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Asylum: Radicalism

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainHome OfficeTabled Answered 16 July 2025UIN 66015

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been flagged for links to (a) extremist and (b) Islamist networks since 2018.

Answered by Dan Jarvis

It is the longstanding policy of successive UK Governments that we do not comment on operational intelligence or security matters.

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