Control of Immigration: Statistics United Kingdom 2006

Cm. 7197

Author:

Home Office

Publisher:

TSO (The Stationery Office)

Price: £20.00

Immigration control regulates the entry and refusal of entry of passengers into the UK; the conditions of stay and any variations following entry; settlement and deportation. This report, 'Control of Immigration: Statistics United Kingdom 2006 (Cm. 7197)', contains data relating to immigration into the UK in 2006, as well as selected data for earlier years. There are seven sections which cover:

Divided into eight sections:

• Statistical Summary for the years 1996-2006

• Entry Control at the Ports

• Asylum

• After-entry Control

• Grants of Settlement

• Enforcement

• Appeals

• Migration.

Findings for 2006 include: i) the estimated number of international arrivals from outside the Common Travel Area rose by 3% to 104.8 million with 12.9 million non-EEA nationals, a 9% rise on 2005; ii) asylum applications, excluding dependants, fell by 8% to 23,610, with the highest number of applications from nationals of Eritrea, Afghanistan, Iran, China and Somalia; and iii) asylum removals (including assisted returns and some voluntary departures) rose by 19% to 16,330, excluding dependents.

Extent	114 pages	ISBN	9780101719728
Size	A4	Price	£20.00
Format	Paperback	Published	21 Aug 2007
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