Home Office written question – answered at on 7 May 2025.
Suella Braverman
Conservative, Fareham and Waterlooville
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of restricting access to the UK of foreign nationals who have expressed public support for proscribed terrorist organisations.
Dan Jarvis
The Minister of State, Home Department
The Immigration Rules already provide for the refusal of entry clearance, permission to enter and permission to stay on general grounds, if there is any evidence in their background, immigration history, criminal records or past behaviour which shows that they should not be allowed to enter or stay in the UK.
Yes3 people think so
No2 people think not
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