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Austria · National Council · 23 December 2009
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Alev Korun, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Inneres betreffend zukünftige Nutzung des Kardinal-König Hauses in Hietzing <i>(Flüchtlingswohnheim)</i>
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 21 December 2009
Beantwoording commissieverzoek inzake gevolgen van de Europese voorstellen op het gebied van asiel en migratie voor de Nederlandse vreemdelingenwetgeving
Austria · National Council · 18 December 2009
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Ing. Peter Westenthaler, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Inneres betreffend Islam-Krieger aus Österreich <i>(im Grenzgebiet zwischen Aserbaidschan und Russland</i> <i>getöteter Asylwerber mit österreichischem</i> <i>Konventionsreisepass)</i>
Austria · Federal Council · 18 December 2009
Mündliche Anfrage der Bundesrätin Monika Mühlwerth (FPÖ) an die Bundesministerin für Frauen und öffentlichen Dienst Gabriele Heinisch-Hosek betreffend Aufnahme von anerkannten Flüchtlingen und subsidiär schutzberechtigten Personen in den öffentlichen Dienst
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2009
194 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 166 of 3 December 2009, if he will defer further action in the case in respect of a person (details supplied) pending a full investigation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48127/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2009
193 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform, further to Parliamentary Question No. 219 of 2 December 2009, if an examination was sufficiently detailed to justify the outcome in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48126/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2009
189 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the procedures followed in the application for refugee and residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 6; if he will review the issue on the basis of changed circumstances; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48115/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 17 December 2009
186 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will re-examine the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48112/09]
European Union · European Commission · 17 December 2009
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 16 December 2009
211 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the status of an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Kildare; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47724/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2009
236 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way in which persons who are seeking regularisation of their status are allocated to hostels for the duration of this assessment; the method of tendering for such hostels; the selection process; the criteria; the guideline costings; and details of such allocations as have been made from the beginning of the scheme. [46919/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2009
232 Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if the Garda has completed the review of the joint protocol with the Health Service Executive on the disappearance of separated children from hostels; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46798/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 15 December 2009
229 Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of applications received by the Office of the Refugee Applications Commissioner from unaccompanied minors in each of the past five years and to date in 2009; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46792/09]
United States · United States Congress · 15 December 2009
Comprehensive Immigration Reform for America's Security and Prosperity Act of 2009, the Comprehensive Immigration Reform ASAP Act of 2009, or the CIR ASAP Act of 2009 - Directs the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) (Secretary) to: (1) develop and submit to Congress a National Strategy for Border Security; (2) increase the number of Customs and Border Protection officers, agriculture specialists, and border security support personnel, and enhance related equipment, assets, and technology; (3) develop a comprehensive land and maritime border surveillance plan, including aerial and integrated surveillance demonstration programs; (4) issue a rule for electronic device searches and related agent training; (5) improve coordination efforts to combat human smuggling; (6) establish a Border Communities Liaison Office in every Border Patrol sector at the southern and northern borders; (7) carry out a ports of entry technology demonstration program; and (8) establish a Southern Border Security Task Force. Authorizes appropriations for border security improvements at U.S. ports of entry. Authorizes border relief grants for tribal, state, or local law enforcement and related agencies in proximity to the border or in a designated High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area. Provides reimbursement for state and county prosecutors in border states for prosecuting federally initiated and referred drug cases. Suspends the Operation Streamline program pending an evaluation of its viability. Expands resources for Project Gunrunner and for Operation Armas Cruzadas along the U.S.-Mexico border. Establishes the United States-Mexico Border Enforcement Commission. Prohibits the U.S. Armed Forces, including the National Guard, from assisting in non-emergency federal, state, local, and civilian law enforcement of immigration laws. Directs the Secretaries of DHS, Interior, Agriculture, Defense, and Commerce to develop: (1) a land border protection strategy; and (2) a borderlands environmental monitoring plan. Provides for: (1) enhanced border cooperation with Mexico; and (2) expansion of Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism programs. Sets forth detention conditions. Directs the Secretary to appoint an Immigration Detention Commission. Sets forth provisions regarding: (1) immigration enforcement protections; (2) unlawful detentions; (3) protections for vulnerable populations; (4) apprehension procedures for families and family detention; (5) welfare requirements for children separated from detained or removed parents; (6) unaccompanied alien children; and (7) female detainees. Provides a stay of removal and work authorization for detained alien workers who are witnesses or necessary for workplace prosecution claims. Eliminates, with specified exceptions, DHS authority to enter into agreements with state and local law enforcement agencies to perform immigration law enforcement functions. Establishes in DHS an Immigration and Customs Enforcement Ombudsman. Eliminates the one-year asylun filing requirement. Provides for federal court review of DHS orders of removal currently exempt from such review. Establishes an alien employment verification system which requires employers to comply with: (1) document verification requirements; and (2) a phased-in electronic employment verification system. Sets forth backlog reduction provisions respecting family-sponsored and employment-based immigrant levels. Revises the definition of "immediate relative" to: (1) include the spouse and child of a lawful permanent resident; and (2) permit a qualifying widow/widower and the child or parent of a U.S. citizen or lawful permanent resident to maintain such status while filing for permanent resident status. Increases: (1) per-country limits for family-sponsored and employment-based immigrants; and (2) specified family-unity exceptions to unlawful presence-based inadmissibility. Prohibits the removal from the United States of an individual who: (1) fled his or her homeland while under the age of 12 years old; and (2) was later admitted to the United States as a refugee, parolee, or asylee. Exempts the sons and daughters of certain naturalized Filipino World War II veterans from worldwide or numerical immigrant visa limits. Makes a minor child of an alien fiancee/fiance or of an alien spouse of a U.S. citizen eligible for derivative K-visa status under specified circumstances. Redefines "child" to include a stepchild under 21 years old. Amends the Haitian Refugee Immigration Fairness Act of 1998 to: (1) require determinations with respect to children to be made using the age and status of an individual on October 21, 1998; and (2) permit an application based upon child status to be filed by a parent or guardian if the child is present in the United States on such filing date. Permits new status adjustment applications to be filed for a limited time period. Reduces the required support level for immigrant sponsorship. Establishes the Prevent Unauthorized Migration Visa (PUM Visa) program which shall provide for: (1) 100,000 PUM conditional permanent resident visas annually, for three years, to persons from countries (transitional visa admission states) which represent at least 5% of the total unauthorized migration population to the United States for the past five years; and (2) a process to adjust to permanent resident status. Exempts specified categories of U.S.-educated aliens from employment-based immigration limits. Permits a nonimmigrant alien whose employer has petitioned for an employment-based green card for such alien to file an application for adjustment of status regardless of whether an immigrant visa is immediately available. (Requires visa availability before such application may be approved.) Return of Talent Act - Establishes the Return of Talent Program to permit an eligible alien (and certain family members) to return to the alien's country of citizenship for up to two years in order to contribute to such country's postconflict or natural disaster reconstruction activities. (During such absence the alien and family members shall be considered to be continuously present and residing in the United States for naturalization purposes.) Establishes a conditional nonimmigrant status for qualifying aliens and their dependents who are illegally present or out of status in the United States and who register and meet the requirements for such status. Authorizes: (1) adjustment from conditional to permanent resident status at the earlier of six years after enactment of this Act or 30 days after specified immigrant visas become available (with exceptions to such time frame for certain students, military personnel, and employed individuals); and (2) naturalization three years after permanent resident status adjustment. Agricultural Job Opportunities, Benefits, and Security Act of 2009 or the AgJOBS Act of 2009 - Confers "blue card status" upon an alien who: (1) during the 24-month period ending on December 31, 2008, has performed specified lengths of, or earned a specified amount from, agricultural employment in the United States; (2) applied for such status during the 18-month application period; (3) is otherwise admissible to the United States; and (4) has not been convicted of specified felonies or misdemeanors. Limits the number of blue cards that may be issued during the five-year period beginning on the date of the enactment of this Act. Provides for adjustment of blue card status to permanent resident status based upon completed periods of agricultural employment. Revises H-2A visa (agricultural labor or temporary or seasonal services) provisions. Replaces the existing labor certification requirement with a labor attestation requirement containing: (1) a description of the nature and location of the job; (2) the job's expected beginning and ending dates; (3) the number of jobs; and (4) specified labor assurances respecting job opportunities covered by collective bargaining agreements and non-covered job opportunities. Establishes: (1) the Commission on Immigration and Labor Markets; and (2) the Security and Prosperity Account in the Treasury. Requires each State Workforce Agency (SWA) to establish an Internet-based American Worker Recruit and Match program. Requires employers and foreign labor contractors to provide workers recruited abroad with specified employment-related information. Amends H-1B visa (specialty occupation) employer application requirements to: (1) revise wage determination requirements; (2) require Internet posting and description of employment positions; (3) lengthen U.S. worker displacement protection; (4) apply certain requirements to all H-1B employers rather than only to H-1B dependent employers; (5) prohibit employer advertising that makes a position available only to, or gives priority to, H-1B nonimmigrants; and (6) limit the number of H-1B and L-1 visa (intracompany transfer) employees that an employer of 50 or more workers in the United States may hire. Authorizes the Department of Labor (DOL) to: (1) investigate applications for fraud; and (2) conduct H-1B compliance audits. Prohibits an employer from hiring an L-1 nonimmigrant for more than one year who will: (1) serve in a capacity involving specialized knowledge; and (2) be stationed primarily at the worksite of another employer. Specifies L-1: (1) employer petition requirements for employment at a new office; (2) wage rates and working conditions; and (3) employer penalties. Authorizes: (1) DOL to enforce federal labor laws with respect to employers of H-2B nonagricultural temporary workers; and (2) a private right of action against such employers. Specifies employer actions to recruit U.S. workers prior to filing for H-2B admissions. Sets forth H-2B and U.S. worker protections. Amends EB-5 visa (alien investor) provisions to: (1) increase EB-5 eligibility; (2) make the regional center program permanent; (3) establish $2,500 regional center designation and premium processing fees; (4) permit concurrent filing for EB-5 petitions and status adjustment applications; (5) establish in the Treasury the Immigrant Entrepreneur Regional Center Account; and (6) increase employment creation-related visas. Revises provisions regarding: (1) immigration service fees; (2) the naturalization age-based English language proficiency exemption; and (3) citizenship application background checks. Establishes the New Americans Initiative grants program to to assist lawful permanent resident aliens to become citizens. Authorizes grants for: (1) public education and community training regarding the provisions of this Act; (2) community-based organizations to assist naturalization applicants (initial entry, adjustment, and citizenship assistance grants); and (3) states to form New American Councils. Provides for the naturalization of certain graduates of U.S. high schools who are under 25 years of age on the date of application for naturalization. Establishes: (1) a tax credit and a deduction for certification expenses for teachers of English language learners; and (2) a tax credit for employer-provided adult English literacy and basic education programs. Makes funds available for oath of allegiance ceremonies.
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 15 December 2009
Brief aan de vicevoorzitter van de Europese Commissie t.g.v. het advies van de Staten-Generaal over de ontwerp-richtlijn
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 15 December 2009
Brief aan de vicevoorzitter van de Europese Commissie t.g.v. het advies van de Staten-Generaal over de ontwerprichtlijn minimumnormen asiel
Austria · National Council · 14 December 2009
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Martin Strutz, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Inneres betreffend Brandstiftung in einem Asylantenheim in Klagenfurt <i>(polizeiliche Erhebungen)</i>
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 14 December 2009
Reactie m.b.t. medische zorg asielzoekers
Austria · National Council · 11 December 2009
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Peter Pilz, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Justiz betreffend Vertuschung eines Brandanschlages <i>(auf ein Asylantenheim)</i> in Kärnten
Austria · National Council · 11 December 2009
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Dr. Peter Pilz, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Inneres betreffend Vertuschung eines Brandanschlages <i>(auf ein Asylantenheim)</i> in Klagenfurt
Austria · National Council · 11 December 2009
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Harald Vilimsky, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Inneres betreffend Schwarzafrikaner - Asylwerber - Drogendealer <i>(Suchtgiftkriminalität von Asylwerbern)</i>
Austria · National Council · 11 December 2009
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Harald Vilimsky, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Inneres betreffend suizidgefährdete Asylwerber <i>(in Linz)</i>
Austria · National Council · 11 December 2009
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Harald Vilimsky, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Inneres betreffend DNA-Analyse zur Überprüfung eines Verwandtschaftsverhältnisses <i>(im Asylverfahren)</i>
Austria · National Council · 11 December 2009
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Dr. Martin Graf, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Inneres betreffend BVT <i>(Bundesamt für Verfassungsschutz und</i> <i>Terrorismusbekämpfung)</i> -Expertise zum Aufenthaltsrecht <i>(im Zusammenhang mit kasachischer Geheimdienstaktivität in</i> <i>Österreich)</i>
Austria · National Council · 11 December 2009
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Harald Vilimsky, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Inneres betreffend radiologische Untersuchungen zum Zweck der Altersdiagnose <i>(im Asylverfahren)</i>
Austria · National Council · 11 December 2009
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Mag. Dr. Martin Graf, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Inneres betreffend Aufenthaltsbewilligung für <i>(den damaligen kasachischen Botschafter)</i> Aliyev aufgrund einer Ministeriumsweisung <i>(im Zusammenhang mit kasachischer Geheimdienstaktivität in</i> <i>Österreich)</i>
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 11 December 2009
Herijking beleid (alleenstaande) minderjarige vreemdelingen
Austria · National Council · 10 December 2009
Schriftliche Anfrage der Abgeordneten Gerhard Huber, Kolleginnen und Kollegen an die Bundesministerin für Inneres betreffend "Innsbrucker Marokkanerszene wieder verstärkt in Innsbruck aktiv"
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2009
145 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the residency status in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Louth; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46534/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2009
136 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if and when travel documents will be provided in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 3; if requirements for application in respect of naturalisation and citizenship have been complied with; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46524/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2009
134 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if updated travel documents will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 18; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46522/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 10 December 2009
62 Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the number of asylum applications which have been deemed withdrawn in each year from 2000 to date in 2009, due to their failure to inform the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service of their change of address; the number of such persons who have been issued with an intention to deport notification; the number deported; the number in each category; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [46122/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 9 December 2009
140 Deputy Denis Naughten asked the Minister for Health and Children if she is satisfied that there is no differentiation in the care provision, care practices, care priorities, standards or protocols between separated asylum children and children who normally reside here by the end of 2010; if the Health Service Executive’s key deliverables for separated children within the 2009 service plan will be achieved by the end of 2009; and if she will make a statement on the matter. [46209/09]
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 9 December 2009
De Kamer wordt op de hoogte gesteld van het advies over de subsidiariteitstoets ontwerprichtlijn procedures asiel en de concept-brief aan de Europese Commissie
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 9 December 2009
De commissie stelt de Kamer op de hoogte van het advies over de subsidiariteitstoets ontwerprichtlijn minimumnormen asiel en de conceptbrief aan de Europese Commissie
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 8 December 2009
272 Deputy Michael D. Higgins asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the way in which persons who have come here and are seeking regularisation of their status are allocated to various hostels for the duration of this assessment; the approach that is being taken in terms of seeking to keep families, or couples, in the same hostel; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45398/09]
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 8 December 2009
Motie Van Velzen over ruimhartig omgaan met opvang voor uitgeprocedeerde asielzoekers met rechtmatig verblijf
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 8 December 2009
Tweede Banenoffensief Vluchtelingen
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 7 December 2009
Uitvoering motie Spekman aangaande de opvang aan uitgeprocedeerde asielzoekers gedurende een aanvraag op medische gronden
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2009
173 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will consider extended residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; if he will defer deportation at this time; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45252/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2009
172 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding the residency status in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45251/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2009
170 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if a person (details supplied) in County Cork will transfer to self-catering accommodation; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45249/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2009
169 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform when residency or stamp four will issue in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 7; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45248/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2009
168 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform the position regarding an application for residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Meath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45247/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2009
165 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if consideration will be given to extend residency or entertain an application for citizenship in the case of persons (details supplied) in County Westmeath; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45244/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2009
163 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will consider granting extended residency on humanitarian grounds in the case of a person (details supplied) in County Cork; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45242/09]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 3 December 2009
162 Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform if he will give consideration on humanitarian grounds for extended residency in the case of a person (details supplied) in Dublin 8; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [45241/09]
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 3 December 2009
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 3 December 2009
Advies van de vaste commissie voor Justitie inzake subsidiariteit ontwerprichtlijn minimumnormen asiel
Netherlands · House of Representatives · 3 December 2009
Advies van de vaste commissie voor Justitie inzake subsidiariteit ontwerprichtlijn procedures asiel