 38,960 | 36,045
| 31,570 | 32,330
| (p) |
| Of which: | Grants of asylum |
1,295 | 2,240
| 3,985 | 5,345
| 7,075 | (p)
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| | Exceptional leave
| 4,410 | 5,055
| 3,115 | 3,910
| 2,110 | (p)
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| | Refused asylum and
| 21,300 | 31,670
| 28,945 | 22,315
| 10,685 | (p)
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| | exceptional leave
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| | Granted leave under backlog criteria(6)
| n/a | n/a
| n/a | n/a
| 11,230 | (p)
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| | Refused on non-compliance grounds under backlog criteria(5)(6)
| n/a | n/a
| n/a | n/a
| 1,230 | (p)
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| n/a | Not applicable. |
| (p) | Provisional figures. |
| (1) | Figures rounded to the nearest 5.
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| (2) | May exclude some cases lodged at Local Enforcement Offices and some postal applications.
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| (3) | Decisions do not necessarily relate to applications made in the same period.
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| (4) | Information is of initial decisions, excluding the outcome of appeals or other subsequent decisions.
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| (5) | Cases decided under pragmatic measures aimed at reducing the pre 1996 asylum application backlog.
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| (6) | Includes a small number of cases where the application has been refused on substantive grounds.
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