Question follow-through · 16292

Asylum: Travel

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on asylum seekers visiting their country of origin whilst still resident in the UK.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 26 Nov 2024
Target answer date: 28 Nov 2024
Answer: 4 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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More questions by this MP on Immigration and borders

Asylum and Undocumented Migrants: Housing · 27 Nov 2024
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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

26 Nov 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on asylum seekers visiting their country of origin whilst still resident in the UK.
28 Nov 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
4 Dec 2024
Answer published
Claimants whose asylum claim has not been decided are not permitted to leave the UK without permission, for example to visit their country of origin, until their claim has been concluded. If they do so, their claim may be withdrawn under the Immigration R...

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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