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Entry Clearances: Families

Sarah Teather: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for visas for family visitors to the UK have been (a) granted and (b) refused in respect of applicants from each (i) African and (ii) Caribbean country in each of the last three years. [308242]

Mr. Woolas: The information requested is given in the following table. It is based on nationality, not country and is given for each financial year.

The data are based on management information. They are provisional and subject to change.

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Financial year	Group	Nationality	Applications	Issued	Refused	Resolved	Refusal rate (%)
2006			135,557	81,511	52,710	13,4875	39
	African		127,435	76,616	49,398	126,627	39
		Algeria	4,096	3,440	629	4103	15
		Angola	595	434	152	596	26
		Benin	68	52	16	68	24
		Botswana	89	78	12	91	13
		Burkina	27	13	12	27	44
		Burundi	37	25	12	37	32
		Cameroon	1,603	1,169	420	1,601	26
		Cape Verde	45	36	3	44	7
		Central African Republic	9	10	1	11	9
		Chad	25	16	6	22	27
		Comoros	3	3	0	3	0
		Congo	300	231	70	304	23
		Democratic republic of Congo	1,283	990	287	1,286	22
		Djibouti	45	24	19	43	44
		Egypt	2,683	2,481	179	2,682	7
		Equatorial Guinea	17	14	4	18	22
		Eritrea	286	234	64	303	21
		Ethiopia	887	501	344	857	40
		Gabon	47	40	7	47	15
		Gambia	1,287	797	472	1,278	37
		Ghana	13,333	7,576	6,083	13,740	44
		Guinea	156	95	60	157	38
		Guinea-Bissau	52	41	10	52	19
		Ivory Coast	525	406	115	522	22
		Kenya	5,180	4,527	677	5,216	13
		Lesotho	12	3	9	12	75
		Liberia	87	64	24	90	27
		Libya	2,383	1,988	384	2,385	16
		Madagascar	22	22	0	22	0
		Malawi	819	572	243	819	30
		Mali	37	31	6	37	16
		Mauritania	12	10	2	12	17
		Mauritius	54	40	16	58	28
		Morocco	3,985	3,344	638	4,003	16
		Mozambique	202	149	56	209	27
		Namibia	11	1	8	9	89
		Niger	23	15	7	22	32
		Nigeria	69,030	34,437	33,000	67,603	49
		Rwanda	84	70	20	90	22
		Sao Tome and Principe	33	23	8	33	24
		Senegal	134	113	19	133	14
		Seychelles	1	1	0	1	0
		Sierra Leone	2,362	1,515	795	2,320	34
		Somalia	359	199	158	366	43
		South Africa	536	197	313	520	60
		Sudan	1,594	1,404	153	1,576	10
		Swaziland	29	6	22	28	79
		Tanzania	1,891	1,712	187	1,910	10
		Togo	115	85	30	117	26
		Tunisia	733	644	94	738	13
		Uganda	1,511	1,017	526	1,551	34
		Zambia	1,146	952	171	1,178	15
		Zimbabwe	7,552	4,769	2,855	7,677	37
	Caribbean		8,122	4,895	3,312	8,248	40
		Antigua and Barbuda	1	1	0	1	0
		Bahamas	1	1	0	1	0
		Barbados	10	6	4	10	40
		Cayman Islands	1	1	0	1	0
		Cuba	277	262	12	277	4
		Dominica	10	8	2	11	18
		Dominican Republic	52	48	3	51	6
		Grenada	4	2	3	5	60
		Haiti	25	20	2	22	9
		Honduras	1	0	1	1	100
		Jamaica	7,699	4,510	3,280	7,827	42
		St Lucia	5	4	1	5	20
		St Vincent	2	1	1	2	50
		Trinidad and Tobago	34	31	3	34	9
2007			111,709	73,133	40,723	11,4376	36
	African		105,905	69,015	38,769	108,229	36
		Algeria	4,644	3,855	501	4,390	11
		Angola	697	554	128	685	19
		Benin	71	46	27	74	36
		Botswana	89	62	25	87	29
		Burkina	18	13	5	18	28
		Burundi	38	27	12	39	31
		Cameroon	1,362	1,071	296	1,376	22
		Cape Verde	36	25	10	35	29
		Central African Republic	17	12	5	17	29
		Chad	17	10	11	21	52
		Comoros	5	3	2	5	40
		Congo	258	176	79	257	31
		Democratic republic of Congo	1,194	830	363	1,201	30
		Djibouti	28	19	11	30	37
		Egypt	2,872	2,622	217	2,847	8
		Equatorial Guinea	11	4	6	11	55
		Eritrea	288	186	96	289	33
		Ethiopia	667	460	219	694	32
		Gabon	32	26	6	32	19
		Gambia	1,381	846	510	1,371	37
		Ghana	11,627	6,344	5,194	11,575	45
		Guinea	129	68	53	125	42
		Guinea-Bissau	55	32	21	55	38
		Ivory Coast	531	377	150	529	28
		Kenya	5,006	4,404	568	4,989	11
		Lesotho	12	4	7	11	64
		Liberia	85	58	25	84	30
		Libya	1,918	1,518	368	1,896	19
		Madagascar	17	13	2	16	13
		Malawi	976	690	257	959	27
		Mali	31	23	7	30	23
		Mauritania	6	4	2	6	33
		Mauritius	24	17	6	24	25
		Morocco	2,605	2,311	269	2,602	10
		Mozambique	190	125	60	188	32
		Namibia	10	0	10	10	100
		Niger	14	10	4	14	29
		Nigeria	51,355	30,786	23,396	54,267	43
		Rwanda	107	66	39	105	37
		Sao Tome and Principe	36	18	16	36	44
		Senegal	210	149	56	205	27
		Seychelles	5	2	3	5	60
		Sierra Leone	1,980	1,147	802	1,973	41
		Somalia	303	164	125	297	42
		South Africa	382	131	251	392	64
		Sudan	1,523	1,196	291	1,511	19
		Swaziland	11	4	7	11	64
		Tanzania	1,982	1,574	379	1,971	19
		Togo	91	62	27	90	30
		Tunisia	724	627	88	721	12
		Uganda	1,630	1,135	485	1,629	30
		Zambia	1,297	1,094	191	1,298	15
		Zimbabwe	7,308	4,015	3,081	7,126	43
	Caribbean		5,804	4,118	1,954	6,147	32
		Bahamas	1	0	1	1	100
		Barbados	2	1	0	1	0
		Cuba	282	243	37	282	13
		Dominica	2	1	1	2	50
		Dominican Republic	89	73	13	87	15
		Grenada	1	1	0	1	0
		Haiti	18	15	3	18	17
		Honduras	1	1	0	1	0
		Jamaica	5,377	3,763	1,891	5,725	33
		St Lucia	4	3	0	3	0
		St Vincent	3	3	0	3	0
		Trinidad and Tobago	24	14	8	23	35
2008			105,206	69,766	34,784	105,182	33
	African		100,472	66,240	33,611	100,466	33
		Algeria	5,813	4,679	1,298	5,996	22
		Angola	831	551	264	829	32
		Benin	86	52	28	84	33
		Botswana	59	24	35	61	57
		Burkina	27	18	7	26	27
		Burundi	50	32	15	47	32
		Cameroon	1,324	964	294	1,281	23
		Cape Verde	50	20	28	48	58
		Central African Republic	15	9	6	15	40
		Chad	22	15	7	22	32
		Comoros	11	4	6	10	60
		Congo	232	136	88	227	39
		Democratic Republic of Congo	1,058	590	455	1,047	43
		Djibouti	43	24	17	41	41
		Egypt	3,119	2,762	263	3,040	9
		Equatorial Guinea	25	13	11	25	44
		Eritrea	268	148	104	258	40
		Ethiopia	765	537	225	766	29
		Gabon	46	28	18	46	39
		Gambia	1,601	868	720	1,599	45
		Ghana	9,688	5,534	4,275	9,896	43
		Guinea	144	67	72	140	51
		Guinea-Bissau	63	19	42	61	69
		Ivory coast	453	314	124	445	28
		Kenya	5,263	4,596	628	5,255	12
		Lesotho	9	4	6	10	60
		Liberia	82	48	31	80	39
		Libya	2,183	1,878	313	2,253	14
		Madagascar	29	27	1	28	4
		Malawi	756	448	301	758	40
		Mali	41	31	11	42	26
		Mauritania	9	4	5	9	56
		Mauritius	69	47	18	67	27
		Morocco	2,375	1,963	320	2,307	14
		Mozambique	197	127	71	199	36
		Namibia	8	2	5	9	56
		Niger	11	5	5	11	45
		Nigeria	44,534	26,491	17,975	44,543	40
		Rwanda	106	68	41	109	38
		Sao Tome and Principe	49	18	28	46	61
		Senegal	305	206	100	307	33
		Seychelles	2	2	0	2	0
		Sierra Leone	1,780	1,200	565	1,782	32
		Somalia	248	105	146	252	58
		South Africa	3,488	3149	225	3410	7
		Sudan	1,669	1,215	396	1,618	24
		Swaziland	8	2	6	8	75
		Tanzania	1625	1254	322	1,597	20
		Togo	93	60	35	95	37
		Tunisia	667	530	112	644	17
		Uganda	1,915	1,373	556	1,935	29
		Zambia	1,304	1,091	201	1,315	15
		Zimbabwe	5,854	2,888	2,786	5,765	48
	Caribbean		4,734	3,526	1,173	4,716	25
		Antigua and Barbuda	2	1	1	2	50
		Bahamas	2	0	2	2	100
		Barbados	4	3	1	4	25
		Cuba	277	246	29	277	10
		Dominica	2	1	1	2	50
		Dominican Republic	138	113	17	130	13
		Grenada	4	2	2	4	50
		Haiti	23	20	1	21	5
		Honduras	1	0	1	1	100
		Jamaica	4,239	3,128	1,090	4,232	26
		St Kitts and Nevis	2	1	1	2	50
		St Lucia	15	2	13	15	87
		St Vincent	4	2	2	4	50
		Trinidad and Tobago	21	7	12	20	60

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