Written Question·Home Office·UIN 6675

Asylum: Detention Centres

Tabled: 4 October 2024
Answered: 11 October 2024

Question

Dr Simon Opher

LabourStroud

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by what criteria asylum seekers are housed in detention centres.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Asylum seekers may be detained for immigration purposes only in accordance with Home Office detention policy, as set out in the Detention General Instructions, the Adults at Risk in Immigration Detention guidance and the Detained Asylum Casework guidance....

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