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Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support local authorities that are facing challenges in managing people who have entered the UK illegally.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 3 Dec 2024
Target answer date: 5 Dec 2024
Answer: 11 Dec 2024 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

3 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support local authorities that are facing challenges in managing people who have entered the UK illegally.
5 Dec 2024
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
11 Dec 2024
Answer published
The Home Office has a statutory obligation to provide destitute asylum seekers with accommodation and subsistence support whilst their application for asylum is being considered. The Home Office is committed to working collaboratively with local authoriti...

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