Written Question·Home Office·UIN 39196

Asylum: Syria

Tabled: 18 March 2025

Answered: 25 March 2025

Question

Euan Stainbank

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department's pause on processing asylum claims for people in Syria on the welfare of those people.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

Following the fall of the Assad regime, the Home Office withdrew the Country Policy Information Notes and guidance relating to Syria and has temporarily paused all asylum interviews and decisions. However, we continue to register new claims from Syrians i...

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