Oral question asked in the House of Lords, by Lord Avebury (Liberal Democrat). It was answered on Monday, 8 October 2007.
Iraq: Political Asylum
- Question
- My Lords, will the Minister nevertheless confirm that representations have been made by the UNHCR to a number of potential receiving countries about sharing the burden of accepting people who, while not refugees, are at serious risk of persecution and harm in Iraq?
- Answer
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My Lords, I am aware that some discussion has taken place, although I do not know the exact details of it. It is interesting to note the numbers of people who have been taken into various countries. The countries around Iraq, which are where most Iraqis who have fled have gone, have to deal with them; they are not refugees in the sense in which we deal with them in this country.
Secondary information
- Type
- Oral question
- Reference
- 695 c4
- Session
- 2006-07
- Oral question type
- Supplementary
- Chamber / Committee
- House of Lords chamber
- Subjects
- Asylum Civilians Iraq Peacekeeping operations
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