§ Lord Dholakiaasked Her Majesty's Government:
What steps are being taken to ensure that asylum seekers who are deported from the United Kingdom to their country of origin are not ill treated. [HL50]
§ The Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Scotland of Asthal)Each asylum claim is considered on its own merits taking account of relevant country information, case-law and factors specific to the individual claim. Where a decision has been taken that an individual would not be at risk if returned to their country and that decision has been upheld by the appellate authorities we consider that it is safe for that individual to be removed.
We do not consider it necessary to monitor the treatment of failed asylum seekers who have been removed in accordance with the proper procedures. However, any reliable information about the treatment of returned asylum seekers in a particular country will be referred to in the appropriate country information materials produced by the Immigration and Nationality Directorate and will therefore form part of the individual assessment of asylum claims made by nationals of that country.