Question follow-through · 83742

Immigration: Syria

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made recent progress on processing applications for (a) asylum and (b) other forms of settlement made by people from Syria.

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Home Office
Tabled
21 Oct 2025
Target answer date
27 Oct 2025
Answer
27 Oct 2025 · 6 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 21 Oct 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made recent progress on processing applications for (a) asylum and (b) other forms of settlement made by people from Syria.

  2. 27 Oct 2025

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  3. 27 Oct 2025

    Answer published

    The pause on processing asylum claims and settlement protection applications from Syrian nationals has been lifted. We are working through the outstanding cases in line with the relevant published policy guidance taking into account the latest published c...

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