Question follow-through · 20992
Asylum: Sri Lanka
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 16 December 2024 to Question 18968 on Asylum: Sri Lanka, for what reason the migrants temporarily relocated to the UK were not relocated to St
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- Answering body
- Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
- Tabled
- 18 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 7 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 8 Jan 2025 · 21 calendar days after tabling
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Recorded timeline
18 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, with reference to the Answer of 16 December 2024 to Question 18968 on Asylum: Sri Lanka, for what reason the migrants temporarily relocated to the UK were not relocated to St
7 Jan 2025
Target answer date
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8 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Memorandum of Understanding with St Helena signed on 15 October 2024 only applies to migrants who arrive on the British Indian Ocean Territory (BIOT) after that date. The then existing group of migrants on BIOT were not included within the arrangement...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
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