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825295

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Detention Centres
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 16 January (HL 4481), how many immigration detention estate Independent Monitoring Board reports for 2016 they have not yet replied to.
tabling member printed	Lord Lipsey
uin	HL4828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2018 answer text <p>There were eleven Independent Monitoring Board reports they’ve all been published. Ministerial responses will be provided shortly.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 06/02/2018 15:00:16 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2492 label Biography information for Lord Lipsey

825312

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what efforts are being made to organise safe routes for asylum seekers, avoiding dangerous sea crossings.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL4845
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>We operate four resettlement schemes, working closely with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to provide safe and legal routes to the UK for the most vulnerable refugees: Gateway, Mandate, the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement scheme and the Vulnerable Children’s Resettlement scheme.</p><p>The UK supports the principle that those in need of international protection should claim in the first safe country they arrive. The UK Government has committed more than £2.46 billion in response to the conflict in Syria. We have also allocated more than £100 million assistance in response to the Mediterranean migration crisis, mostly within Europe. The Prime Minister announced a further £75 million for the Central Mediterranean migration fund in July 2017</p><p>We have a comprehensive framework for refugees and their families to be safely reunited in the UK. Our family reunion policy allows immediate family members of those granted protection here to reunite with them. The Immigration Rules also provide for relatives with protection in the UK to sponsor children in serious and compelling circumstances. This policy is designed to provide a safe and legal route for close, dependent family members to join their refugee family in the UK, avoiding the need for them to make dangerous journeys to seek protection.</p><p>The UK continues to actively support the UN negotiations on the Migration and Refugee Compacts; our aim is to ensure these focus on supporting refugees and migrants closer to home, preventing dangerous journeys, tackling smuggling, as well as encouraging more resettlement globally.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/01/2018 16:16:07 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

825313

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Immigration: Greece
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what co-operation on immigration matters exists between the UK and Greece.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL4846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government continues to work closely with all European partners, including Greece, to address migration issues. The EU-Turkey deal, along with border closures in the Western Balkans, has contributed to a significant reduction in the flow of migrants and loss of life in the Aegean. The UK has played a leading role in supporting Greece and Turkey to implement the EU-Turkey Statement.</p><p>We continue our long-running specialist deployments to the EU Commission team in Athens and are providing further expert support to the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) in the Greek hotspots in line with the particular needs identified.</p><p>In addition, we have a Border Force cutter, HMC VALIANT, based in the Aegean and the provision of debriefers, screeners and interpreters to support the Hellenic Coastguard and Frontex Operation Poseidon and tackle Organised Immigration Crime (OIC).</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/01/2018 16:24:36 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

825314

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they intend to put in place better to track displaced children across Europe.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL4847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>Unless they are on UK territory, migrant children remain the responsibility and under the jurisdiction of the European Member State in which they are present. <br>The Government notes the European Commission’s proposal from 2016 on a new Eurodac Regulation. Eurodac is the EU fingerprint database of asylum seekers and certain illegal migrants. This is entirely subject to negotiations, but it is interesting to see the Commission’s proposal to reduce the age of stored fingerprints for children from 14 years, to six years of age. As noted in the Government’s Explanatory Memorandum in 2016 on this proposal, we welcome this proposed change as it may help improve monitoring migrant children on the move.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/01/2018 16:23:40 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

825315

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Fees and Charges
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what application fees, if any, give potential asylum seekers more rapid progress through the UK's asylum process.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL4848
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>There are no fees for asylum applications and no provision to pay for an expedited service.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/01/2018 16:03:03 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

825316

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Calais
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to co-operate with the government of France in establishing an asylum processing centre in Calais.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL4849
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>This Government is fully committed to helping and supporting the most vulnerable refugees affected by the migration crisis. We continue to work closely with Greece and other EU Member States in respect of immigration matters. We have frequent contact with the Greek authorities, at official and ministerial level, to discuss the situation for migrants. The UK is providing support to help the Greek authorities, the European Asylum Support Office and the European Commission deal with flows of migrants, including by deploying experts and interpreters to the Greek islands as well as specialists to the EU Commission team in Athens. <br>The UK is also working very closely with EU Member States to support unaccompanied asylum seeking children. However, the primary responsibility for unaccompanied children lies with the authorities of the Member State in which they are present; the UK Government does not have the authority to operate on the territory of another sovereign state without permission.</p><p>We share a special relationship with France and have a strong track record of cooperating with France to manage migration and to protect our shared border. As part of the Sandhurst Treaty, signed between the UK and France on 18 January 2018, both parties agreed to further enhance cooperation in a number of areas, including migration. This includes a number of further measures in respect of unaccompanied asylum-seeking and refugee children, and a commitment to support France in its provision of accommodation facilities located outside the Calais and Dunkirk areas, such as Reception and Assessment Centres. Further information on the treaty can be found here: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-01-19/HCWS415/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-01-19/HCWS415/</a>.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL4850 question first answered 29/01/2018 17:00:45 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

825317

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to President Macron's new initiatives to tackle the refugee crisis.
tabling member printed	Lord Roberts of Llandudno
uin	HL4850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>This Government is fully committed to helping and supporting the most vulnerable refugees affected by the migration crisis. We continue to work closely with Greece and other EU Member States in respect of immigration matters. We have frequent contact with the Greek authorities, at official and ministerial level, to discuss the situation for migrants. The UK is providing support to help the Greek authorities, the European Asylum Support Office and the European Commission deal with flows of migrants, including by deploying experts and interpreters to the Greek islands as well as specialists to the EU Commission team in Athens. <br>The UK is also working very closely with EU Member States to support unaccompanied asylum seeking children. However, the primary responsibility for unaccompanied children lies with the authorities of the Member State in which they are present; the UK Government does not have the authority to operate on the territory of another sovereign state without permission.</p><p>We share a special relationship with France and have a strong track record of cooperating with France to manage migration and to protect our shared border. As part of the Sandhurst Treaty, signed between the UK and France on 18 January 2018, both parties agreed to further enhance cooperation in a number of areas, including migration. This includes a number of further measures in respect of unaccompanied asylum-seeking and refugee children, and a commitment to support France in its provision of accommodation facilities located outside the Calais and Dunkirk areas, such as Reception and Assessment Centres. Further information on the treaty can be found here: <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-01-19/HCWS415/" target="_blank">http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-01-19/HCWS415/</a>.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL4849 question first answered 29/01/2018 17:00:45 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3691 label Biography information for Lord Roberts of Llandudno

825322

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Children in Care: Refugees
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many unaccompanied refugee children were transferred to local authority care under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 in each quarter of 2017; what were the countries of origin of those children; and how many unaccompanied refugee children transferred to local authority care in this way (1) are still in local authority care, (2) have aged out of the care system, (3) have subsequently been reunited with family, or (4) have gone missing.
tabling member printed	Baroness Stroud
uin	HL4855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>In 2016, we transferred over 900 unaccompanied children to the UK from Europe, including more than 750 from France. On 30 November, the Government published data on the numbers of children transferred to the UK from the Calais camp clearance. The data can be accessed here:https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/transfers-of-children-to-the-uk-from-the-calais-operation-november-2017</p><p>We are fully committed to delivering our commitment to transfer the specified number of 480 children under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 and are working very closely with Member States, as well as the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and NGO partners to identify and transfer children to the UK in line with each individual Member State’s national laws. Over 220 children are already here and transfers are ongoing.</p><p>The Home Office publishes a range of data on asylum claims from unaccompanied children which can be found at the following link. This data relates to all unaccompanied children who have claimed asylum in the UK and does not provide a breakdown depending on the child’s method of entry.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017/how-many-people-do-we-grant-asylum-or-protection-to" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-july-to-september-2017/how-many-people-do-we-grant-asylum-or-protection-to</a></p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/01/2018 16:08:32 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4546 label Biography information for Baroness Stroud

825323

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many unaccompanied refugee children have been brought to the UK under the Dublin III Regulation in each quarter of 2017; and what were the countries of origin of those children.
tabling member printed	Baroness Stroud
uin	HL4856
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The Dublin III Regulation is a long-standing mechanism between EU Member States to determine responsibility for examining asylum claims. It is not an application route for transfer to the UK. Eurostat, the EU’s statistics agency, regularly publishes Member State figures, which can be found at:<br><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Asylum_quarterly_report" target="_blank">http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Asylum_quarterly_report</a>.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/01/2018 16:11:21 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4546 label Biography information for Baroness Stroud

825324

registered interest
date	17/01/2018
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average waiting time from submission of application to arrival in the UK for unaccompanied refugee children whose asylum applications are lodged in (1) France, and (2) Greece.
tabling member printed	Baroness Stroud
uin	HL4857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/01/2018 answer text <p>The Dublin III Regulation is a long-standing EU agreement to determine responsibility for examining an asylum application. It does not cover those who have been determined as refugees. We are committed to ensuring transfers take place quickly. As per the Regulation, Member States are obliged to transfer individuals as soon as possible, and at least within 6 months of accepting the transfer.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 24/01/2018 16:34:10 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4546 label Biography information for Baroness Stroud