Written Question·Home Office·UIN 93505

Asylum: Families

Tabled: 21 November 2025
Answered: 1 December 2025

Question

Graeme Downie

LabourDunfermline and Dollar

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's policy paper entitled Restoring Order and Control: A statement on the government’s asylum and returns policy, updated on 20 November 2025, what support will be provi

Answer

Alex Norris
There is no provision within our Immigration Rules for someone to be allowed to travel to the UK to seek asylum. Those who need international protection should claim asylum in the first safe country they reach – that is the fastest route to safety.The ref...

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