Question follow-through · 10977

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to expand safe routes for asylum seekers.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 24 Oct 2024
Target answer date: 28 Oct 2024
Answer: 1 Nov 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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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

24 Oct 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to expand safe routes for asylum seekers.
28 Oct 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
1 Nov 2024
Answer published
The UK continues to welcome refugees and people in need through our existing global resettlement schemes which include the UK Resettlement Scheme (UKRS), Community Sponsorship and the Mandate Resettlement Scheme. Safe and legal routes will continue to pla...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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