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| Applications (1) received for asylum in the United Kingdom, excluding dependants, by country of | ||||||||||||
| nationality within Other Americas, 1999 to 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Number of principal applicants | ||||||||||||
| Country of | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | ||
| nationality | (2) | (2) | (P) | |||||||||
| Anguilla | : | : | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Antigua and Barbuda | : | : | * | * | 0 | 0 | * | * | 0 | * | ||
| Argentina | * | * | 5 | 10 | * | * | 5 | 0 | 0 | * | ||
| Aruba | : | : | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bahamas | * | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Barbados | * | 0 | * | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | * | ||
| Belize | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | * | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | ||
| Bermuda (GBR) | : | : | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Bolivia | 35 | 30 | 40 | 65 | 70 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 20 | ||
| Bouvet Island | : | : | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Brazil | 85 | 50 | 35 | 55 | 40 | 30 | 20 | 10 | 30 | 35 | ||
| Canada | : | : | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | * | * | ||
| Cayman Islands | : | : | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Chile | 15 | 10 | 5 | * | 10 | 5 | * | * | * | 0 | ||
| Costa Rica | 5 | 0 | * | * | 0 | * | * | * | * | 0 | ||
| Cuba | 15 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 20 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 5 | ||
| Dominica | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | * | * | * | 0 | ||
| Dominican Republic | : | : | * | 5 | 5 | * | 0 | 0 | * | * | ||
| El Salvador | * | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | * | * | 0 | ||
| French Guyana | : | : | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | * | ||
| Grenada | * | * | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | 5 | * | * | ||
| Guadeloupe | : | : | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Guam | : | : | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Guatemala | * | * | 0 | 20 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | * | ||
| Guyana | 5 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | * | 5 | 10 | ||
| Haiti | 0 | * | * | 0 | 0 | * | * | 0 | * | * | ||
| Honduras | 5 | 0 | 5 | * | * | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | ||
| Martinique | : | : | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Mexico | 0 | * | 5 | 5 | * | * | 0 | 5 | * | * | ||
| Montserrat | : | : | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Netherlands Antilles | : | : | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Nicaragua | * | 0 | * | 0 | * | * | 0 | * | 0 | 5 | ||
| Panama | * | 0 | * | 5 | * | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | ||
| Paraguay | * | * | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | 0 | ||
| Peru | 20 | 10 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 5 | * | * | ||
| Puerto Rico | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands | : | : | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| St. Kitts And Nevis | : | : | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | * | * | ||
| St. Lucia | : | : | * | * | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | ||
| St. Pierre and Miquelon | : | : | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| St. Vincent and the Grenadines | : | : | * | 0 | * | * | * | * | * | * | ||
| Surinam | 10 | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | * | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Trinidad And Tobago | 5 | * | 5 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 5 | * | 15 | ||
| Turks and Caicos Islands (GBR) | : | : | 0 | * | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Uruguay | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | 0 | * | 0 | * | 0 | 0 | ||
| USA | : | : | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 15 | ||
| Venezuela | 15 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Virgin Islands (US) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Other Americas (countries not listed) (3) | 20 | 25 | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | : | ||
| Total Other Americas | 240 | 155 | 170 | 240 | 230 | 130 | 100 | 95 | 115 | 130 | ||
| (1) | Figures rounded to the nearest 5 ( - = 0, * = 1 or 2) and may not sum to the totals shown because of independent rounding. | |||||||||||
| (2) | May exclude some cases lodged at Local Enforcement Offices between January 1999 and March 2000. | |||||||||||
| (3) | From 1999 to 2000 data files do not list the countries of nationality for a minority of applications. | |||||||||||
| (P) | Provisional figures. | |||||||||||
| : | Not applicable / not available | |||||||||||