Question NW269 to the Minister of Home Affairs
14 March 2017 - NW269
Hoosen, Mr MH to ask the Minister of Home Affairs
(1) How many Syrian Arab Republic nationals have (a) applied for asylum, (b) been granted refugee status and (c) been denied (i) asylum and (ii) refugee status in each of the past 10 calendar years; (2) has his department placed any limits on the number of asylum and refugee status applications it will receive from nationals from the Syrian Arab Republic; if so, what are the relevant details?
Reply:
1. The information is in the table below:
|
SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC NATIONALS |
|||
|
YEAR |
|
REFUGEE STATUS |
(c) DENIED REFUGEE STATUS |
|
2007 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2008 |
1 |
Information not available |
Information not available |
|
2009 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2010 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2011 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
|
2012 |
5 |
2 |
0 |
|
2013 |
11 |
6 |
3 |
|
2014 |
40 |
11 |
Information not available |
|
2015 |
27 |
3 |
7 |
|
2016 |
20 |
12 |
12 |
2. No