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Asylum: Syria

Asked by Ayoub KhanIndependentHome OfficeTabled Answered 30 January 2025UIN 25956

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average processing time for Syrians' asylum applications was before 9 December 2024.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

The Home Office publishes data on asylum in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on asylum claims awaiting an initial decision by nationality and duration is published in table Asy_D03 of the ‘Asylum applications, initial decisions and resettlement detailed datasets’. The latest data relates to the situation as of 30th September 2024.

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