Debate contribution: Asylum Policy Reforms

Debate contribution by Mr Keith Buchanan on 24 November 2025.

MLA: Mr Keith Buchanan
Party at the time: Democratic Unionist Party
Date: 24 November 2025
Type: Debate contribution
Business: Oral Answers to Questions
Heading: Asylum Policy Reforms
Assembly identifier: Official Report component 5254151

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First Minister, in the period between 2011 and 2015, 150,000 people claimed to be asylum seekers. In the period from 2021 to 2025, there were 400,000 such claimants, which is a massive increase. In your opinion, as First Minister for this region of the United Kingdom, is there a problem?

50 words. Text as published by the Northern Ireland Assembly.

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This follow-up belongs to: Oral question AQO 2734/22-27.

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