Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 12055

British Indian Ocean Territory: Asylum

Tabled: 31 October 2024
Answered: 12 November 2024

Question

Priti Patel

ConservativeWitham

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many asylum seekers in the British Indian Ocean Territory have received medical treatment in the last three years; in what countries that treatment was provided; and at w

Answer

Stephen Doughty
The FCDO provides funding to the BIOT Administration for the good governance of the Territory, which includes the costs of supporting the migrants there, whose welfare and safety is paramount, as well as their rights to patient confidentiality. They have ...

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