HC Deb 21 March 2003 vol 401 c967W
Gregory Barker

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on Government progress in persuading non-EU countries to host British asylum application processing centres. [104239]

Beverley Hughes

We are still developing our ideas on how we want to advance new international approaches to asylum processing and protection. While there has been media speculation of possible locations for transit processing centres we have not started discussions with any country on the potential as host for such centres.