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UIN 6066

Refugees: Climate Change

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answeredUnited Kingdom· UK Parliament· EN

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21 January 2020

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29 January 2020 · Answer

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Asylum, Climate

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29 January 2020

Asylum · Climate

Summary

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for the Government's policies of the ruling of the United Nations Human Rights Committee on climate change refugee repatriation.

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  1. 21 January 2020

    Written question

    To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the implications for the Government's policies of the ruling of the United Nations Human Rights Committee on climate change refugee repatriation.

    Source: Commons

  2. 29 January 2020

    Answer

    The British Government has taken note of the views of the UN Human Rights Committee's in the case concerned, which are not legally binding. We also note that the Committee made wider comments, including on the responsibilities of receiving states in relat...

    Source: Written answer

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