Question follow-through · 18745

Asylum: Syria

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to pause asylum applications made by people from Syria, in the context of the fall of the Assad regime.

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Answering body: Home Office
Tabled: 9 Dec 2024
Target answer date: 11 Dec 2024
Answer: 17 Dec 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

9 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to pause asylum applications made by people from Syria, in the context of the fall of the Assad regime.
11 Dec 2024
Target answer date
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17 Dec 2024
Answer published
The Home Office acted swiftly to pause decisions on Syrian asylum claims whilst we assess the current situation.We keep all country guidance relating to asylum claims under constant review so we can respond to emerging issues.

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Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.

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