Migrants: Detainees
Commons · Question 76587 · Tabled 11 Sep 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 22 Sep 2025
Question
Asked by Kirsty Blackman
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the compatibility of (a) the Government’s commitment to halving levels of violence against women and girls within a decade and (b) the detention of women in immigration
Answer
Answered by Jess Phillips, 22 Sep 2025
Asylum-seeking victims must be treated as victims, first and foremost. We recognise the challenges asylum-seeking victims of VAWG can face and the VAWG Strategy will include more detail on our approach to migrant victims of VAWG. It is vital that we get t...