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51 records in UK in 2014
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many failed asylum seekers were deported in 2014; and if she will make a statement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Syrian refugees are expected to resettle in the United Kingdom via the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme in the next three months, the next six months and the next 12 months.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the report in The Guardian on 8 February, what steps they are taking to ensure that homosexual asylum seekers are not asked "degrading" questions related to their sexuality.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps are being taken to ensure that the family reunification process for Syrian refugees is made as simple and flexible as possible, in line with the recommendations of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights re
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps are being taken to admit Syrian refugees to the United Kingdom who do not fulfil the requirements of existing family reunification legislation but who have extended family members in the United Kingdom.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 December 2014
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the recent assessment by Oxfam, Save the Children, the Refugee Council, Amnesty International and other charities about the number of Syrian refugees who could be resettled in the United Kingdom, whether th
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
That this House believes that asylum seekers should be homed widely in the country to assist community assimilation and to share fairly the strains and burdens on services that newcomers create; is astonished that Cardiff has 976 section 95 migrants, double the total in all of South East England outside of London and that Newport has 391, while the constituency of the Home Secretary has one and those of the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Prime Minister have none; and calls on hon. Members to encourage their areas to accept their responsibilities and welcome at least the average total of migrants homed elsewhere.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average length of time is that the Home Office Visas and Immigration section is taking to respond to decisions taken by the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal in the last 12 months; and in how m
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance she has given to the UK Border Agency on (a) the maximum distance that asylum seekers can be asked to travel when reporting to police stations and (b) other aspects of the interpretation
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) average and (b) target time taken between the completion of an immigration tribunal and the implementation of that tribunal's decision is.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 25 November 2014 to Question 215259, for what reason that Answer did not refer to the actual average waiting time for asylum seekers to receive an appointment for an initial
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2014
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what help they are providing, or planning to provide, for asylum applicants who lose financial support when their initial application is rejected but who nevertheless wish to appeal or to submit a new application.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2014
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the case for providing help for asylum seekers who lose financial support when their initial application is rejected but who wish to appeal or submit a new application in cases where they h
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2014
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what improvements to the procedures of the Detained Fast Track for the better protection of applicants they have introduced since the decision of the High Court on 9 July 2014.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she has taken to make Syrian refugees who have relatives in the UK aware of the options for family reunification.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when country guidance was last reviewed for each country from which there are asylum claims since 2010.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were employed by her Department as asylum claim caseworkers in each year since 2010.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what assessment she has made of the capacity to resettle Syrian refugees in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Syrian refugees have arrived in the UK following the decision to allow the resettlement of such refugees in the UK.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will increase the number of Syrian refugees to be re-settled in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 December 2014
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will now take in the light of the judgment of the European Court of Justice on 2 December that refugees who claim asylum on the ground that they are homosexual should not have to undergo tests to prove it, t
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2014 to Question 214623, what the five most common reasons were for an appeal being granted in each of the years referred to in the Answer.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 December 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 November 2014 to Question 214623, how many asylum appeals were overturned owing to new evidence being submitted.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has paid to each local authority in the East of England in asylum seeker support in each year since 1997.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers who have been granted permission to work, where the claimant has waited more than 12 months for an initial decision on their asylum claims for asylum-based further submissions,
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been granted permission to work where the claimant has waited more than 12 months for an initial decision on their asylum claim or asylum-based further submissions in each
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees have settled in Scotland in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she last met the Scottish Refugee Council; and when the next meeting is planned.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers received financial support in each local authority in England and Wales in (a) 2010 and (b) 2014.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 November 2014
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many, if any, refused asylum seekers have had support under section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 removed.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 November 2014
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they would incur any contractual penalties if they were to decide to cancel the Azure Card; and if so what those penalties would be.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 November 2014
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many refused asylum seekers, who have been supported under section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999, have subsequently been granted leave to remain in the United Kingdom.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the (a) target and (b) actual average waiting time for asylum seekers to receive an appointment for an initial screening interview is.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 November 2014
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have conducted any assessment of relative value for money to the Exchequer of cash-based, voucher-based, or Azure Card support systems for refused asylum seekers.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 November 2014
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many persons benefited from the International Organisation for Migration's Gateway Programme in 2011; whether that programme has continued since then; and in what countries the beneficiaries were resettled.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 November 2014
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many persons, including children, have so far been accepted from Syria by the Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme; how long they expect the scheme to continue; and whether people fleeing Iraq can qualify for it.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Syrian nationals have been returned under the Dublin Regulation to (a) Bulgaria, (b) Italy and (c) Greece in each of the last five years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications have been received from asylum seekers temporarily resident in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and how many such applications have been successful.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of G4S Care and Justice Service Ltd's compliance with housing standards for asylum seekers across the West Midlands.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she last met the Refugee Council to discuss the number of Syrian refugees that have been settled in the UK.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, who will represent the UK in the UN High Commissioner for Refugees meeting on resettling Syria's refugees in December 2014.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees from Syria have been settled in the UK in each of the last 24 months; and if she will make a statement.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 November 2014
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Bates on 11 November (HL Deb, col 122), how many people have been resettled under the Syrian resettlement programme; and what steps are being taken to increase that number.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 November 2014
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what criteria are used by the Home Office in approving accommodation for failed asylum seekers.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many illegal immigrants from what countries of origin were granted asylum in each year since 2010; what the nature of their illegal status was before they were granted asylum; for what reason they
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 November 2014
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the United Kingdom will be represented at the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees' Ministerial pledging conference in Geneva on 9 December.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the 100,000 further resettlement places for Syrian refugees that UNCHR estimates will be required in 2015-16 will be provided by the UK.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees from the Syrian conflict have so far been relocated to the UK under the resettlement programme.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 November 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the UK will send a delegation to attend the UNCHR conference on resettling Syrian refugees to be held in Geneva on 9 December 2014.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 November 2014
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what proportion of successful claimants of refugee status are currently in employment.