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Asylum

Asked by Lee AndersonReform UKHome OfficeTabled Answered 24 June 2025UIN 60902

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who have had their asylum application rejected are still living in the UK.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

The Home Office publishes data on asylum-related returns in Ret_04 and Ret_05 of the ‘Returns summary tables’. The latest data is up to March 2025.

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