Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the implications to her policies of the debate entitled Safe third countries for asylum seekers, which took place at the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe on 12 October 2022.

We are aware of the debate on third country processes and the subsequent non-legally binding resolutions arising from it by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe, as adopted on 12 October.

Our inadmissibility policies in respect of safe third countries, which are longstanding, and were recently strengthened in the Nationality and Borders Act 2022, are the consequence of full and careful consideration of the legal and operational context. We are confident that these policies and the processes they underpin, are compliant with relevant domestic and international laws and agreements, including the Refugee Convention and the European Convention on Human Rights.