Question follow-through · 30126

Asylum

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the safe and legal routes for asylum seekers to enter the UK.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
10 Feb 2025
Target answer date
13 Feb 2025
Answer
13 Feb 2025 · 3 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 10 Feb 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the safe and legal routes for asylum seekers to enter the UK.

  2. 13 Feb 2025

    Target answer date

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  3. 13 Feb 2025

    Answer published

    Those individuals who need international protection should claim asylum in the first safe country they reach – that is the fastest route to safety.Information on the UK’s safe and legal routes is published on gov.uk.

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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