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Asylum

Commons · Question 118139 · Tabled 4 Mar 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 10 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by James McMurdock

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department’s press release entitled Refugee protection to be reviewed every 30 months, published on 2 March 2026, what estimate she has made of the proportionate reduction in asy

Answer

Answered by Alex Norris, 10 Mar 2026

Any adult or accompanied child who claims asylum on or after 2 March 2026 and is granted refugee status or humanitarian protection will be given ‘Core Protection’, for a period of 30 months. This change is intended to reduce the pull factors behind high n...