Children in detention and Asylum stats for 2011

UKBA –  Children entering detention held solely under Immigration Act powers January 2012

 

 Monthly management information on children entering detention, held solely under Immigration Act powers.

Children
Initial location Under 5 yrs 5-11 yrs 12-16 yrs 17 yrs Total
Immigration Removal Centres
Brook House 0 0 0 0 0
Campsfield House 0 0 0 0 0
Dover 0 0 0 0 0
Dungavel 0 0 0 0 0
Harmondsworth 0 0 0 0 0
Haslar 0 0 0 0 0
Morton Hall 0 0 2 0 2
Tinsley House 3 3 5 0 11
Yarl’s Wood 0 0 0 0 0
Short Term Holding Facilities (6)
Colnbrook Short Term 0 0 0 0 0
Larne House 0 0 0 0 0
Pennine House 0 0 0 0 0
Detention Total 3 3 7 0 13
Pre-Departure Accommodation
Cedars 5 9 3 0 17
Grand Total 8 12 10 0 30

The figures are based on management information and are not subject to the detailed checks that apply for National Statistics.

They maybe revised in subsequent quarterly control of immigration publications. Therefore they should be seen as provisional.

Date: Thu Feb 23 09:30:00 GMT 2012

Full Document: Children entering detention held solely under Immigration Act powers January 2012 (Microsoft Excel file – 36kb)

Publications in Migrations and asylum – research and statistics publications

Publication Date

Analysis of Tier 2 general migrants previous salary and occupation of those eligible to apply for settlement

This report examines the profiles of a certain cohort of skilled workers, who were likely to become eligible to apply for settlement in early 2011.

29/02/2012

Children entering detention held solely under Immigration Act powers January 2012

Monthly management information on the number of children entering detention under Immigration Act powers.

23/02/2012

Immigration Statistics October – December 2011

This release presents the latest immigration statistics from Home Office administrative sources, covering October – December 2011 and provides some data for the whole of 2011, together with detailed tables for the calendar year 2010, together with earlier data.

23/02/2012

Monthly asylum application tables – December 2011

Asylum application tables – December 2011

23/02/2012

User Guide to Home Office Immigration Statistics

Explanatory notes and classifications for immigration statistics.

23/02/2012

Children entering detention held solely under Immigration Act powers December 2011

Monthly management information on the number of children entering detention under Immigration Act powers.

26/01/2012

Monthly asylum application tables – November 2011

Asylum application tables – November 2011

26/01/2012

Applications: 
There were a total of 19,804 applications in 2011, up slightly on the total of 17,790 applications in 2010

Decisions: 
In 2011, there were 17,496 initial decisions of which 25% were grants of asylum (4,309), and 8% were grants of HP/DL (1,339).This compares with 20,645 initial decisions in 2010 of which 17% were grants of asylum, and 8% were grants of HP/DL

Pending cases since April 2006 
There were 6,534 cases pending initial decision at the end of 2011(2,479 over 6 months old), plus 4,763 pending further review. This compares with  5,978 waiting decisions at the end of 2010 (3,417 over 6 months old), plus 5,645 pending further review.

Appeals 
In 2011 9,980 appeals were received and 10,521 were determined, 26% were allowed (2,785). In 2010 13,928 appeals were received and 14,723 were determined, 27% were allowed (4,029).

Particular nationalities which continued to have higher percentages of appeals allowed in 2011: 
Burma: 62% (total allowed: 64).
Somalia: 53% (total allowed: 114).
Eritrea: 47% (total allowed: 102).
Sudan: 39% (total allowed: 50)
Syria: 39% (total allowed: 47).
Sri Lanka 37% (total allowed: 467).
DRC: 35% (total allowed: 47).
Zimbabwe: 34% (total allowed: 205).
Iran: 30% (total allowed: 376).

Asylum Support 
At the end of 2011, 20,894 were supported (2,786 subsistence only, 18,108 dispersed acc), compared with 22,039 at the end of 2010 (3,315 subsistence only, 18,724 dispersed acc). At the end of 2011, 2,310 were receiving S4 support.

In 2011, the UK ranked 11 out of the EU15 in terms of asylum applicants per head of population. It received a total of 25,500 applicants (including dependents). France, Germany, Sweden and Belgium all received more applications than the UK, with France receiving 50,000.