United Kingdom · Question · Written question
HL HL2339
Refugees: Mediterranean Sea
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17 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 they plan to take steps to ensure that the United Kingdom can decide where to land migrants rescued from the Mediterranean by the Royal Navy, so as to ensure that they are not landed in the European Union.
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17 September 2015
Written question
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to take steps to ensure that the United Kingdom can decide where to land migrants rescued from the Mediterranean by the Royal Navy, so as to ensure that they are not landed in the European Union.
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 migrants rescued at sea are taken to Italy as this is considered the nearest safe country.But we ar...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2015-09-17/HL2339
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/419408
- uk · wq-419408 · source updated 5 October 2015