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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 10 Oct 2016
France: Dublin Regulation

"My Lords, does the Minister agree that what we are seeing today—the largest mass movement of people in Europe since the Second World War—is a scenario that the Dublin III convention is unable to deal with? We have to deal with the reality of the situation. What representations have the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 10 Oct 2016
Calais Jungle

"I have spent much time in the camp in Calais over the course of both this year and last year, and I returned from my most recent visit just this weekend. There is very good reason to believe that the camp will start to be demolished on Monday 17 October. …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 14 Sep 2016
Calais Jungle Camp

"I thank the Minister for her reply. France Terre d’Asile is the only authority in the camp allowed to enter cases into the French asylum system, which is an essential first step for family reunification cases in the UK. But this falls at the first hurdle because there are not …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 14 Sep 2016
Calais Jungle Camp

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To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the nature of their collaboration with France Terre d’Asile (FTDA), with respect to refugees in the Calais “Jungle” camp, and what assessment they have made of FTDA’s effectiveness...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 07 Sep 2016
Calais: Refugee Children

"My Lords, will the Minister accompany me on a day trip to Calais, because the remark she made yesterday about there being 130 reception centres available to people in the camp if only they would take them up is way off the mark? The fact is that the reception centres …..."
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Written Question
Hong Kong: Politics and Government
Friday 24th June 2016

Asked by: Baroness Sheehan (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the remarks by Lord Bates on 21 March (HL Deb, col 2149), what evidence they have that allowing child refugees to sponsor relatives would "create a situation that encourages children to risk hazardous journeys to and across Europe".

Answered by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon

There are a range of factors that affect migrants decisions to leave their countries and travel across Europe to seek asylum. The Government believes that allowing children to sponsor relatives would create further incentives for children to be encouraged, or even forced, to leave their family and risk hazardous journeys to the UK in order to act as sponsors.
Speech in Lords Chamber - Wed 08 Jun 2016
Immigration

"My Lords, according to a Financial Times article on 30 May, in 2014 student immigration numbers fell from 191,000 to 167,000 at a time when students choosing to study in competitor countries such as Australia and the USA rose by 6%. Does the Minister agree that the impact of the …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 12 May 2016
Migration: Middle East and North Africa

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To ask Her Majesty’s Government what evidence they have to support their claim that “pull factors” are responsible for the mass movement of people from the Middle East and North Africa in recent years...."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Thu 12 May 2016
Migration: Middle East and North Africa

"I thank the Minister for his reply. I add my thanks for the Government’s change of heart on the emotive issue of vulnerable refugee children in Europe. Ten thousand of them have disappeared without trace, according to Europol, while 50% of those who accessed a Save the Children respite centre …..."
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Speech in Lords Chamber - Mon 21 Mar 2016
Immigration Bill

"My Lords, I pay tribute to the wonderful speeches that we have heard today. Your Lordships’ House is a truly remarkable place. When I last spoke on this matter in Committee I cited the case of three unaccompanied refugee children and a dependent adult trapped in Calais, in whose favour …..."
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