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Asylum: Applications

Commons · Question 93323 · Tabled 20 Nov 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 25 Nov 2025

Question

Asked by Max Wilkinson

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how does her department define an "unmeritous" asylum claim.

Answer

Answered by Alex Norris, 25 Nov 2025

The asylum and returns policy statement sets out the intention to deal swiftly with unmeritorious protection claims that are made by nationals of manifestly safe countries in an attempt to frustrate their removal. In this context, an unmeritorious claim i...