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...