Written question asked by Tam Dalyell (Labour) on Tuesday, 6 February 2001, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 9 February 2001. It was answered by Lord Spellar (Labour) on Friday, 9 February 2001 on behalf of the Ministry of Defence.

Ministry of Defence

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Albanians apprehended for illegal activity by UK Members of KFOR in the last two months were handed over to (a) KFOR authorities and (b) Camp Bondsteel. - Includes figure (Holding answer 8 February 2001).

Answer: Mr. Dalyell: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Albanians apprehended for illegal activity by UK members of KFOR in the last two months were handed over to (a) KFOR authorities and (b) Camp Bondsteel. [149380] Mr. Spellar: [holding answer 8 February 2001]: Sixty-one ethnic Albanians were apprehended for illegal activity by British troops operating as part of the KFOR reserve in support of Multi-National Brigade (East) (MNB(E)), in the past two months (December 2000 and January 2001) and were handed over to KFOR authorities at the detention facility, Camp Bondsteel.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 149380; 362 c708W
Session: 2000-01
Subjects: Arrests Ethnic groups Prisoners Peacekeeping operations Minority groups Albania Kosovo
Contains statistics: Yes
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