Question follow-through · 38238

Immigration: Syria

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policy of pausing indefinite Leave to Remain applications for Syrian families in the UK recent reports of sectarian and revenge viole

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Home Office
Tabled
13 Mar 2025
Target answer date
17 Mar 2025
Answer
20 Mar 2025 · 7 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 13 Mar 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential implications for her policy of pausing indefinite Leave to Remain applications for Syrian families in the UK recent reports of sectarian and revenge viole

  2. 17 Mar 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 20 Mar 2025

    Answer published

    Following the fall of the Assad regime, the Home Office withdrew the Country Policy Information Notes and guidance relating to Syria and has temporarily paused all asylum interviews and decisions. However, we continue to register new claims from Syrians i...

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