Refugees: Offenders
Commons · Question 92085 · Tabled 18 Nov 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 25 Nov 2025
Question
Asked by Euan Stainbank
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of clause 52 of the Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill to permit the denial of refugee status to asylum seekers who are serious offenders.
Answer
Answered by Alex Norris, 25 Nov 2025
Clause 52 ensures that convictions for Schedule 3 sexual offences will be assumed to be ‘particularly serious’ for the purpose of exclusion from the Refugee Convention. Not only have these individuals failed to respect the laws of the UK by committing hei...