§ Mr. Gordon PrenticeTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list those countries which have made extradition requests to the UK in respect of their nationals who are alleged members of Islamic groups who are living here. [11183]
§ Mr. Bob AinsworthI have been asked to reply.
There are currently nine requests outstanding for the extradition of fugitives accused of involvement in Islamic terrorist activity. Six of those requests had been received before the events of 11 September. The requesting jurisdictions in these cases are as follows:
Requesting jurisdiction Number of requests United States of America 5 France 2 Italy 1 Algeria 1 Save in relation to the request from Algeria, none of the other fugitives involved is a national of those countries. All of them are in extradition custody.