Written Question·Home Office·UIN 12545

Asylum: Sri Lanka

Tabled: 4 November 2024

Answered: 11 November 2024

Named Day

Question

Nick Timothy

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an estimate of the number and proportion of Sri Lankan nationals located on Diego Garcia that will be eligible to claim asylum in the UK.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

This Government inherited a deeply troubling situation that remained unresolved under the last administration for years after the migrants’ arrival on Diego Garcia.Arrangements are being made for the temporary relocation, subject to entry clearance applic...

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