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Asylum: Deportation

Asked by Max WilkinsonLiberal DemocratMinistry of JusticeTabled Answered 17 November 2025UIN 87945

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many times a court has cited (a) Article 3 and (b) Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights as a reason for the non-deportation of an asylum seeker in the last 12 months.

Answered by Sarah Sackman

The information requested is not held centrally. It may be held in court records, but to determine that and obtain it would incur disproportionate costs.

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