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Refugees

Commons · Question 65125 · Tabled 4 Jul 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 11 Jul 2025

Question

Asked by Zöe Franklin

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to help ensure that ensure that (a) refugees and (b) stateless people are not penalised for their irregular (i) entry or (ii) arrival.

Answer

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 11 Jul 2025

Irrespective of someone’s method of entry or arrival to the UK, all asylum claims that are admitted to the UK asylum system are carefully considered on their individual merits in accordance with our international obligations. Each individual assessment is...