Asylum: Sri Lanka
Commons · Question 17915 · Tabled 4 Dec 2024 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 9 Dec 2024
Question
Asked by Nick Timothy
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether any of the Sri Lankan asylum seekers on Diego Garcia have been excluded from travel to the UK on the grounds of (a) their criminal convictions and (b) ongoing criminal investigations.
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 9 Dec 2024
Migrants with criminal convictions, charges, or subject to ongoing investigations were not in scope for the recent transfer. We do not comment on individual cases.