Written Question·Home Office·UIN 65125

Refugees

Tabled: 4 July 2025
Answered: 11 July 2025
Named Day

Question

Zöe Franklin

Liberal DemocratGuildford

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that ensure that (a) refugees and (b) stateless people are not penalised for their irregular (i) entry or (ii) arrival.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle
Irrespective of someone’s method of entry or arrival to the UK, all asylum claims that are admitted to the UK asylum system are carefully considered on their individual merits in accordance with our international obligations. Each individual assessment is...

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