HC Deb 14 June 1994 vol 244 cc396-7W
Mr. Miller

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which EC countries plan to offer sanctuary to non-Yemeni nationals resident in the Yemen who are forced to flee due to the civil war but whose travel documents do not confer a right of settlement elsewhere.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

We have not discussed with our European Union partners the subject of sanctuary for those leaving Yemen.

Mr. Miller

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has to assist impartial non-Yemeni nationals caught up in the civil war in the Yemen to whom the facility of embassy help is not available.

Mr. Douglas Hogg

Nationals from 23 other countries were evacuated with British citizens on flights arranged by the FCO which left Sana'a on 9 and 12 May. The British embassy in Sana' a continues to offer consular advice to British citizens and to unrepresented European Union and Commonwealth nationals who inquire.