HC Deb 11 June 1990 vol 174 c16W
Mr. Winnick

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on Her Majesty's Government's policy towards Chinese citizens in the United Kingdom seeking temporary asylum.

Mr. Peter Lloyd

All applications for asylum in this country are considered in accordance with our obligations under the United Nations convention relating to the status of refugees.

While the situation in China remains uncertain we are continuing to allow Chinese nationals who were in the United Kingdom on 4 June 1989 to remain here on an exceptional basis. Applications from other Chinese nationals are considered on their individual merits.

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