HC Deb 08 July 1993 vol 228 cc239-40W
Mr. Nigel Evans

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many United Kingdom citizens have been murdered on overseas holidays in each year since 1985; and if he will list the countries the murders occurred in.

Mr. Lennox-Boyd

The number of United Kingdom citizens murdered abroad since 1985, and reported to the FCO, is as follows:

Numbers
1985 18
1986 26
1987 45
1988 55
1989 39
1990 50
1991 49
1992 51
1993 127
1 First six months.

Murders took place in 75 countries, as shown in the list. FCO records do not distinguish between holidaymakers, business people and residents abroad.

Afghanistan Ireland
Antigua Israel
Argentina Italy
Australia Jamaica
Bahamas Jerusalem
Belgium Kenya
Belize Lebanon
Bermuda Liberia
Bolivia Malawi
Brazil Malta
British Virgin Islands Mexico
Canada Morocco
Canary Islands Mozambique
Caymen Islands Netherlands
Colombia New Zealand
Cyprus Nigeria
Czechoslovakia Pakistan
Denmark Papua New Guinea
Djibouti Peru
Dominican Republic Philippines
Egypt Portugal
El Salvador Saudi Arabia
France Somalia
Gambia South Africa
Germany Spain
Ghana St. Lucia
Greece St. Maarten (Netherland Antilles)
Guatemala
Guyana Sudan
Honduras Swaziland
India Sweden
Indonesia Switzerland
Iraq Tanzania
Thailand Venezuela
Turkey Yugoslavia (Belgrade)
Tunisia Zaire
Togo Zimbabwe
USA
Uganda

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