Asylum
Commons · Question 60833 · Tabled 18 Jun 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 23 Jun 2025
Question
Asked by Derek Twigg
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers who have previously reached a another safe country before arriving in the UK have had their applications (a) approved and (b) rejected in each year since 2015.
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 23 Jun 2025
The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Available data on third country refusals, where the claimant is believed to have reached a safe third country prior to claiming in the UK, is published in t...