On yesterday's date, there was a total of 281 foreign nationals in custody. This equated to approximately 8.5% of those in custody on that date. Of the 281 persons, 195 are serving sentences for criminal offences, 52 persons are remanded in custody on criminal charges and a further 34 persons are awaiting deportation.
The nationalities of the persons involved are set out in the following table:
Nationality
|
Number of Persons
|
British
|
81
|
South African
|
33
|
Chinese
|
28
|
Nigerian
|
24
|
Romanian
|
14
|
Lithuanian
|
12
|
Albanian
|
6
|
Algerian
|
6
|
Sierra Leonean
|
5
|
Czech
|
5
|
Latvian
|
5
|
Spanish
|
4
|
Estonian
|
4
|
Kosovan
|
4
|
Moldovan
|
4
|
Russian
|
4
|
American
|
3
|
Liberian
|
3
|
Congolese
|
3
|
Niger
|
3
|
Australian
|
2
|
Jamaican
|
2
|
Kenyan
|
2
|
Moroccan
|
2
|
Polish
|
2
|
Somalian
|
2
|
Sri Lankan
|
2
|
Ukrainian
|
2
|
Danish
|
1
|
Ghanaian
|
1
|
Japanese
|
1
|
Lebanese
|
1
|
Libyan
|
1
|
Malaysian
|
1
|
Pakistani
|
1
|
Filipino
|
1
|
Syrian
|
1
|
Trinidadian
|
1
|
Tunisian
|
1
|
Vietnamese
|
1
|
Zambian
|
1
|
Zimbabwean
|
1
|
Total
|
281
|