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Asylum: Overseas Students

Commons · Question 119807 · Tabled 10 Mar 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 17 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 Visa brake imposed on 4 countries after widespread visa abuse, published on 4 March 2026, what information her Department holds on the number

Answer

Answered by Mike Tapp, 17 Mar 2026

The visa brake will be kept under regular review and is not intended to be permanent; it will only be lifted when the Government considers it appropriate to do so. Since 2021, there have been over 5,300 asylum claims from nationals of Afghanistan, Cameroo...