Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her Department's policy is on the criteria and process for when (a) a letter is sent to an asylum seeker informing that person that they are inadmissible for asylum under the Nationality and Broder Act 2022 and (b) a letter is sent to an asylum seeker informing them that the Government intends to transport that person to Rwanda; whether those letters are sent at the same time or separately; and if she will make a statement.

Inadmissibility guidance is published online and can be found at Inadmissibility: safe third country cases (accessible) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Individuals are first served with a Notice of Intent which sets out that we may ask Rwanda to admit them, under the terms of the Migrations and Economic Development Partnership. Individuals have either 7 or 14 calendar days (depending on their circumstances) to respond with reasons why their claims should not be treated as inadmissible.

Following that time period, decisions on inadmissibility and removal can be made. The general approach as set out in the “Removal Agreements and Timescales” section of the guidance is that inadmissibility decisions are served with removal decisions, however that is not a requirement.