United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 190562
Asylum: Climate Change
Introduced
21 June 2023
Last action
30 June 2023 · Answer
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Answered
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Subjects
Asylum, Climate
Source updated
30 June 2023
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department accepts asylum applications on the grounds that a country is affected by climate change.
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21 June 2023
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department accepts asylum applications on the grounds that a country is affected by climate change.
Source: Commons
30 June 2023
Answer
Refugee status is granted when someone has a well-founded fear of persecution under the Refugee Convention for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-06-21/190562
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1646279
- uk · wq-1646279 · source updated 30 June 2023