Question follow-through · 5258
Asylum: Republic of Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been sent from the Republic of Ireland to the United Kingdom in the last six months.
About this written question
A written question asks a government minister for information in writing. Parliament publishes the question and any answer.
- Answering body
- Home Office
- Tabled
- 11 Sept 2024
- Target answer date
- 7 Oct 2024
- Answer
- 8 Oct 2024 · 27 calendar days after tabling
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More questions by this MP on Immigration and borders
- Offenders: Deportation · 4 Oct 2024
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- Migration Advisory Committee · 21 Oct 2024
Shared topic keywords suggest a connection; they do not establish a follow-up.
Votes on this topic
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
- Immigration and Asylum Bill: Reasoned Amendment to Second Reading · 13 Jul 2026
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Recorded timeline
11 Sept 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been sent from the Republic of Ireland to the United Kingdom in the last six months.
7 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
8 Oct 2024
Answer published
Following our departure from the EU, the previous government agreed to an operational arrangement with Ireland which allows for the return and readmission of asylum seekers. Ireland has not returned anyone to the UK under these arrangements in the last si...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
Possible follow-up questions
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