Written Question·Home Office·UIN 25955

Asylum: Syria

Tabled: 22 January 2025
Answered: 30 January 2025

Question

Ayoub Khan

IndependentBirmingham Perry Barr

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason her Department paused the processing of applications made by Syrian asylum seekers on 9 December 2024.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
We keep all country guidance relating to asylum claims under constant review, so we can respond to emerging issues. Following the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, the Home Office has withdrawn the Country Policy Information Notes and Guidance relating t...

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