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Palestinians: Entry Clearances

Volume 463: debated on Monday 10 September 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for what reason members of the Palestinian under-19 football team were refused visas to travel to the UK. (155058)

The members of the Palestinian under-19 football team were refused entry clearance to the UK for the reasons stated on their refusal notices. Under the terms of the Data Protection Act 1998 UKvisas is unable to disclose details of individual applications.

In reaching these decisions the entry clearance officers (ECOs) at our consulate-general in Jerusalem considered the applicants' circumstances and reasons for visiting the UK. An entry clearance manager reviewed the ECOs' decisions and was satisfied that they were in accordance with the immigration rules.