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151 records in 2017
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what guidance her Department has issued to people who have indefinite leave to remain under the Immigration Act 1971 who have lost their documentation.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people who moved legally to the UK prior to the Immigration Act 1971 have received deportation notices in each of the last five years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of bringing non-asylum immigration claims for children back into scope of legal aid.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the Khartoum Process on tackling migration within the Horn of Africa.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 6 December 2017
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the government of the United States' decision to withdraw from the process leading to a UN global compact on migration on its effectiveness in protecting the rights of refugees and migrants
France · National Assembly · 6 December 2017
United States · United States Congress · 6 December 2017
Counter Terrorist Network Act This bill amends the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to expand the duties of the National Targeting Center of the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP). Specifically, the center must collaborate with appropriate agencies to enhance border security through such operations as those that seek to disrupt and dismantle networks that pose terrorist or other threats. In addition, the bill authorizes the CBP to assign its personnel to other appropriate agencies.
United States · United States Congress · 6 December 2017
Border Security and Deferred Action Recipient Relief Act This bill establishes the Border Security Trust Fund, which shall make funds available for: (1) specified border fencing and wall procurement, construction, and improvements in Texas and California; and (2) border wall planning activities. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) may cancel removal of, and grant lawful permanent resident status on a conditional basis for up to 10 years to, qualifying resident aliens who: (1) have been continuously physically present in the United States since January 1, 2012; (2) were under 16 years old on the initial date of U.S. entry or, if 18 years or older when filing under this bill, have met certain educational, employment, or military requirements; (3) are not inadmissible or deportable on criminal, security, terrorism, or other grounds; (4) have not participated in persecution of any person on account of race, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion; and (5) have not been convicted of specified federal or state offenses. Such an alien may subsequently adjust to permanent resident status and become eligible for naturalization. DHS may designate as a criminal gang or cartel a group, club, organization, or association comprised of five or more individuals that has as a primary purpose the commission of one or more specified criminal offenses and whose members engage in, or, during the five years immediately preceding the most recent commission of such an offense, have engaged in, a continuing series of such offenses. The bill makes persons associated with gangs or cartels inadmissible or deportable. DHS shall complete the construction of roads along the southern border to facilitate U.S. Customs and Border Protection access.
Germany · German Bundestag · 6 December 2017
Dauerhafter Ausschluss subsidiär Schutzberechtigter vom Recht auf Familiennachzug;<br /> Änderung §§ 29, 30, 32, 36 und 104 Aufenthaltsgesetz
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 December 2017
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, whether he has made an estimate of the number non-UK EU nationals employed by each Government Department as a (a) civil servant and (b) contractor.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 December 2017
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they anticipate a reduction in the number of nurses and midwives from EU countries coming to the UK after Brexit; if so, by how much; and what assessment they have made of the impact on the NHS of any such reduction
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 5 December 2017
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the number of nurses and midwives from other EU countries who have returned to their country of origin in the last two years.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2017
238. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if further immigration control officers will be recruited due to the ongoing shortage at Dublin Airport; the number of immigration control officers to date who have been hired in the second phase of recruitment in June 2017; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51556/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 5 December 2017
115. Deputy Eamon Ryan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the number of asylum and immigration cases who are being held up or are pending approval while awaiting the judgment of an appeal to the Supreme Court of the Court of Appeal judgment in a case (details supplied); and the status of those persons awaiting decisions dependent on that appeal. [51752/17]
United States · United States Congress · 5 December 2017
Security, Enforcement, and Compassion United in Reform Efforts Act or the SECURE Act of 2017 This bill directs the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to achieve situational awareness and operational control of the U.S. southern border and to deter and detect illegal activity in high traffic areas. The bill authorizes National Guard and Department of Defense support to secure such border. DHS shall establish: (1) a National Border Security Advisory Committee, (2) the Integrated Border Enforcement Team program, (3) Tunnel Task Forces, and (4) a biometric exit data system to complete the required integrated biometric entry and exit data system. The bill provides for: (1) additional border control and immigration personnel, (2) reimbursement to state and local prosecutors for federally initiated immigration-related criminal cases, (3) expansion of biometric technology and data, and (4) immigration detention capacity increases. Operation Stonegarden is established in DHS. DHS shall reinstate and operate the Secure Communities immigration enforcement program. DHS may construct new ports of entry along the northern and southern borders. The bill revises provisions regarding: (1) alien apprehension and detention, (2) nonimmigrant admissions, (3) parole authority, (4) sanctuary jurisdictions, (5) unaccompanied alien children, (6) human smuggling and trafficking, (7) drug trafficking and crimes of violence committed by illegal aliens, (8) visa and passport security, (9) background checks, (10) status adjustment, (11) naturalization, (12) asylum, (13) terrorists, (14) expedited removal, (15) immigration-related crimes and penalties, and (16) DHS positions in U.S. territories.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether children of parents with EU citizenship will be able to apply for settled status in their own right before they reach the age of 18.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 December 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Answer of 29 November 2017 to Question 115507, if the Government will take steps to ensure that the non-UK EU veterinarians working in the UK who arrived in the UK fewer than fiv
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 4 December 2017
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Palestinians living in (1) Israel, and (2) the occupied territories of Palestine, have been refused entry to the UK in each of the last five years; and how many Jewish Israeli citizens have been refused entry durin
Germany · German Bundestag · 4 December 2017
EU-Türkei-Abkommen als Vorbild für weitere Rückführungsabkommen (z.B. Libyen), Anzahl und Situation von Flüchtlingen in der Türkei, Missstände in Flüchtlingslagern, diesbzgl. Untersuchungen durch die EU, Rückführungen im Rahmen des EU-Türkei-Abkommens, Aufschlüsselung der Ausgaben der Türkei, Anträge für Visa zum Familiennachzug, Schwierigkeiten bei der Antragstellung in deutschen Konsulaten, Grenzschutzanlagen, Aktivitäten der Sicherheitsfirma Sadat A. S., Übergriffe an der türkisch-syrischen Grenze, Binnenflüchtlinge in der Türkei, Sicherheitslage im Irak und Nordsyrien, Kooperationen und Angriffe türkischer Sicherheitskräfte, türkische Abschiebungspläne, Projektförderungen der Bundesregierung für oder in Nordsyrien im Jahr 2017<br /> (insgesamt 33 Einzelfragen)
United States · United States Congress · 1 December 2017
Stopping Lawless Actions of Politicians (SLAP) Act of 2017 This bill amends the federal criminal code to impose criminal penalties—a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both—on a state or local official who has custody of an individual and knowingly ignores a request from the federal government to take custody of the individual, if the requesting authority has designated that individual as a violator of immigration laws.
Germany · German Bundestag · 1 December 2017
Originaltext der Frage(n):<br /> <br /> Unter welchen Bedingungen ist es möglich, dass Flüchtlinge/Asylbewerber im Rahmen des Dublin-Verfahrens nach Deutschland auf dem Fluchtweg überstellt werden (vgl. die Antwort der Bundesregierung auf meine Schriftliche Frage 8 auf Bundestagsdrucksache 19/45)?
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 30 November 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the recent fall in EU immigration on trends in NHS recruitment during Winter 2017.
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 November 2017
126. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the status of the determination of residency in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51407/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 November 2017
124. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to recent correspondence that issued in the case of a person (details supplied), if he will confirm receipt of the documentation within the relevant section; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51405/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 November 2017
122. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if he will review the case of a person (details supplied) with a view to the regularisation of his or her status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51401/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 November 2017
120. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the current and-or expected residency status in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51399/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 November 2017
119. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the case of persons (details supplied) will be examined with a view to facilitating the necessary legal status; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51398/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 November 2017
118. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality if the required correspondence from his Department will issue to facilitate the update of stamp 4 in the case of persons (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51397/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 November 2017
117. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the progress to date in the determination of residency in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51396/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 November 2017
116. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when a decision will be reached in the case of a person (details supplied) whose case is being considered under section 3(6) of the Immigration Act 1999, as amended; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51395/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 30 November 2017
110. Deputy Éamon Ó Cuív asked the Minister for Justice and Equality when changes were made last to the conditions of eligibility for a class 3 visa; the changes made to these conditions; the reasons for the changes; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [51332/17]
United States · United States Congress · 30 November 2017
Preserving Opportunities for Childhood Arrivals Act This bill amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide renewable 10-year conditional protected status for an alien who: (1) was in deferred action for childhood arrivals (DACA) status as of September 5, 2017, and has been continuously present and residing in the United States since receiving such status, (2) has not been convicted of a violent misdemeanor, (3) is admissible and not deportable, and (4) files an application and pays a registration fee. An individual in such status: (1) may work, (2) may apply for lawful permanent resident status, and (3) is ineligible for certain federal public benefits.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 November 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of the immigration skills charge on the creative industries.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 November 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average annual cost is of detaining a person in Brook House.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 November 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many EU citizens currently have indefinite leave to remain, as opposed to permanent residency, broken down by nationality.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 November 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether EU citizens who have indefinite leave to remain will be required to apply for settled status.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 29 November 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether EU citizens who have historically been granted indefinite leave to remain will retain the same rights after the UK leaves the EU.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 November 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many immigrants have been held in immigration removal centres in each of the last 20 quarters; and of those how many have been (a) released and (b) removed from the UK.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 28 November 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign nationals living in the UK are currently subject to deportation orders; and how many foreign nationals outside the UK are currently prohibited from entering the UK under the terms of
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 28 November 2017
288. Deputy Darragh O'Brien asked the Minister for Justice and Equality further to Parliamentary Question No. 136 of 22 November 2017, the names of the ten local authorities which have a migrant integration policy; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [50651/17]
Germany · German Bundestag · 28 November 2017
Finanzsituation des UNHCR, Reformbedarf in der Finanzierungsart, Erfüllung finanzieller Zusagen seit 2013, Auswirkungen der Arbeit des UNHCR auf Flüchtlingssituation in Deutschland, weitere wichtige Akteure im Bereich Flüchtlingsschutz; Flüchtlingssituation in Kenia, Finanzbedarf des UNHCR für Kenia, Unterstützungsleistungen auf bilateraler und europäischer Ebene<br /> (insgesamt 10 Einzelfragen)
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 November 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many applications for indefinite leave to remain from residents in Stoke-on-Trent are awaiting a decision.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 November 2017
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether individuals who have been granted indefinite leave to remain are obliged to apply for British citizenship; if so, why; and if not, what information such individuals are given by the UK Border Agency in this regard u
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 November 2017
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there has been any change in the terms on which indefinite leave to remain in the UK is (1) granted, and (2) applied to those who were previously granted such leave, in the past year.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 27 November 2017
To ask Her Majesty's Government, in each year between 2007 and 2016, how many people were granted leave to remain following (1) 10 years of legal residence as set out in paragraph 276B(i)(a) of the Immigration Rules, and (2) 20 years illegal residence in
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 24 November 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether an EU citizen who is the spouse of a UK citizen will require a visa or sponsor after the UK leaves the EU when that spouse has been absent from the UK for two years.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 November 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if the Government will take steps to ensure that non-UK citizen veterinarians working in the UK’s agri-food sector will be allowed to remain and work in the UK after the UK has left the EU.
United Kingdom · UK Parliament · 23 November 2017
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many non-UK EU-EEA citizens worked as (a) doctors, (b) registrars, (c) trainee-doctors (foundation year 1 and 2), (d) nurses, (e) health visitors, (f) midwives, (g) ambulance staff and (h) scientific/therapeut
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2017
130. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the expected residency status and eligibility for naturalisation in the case of a person (details supplied); and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49771/17]
Ireland · Dáil Éireann · 23 November 2017
128. Deputy Bernard J. Durkan asked the Minister for Justice and Equality the position in the case of a person (details supplied); if the matter will be clarified and resolved without delay; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [49769/17]