United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 63243
Asylum: Coronavirus
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Introduced
23 June 2020
Last action
30 June 2020 · Answer
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Answered
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Asylum
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30 June 2020
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that asylum seekers are tested for covid-19 before being placed in dispersal accommodation.
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23 June 2020
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that asylum seekers are tested for covid-19 before being placed in dispersal accommodation.
Source: Commons
30 June 2020
Answer
There is no routine testing for asylum seekers prior to them being dispersed, but in line with government guidelines anybody with symptoms in England can now be tested. Asylum seekers who test positive or have symptoms will be accommodated in hotel or sel...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2020-06-23/63243
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1216943
- uk · wq-1216943 · source updated 30 June 2020