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Written Question
Refugees: Families
Monday 24th September 2018

Asked by: Angus Brendan MacNeil (Independent - Na h-Eileanan an Iar)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, from which countries are applications for refugee family reunion designated to be decided by the Sheffield Decision Making Centre.

Answered by Caroline Nokes

Statistics on refugee family reunion can be found in Home Office Asylum tables volume 5, table as_21_q –

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/734178/asylum5-jun-2018-tables.ods

Information can also be found in the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration report: A re-inspection of the family reunion process, focusing on applications received at the Amman Entry Clearance Decision Making Centre:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/737724/Final_Artwork_Reinspection_Family_Reunion_Amman.pdf

UK Visas and Immigration are currently in the process of consolidating Family Reunion applications so that decision making is carried out by one specialist team based in the UK.

Written Question
Refugees: Families
Monday 24th September 2018

Asked by: Angus Brendan MacNeil (Independent - Na h-Eileanan an Iar)

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration's report, A re-inspection of the family reunion process, focusing on applications received at the Amman Entry Clearance Decision Making Centre, published on 5 September 2018, for what reason the proportion of refugee family reunion applications being decided at the Sheffield Decision Making Centre has increased.

Answered by Caroline Nokes

Statistics on refugee family reunion can be found in Home Office Asylum tables volume 5, table as_21_q –

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/734178/asylum5-jun-2018-tables.ods

Information can also be found in the Independent Chief Inspector of Borders and Immigration report: A re-inspection of the family reunion process, focusing on applications received at the Amman Entry Clearance Decision Making Centre:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/737724/Final_Artwork_Reinspection_Family_Reunion_Amman.pdf

UK Visas and Immigration are currently in the process of consolidating Family Reunion applications so that decision making is carried out by one specialist team based in the UK.

Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 17 Jul 2018
Non-EEA Visas: Inshore Fishing

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 17 Jul 2018
Non-EEA Visas: Inshore Fishing

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 17 Jul 2018
Non-EEA Visas: Inshore Fishing

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 17 Jul 2018
Non-EEA Visas: Inshore Fishing

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 17 Jul 2018
Non-EEA Visas: Inshore Fishing

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 17 Jul 2018
Non-EEA Visas: Inshore Fishing

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 17 Jul 2018
Non-EEA Visas: Inshore Fishing

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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 17 Jul 2018
Non-EEA Visas: Inshore Fishing

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