PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Asylum (15 December 2020)

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking prior to the end of the transition period to ensure that international agreements are in place that would guarantee that an asylum applicant will be received in a timely manner by a safe third country.

Asked by:
Nadia Whittome (Labour)

We have made a political commitment to pursue new bilateral negotiations on post-transition migration issues with key countries with which we share a mutual interest, including on new arrangements for the family reunion of unaccompanied asylum-seeking children.

Answered by:
Chris Philp (Conservative)
11 January 2021