Written Question·Home Office·UIN 58258

Asylum: Syria

Tabled: 9 June 2025

Answered: 17 June 2025

Question

Alex Sobel

Labour (Co-op) — Leeds Central and Headingley

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she plans to take to process the outstanding asylum applications of Syrians in the UK.

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Following the fall of the Assad regime, the Home Office has withdrawn the Country Policy Information Notes and Guidance relating to Syria and has temporarily paused all asylum interviews and decisions.The pause is being kept under constant review and when...

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