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Written question asked by Lord Roberts of Llandudno (Liberal Democrat), in the House of Lords. It was answered by Lord Taylor of Holbeach (Conservative) on Thursday, 6 February 2014.

Democratic Republic of Congo

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will make available the transcripts of the interviews conducted by the Country of Origin Information Service in June 2012 with Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch in respect of conditions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.[HL5082]

Answer

A country policy bulletin for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was published on the Home Office web site in November 2012. The bulletin contained information obtained by the Home Office Country of Origin (COI) Service from the Intergovernmental Consultation on Migration, Asylum and Refugees (IGC) and from interviews with Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. It was noted in the bulletin that the full IGC survey and transcripts of the interviews would be provided on request. The data was then made available in February 2013 to decision makers in a COI bulletin “DRC: Statistics and Information on the Treatment of Returns (To Kinshasa)”.

Both the country policy bulletin of November 2012 and the COI bulletin of February 2013 will be made available in the Library of the House.

Updated IGC information will be included in the DRC country policy bulletin which we expect to publish in February 2014.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL5082; 752 cc75-6WA
Session
2013-14
Subjects
Asylum Democratic Republic of the Congo
Link
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