Asylum: Pakistan
Commons · Question 28456 · Tabled 9 Sep 2026 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 17 Sep 2026
Question
Asked by Max Wilkinson
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department holds information on a standard letter template used by Pakistani men to falsely claim they are gay during the asylum process.
Answer
Answered by Anna Turley, 17 Sep 2026
The Home Office is committed to ensuring that the asylum system is not open to abuse. It is the responsibility of everyone claiming asylum in the UK to co-operate with the Home Office and tell the truth. It is a crime to make an asylum application that in...