legal and social conditions for asylum seekers and refugees in ...

information, the Home Office may decide to interview the family member who is in the UK. Where
there are doubts concerning the relationship of a child overseas DNA testing should be offered,
funded by the UK government.
Statistics (source: the Home Office).
Annual figures are generally only published by the Home Office in about June each year. Final
figures for 1999 were not available at the time of writing (May 2000).
Number of asylum seekers
Applications for asylum submitted in the UK*
1993 22,370
1994 32,830
1995 43,965
1996 (to Nov.) 25,600
1997 32,505
1998 46,015
1999 (provisional) 71,160
* official figures published by the Home Office count applications, not applicants. The total
number of individuals is not stated.
Number of statuses granted
Convention status ELR
1993 1,590 11,125
1994 825 3,660
1995 1,295 4,410
1996 2,240 5,050
1997 2,390 1,670
1998 5,350 3,910
1999 (provisional) 7,075 2,110
Main national groups
Main national groups to seek asylum in the UK in December 1999
F.R Yugoslavia 795
Sri Lanka 755
China 385
Somalia 385
Afghanistan 380
Poland 350
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