Hansard: House of Commons debates Wednesday 25th May 2006
http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200506/cmhansrd/cm060524/debtext/60524-0319.htm#06052472000001
According to the Home Office it is safe to remove people to Sri Lanka. However, Kim Howells, the Minister of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FOC), is of the opinion that Sri Lanka is a very dangerous place. 205 persons were deported to Sri Lanka in the first three months of this year and removals are still taking place. A delegation of MPs who recently returned from Sri Lanka spoke about what they found there in an adjournment debate in parliament yesterday - it was very distressing. Kim Howells was very clear that the situation in Sri Lanka is bad, that all sides in the ongoing conflict are involved in attacks upon civilians.
