Home Office written question – answered at on 4 December 2024.
Rupert Lowe
Reform UK, Great Yarmouth
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on asylum seekers visiting their country of origin whilst still resident in the UK.
Angela Eagle
The Minister of State, Home Department
Claimants whose asylum claim has not been decided are not permitted to leave the UK without permission, for example to visit their country of origin, until their claim has been concluded. If they do so, their claim may be withdrawn under the Immigration Rules.
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