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Question· Schriftliche Frage18/9248open

Einrichtung von Auffanglagern und Inhaftierungseinrichtungen für Flüchtlinge in Libyen

Germany · German Bundestag · 22 July 2016

Originaltext der Frage(n):<br /> <br /> Unterstützt die Bundesregierung die Einrichtung von &quot;vorübergehenden Auffanglagern für Migranten und Flüchtlinge&quot; und &quot;Inhaftierungseinrichtungen&quot; in Libyen wie sie durch den Europäischen Auswärtigen Dienst bereits im April vorgeschlagen worden sind (vgl. EEAS (2016) 436), beziehungsweise inwiefern plant die Bundesregierung, sich an einer möglichen Mission zur Errichtung solcher Lager zu beteiligen (bitte beziehen Sie sich dabei auf die Beantwortung von Frage 17 der Kleinen Anfrage, Bundestagsdrucksache 18/8850, in der es heißt: &quot;Planungen im Sinne der Fragestellung&quot; würden der Bundesregierung nicht vorliegen, vor dem Hintergrund von EEAS (2016) 436 vom 1. April 2016 mit dem Titel &quot;Planning for a possible non-executive Civilian CSDP mission in Libya&quot;)?

Question· Written questionHL HL1438answered

Asylum: Education

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2016

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 14 July (HL1030), how often priority dispersal internal checks occur, and what standard is required to pass those checks.

Question· Written questionUIN 43981answered

Asylum: Birmingham

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to ensure that there are sufficient resources at a local level to manage the needs of (a) asylum seekers and (b) local residents using the same services as asylum s

Question· Written questionUIN 43973answered

Asylum: Birmingham Ladywood

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria have been used to determine how many asylum seekers could be managed in Birmingham, Ladywood constituency without causing significant disruption to the local community.

Question· Written questionUIN 43773answered

Refugees: Syria

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what timetable she has set for resettling 20,000 Syrian refugees in the UK; and if she will make a statement.

Question· Written questionUIN 43772answered

Asylum: Children

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by which date she expects to have resettled 3,000 at risk child asylum-seekers and their families from the Middle East and North Africa to the UK.

Question· Written questionUIN 43778answered

Refugees: Disability Living Allowance

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has had with Ministers in the Department for Work and Pensions on people who have been granted refugee status in the UK being eligible to access disability livin

Question· Written questionUIN 43939answered

Refugees: Children

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of refugee children seeking reunion with family in the UK who are currently in Europe.

Question· Written questionUIN 43814answered

Refugees: Families

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assistance is available to foreign nationals in the UK who have indefinite right to remain to communicate with family members who are refugees abroad; and what support she is providing to oversea

Question· Written questionUIN 43974answered

Asylum: Birmingham

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the (a) appropriateness and (b) implications for safeguarding of children of private contractors using hotels to accommodate asylum seekers in Birmingham for

Question· Written questionUIN 43930answered

Refugees: Children

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many unaccompanied refugee children in Europe have been accommodated in the UK in each month of 2016 to date.

Question· Written questionUIN 43771answered

Asylum: Families

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications have been identified for consideration by expert personnel deployed by her Department to Greece to support the Greek Dublin Unit and EASO under the Dublin III regulation o

Question· Written questionUIN 43774answered

Refugees: Greece

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 July 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support the Government is providing to Greece to ensure that refugees have access to clear information on the Dublin III regulation and its family unity provisions in a language they can understa

Question· writtenPQ 885asked

885. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which her Department has the necessary resources to protect children at risk in various institutions, including unaccompanied minor refugees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24040/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 July 2016

885. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the extent to which her Department has the necessary resources to protect children at risk in various institutions, including unaccompanied minor refugees; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24040/16]

Question· writtenPQ 232asked

232. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans or proposals to reduce the current five-year residency requirement for asylum seekers and refugees to be eligible for third level under the free fees scheme; and if he will reduce the residency requirement to three years for asylum seekers and refugees. [24216/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 21 July 2016

232. Deputy Thomas Byrne asked the Minister for Education and Skills his plans or proposals to reduce the current five-year residency requirement for asylum seekers and refugees to be eligible for third level under the free fees scheme; and if he will reduce the residency requirement to three years for asylum seekers and refugees. [24216/16]

Question· Written questionHL HL1383answered

Refugees: Children

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 July 2016

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the average age of the child refugees they propose to take in from the conflicts in Syria and North Africa; what assessment they have made of the dominant religion of those children; whether it is their policy that

Question· Written questionHL HL1364answered

Asylum and Immigration Tribunal: Fees and Charges

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 July 2016

To ask Her Majesty’s Government why fees in the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal are to be increased, and what percentage of requests for a waiver of such fees were refused in each quarter since the beginning of 2015 to date.

Question· Written questionUIN 43495answered

Turkey: Refugees

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 July 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the ability of refugees in Turkey to receive international protection in that country.

Question· Written questionUIN 43497answered

Refugees

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 July 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures her Department plans to put in place to improve the processing time for sending documentation including national insurance numbers and biometric residence permits to people who have been

Question· writtenPQ 91asked

91. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons to date that have been resettled under the various resettlement and relocation programmes in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23181/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 July 2016

91. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons to date that have been resettled under the various resettlement and relocation programmes in tabular form; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23181/16]

Question· writtenPQ 88asked

88. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way the funding received from the European Union Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund in both 2014 and 2015 has been spent to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23158/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 July 2016

88. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the way the funding received from the European Union Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund in both 2014 and 2015 has been spent to date; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23158/16]

Question· writtenPQ 87asked

87. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount allocated to Ireland under the European Union Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund in 2014 and 2015; the amount that has been drawn down by the Irish authorities in 2014 and 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23157/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 20 July 2016

87. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the amount allocated to Ireland under the European Union Asylum, Migration and Integration Fund in 2014 and 2015; the amount that has been drawn down by the Irish authorities in 2014 and 2015; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23157/16]

Question· Written questionUIN 43356answered

Asylum: Families

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 July 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to speed up the application process for refugee family reunion.

Question· Written questionUIN 43315answered

Asylum: Families

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 July 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 15 June 2016 to Question 40147, what steps her Department takes in cases where further evidence of family links is required before asylum can be granted.

Question· Written questionUIN 43314answered

Asylum

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 July 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2016 to Question 39897, how many full-time equivalent officials of her Department are responsible for identifying, verifying and processing all asylum cases.

Question· writtenPQ 109asked

109. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the high-level diplomatic talks she has had with her European counterparts regarding unaccompanied minors seeking asylum in Europe, with particular reference to the role that Ireland could play in this matter. [19087/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 July 2016

109. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Justice and Equality the high-level diplomatic talks she has had with her European counterparts regarding unaccompanied minors seeking asylum in Europe, with particular reference to the role that Ireland could play in this matter. [19087/16]

Question· Written questionUIN 43212answered

Refugees: Disability

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 July 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy to make financial support available to refugees and people in Britain with humanitarian protection status who are disabled.

Question· Written questionUIN 43003answered

Asylum: Families

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 July 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to reduce the time taken to process applications related to refugee family reunion.

Question· Written questionUIN 42992answered

Asylum: Families

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 July 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many requests have been made by (a) France, (b) Greece and (c) Italy for the UK to take charge of an asylum application under the family reunification articles of the Dublin III Regulation in the

Question· Written questionUIN 43216answered

Social Security Benefits: Refugees

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 July 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether people resident in Britain with (a) refugee or (b) humanitarian protection status can claim (i) personal independence payments and (ii) employment and support allowance.

Question· Written questionUIN 42993answered

Asylum: Families

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 July 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department plans to publish the number of applications for refugee family reunion which were granted outside the rules in its quarterly migration statistics.

Question· Written questionUIN 43226answered

Asylum: Eritrea

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 July 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to publish updated country guidance for asylum applications made by Eritrean nationals.

Question· Written questionUIN 43150answered

Refugees: Children

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 July 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she intends to allow children with refugee status to sponsor their parents for the purposes of refugee family renunion.

Question· Written questionUIN 43152answered

Refugees: Children

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 July 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children with refugee status in the UK have been granted permission to sponsor family members to join them under the refugee family reunion rules in each of the last three years.

Question· Written questionUIN 43170answered

Refugees: Children

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 July 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many children with refugee status in the UK have been granted permission to sponsor family members to join them under the refugee family reunion rules in each of the last three years.

Question· Written questionUIN 43151answered

Asylum: Families

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 July 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to speed up the application process for refugee family reunion.

Question· Written questionHL HL1285answered

South Sudan: Refugees

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 July 2016

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what humanitarian support and assistance they have (1) provided, and (2) plan to provide, for South Sudanese refugees in Sudan.

Question· Written questionHL HL1263answered

Refugees: Families

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 July 2016

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the British Red Cross report Not So Straightforward and its campaign to reunite refugee families, Torn Apart.

Question· Written questionHL HL1295answered

Refugees

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 July 2016

To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect to publish the evaluation of the moving on period for those granted refugee status, announced during the passage of the Immigration Act 2016.

Question· Written questionUIN 43262answered

UN Refugees and Migrants Summit

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 July 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many delegates and from which Departments the UK plans to send to the UNGA Summit on Refugees and Migrants.

Question· Written questionUIN 43263answered

UN Refugees and Migrants Summit

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 July 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his objectives are for the upcoming UNGA Summit on Refugees and Migrants.

Question· Written questionUIN 43264answered

UN Refugees and Migrants Summit

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 July 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will attend the UNGA Summit on Refugees and Migrants.

Decision· DCELEX 32016D1315in force

Council Decision (EU) 2016/1315 of 18 July 2016 on the position to be adopted, on behalf of the European Union, within the Association Committee established by the Euro-Mediterranean Agreement establishing an Association between the European Communities and their Member States, of the one part, and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, of the other part, as regards a temporary amendment to Protocol 3 to that Agreement concerning the definition of the concept of ‘originating products’ and methods of administrative cooperation as a response in favour of the refugees fleeing the conflict in Syria

European Union · EUR-Lex · 18 July 2016

Question· Schriftliche Anfrage9978/Jschriftliche anfrage

Heimaturlaub von Asylberechtigten und Asylwerbern

Austria · National Council · 15 July 2016

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Christoph Hagen, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Inneres betreffend Heimaturlaub von Asylberechtigten und Asylwerbern

Question· Written questionUIN 42941answered

Asylum: Families

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 July 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 6 June 2016 to Question 38033, what assessment she has made of the increase in the number of family reunion applications that were refused in each of those years.

Question· Schriftliche Frage18/9191open

Verweigerung der Ausreise durch die Türkei für syrische Flüchtlinge mit vorhandenem Visum für Deutschland

Germany · German Bundestag · 15 July 2016

Originaltext der Frage(n):<br /> <br /> Aus welchen Gründen wurde den 52 syrischen Flüchtlingen, die im Rahmen des EU-Türkei Abkommens nach Deutschland kommen sollten und die bereits ein Visum für Deutschland hatten, von türkischer Seite aus die Ausreise verweigert (siehe: www.zeit.de/politik/ausland/2016-06/tuerkei-syrische-fluechtlinge-keine-ausreise-nach-deutschland) und was unternimmt die Bundesregierung um das Übersiedeln von Flüchtlingen nach Deutschland im Rahmen des sogenannten 1:1 Mechanismus des EU-Türkei Abkommens voranzutreiben?

Question· Schriftliche Frage18/9191open

Bearbeitungsdauer für Anträge auf Zulassung zu einem Integrationskurs beim Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge

Germany · German Bundestag · 15 July 2016

Originaltext der Frage(n):<br /> <br /> Wie lang ist nach Kenntnis der Bundesregierung die derzeitige durchschnittliche Bearbeitungsdauer beim Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF) für Anträge auf Zulassung zu einem Integrationskurs (bitte wenn möglich die zehn Außenstellen angeben, bei denen die Bearbeitung am längsten dauert), und wie viele Anträge wurden im Jahr 2015 und seit dem 1. Januar 2016 jeweils gestellt (wenn möglich aufgeschlüsselt nach Aufenthaltsstatus)?

Question· Written questionUIN 42796answered

Refugees: Social Security Benefits

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 14 July 2016

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy, where a newly recognised refugee has made an application for welfare benefits during the statutory 28 day move-on period, to continue paying asylum support allowance to

Question· writtenPQ 141asked

141. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the Near East’s condemnation of Israel’s punitive demolitions in the Klanadia refugee camp in the occupied West Bank; that Israeli forces demolished two houses there in the middle of the night; that one of the homes belonged to a UNRWA for Palestine refugees in the Near East sanitation labourer; that punitive home demolitions are a form of collective punishment which are illegal under international law; and if he will raise the issue with his Israeli counterpart. [21771/16]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 14 July 2016

141. Deputy Seán Crowe asked the Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if he is aware of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees in the Near East’s condemnation of Israel’s punitive demolitions in the Klanadia refugee camp in the occupied West Bank; that Israeli forces demolished two houses there in the middle of the night; that one of the homes belonged to a UNRWA for Palestine refugees in the Near East sanitation labourer; that punitive home demolitions are a form of collective punishment which are illegal under international law; and if he will raise the issue with his Israeli counterpart. [21771/16]

Bill· HRH.R. 5850 (114th)referred

Secure the Northern Triangle Act

United States · United States Congress · 14 July 2016

Secure the Northern Triangle Act This bill expresses the sense of Congress that the United States must address the violence and humanitarian crisis resulting in the elevated numbers of unaccompanied children, women, and refugees from the Northern Triangle (El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras) arriving at the southwestern border of the United States. The bill authorizes appropriations for the United States Strategy for Engagement in Central America. Funds are made available for combating criminal violence and corruption and advancing economic development. The President shall designate a senior official to coordinate federal and international efforts to strengthen the rule of law and economic prosperity in Central America. The Millenium Challenge Corporation may fund concurrent compacts for regional integration. The Department of State shall submit a three-year strategy to secure international and regional support for the Plan of the Alliance for Prosperity in the Northern Triangle. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shall expand law enforcement partnership efforts in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, and Mexico to combat human smuggling and trafficking. The Department of Justice (DOJ) and DHS shall expand collaborative programs aimed at human smugglers and traffickers targeting Central American children and families. The bill provides for: (1) increased sanctions against foreign narcotics traffickers and their foreign supporters operating in Central or South America; (2) increased resources for, and expedited processing under, the Central American Minors (CAM) program; and (3) strengthening the capacity of Mexico and other regional countries to provide asylum and global resettlement. The Office of Refugee Resettlement of the Department of Health and Human Services shall perform record checks of prospective sponsors prior to placing an unaccompanied alien child with a sponsor. DHS shall: (1) monitor unaccompanied alien children after placement, and (2) provide funds to states for criminal registry and child abuse searches of prospective sponsors. The Department of Education shall provide funds to eligible school districts for unaccompanied alien children. A local educational agency shall: (1) ensure that unaccompanied alien children in the area are immediately enrolled in school following placement, and (2) remove enrollment and participation barriers. DHS shall: (1) ensure that legal orientation programs are available for all DHS-detained aliens, and (2) consult with the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees to develop a child-centered repatriation process. DOJ may appoint or provide legal counsel to individuals in immigration proceedings and shall appoint legal counsel for children and vulnerable individuals in such proceedings. DOJ shall increase the number of immigration judges and Board of Immigration Appeals attorneys.

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