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PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
For ORAL ANSWER on 13 April 1983
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Mr Gregor MacKenzie (Rutherglen): To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what are the international obligations of the United Kingdom towards refugees,
The principal international obligations of the
United Kingdom towards refugees are those arising under
the United Nations Convention relating to the Status of
Refugees of 1951, as modified by the Protocol of 1967.
The Convention defines a refugee and gives guidance on
international standards for the treatment of refugees.