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Immigration: Syria

Commons · Question 128778 · Tabled 21 Apr 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 23 Apr 2026

Question

Asked by Daisy Cooper

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2025 to Question 71117 on Immigration: Syria, whether a delay of 30 months to ILR applications for a Syrian national is considered to be within the acceptable le

Answer

Answered by Mike Tapp, 23 Apr 2026

On 11 December 2024, we paused all Syrian asylum interviews and decisions whilst we assessed the country situation. This pause extended to Settlement Protection applications from Syrian nationalsThe pause was a necessary step while there was no stable, ob...