Asylum

Immigration Slush Fund Elimination Act of 2015

United States · United States Congress · 18 June 2015

Immigration Slush Fund Elimination Act of 2015 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to provide that the following fees shall be miscellaneous receipts to be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury: asylum fees, nonimmigrant nurse fees, employer fees, additional employer fees, Department of State and Department of Homeland Security fraud prevention and detection fees, visa waiver program fees, temporary protected status fees, adjustment of status fees, administrative fines and penalties, the genealogy fee, the premium fee for employment-based petitions and applications, biometric entry and data system fees, and nonimmigrant foreign student fees. Authority for the visa waiver program travel promotion fee is extended through September 30, 2015. Fee disposition provisions are revised. Fee revenues in all of the accounts under section 286 of INA, as of the day before the date of enactment of this Act, shall be transferred to the general fund of the Treasury on the effective date provided for by this Act. All of the accounts authorized under such section (including the Immigration User Fee Account and the Land Border Inspection Account), as of the day before the date of enactment of this Act, shall be terminated on such date.

Domestic Refugee Resettlement Reform and Modernization Act of 2015

United States · United States Congress · 18 June 2015

Domestic Refugee Resettlement Reform and Modernization Act of 2015 Requires the Government Accountability Office to study the effectiveness of the Office of Refugee Resettlement's domestic refugee resettlement programs. Requires the Office of Refugee Resettlement to: (1) ensure that refugee assistance is provided to qualifying refugees who are secondary migrants; (2) report to Congress regarding states experiencing departures and arrivals due to secondary migration; and (3) expand the Office's data analysis, collection, and sharing activities to include data on mental and physical medical cases, housing needs, and refugee employment. Requires the Department of State and the Department of Health and Human Services to provide refugee resettlement guidance to appropriate national, state, and local entities.

einen Nationalen Aktionsplan Asyl

Austria · National Council · 17 June 2015

Unselbständiger Entschließungsantrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Nikolaus Scherak, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend einen Nationalen Aktionsplan Asyl

Abkehr von der Dublin III-Verordnung

Austria · National Council · 17 June 2015

Antrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Nikolaus Scherak, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Abkehr von der Dublin III-Verordnung <i>(zur Feststellung, welcher europäische Staat für die</i> <i>Prüfung eines Asylantrages zuständig ist)</i>

bundeseinheitliche Integrationsmaßnahmen

Austria · National Council · 17 June 2015

Antrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Nikolaus Scherak, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend bundeseinheitliche Integrationsmaßnahmen <i>(für Asylwerber und Asylberechtigte)</i>

nationalen Aktionsplan Asyl

Austria · National Council · 17 June 2015

Antrag der Abgeordneten Dr. Nikolaus Scherak, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend einen nationalen Aktionsplan Asyl

Refugees: Detainees

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 June 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Government's policy is on the detention of refugee women.

Refugees: Mediterranean Sea

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 June 2015

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what efforts they have made to ensure that refugees crossing the Mediterranean are not assumed to be economic migrants.

Mediterranean Sea: Refugees

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 June 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions his Department has had with EU partners on the potential for taking military action against people traffickers in the Mediterranean in international waters.

Asylum: Libya

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 17 June 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Libyans formerly based at Bassingbourn barracks remain in the UK having claimed asylum; and if she will make a statement.

137. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the report of the working group to report to the Government on improvements to the protection process, including direct provision and supports to asylum seekers, will be published before it is debated in Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24106/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 June 2015

137. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the report of the working group to report to the Government on improvements to the protection process, including direct provision and supports to asylum seekers, will be published before it is debated in Dáil Éireann; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24106/15]

136. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if there will be an opportunity to make submissions to her on the recommendations put forward by the working group to report to Government on improvements to the protection process, including direct provision and supports to asylum seekers and the direct provision system, before the recommendations are considered by her and brought before the Cabinet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24105/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 June 2015

136. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if there will be an opportunity to make submissions to her on the recommendations put forward by the working group to report to Government on improvements to the protection process, including direct provision and supports to asylum seekers and the direct provision system, before the recommendations are considered by her and brought before the Cabinet; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [24105/15]

Strengthening Refugee Resettlement Act

United States · United States Congress · 17 June 2015

Strengthening Refugee Resettlement Act Requires the Department of Homeland Security to work with the heads of other relevant federal agencies to conduct a review of refugee processing with the goal of streamlining processing, consistent with maintaining security. Requires the Department of State (Department) to establish overseas refugee English language and work orientation training programs prior to the departure for the United States of refugees who have been approved for U.S. admission. Permits: (1) refugees (and their spouses and children) to be admitted to the United States as lawful permanent residents, and (2) asylum seekers (and their spouses and children) to be granted lawful permanent residency. Requires the Department when setting the amount of reception and placement grants to: (1) adjust the grant amount to account for anticipated initial refugee resettlement needs, and (2) ensure that funding is provided to national resettlement agencies at the beginning of the fiscal year. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should appoint a White House Coordinator on Refugee Protection. Requires the Office of Refugee Resettlement to make grants to national resettlement agencies to operate a case management system to assist individuals access eligible services, benefits, and assistance provided by the Office, federal, state, or local agencies, and private or nonprofit organizations. Requires the Office, subject to available appropriations, to provide refugees with a minimum of 12 months' assistance and social services for employment, health, and living expenses. Authorizes the Office to award grants to community-based organizations, nonprofit organizations, and resettlement agencies for programs to assist newcomers integrate into U.S. civic life. Expands eligibility for, and participation in, the refugee matching grant program (federal-private refugee assistance). Establishes a Domestic Emergency Refugee Resettlement Fund to meet unanticipated refugee resettlement needs. Makes SSI (supplemental security income) benefits available to qualified aliens, U-visa aliens (victim of criminal activity), or certain T-visa aliens (victims of trafficking in persons) who were ineligible for such benefits because of their failure to acquire citizenship within seven years. Makes a child who has been granted special immigrant status as a victim of criminal activity (U-visa) eligible for specified refugee benefits.

No Office Space for Executive Amnesty Act of 2015

United States · United States Congress · 17 June 2015

No Office Space for Executive Amnesty Act of 2015 This bill prohibits funds from being obligated or expended by the General Services Administration to lease any space for purposes of carrying out the policies set forth in: the memoranda from the Secretary of Homeland Security dated November 20, 2014, entitled "Southern Border and Approaches Campaign," "Policies for the Apprehension, Detention and Removal of Undocumented Immigrants," "Secure Communities," "Exercising Prosecutorial Discretion with Respect to Individuals Who Came to the United States as Children and with Respect to Certain Individuals Who Are the Parents of U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents," "Expansion of the Provisional Waiver Program," "Policies Supporting U.S. High-Skilled Businesses and Workers," "Families of U.S. Armed Forces Members and Enlistees," "Directive to Provide Consistency Regarding Advance Parole," and "Policies to Promote and Increase Access to U.S. Citizenship"; the memoranda issued by the President on November 21, 2014, entitled "Creating Welcoming Communities and Fully Integrating Immigrants and Refugees" and "Modernizing and Streamlining the U.S. Immigrant Visa System for the 21st Century"; and any similar memorandum issued after November 21, 2014.

Immigration Slush Fund Elimination Act of 2015

United States · United States Congress · 17 June 2015

Immigration Slush Fund Elimination Act of 2015 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) to provide that the following fees shall be miscellaneous receipts to be deposited in the general fund of the Treasury: asylum fees, nonimmigrant nurse fees, employer fees, additional employer fees, Department of State and Department of Homeland Security fraud prevention and detection fees, visa waiver program fees, temporary protected status fees, adjustment of status fees, administrative fines and penalties, the genealogy fee, the premium fee for employment-based petitions and applications, biometric entry and data system fees, and nonimmigrant foreign student fees. Authority for the visa waiver program travel promotion fee is extended through September 30, 2015. Fee disposition provisions are revised. Fee revenues in all of the accounts under section 286 of INA, as of the day before enactment of this Act, shall be transferred to the general fund of the Treasury on the effective date provided for by this Act. All of the accounts authorized under such section (including the Immigration User Fee Account and the Land Border Inspection Account), as of the day before the date of enactment of this Act, shall be terminated on such date.

490. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to the Health Information and Quality Authority report of child and family service areas of counties Louth and Meath, the training proposed to address the stated needs of practitioners regarding the asylum seeking process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23810/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2015

490. Deputy Gerry Adams asked the Minister for Children and Youth Affairs further to the Health Information and Quality Authority report of child and family service areas of counties Louth and Meath, the training proposed to address the stated needs of practitioners regarding the asylum seeking process; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [23810/15]

412. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if any migrants assisted by the crew of the LE Eithne in the Mediterranean Sea have claimed asylum under Irish law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23784/15]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 June 2015

412. Deputy Paul Murphy asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if any migrants assisted by the crew of the LE Eithne in the Mediterranean Sea have claimed asylum under Irish law; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [23784/15]

Eritrea - military training and refugees

European Union · European Parliament · 16 June 2015

Mediterranean Sea: Refugees

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 June 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many migrants who have crossed the Mediterranean her Department plans to allow to resettle in the UK.

Mediterranean Sea: Refugees

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 June 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will increase the number of resettlement places offered to migrants who have crossed the Mediterranean.

Mediterranean Sea: Refugees

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 June 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what diplomatic steps his Department is taking to prevent migrants attempting dangerously to cross the Mediterranean.

Burundi: Refugees

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 June 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department has taken to address the situation of refugees from Burundi; and if she will make a statement.

Mediterranean Sea: Refugees

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 June 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received from European officials concerning the migrant situation in the Mediterranean.

Mediterranean Sea: Refugees

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 15 June 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what further resources the Government plans to offer to the international effort to save the lives of migrants attempting to cross the Mediterranean.

Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016

United States · United States Congress · 15 June 2015

Department of State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2016 Makes FY2016 appropriations for the Department of State for: administration of foreign affairs and diplomatic and consular programs; the Capital Investment Fund; the Office of Inspector General; educational and cultural exchange programs; representation allowances; protection of foreign missions and officials; U.S. embassy security, construction, and maintenance; emergencies in the diplomatic and consular service; the repatriation loans program account; the American Institute in Taiwan; the Foreign Service Retirement and Disability Fund; international organizations, peacekeeping, and commissions; the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico; salaries and expenses; plan preparation and construction of authorized projects; the International Joint Commission, the International Boundary Commission, United States and Canada, and the Border Environment Cooperation Commission; international fisheries commissions; international broadcasting operations and capital improvements; the Asia Foundation; the United States Institute for Peace; the Center for Middle Eastern-Western Dialogue Trust Fund; the Eisenhower Exchange Fellowships, Incorporated; the Israeli Arab Scholarship Program; the National Endowment for Democracy; the Commission for Preservation of America's Heritage Abroad; the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom; the Commission on Security and Cooperation in Europe; the Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China; and the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission. Makes FY2016 appropriations for: operating expenses of the U. S. Agency for International Development (USAID), the capital investment fund, and the Office of Inspector General; expenses of the President in carrying out certain programs under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961, global health and child survival; specified development assistance; international disaster assistance; transition initiatives; development credit authority; the Economic Support Fund; promotion of democracy; migration and refugee assistance; the Peace Corps; the Millennium Challenge Corporation; the Inter-American Foundation; the United States African Development Foundation; the Department of the Treasury for international affairs technical assistance activities; international narcotics control and law enforcement; nonproliferation, anti-terrorism, and demining; international peacekeeping operations; international military education and training; foreign military financing grants; the International Development Association; the Asian Development Fund; the African Development Fund; the Export-Import Bank of the United States, including the Office of Inspector General; the Overseas Private Investment Corporation; and the Trade and Development Agency. Sets forth certain limits and prohibitions on the use of appropriations for specified activities.

Mediterranean Sea: Refugees

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 June 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans her Department has to work with international partners to tackle (a) political instability in northern Africa, (b) criminal gangs which profit from human trafficking and (c) other und

Rohingya: Refugees

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 June 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with international partners and his counterparts in South East Asia on (a) resolving the situation of Rohingya migrants and (b) ensuring that search and

Rohingya: Refugees

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 June 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent estimate his Department has made of the number Rohingya migrants from Burma adrift in the Andaman Sea.

Mediterranean Sea: Refugees

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 June 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to support migrants and asylum seekers who (a) are children, (b) are elderly, (c) have serious injuries and (d) have other specialist needs who are rescued during o

Mediterranean Sea: Refugees

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 12 June 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has had with its EU counterparts on search and rescue operations in the Mediterranean.

Entstehung von so genannten Willkommens- und Ausreisezentren in bestimmten afrikanischen Staaten und Schaffung von Rechtssicherheit für dem UN-Flüchtlingshilfswerk unterstehende Asylverfahren

Germany · German Bundestag · 12 June 2015

Originaltext der Frage(n):<br /> <br /> In welchen nordafrikanischen Staaten könnten nach Ansicht der Bundesregierung so genannte Willkommens- und Ausreisezentren entstehen, die der Bundesminister des Innern, Dr. Thomas de Maizière, unter anderem in einem Interview mit der Tageszeitung &quot;DIE WELT&quot; im Februar 2015 als &quot;sinnvolle Überlegung&quot; bezeichnete, um &quot;in den nordafrikanischen Herkunfts- und Transitländern Möglichkeiten zu eröffnen, legal nach Europa zu kommen und zugleich dort den illegalen Weg nach Europa zu beenden&quot; (www.welt.de/politik/deutschland/article137837849/De-Maiziere-haelt-Terrorabwehr-fuer-lueckenhaft.html), und wie kann nach Auffassung der Bundesregierung Rechtssicherheit für eventuelle Asylverfahren geschaffen werden, die außer-halb des Gebiets der Europäischen Union und in so genannten Asylzentren durchgeführt werden, die der Leitung des Flüchtlingshilfswerks der Vereinten Nationen (UNHCR) und nicht der des Bundesamtes für Migration und Flüchtlinge (BAMF) bzw. vergleichbarer Behörden anderer Mitgliedstaaten der EU unterstehen?

Übertragung des im Libanon praktizierten E-Mail-Verfahrens zur Visa-Terminvergabe für den Familiennachzug von Angehörigen syrischer Flüchtlinge nach Deutschland auf die Türkei

Germany · German Bundestag · 12 June 2015

Originaltext der Frage(n):<br /> <br /> Was sind die genauen Gründe dafür, dass das seit Mai 2015 im Libanon praktizierte E-Mail-Verfahren bei der Visa-Terminvergabe zum Familiennachzug zu syrischen Flüchtlingen nach Deutschland trotz der von der Bundesregierung hervorgehobenen Vorteile (siehe Antwort auf meine Schriftliche Frage 13 auf Bundestagsdrucksache 18/4993) nicht für die Türkei geplant ist, obwohl dort die Wartezeiten nach meiner Kenntnis deutlich länger sind (spielen z. B. vertragliche Vereinbarungen mit der Firma iDATA eine Rolle, bitte begründen), und wie sind die bisherigen Reaktionen der Bundesländer auf das Schreiben des Auswärtigen Amts und des Bundesministeriums des Innern vom 4. Mai 2015 mit der Bitte um Globalzustimmungen oder Erleichterungen bei der Glaubhaftmachung des Familiennachweises (siehe Antwort auf meine Schriftliche Frage 27 auf Bundestagsdrucksache 18/4993, bitte ausführen und nach Bundesländern auflisten)?

Erleichterung des Zugangs zu Leistungen nach SGB VIII für begleitete minderjährige Flüchtlinge

Germany · German Bundestag · 12 June 2015

Originaltext der Frage(n):<br /> <br /> Welche Maßnahmen plant die Bundesregierung ggf., um begleiteten minderjährigen Flüchtlingen den Zugang zu Leistungen nach dem Achten Buch Sozialgesetzbuch (SGB VIII) zu erleichtern, und wenn sie keine Maßnahmen plant, warum nicht?

Zuständige Behörde für eine Erstattung von durch illegal eingewanderte Flüchtlinge entstehende Krankenhauskosten

Germany · German Bundestag · 12 June 2015

Originaltext der Frage(n):<br /> <br /> Kann die Bundesregierung bezugnehmend auf die Antwort auf meine Schriftliche Frage 57 auf Bundestagsdrucksache 18/5040 Auskunft geben, welche die zuständige Behörde ist, an die sich ein Krankenhaus wenden muss, um die Kosten der Behandlung eines illegal eingereisten und in Deutschland sich illegal aufhaltenden Flüchtlings erstattet zu bekommen, wenn die Identität des Flüchtlings unbekannt ist und im vitalen Interesse des Flüchtlings auch besser unbekannt bleibt?

Behördliche Zuständigkeiten hinsichtlich illegal eingereister Flüchtlinge

Germany · German Bundestag · 12 June 2015

Originaltext der Frage(n):<br /> <br /> Weshalb legt man die Zuständigkeit für illegal in Deutschland lebende Flüchtlinge in den Bereich des Sozialamtes, wo sich der Wohnort des Flüchtlings befindet, so dass letztlich der Leistungserbringer meist die Kosten abschreiben muss, und nicht in den des Sozialamtes, wo sich der Leistungserbringer befindet, so dass es zu diesen Zuständigkeitsschwierigkeiten überhaupt nicht kommen kann?

Etablierung einer effektiven und finanziell adäquat ausgestatteten Such- und Seenotrettungsmission im Mittelmeer

Austria · National Council · 11 June 2015

Bericht des Ausschusses für Menschenrechte über den Antrag 1073/A(E) der Abgeordneten Dr. Nikolaus Scherak, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend Etablierung einer effektiven und finanziell adäquat ausgestatteten Such- und Seenotrettungsmission im Mittelmeer

Menschenrechtslage an den Grenzen der EU

Austria · National Council · 11 June 2015

Bericht des Ausschusses für Menschenrechte über den Antrag 588/A(E) der Abgeordneten Franz Kirchgatterer, Dipl.-Kffr. (FH) Elisabeth Pfurtscheller, Kolleginnen und Kollegen betreffend die Menschenrechtslage an den Grenzen der EU

Burma: Refugees

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 June 2015

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Verma on 10 June (HL125), what is their current estimate of the number of men, women and children in those camps; why that estimate was not given in that Answer; and what is their

Asylum: Eritrea

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 11 June 2015

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many requests for asylum from Eritreans have been granted over the last year, on a month by month basis.

Motie van het lid Wilders over niet meer toelaten van asielzoekers

Netherlands · House of Representatives · 11 June 2015

Motie van het lid Wilders over niet meer toelaten van asielzoekers

Motie van het lid Pechtold over 732 vluchtingen extra bovenop de jaarlijkse 500 uitgenodigde vluchtelingen

Netherlands · House of Representatives · 11 June 2015

Motie van het lid Pechtold over 732 vluchtingen extra bovenop de jaarlijkse 500 uitgenodigde vluchtelingen

Motie van het lid Gesthuizen over niet verlagen van het percentage op te nemen vluchtelingen

Netherlands · House of Representatives · 11 June 2015

Motie van het lid Gesthuizen over niet verlagen van het percentage op te nemen vluchtelingen

Motie van het lid Bontes over militaire inzet om asielzoekers tegen te houden en terug te sturen

Netherlands · House of Representatives · 11 June 2015

Motie van het lid Bontes over militaire inzet om asielzoekers tegen te houden en terug te sturen

Motie van het lid Pechtold over steun aan de Europese voorstellen voor de herplaatsing en hervestiging van asielzoekers

Netherlands · House of Representatives · 11 June 2015

Motie van het lid Pechtold over steun aan de Europese voorstellen voor de herplaatsing en hervestiging van asielzoekers

Refugees: Syria

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 June 2015

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what further consideration have they given to taking in the quota of refugees from Syria suggested by the UN.

Refugees: Yemen

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 June 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Yemeni refugees have settled in the UK since the beginning of the present political and military crisis in Yemen.

Mediterranean Sea: Refugees

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 June 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to reduce the flow of migrants from ports in Libya.

Palestinians: Refugees

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 June 2015

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the potential for violence and fighting in countries surrounding Syria if UNRWA have to stop cash payments to Palestinian refugees from Syria, because of a lack of funds.

North Africa: Refugees

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 June 2015

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to encourage the international community to house refugees from the north of Africa.

Asylum: Deportation

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 10 June 2015

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been removed from the UK under the Dublin Convention in each year since 2010.