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date	19/10/2022
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	Diego Garcia: Human Trafficking
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 assessment his Department has made of the risks of human trafficking faced by migrants currently accommodated on Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	67038
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The UK Government is working to find a long-term solution for the migrants currently accommodated on Diego Garcia. Their welfare and safety are our top priority.  All possible courses of action are assessed in light of the possible risks to migrants, including mistreatment, trafficking or persecution. The British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) is not a suitable long-term place of residence for migrants and we are committed to finding a solution that ensures BIOT does not become a destination for people smuggling.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/10/2022 16:14:19 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

1524197

registered interest
date	19/10/2022
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	Diego Garcia: Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether migrants currently accommodated on Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory and who are assessed to be at risk should they return to their country of origin will be permitted to make a claim for asylum in the UK.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	67039
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2022 answer text <p>The British Indian Ocean Territory is not a suitable long-term place of residence for migrants and the UK Government remains committed to supporting their departure and to ensuring that they are not at risk of persecution on return to their country of origin. The individuals will not be permitted to make a claim for asylum in the UK.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 25/10/2022 16:16:32 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion