Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many open family reunion applications her Department has from Afghan citizens who legally travelled to Pakistan for the purposes of accessing a UK visa processing centre.

The Government’s refugee family reunion policy provides a safe and legal route to bring families together.

We prioritise all applications where the application has been made by an unaccompanied child under the age of 18. We will also prioritise applications where there is an evidenced urgent or compelling reason.

The UK government does not hold information regarding the legality of non-British nationals’ entry into another country, nor their immigration status in countries outside of the UK.

The most recent data can be found at Asylum and resettlement datasets - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)(opens in a new tab).