Written Question·Home Office·UIN 39197

Asylum: Syria

Tabled: 18 March 2025
Answered: 25 March 2025

Question

Euan Stainbank

LabourFalkirk

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to resume processing asylum claims for people from Syria.

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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