United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 193333
British Indian Ocean Territory: Asylum
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11 July 2023
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18 July 2023 · Answer
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Asylum
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18 July 2023
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many asylum applications have been (a) accepted and (b) rejected in the British Indian Ocean Territory in each of the last five years.
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11 July 2023
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many asylum applications have been (a) accepted and (b) rejected in the British Indian Ocean Territory in each of the last five years.
Source: Commons
18 July 2023
Answer
As an uninhabited territory, the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) does not have an asylum system. Where migrants have claimed that they are unable to return safely to their country of origin, their claims are considered in accordance with BIOT law an...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-07-11/193333
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1651991
- uk · wq-1651991 · source updated 18 July 2023