Refugees and immigrants (FOI)

​Request

Please can you confirm;

A

If any refugees have been allowed to settle in Jersey between 2015 and 2018

B

If yes, which countries are they from?

C

Are their families allowed to join them?

D

How many refugees have been allowed to settle?

E

Are there plans to allow any more refugees to settle?

F

How many legal immigrants have been allowed to settle between 2015 and 2018?

G

How many illegal immigrants have been caught and deported between 2015 and 2018?

H

Which country have the most legal immigrants come from?

Response

A

Yes – one, however the individual re-settled in the UK

B

Iran

C

Yes, there is provision in the Jersey Immigration Rules to grant permission for the partner or child of a person who has refugee status to join them.

D

Answer as per question A

E

This is not a question that can be answered by the Jersey Customs and Immigration Service. Each claim is examined on a case by case basis.

F

The number of individuals granted indefinite leave to remain in the Island are as follows:

• 2015 – 86

• 2016 – 114

• 2017 – 60

• 2018 - 74

G

The total number of illegal entrants refused entry at the ports and those removed after entry are as follows:

• 2015 - 23

• 2016 - 18

• 2017 - 19

• 2018 - 18

H

The nationality of those individuals granted indefinite leave to remain in the Island varies widely from year to year.