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Written question asked by Andrew Rosindell (Conservative) on Wednesday, 10 May 2023, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 15 May 2023. It was answered by Robert Jenrick (Conservative) on Friday, 19 May 2023 on behalf of the Home Office.

Asylum: Iran

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Iranian nationals have claimed asylum in the UK in each of the last five years.

Answer

The Home Office publishes data on asylum claims by nationality in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on asylum applications by Iranian nationals are published in table Asy_D01 of the ‘asylum and resettlement detailed datasets’.

Data on how many asylum seekers have been granted refugee status are published in table Asy_D02 of the ‘asylum and resettlement detailed datasets’.

Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates to the end of December 2022. Information on future Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics calendar’.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
184312
Session
2022-23
Grouped for answer
Yes
Subjects
Asylum Iran
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk