Asylum: Crime
2026-06-23 · Home Office · 12853 · Official question
Question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Home Office has ever been notified of a crime committed by an asylum seeker whose registered address was an unlicensed House in Multiple Occupation.
Answer
The Government takes any allegation of criminality involving asylum seekers extremely seriously. Allegations of criminal activity are matters for the police, who are responsible for recording, investigating, and progressing criminal reports, and no one in...