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Immigration: Sri Lanka

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of granting Sri Lankan Tamils on Diego Garcia the right to come to the UK.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
12 Nov 2024
Target answer date
18 Nov 2024
Answer
18 Nov 2024 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 12 Nov 2024

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has made an assessment of the potential impact of granting Sri Lankan Tamils on Diego Garcia the right to come to the UK.

  2. 18 Nov 2024

    Target answer date

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  3. 18 Nov 2024

    Answer published

    No such right exists, and no such right will be considered. On the specific cases of the migrants who have been located on Diego Garcia since 2022, I refer the Hon. Member to PQ 12545.

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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