Written Question·Home Office·UIN 93492

Asylum: Bangladesh

Tabled: 21 November 2025

Answered: 1 December 2025

Question

Ben Obese-Jecty

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policies of the number and proportion of Bangladeshi asylum seekers who arrived in the UK on a) visas or b) other leave in the year t

Answer

Alex Norris

This government has already taken action to stem the surge in asylum claims from visa holders, including record numbers of credibility interviews and mandating a genuine study requirement for short term student routes. The number of student visa holders c...

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