Question follow-through · 52733

Refugees: Families

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has had with the charity sector on changes to refugee family reunion rules.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
15 May 2025
Target answer date
19 May 2025
Answer
23 May 2025 · 8 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 15 May 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has had with the charity sector on changes to refugee family reunion rules.

  2. 19 May 2025

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 23 May 2025

    Answer published

    The Immigration White Paper, published on 12 May 2025, announced new measures on a wide range of issues, including family reunion, further details of which will be set out in due course.

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