Question follow-through · 9265

Asylum: Sudan

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department issued any (a) guidance and (b) policy updates on the handling of asylum claims from Sudanese nationals in 2023.

answeredHome Office

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Answering body
Home Office
Tabled
11 Jun 2026
Target answer date
15 Jun 2026
Answer
6 Jul 2026 · 25 calendar days after tabling

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Recorded timeline

  1. 11 Jun 2026

    Question tabled

    To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department issued any (a) guidance and (b) policy updates on the handling of asylum claims from Sudanese nationals in 2023.

  2. 15 Jun 2026

    Target answer date

    Date supplied by the official written-questions record.

  3. 6 Jul 2026

    Answer published

    All asylum and human rights claims, including those from Sudanese nationals, are carefully considered on their individual merits in accordance with our international obligations. In 2023, there was a process in place called the Streamlined Asylum Process ...

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Official data retrieved 28 Sept 2026.

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