§ Mr. Newensasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many applications for entry into the 198W United Kingdom have been received from Bolivian citizens claiming to be unable to return to Bolivia for political reasons; and how many have been admitted during the course of each year from 1970 to the present;
(2) if he will give sympathetic consideration to requests for entry permits for any long-term Bolivian political prisoners held without charge or trial.
§ Dr. SummerskillTwo applications were received in 1976 from Bolivians in the Agentine seeking resettlement in the United Kingdom for political reasons but they went to other countries. Inquiries in respect of a third application, lodged at the end of last month, are being urgently pursued. These were the only applications recorded from 1970 onwards.
All applications for resettlement in the United Kingdom on political grounds are considered sympathetically in the light of the individual circumstances of each case.