PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Asylum: Turkey (8 April 2016)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications have been received from Turkish nationals in each year since 2006.

Asked by:
Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat)

Answer

The number of asylum applications received from Turkish nationals (main applicants) in each year from 2006 to 2015, is detailed in the table below.

Asylum applications received from Turkish nationals, for main applicants, 2006 to 2015

Year

Total applications

2006

426

2007

208

2008

193

2009

187

2010

155

2011

170

2012

190

2013

250

2014

271

2015 (1)

230

Source: table as_01, Immigration Statistics, October to December 2015, Home Office.

(1) 2015 figures are provisional and subject to revision.

The Home Office publishes quarterly figures on asylum applications by nationality within the Immigration Statistics release. A copy of the latest release, Immigration Statistics, October to December 2015, is available from: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2015


Answered by:
James Brokenshire (Conservative)
13 April 2016

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