Asylum: Sri Lanka

(asked on 4th December 2024) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2024 to Question 12545 on Asylum: Sri Lanka, what the serious welfare and safeguarding concerns for (a) children and (b) other people were on Diego Garcia.


Answered by
Angela Eagle Portrait
Angela Eagle
Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 9th December 2024

Diego Garcia has never been a suitable location for migrants, including children and their families, given the logistical challenges of providing care in such a remote place without housing, medical care or other significant civilian infrastructure.

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