Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent meetings she has had with Syrian representative and diaspora groups about changes to the asylum and immigration process.

Home Office ministers have met with a range of stakeholders since the Home Secretary announced proposed changes to the immigration system.

We understand how important these changes are to individuals, families and communities as we work to restore public confidence in our immigration system. For example, the Government ran a public consultation on the proposed earned settlement changes to gather views on the proposals.

In addition to the consultation, the Home Office also ran separate engagement sessions with our immigration advisory groups and other affected stakeholders.

The Home Office will continue to engage with a range of stakeholders as the government considers the consultation responses and develops the policy further.