Question follow-through · 50138

Guantanamo Bay: Detainees

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his policy is on the refoulement of former Guantanamo Bay detainees from third countries.

answeredChris LawForeign, Commonwealth and Development Office

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Answering body: Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
Tabled: 6 May 2025
Target answer date: 12 May 2025
Answer: 20 May 2025 · 14 calendar days after tabling

Elapsed calendar days describe the record timeline, not whether Parliament considers an answer on time.

Recorded timeline

6 May 2025
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what his policy is on the refoulement of former Guantanamo Bay detainees from third countries.
12 May 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
20 May 2025
Answer published
We urge all States to ensure those in detention are treated in line with international human rights law. Discussions of non-British nationals in Guantanamo Bay are a matter for the US and the nations of those detained.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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