Immigration: Syria
Commons · Question 37789 · Tabled 12 Mar 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 20 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Carla Denyer
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to develop new country information for Syria; and when she plans to begin processing (a) asylum claims and (b) settlement cases.
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 20 Mar 2025
Following the fall of the Assad regime, the Home Office has withdrawn the Country Policy Information Notes and Guidance relating to Syria and has temporarily paused all asylum interviews and decisions.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...