Immigration

(asked on 13th November 2017) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the number of people in the UK with (a) discretionary and (b) indefinite leave to remain; and how many such people that have been granted such leave in each of the last seven years have previously participated in acts classified as crimes against humanity.


Answered by
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Brandon Lewis
This question was answered on 16th November 2017

The number of grants of Discretionary Leave and Indefinite Leave to Remain are available in published immigration statistics, which are available at https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638594/extensions-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods and

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/638595/settlement-apr-jun-2017-tables.ods.

Statistics on the UK’s resident population and its characteristics (where collected) is a matter for the independent Office for National Statistics.

An assessment of previous crimes against humanity is just one element of the application consideration. Serious reasons and evidence for considering if someone has committed such an act would fall under Article 1F of the Refugee Convention or 339D of the Immigration Rules. The Home Office does not separate out data on crimes against humanity from other international crimes. In those cases where the Home Office believes there to be serious reasons for considering they may have participated in international crimes under these provisions, such individuals would not normally qualify for Discretionary Leave or Indefinite Leave to Remain.

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