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Written question asked by Philip Davies (Conservative) on Friday, 28 August 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 2 September 2020. It was answered by Chris Philp (Conservative) on Monday, 14 September 2020 on behalf of the Home Office.

Asylum: Deportation

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the longest period has been between an application for asylum being rejected and the asylum seeker being deported in each of the last three years.

Answer

The Home Office is unable to provide timespans between asylum claims being initially refused and eventual return. There are many different factors that can impact on timescales ranging from legal interventions such as appeals and the raising of further submissions, to the ability to secure travel documents and individuals going to ground. Any figure would therefore be arbitrary and not indicative of the circumstances surrounding any individual case.

The Home Office publishes data on how many unsuccessful applicants left the UK either voluntarily or by enforced removal. The latest data can be found in the published immigration statistics, with table Ret_05 of the summary tables relating to both Asylum and Non Asylum returns.

Those whose asylum claim has been refused but could be liable to return can be found in table Asy_03 of the published immigration statistics at

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-protection-data-august-2020

Those with no right to be in the UK should return home. We expect people to leave the country voluntarily but, where they do not, Immigration Enforcement will seek to enforce their departure.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
81721
Session
2019-21
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Asylum Deportation
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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