PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Saudi Arabia: Detainees (15 December 2020)

Question Asked

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what discussions he has had with his counterparts in Saudi Arabia on the alleged inhumane treatment of African and other migrants in Saudi Arabian detention centres.

Asked by:
Taiwo Owatemi (Labour)

Answer

We are concerned by reports of conditions in migrant detention centres. I raised our concerns on migrant detention centres with the Saudi Ambassador to the UK on 16 November. We are monitoring the situation closely, as we always do on human rights issues.


Answered by:
Sir James Cleverly (Conservative)
22 December 2020

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