UK Asylum Statistics: 2nd Quarter (April/May June ) 2008


Control of Immigration: quarterly statistical summary, UK April 2008 - June 2008
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration-asylum-stats.html


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Persons detained solely under Immigration Act powers (Detention)


by place of detention as at 28th June 2008


* A total of 2,315 persons were detained. (90% of capacity)

* 2,240 were held at Immigration Service Removal Centres and 75 at Immigration Short Term Holding Facilities.

* 84 per cent of asylum detainees were male.

* 1,660 persons who had sought asylum at some stage were being detained in the UK solely under Immigration Act powers. This accounted for 72 per cent of all detainees.

* 55 people detained solely under Immigration Act powers were recorded as being less than 18 years old. 40 of these had been in detention for less than 29 days and 15 for between 29 days and two months.

Highest 10 Nationalities detained
Nigeria 300 (Asylum seekers 180)
China 195 (Asylum seekers 160)
Jamaica 140 (Asylum seekers 75)
Pakistan 120 (Asylum seekers 95)
Iraq 100 (Asylum seekers 90)
Afghanistan 95 (Asylum seekers 90)
Iran 90 (Asylum seekers 80)
Sri Lanka 85 (Asylum seekers 80)
Somalia 80 (Asylum seekers 50)
Ghana 70 (Asylum seekers 30)


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Enforcement & Compliance (Removals)


* In Q2 2008, 15,470 persons were removed, departed voluntarily or left under assisted returns from the UK, similar to Q2 2007 (15,390).

* Of those removed, departing voluntarily and leaving under assisted returns in Q2 2008, 7,250 persons were initially refused entry at port (3 per cent fewer than in Q2 2007), 7,190 persons were enforced removals and voluntary departures after enforcement action had been initiated (9 per cent higher than in Q2 2007), and 1,030 persons left under Assisted Voluntary Return Programmes (22 per cent fewer than in Q2 2007).

* In Q2 2008, 2,745 principal asylum applicants were removed, departed voluntarily or left under assisted returns from the UK, 18 per cent fewer than in Q2 2007 (3,355).

* Including dependants, 2,930 asylum seekers were removed, departed voluntarily or left under assisted returns from the UK in Q2 2008, 20 per cent fewer than in Q2 2007 (3,655).

* 680 asylum seekers left under Assisted Voluntary Return schemes in Q2 2008 (620 principal applicants and 60 dependants), 23 per cent of the 2,930 total for the quarter.


Highest 10 Nationalities Removed (Refused sanctuary)
Afghanistan 300
Iraq 205
Turkey 195
China 185
Pakistan 175
Nigeria 150
India 135
Iran 135
Eritrea 95
Bangladesh 85


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Asylum Applications Quarter 2 (Q2), April/May/June 2008


* The number of applications for asylum in the UK, excluding dependants, increased by 15 per cent in Q2 2008 (5,720) compared with Q2 2007 (4,960).

* Including dependants, the number of applications to the UK increased by 13 per cent in Q2 2008 (6,840) compared with Q2 2007 (6,030).


Research Developments & Statistics (RDS)
http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/immigration-asylum-stats.html

i once went for a job interview in a private coy and on the panel of those to interview me was this small girl like that, i mean really young and i was like"chai, see my life" The girlis successful in her own right, forget connections, she made it there through her own efforts. Her writing efforts.
Nigeria has loads of opportunities. Everything is by God's grace.
Everyone to his own opinion, but my strong belief is that if i cannot make it in nigeria, i cannot make it anywhere. (Better to make the money here and go for vacations there, living like a queen than to go there penniless washing toilets Tongue

SWEETHEART U REALLY MADE A PLAUSIBLE POINT HERE!! MOST NIGERIAN WHO CLAIM TO BE WORKING IN U.K FOR YEARS DNT HAVE ANYTHING TO SHOW FOR IT!! U DONT SAVE OUT THERE BUT PICKING A GOOD JOB IN NAIJA WOULD TRANSFORM UR FORTUNES IN NO TIME. WE ONLY GO THERE TO VISIT AND THATS IT!!

janami:

i once went for a job interview in a private coy and on the panel of those to interview me was this small girl like that, i mean really young and i was like"chai, see my life" The girlis successful in her own right, forget connections, she made it there through her own efforts. Her writing efforts.
Nigeria has loads of opportunities. Everything is by God's grace.
Everyone to his own opinion, but my strong belief is that if i cannot make it in nigeria, i cannot make it anywhere. (Better to make the money here and go for vacations there, living like a queen than to go there penniless washing toilets )

nuzo:

Nigeria; a failed project and home of many retards.

fire4fire:

Because we don't have regard for our country, other nationals join this forum to insult and make a mockery of us.

janami:

i once went for a job interview in a private coy and on the panel of those to interview me was this small girl like that, i mean really young and i was like"chai, see my life" The girlis successful in her own right, forget connections, she made it there through her own efforts. Her writing efforts.
Nigeria has loads of opportunities. Everything is by God's grace.
Everyone to his own opinion, but my strong belief is that if i cannot make it in nigeria, i cannot make it anywhere. (Better to make the money here and go for vacations there, living like a queen than to go there penniless washing toilets )

kalmebad:

You all has spoken well

Let me react a little
I will rather wash that toilet over there than here. atleast more managed country and good enviroment.

Uncle Fash should stop crying wolf.
what should they come back to do? what good hospital do we have so far for them to come and work in? When we have not even created enough job opportunities for the youths who crave fevently for it.
May be when uncle Fash put a lot of things in place, only then can his voice be heard.
What life does the country of our's have to offer us? bad road/delapidated? good wtaer, eletricity? or security? how many police and army officer's guide us as they guide them?
Or wil he keep enjoying all this benefit within his govt house while he make his clarion call?

Let him and his cohorts lead us by example and also by bringing back their kids home to come and school here rather than in foreign Universities, then we will kwn that Charity has really begin at home. They day Fashola and other ruling Governors stopped using the medical facilties abroad, the time we will yearn to their call, but as much as things are not done properly, he will not only cry wolf, he will cry fowl and who kwns what more.

Fashola is not talking about those of them on this forum - those who flip burgers and sweep the streets - what do those ones want to contribute to Nigeria anyway? Nothing - because they are useless to the nation and to themselves - he is talking about professionals to come and tap into the good in Nigeria - not calling on one silly boy or girl out there in London to come back home when he/she gat nothing to contribute to the development of the country.

sly-k:

Its good to call a spead a spead!

Ask not of what your country can do for you, but what you can do for your country.
Sending few dollars or ponuds can never solve the problem.

Even as a developing nation, there is more to do here and more to earn.
Dont forget, you equally pay less tax!

Le Moor:

People should not be blamed for whatever decisions they make with regards to moving back to Nigeria.
It is a whole host of factors. Fact is, some people will move back, some wont. Some people are doing a lot better in the diaspora than they did when they were in Nigeria. And some people are doing a lot better in Niaja than they ever did whilst living in diaspora. Its all relative and different factors will drive those decisions, no matter how ill-informed the decisions will seem to the bystander

Fact - Life is hard everywhere (in Nigeria, UK or America
Fact - Not everyone in Nigeria has a good job.
Fact - Not everyone in diaspora is cleaning streets and working in a deadend job
Fact - Life is hard for an immigrant without the right papers (UK or us) is hard


Based on all this, everyone will make his decision to return/stay/leave Nigeria based one their personal circumstances. You will be amazed at how basic the average human needs are. If the average individual/graduate/worker (degree or no degree) can have at least a decent life, then I am sure people wont be sleeping at the embassies desperate to leave Nigeria. I personally do not believe everyone that leaves or attempts to leave hates the country, most just want a better life. The definition of what constitutes a better life is relative and then becomes subject to interpretation. I have a graduate friend from Nigeria who job hunted for 3yrs and couldn't get a job, he gets to the UK, and Thur sheer dint of hardwork, he has bought a house, is raising a family and sending money to his mom who is still being owed money for contracts done for her state govt. If you ask him, his definition of a better life is different and he has found it. While some would look down n the type of job he is doing, he rests on the fact that the job at least pays his bills and gives him a minimum standard of life he couldn't afford back home.
On the flipside, i know bankers who have quit their jobs only to get to the UK and realise none would recognize their level of achievements and they have to downgrade to take jobs they wouldn't even do in naija.
My point is, it is all relative. There are people in Nigeria doing honest work and doing very well, but in the same vein their are people in diaspora doing very well.

It is hard to make a case to comeback to Nigeria, and use such dumb excuses that foreigners are reaping where Nigerians should be reaping
This excuse angers me because 1. Foreigners in Nigeria get better treatment than Nigerians
2. The Government doesn't have to wait for Nigerians in Diaspora to come and reap these benefits, you have more Nigerians at home than in diaspora, who can also benefit but are not benefiting. You have a handful of graduates who need jobs, who have brains and if given the same circumstances will outperform Nigerians in Diaspora, they should be given a chance.


A fully qualified doctor in the US can earn as much as 180 - $200k salary, as a freshly qualified resident. You Will be hard pressed to see someone like that come and look for a job in Nigeria, unless they are coming to setup their own practice.

There are IT professionals that earn 70-100dollars per hr depending on the specialization. Add that to the quality of life you would get, then a move back to naiaj might not be as alluring as it seems. Regardless of being offered 15million by banks in Nigeria.

Like lepashandy noted, I also know people who have moved back to Nigeria to take up good lucrative positions, but in that same breath, i know people who have returned again after taking those initial decision.

Personally, I hate the term diasporan and i think it is dubious and separatist. As for me, I would love to move back to Nigeria, but I am not ready yet. Will i do so sometime in the future? probably, when I am less dependent on others on more dependent on myself to provide my daily bread,

All I will ask the governors and co, asking people to move back home is, why is it that the 1st mission most politicians embark on once they get into government is to buy houses in diaspora and have the children leave the country to school, if they really believed so much in the system,

seyibrown:

@ $$$Rhino

Our present leaders are not interested in transparency. They have got millions of skeletons in their cupboard. Why would they want every kobo spent to be accounted for?

mesmya:

@ engineerd
so u decided to quit,  if somebody didn't sacrifice and establish wher u are at right now ,  what would u be enjoyin?    
abeg make i hear word

engineerd:

yeah rite! i guarantee u Nigeria is a failed project! At least i know i wont see a better Nigeria in my life time if things and people still have the same ideology, our current state has become a way of life. I can bet my life on this! Kudos to those that are optimistic, wish i could still be optimistic like i once was, but Nigeria has gotten to a point of no revival, true story!

you are simply a wasted human being.