Written Question·Home Office·UIN 93323
Asylum: Applications
Tabled: 20 November 2025
Answered: 25 November 2025
Question
Max Wilkinson
Liberal Democrat — Cheltenham
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how does her department define an "unmeritous" asylum claim.
Answer
Alex NorrisThe asylum and returns policy statement sets out the intention to deal swiftly with unmeritorious protection claims that are made by nationals of manifestly safe countries in an attempt to frustrate their removal. In this context, an unmeritorious claim i...
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