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Asylum Seekers: Democratic Republic of Congo

Volume 712: debated on Wednesday 1 July 2009

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Question

Asked by

The Earl of Listowel

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many asylum-seeking families from the Democratic Republic of Congo have been detained at Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre in the past year. [HL4440]

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office
(Lord West of Spithead)

Three asylum-seeking families from the Democratic Republic of Congo were detained at Yarl’s Wood immigration removal centre in the last calendar year.