British Nationals Abroad: Arrests

(asked on 24th November 2021) - View Source

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 November 2021 to Question 72465 on British Nationals Abroad: Arrests, what criteria are used for assessing vulnerability and humanitarian concerns of British dual nationals detained in the country of their other nationality.


Answered by
Amanda Milling Portrait
Amanda Milling
Government Whip, Lord Commissioner of HM Treasury
This question was answered on 2nd December 2021

We offer help appropriate to the individual circumstances of each case. Our staff make an assessment of vulnerability and needs, based on the individual, where they are and the situation they are facing. We aim to offer assistance which helps meet these needs. Normally, we do not provide consular assistance to dual nationals in the country of their other nationality. We can offer consular assistance to a British dual national in the country of their other nationality if we consider them vulnerable and we have humanitarian or human rights concerns, such as the possibility of facing the death penalty, corporal punishment, or fair trial concerns. However, the help we can provide will depend on what the host government will agree. If a dual British national is detained in a third country we offer the same support as we would for mono-British nationals.

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