Annex A
| Initial decisions on asylum applications1, 2 received in the United Kingdom excluding dependants, 1998-2002, nationals of Afghanistan
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| Decisions
|
| | Total
decisions
| Grants
of
asylum
| Grants
of
ELR |
Total
refusals3
| Grants of
ELR
under
backlog
criteria4, 5
| Non compliance
refusals under
backlog criteria4, 6
|
| 1998 | 1,600
| 35 | 1,500
| 65 |
| |
| 1999 | 1,295
| 15 | 1,180
| 90 | 10
| |
| 2000 | 2,590
| 375 | 695
| 1,515 | 10
| |
| 2001 (p) | 12,155
| 2,260 | 7,370
| 2,530 |
| |
| 2002 (p) | 8,105
| 110 | 4,710
| 3,285 |
| |
Notes
1 Data rounded to nearest 5, with "*" = 1 or
2.
2 Information is of initial determination decisions, excluding
the outcome of appeals or other subsequent decisions.
3 May include some refusals under non-compliance grounds.
4 Cases decided under pragmatic measures aimed at reducing
the pre `96 act asylum backlog.
5 May include a small number of cases where asylum has been
granted.
6 May include a small number of cases where the application
has been refused on substantive grounds.
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