Written Question·Home Office·UIN 84099
Asylum: Vetting
Tabled: 21 October 2025
Answered: 27 October 2025
Question
Gregory Stafford
Conservative — Farnham and Bordon
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what vetting processes are in place to prevent people with a history of violence or extremism from being granted asylum, in the context of recent developments in the Middle East.
Answer
Mike TappAll asylum claimants are subject to mandatory security checks to establish their identity and to link it to their biometric details for the purpose of immigration, security and criminality checks. These checks are critical to the delivery of a safe and se...
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