Written question asked by David Burrowes (Conservative) on Wednesday, 16 September 2015, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 12 October 2015. It was answered by James Brokenshire (Conservative) on Monday, 12 October 2015 on behalf of the Home Office.

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Christianity: Pakistan

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's assessment of the risk of prosecution to Christians in Pakistan in its publication, Country Information and Guidance, Pakistan: Christians and Christian converts, published in February 2015, what assessment she has made of the implications for her policies of the finding of the report commissioned by the British Pakistan Christian Association, entitled Education, Human Rights Violations in Pakistan and the Scandal Involving UNHRC and Asylum Seekers in Thailand, published in February 2015.

Answer

The Home Office will be considering the report commissioned by the British Pakistani Christian Association alongside a range of other material to make a full assessment of the situation of Christians in Pakistan, and will revise its country information and guidance if necessary.

The Home Office considers that the treatment of asylum seekers in Thailand is primarily a matter for the Thai authorities.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

10465

Session

2015-16

Subjects

Pakistan Christianity

Link

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