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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...