§ Mr. Tony Banksasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department why Salvador Mendoza and Reynaldo Blanco, members of the El Salvador Human Rights Commission, were stopped and searched by immigration officals when they arrived from Ostend on 29 March.
§ Mr. Waddington[pursuant to his reply, 6 April 1987, c. 12]: Mr. Reynaldo Blanco Rojas and another Salvadorean national arrived together at Dover from Ostend on 29 March at 2.30 pm. The immigration officer examined them for the purpose of determining whether they qualified for leave to enter in accordance with the immigration rules. They at first claimed to be students and sought entry as tourists for a period of three days. The immigration officer was not at that stage satisfied that they were genuine visitors and required them to submit to further examination. At 4 pm, after further questioning and examination of their luggage and personal effects, the immigration officer decided that they could properly be admitted as visitors and granted them leave to enter the United Kingdom for a period of one month.