Written Evidence May. 28 2024
Inquiry: Human Rights of Asylum Seekers in the UKFound: We use the law to defend and extend people’s rights.
Special Report Mar. 19 2024
Committee: Human Rights (Joint Committee)Found: First Special Report - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill: Government Response to the Committee
Mentions:
1: Alexander Stafford (Con - Rother Valley) , well-liked and well-supported policy going forward. - Speech Link
2: Alexander Stafford (Con - Rother Valley) an open-door policy. - Speech Link
3: None Friend the Prime Minister of this country—who advocate a policy of increased vigilance on immigration - Speech Link
4: Sammy Wilson (DUP - East Antrim) that could undermine the whole immigration policy. - Speech Link
5: Sammy Wilson (DUP - East Antrim) Since the policy is designed to assure people that the Government have got on top of illegal immigration - Speech Link
Written Evidence Apr. 16 2024
Inquiry: Electronic border management systemsFound: EBM0020 - Electronic border management systems Laura Devine Immigration Written Evidence
Correspondence May. 24 2024
Committee: European Scrutiny CommitteeFound: Letter from the Chair to Rt Hon Kemi Badenoch MP regarding Retained EU law : the progress and mechanics
Written Evidence Jan. 29 2024
Committee: Human Rights (Joint Committee)Found: RWA0018 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum & Immigration) Bill Essex Law School, University of Essex, and Essex
Mentions:
1: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) draft Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) (Amendment) Order 2024.It is a pleasure to serve under - Speech Link
2: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) Member for Pontypridd recognised in her response that this order rectifies our domestic law to reflect - Speech Link
3: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) What is the Government’s thinking on the impact of this policy on women in particular? - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: None Immigration Appeals Act 1993, the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 and the Asylum and Immigration - Speech Link
2: Rosie Winterton (Lab - Doncaster Central) Immigration Appeals Act 1993, the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 and the Asylum and Immigration - Speech Link
3: William Cash (Con - Stone) importance in the national interest, and this illegal immigration law manifestly is.In the UK, we have - Speech Link
4: William Cash (Con - Stone) changes to its immigration law, all of which will require hotly contested constitutional changes and - Speech Link
5: None It is no wonder that they cannot formulate an immigration policy. - Speech Link
Written Evidence May. 28 2024
Inquiry: Human Rights of Asylum Seekers in the UKFound: ASU0089 - Human Rights of Asylum Seekers in the UK Discrimination Law Association Written Evidence
Asked by: Angela Crawley (Scottish National Party - Lanark and Hamilton East)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has made an assessment of the conformity of adding Georgia to the list of Safe States with the duties laid out in section 80AA(4) of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 on LGBTQI+ people seeking asylum.
Answered by Tom Pursglove - Minister of State (Minister for Legal Migration and Delivery)
In order to inform ministerial decision making on whether to add India and Georgia to the list of Safe States in section 80AA of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 (NIAA 2002), we made an assessment of the general situation in both countries, using evidence from a wide range of reliable sources in order to do so. This was in line with the requirements at section 80AA(3) and 80AA(4) of the NIAA 2002 (as inserted by section 59(3)(3) and 59(3)(4) of the Illegal Migration Act 2023).
Through considering country information and each country’s respect for the rule of law and human rights, we assessed that both countries met the criteria. Further information on the situation for LGBT people in Georgia and India is contained within our published Country Policy and Information Notes, available on Gov.Uk.