Written question asked by Michael Stern (Conservative), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 20 March 1997. It was answered by David Davis (Conservative) on Thursday, 20 March 1997 on behalf of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

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Foreign and Commonwealth Office

Question

If he will hold discussions with his German counterpart on the obligations to asylum-seekers who face maltreatment on return to their country of origin and who have provided intelligence information to the benefit of the United Kingdom as a member of NATO and on the deferral of deportation orders against asylum seekers in Germany who face deportation to Russia, Belarus or Ukraine until it can be established whether any of those asylum-seekers were given indications of asylum in the course of interrogation by intelligence officers reporting to NATO or members thereof.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

292 c768W; 21317;21316

Session

1996-97

Subjects

Intelligence services Human rights Germany Refugees Russia Ukraine Belarus