§ Mr. David Steelasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is Her Majesty's Government's policy towards the granting of refugee status to Iranian students in the United Kingdom who are reluctant or refusing to return to Iran owing to the poor human rights record in that country; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. RaisonRecognition as a refugee under the convention relating to the status of refugees is based upon the establishment of a well-founded fear of persecution irrespective of the nationality of the applicant. Applications from Iranian students are considered accordingly.