Immigration policies and imprisonment (FOI)Immigration policies and imprisonment (FOI)
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03 April 2019.Prepared internally, no external costs.
Request
A
I should be grateful if you could disclose information (eg digital documents / physical files) which concerns the Island's historic immigration policies (1945 - 2000) with regard to the encouragement of migrant workers to Jersey from Portugal (including the autonomous region of Madeira).
(i) Was there a policy, or similar, implemented by the Government of Jersey to encourage workers from the said area to come to Jersey post 1945? Disclose supporting documents.
(ii) I understand Portuguese nationals were required to enter the Island on a seasonal permit. How did Portuguese nationals obtain such permits to work in the Island? Were applications undertaken in their home jurisdiction? Disclose supporting documents.
B
I should be grateful if you could disclose information (statistics / a figure) which concerns the total number of Portuguese nationals (including from the autonomous region of Madeira) or of Portuguese-origin / ethnicity imprisoned at HMP La Moye in Jersey.
(i) From 1945 to 2000, please disclose the number of Portuguese nationals or of said origin / ethnicity, as per the above, imprisoned at HMP La Moye in Jersey. Statistics/a figure will suffice
(ii) From 2000 to present, please disclose the number of Portuguese nationals or of said origin / ethnicity, as per the above, imprisoned at HMP La Moye in Jersey. Statistics/a figure will suffice.
Response
A
(i) There are no policy documents held by the Jersey Customs and Immigration Service in relation to the employment of Portuguese nationals under seasonal work permits in the agricultural and hospitality industries. Portuguese nationals taking employment in Jersey remained on work permit until 1 January 1992, when they became free of immigration work permit control.
(ii) Portuguese nationals seeking to enter the Island for seasonal employment were required to be in possession of a work permit on arrival. These permits were applied for by the employers in Jersey and sent to them in either Portugal or Madeira. There are no policy documents held by the Jersey Customs and Immigration Service in relation to the work permit application process.
B
(i) The States of Jersey Prison Service is unable to provide data from 1945 in the time scale allowed for a Freedom of Information request but was able to research data back to 1988 as per the table below. Please note the data is based on entries to HMP La Moye, so an individual that has re-offended will have been counted for each time they have entered HMP La Moye.
(ii) See the table below:
| | Country of Origin | |
Year | Portugal | Madeira | Total Entries for the Year |
| 2019 to Present Date | 1(2.3%) | (10.3%) | 39 |
| 2018 | 5 (2.2%) | 23 (9.9%) | 232 |
| 2017 | 6 (2.4%) | 30 (12.2%) | 246 |
| 2016 | 5 (2.1%) | 23 (9.7%) | 237 |
| 2015 | 3 (1.0%) | 37 (12.8%) | 290 |
| 2014 | 1 (0.4%) | 34 (12.7%) | 267 |
| 2013 | 5 (2.0%) | 29 (11.7%) | 248 |
| 1012 | 3 (1%) | 29 (9.5%) | 305 |
| 2011 | 7 (2.2%) | 27 (8.3%) | 324 |
| 2010 | 6 (1.9%) | 21 (6.6%) | 317 |
| 2009 | 7 (2.7%) | 17 (6.6%) | 257 |
| 2008 | 11 (4.2%) | 21 (7.9%) | 264 |
| 2007 | 9 (3.1%) | 34 (11.8%) | 286 |
| 2006 | 5 (1.8%) | 27 (9.7%) | 277 |
| 2005 | 6 (1.8%) | 29 (8.6%) | 336 |
| 2004 | 3 (0.9%) | 20 (5.8%) | 342 |
| 2003 | 3 (0.8%) | 24 (6.4%) | 375 |
| 2002 | 6 (1.5%) | 26 (6.6%) | 390 |
| 2001 | 6 (1.3%) | 49 (10.5%) | 465 |
| 2000 | 7 (1.8%) | 46 (12.0%) | 383 |
| 1999 | 6 (1.4%) | 44 (10.5%) | 417 |
| 1998 | 4 (0.9%) | 31 (6.7%) | 464 |
| 1997 | 5 (1.0%) | 44 (8.6%) | 510 |
| 1996 | 2 (0.5%) | 26 (5.9%) | 440 |
| 1995 | 2 (0.5%) | 22 (5.3%) | 418 |
| 1994 | 4 (0.7%) | 21 (3.9%) | 532 |
| 1993 | 2 (0.4%) | 14 (2.6%) | 538 |
| 1992 | 0 | 8 (1.3%) | 617 |
| 1991 | 2 (0.2%) | 7 (0.9%) | 803 |
| 1990 | 6 (0.8%) | 13 (1.8%) | 722 |
| 1989 | 4 (0.5%) | 14 (1.6%) | 870 |
| 1988 | 2 (0.2%) | 12 (1.4%) | 857 |
Article applied
Article 16 A scheduled public authority may refuse to supply information if cost excessive
(1) A scheduled public authority that has been requested to supply information may refuse to supply the information if it estimates that the cost of doing so would exceed an amount determined in the manner prescribed by Regulations.
Regulation 2 (1) of the Freedom of Information (Costs) (Jersey) Regulations 2014 allows an authority to refuse a request for information where the estimated cost of dealing with the request would exceed the specified amount of the cost limit of £500. This is the estimated cost of one person spending 12.5 working hours in determining whether the department holds the information, locating, retrieving and extracting the information.
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