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Visas: Asylum

Asked by Sir John HayesConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 22 May 2025UIN 52834

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to ensure that people on (a) family and (b) student visas do not claim asylum when there has not been a material change in circumstances in their country of origin.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

I refer the Rt Hon Member to the announcements made in this area in the Immigration White Paper published on 12 May 2025, further details of which will be set out in due course.

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