The British Government has broken its silence on the release of Asia Bibi from Pakistan, saying it is “making progress” with Pakistani officials.

Bibi, a mother of five, was acquitted by Pakistan’s Supreme Court of her conviction of blasphemy last October, having spent nearly a decade on death row.

Last year, British Prime Minister Theresa May reportedly blocked Bibi’s asylum request, but in an update to the British Parliament on Tuesday, Foreign Secretary Jeremy Hunt said, “Making sure that she is safe and has somewhere safe to go is a top priority of this government.”

According to Premier News UK, Hunt has also reported that British government officials have had “numerous discussions in private with the Pakistani government about how to progress on this,” and he is “very hopeful that this will have a positive outcome.”

Bibi’s children have already fled to Canada. The Daily Mail reports that Bibi, 55, is “very unwell,” suffering from “low blood pressure” and being denied medical care while holed up in a safe house.

Despite her acquittal, the Pakistani government has sought assurances that Bibi will not speak ill of her home country upon leaving.

In response, member of Parliament, Helen Jones, told the Warrington Guardian that Hunt could “go one step further in contesting the persecution of Christians around the world” by granting Bibi asylum immediately.

For now, Bibi and her husband, Ashiq Masih, remain in Pakistan with no idea when they will be officially allowed to leave.