The Home Office does not collect data on the number of migrants granted asylum on the basis of their religion, despite long-standing evidence that some convert to Christianity to cheat the system.
James Cleverly, the Home Secretary, has called for data on the extent to which migrants converting to Christianity play a role in the success of asylum applications. It will be part of the internal review he ordered following the chemical attack in Clapham last week, believed to have been carried out by Abdul Ezedi, an Afghan sex offender who was allowed to remain in the UK. United after claiming to have converted to Christianity.
Department officials have struggled to find data on how many asylum seekers have spoken about their apparent conversion to asylum.
