Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 20992

Asylum: Sri Lanka

Tabled: 18 December 2024
Answered: 8 January 2025
Named Day

Question

Chris Philp

ConservativeCroydon South

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 16 December 2024 to Question 18968 on Asylum: Sri Lanka, for what reason the migrants temporarily relocated to the UK were not relocated to St

Answer

Stephen Doughty
The Memorandum of Understanding with St Helena signed on 15 October 2024 only applies to migrants who arrive on the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) after that date. The then existing group of migrants on BIOT were not included within the arrangement...

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