Written Question·Home Office·UIN 110366

Asylum: Overseas Students

Tabled: 3 February 2026
Answered: 9 February 2026
Named Day

Question

Valerie Vaz

LabourWalsall and Bloxwich

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many students have claimed asylum (a) while studying in the UK and (b) after completing their studies in each of the last three years.

Answer

Alex Norris
The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on the number of people claiming asylum after holding a study visa as their most recent category of leave prior to claiming asylum is published in tabl...

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