Written Evidence May. 14 2024
Inquiry: Modern Slavery Act 2015Found: MSA0033 - Modern Slavery Act 2015 Aberystwyth University, The Open University (UK), and Trilateral Research
Formal Minutes May. 29 2024
Committee: Human Rights (Joint Committee)Found: at the Immigration Law Practitioners’ Association (ILPA), Beatrice Stern, Beatrice Stern, Head of Public
Mentions:
1: Bob Seely (Con - Isle of Wight) My new law would deliver that and ensure that we, Members of Parliament, are answerable to our people - Speech Link
2: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) The policy also benefits our students, who can sit next to international students in classes, and learn - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) law, and of abiding by the things that we have signed up to. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Chakrabarti (Lab - Life peer) matter how much I loathe that policy in its utility, morality and expense. - Speech Link
3: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) Decisions of immigration officers and the other listed decision-makers in Section 57(6) would therefore - Speech Link
4: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) revisit how the Illegal Migration Act and removal under existing immigration legislation will apply - Speech Link
5: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) revisit how the Illegal Migration Act and removal under existing immigration legislation will apply - Speech Link
Asked by: Stephen Kinnock (Labour - Aberafan Maesteg)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department last reviewed the potential risk of abuse and exploitation of migrant workers under the overseas domestic worker visa rules.
Answered by Tom Pursglove
The Home Office keeps immigration route policy under review, including that for the Overseas Domestic Worker route. We have introduced a number of reforms to the route for overseas domestic workers since 2015; designed to build on existing safeguards and in line with the broader immigration system. Employers of overseas domestic workers must act in accordance with UK employment law, and workers who find themselves a victim of modern slavery are protected by the National Referral Mechanism and may be eligible to apply for permission to stay as a domestic worker who is a victim of modern slavery.
Found: Immigration) Bill: progress of the bill Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: progress
Mentions:
1: Gareth Bacon (Con - Orpington) I beg to move,That the Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) (Amendment - Speech Link
2: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) policies, especially the Rwanda policy. - Speech Link
Found: the Rule of Law, Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: A Preliminary Rule of Law Analysis
Asked by: Stephen Kinnock (Labour - Aberafan Maesteg)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the conclusions of the Independent Review of the Overseas Domestic Workers Visa by James Ewins, published on 16 December 2015, relating to protection of employment rights of migrant workers in private households, if he will (a) review and (b) reverse changes to the rules for that visa.
Answered by Tom Pursglove
The Home Office keeps immigration route policy under review, including that for the Overseas Domestic Worker route. We have introduced a number of reforms to the route for overseas domestic workers since 2015; designed to build on existing safeguards and in line with the broader immigration system. Employers of overseas domestic workers must act in accordance with UK employment law, and workers who find themselves a victim of modern slavery are protected by the National Referral Mechanism and may be eligible to apply for permission to stay as a domestic worker who is a victim of modern slavery.
Found: the Rule of Law, Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: A Preliminary Rule of Law Analysis