Asylum: Applications
Commons · Question 46850 · Tabled 22 Apr 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 6 May 2025
Question
Asked by Gareth Bacon
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds information on whether asylum (a) claimants and (b) applicants have previously successfully claimed asylum in an EU member state.
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 6 May 2025
A proper account of a claimant’s immigration history is taken as part of the screening process, and during the substantive asylum interview where necessary, to fully understand the chronology and detail of how the person came to the UK, including the circ...