HC Deb 04 November 2002 vol 392 c102W
Bob Russell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will postpone the deportation of Chechens to Russia. [78526]

Simon Hughes

[holding answer 31 October 2002]: The Home Office, in conjunction with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, closely monitors the situation in the Russian Federation, and in particular, the conflict in Chechnya. We are aware that the Russian authorities have intensified their security operations in the wake of the terrorist incident in Moscow, but the impact of this remains unclear thus far. Our deportation policy, however, is kept under constant review.