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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 November 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to enable refugees from the Middle East and other war zones who have close family connections with the UK to come to this country safely to apply for protection.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2015 to Question 10198, whether funding to settle refugees within the UK will be allocated solely from the overseas aid budget.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 9 November 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to help Syrian refugees in the "Jungle" camp at Calais who are in need of advice about applying to the UK for asylum.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have sought asylum in the UK through the Dublin III regulation.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the publically available guidance entitled, Third Country cases: Referring and Handling refers to EC No 343/2003 and not EC No 604/2013.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, for what reason the publicly available version of Chapter 28 of the Enforcement and Instructions Guidance refers to EC No 343/2003 and not EC No 604/2013.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what efforts are being made through the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Scheme to assist refugees in (a) the Yazidi, Druze or Christian communities or (b) other communities who do not reside in the main ref
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the potential financial effect of proposals to deny refused asylum seekers access to financial support will have on (a) local authorities and (b) (i) homeles
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of individuals currently living in (a) camps in Calais and (b) hotspots in Greece and Italy who may be eligible to have their asylum case determined in the UK
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times the UK has been asked to use the discretionary powers in Article 17 of the Dublin Regulation EC No 604/2013 since that regulation came into force; and how many of those requests resulte
Germany · German Bundestag · 6 November 2015
Originaltext der Frage(n):<br /> <br /> Wie hoch ist die Zahl der im EASY-System (Erstverteilung von Asylsuchenden) registrierten Asylsuchenden im Monat Oktober 2015 (soweit vorliegend; bitte nach den zehn relevantesten Herkunftsländern und, soweit damit nicht erfasst, ergänzend nach den Westbalkanstaaten Albanien, Bosnien und Herzegowina, Kosovo, Mazedonien, Montenegro und Serbien darstellen), und wie viele Aufenthalts- und Wiedereinreiseverbote hat das Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF) seit August 2015 ausgesprochen (bitte differenziert nach den fünf relevantesten Herkunftsländern auflisten)?
Germany · German Bundestag · 6 November 2015
Originaltext der Frage(n):<br /> <br /> Warum dürfen Flüchtlinge, die der deutschen Sprache nicht mächtig sind, nach meiner Kenntnis zwar für die eigenen Kinder als Vormund auftreten, aber nicht für weitere nahe Angehörige, z. B. minderjährige Neffen, mit der Folge, dass für diese Minderjährigen, trotz Begleitung durch Familienangehörige amtliche Vormundschaften durch die Kommunen bestellt werden müssen? <br /> <br /> Beabsichtigt die Bundesregierung hier Änderungen, um den Angehörigen die Vormundschaft trotz mangelnder Sprachkenntnisse zu ermöglichen?
Germany · German Bundestag · 6 November 2015
Originaltext der Frage(n):<br /> <br /> Welche anderen Möglichkeiten zieht die Bundesregierung in Betracht, um geflüchteten Menschen in der aktuellen Situation zum Beispiel mit Hilfe der EU-Fonds einen leichteren Zugang zum System der regulären Hilfen zu ermöglichen?
Germany · German Bundestag · 6 November 2015
Originaltext der Frage(n):<br /> <br /> Welche Maßnahmen ergreift die Bundesregierung angesichts der steigenden Anzahl von gewalttätigen Angriffen und Terroranschlägen auf Flüchtlinge, Flüchtlingsunterkünfte und Menschen, die sich für Flüchtlinge einsetzen, und inwiefern hält sie diese Maßnahmen für ausreichend, um die gefährdeten Personen und Personengruppen effektiv zu schützen?
Austria · National Council · 5 November 2015
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Aygül Berivan Aslan, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Inneres betreffend Asylwerberinnen in Österreich
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 November 2015
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people who have been granted refugee leave have claimed backdated child benefit in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 November 2015
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been paid from the public purse in backdated child benefit to people who have been granted refugee leave in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will process as a matter of urgency the asylum applications of the 114 Syrian refugees currently being held at RAF Dhekelia in Cyprus.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 November 2015
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people who have been granted refugee leave have claimed backdated tax credits in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 November 2015
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much has been paid from the public purse in backdated tax credits to people who have been granted refugee leave in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 November 2015
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people who have been granted refugee leave claimed backdated guardian's allowance in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to meet the UK's international obligations to refugees fleeing the conflict in Syria, other than by supporting countries in that region.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Syrian refugees from each UN camp she expects to be resettled in the UK in 2015.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, in what conditions the 114 Syrian refugees are being held at RAF Dhekelia in Cyprus; and if he will undertake to ensure that these conditions are inspected as to their appropriateness.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Syrian refugees selected for resettlement from UN camps to the UK had previously been selected for resettlement in the US.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the requirements of the community sponsorship route to Britain for refugees are; and when she plans to establish that route.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of refugees and migrants living in Calais in each month of 2015; and how many refugees and migrants have had contact with the command and control centre the Go
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for judicial review against decisions on asylum applications made by UK Visas and Immigration have been brought in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will take steps to relax immigration rules on the reunification of families and allow members of a refugee's extended family to join them in the UK.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 November 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures they are taking to assist the organisations and volunteers in the UK taking action to help refugees (1) in the Calais area, (2) in the Dodecanese islands, and (3) elsewhere in Europe.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 November 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of (1) how many refugees are currently around Calais waiting for an opportunity to travel to the United Kingdom, and (2) how many of those refugees are (a) accompanied, and (b) unaccompanied,
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 November 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures they are taking to help to prevent sexual predators taking advantage of refugees, including children, (1) in the UK, and (2) in the rest of Europe.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugee families she expects to be relocated to Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross constituency; where such families will be housed; and what steps the Government is taking to ensure that
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 November 2015
43. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government his views on whether there is now a housing accommodation and homelessness emergency affecting a vast number of our citizens, including those on housing lists, persons in homeless services, Travellers, asylum seekers in direct provision and other persons threatened with homelessness because of rising rents or mortgage arrears and a formal national emergency should be declared around these issues; that such an emergency should prompt stepping outside the European Union fiscal rules to enable the necessary mobilisation of extra funds and investment to resolve this crisis; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [38232/15]
United States · United States Congress · 5 November 2015
Save Christians from Genocide Act This bill recognizes that Christians and Yazidis in Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Iran, Egypt, and Libya are targets of genocide. The Department of Homeland Security shall provide for expedited visa processing and shall ensure that such applications receive first priority among refugee and (family- or employment-based) immigrant applications for an alien who: is a citizen or national of Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Iran, Egypt, or Libya, or in the case of an alien having no nationality, whose country of last habitual residence was Iraq, Syria, Pakistan, Iran, Egypt, or Libya; is a Christian or Yazidi; and is seeking refugee or immigrant admission to the United States.
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 5 November 2015
De ingebruikname van de Julianakazerne voor de opvang van asielzoekers
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 5 November 2015
Motie van het lid Klever over ervoor zorgen dat asielzoekers zelf zorgkosten betalen
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 5 November 2015
Motie van het lid Voortman over een permanent verdelingsmechanisme voor vluchtelingen over EU-lidstaten
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 5 November 2015
Verzoek uitvoering moties inzake onderwijs aan asielzoekers
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 5 November 2015
Motie van het lid Klever over het zorgpakket voor asielzoekers versoberen
United States · United States House of Representatives · 4 November 2015
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of the number of Syrian children in Europe who are (a) vulnerable to trafficking and (b) unaccompanied.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how her Department identifies vulnerable refugees with intellectual impairment; and what support is provided to such people.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much support her Department makes available to refugees who have experienced trauma.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government plans to accept into the UK refugee children from Syria who are travelling unaccompanied within Europe.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 4 November 2015
119. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in determining submissions pursuant to section 3(6) of the Immigration Act 1999, as amended, and section 5 of the Refugee Act 1996, as amended, in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Waterford; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [38472/15]
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 November 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Syrian refugees arrived in the UK through the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation scheme in October 2015.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 November 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bates on 13 October (HL2299), why they do not hold information on the cost of deportations.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 November 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will consider increasing the weekly Azure card allowance to include the costs of travel.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 3 November 2015
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures are being put in place, in co-operation with the government of France, to support asylum seekers in Calais this winter.