HC Deb 07 February 1983 vol 36 c235W
Mr. Arthur Lewis

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in view of the fact that there are an estimated 1.75 million Ghanaian refugees fleeing from Nigeria, what is his policy towards application by such refugees for settlement in the United Kingdom.

Mr. Waddington

Ghanaians expelled from Nigeria can return to their own country and are not refugees within the definition of the 1951 convention relating to the status of refugees and its 1967 protocol. Any application for settlement in the United Kingdom would be considered under the relevant immigration rules.