Number of people claiming asylum in Jersey 2019 to 2023 (FOI)

​​Request

​A

Please confirm the number of arrivals from France (either by private boat or by ferry) of people claiming asylum in Jersey in each of the last five years.

B

How many of these asylum claims were processed and approved? 

C

How many of these people were returned to France?

Response

A to C

As the numbers are fewer than five, disclosure control has been applied to avoid identification of individuals. Article 25 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 has been applied.

Article applied

Article 25 - Personal information  

(1) Information is absolutely exempt information if it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018. 

(2) Information is absolutely exempt information if – 

(a) it constitutes personal data of which the applicant is not the data subject as defined in the Data Protection (Jersey) Law 2018; and 

(b) its supply to a member of the public would contravene any of the data protection principles, as defined in that Law. ​