Written Question·Home Office·UIN 59154

Immigration Controls: Syria

Tabled: 11 June 2025
Answered: 19 June 2025

Question

Zarah Sultana

Your PartyCoventry South

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made in reviewing the pause on decision-making for (a) asylum and (b) indefinite leave to remain applications from Syrian nationals; and what her planned timetable is

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Following the fall of the Assad regime, the Home Office has withdrawn the Country Policy Information Notes and Guidance relating to Syria and has temporarily paused all asylum interviews and decisions.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

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