United Kingdom · Question · Written question
UIN 199841
Refugees: Afghanistan
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15 September 2023
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16 October 2023 · Answer
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Asylum
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16 October 2023
Summary
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to use biometric data collection when processing asylum applications from Afghan nationals.
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15 September 2023
Written question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to use biometric data collection when processing asylum applications from Afghan nationals.
Source: Commons
16 October 2023
Answer
We use biometrics to fix and confirm the identities of foreign nationals who apply to come or extend their stay in the UK.We check them against security and criminality databases which are available to the UK, to ensure multiple applications are not made ...
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- Official source: https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2023-09-15/199841
- Open data entity: https://questions-statements-api.parliament.uk/api/writtenquestions/questions/1661065
- uk · wq-1661065 · source updated 16 October 2023