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<p>The UK has a proud history of providing protection to the most vulnerable people
in genuine need, including women, and this will not change. This government remains
committed to delivering a gender-sensitive asylum system ensuring all those who seek
asylum are treated with dignity and respect.</p><p>The Nationality and Borders Bill
will deliver the Government’s New Plan for Immigration – the most comprehensive reform
in decades, to fix the broken asylum system. The reformed asylum system will be sensitive
to gender and trauma-related needs, for example continuing to provide the opportunity
for all those claiming asylum to be interviewed by an individual of the same gender
and a trauma informed approach to avoid re-traumatisation whilst an individual is
in the asylum system.</p><p>We are taking into account commissioned research and experiences
of those seeking asylum. Engagement through our stakeholder networks, including on
the New Plan for Immigration, is already underway, as we build a system that is fair,
but firm; safeguarding those who may be vulnerable and protecting against any unintended
consequences.</p><p>We routinely publish breakdowns of asylum applications outcomes
by gender which are publicly available on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a>.</p>
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