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Asylum

Commons · Question 9264 · Tabled 11 Jun 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 1 Jul 2026

Question

Asked by Rupert Lowe

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what monitoring and safeguarding measures apply to individuals granted (a) asylum and (b) leave to remain; and whether her Department has undertaken any review of such measures since 2023.

Answer

Answered by Alex Norris, 1 Jul 2026

All asylum claimants are subject to mandatory security checks to establish their identity and to link it to their biometric details for the purpose of immigration, security and criminality checks - including war crimes, crimes against humanity and terrori...