Question follow-through · 907051

Undocumented Migrants

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce pull factors for migrants seeking to arrive in the UK illegally.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
18 Dec 2025
Target answer date
5 Jan 2026
Answer
5 Jan 2026 · 18 calendar days after tabling

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  1. 18 Dec 2025

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce pull factors for migrants seeking to arrive in the UK illegally.

  2. 5 Jan 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 5 Jan 2026

    Answer published

    In November, I announced the most significant reforms to our asylum system in a generation. They are designed to tackle the incentives that draw people to this country illegally.o We know that the generosity of refugee status draws people here – so we are...

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