§ Mr. WinnickTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the circumstances in which a citizen of Algeria was refused asylum in this country and is now reported to have been murdered. [80]
§ Mr. Mike O'BrienThe Foreign and Commonwealth Office has investigated the claim made on 9 May by the Refugee Council that an asylum seeker whose application was turned down had been killed on his return to Algeria. The Government have received categorical assurances from the Government of Algeria that the individual is alive and well, and our ambassador met the former asylum seeker on Sunday 18 May. We are therefore satisfied that the claims made are unfounded. Removals of failed asylum seekers to Algeria will now resume where appropriate.