Asylum: Syria
Commons · Question 39196 · Tabled 18 Mar 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 25 Mar 2025
Question
Asked by Euan Stainbank
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of her Department's pause on processing asylum claims for people in Syria on the welfare of those people.
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 25 Mar 2025
Following the fall of the Assad regime, the Home Office withdrew 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 Syrians i...