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Asylum: Applications

Asked by Nick TimothyConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 4 November 2024UIN 11213

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) guidance and (b) training her Department provides to caseworkers handling asylum applications.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

Asylum decision-makers receive extensive training on interviewing and considering asylum claims.

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/asylum-decision-making-guidance-asylum-instructions

Asylum decision-makers carefully consider the claimant’s protection needs by assessing all the evidence provided by the claimant in light of published asylum and country information guidance.

https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/country-policy-and-information-notes

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