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51 records in UK in 2017
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many parents have been (a) granted and (b) refused a visa to join their child with either refugee leave or humanitarian protection in the UK in (i) 2015, (ii) 2016 and (iii) 2017.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people seeking family reunion with extended family members in the UK have (a) applied for and (b) been granted asylum in exceptional circumstances in each of the last three years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether immigration detention centres receive extra funding for their involvement in routine processing of asylum claims.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2017
To ask Her Majesty's Government what, if any, support they are providing to efforts by (1) the government of Greece, (2) the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, and (3) Greek and international non-governmental organisations, to monitor hotspots for migrant
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the effect of nationalisation fees on the UK's obligations under Article 32 of the 1954 convention to facilitate the applications for British citizenship for stateless
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2017
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 19 December (HL3919), whether they consider that it is safe to return personnel who have worked as interpreters to Afghanistan; and what criteria they use t
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that accommodation for asylum seekers under contract with Compass is safe and quality checked.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2017
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to their response to the House of Commons International Development Committee's report Syrian refugees crisis (1st report, 2015–16, HC Paper 463 and 5th Special Report, 2015–16, HC Paper 902), whether they plan to
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will take steps to ensure that future asylum accommodation contracts work to ensure the long-term sustainability of the dispersal system through co-operative working with local authorities and c
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2017
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many refugees have (1) been granted permanent residence status, and (2) had their applications rejected, in each of the last ten years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2017
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many partners and children have been reunited with their refugee family members under the immigration rules and family reunion policy in each of the last ten years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2017
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps have been taken to intensify outreach to LGBT refugees who may be in need of resettlement under the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2017
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many single people, couples and families have been resettled to the UK under the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2017
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average cost to public funds in the first year for a person who has been granted refugee status.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 December 2017
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have estimated the cost to public funds, and the impact on the availability of medical care, housing and education, of passing the Refugee (Family Reunion) Bill.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2017
That this House warmly congratulates the many dedicated people in the Highlands who have given up their free time since October 2015, volunteering with The Highlands Support Refugees group in Conan Bridge; notes that they have now sent a total of 104 tonnes of aid from the Highlands for refugees from the Middle East; further notes that in the past eight weeks alone 1,854 boxes of aid have been sent to Chios and Lesvos to reduce the suffering of refugees spending the winter in tents in refugee camps on the two islands; and recognises the immense contribution made by the committee of The Highlands Support Refugees and the many volunteers from across the Highlands for their hard work in collecting, sorting and packing donations.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2017
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to make changes to Department for Work and Pensions rules that impact on the ability of refugees to claim jobseeker's allowance and simultaneously access full-time English language lessons.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2017
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their analysis of the plight of the displaced people at Rakban, on the frontiers of Syria, Iraq and Jordan; what is their best estimate of the population there; and whether they intend to convene a meeting of all co
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 December 2017
To ask Her Majesty's Government what information they have about Palestinian refugees who are in Iraq; whether they can estimate the number of Palestinians still in Syria; and whether all such refugees are receiving UK and international relief and develop
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 December 2017
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to ensure that a proportion of their aid for refugees, together with that of the EU and other international partner donors, goes to Middle Eastern and other refugees now in Greece, and in particular on t
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2017
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children have been brought to the UK from Northern France and other parts of Europe under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2017.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to the Government of the People's Republic of China on the treatment of refugees from North Korea in China.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 December 2017
To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made in improving English language provision for refugees since the meeting between Home Office Ministers and Lord Alton of Liverpool on 21 November; and whether they have any plans to provide more fa
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 13 December 2017
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to change rules that impact the ability of refugees who are health professionals to access full time English language lessons while being in receipt of jobseeker's allowance.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2017
What steps she is taking to support refugees living in different regions of the UK.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance her Department provides to Iraqi and Syrian refugees wishing to return home.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 December 2017
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 5 December (HL3335), whether they were aware that a four-year-old child was among the ten North Korean refugees awaiting repatriation by China to North Korea.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent discussions she has had with her counterpart in the Lebanese Government on the potential forced return of refugees to Syria.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support local authority provision of mental health services for child refugees.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applicants living in Scotland have been (a) granted and (b) refused permission to submit their applications to the Further Submissions Unit via post and how many people have been employed at
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the Government's policy is on the right of return for Palestine refugees.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department provides support to the Government of Jordan to help with Palestinian refugees to that country.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support the Government is providing to Palestinian refugees from Gaza living in Jordon.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support the Government is providing to Palestinian refugees from Syria living in Jordan.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether her Department is providing official development assistant to the Government of Lebanon to help with Palestinian refugees.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, her Department is taking to reduce the number of dangerous journeys taken by unaccompanied child refugees with family in the UK.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 4 December to Question 116362 on Asylum: Sanitary Protection, if he will make a specific fund available for for asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute to apply for a
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what representations her Department has received on the ability of asylum seekers to afford sanitary products.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average time was for a final decision on an asylum application in each of the last five years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 December 2017
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 5 December (HL3335), what assessment they have made of the compliance of their decision not to raise the individual cases of the ten North Korean refugees awaitin
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 December 2017
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 5 December (HL3335), what assessment they have made of the moral and practical implications of their decision not to intervene to seek safe passage of the ten Nor
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking (a) nationally and (b) within communities to support refugees to learn English.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 30 November 2017 to Question 115249 on Refugees: Disability, what information her Department holds on the number of referrals made to the disability programmes the UK
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 December 2017
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what funding the Government provides to support refugees to learn English.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the Refugee Rights Data Project report Twelve Months On about the situation for displaced people in northern France; and what steps she is taking to fulfil her obligati
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what financial support the Government is providing for internationally displaced people in Kachin and Shan States, Burma, in financial year 2017-18.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 December 2017
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many asylum claims were made between 1 July 2015 and 31 March 2017; and how many were (1) accepted, (2) rejected, and (3) went to appeal and were overturned.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 November 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to take steps to increase the period of time refugees continue to receive support after receiving a positive decision on their asylum application to 50 days.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 November 2017
To ask the Home Secretary, if she will make it her Department’s policy to grant asylum applicants who have been waiting for longer than six months for a decision on their application permission to work without the Shortage Occupation restrictions list.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 November 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applicants have been granted permission to work in the last 12 months.