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date	21/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration Controls: USA
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the decision by the government of the United States to impose visa restrictions on Nigerians they claim have undermined the democratic process in Nigeria; and what plans they have to impose similar such restrictions.
tabling member printed	Lord Alton of Liverpool
uin	HL8298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government notes the decision of the United States to impose visa restrictions on certain Nigerian citizens.</p><p>The Home Secretary can exclude a non-European Economic Area national where it is conducive to the public good. The UK Immigration Rules also provide for the refusal of a visa application if a person’s character, conduct or associations make it undesirable to permit them entry to the UK.</p><p>In addition, the Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 allows the UK to impose autonomous sanctions, including travel bans, for a number of reasons, including to promote respect for democracy, the rule of law and good governance.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 05/10/2020 14:35:18 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	738 label Biography information for Lord Alton of Liverpool

1235952

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date	21/09/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Migrants: Coronavirus
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether migrants crossing the English Channel who are detained by the UK Border Agency receive a COVID-19 test.
tabling member printed	Viscount Waverley
uin	HL8346
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>Since we introduced quarantine measures in June, those who have come to the UK in illegally facilitated crossings have been placed in facilities where they must self-isolate for 14 days, given we cannot be certain which countries they have travelled through.</p><p>Anyone who is symptomatic will be taken to designated accommodation and tested according to Public Health England guidance.</p><p>All immigration removal centres have communicable disease contingency plans, based on guidance by Public Health England (PHE). Measures such as protective shielding, improved hygiene and use of personal protective equipment (PPE) are being used to minimise the risk of COVID-19 spreading to vulnerable groups in IRCs.</p><p>On 26 March the High Court ruled that the Home Office was taking sensible, precautionary measures in relation to COVID-19 and immigration detention.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 05/10/2020 14:37:05 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	1744 label Biography information for Viscount Waverley