Democratic Republic of Congo

House of Lords written question – answered at on 6 February 2014.

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Photo of Lord Roberts of Llandudno Lord Roberts of Llandudno Liberal Democrat

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Intergovernmental Consultation on Migration, Asylum, and Refugees that is used in deciding asylum cases regarding the Democratic Republic of the Congo has been published and is currently accessible; and, if it has been published, whether they will place a copy of the report in the Library of the House.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they will make available the transcripts of the interviews conducted by the Country of Origin Information Service in June 2012 with Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch in respect of conditions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Photo of Lord Taylor of Holbeach Lord Taylor of Holbeach The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department

A country policy bulletin for the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) was published on the Home Office web site in November 2012. The bulletin contained information obtained by the Home Office Country of Origin (COI) Service from the Intergovernmental Consultation on Migration, Asylum and Refugees (IGC) and from interviews with Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch. It was noted in the bulletin that the full IGC survey and transcripts of the interviews would be provided on request. The data was then made available in February 2013 to decision makers in a COI bulletin “DRC: Statistics and Information on the Treatment of Returns (To Kinshasa)”.

Both the country policy bulletin of November 2012 and the COI bulletin of February 2013 will be made available in the Library of the House.

Updated IGC information will be included in the DRC country policy bulletin which we expect to publish in February 2014.

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