Asylum

(asked on 19th December 2022) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to prevent people claiming asylum in the UK if they could have claimed asylum elsewhere.


Answered by
Robert Jenrick Portrait
Robert Jenrick
Shadow Secretary of State for Justice
This question was answered on 19th December 2022

Individuals should claim asylum in the first safe country they reach – that is the fastest route to safety.

Our policies reflect this, including the process whereby an asylum claim may be declared inadmissible to the UK asylum system if the claimant was previously present in, or has a connection to, a safe third country where it would have been reasonable to expect them to claim asylum.

The differentiation policy, which differentiates the entitlements afforded to refugees, is intended to dissuade migrants from making dangerous journeys to the UK and instead claim asylum in the first safe country they reach.

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