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1,351 records in 2018
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 January 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, pursuant to the Answer of 23 January to Question 123667, what recent estimate she has made of the (a) number of Burmese refugees in camps in Thailand and (b) number of internally displaced peopl
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 January 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to update guidance on the gov.uk website on the rights of refugees to work.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 January 2018
26. Deputy David Cullinane asked the Tánaiste and Minister for Foreign Affairs and Trade if his attention has been drawn to international plans for the potential return of 100,000 Rohingya to Myanmar and that this is occurring without a clear understanding of their legal status and concrete protections for security and protection; the steps his Department is taking to assist Rohingya refugees; and his views on the detention of persons (details supplied) in Myanmar who were working on the military crackdown in Rakhine state and the ethnic cleansing of Rohingya. [3645/18]
European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 25 January 2018
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 25 January 2018
EU-voorstel: Vaststelling van een kader voor de interoperabiliteit van EU informatiesystemen (politie, justitiële samenwerking, asiel en migratie) COM (2017) 794 (Engelstalige versie)
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 January 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the eligibility criteria is for people to qualify under the mandate resettlement scheme.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 January 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many refugees resettled under mandate resettlement were (a) immediate family members of sponsors in the UK and (b) extended family members in the past three years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 January 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the average time taken to process asylum applications.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 January 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of refugees who will be resettled in the UK under the Gateway Protection Programme in 2018.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 January 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate her Department has made of the number of refugees who will be resettled in the UK under the asylum route in 2018.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 January 2018
To ask the Secretary of Sate for the Home Department, what account her Department is taking of provisions relating to the alignment of basic living costs for victims of modern slavery and asylum seekers under the EU Directive and Convention on Action agai
European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 24 January 2018
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 23 January 2018
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United States · United States Congress · 23 January 2018
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 January 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people seeking asylum are being considered under the National Referral Mechanism.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 January 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Government’s response to the Home Affairs Committee’s Twelfth Report of Session 2016-17, Asylum accommodation, HC637, if she will publish the results of the pilot into UK Visas a
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 January 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the First Tier Tribunal on the (a) repeal of section 4(1) of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 and (b) provision of bail accommodation.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 January 2018
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether and if so when, and under what authority, the specified number of young asylum seekers to be received into the UK was fixed at 480.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 January 2018
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many asylum seekers have required treatment for mental breakdown in each of the last five years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 January 2018
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to publish a typical list of foodstuffs and other items that can be purchased for the £35.95 weekly Azure Card.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 January 2018
To ask Her Majesty's Government what extra funding and human resources they are providing to ensure that children eligible under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 are transferred to the UK without delay.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 January 2018
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will send additional UK Liaison Officers to Greece and Italy to help process the transfer of children eligible under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 to the UK.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 January 2018
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by the Home Secretary on 19 January (HCWS415), whether they sought and were given guarantees that no excessive force would be used against refugees and migrants by authorities in France as
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 January 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an impact assessment was completed before her Department's announcements on the alignment of basic living costs for victims of modern slavery and asylum seekers.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 January 2018
To ask Her Majesty's Government which local authorities have accepted asylum seekers in each of the last five years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 January 2018
To ask Her Majesty's Government what payment, if any, is available from Her Majesty's Government to help asylum seekers with travel costs.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 January 2018
260. Deputy Clare Daly asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the avenues available to an Afghan refugee who is also an unaccompanied minor, and is currently in Greece and cannot return to Afghanistan for fear of being murdered on grounds of their religious and sexual orientation to seek asylum here. [3021/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 January 2018
254. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications from asylum seekers for international protection in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2820/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 January 2018
253. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers granted international protection status in 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2819/18]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 January 2018
250. Deputy Catherine Martin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum seekers given leave to remain here on humanitarian grounds in 2016 and 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [2816/18]
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 2018
Condemns: (1) the violence and displacement inflicted on Burma's (Myanmar's) Rohingya and other ethnic minorities, and (2) the attacks by the Arakan Rohingya Salvation Army militant group. Calls for an immediate halt to all hostilities by Burmese authorities. Calls on: the government of Burma to allow full access to Rakhine State and to ensure the full participation of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and that the voices of refugees are represented, the UNHCR and international nongovernmental organizations to play a role in monitoring repatriation efforts by the governments of Bangladesh and Burma, and the United Nations to consider the feasibility of Bangladesh's proposal for a safe zone or for a peacekeeping mission to protect vulnerable communities under international supervision. Commends: (1) the positive role of the government of Bangladesh in receiving Rohingya refugees and urges that government to continue allowing the full participation of the UNHCR and human rights organizations in accessing refugee camps, and (2) the Bangladesh's efforts to provide shelter and relief for such refugees. Calls for any return of Rohingya to include specified guarantees. Recognizes that any forced relocation of Rohingya refugees into areas not of their choosing is unacceptable. Calls on the government of Burma to: allow for a flexible and practical approach to dealing with evidence of Rohingya residence in Burma; address root causes consistent with the Rakhine Advisory Commission recommendations and fully implement such recommendations; address the issue of statelessness for the Rohingya, the deprivation of rights, and institutionalized and pervasive discrimination; and release journalists Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo. Calls on the government of Bangladesh to ensure that all refugees have freedom of movement and are not subject to unsafe, involuntary, precipitous, or uninformed returns to Burma.
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 23 January 2018
Verzoek vh lid Westerveld om reactie minister op brief Onderwijsraad over vluchtelingen en onderwijs
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 23 January 2018
Het bericht dat het kabinet versneld financiële hulp aan de VN-organisatie voor Palestijnse vluchtelingen (UNRWA) geeft (Rd.nl, 18 januari 2018)
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 January 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the contract notice and the current procurement process for her Asylum Accommodation and Support Services Contract, what steps she is taking to ensure compliance with (a) the Public
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 January 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Procurement Policy Note: Standard Selection Questionnaire (SSQ) for 2016 applies to the current procurement process for her Asylum Accommodation and Support Services Contract; and for what
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 January 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 19 January 2018 to Question 123154, what the plans are which are in place to reduce the number of asylum cases older than six months which are still awaiting a decision.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 January 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether there are plans to provide financial assistance to asylum seekers who have to travel to Liverpool to appeal asylum decisions.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 January 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 8 December 2016, HCWS335, on Asylum Accommodation, how many (a) welfare officers and (b) property management staff have been funded in part or fu
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 January 2018
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of France about the timeframe in which the UK will accept unaccompanied asylum-seeking children who qualify under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 from France and oth
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 January 2018
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the government of France about the timeframe in which the UK will accept unaccompanied asylum-seeking children who qualify under family reunification rules from France and other parts of
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 January 2018
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children were resettled in the UK under the Vulnerable Children’s Resettlement Scheme in each quarter of (1) 2016, and (2) 2017, for which figures are available; and what were countries of origin for those children
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 January 2018
To ask Her Majesty's Government what protection is afforded to humanists seeking asylum in the UK on the grounds of religious persecution.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 January 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development , what steps the Government is taking to assist (a) Jordan, (b) Lebanon and (c) Turkey with Syrian refugees.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 January 2018
To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of asylum appeals were successful in (1) 1990, (2) 1995, (3) 2000, (4) 2005, (5) 2010, and (6) 2015.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 22 January 2018
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total number of requests made in 2016 to other EU member states for the transfer of those claiming asylum in the UK who were believed to have first arrived in the EU in another EU member state, in line with EU
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 January 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to introduce a proactive screening process to identify before they are detained asylum seekers who are survivors of sexual and gender-based violence or otherwise recognised as vulne
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 19 January 2018
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will pause the current asylum accommodation tendering process while an assessment is made of how best to ensure the viability of companies which might bid for such tenders.
United States · United States Congress · 19 January 2018
Asylum Protection Act of 2018 This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to: (1) replace the current deadline for an asylum application from 1 year to 30 days from the date an asylum seeker enters the United States, and (2) require an applicant who arrives at a designated port of entry to begin the asylum application at the time of arrival.
Germany · German Bundestag · 19 January 2018
Originaltext der Frage(n):<br /> <br /> Welcher Art und von welcher Dauer sind die 20 000 Arbeitsmöglichkeiten für Flüchtlinge, die Deutschland mit dem Projekt "Cash for Work" in den Ländern rund um Syrien geschaffen hat, und wie existenzsichernd sind die somit offiziell insgesamt 80 000 seit dem Start des Projekts 2016 etablierten Stellen (www.zdf.de/nachrichten/heute/80-000-stellen-rund-um-syrien-bund-schafft-jobs-fuer-fluechtlinge-100.html)?
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 18 January 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 2010.