Last week the young man was taken to the plane to be sent to Iran. However, he handed in a note to the crew, which was not happy to take him to face death or torture for being a Christian. So they told the HO to take him off.
Now he has been given a new deportation order. He is set to fly on Thursday, 18 June at 1900 hours on BMI flight BD 931 from Heathrow.
We are emailing his MP - Brian Iddon at iddonb@parliament.uk
and emailing BMI at businessdevelopment@flybmi.com
For further info there are now 3 posts at www.hurryupharry.org posted on 7,11 and 18 June.
Let's get this guy free and not send him back to Iran.
Showing posts with label immigration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label immigration. Show all posts
Monday, 15 June 2009
Sunday, 7 June 2009
Facts from the Home Office show decline in immigration, rise in deportations
The comments on Harry's Place in reponse to a recent post by Melvyn Kohn (Immigration policies fail asylum seekers), placed at 11am on Saturday, 6 June, contain some very ignorant comments, especially from a charater named Rocakal666. Below, taken from the Home Office website, are some facts to consider:
Asylum figures lowest since 1993
27 February 2007
New asylum figures show that the Prime Minister's goals are achieved.
The government's 'tipping the balance' target was met in 2006, according to figures released by the Home Office today. Throughout all of last year, the number of failed asylum seekers who were deported exceeded the number of new arrivals making unfounded asylum claims.
At the same time, asylum applications continued their recent downward trend, hitting the lowest level since 1993, while the number of deportations hit an all-time high.
Last year, 18,235 failed asylum seekers were removed from the UK - a 16% increase on 2005. Since 1997 removals have risen 127%.
The asylum figures for the final quarter of 2006 (new window) showed that during that time asylum applications were down 4% to 6,835 compared to the previous quarter, and removals were up 7% to 4,085.
Outperforming other European nations
The UK is outperforming other European nations, which collectively saw their own asylum applications rise by 14% in the same time period.
Immigration Minister Liam Byrne called the figures 'impressive', and said they showed that the reform programmes at the Home Office and the Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND) were making a real difference.
'This is an important step on the road to Home Office Reform,' Mr Byrne said. 'This is a substantial achievement and shows how far we have come since asylum applications were at their peak in 2002.'
New measures speed the process
The record-breaking rate of removals was the result of a package of measures brought in by the IND recently to speed up the process. These include:
ending the right of failed asylum seekers from 'safe' countries to continue to live in the UK while appealing the decision
strengthening visa handling rules and protections
improving the technology used by immigration agents on the frontlines
EU accession figures
Other figures released today were the numbers of workers from EU accession states registering to work in the UK. Between October and December 2006, 62,945 applied to work here, compared to 51,160 in the same quarter of 2005.
Mr Byrne said the Worker Registration Scheme figures 'show that migrant workers from the accession states are benefiting the UK by filling skills and labour gaps that cannot be met from the UK-born population.'
Asylum figures lowest since 1993
27 February 2007
New asylum figures show that the Prime Minister's goals are achieved.
The government's 'tipping the balance' target was met in 2006, according to figures released by the Home Office today. Throughout all of last year, the number of failed asylum seekers who were deported exceeded the number of new arrivals making unfounded asylum claims.
At the same time, asylum applications continued their recent downward trend, hitting the lowest level since 1993, while the number of deportations hit an all-time high.
Last year, 18,235 failed asylum seekers were removed from the UK - a 16% increase on 2005. Since 1997 removals have risen 127%.
The asylum figures for the final quarter of 2006 (new window) showed that during that time asylum applications were down 4% to 6,835 compared to the previous quarter, and removals were up 7% to 4,085.
Outperforming other European nations
The UK is outperforming other European nations, which collectively saw their own asylum applications rise by 14% in the same time period.
Immigration Minister Liam Byrne called the figures 'impressive', and said they showed that the reform programmes at the Home Office and the Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND) were making a real difference.
'This is an important step on the road to Home Office Reform,' Mr Byrne said. 'This is a substantial achievement and shows how far we have come since asylum applications were at their peak in 2002.'
New measures speed the process
The record-breaking rate of removals was the result of a package of measures brought in by the IND recently to speed up the process. These include:
ending the right of failed asylum seekers from 'safe' countries to continue to live in the UK while appealing the decision
strengthening visa handling rules and protections
improving the technology used by immigration agents on the frontlines
EU accession figures
Other figures released today were the numbers of workers from EU accession states registering to work in the UK. Between October and December 2006, 62,945 applied to work here, compared to 51,160 in the same quarter of 2005.
Mr Byrne said the Worker Registration Scheme figures 'show that migrant workers from the accession states are benefiting the UK by filling skills and labour gaps that cannot be met from the UK-born population.'
Asylum figures lowest since 1993
27 February 2007
New asylum figures show that the Prime Minister's goals are achieved.
The government's 'tipping the balance' target was met in 2006, according to figures released by the Home Office today. Throughout all of last year, the number of failed asylum seekers who were deported exceeded the number of new arrivals making unfounded asylum claims.
At the same time, asylum applications continued their recent downward trend, hitting the lowest level since 1993, while the number of deportations hit an all-time high.
Last year, 18,235 failed asylum seekers were removed from the UK - a 16% increase on 2005. Since 1997 removals have risen 127%.
The asylum figures for the final quarter of 2006 (new window) showed that during that time asylum applications were down 4% to 6,835 compared to the previous quarter, and removals were up 7% to 4,085.
Outperforming other European nations
The UK is outperforming other European nations, which collectively saw their own asylum applications rise by 14% in the same time period.
Immigration Minister Liam Byrne called the figures 'impressive', and said they showed that the reform programmes at the Home Office and the Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND) were making a real difference.
'This is an important step on the road to Home Office Reform,' Mr Byrne said. 'This is a substantial achievement and shows how far we have come since asylum applications were at their peak in 2002.'
New measures speed the process
The record-breaking rate of removals was the result of a package of measures brought in by the IND recently to speed up the process. These include:
ending the right of failed asylum seekers from 'safe' countries to continue to live in the UK while appealing the decision
strengthening visa handling rules and protections
improving the technology used by immigration agents on the frontlines
EU accession figures
Other figures released today were the numbers of workers from EU accession states registering to work in the UK. Between October and December 2006, 62,945 applied to work here, compared to 51,160 in the same quarter of 2005.
Mr Byrne said the Worker Registration Scheme figures 'show that migrant workers from the accession states are benefiting the UK by filling skills and labour gaps that cannot be met from the UK-born population.'
Asylum figures lowest since 1993
27 February 2007
New asylum figures show that the Prime Minister's goals are achieved.
The government's 'tipping the balance' target was met in 2006, according to figures released by the Home Office today. Throughout all of last year, the number of failed asylum seekers who were deported exceeded the number of new arrivals making unfounded asylum claims.
At the same time, asylum applications continued their recent downward trend, hitting the lowest level since 1993, while the number of deportations hit an all-time high.
Last year, 18,235 failed asylum seekers were removed from the UK - a 16% increase on 2005. Since 1997 removals have risen 127%.
The asylum figures for the final quarter of 2006 (new window) showed that during that time asylum applications were down 4% to 6,835 compared to the previous quarter, and removals were up 7% to 4,085.
Outperforming other European nations
The UK is outperforming other European nations, which collectively saw their own asylum applications rise by 14% in the same time period.
Immigration Minister Liam Byrne called the figures 'impressive', and said they showed that the reform programmes at the Home Office and the Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND) were making a real difference.
'This is an important step on the road to Home Office Reform,' Mr Byrne said. 'This is a substantial achievement and shows how far we have come since asylum applications were at their peak in 2002.'
New measures speed the process
The record-breaking rate of removals was the result of a package of measures brought in by the IND recently to speed up the process. These include:
ending the right of failed asylum seekers from 'safe' countries to continue to live in the UK while appealing the decision
strengthening visa handling rules and protections
improving the technology used by immigration agents on the frontlines
EU accession figures
Other figures released today were the numbers of workers from EU accession states registering to work in the UK. Between October and December 2006, 62,945 applied to work here, compared to 51,160 in the same quarter of 2005.
Mr Byrne said the Worker Registration Scheme figures 'show that migrant workers from the accession states are benefiting the UK by filling skills and labour gaps that cannot be met from the UK-born population.'
Asylum figures lowest since 1993
27 February 2007
New asylum figures show that the Prime Minister's goals are achieved.
The government's 'tipping the balance' target was met in 2006, according to figures released by the Home Office today. Throughout all of last year, the number of failed asylum seekers who were deported exceeded the number of new arrivals making unfounded asylum claims.
At the same time, asylum applications continued their recent downward trend, hitting the lowest level since 1993, while the number of deportations hit an all-time high.
Last year, 18,235 failed asylum seekers were removed from the UK - a 16% increase on 2005. Since 1997 removals have risen 127%.
The asylum figures for the final quarter of 2006 (new window) showed that during that time asylum applications were down 4% to 6,835 compared to the previous quarter, and removals were up 7% to 4,085.
Outperforming other European nations
The UK is outperforming other European nations, which collectively saw their own asylum applications rise by 14% in the same time period.
Immigration Minister Liam Byrne called the figures 'impressive', and said they showed that the reform programmes at the Home Office and the Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND) were making a real difference.
'This is an important step on the road to Home Office Reform,' Mr Byrne said. 'This is a substantial achievement and shows how far we have come since asylum applications were at their peak in 2002.'
New measures speed the process
The record-breaking rate of removals was the result of a package of measures brought in by the IND recently to speed up the process. These include:
ending the right of failed asylum seekers from 'safe' countries to continue to live in the UK while appealing the decision
strengthening visa handling rules and protections
improving the technology used by immigration agents on the frontlines
EU accession figures
Other figures released today were the numbers of workers from EU accession states registering to work in the UK. Between October and December 2006, 62,945 applied to work here, compared to 51,160 in the same quarter of 2005.
Mr Byrne said the Worker Registration Scheme figures 'show that migrant workers from the accession states are benefiting the UK by filling skills and labour gaps that cannot be met from the UK-born population.'
Asylum figures lowest since 1993
27 February 2007
New asylum figures show that the Prime Minister's goals are achieved.
The government's 'tipping the balance' target was met in 2006, according to figures released by the Home Office today. Throughout all of last year, the number of failed asylum seekers who were deported exceeded the number of new arrivals making unfounded asylum claims.
At the same time, asylum applications continued their recent downward trend, hitting the lowest level since 1993, while the number of deportations hit an all-time high.
Last year, 18,235 failed asylum seekers were removed from the UK - a 16% increase on 2005. Since 1997 removals have risen 127%.
The asylum figures for the final quarter of 2006 (new window) showed that during that time asylum applications were down 4% to 6,835 compared to the previous quarter, and removals were up 7% to 4,085.
Outperforming other European nations
The UK is outperforming other European nations, which collectively saw their own asylum applications rise by 14% in the same time period.
Immigration Minister Liam Byrne called the figures 'impressive', and said they showed that the reform programmes at the Home Office and the Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND) were making a real difference.
'This is an important step on the road to Home Office Reform,' Mr Byrne said. 'This is a substantial achievement and shows how far we have come since asylum applications were at their peak in 2002.'
New measures speed the process
The record-breaking rate of removals was the result of a package of measures brought in by the IND recently to speed up the process. These include:
ending the right of failed asylum seekers from 'safe' countries to continue to live in the UK while appealing the decision
strengthening visa handling rules and protections
improving the technology used by immigration agents on the frontlines
EU accession figures
Other figures released today were the numbers of workers from EU accession states registering to work in the UK. Between October and December 2006, 62,945 applied to work here, compared to 51,160 in the same quarter of 2005.
Mr Byrne said the Worker Registration Scheme figures 'show that migrant workers from the accession states are benefiting the UK by filling skills and labour gaps that cannot be met from the UK-born population.'
Asylum figures lowest since 1993
27 February 2007
New asylum figures show that the Prime Minister's goals are achieved.
The government's 'tipping the balance' target was met in 2006, according to figures released by the Home Office today. Throughout all of last year, the number of failed asylum seekers who were deported exceeded the number of new arrivals making unfounded asylum claims.
At the same time, asylum applications continued their recent downward trend, hitting the lowest level since 1993, while the number of deportations hit an all-time high.
Last year, 18,235 failed asylum seekers were removed from the UK - a 16% increase on 2005. Since 1997 removals have risen 127%.
The asylum figures for the final quarter of 2006 (new window) showed that during that time asylum applications were down 4% to 6,835 compared to the previous quarter, and removals were up 7% to 4,085.
Outperforming other European nations
The UK is outperforming other European nations, which collectively saw their own asylum applications rise by 14% in the same time period.
Immigration Minister Liam Byrne called the figures 'impressive', and said they showed that the reform programmes at the Home Office and the Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND) were making a real difference.
'This is an important step on the road to Home Office Reform,' Mr Byrne said. 'This is a substantial achievement and shows how far we have come since asylum applications were at their peak in 2002.'
New measures speed the process
The record-breaking rate of removals was the result of a package of measures brought in by the IND recently to speed up the process. These include:
ending the right of failed asylum seekers from 'safe' countries to continue to live in the UK while appealing the decision
strengthening visa handling rules and protections
improving the technology used by immigration agents on the frontlines
EU accession figures
Other figures released today were the numbers of workers from EU accession states registering to work in the UK. Between October and December 2006, 62,945 applied to work here, compared to 51,160 in the same quarter of 2005.
Mr Byrne said the Worker Registration Scheme figures 'show that migrant workers from the accession states are benefiting the UK by filling skills and labour gaps that cannot be met from the UK-born population.'
Asylum figures lowest since 1993
27 February 2007
New asylum figures show that the Prime Minister's goals are achieved.
The government's 'tipping the balance' target was met in 2006, according to figures released by the Home Office today. Throughout all of last year, the number of failed asylum seekers who were deported exceeded the number of new arrivals making unfounded asylum claims.
At the same time, asylum applications continued their recent downward trend, hitting the lowest level since 1993, while the number of deportations hit an all-time high.
Last year, 18,235 failed asylum seekers were removed from the UK - a 16% increase on 2005. Since 1997 removals have risen 127%.
The asylum figures for the final quarter of 2006 (new window) showed that during that time asylum applications were down 4% to 6,835 compared to the previous quarter, and removals were up 7% to 4,085.
Outperforming other European nations
The UK is outperforming other European nations, which collectively saw their own asylum applications rise by 14% in the same time period.
Immigration Minister Liam Byrne called the figures 'impressive', and said they showed that the reform programmes at the Home Office and the Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND) were making a real difference.
'This is an important step on the road to Home Office Reform,' Mr Byrne said. 'This is a substantial achievement and shows how far we have come since asylum applications were at their peak in 2002.'
New measures speed the process
The record-breaking rate of removals was the result of a package of measures brought in by the IND recently to speed up the process. These include:
ending the right of failed asylum seekers from 'safe' countries to continue to live in the UK while appealing the decision
strengthening visa handling rules and protections
improving the technology used by immigration agents on the frontlines
EU accession figures
Other figures released today were the numbers of workers from EU accession states registering to work in the UK. Between October and December 2006, 62,945 applied to work here, compared to 51,160 in the same quarter of 2005.
Mr Byrne said the Worker Registration Scheme figures 'show that migrant workers from the accession states are benefiting the UK by filling skills and labour gaps that cannot be met from the UK-born population.'
Asylum figures lowest since 1993
27 February 2007
New asylum figures show that the Prime Minister's goals are achieved.
The government's 'tipping the balance' target was met in 2006, according to figures released by the Home Office today. Throughout all of last year, the number of failed asylum seekers who were deported exceeded the number of new arrivals making unfounded asylum claims.
At the same time, asylum applications continued their recent downward trend, hitting the lowest level since 1993, while the number of deportations hit an all-time high.
Last year, 18,235 failed asylum seekers were removed from the UK - a 16% increase on 2005. Since 1997 removals have risen 127%.
The asylum figures for the final quarter of 2006 (new window) showed that during that time asylum applications were down 4% to 6,835 compared to the previous quarter, and removals were up 7% to 4,085.
Outperforming other European nations
The UK is outperforming other European nations, which collectively saw their own asylum applications rise by 14% in the same time period.
Immigration Minister Liam Byrne called the figures 'impressive', and said they showed that the reform programmes at the Home Office and the Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND) were making a real difference.
'This is an important step on the road to Home Office Reform,' Mr Byrne said. 'This is a substantial achievement and shows how far we have come since asylum applications were at their peak in 2002.'
New measures speed the process
The record-breaking rate of removals was the result of a package of measures brought in by the IND recently to speed up the process. These include:
ending the right of failed asylum seekers from 'safe' countries to continue to live in the UK while appealing the decision
strengthening visa handling rules and protections
improving the technology used by immigration agents on the frontlines
EU accession figures
Other figures released today were the numbers of workers from EU accession states registering to work in the UK. Between October and December 2006, 62,945 applied to work here, compared to 51,160 in the same quarter of 2005.
Mr Byrne said the Worker Registration Scheme figures 'show that migrant workers from the accession states are benefiting the UK by filling skills and labour gaps that cannot be met from the UK-born population.'
Asylum figures lowest since 1993
27 February 2007
New asylum figures show that the Prime Minister's goals are achieved.
The government's 'tipping the balance' target was met in 2006, according to figures released by the Home Office today. Throughout all of last year, the number of failed asylum seekers who were deported exceeded the number of new arrivals making unfounded asylum claims.
At the same time, asylum applications continued their recent downward trend, hitting the lowest level since 1993, while the number of deportations hit an all-time high.
Last year, 18,235 failed asylum seekers were removed from the UK - a 16% increase on 2005. Since 1997 removals have risen 127%.
The asylum figures for the final quarter of 2006 (new window) showed that during that time asylum applications were down 4% to 6,835 compared to the previous quarter, and removals were up 7% to 4,085.
Outperforming other European nations
The UK is outperforming other European nations, which collectively saw their own asylum applications rise by 14% in the same time period.
Immigration Minister Liam Byrne called the figures 'impressive', and said they showed that the reform programmes at the Home Office and the Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND) were making a real difference.
'This is an important step on the road to Home Office Reform,' Mr Byrne said. 'This is a substantial achievement and shows how far we have come since asylum applications were at their peak in 2002.'
New measures speed the process
The record-breaking rate of removals was the result of a package of measures brought in by the IND recently to speed up the process. These include:
ending the right of failed asylum seekers from 'safe' countries to continue to live in the UK while appealing the decision
strengthening visa handling rules and protections
improving the technology used by immigration agents on the frontlines
EU accession figures
Other figures released today were the numbers of workers from EU accession states registering to work in the UK. Between October and December 2006, 62,945 applied to work here, compared to 51,160 in the same quarter of 2005.
Mr Byrne said the Worker Registration Scheme figures 'show that migrant workers from the accession states are benefiting the UK by filling skills and labour gaps that cannot be met from the UK-born population.'
Asylum figures lowest since 1993
27 February 2007
New asylum figures show that the Prime Minister's goals are achieved.
The government's 'tipping the balance' target was met in 2006, according to figures released by the Home Office today. Throughout all of last year, the number of failed asylum seekers who were deported exceeded the number of new arrivals making unfounded asylum claims.
At the same time, asylum applications continued their recent downward trend, hitting the lowest level since 1993, while the number of deportations hit an all-time high.
Last year, 18,235 failed asylum seekers were removed from the UK - a 16% increase on 2005. Since 1997 removals have risen 127%.
The asylum figures for the final quarter of 2006 (new window) showed that during that time asylum applications were down 4% to 6,835 compared to the previous quarter, and removals were up 7% to 4,085.
Outperforming other European nations
The UK is outperforming other European nations, which collectively saw their own asylum applications rise by 14% in the same time period.
Immigration Minister Liam Byrne called the figures 'impressive', and said they showed that the reform programmes at the Home Office and the Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND) were making a real difference.
'This is an important step on the road to Home Office Reform,' Mr Byrne said. 'This is a substantial achievement and shows how far we have come since asylum applications were at their peak in 2002.'
New measures speed the process
The record-breaking rate of removals was the result of a package of measures brought in by the IND recently to speed up the process. These include:
ending the right of failed asylum seekers from 'safe' countries to continue to live in the UK while appealing the decision
strengthening visa handling rules and protections
improving the technology used by immigration agents on the frontlines
EU accession figures
Other figures released today were the numbers of workers from EU accession states registering to work in the UK. Between October and December 2006, 62,945 applied to work here, compared to 51,160 in the same quarter of 2005.
Mr Byrne said the Worker Registration Scheme figures 'show that migrant workers from the accession states are benefiting the UK by filling skills and labour gaps that cannot be met from the UK-born population.'
Asylum figures lowest since 1993
27 February 2007
New asylum figures show that the Prime Minister's goals are achieved.
The government's 'tipping the balance' target was met in 2006, according to figures released by the Home Office today. Throughout all of last year, the number of failed asylum seekers who were deported exceeded the number of new arrivals making unfounded asylum claims.
At the same time, asylum applications continued their recent downward trend, hitting the lowest level since 1993, while the number of deportations hit an all-time high.
Last year, 18,235 failed asylum seekers were removed from the UK - a 16% increase on 2005. Since 1997 removals have risen 127%.
The asylum figures for the final quarter of 2006 (new window) showed that during that time asylum applications were down 4% to 6,835 compared to the previous quarter, and removals were up 7% to 4,085.
Outperforming other European nations
The UK is outperforming other European nations, which collectively saw their own asylum applications rise by 14% in the same time period.
Immigration Minister Liam Byrne called the figures 'impressive', and said they showed that the reform programmes at the Home Office and the Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND) were making a real difference.
'This is an important step on the road to Home Office Reform,' Mr Byrne said. 'This is a substantial achievement and shows how far we have come since asylum applications were at their peak in 2002.'
New measures speed the process
The record-breaking rate of removals was the result of a package of measures brought in by the IND recently to speed up the process. These include:
ending the right of failed asylum seekers from 'safe' countries to continue to live in the UK while appealing the decision
strengthening visa handling rules and protections
improving the technology used by immigration agents on the frontlines
EU accession figures
Other figures released today were the numbers of workers from EU accession states registering to work in the UK. Between October and December 2006, 62,945 applied to work here, compared to 51,160 in the same quarter of 2005.
Mr Byrne said the Worker Registration Scheme figures 'show that migrant workers from the accession states are benefiting the UK by filling skills and labour gaps that cannot be met from the UK-born population.'
Asylum figures lowest since 1993
27 February 2007
New asylum figures show that the Prime Minister's goals are achieved.
The government's 'tipping the balance' target was met in 2006, according to figures released by the Home Office today. Throughout all of last year, the number of failed asylum seekers who were deported exceeded the number of new arrivals making unfounded asylum claims.
At the same time, asylum applications continued their recent downward trend, hitting the lowest level since 1993, while the number of deportations hit an all-time high.
Last year, 18,235 failed asylum seekers were removed from the UK - a 16% increase on 2005. Since 1997 removals have risen 127%.
The asylum figures for the final quarter of 2006 (new window) showed that during that time asylum applications were down 4% to 6,835 compared to the previous quarter, and removals were up 7% to 4,085.
Outperforming other European nations
The UK is outperforming other European nations, which collectively saw their own asylum applications rise by 14% in the same time period.
Immigration Minister Liam Byrne called the figures 'impressive', and said they showed that the reform programmes at the Home Office and the Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND) were making a real difference.
'This is an important step on the road to Home Office Reform,' Mr Byrne said. 'This is a substantial achievement and shows how far we have come since asylum applications were at their peak in 2002.'
New measures speed the process
The record-breaking rate of removals was the result of a package of measures brought in by the IND recently to speed up the process. These include:
ending the right of failed asylum seekers from 'safe' countries to continue to live in the UK while appealing the decision
strengthening visa handling rules and protections
improving the technology used by immigration agents on the frontlines
EU accession figures
Other figures released today were the numbers of workers from EU accession states registering to work in the UK. Between October and December 2006, 62,945 applied to work here, compared to 51,160 in the same quarter of 2005.
Mr Byrne said the Worker Registration Scheme figures 'show that migrant workers from the accession states are benefiting the UK by filling skills and labour gaps that cannot be met from the UK-born population.'
Asylum figures lowest since 1993
27 February 2007
New asylum figures show that the Prime Minister's goals are achieved.
The government's 'tipping the balance' target was met in 2006, according to figures released by the Home Office today. Throughout all of last year, the number of failed asylum seekers who were deported exceeded the number of new arrivals making unfounded asylum claims.
At the same time, asylum applications continued their recent downward trend, hitting the lowest level since 1993, while the number of deportations hit an all-time high.
Last year, 18,235 failed asylum seekers were removed from the UK - a 16% increase on 2005. Since 1997 removals have risen 127%.
The asylum figures for the final quarter of 2006 (new window) showed that during that time asylum applications were down 4% to 6,835 compared to the previous quarter, and removals were up 7% to 4,085.
Outperforming other European nations
The UK is outperforming other European nations, which collectively saw their own asylum applications rise by 14% in the same time period.
Immigration Minister Liam Byrne called the figures 'impressive', and said they showed that the reform programmes at the Home Office and the Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND) were making a real difference.
'This is an important step on the road to Home Office Reform,' Mr Byrne said. 'This is a substantial achievement and shows how far we have come since asylum applications were at their peak in 2002.'
New measures speed the process
The record-breaking rate of removals was the result of a package of measures brought in by the IND recently to speed up the process. These include:
ending the right of failed asylum seekers from 'safe' countries to continue to live in the UK while appealing the decision
strengthening visa handling rules and protections
improving the technology used by immigration agents on the frontlines
EU accession figures
Other figures released today were the numbers of workers from EU accession states registering to work in the UK. Between October and December 2006, 62,945 applied to work here, compared to 51,160 in the same quarter of 2005.
Mr Byrne said the Worker Registration Scheme figures 'show that migrant workers from the accession states are benefiting the UK by filling skills and labour gaps that cannot be met from the UK-born population.'
Asylum figures lowest since 1993
27 February 2007
New asylum figures show that the Prime Minister's goals are achieved.
The government's 'tipping the balance' target was met in 2006, according to figures released by the Home Office today. Throughout all of last year, the number of failed asylum seekers who were deported exceeded the number of new arrivals making unfounded asylum claims.
At the same time, asylum applications continued their recent downward trend, hitting the lowest level since 1993, while the number of deportations hit an all-time high.
Last year, 18,235 failed asylum seekers were removed from the UK - a 16% increase on 2005. Since 1997 removals have risen 127%.
The asylum figures for the final quarter of 2006 (new window) showed that during that time asylum applications were down 4% to 6,835 compared to the previous quarter, and removals were up 7% to 4,085.
Outperforming other European nations
The UK is outperforming other European nations, which collectively saw their own asylum applications rise by 14% in the same time period.
Immigration Minister Liam Byrne called the figures 'impressive', and said they showed that the reform programmes at the Home Office and the Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND) were making a real difference.
'This is an important step on the road to Home Office Reform,' Mr Byrne said. 'This is a substantial achievement and shows how far we have come since asylum applications were at their peak in 2002.'
New measures speed the process
The record-breaking rate of removals was the result of a package of measures brought in by the IND recently to speed up the process. These include:
ending the right of failed asylum seekers from 'safe' countries to continue to live in the UK while appealing the decision
strengthening visa handling rules and protections
improving the technology used by immigration agents on the frontlines
EU accession figures
Other figures released today were the numbers of workers from EU accession states registering to work in the UK. Between October and December 2006, 62,945 applied to work here, compared to 51,160 in the same quarter of 2005.
Mr Byrne said the Worker Registration Scheme figures 'show that migrant workers from the accession states are benefiting the UK by filling skills and labour gaps that cannot be met from the UK-born population.'
Asylum figures lowest since 1993
27 February 2007
New asylum figures show that the Prime Minister's goals are achieved.
The government's 'tipping the balance' target was met in 2006, according to figures released by the Home Office today. Throughout all of last year, the number of failed asylum seekers who were deported exceeded the number of new arrivals making unfounded asylum claims.
At the same time, asylum applications continued their recent downward trend, hitting the lowest level since 1993, while the number of deportations hit an all-time high.
Last year, 18,235 failed asylum seekers were removed from the UK - a 16% increase on 2005. Since 1997 removals have risen 127%.
The asylum figures for the final quarter of 2006 (new window) showed that during that time asylum applications were down 4% to 6,835 compared to the previous quarter, and removals were up 7% to 4,085.
Outperforming other European nations
The UK is outperforming other European nations, which collectively saw their own asylum applications rise by 14% in the same time period.
Immigration Minister Liam Byrne called the figures 'impressive', and said they showed that the reform programmes at the Home Office and the Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND) were making a real difference.
'This is an important step on the road to Home Office Reform,' Mr Byrne said. 'This is a substantial achievement and shows how far we have come since asylum applications were at their peak in 2002.'
New measures speed the process
The record-breaking rate of removals was the result of a package of measures brought in by the IND recently to speed up the process. These include:
ending the right of failed asylum seekers from 'safe' countries to continue to live in the UK while appealing the decision
strengthening visa handling rules and protections
improving the technology used by immigration agents on the frontlines
EU accession figures
Other figures released today were the numbers of workers from EU accession states registering to work in the UK. Between October and December 2006, 62,945 applied to work here, compared to 51,160 in the same quarter of 2005.
Mr Byrne said the Worker Registration Scheme figures 'show that migrant workers from the accession states are benefiting the UK by filling skills and labour gaps that cannot be met from the UK-born population.'
Wednesday, 3 June 2009
Jacqui Smith and the rolling heads
Stones cast at the Home Secretary over the years have finally served their purpose. Jacqui Smith is going to step down in the next cabinet reshuffle, which looks like next week. European election results will show how well Labour fares and from this Gordon Brown will make some decisions. Cabinet reshuffles have been very common in the Blair/Brown years, and we are set for one in the days to come. The Home Office has had Blunkett, Reid, Clarke, and who else? I cannot remember. Not that it makes a difference. It is all a shambles. Under Smith, illegal aliens were hired to work in security firms, and a number managed to get their hands on Blair's car as they were hired to work in a garage. Smith simply tried to keep mum about it. So heads will roll very soon. And more heads will be exalted to office. It's called musical chairs. And then we have an election. And who knows. But of all this change, do we really expect any change? I would not hold my breath. Rather, I will be using mine to advocate change; but change is a very bad word. For, in fact, we did get change. Remember when British citizens, if they did not break the law, were not subject to arrest, as they had not broken the law? Thus, if not subject to arrest, they could not be extradited to a foreign country, as, quite simply, they had not broken the law? And, bear with me yet a bit more here, there had to be prima facie evidence presented if and when a foreign power did ask for the extradition of a UK citizen? Well, guess what, we have change. Blunkett signed into law some newfangled extradition treaty with the US a few years back, his many successors have seen fit to uphold these treaties - the drafts of which were written in American English and handed to MPs as if they were the ten commandments - and now totally innocent Britons have been facing a legal nightmare. Or illegal nightmare. Take the case of Ian Norris for instance. He was the CEO of Morgan Crucible, a job he got after 30 years of service to that firm. He followed the letter of the law in regards pricing policies, but disagreed with price fixing agreements, so he went to the powers that be to have them outlawed. He then retired. Off he was to play golf in his Thames Valley Country Club when the long arm of the law in the US decided he would spend his retirement in a US prison. Quite simple it would have been to tell this lot that he had not broken the law, and whatever they thought of any previous practices, they were not only legal at the time, but, he had not committed them on US soil. One might think that, but John Reid and his junior minister Joan Ryan did not. I still recall sitting in the gallery in Parliament one Wednesday when Ryan tried to argue that these were very good laws indeed. I watched closely her facial expressions and wondered. Was she on drugs? Who paid her to say such idiotic rubbish? The Times the next day reported she was 'digging herself in'. And deeply she dug, but it was not just herself that had fallen in. She was opening the door to a foreign power to extradite British citizens even when no crime had been committed. 'Robust', she called the measures. Ecstasy? Crack? Prozac? LSD? To this day I have no idea which drug she may have been taking. Can she have really been that stupid? We may never know. But there is a fear that this woman can actually be the next Home Secretary. Stranger things have happened. But whoever replaces the hapless Smith, that person will be lobbied to release asylum seekers without delay. We simply cannot have blood on our hands and keep thousands of people in enforced idleness at a great cost to the taxpayer. There have been sensible proposals on the table and now is the time to act on them. So, Dear Mr/Mrs/Miss or Ms next Home Secretary, please make this a priority, and then get rid of these treasonous extradition laws that have been used to undermine British justice. Or your head, too, will be the next to roll.
Colnbrook Detention Centre
In yesterday's Independent, an article about Colnbrook Detention Centre, by Robert Verkaik, discussed the report by Anne Owers, the Chief Inspector of Prisons. It noted that the use of force to control inmates had increased and was not always well managed. In a three month period there had been 179 complaints from inmates. Dame Anne noted"...we have found little improvement at Colnbrook since our last visit...there were examples of separation being misused and the vulnerable persons unit was not fit for purpose."
She also found: "A significant number of complaints, including allegations of staff bullying, were not adequately investigated and lacked detail."
Colnbrook is considered to be the flagship centre, run by a foreign company, Serco. Verkaik's report, however, is anodyne compared to what our undercover investigators have uncovered, including the illegal holding of underage persons, placed there by the Home Office despite evidence that they were illegally imprisoning the wrong individual.
These and other centres are a humanitarian disaster which must be stopped.
She also found: "A significant number of complaints, including allegations of staff bullying, were not adequately investigated and lacked detail."
Colnbrook is considered to be the flagship centre, run by a foreign company, Serco. Verkaik's report, however, is anodyne compared to what our undercover investigators have uncovered, including the illegal holding of underage persons, placed there by the Home Office despite evidence that they were illegally imprisoning the wrong individual.
These and other centres are a humanitarian disaster which must be stopped.
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