PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Immigration Controls: Russia (30 November 2016)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the 39 Russian nationals, named in the Sergei Magnitsky Rule of Law Accountability Act passed by the US Congress and President Obama in 2012, are currently barred from entering the UK.

Asked by:
Mr Andrew Mitchell (Conservative)

We have a long established practice of not routinely commenting on individual immigration cases. Reasons for this include data protection.

We can however confirm that foreign nationals requiring leave to enter the UK must meet the requirements of the Immigration Rules in the category of entry sought and that, by their own actions, must not have brought themselves within scope of the general grounds for refusal in the Immigration Rules.

Evidence that an individual has been involved in organised crime or human rights abuses would be taken into account when a visa application is considered. Individuals will be denied entry to the UK where there is evidence to show that their presence would not be considered conducive to the public good.

Answered by:
Mr Ben Wallace (Conservative)
8 December 2016