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United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 February 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Government is in the process of drafting asylum seeker returns and readmission arrangements for Sudan.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 February 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the effect the Government's hostile environment policy on the ability of asylum seekers to claim asylum in the UK.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 February 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many current asylum applicants' claims have taken more than 182 days to process.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 February 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 11 January 2018 to question 121556, on Asylum, what steps her Department plans to take with the Department for Work and Pensions to ensure refugees are not left destitute fol
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 February 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of non-Arab Darfuri asylum seekers who had their asylum claims rejected in 2017.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 February 2018
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many citizens of Bahrain applied for asylum in (1) 2016, and (2) 2017.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 February 2018
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to allow asylum seekers with medical qualifications to develop and apply their skills in the UK.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 February 2018
To ask the Minister for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers do not have access to free classes in English as a second language.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 February 2018
To ask the Minister for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have access to 10 hours a week of free classes in English as a second language.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 February 2018
To ask the Minister for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the minimum necessary standard of spoken and written English for a refugee to integrate in the UK.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 February 2018
To ask the Minister for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the minimum total teaching time in English as a second language that is required to allow asylum seekers to achieve adequate standards of spoken and written English.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 8 February 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what information his Department holds on the number of asylum seekers who received therapy or counselling from the NHS during 2017.
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 8 February 2018
De veranderde situatie in Turkije en vluchtelingen in Turkije
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 February 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to publishing data on length of time taken for decisions to be made on applications for asylum support on a quarterly basis.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 February 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department collects on the length of stay in initial accommodation for people applying for Section 95, non-emergency, asylum support.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 7 February 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will publish the data held by her Department on the average length of time taken to make a decision on an asylum support application.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 7 February 2018
266. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs the number of unaccompanied minors from Calais who have been resettled following the cross-party Dáil Éireann motion tabled on 10 November 2016. [6210/18]
Austria · Federal Council · 6 February 2018
Anfrage der Bundesräte David Stögmüller, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Inneres betreffend Bundesamt für Fremdenwesen und Asyl 2017
Austria · Federal Council · 6 February 2018
Anfrage der Bundesräte David Stögmüller, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an den Bundesminister für Verfassung, Reformen, Deregulierung und Justiz betreffend Asylbeschwerden beim BvWG im Jahr 2017
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 February 2018
551. Deputy Tony McLoughlin asked the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport the way in which he plans to further encourage the integration of refugees and asylum seekers into sport teams throughout Ireland (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5937/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 February 2018
276. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented persons currently here for more than ten years that have for one reason or another been refused long term residency; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6025/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 February 2018
275. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees, asylum seekers and undocumented persons that have been here for more than seven years; the extent to which consideration might be given to examining their cases with a view to offering stamp 4 status as a path to naturalisation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [6024/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 February 2018
248. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of persons brought here under the EU relocation programme in 2015, 2016 and 2017 in tabular form. [5510/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 February 2018
105. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the assistance given to refugees from Syria here as part of resettlement and relocation programmes to access education and employment and to have professional qualifications recognised; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5669/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 February 2018
95. Deputy Ruth Coppinger asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will report on the progress of family reunification for refugees from Syria here as part of resettlement and relocation programmes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5668/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 February 2018
70. Deputy Donnchadh Ó Laoghaire asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will revise the conditions he has outlined as an interim arrangement for the right to work of asylum seekers further to the adoption of Directive 2013/33/EU; and his views on whether the interim arrangement is in keeping with and consistent with the decision of the Supreme Court in a case (details supplied). [5562/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 February 2018
57. Deputy Catherine Connolly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he has satisfied himself that the €500 to €1,000 fee to be paid by asylum seekers or their employers fully complies with the Supreme Court decision in a case (details supplied) wherein the freedom of asylum seekers to work was recognised as an inherent part of their constitutional rights to human dignity; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [5697/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 6 February 2018
52. Deputy Richard Boyd Barrett asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if persons (details supplied) will be allowed to resettle here. [5693/18]
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 2018
Demand the end of Assault in Refugee Camps Act or the D'ARC Act This bill amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to require the annual human rights reports to include descriptions of the extent to which: the government of a country is failing to address, reduce, or prosecute instances of sexual assault in refugee camps; and the United States has taken or will take action to end such practices, including by training personnel to address the crime of sexual assault.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 2018
Criminal Alien Gang Member Removal Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to make an alien: (1) inadmissible if a consular officer, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), or the Department of Justice (DOJ) knows or has reason to believe that such person is or has been a member of a criminal gang or has participated in criminal gang activities; and (2) deportable if such person is or has been a member of a criminal gang or has participated in criminal gang activities. A "criminal gang" is defined as an ongoing group, club, organization, or association of five or more persons (group): (1) one of the primary purposes of which is the commission of one or more specified criminal offenses and the members of which engage, or have engaged within the past five years, in a continuing series of such offenses; or (2) that has been designated as a criminal gang by DHS. DHS may: (1) designate a group as a criminal gang based upon its conduct, and (2) revoke a designation for national security interests or if the group no longer conducts such criminal activities. Such designation shall be effective until revoked or judicially set aside. Congress may block or revoke a designation. A group may file a petition for revocation: (1) prior to designation, with DHS, and (2) after designation, with the U.S. Court of Appeals, DC Circuit. The bill: (1) provides for mandatory detention of alien gang members; and (2) makes alien gang members ineligible for asylum, temporary protected status, special immigrant juvenile status, and parole (unless such an alien is assisting the United States in a law enforcement matter).
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 February 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidents of unauthorised sharing of asylum information there have been in her Department in each year since 2015.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 February 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many incidences of unauthorised sharing of asylum information have there been in her Department in each year since 2010.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 February 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much her Department has paid out in compensation as a result of unauthorised sharing of asylum information in each year since 2010.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 February 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to her Department's report, Asylum Migration and Integration Fund, List of Actions allocated funding, published in July 2017, which actions will receive funding in 2018.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 February 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to promote community engagement between asylum seekers and established populations.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 February 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many rejected asylum seekers remain in the Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 February 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent steps her Department has taken to encourage the participation of local authorities in the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 February 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what personnel support has been provided by her Department to the European Asylum Support Office since 2016.
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 5 February 2018
Het bericht dat ‘Asielzoeker mag tweede vrouw uit Syrië halen in belang van kinderen’
Germany · German Bundestag · 2 February 2018
Originaltext der Frage(n):<br /> <br /> Trifft es nach Kenntnis der Bundesregierung zu, dass bei Ausländern, die keine Dokumente bei der Einreise vorlegen, die Angaben auf der Aufenthaltskarte bzw. auf dem Reiseausweis mit dem Vermerk "Personalien laut eigenen Angaben" ergänzt werden? <br /> <br /> Wenn ja, wie viele Personen sind mit dem Vermerk "Personalien laut eigenen Angaben" registriert? <br /> <br /> Welche Folgen hat der Vermerk "Personalien laut eigenen Angaben" in den Verfahren nach Artikel 16a des Grundgesetzes bzw. nach § 31 bzw. nach § 4 Absatz 1 des Asylgesetzes?
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 2 February 2018
Het bericht 'Privaat geld ingezet voor integratie vluchtelingen’
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 February 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department has taken to ensure the (a) adequacy and (b) consistency of guidance provided in non-straightforward asylum cases.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 February 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to paragraph 6.3 of The Home Office response to the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration’s report: An Inspection of the Home Office’s Asylum Intake & Casework April –
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 February 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress her Department has on meeting the target to clear 10,000 asylum decision cases by March 2018.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 February 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department takes steps to provide support to refugees who receive leave to remain in the time between their receiving their (a) National Insurance number and (b) first universal credit pay
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 February 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to review its policy on detention for asylum seekers who have made an application on the grounds they were victims of torture.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 February 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers who have claimed to be a victim of torture have been detained at immigration centres.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 February 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2018 to Question 124424, on Refugees, what guidance has been issued to job centre staff on the new scheme.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 February 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2018 to Question 124424, what the evidential basis was for the conclusion that the new scheme was tested successfully.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 February 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers living in temporary dispersal accommodation have been there for one year or more.