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1507477

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date	21/09/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Migrants: British Indian Ocean Territory
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what onward travel options his Department offers to migrants accommodated on Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	53410
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>Migrants on the British Indian Ocean Territory are not in detention and are free to leave at any time. The UK government has thus far assisted the voluntary return of over sixty migrants by plane to Sri Lanka. The UK government remains committed to supporting the departure of the migrants from the British Indian Ocean Territory, and to meeting its legal obligations to ensure that they are not at risk of persecution on return to their country of nationality.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/10/2022 16:12:35 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1507478

registered interest
date	21/09/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Migrants: British Indian Ocean Territory
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, how many migrants are situated on Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	53411
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>As of 3 October 2022 the number of migrants situated on Diego Garcia is 109.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/10/2022 16:09:11 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1507479

registered interest
date	21/09/2022
answering body	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept id	208
answering dept short name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
hansard heading	Migrants: British Indian Ocean Territory
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what communication facilities are available to migrants accommodated on Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	53412
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/10/2022 answer text <p>The migrants' welfare and safety has been a priority and we have helped to provide food, telecoms and medical support, as well as interim provision for education and welfare. Telephone and iPad use are available to migrants so that they are able to call their legal representatives at any time. We have made additional provision for other calls, such as to families, as capacity and conditions allow.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 11/10/2022 13:24:07 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion