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IS SCHEME OF SPECIAL ASSURANCES ("UNDERTAKINGS") WORKING PROPERLY?

CAN YOU DO MORE?

The position is that in certain very limited cases rights of admission will exist at the discretion of the Home Secretary, but this will be on a very limited basis for people who have been exposed to special factors and considerations.

It would be inappropriate to disclose the categories and numbers of people involved or the special considerations or factors

concerned.

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The assurances extend to spouses and dependent children under the age of 18 at the time officer concerned enters the United Kingdom.

I am aware that reservations have been expressed about the nature and the scope of the assurances. This is a sensitive issue on which I cannot make any further public comments.

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