Asylum: Detention Centres
Commons · Question 6675 · Tabled 4 Oct 2024 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 11 Oct 2024
Question
Asked by Simon Opher
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by what criteria asylum seekers are housed in detention centres.
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 11 Oct 2024
Asylum seekers may be detained for immigration purposes only in accordance with Home Office detention policy, as set out in the Detention General Instructions, the Adults at Risk in Immigration Detention guidance and the Detained Asylum Casework guidance....