Written Question·Home Office·UIN 18968

Asylum: Sri Lanka

Tabled: 10 December 2024

Answered: 16 December 2024

Named Day

Question

Chris Philp

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of allowing Sri Lankans based on Diego Garcia to the UK on the number of people who will begin to attempt to reach the UK via Diego Garcia; and w

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

Diego Garcia has never been a suitable long-term location for the migrants who have arrived there and this Government has worked hard to find a solution that protects both their welfare and the integrity of British territorial borders. We have now closed ...

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