St Helena: Asylum
Commons · Question 12035 · Tabled 31 Oct 2024 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record
Answered 8 Nov 2024
Question
Asked by Andrew Rosindell
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether he has met with the administrators of (a) Tristan da Cunha and (b) Ascension Island since the Government’s asylum agreement with St Helena was concluded.
Answer
Answered by Stephen Doughty, 8 Nov 2024
The new arrangement with St Helena does not apply to Tristan da Cunha or Ascension Island. The Chief Islander from Tristan da Cunha and Councillors from Ascension Island will attend the UK Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council (JMC) in London lat...