HC Deb 05 February 1992 vol 203 c194W
37. Mr. Vaz

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a further statement on the numbers of British citizens who are ex-employees of BCCI who are still in Abu Dhabi and are being refused their passports.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

There are at present 10 former employees of BCCI who entered the United Arab Emirates on United Kingdom passports and whose passports are being retained by the UAE authorities. Eight of them are in detention pending the completion of investigations into the bank's affairs in Abu Dhabi. Two, who are not in detention, have outstanding liabilities to the bank. I understand that they are not seeking to leave the UAE and have not asked for the return of their passports from the authorities.