Question follow-through · 21709

Asylum: Syria

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to resume processing asylum applications from Syrian nationals.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
3 Jan 2025
Target answer date
8 Jan 2025
Answer
8 Jan 2025 · 5 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 3 Jan 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she expects to resume processing asylum applications from Syrian nationals.

  2. 8 Jan 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 8 Jan 2025

    Answer published

    We keep all country guidance relating to asylum claims under constant review, so we can respond to emerging issues. Following the fall of the Assad regime in Syria, the Home Office has withdrawn the Country Policy Information Notes and Guidance relating t...

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