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Question· Written questionUIN 111076answered

Asylum

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 November 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seeker placements each local authority has had in each year since 2010.

Question· Written questionUIN 111061answered

Asylum: Employment

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 2 November 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of allowing asylum seekers to work while their application is progressing.

Question· Written questionUIN 110788answered

Asylum: Glasgow South West

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 November 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers are resident in Glasgow South West constituency.

Question· Written questionUIN 110789answered

Asylum: Scotland

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 November 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with (a) the Scottish Government and (b) Glasgow City Council to ensure that contractors of asylum seeker services comply with the provisions of housing legislation in Sco

Question· Written questionUIN 110812answered

Refugees: English Language

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 1 November 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to provide asylum seekers and refugees with low levels of English a minimum of six months free English for Speakers of Other Languages provision from the time when they

Question· Written questionUIN 110565answered

Refugees: English Language

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 31 October 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will grant the same additional support for English language learning recently made available for refugees resettled to the UK under the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme and Vulnerable Chi

Question· Written questionUIN 110524answered

Asylum: Employment

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 31 October 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to ensure that all asylum seekers are guaranteed the right to work in the UK.

Question· Written questionUIN 110671answered

Refugees: Children

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 31 October 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will ensure that all 280 remaining places allocated for unaccompanied child refugees under section 67 of the 2016 Immigration Act will be filled.

Bill· HRH.R. 4184 (115th)referred

ESPERER Act of 2017

United States · United States Congress · 31 October 2017

Extending Status Protection for Eligible Refugees with Established Residency Act of 2017 or the ESPERER Act of 2017 This bill permits a qualifying national of Haiti, Nicaragua, El Salvador, or Honduras who is in temporary protected status (TPS) to apply for adjustment to lawful permanent resident status before January 1, 2021. TPS designation permits eligible nationals of designated countries affected by armed conflict or natural disasters to temporarily reside and work in the United States. The spouse, child, or unmarried son or daughter of an alien who has adjusted to lawful permanent resident status may also adjust to such status subject to certain conditions. An alien subject to a final order of removal may seek a stay of such order based on the filing of an application for status adjustment.

Question· Written questionUIN 110343answered

Asylum

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 October 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2017 to Question 109366, on asylum: applications, what number of decision makers constitute the level that allows her Department to progress cases in line with ser

Question· Written questionUIN 110436answered

Asylum: Deportation

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 October 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many failed asylum seekers have been deported on non-civilian aircraft in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017.

Question· Written questionUIN 110437answered

Asylum: Deportation

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 October 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of deporting a failed asylum seeker on a non-civilian chartered flight in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017.

Question· Written questionHL HL2686answered

Lebanon: Refugees

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 October 2017

To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees figures showing that Lebanon is the country with the highest per capita concentration of refugees worldwide, what priority they give to providing refugee aid to Lebanon

Question· Written questionUIN 110237answered

Asylum: Children

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 October 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that unaccompanied child asylum seekers in France eligible to care in the UK under the (a) Dubs Amendment and (b) Dublin III Regulations are aware of thei

Question· Written questionUIN 110042answered

Refugees: Children

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 October 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of establishing more localised administration of the Dubs Scheme based in the regions and constituent parts of the UK.

Question· Written questionUIN 109802answered

Refugees: Children

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 October 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make a statement on the effectiveness of multi-agency intelligence-sharing to identify the needs of unaccompanied child refugees in Europe.

Question· Written questionUIN 109861answered

Refugees: Children

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 October 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to improve arrangements for the (a) registration and (b) transfer of refugee children to the UK.

Question· Written questionUIN 109862answered

Refugees: Children

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 October 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she plans to broaden the criteria for vulnerability under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016.

Question· Written questionUIN 110028answered

Refugees: Children

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 26 October 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what progress she has made on granting asylum to unaccompanied child refugees in Europe under the Dubs scheme.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 591 (115th)referred

Denouncing the ongoing violence against the Rohingya people of Burma.

United States · United States Congress · 26 October 2017

Denounces: (1) the ongoing violence perpetrated by the Burmese (Myanmar) government and military against the Rohingya, and (2) all violent actions taken by the Arkan Rohingya Salvation Army. Calls on: (1) the Burmese government to allow all members of the media, international aid groups, and a United Nations fact-finding mission unfettered access into and throughout the state of Rakhine in Burma; and (2) the international community to do everything possible to help Bangladesh continue to provide life-saving assistance to Rohingya refugees.

Report· CCCELEX 62016CC0550decided

Opinion of Advocate General Bot delivered on 26 October 2017.#A and S v Staatssecretaris van Veiligheid en Justitie.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the rechtbank Den Haag.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Right to family reunification — Directive 2003/86/EC — Article 2(f) — Definition of ‘unaccompanied minor’ — Article 10(3)(a) — Right of a refugee to family reunification with his parents — Refugee below the age of 18 at the time of entry into the Member State and at the time of application for asylum, but over 18 at the time of the decision granting asylum and of his application for family reunification — Relevant date for assessing ‘minor’ status of the person concerned.#Case C-550/16.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 26 October 2017

Report· CCCELEX 62016CC0082decided

Opinion of Advocate General Sharpston delivered on 26 October 2017.#K.A. and Others v Belgische Staat.#Request for a preliminary ruling from the Raad voor Vreemdelingenbetwistingen.#Reference for a preliminary ruling — Border control, asylum, immigration — Article 20 TFEU — Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union — Articles 7 and 24 — Directive 2008/115/EC — Articles 5 and 11 — Third‑country national subject to an entry ban — Application for residence for the purposes of family reunification with a Union citizen who has not exercised freedom of movement — Refusal to examine the application.#Case C-82/16.

European Union · Court of Justice of the European Union · 26 October 2017

Question· Written questionUIN 109494answered

Refugees: Syria

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 October 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the timetable is for the transfer of the next tranche of funding to Northern Ireland under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme; and what the amount of that funding will be.

Question· Written questionUIN 109495answered

Refugees: Syria

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 October 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much funding has been allocated to Northern Ireland under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme to date.

Question· Written questionUIN 109652answered

Refugees: Families

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 October 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for family reunion visas under part 11 of the Immigration Rules were granted outside of those rules in (a) 2014, (b) 2015 and (c) 2016.

Question· Written questionUIN 109651answered

Refugees: Families

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 October 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the effect of the refugee family reunion rules on the capacity of refugees to integrate fully in the UK.

Question· Written questionUIN 109757answered

Asylum

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 October 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions her Department has had with its French counterpart on plans in place to provide shelter and help to refugees who may have a legal right to claim asylum in the UK who are curren

Question· Written questionUIN 109606answered

Uganda: Refugees

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 October 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what steps her Department plans to take to support the Government of Uganda in supporting refugees in that country.

Question· Written questionUIN 109687answered

Refugees: Families

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 October 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to increase the number of refugee families reunited under the Mandate scheme.

Question· Written questionUIN 109511answered

Refugees: Scotland

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 October 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when she plans to bring forward secondary legislation to enable Scottish local authorities to accept unaccompanied minors from the National Transfer Scheme.

Question· Written questionHL HL2500answered

Refugees: Children

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 October 2017

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many unaccompanied child refugees have arrived in the UK under (1) section 67 of the UK Immigration Act 2016, and (2) the Dublin III Regulations.

Question· Written questionHL HL2544answered

Asylum

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 October 2017

To ask Her Majesty's Government what proposals they have to replace the provisions for asylum seekers under Dublin III after the UK's withdrawal from the EU.

Question· Written questionHL HL2545answered

Asylum: Children

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 25 October 2017

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many under-18 year old asylum seekers have been admitted into the UK in each of the last 12 months.

Question· writtenPQ 188asked

188. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications made under section 15(3)(c) of the International Protection Act 2015; and the provision made for accompanied children that may present persecution grounds distinct from their parent or legal guardian’s application to have their application heard separately. [45215/17]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2017

188. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications made under section 15(3)(c) of the International Protection Act 2015; and the provision made for accompanied children that may present persecution grounds distinct from their parent or legal guardian’s application to have their application heard separately. [45215/17]

Question· writtenPQ 186asked

186. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the median waiting time between an application for protection being made under section 15 of the International Protection Act 2015 and the personal interview under section 35 of the Act for non prioritised applications. [45213/17]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2017

186. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the median waiting time between an application for protection being made under section 15 of the International Protection Act 2015 and the personal interview under section 35 of the Act for non prioritised applications. [45213/17]

Question· writtenPQ 185asked

185. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for international protection deemed inadmissible under section 21(2) of the International Protection Act 2015 in 2017. [45212/17]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2017

185. Deputy Thomas Pringle asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of applications for international protection deemed inadmissible under section 21(2) of the International Protection Act 2015 in 2017. [45212/17]

Question· writtenPQ 183asked

183. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the number of persons unsuccessful in their asylum applications and are to be deported to countries in which they may not receive adequate care and medication for severe diagnosed mental illnesses and life threatening physical illnesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45207/17]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2017

183. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice and Equality his views on the number of persons unsuccessful in their asylum applications and are to be deported to countries in which they may not receive adequate care and medication for severe diagnosed mental illnesses and life threatening physical illnesses; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45207/17]

Question· writtenPQ 181asked

181. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that asylum seekers with diagnosed mental illnesses are being or are about to be deported from the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45205/17]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 25 October 2017

181. Deputy Bríd Smith asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if his attention has been drawn to the fact that asylum seekers with diagnosed mental illnesses are being or are about to be deported from the State; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45205/17]

Question· Written questionUIN 109274answered

Refugees: Children

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 October 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure the safe passage to the UK of child refugees sleeping rough in Calais who (a) meet the Dublin III Regulation family reunification criteria and (b) could be offered a

Question· Written questionUIN 109366answered

Asylum: Applications

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 October 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2017 to Question 108430, on asylum, how many decision makers her Department aims to maintain using rolling recruitment.

Question· Written questionUIN 109449answered

Refugees: France

United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 October 2017

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if her Department will ensure that all refugees in France refused transfer to the UK are informed that their application for transfer has been refused.

Question· writtenPQ 194asked

194. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees accepted here in 2016 under the Irish refugee protection programme; if this number is deemed adequate by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45053/17]

Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 24 October 2017

194. Deputy Fiona O'Loughlin asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of refugees accepted here in 2016 under the Irish refugee protection programme; if this number is deemed adequate by his Department; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45053/17]

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