Written Question·Home Office·UIN 110366
Asylum: Overseas Students
Tabled: 3 February 2026
Answered: 9 February 2026
Named DayQuestion
Valerie Vaz
Labour — Walsall 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 NorrisThe 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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