Written questions

Immigration Controls: Syria

Commons · Question 49210 · Tabled 29 Apr 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 8 May 2025

Question

Asked by Lizzi Collinge

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to resume processing indefinite leave to remain applications from Syrian nationals that have been paused.

Answer

Answered by Seema Malhotra, 8 May 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.Settlement Protection applications from Syrian nationals wh...