United Kingdom · Question · Written question
HL HL2307
Refugees: Mediterranean Sea
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16 September 2015
Last action
5 October 2015 · Answer
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Answered
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Asylum
Source updated
5 October 2015
Summary
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Royal Navy's decision to instruct migrants rescued from the Mediterranean to disembark from the ships inside rather than outside the European Union is consistent with their policy of discouraging people traffick
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16 September 2015
Written question
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Royal Navy's decision to instruct migrants rescued from the Mediterranean to disembark from the ships inside rather than outside the European Union is consistent with their policy of discouraging people traffick
Source: Lords
5 October 2015
Answer
Under international law the UK has a duty not to return people who are rescued at sea to countries where they would be at risk of serious harm. That is why people rescued at sea are taken to Italy as this is considered the nearest safe country.However, we...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2015-09-16/HL2307
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/419234
- uk · wq-419234 · source updated 5 October 2015