To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has received concerning the situation of ethnic Albanians who have fled Kosovo and Montenegro and sought asylum in the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement. [1213]

I have been asked to reply.Various representations have been made, primarily in the context of individual asylum applications. Each asylum application is considered individually on its merits, in the light of the current situation in Kosovo and Montenegro, and asylum is granted where appropriate.