Navigation guide Refugee populations in the UK: Algerians - ICAR
Navigation guide Refugee populations in the UK: Algerians - ICAR
Navigation guide Refugee populations in the UK: Algerians - ICAR
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Source: Home Office Individuals Granted British Citizenship (annually) 59<br />
Number of <strong>Algerians</strong> granted British citizenship 1987 – 2002<br />
1600<br />
1400<br />
1200<br />
1000<br />
800<br />
600<br />
400<br />
200<br />
0<br />
1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002<br />
Source: Home Office Individuals Granted British Citizenship (annually) 60<br />
Results of asylum requests made by <strong>Algerians</strong><br />
Apart from <strong>the</strong> years 1998 and 1999, <strong>Algerians</strong> had an extremely small chance of be<strong>in</strong>g offered asylum <strong>in</strong><br />
<strong>the</strong> <strong>UK</strong>, much smaller than <strong>the</strong> average for all nationalities. 61 The terrible massacres at <strong>the</strong> end of 1997 were<br />
very widely publicised <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>UK</strong> and provoked a grow<strong>in</strong>g concern for <strong>the</strong> situation <strong>in</strong> Algeria. It is possible<br />
that <strong>the</strong>se events highlighted <strong>the</strong> plight of <strong>Algerians</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> m<strong>in</strong>ds of asylum adjudicators. It is also possible<br />
that <strong>the</strong> numbers granted refugee status were <strong>in</strong>flated <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong>se years by <strong>the</strong> efforts of <strong>the</strong> new Labour<br />
government to reduce <strong>the</strong> backlog of cases, though decisions on applications from o<strong>the</strong>r nationalities were<br />
not so dramatically affected. It is important to note that <strong>the</strong>se figures are for <strong>the</strong> number of ma<strong>in</strong> applicants<br />
only and do not <strong>in</strong>clude dependants.<br />
Results of asylum requests made by <strong>Algerians</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>UK</strong> from 1990 to 2003 62<br />
Year<br />
Number of<br />
applications<br />
Number of<br />
decisions<br />
Granted<br />
refugee status<br />
Granted<br />
Exceptional<br />
Leave to<br />
Rema<strong>in</strong><br />
Refused<br />
1990 15 5 0 5 10<br />
59 Visit http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html [accessed 4 May 2004].<br />
60 Visit http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration1.html [accessed 4 May 2004].<br />
61 Similar data for asylum seekers of all nationalities reveals very different results, particularly for 1998 and 1999.<br />
62 These figures do not always add up exactly as <strong>the</strong>y are rounded to <strong>the</strong> nearest 5 by <strong>the</strong> Home Office and<br />
<strong>in</strong>formation on some decisions near <strong>the</strong> end of <strong>the</strong> period is not always available when statistics are compiled so this<br />
<strong>in</strong>formation is added to <strong>the</strong> follow<strong>in</strong>g period.<br />
<strong>Navigation</strong> <strong>guide</strong> to refugee <strong>populations</strong>: <strong>Algerians</strong><br />
©<strong>ICAR</strong> 2004, moral rights Michael Collyer<br />
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