Written questions

Asylum: Deportation

Commons · Question 30127 · Tabled 10 Feb 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 13 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Rachael Maskell

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what offences would require an asylum seeker to be deported.

Answer

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 13 Feb 2025

All foreign nationals, including asylum seekers and refugees, can and do face prosecution for criminal offences in the same way as any other individual in the UK, and routinely have their immigration status reviewed if convicted.Under existing legislation...