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:
| β | βCountry of Origin β | β |
βYear | βPortugal | βMadeira | βTotal Entries for the Year |
| β2019 to Present Date | β1(2.3%) | β(10.3%) | β39 |
| β2018 | β5 (2.2%) | β23 (9.9%) | β232 |
| β2017 | β6 (2.4%) | β30 (12.2%) | β246 |
| β2016 | β5 (2.1%) | β23 (9.7%) | β237 |
| β2015 | β3 (1.0%) | β37 (12.8%) | β290 |
| β2014 | β1 (0.4%) | β34 (12.7%) | β267 |
| β2013 | β5 (2.0%) | β29 (11.7%) | β248 |
| β1012 | β3 (1%) | β29 (9.5%) | β305 |
| β2011 | β7 (2.2%) | β27 (8.3%) | β324 |
| β2010 | β6 (1.9%) | β21 (6.6%) | β317 |
| β2009 | β7 (2.7%) | β17 (6.6%) | β257 |
| β2008 | β11 (4.2%) | β21 (7.9%) | β264 |
| β2007 | β9 (3.1%) | β34 (11.8%) | β286 |
| β2006 | β5 (1.8%) | β27 (9.7%) | β277 |
| β2005 | β6 (1.8%) | β29 (8.6%) | β336 |
| β2004 | β3 (0.9%) | β20 (5.8%) | β342 |
| β2003 | β3 (0.8%) | β24 (6.4%) | β375 |
| β2002 | β6 (1.5%) | β26 (6.6%) | β390 |
| β2001 | β6 (1.3%) | β49 (10.5%) | β465 |
| β2000 | β7 (1.8%) | β46 (12.0%) | β383 |
| β1999 | 6 (1.4%) | β44 (10.5%) | β417 |
| β1998 | β4 (0.9%) | β31 (6.7%) | β464 |
| β1997 | β5 (1.0%) | β44 (8.6%) | β510 |
| β1996 | β2 (0.5%) | β26 (5.9%) | β440 |
| β1995 | 2 (0.5%) | β22 (5.3%) | β418 |
| β1994 | β4 (0.7%) | β21 (3.9%) | β532 |
| β1993 | β2 (0.4%) | β14 (2.6%) | β538 |
| β1992 | β0 | β8 (1.3%) | β617 |
| β1991 | 2β (0.2%) | β7 (0.9%) | β803 |
| β1990 | β6 (0.8%) | β13 (1.8%) | β722 |
| β1989 | β4 (0.5%) | β14 (1.6%) | β870 |
| β1988 | 2 (0.2%) | β12 (1.4%) | β857 |
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 Β£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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