§ Mr. TynanTo ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to his answer of 24 June 2004,Official Report, column 1528W, whether persons detained by the US armed forces arriving in the Chagos islands require entry permits.[185658]
§ Mr. RammellThe United States authorities have repeatedly assured us that no detainees have at any time passed in transit through Diego Garcia or its territorial waters, or have disembarked there. The Government are satisfied that these assurances are correct. The issue of entry permits for detainees arriving in the Chagos islands does not therefore arise.