§ Lord Aveburyasked Her Majesty's Government:
Whether it is the policy of the Immigration and National Policy Directorate to refuse asylum applications from persons who assisted or sympathised with the Kurdistan Workers Party in Turkey, irrespective of whether they had engaged in any acts of violence.
§ The Minister of State, Home Office (Baroness Blatch)Asylum applications are considered on their individual merit and in the light of the 1951 United Nations convention relating to the status of refugees.