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551 records in 2021
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 23 September 2021
Motie van het lid Eerdmans over onderzoek naar het Deense asiel- en terugkeerbeleid
Austria · National Council · 22 September 2021
Antrag der Abgeordneten MMMag. Dr. Axel Kassegger, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Beendigung jedweder Migration aus Afghanistan nach Österreich
Austria · National Council · 22 September 2021
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Hannes Amesbauer, BA, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Inneres betreffend Leistungsmissbrauchsfälle in der Grundversorgung 2020 und erstes Halbjahr 2021
Austria · National Council · 22 September 2021
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Katharina Kucharowits, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Inneres betreffend Kindeswohl im österreichischen Asylwesen
Austria · National Council · 22 September 2021
Antrag der Abgeordneten Eva Maria Holzleitner, BSc, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Bericht der Kindeswohl-Kommission (Kurzfassung siehe Beilage) – rasche Umsetzung der dort dargestellten Empfehlungen
Austria · National Council · 22 September 2021
Antrag der Abgeordneten Herbert Kickl, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend 10-Punkte-Plan zur Abwehr von Gewalttaten durch Asylwerber bzw. Asylberechtigte
Austria · National Council · 22 September 2021
Antrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Stephanie Krisper, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Aufgabe der Fundamentalopposition vonseiten der Regierung gegenüber Resettlement aus Afghanistan
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 September 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what steps his Department is taking to provide (a) mental health support and (b) other health support for refugees arriving from Afghanistan.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 September 2021
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many staff across Whitehall (a) were working on and (b) are working on the relocation of Afghan nationals (i) prior to and (b) after the fall of Kabul.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 September 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the number of asylum case applications being handled by UKVI that are yet to be resolved and were made (a) five, (b) four, (c) three, (d) two and (e) one years ago.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 22 September 2021
145. Deputy Jennifer Whitmore asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the postnatal supports that are available to asylum seekers who give birth in Ireland; the policy that is currently available for the postnatal care of both asylum seeker mothers and their babies in direct provision centres or hotel accommodation; if his attention has been drawn to the particular case of a woman (details supplied) who was transferred to another centre with a newborn baby; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45728/21]
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 September 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to simplify the process of family reunion across national boundaries for Afghan refugees.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 September 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assistance the Government is providing to newly arrived Afghan nationals seeking to enter employment.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 September 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to respond to the (a) eight cases between February and May 2021 and (b) seven cases between June and August 2021 relating to UKVI raised with her Department by the hon Member for Newcas
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 September 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the target date is for the first Afghan citizens to be relocated to the UK under the Afghan Citizen's Resettlement Scheme.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 September 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to provide assistance to LGBTQI+ Afghans seeking asylum.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 September 2021
318. Deputy Neale Richmond asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs the number of refugees Ireland will take in from Afghanistan; the timeline for their arrival; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44567/21]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 September 2021
317. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs if he will facilitate an increase in the number of Afghan refugees offered international protection here; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [44493/21]
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 2021
Reduce Financial Barriers to Immigration and Citizenship Act of 2021 This bill prohibits the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) from charging fees for certain immigration applications (or petitions), requires DHS to provide fee waivers to certain applicants, and addresses related issues. DHS may not impose fees for certain applications for or related to (1) asylum or refugee status, (2) special immigrant juvenile status, (3) U or T non-immigrant visas (victims of certain crimes such as human trafficking), (4) the Violence Against Women Act, (5) special immigrant status for Afghan or Iraqi nationals employed by the U.S. government, or (6) immigration-related fee waivers. DHS must also waive immigration-related application fees for an applicant who receives a means-tested benefit or meets certain conditions related to financial hardship. However, DHS is not required to provide fee waivers for applications for certain employment-based immigration benefits. Receipt of a fee waiver may not be used as a factor (1) for determining whether an alien should be considered a public charge, or (2) when considering an affidavit of support filed by a sponsor. The bill also requires all collected immigration-related adjudication fees to be used only to fund the adjudication and administration of immigration benefits and naturalization.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 2021
Welcoming Evacuees Coming from Overseas to Mitigate Effects of Displacement Act of 2021 or the WELCOMED Act of 2021 This bill makes certain individuals from Afghanistan eligible for any benefit that is available to a refugee, such as resettlement assistance. Specifically, this bill shall apply to a national of Afghanistan (or an individual with no nationality who last habitually resided in Afghanistan) who is temporarily paroled into the United States for urgent humanitarian reasons or significant public benefit during the four-year period beginning on July 1, 2021.
United States · United States Congress · 21 September 2021
This resolution recognizes and supports measures to protect and assist Venezuelan refugees and migrants, with particular emphasis on the humanitarian needs of women and children impacted by the displacement crisis and COVID-19.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 September 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will connect Afghan veterans with the bridging hotels accommodating Afghan refugees to allow those veterans to welcome refugees they have served with to the UK.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 September 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will connect local armed forces regiments with the bridging hotels and resettlement areas accommodating Afghan refugees to allow soldiers to contact Afghans they have served alongside.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 September 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will connect local barracks with local authorities and cities of sanctuaries to help support Operation Warm Welcome.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 September 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he plans to take to engage soldiers who are (a) serving and (b) no longer serving and who have served in Afghanistan as (i) regulars and (ii) reservists in Operation Warm Welcome.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 September 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department's updated country guidance on Afghanistan will be available for use in asylum claims from Afghan asylum seekers already in the UK.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 September 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has undertaken an assessment of the potential merits of expanding safe routes to claiming asylum in the UK, including accepting asylum claims at British embassies, High Commissi
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 September 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers are currently placed in each local authority in England.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 September 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2021 to Question 46925 on Afghanistan: Refugees, what steps the Government is taking to support (a) welfare provision and (b) onward travel to the UK for people who were cal
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 September 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) British nationals and (b) Afghan nationals were called forward or authorised for evacuation as part of Operation Pitting but did not evacuate Afghanistan.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 September 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will review her Department’s policy of (a) not responding to and (b) refusing further cases from hon. Members who are requesting urgent assistance for people still in
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 September 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the backlog of asylum claims is not affected by the change in situation in Afghanistan.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 September 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what priority is being given to Afghan asylum claims that have already been made by people in the UK where a decision is pending.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 September 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will (a) identify and (b) repurpose and make adequate all accommodation on his Department's estate that could be used for the resettlement of Afghan refugees.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 September 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what resources he is making available to support Operation Warm Welcome.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 September 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were housed in (a) Brook House Immigration Removal Centre and (b) Tinsley House Immigration Removal Centre at the start of each of the last six months; and what proportion of maximum
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 September 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether she plans to respond individually to asylum cases from Afghanistan raised by hon. Members with her predecessor.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 September 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of suspending the requirement for biometrics for Afghan (a) nationals ineligible under Operation Pitting trying to join British ci
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 September 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to issue Afghan asylum seekers in the UK with Notices of Intent, in response to the Taliban takeover of August 2021.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 September 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will increase the number of Afghan refugees the UK will accept from the current 5,000.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 September 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether her Department plans to bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that people who arrived in the UK under the Afghan (a) Relocation and Assistance Policy and (b) Citizens Resettlement Scheme
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 September 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's Afghanistan resettlement and immigration policy statement, published on 13 September 2021, what the UKVI's timeframe is for contacting recent arrivals as part of the
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 September 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Notices of Intent have been issued to Afghan asylum seekers in the UK (a) prior to and (b) since the fall of Kabul to the Taliban on 15 August 2021.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 September 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Afghan refugees have arrived in the UK since the UK military's final evacuation from Kabul airport.
Austria · National Council · 17 September 2021
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Stephanie Krisper, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Inneres betreffend Afghanische Community in Österreich
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 September 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seeking minors placed in bridge hotels have subsequently been taken into care by local authorities in 2021 to date.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 September 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department plans to take to identify people in Afghanistan who may be eligible for settlement in the UK under the Afghan Citizens Resettlement and Scheme.
United States · United States Congress · 17 September 2021
This resolution states that nationals of Afghanistan who are at heightened risk of persecution by Taliban forces due to their affiliation with the U.S. government or civil society organizations should be recognized and honored. It also states that the United States should commit to facilitating safe travel to the United States for nationals of Afghanistan (and their family members) who are eligible for priority designation as refugees.
European Union · European Parliament · 16 September 2021
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 16 September 2021
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Afghan nationals living in the UK are awaiting a decision on asylum applications as at 16 September 2021; and what steps she is taking to help ensure that applicants are responded to as quick