Written Question·Home Office·UIN 33055

Asylum: Syria

Tabled: 24 February 2025
Answered: 3 March 2025
Named Day

Question

Ben Lake

Plaid CymruCeredigion Preseli

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, upon what evidential basis she will deem it sufficient to lift the temporary pause on the processing of Syrian asylum seeker claims.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Following the fall of the Assad regime, the Home Office has withdrawn the Country Policy Information Notes and Guidance relating to Syria and has temporarily paused all asylum interviews and decisions for Syrian nationals. However, we continue to register...

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