Asylum

Asylum and Visas: Applications

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 October 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has made on improvements in service standards to visa and asylum applications; and whether it is on target to meet its goal to return to a 20 day service standard by March

143. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider placing modular homes in the Germantown military camp to help with the Ukrainian refugee crisis. [53806/22]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2022

143. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will consider placing modular homes in the Germantown military camp to help with the Ukrainian refugee crisis. [53806/22]

142. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will detail all contracts that the Government has with a group (details supplied) to provide asylum seeker accommodation or Ukrainian refugee accommodation; the total cost of each contract to date; the breakdown of the locations of property provided by the group; and if he will provide details of any meetings, including dates, that any officials from his Department have had with the group. [53805/22]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2022

142. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will detail all contracts that the Government has with a group (details supplied) to provide asylum seeker accommodation or Ukrainian refugee accommodation; the total cost of each contract to date; the breakdown of the locations of property provided by the group; and if he will provide details of any meetings, including dates, that any officials from his Department have had with the group. [53805/22]

141. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if all the 500 units of modular housing that the Government has stated it will deliver for Ukrainian refugees will be contracted out for delivery in 2022 and if not, the reason for same. [53800/22]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2022

141. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if all the 500 units of modular housing that the Government has stated it will deliver for Ukrainian refugees will be contracted out for delivery in 2022 and if not, the reason for same. [53800/22]

140. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of modular units that will be delivered and in place by the end of 2022 to house Ukrainian refugees [53799/22]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2022

140. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of modular units that will be delivered and in place by the end of 2022 to house Ukrainian refugees [53799/22]

133. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a commercial offer of accommodation for Ukrainian refugees (details supplied) has been examined by IPAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53658/22]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2022

133. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if a commercial offer of accommodation for Ukrainian refugees (details supplied) has been examined by IPAS; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53658/22]

131. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons in accommodation provided by the International Protection and Accommodation Service who have refugee status, subsidiary protection or permission to remain; and if he will provide a breakdown of their location by county. [53643/22]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2022

131. Deputy Eoin Ó Broin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons in accommodation provided by the International Protection and Accommodation Service who have refugee status, subsidiary protection or permission to remain; and if he will provide a breakdown of their location by county. [53643/22]

128. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will detail the five towns and or villages with the smallest populations that have taken in groups of asylum seekers; and if he will provide details of locations, populations of locations and volumes of asylum seekers that have been placed in those locations. [53804/22]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2022

128. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will detail the five towns and or villages with the smallest populations that have taken in groups of asylum seekers; and if he will provide details of locations, populations of locations and volumes of asylum seekers that have been placed in those locations. [53804/22]

75. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the locations that have been identified for the location of modular homes for refugees; if he will provide full details of these locations and whether he is aware if there are any issues with these locations which could prevent them being used for that purpose. [53803/22]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2022

75. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the locations that have been identified for the location of modular homes for refugees; if he will provide full details of these locations and whether he is aware if there are any issues with these locations which could prevent them being used for that purpose. [53803/22]

74. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has visited modular building companies to assess their capabilities of delivering modular units for Ukrainian refugees; and if he will provide details of which companies he visited and the dates of same. [53802/22]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2022

74. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform if he has visited modular building companies to assess their capabilities of delivering modular units for Ukrainian refugees; and if he will provide details of which companies he visited and the dates of same. [53802/22]

73. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated number of modular units that he expect to have built for Ukrainian refugees by the end of 2022. [53801/22]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 26 October 2022

73. Deputy Alan Kelly asked the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform the estimated number of modular units that he expect to have built for Ukrainian refugees by the end of 2022. [53801/22]

Refugees: Afghanistan

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 October 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how Afghan activists at risk due to their environmental activism can travel to the UK to seek refuge.

803. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the role that her Department has played in the integration of Ukrainian refugees into communities; if her Department and any agencies under its remit has had an involvement at local or national level in the response; the further steps that they intend taking to ensure that services are provided to assist in this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51656/22]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022

803. Deputy Joe McHugh asked the Minister for Rural and Community Development the role that her Department has played in the integration of Ukrainian refugees into communities; if her Department and any agencies under its remit has had an involvement at local or national level in the response; the further steps that they intend taking to ensure that services are provided to assist in this; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [51656/22]

511. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of additional staff members have been allocated to his Department to manage the increase in work incurred by the Ukrainian refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53290/22]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022

511. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of additional staff members have been allocated to his Department to manage the increase in work incurred by the Ukrainian refugees; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53290/22]

510. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Ukrainian refugees that Ireland has welcomed and accommodated since the invasion of their country in February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53289/22]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022

510. Deputy Alan Farrell asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of Ukrainian refugees that Ireland has welcomed and accommodated since the invasion of their country in February 2022; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53289/22]

506. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he intends to increase the accommodation recognition payment for households accommodating Ukrainian refugees given the increase in the cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53109/22]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022

506. Deputy Brendan Griffin asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he intends to increase the accommodation recognition payment for households accommodating Ukrainian refugees given the increase in the cost of living; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53109/22]

504. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will investigate allegations of unacceptable behaviour by management of a hostel for Ukrainian refugees (details supplied) in County Cork; if he will outline the person or body that is responsible for and the way oversight of these centres is being carried out and maintained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53011/22]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022

504. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if he will investigate allegations of unacceptable behaviour by management of a hostel for Ukrainian refugees (details supplied) in County Cork; if he will outline the person or body that is responsible for and the way oversight of these centres is being carried out and maintained; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [53011/22]

499. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a situation in a centre for Ukrainian refugees in Cork (details supplied), in which parents and their children have reported being very cold and requests to turn on the heating have been met with threats of eviction and foul language; the policy regarding heating in publicly-funded centres as winter approaches; if he will take steps to address this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52895/22]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2022

499. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth if his attention has been drawn to a situation in a centre for Ukrainian refugees in Cork (details supplied), in which parents and their children have reported being very cold and requests to turn on the heating have been met with threats of eviction and foul language; the policy regarding heating in publicly-funded centres as winter approaches; if he will take steps to address this matter; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52895/22]

Border Patrol First Act

United States · United States Congress · 25 October 2022

Border Patrol First Act This bill transfers $240 million previously made available to the Department of State for refugee and humanitarian assistance to the Department of Homeland Security. The transferred funds shall be available (1) for U.S. Customs and Border Protection activities, and (2) to reimburse the states of Texas and Arizona for activities related to border security.

Asylum: Rwanda

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 October 2022

To ask His Majesty's Government which airline they plan to use to deport asylum seekers to Rwanda.

Refugees: Ukraine

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 October 2022

To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to (1) review, and (2) update, their (a) refugee resettlement programme, and (b) emergency migration contingency measures, in response to the shifting nature of the war in Ukraine.

Asylkrise? Nein, wir haben ein Managementproblem!

Austria · National Council · 21 October 2022

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Stephanie Krisper, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für europäische und internationale Angelegenheiten betreffend Asylkrise? Nein, wir haben ein Managementproblem!

Asylkrise? Nein, wir haben ein Managementproblem!

Austria · National Council · 21 October 2022

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Stephanie Krisper, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Inneres betreffend Asylkrise? Nein, wir haben ein Managementproblem!

Asylkrise? Nein, wir haben ein Managementproblem!

Austria · National Council · 21 October 2022

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Stephanie Krisper, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für EU und Verfassung betreffend Asylkrise? Nein, wir haben ein Managementproblem!

Rechtswidrige Abschiebungen von Kindern

Austria · National Council · 21 October 2022

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Stephanie Krisper, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Inneres betreffend Rechtswidrige Abschiebungen von Kindern

Refugees: Ukraine

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 21 October 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will reinstate the security checking DBS service for Ukrainian refugees seeking employment in childcare settings.

Spreidingswet asielzoekers

Netherlands · House of Representatives · 21 October 2022

Spreidingswet asielzoekers

"Land unter" in der Migrationskrise

Austria · Federal Council · 20 October 2022

Anfrage der Bundesräte Josef Ofner, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Inneres betreffend "Land unter" in der Migrationskrise

Wann folgen auf Beratungen gegen illegale Migration auch Ergebnisse?

Austria · National Council · 20 October 2022

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Hannes Amesbauer, BA, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Inneres betreffend Wann folgen auf Beratungen gegen illegale Migration auch Ergebnisse?

Aufgriffe illegaler Fremder 2022

Austria · National Council · 20 October 2022

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Hannes Amesbauer, BA, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Inneres betreffend Aufgriffe illegaler Fremder 2022

Zeltlager für illegale Einwanderer – Migrationschaos eskaliert!

Austria · National Council · 20 October 2022

Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Hannes Amesbauer, BA, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Inneres betreffend Zeltlager für illegale Einwanderer – Migrationschaos eskaliert!

Refugees: Ukraine

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 October 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 19 October 2022 to Question 62104 on Refugees: Ukraine, whether he plans to increase the level of the monthly £350 thank you payments to sponsors under the

Asylum: Rwanda

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 October 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2022 to Question 60212, what activities were expected to be covered by the initial payment of £20 million for set-up costs; how many individuals have been employed

Asylum: Children

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 20 October 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2022 to Question 60996, whether a letter from the Chief Social Work Officer confirming the identity of an unaccompanied asylum seeking child (UASC), that they are

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 20 October 2022.#UP v Centre public d’action sociale de Liège.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Area of freedom, security and justice – Immigration policy – Directive 2008/115/EC – Return of illegally staying third-country nationals – Asylum application – Rejection – Order to leave the territory – Article 6(4) – Application for leave to remain for the purpose of medical treatment – Admissible application – Issuance of temporary leave to remain while the application is being examined – Dismissal of application – Social assistance – Refusal – Condition relating to the legality of the stay – No return decision – Effect of temporary leave to remain on the order to leave the territory.#Case C-825/21.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 20 October 2022

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 20 October 2022.#O.T. E. v Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Border controls, asylum and immigration – Asylum policy – Residence permit issued to third-country nationals who are victims of trafficking in human beings or who have been the subject of an action to facilitate illegal immigration, who cooperate with the competent authorities – Directive 2004/81/EC – Article 6 – Scope – Third-country national claiming to be the victim of an offence related to the trafficking in human beings – Entitlement to the reflection period provided for in Article 6(1) of that directive – Prohibition on enforcing an expulsion measure – Definition – Scope – Calculation of that reflection period – Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 – Criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person – Transfer to the Member State responsible for examining that application for international protection.#Case C-66/21.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 20 October 2022

Judgment of the Court (Fifth Chamber) of 20 October 2022.#UP v Centre public d’action sociale de Liège.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Cour de cassation.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Area of freedom, security and justice – Immigration policy – Directive 2008/115/EC – Return of illegally staying third-country nationals – Asylum application – Rejection – Order to leave the territory – Article 6(4) – Application for leave to remain for the purpose of medical treatment – Admissible application – Issuance of temporary leave to remain while the application is being examined – Dismissal of application – Social assistance – Refusal – Condition relating to the legality of the stay – No return decision – Effect of temporary leave to remain on the order to leave the territory.#Case C-825/21.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 20 October 2022

Judgment of the Court (Fourth Chamber) of 20 October 2022.#O.T. E. v Staatssecretaris van Justitie en Veiligheid.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Rechtbank Den Haag.#Reference for a preliminary ruling – Border controls, asylum and immigration – Asylum policy – Residence permit issued to third-country nationals who are victims of trafficking in human beings or who have been the subject of an action to facilitate illegal immigration, who cooperate with the competent authorities – Directive 2004/81/EC – Article 6 – Scope – Third-country national claiming to be the victim of an offence related to the trafficking in human beings – Entitlement to the reflection period provided for in Article 6(1) of that directive – Prohibition on enforcing an expulsion measure – Definition – Scope – Calculation of that reflection period – Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 – Criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an application for international protection lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national or a stateless person – Transfer to the Member State responsible for examining that application for international protection.#Case C-66/21.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 20 October 2022

Afghanistan: Refugees

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 October 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2022 to Question 59600 on Afghanistan: Refugees, how many (a) expression of interest in principle decisions have been made and communicat

Refugees: Ukraine

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 October 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to provide housing support for refugees who came to Britain under the Ukrainian visa scheme in April 2022.

Occupied Territories: Refugees

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 October 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 13 October 2022 to Question 59761 on Occupied Territories: Refugees, if he will publish the search terms that will identify that information on DevT

Diego Garcia: Asylum

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 October 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, whether migrants currently accommodated on Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean Territory and who are assessed to be at risk should they return to their country of origin will

Refugees: Afghanistan

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 October 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to exempt female Afghans who remain inside Afghanistan and who are family members of British nationals or persons settled in the UK from the English Language requirement

Refugees: Afghanistan

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 October 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 18 October 2022 to Question 59602 on Refugees: Afghanistan, what provision his Department has made for undocumented people applying to join family who are recognised refugees

Manston Asylum Processing Centre: Overcrowding

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 October 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment the Government has made of the potential health and safety implications of overcrowding at the former Ministry of Defence site in Manston, Kent; and what is the maximum capacity

Asylum: Deportation

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 October 2022

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of foreign nationals removed from the UK under zero notice removal procedures were still waiting for a decision on an outstanding asylum claim at the time of their removal

192. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice if Ireland will opt-in to Regulation (EU) 2021/2303 on the European Union Agency for Asylum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52237/22]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2022

192. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice if Ireland will opt-in to Regulation (EU) 2021/2303 on the European Union Agency for Asylum; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [52237/22]

164. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the asylum, migration and integration fund; when an open call for funding will be launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52222/22]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2022

164. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the status of the asylum, migration and integration fund; when an open call for funding will be launched; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52222/22]

162. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons in accommodation provided by the International Protection and Accommodation Service who have refugee status, subsidiary protection or permission to remain; if he will provide a breakdown of their location by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52220/22]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2022

162. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the number of persons in accommodation provided by the International Protection and Accommodation Service who have refugee status, subsidiary protection or permission to remain; if he will provide a breakdown of their location by county in tabular form; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [52220/22]

153. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions that he is undertaking to reduce the death rate among asylum seekers within the Internal Protection Accommodation Service. [52209/22]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 19 October 2022

153. Deputy Peadar Tóibín asked the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth the actions that he is undertaking to reduce the death rate among asylum seekers within the Internal Protection Accommodation Service. [52209/22]