Written Question·Home Office·UIN 113282

Asylum: Crowborough Training Camp

Tabled: 12 February 2026

Answered: 26 February 2026

Named Day

Question

Dr Kieran Mullan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether asylum seekers accommodated at Crowborough Training Camp are free to leave the site; and whether restrictions are placed on their movement into Crowborough and surrounding areas.

Answer

Alex Norris

In accordance with current legislation, people with a valid pending claim for asylum are permitted to remain in the UK while their claim is being processed, and as they have permission to remain in the UK during that time, they cannot be routinely detaine...

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