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551 records in 2024
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 July 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are discussing with other countries amendments to the 1951 Refugee Convention to take into account the changed world circumstances.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 July 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they are considering alternatives to the current forms of asylum seeker accommodation and, if so, what they are.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 July 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the cost of housing asylum seekers in the United Kingdom.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 July 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government whose responsibility it is to determine where asylum seekers are temporarily housed while their cases are being considered, and what criteria are applied in order to reach such decisions.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 July 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much was loaned through refugee integration loans in each year since the scheme was created.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 July 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much she expects will be loaned in refugee integration loans this year.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 July 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost to the public purse of the asylum system was in each year since 2005; and what estimate she has made of the cost for 2024.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 July 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the median cost per night for hotel accommodation for asylum seekers was in the most recent year for which figures are available; and what the cost was of the (a) most and (b) least expensive dec
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 July 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the supported asylum population in each local authority ward in England was on 31 December 2003.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 July 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people are a) waiting for a decision on their asylum applications in Bournemouth and b) currently residing in hotels in Bournemouth.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 July 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many hotels are being used as temporary accommodation for people seeking asylum in a) the United Kingdom, b) the South West and c) Bournemouth.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 July 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures her Department is taking to end housing of people claiming asylum in hotels in Bournemouth West constituency.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 July 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applicants are resident in hotels in Mid Leicestershire constituency.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 July 2024
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 July 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with the police, the Local Government Association and other stakeholders on the impact of their plans for fast-tracking, and granting, multiple asylum applications, in respect of (1) pu
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 July 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to assist women in Afghanistan who are at risk because of their activities promoting or supporting women's rights, democracy or human rights to come to the UK as refugees.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 July 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to continue the use of large-scale asylum accommodation centres, including (1) RAF Scampton, and (2) MDP Wethersfield.
European Union · European Parliament · 26 July 2024
Germany · German Bundestag · 26 July 2024
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 July 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to (a) review and (b) update her Department's list of subcontractors working on behalf of (i) Serco, (ii) Mears and (iii) Clearsprings Ready Homes to provide asylum accommodation.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 July 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to collect data on the performance of (a) Serco, (b) Mears, (c) Clearsprings Ready Homes and (d) other providers of asylum accommodation.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 July 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she is taking steps to increase the number of inspections of asylum accommodation.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 July 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs on reducing the use of Official Development Assistance on asylum accommodation.
Austria · National Council · 24 July 2024
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Eva Maria Holzleitner, BSc, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für europäische und internationale Angelegenheiten betreffend Die geflüchteten Frauen und Kinder aus der Region Bergkarabach dürfen nicht vergessen werden
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 July 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has commissioned the use of any hotel accommodation in the London Borough of Havering for the purpose of housing asylum seekers since 5 July 2024.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 July 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment he has made of the potential implications for asylum accommodation policy of using the overseas development budget to help fund asylum accommodation.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 July 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for asylum were (a) granted and (b) refused by (i) year of age, (ii) sex and (iii) country of origin in the last 12 months.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 July 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with her Rwandan counterpart since 5 July.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 July 2024
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, where asylum seekers resident on the Bibby Stockholm barge will be relocated to.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 July 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government what is their forecast of the number of people currently seeking asylum that will still need to have their case decided by the end of (1) 2024, and (2) 2025.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 July 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government how many people in each of the last three years have been allowed to remain in the United Kingdom as a consequence of a country having been declared unsafe on human rights terms.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 July 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government which countries are regarded as unsafe in human rights terms and to which their citizens cannot be deported from the United Kingdom.
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 2024
United States · United States Congress · 24 July 2024
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 July 2024
To ask His Majesty's Government whether they have fully terminated the UK–Rwanda migration and economic development partnership agreement; and, if not, when they plan to do so.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
1928. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if any of the 30 large buildings the Government has identified for accommodation use for asylum seekers are located in County Tipperary; their locations within the State; and the status of their occupation plan. [33461/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
1924. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of asylum seekers currently without accommodation, broken down by age and gender. [33213/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
1923. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if an assurance can be provided that every person has an offer of safe accommodation, in light of the increasing number of attacks on homeless asylum seekers; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [33212/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
1903. Deputy Robert Troy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the amount his Department has spent each year since 2020 on housing Ukrainian asylum seekers, broken down into modular homes, direct provision centres privately operated, hotels, bed-and-breakfasts, State-owned accommodation, the rent-a-room scheme and renting a private house, in tabular form. [32913/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
1864. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth to provide a full list of the number of beds available for accommodating both Ukrainian refugees and International Protection applicants, listing how many of them are occupied and how many are empty at the most recent date at which this information is available. [32637/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
1806. Deputy Cian O'Callaghan asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he can provide clarity on the operational arrangements giving effect to the changes for Ukrainian refugees, following the Government decision that all beneficiaries of temporary protection in State-provided accommodation should receive the same level of payment, in particular certain aspects (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [32099/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
1789. Deputy Marian Harkin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his Department plans to use a property (details supplied); and if this property is planned for use for the accommodation of refugees. [31696/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
1765. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if there are plans to provide accommodation for asylum seekers in order that they are not forced to sleep outside, for example, at the canal in Dublin city centre and in Citywest. [31397/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
1750. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of unaccompanied minors or separated children currently seeking asylum in the State; and the types of care settings they are in, i.e., foster care, residential care, emergency accommodation, and so on. [31143/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
1740. Deputy Mattie McGrath asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth his views on cuckoo funds and vulture fund corporate entities being paid substantial amounts of public funds from his Department to provide accommodation within the IPAS system; if this use of public funds in housing asylum seekers demands greater oversight and ethical consideration, given that these entities are benefiting from public funds but do not contribute fairly to the tax system; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [31008/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
1558. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice if a feasibility study has been carried out in relation to the possibility that asylum applicants who fail in their initial application could make their appeal from the safe third country that they arrived from, through the Irish Embassy in that country. [32423/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
1533. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice if a decision refusing asylum to a family (details supplied) will be reviewed. [32093/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
1523. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice to consider a scheme that would assist Palestinians who have arrived from the West Bank and Gaza, similar to the help that was offered to the Ukrainian nationals; if she will ensure that an asylum case for a person (details supplied) is expedited, ensuring they are granted the right to work, as should all Palestinians who have arrived here from Gaza and the West Bank. [31967/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
1522. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice further to Parliamentary Question No. 455 of 8 May 2024, if he will consider a scheme that would assist those Palestinians who have arrived from the West Bank and Gaza, similar to the help that was offered to the Ukrainian nationals; and if he will ensure that an asylum case for a person (details supplied) is expedited, ensuring they are granted the right to work, as should all Palestinians who have arrived here from Gaza and the West Bank. [31966/24]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 July 2024
1442. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Justice the number of staff who have been employed by IPAS to process asylum applicants this year and for each of the past five years. [31139/24]