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Asylum: Offenders

Asked by Lewis CockingConservativeHome OfficeTabled Answered 4 June 2025UIN 54432

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal immigrants have been granted asylum after being convicted of a criminal offence in the UK in the last 12 months.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

This information is not held in a reportable format and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost as it would require a manual trawl of case records to retrieve.

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