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Found: supporting lesbian, gay, bisexual, trans, queer and intersex (LGBTQI+) people through the asylum and immigration

Found: his extensive use of social media at this time that he supported stringent measures to reduce immigration

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Found: EBM0021 - Electronic border management systems Laura Devine Immigration, London Written Evidence

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Found: make decisions on the admissibility of travellers before those travellers arrive at the relevant immigration

Found: is a security measure that the Government introduced to strengthen border controls and manage immigration

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Found: The work of this team also includes in-scope civil complex cases such as immigration, clinical negligence

Found: Q35 at the top of page 17; “The last deep dive that we did on immigration" should have been "on housing

Found: cannot resist asking a question about the knotty issue of the Government’s position on abuse of the immigration

Found: Propriety The case for change is clear and was set out in the New Plan for Immigration Policy Statement

Found: Child (CRC) applies to all children in a state’s jurisdiction, “irrespective of their nationality, immigration

Found: current Home Secretary, stated on his Facebook page dated 7 March 2023: “I have spoken with the immigration

Found: who meets the four conditions set out in section 2 of the Act: i) They entered the UK in breach of immigration

Found: support someone in regular asylum accommodation, while in Q4 2023, the cost of holding someone in immigration

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Found: We have plans to operationalise the partnership as soon as the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration

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Found: they have historically lost out on major policy initiatives from government interventions on skills, immigration

Found: contempt, and foreign national prisoners who have completed their sentences but are being held under immigration

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if his Department will issue guidance on the exceptional circumstances that would permit an asylum or human rights claim made by a national of a country listed under section 80AA of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 to be declared admissible.

Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)

Section 80A(5) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 and section 6(5) of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 set out some examples of what may constitute exceptional circumstances, relevant to the substantive consideration of asylum claims and to removal under the Illegal Migration Act to s.80AA(1) listed states (respectively). These examples are neither exhaustive nor relevant to all cases, and do not purport to be.

Exceptional circumstances are not defined or limited in legislation, but will be considered and applied on a case-by-case basis where it is appropriate.

When we commence and implement the wider measures as set out in section 59 of the Illegal Migration Act 2023, we will provide updated guidance to assist caseworkers in their consideration of exceptional circumstances, and the wider provisions.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many foreign national offenders of which nationality were deported in each of the last five years.

Answered by Michael Tomlinson - Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)

The Home Office does publish statistics on the returns of foreign national offenders by nationality and year. These returns are published in the Returns Detailed Datasets, Year Ending December 2023; which are available at: Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

The term ‘deportations’ refers to a legally defined subset of returns, which are enforced either following a criminal conviction, or when it is judged that a person’s removal from the UK is beneficial to the public good. The published statistics refer to enforced returns which include deportations, as well as cases where a person has breached UK immigration laws, and those removed under other administrative and illegal entry powers that have declined to leave voluntarily. Figures on deportations, which are a subset of enforced returns, are not separately available.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of a regional system for issuing of Tier 2 Skilled Worker visas.

Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)

The UK has a single immigration system which works for the whole of the UK. Adding different rules for different locations would introduce further complexity into the system and create frictions where workers move from one location to another.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people were charged with criminal offences as a result of Operation Gull in Northern Ireland in 2023.

Answered by Michael Tomlinson - Minister of State (Minister for Illegal Migration)

In 2023, Home Office Criminal and Financial Investigation teams (CFI) charged 39 individuals with criminal offences as part of Operation Gull.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of issuing physical back-up copies of immigration documents for people on the EU Settlement Scheme.

Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)

As part of our move to a “digital by default” border and immigration system, physical immigration documents are being replaced by fully digital eVisas (an online record of the person’s immigration status).

All EU, EEA and Swiss citizens granted pre-settled or settled status under the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS) are now able to prove their rights in the UK digitally, by using the View and Prove service on GOV.UK, instead of using physical documents. Non-EU, EEA or Swiss citizen family members who have a UKVI account can also use the View and Prove service.

Successful applicants continue to receive written notice of their immigration status by email or letter, which they can keep for their personal records if they wish. However, due to the possibility of fraud and abuse this document cannot be used to evidence an individual’s immigration status to external organisations.

There are no plans to provide EU citizens granted status under the EUSS with physical back-up copies of immigration documents.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what evidence they have examined, and from which organisations, to determine that (1) Georgia, and (2) India, are safe countries.

Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

As with all our country assessments to inform asylum and immigration decision making, we have drawn on evidence taken from a wide range of reliable sources, including reputable media outlets; local, national and international organisations, including human rights organisations; and information from the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what conditions exist in Rwanda that have led them to conclude that appropriate and professional age assessments will be capable of being carried out on people sent there for immigration purposes where special requirements apply in respect of an uncertainty over an individual’s age.

Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

Our age assessment policies for immigration purposes seek to protect genuine children and identify those who are adults.

The UK-Rwanda Treaty makes clear at Article 3 that the agreement reached between the governments of Rwanda and the UK does not cover unaccompanied children and that the UK Government shall not seek to relocate unaccompanied children under the age of 18. It is therefore only those individuals who are confirmed to be, or have been assessed to be, adults who will be removed to Rwanda.

We have already strengthened the age assessment process through measures introduced in the Nationality and Borders Act 2022.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what evidence they have considered, and from which organisations, which has led them to the conclusion that Rwanda is a safe country.

Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The list of sources used are listed in the extensive country information notes, and the annexes that accompany them. This – alongside the additional assurances agreed with the Government of Rwanda under the terms of the UK-Rwanda Treaty: Provision of an Asylum Partnership – allow us to conclude that Rwanda is safe.

Detail of these is available via the ‘Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: policy statement and evidence pack’ page on the GOV.UK website.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the government of Georgia introducing a bill that would curtail LGBT+ rights on the UK government’s declaration that Georgia is a safe country for immigration purposes.

Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

In line with 80AA of the Nationality and Borders Act 2022, we work closely with the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office to regularly monitor and review the situation in countries where migrants originate from, including how any new legislation is applied in practice.

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many complaints to Border Force are not answered within the service standard of 20 days.

Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

The latest transparency data showing performance against service standards in relation to replies to customer complaints for UKVI, Immigration Enforcement and Border Force is available at the following: Customer service operations data: Q3 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government why no reason is given to inward travellers for being held for 6 hours; why they are offered no food or drink during such detention; and why no apology is offered when nothing untoward has been found in their travel to the UK.

Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)

A passenger remains liable to examination on arrival in the United Kingdom until all necessary enquiries have been concluded and a decision is made on their application for permission to enter or admission.

Anyone detained beyond two hours is detained in compliance with the relevant guidance and legislation (notably The Short Term Holding Facility Rules 2018). The detained person is informed of their bail rights and reasons for their detention, and this is explained in a language that they understand.

Temperature controlled food was temporarily withdrawn from BF managed facilities during 2023 whilst we implemented a new training and governance procedure to ensure we were complaint with current food standards. Throughout this period, we followed Government guidance, continuing to serve water, hot drinks and snacks.

We always look to minimise detention as far as possible; however, the power to detain must be retained in the interests of maintaining effective immigration control.

It would not be appropriate for Border Force to apologise for conducting legitimate border security checks.

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Found: Immigration Rules archive: 11 March 2024 to 3 April 2024

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Found: and the police can better identify potential security threats, prevent and detect crime, and monitor immigration

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Found: Immigration Rules archive: 10 April 2024 to 10 April 2024

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Found: Braithwaite, Julian - Director General, Organised Immigration Crime, Home Office - ACOBA Advice

Found: Braithwaite, Julian - Director General, Organised Immigration Crime, Home Office - ACOBA Advice

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Found: Other changes to the Resource Funding position include an additional £41 million of income from the Immigration

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Question

To ask the Scottish Government, in light of reported concerns of the tourism industry regarding the potential impact on travellers to and from Scotland, what discussions it has had with the UK Government regarding the introduction of both the EU Entry/Exit System (EES) and the European Travel Information and Authorisation System (ETIAS), and whether it plans to work with the UK Government on a joint awareness campaign.

Answered by Roddick, Emma - Minister for Equalities, Migration and Refugees

The tourism and hospitality industry plays a vital role in ensuring visitors enjoy their time in Scotland. Many rural areas of Scotland are particularly reliant on tourism to support the local economy.

Scotland must be able to continue to welcome people from all over the world each year to enjoy our vibrant culture, history, hospitality, and countryside.

Whilst immigration is fully reserved the Scottish Government are willing to work with the UK Government to ensure minimal disruption to travellers when the new EU systems are introduced.