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746627

registered interest
date	29/06/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of action being taken to ensure the well-being of unaccompanied refugee children in Greece; and what steps they are taking to establish whether any such children are qualified to come to the UK by reason of extreme vulnerability or close family connection.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL258
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2017 answer text <p>The UK recognises the pressures on European countries most affected by the migration crisis, and has committed over £100 million to the Mediterranean migration response. This includes £10million for a Refugee Children’s Fund for Europe which prioritises the needs of unaccompanied and separated children travelling through Greece and the Balkans. This support provides safe accommodation, educational activities, family reunification, psychosocial support, translation and legal advice.</p><p>In addition, the UK is fully committed to identifying and transferring unaccompanied children in Greece who may qualify for transfer to the UK under the Dublin III Regulation or section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016. We have a secondee in Greece who works with a network of partners including the Greek authorities, British Embassies, UNHCR, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and NGOs to support this process.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 07/07/2017 09:54:25 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

732085

registered interest
date	22/06/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government how many unaccompanied refugee children they estimate to be in Calais and nearby in northern France; and how they intend to identify those with a claim to come to the UK.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL138
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2017 answer text <p>In October 2016, the French Government requested the support of the UK Government for its clearance of the Calais camp. As part of our comprehensive support for the camp clearance we transferred more than 750 children to the UK directly from France. Those children who were not eligible for transfer to the UK are in the care of French authorities.</p><p>The French Government is alive to the threat of new camps appearing in northern France and we are aware of reports of some migrants returning to the area. However, official figures for the number of children present in the area are not available. Children in France are the responsibility of the French authorities.</p><p>On 10 March, the Government published the basis on which further transfers to the UK under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016 will be made. The Government has invited referrals of eligible children from France, Italy and Greece. The UK Government will not be involved in the identification or assessment of children.</p><p>Under Article 8 of the Dublin III Regulation, children can have their asylum claims transferred to another EU Member State where they have close family. We continue to work closely with the French authorities and other EU partners to ensure the timely and efficient operation of the Dublin III Regulation.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 27/06/2017 11:08:32 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

730972

registered interest
date	21/06/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government what co-operation exists between customs, immigration and border authorities in Kent and the Pas de Calais, including local authorities, central government agencies, universities and voluntary organisations; and what plans they have to enhance such co-operation.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL5
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2017 answer text <p>UK authorities continue to work in close cooperation with the French authorities within the framework of the Joint Ministerial declarations of September 2014 and August 2015, and the Amiens summit declaration of March 2016 to secure the joint border, tackle irregular migration and address wider humanitarian issues in Northern France.</p><p><br>The UK has worked closely with the French Ministry of Interior, the regional Prefecture, the Ville de Calais, and port authorities to bolster physical security and upgrade screening technology at the juxtaposed ports in Calais, Dunkirk and at the Channel Tunnel. We have also increased joint intelligence work to tackle the trafficking and smuggling networks behind cross-Channel illegal migration, including enhanced police investigation cooperation at local and national level.</p><p><br>On 24 October 2016, the British government announced a £36 million package of support to further enhance the security of the juxtaposed controls and reduce irregular migrant pressures in the Calais area and we are currently working to establish a Joint Operation Command and Coordination Centre (JOCCC) in Northern France to better support joint law enforcement initiatives, whilst looking at what more can be done jointly to tackle migration pressures upstream in source and transit countries.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 26/06/2017 11:57:24 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

724440

registered interest
date	25/04/2017
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 whether they will (1) permit, and (2) encourage, persons resident in the UK to sponsor close relations with refugee status to enter the UK for family reunion.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL6831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2017 answer text <p>The family reunion policy allows those with refugee status or humanitarian protection to sponsor their partner and children under 18 to join them in the UK, if they formed part of their family unit before the sponsor fled their country.</p><p> </p><p>Those granted refugee status or humanitarian protection are advised about their entitlement to family reunion when they receive their status. There is information on Gov.UK for those wishing to sponsor family members to come to the UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk/overview" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/join-family-in-uk/overview</a>.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 27/04/2017 13:31:58 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

711155

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	EU Immigration: Turkey
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of developments in Turkey, what assessment they have made of the feasibility of applying the EU–Turkey Statement on refugees and migrants, in the form originally prescribed.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL6043
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>The UK remains committed to working with our European partners and Turkey to ensure that the EU-Turkey deal is implemented in an effective and sustainable way.</p><p><br>It is clear that the deal continues to represent an important opportunity to effectively manage migratory flows, tackle people smugglers, and prevent people from making perilous crossings.</p><p><br>The EU Commission published its Fifth Report on the Progress in the Implementation of the EU-Turkey Statement on 2<sup>nd</sup> March 2017. The Report concludes that the Statement is continuing to produce tangible results despite difficult circumstances, with an average daily arrival of 43 illegal migrants compared to 1,700 per day in the month before the Statement.</p><p>We continue to believe that Turkey offers sufficient protection, in both its law and its practise, to justify the return migrants from Greece under the EU-Turkey deal. Turkey has modernised its legal framework for the protection of refugees, and the UK has been monitoring the situation closely since the attempted coup. To date, there has not been any evidence of deterioration in the protections or conditions available to refugees.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 23/03/2017 12:32:51 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

708697

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
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 whether they will provide basic legal advice to refugee children already in the UK who wish to sponsor close family members to join them here; and what assessment they have made as to whether the admission of such relatives would reduce the costs to local authorities of providing care.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL5828
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not intend to extend the provisions of the family reunion Rules. The policy meets our international obligations and we do not believe that widening the criteria to include extended family members, or allowing children to sponsor parents, is appropriate. We must do all we can to encourage those who need protection to seek asylum in the first safe country they reach and to support those countries hosting large numbers of refugees.</p><p> </p><p>We believe that allowing children to sponsor family members would create perverse incentives for them to be encouraged, or even forced, to leave their family, risk hazardous journeys and seek to enter the UK illegally in order to sponsor relatives, rather than claim asylum in the first safe country they reach. This plays into the hands of criminal gangs who exploit vulnerable people and goes against our safe guarding responsibilities.</p><p> </p><p>Legal aid is paid for by tax payers and resources are not limitless. It is therefore provided to those who most need it, including those who claim asylum. For those eligible to sponsor and apply for family reunion, we have already improved our guidance to caseworkers to ensure that applicants better understand the process and what is required of them so the provision of legal aid is not necessary.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL5829 question first answered 20/03/2017 14:58:10 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

708698

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Families
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to expand the definition of refugee family for the purposes of family reunions, beyond its present meaning of partner or dependent child, so that more members of family units may enter the UK and become self-supporting.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL5829
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government does not intend to extend the provisions of the family reunion Rules. The policy meets our international obligations and we do not believe that widening the criteria to include extended family members, or allowing children to sponsor parents, is appropriate. We must do all we can to encourage those who need protection to seek asylum in the first safe country they reach and to support those countries hosting large numbers of refugees.</p><p> </p><p>We believe that allowing children to sponsor family members would create perverse incentives for them to be encouraged, or even forced, to leave their family, risk hazardous journeys and seek to enter the UK illegally in order to sponsor relatives, rather than claim asylum in the first safe country they reach. This plays into the hands of criminal gangs who exploit vulnerable people and goes against our safe guarding responsibilities.</p><p> </p><p>Legal aid is paid for by tax payers and resources are not limitless. It is therefore provided to those who most need it, including those who claim asylum. For those eligible to sponsor and apply for family reunion, we have already improved our guidance to caseworkers to ensure that applicants better understand the process and what is required of them so the provision of legal aid is not necessary.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL5828 question first answered 20/03/2017 14:58:10 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

708699

registered interest
date	06/03/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Refugees: Europe
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will fund interpretation and advice services in France, Italy and Greece, so that refugees who are eligible to enter the UK are supported in safely doing so.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL5830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>The primary responsibility for unaccompanied children in Europe lies with the State in which they are present. However, the UK has established a £10 million Refugee Children’s Fund to support the needs of vulnerable refugee and migrant children arriving in Europe. The fund prioritises the needs of unaccompanied and separated children travelling through Greece and the Balkans. Support includes specialised shelters which offer 24 hour care, including psychosocial support, educational activities and legal assistance.</p><p>During the first five months of operation 534 safe spaces for unaccompanied children were created or maintained with DFID funding. 1476 children accessed protection or legal support, 294 have been referred to long term alternative care and 168 are undergoing asylum processes.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 20/03/2017 14:50:09 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

693074

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
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 whether admission to the UK of unaccompanied refugee children, under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016, will start again in April 2017; and whether there will be limitations on entry, based on age, vulnerability, nationality or previous location.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL5561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2017 answer text <p>On 8 February, the Government announced that we will transfer the specified number of 350 children to the UK under section 67 of the Immigration Act following consultation with local authorities on capacity. We will announce in due course the basis on which further children will be transferred from Europe to the UK, where it is in their best interests, under section 67 of the Immigration Act to the specified number.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 28/02/2017 12:14:37 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton

686771

registered interest
date	08/02/2017
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum: Children
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what support they are offering to unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the UK, who are presently in Calais, Dunkirk and elsewhere in France; and what plans they have to extend the cut-off date for children claiming asylum under section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016.
tabling member printed	Lord Hylton
uin	HL5356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2017 answer text <p>The UK has contributed significantly to hosting, supporting and protecting the most vulnerable children affected by the migration crisis. In the year ending September 2016, the UK granted asylum or another form of leave to over 8,000 children. In 2016, we transferred over 900 unaccompanied minors to the UK from Europe, including more than 750 from France as part of the UK’s support for the Calais camp clearance.</p><p>On February 8, the Government announced that we will transfer the specified number of 350 children to the UK under section 67 of the Immigration Act. This includes the more than 200 children already transferred under section 67 from France as part of the UK’s support for the Calais camp clearance. This number has been agreed following consultation with local authorities on their capacity to accommodate and care for unaccompanied children. We will announce in due course the basis on which further children will be transferred from Europe to the UK under section 67 of the Immigration Act to the specified number.</p><p>The primary responsibility for unaccompanied children in Europe lies with the State in which they are present. It is not possible for a child in France to claim asylum in the UK, and there is no application process under section 67 of the Immigration Act or the Dublin Regulation.</p><p>The UK has also established a £10 million Refugee Children’s Fund to support the needs of vulnerable refugee and migrant children arriving in Europe.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 22/02/2017 13:26:26 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2018 label Biography information for Lord Hylton