Speeches

Lord Hylton – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Hylton on 2015-12-15.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what information they have received, if any, about Turkish and Greek coastguards attacking boats of refugees near the Greek islands, thus endangering life.

Baroness Anelay of St Johns

We are aware of news stories about boats of refugees being attacked near Greek islands, but have seen no evidence to substantiate these reports.