United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 31045
Asylum: Applications
Introduced
14 March 2016
Last action
17 March 2016 · Answer
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Answered
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Asylum
Source updated
17 March 2016
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether people rescued by (a) Royal Fleet Auxiliary and (b) Royal Navy vessels are able to claim for asylum in the UK if flagged in international waters.
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14 March 2016
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether people rescued by (a) Royal Fleet Auxiliary and (b) Royal Navy vessels are able to claim for asylum in the UK if flagged in international waters.
Source: Commons
17 March 2016
Answer
The UK complies with all of its international obligations. The UK is not obliged to consider any asylum claim made on UK flagged vessels, including those of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary and the Royal Navy, outside of the UK's territorial waters.
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2016-03-14/31045
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/470391
- uk · wq-470391 · source updated 17 March 2016