Written Question·Home Office·UIN 42401

Visas: Asylum

Tabled: 31 March 2025

Answered: 4 April 2025

Question

Sir John Hayes

Conservative — South Holland and The Deepings

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in the UK on tourist visas went on to claim asylum in each of the last five years.

Answer

Dame Angela Eagle

Data on the ‘Source of asylum claims in 2024’ was published by the Home Office on 30th March 2025. The remaining requested data is not available from published statistics and could only be collated and verified for the purposes of answering this question ...

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