Immigration Alert Sample


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Alert results for: Immigration

Information between 26th April 2024 - 6th May 2024

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Calendar
Wednesday 22nd May 2024
Bob Seely (Conservative - Isle of Wight)

Ten Minute Rule Motion - Main Chamber
Subject: Immigration and Asylum
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Friday 17th May 2024
Christopher Chope (Conservative - Christchurch)

Private Members' Bills - Main Chamber
Subject: Illegal Immigration (Offences) Bill: Second Reading
Illegal Immigration (Offences) Bill 2023-24 View calendar
Tuesday 14th May 2024
Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Labour - Life peer)

Debate - Main Chamber
Subject: Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules and associated regret motions
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Parliamentary Debates
Asylum Seekers: Missing from Registered Address
19 speeches (1,528 words)
Thursday 2nd May 2024 - Lords Chamber

Mentions:
1: Lord Gascoigne (Con - Life peer) an initial cohort of suitable cases, around 2,000 people, were identified for removal and placed on immigration - Link to Speech
2: Lord Gascoigne (Con - Life peer) The general point is that immigration, both legal and illegal, needs to be controlled. - Link to Speech

Security in the Western Balkans
61 speeches (16,375 words)
Thursday 2nd May 2024 - Commons Chamber
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Mentions:
1: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) Organised crime in particular remains a challenge, and drug and weapons trafficking, illegal immigration - Link to Speech

Youth Homelessness
19 speeches (8,825 words)
Wednesday 1st May 2024 - Westminster Hall
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities
Mentions:
1: Adam Holloway (Con - Gravesham) One of the significant reasons for our housing shortage in this country is net immigration. - Link to Speech
2: Paula Barker (Lab - Liverpool, Wavertree) We disagree on the issue of net immigration and those factors—we have served on the Home Affairs Committee - Link to Speech

Financial Conduct Authority: Accountability
13 speeches (3,896 words)
Wednesday 1st May 2024 - Westminster Hall
HM Treasury
Mentions:
1: Alistair Carmichael (LD - Orkney and Shetland) In fact, that amount would not even allow someone to bring a spouse into the UK under immigration regulations - Link to Speech

Oral Answers to Questions
129 speeches (9,907 words)
Wednesday 1st May 2024 - Commons Chamber
Scotland Office
Mentions:
1: John Lamont (Con - Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk) I am in touch with Home Office Ministers regularly to discuss immigration matters that affect Scotland - Link to Speech
2: Kevin Foster (Con - Torbay) where it is in the UK’s economic interest and where we know that the main drivers of issues such as immigration - Link to Speech

Immigration Update
59 speeches (8,362 words)
Wednesday 1st May 2024 - Commons Chamber

Mentions:
1: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) permission, I would like to make a statement on immigration.The Government are committed to reducing immigration—both - Link to Speech
2: Stephen Kinnock (Lab - Aberavon) The Government’s immigration and asylum policies have failed. - Link to Speech
3: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) It is not right to resort to immigration as the first port of call. My hon. - Link to Speech

Business without Debate
0 speeches (None words)
Wednesday 1st May 2024 - Commons Chamber
Statement of Changes in Immigration Rules
10 speeches (5,848 words)
Wednesday 1st May 2024 - Lords Chamber
Home Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Oates (LD - Life peer) into the immigration system and its role in the care sector is deeply concerning. - Link to Speech
2: Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede (Lab - Life peer) This compares to a net immigration level of 245,000 in 2019. - Link to Speech
3: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) As we have seen in the immigration statistics, the sector makes very good use of the immigration system - Link to Speech

Immigration Update
11 speeches (3,382 words)
Wednesday 1st May 2024 - Lords Chamber
Home Office
Mentions:
1: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) shall now repeat a Statement made in the other place by my honourable friend the Minister of State for Immigration - Link to Speech
2: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) They have been placed on immigration bail with strict reporting conditions. - Link to Speech

Social Cohesion and Democratic Resilience: Khan Review
34 speeches (12,281 words)
Tuesday 30th April 2024 - Westminster Hall
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities
Mentions:
1: Jonathan Gullis (Con - Stoke-on-Trent North) Soaring immigration levels currently make it virtually impossible for people to properly integrate into - Link to Speech

Draft Immigration (Leave to Enter and Remain) (Amendment) Order 2024
11 speeches (2,201 words)
Tuesday 30th April 2024 - General Committees

Mentions:
1: Tom Pursglove (Con - Corby) The draft order, which was laid before Parliament on 11 March, will amend the Immigration (Leave to Enter - Link to Speech

Victims and Prisoners Bill
127 speeches (22,593 words)
Report stage
Tuesday 30th April 2024 - Lords Chamber
Leader of the House
Mentions:
1: None After Clause 26, insert the following new Clause— “Victims of specified offences: data-sharing for immigration - Link to Speech

British Nationality (Irish Citizens) Bill
14 speeches (5,758 words)
3rd reading
Friday 26th April 2024 - Commons Chamber
Home Office
Mentions:
1: Tom Tugendhat (Con - Tonbridge and Malling) The common travel area arrangements for Irish nationals are now in statute under 3ZA of the Immigration - Link to Speech

Commonwealth Parliamentary Association and International Committee of the Red Cross (Status) Bill
54 speeches (11,556 words)
3rd reading
Friday 26th April 2024 - Commons Chamber
Ministry of Justice
Mentions:
1: Nickie Aiken (Con - Cities of London and Westminster) It was fortunate that I was able to use a certain Act, the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) - Link to Speech

Business without Debate
29 speeches (951 words)
Friday 26th April 2024 - Commons Chamber

Mentions:
1: None Object.Bill to be read a Second time on Friday 17 May.Illegal Immigration (Offences) BillMotion made, - Link to Speech



Select Committee Documents
Friday 3rd May 2024
Correspondence - Correspondence from Amal Clooney, Barrister, Doughty Street Chambers to the Committee regarding Daesh crimes

Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: Many specialised war crimes units work closely with immigration services, who share information on suspected

Friday 3rd May 2024
Correspondence - Correspondence from Rt Hon James Cleverly MP Secretary of State for the Home Department to the Committee regarding Daesh crimes

Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: However, the website of the Special Immigration Appeals Commission (SIAC) contains judgments pertaining

Thursday 2nd May 2024
Formal Minutes - Formal Minutes 2023-2024

Home Affairs Committee

Found: written evidence be reported to the House for publication: Home Office Correspondence from the Immigration

Wednesday 1st May 2024
Correspondence - Letter from the Chair to the Rt Hon James Cleverly MP, on the Government's response to the Committee's report on the UK-Rwanda Asylum Partnership Agreement, 30 April 2024

International Agreements Committee

Found: the Treaty's implementation as it considered the final stages of the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration

Wednesday 1st May 2024
Correspondence - Correspondence between the Chair and Cardiff and Vale University Health Board on the Impact of Population Change in Wales

Welsh Affairs Committee

Found: COS have been issued, this will create a significant ongoing cost pressure for • Is the current immigration

Wednesday 1st May 2024
Correspondence - Correspondence between the Chair and Health Education and Improvement Wales on the Impact of Population Change in Wales

Welsh Affairs Committee

Found: Q: Is the current immigration system, including the Skilled Worker visa, Health and Care Worker visa

Wednesday 1st May 2024
Correspondence - Correspondence between the Chair and to Hywel Dda University Health Board on the Impact of Population Change in Wales

Welsh Affairs Committee

Found: Is the current immigration system, including the Skilled Worker visa, Health and Care Worker visa and

Wednesday 1st May 2024
Correspondence - Correspondence between the Chair and Universities Wales on the Impact of Population Change in Wales

Welsh Affairs Committee

Found: • Is the current immigration system, including the Skilled Worker visa, Health and Care Worker

Wednesday 1st May 2024
Correspondence - Correspondence between the Chair and Powys Teaching Health Board on the Impact of Population Change in Wales

Welsh Affairs Committee

Found:  Is the current immigration system, including the Skilled Worker visa, Health and Care Worker

Wednesday 1st May 2024
Correspondence - Letter from the Minister of State for Countering Illegal Migration regarding Immigration (Guidance on Detention of Vulnerable Persons) Regulations 2024, dated 30 April 2024

Home Affairs Committee

Found: Letter from the Minister of State for Countering Illegal Migration regarding Immigration (Guidance on

Wednesday 1st May 2024
Oral Evidence - Kate Eves, Chair of the Brook House inquiry, and Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group

Home Affairs Committee

Found: Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group, a charity based in Crawley that supports people during and after immigration

Wednesday 1st May 2024
Oral Evidence - 2024-05-01 09:30:00+01:00

Negotiations with the European Union in respect of Gibraltar - European Scrutiny Committee

Found: I do not want to get into the details of it, but I would also highlight that, as it stands, immigration

Tuesday 30th April 2024
Written Evidence - Medical Justice
STI0025 - Statutory Inquiries

Statutory Inquiries - Statutory Inquiries Committee

Found: treatment or punishment) in a limited time period of only five months in just one of the UK’s seven Immigration

Monday 29th April 2024
Oral Evidence - Department for Business and Trade, Department for Business and Trade, and Department for Business and Trade

Modern Slavery Act 2015 - Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee

Found: Do you think that the Government have conflated labour market and immigration enforcement?

Monday 29th April 2024
Correspondence - Correspondence from Sir Matthew Rycroft, Permanent Secretary, Home Office, re Asylum Accommodation and UK-Rwanda partnership, dated 25 April 2024

Public Accounts Committee

Found: The Home Office has simil ar specialist custodial contacts for our Immigration Removal Centres.

Monday 29th April 2024
Oral Evidence - Crown Prosecution Service

Modern Slavery Act 2015 - Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee

Found: that more needs to be done to understand the Act from the perspective of exploitation rather than immigration

Friday 26th April 2024
Written Evidence - Spotlight on Corruption
RFS0017 - Are the UK’s Russian financial sanctions working?

Treasury Committee

Found: the Department of Transport or the Home Office in relation to suspected breaches of transport or immigration

Friday 26th April 2024
Report - Twenty-Ninth Report - Progress in implementing Universal Credit

Public Accounts Committee

Found: 15th Improving the prison estate HC 244 16th Progress in remediating dangerous cladding HC 406 17th Immigration



Written Answers
Overseas Students
Asked by: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Labour - Life peer)
Friday 3rd May 2024

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of findings from a recent IDP Connect survey which found that nearly half of prospective students surveyed were reconsidering or unsure of their plans to study in the UK following changes in policy and rules regarding international students.

Answered by Baroness Barran - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

The government seeks to ensure that there is a fair and robust migration policy while maintaining the UK’s place as a top destination for the best and brightest students from around the world. The department remains committed to the ambitions set out in the government’s International Education Strategy to host 600,000 international students per year and to increase the value of our education exports to £35 billion per year, both by 2030.

The department expects the UK to remain a highly attractive study destination. The UK has four universities in the top 10, and 17 in the top 100. The UK has a highly sought after higher education (HE) experience, which is respected by students across the globe. The department is hugely proud to have met its international student recruitment ambition two years running, with 679,970 international students studying at a UK university in 2021/22.

However, the level of legal migration remains too high. As a result, on 4 December 2023, the government announced a new package of measures to reduce net migration and curb the abuse and exploitation of the country’s immigration system. The department continues to work closely with the Home Office, the Department for Business and Trade, and other governmental departments to assess the impact of these changes on HE providers.

HE providers are autonomous bodies, independent of government. As such, they are responsible for their own admission decisions. The government takes a close interest in ensuring that the HE admissions system is fair and works closely with HE providers and sector bodies to make sure the system works well for students.

Overseas Students: Visas
Asked by: Lord Sharkey (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Friday 3rd May 2024

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of recent data by Enroly published on 27 March which showed that issuance of certificates of Confirmation of Acceptance for Studies has significantly reduced, with overall deposits down by more than a third on the same point in 2023.

Answered by Baroness Barran - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

The government seeks to ensure that there is a fair and robust migration policy, whilst maintaining the UK’s place as a top destination for the best and brightest students from around the world. The department remains committed to the ambitions set out in the government’s International Education Strategy to host 600,000 international students per year and to increase the value of our education exports to £35 billion per year, both by 2030.

The department expects the UK to remain a highly attractive study destination. The UK has four universities in the top 10, and 17 in the top 100. The UK has a highly sought after higher education (HE) experience, which is respected by students across the globe. The department is hugely proud to have met its international student recruitment ambition two years running.

However, the level of legal migration remains too high. As a result, on 4 December 2023, the government announced a new package of measures to reduce net migration and curb abuse and exploitation of the country’s immigration system. The department continues to work closely with the Home Office, Department for Business and Trade, and other governmental departments to assess the impact of these changes on HE providers.

HE providers are autonomous bodies, independent from government. As such, they are responsible for their own admissions decisions. The government takes a close interest in ensuring that the HE admissions system is fair and works closely with HE providers and sector bodies to make sure the system works well for students.

Home Office: Convictions
Asked by: Lord Marlesford (Conservative - Life peer)
Thursday 2nd May 2024

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many people employed by the Home Office have been convicted of abuse of public office and given custodial sentences in each of the past 20 years; and how many of those individuals have subsequently been re-employed in the Home Office or other departments or agencies in central government.

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

In the last twenty years there have been 24 Home Office officials who have been convicted of Misconduct in Public Office. All received a custodial sentence, and all were convicted before 2015. Since then, the Crown Prosecution Service have moved towards using more specific charges such as theft, assisting unlawful immigration and bribery.

A breakdown for each year is provided below:

Year

Convicted of abuse of position

Custodial sentence received

2006

1

1

2007

1

1

2008

3

3

2009

2

2

2010

5

5

2011

5

5

2012

3

3

2013

1

1

2014

1

1

2015

2

2

The Home Office conducts robust pre-appointment checks in accordance with the HMG Baseline Personnel Security Standards prior to employment being offered. The Home Office also carries out National Security Vetting on all its employees, which considers both spent and unspent convictions for this and all other offences.

Immigration Controls: EU Countries
Asked by: David Jones (Conservative - Clwyd West)
Thursday 2nd May 2024

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has held recent discussions with the European Commission on the implications for the timing of the EU Entry/Exit System on delays at (a) UK and (b) EU (i) ports, (ii) railway stations and (iii) airports.

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

The Government continues to engage regularly at ministerial and official levels with the European Commission and the French government on EES implementation.

The Government also continues to work with port owners and operators, including the Port of Dover, Eurotunnel and Eurostar / HighSpeed1 (St Pancras) to understand the impact of EES and support their plans to mitigate these. However, it is ultimately for EU Member States to implement EES.

Migrants
Asked by: Alex Cunningham (Labour - Stockton North)
Thursday 2nd May 2024

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if his Department will make an assessment of the potential impact of No Recourse to Public Funds on people who are (a) destitute and (b) facing destitution.

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

The Home Office is committed to the continuous review of the NRPF policy and are engaging with public and private sector organisations on a regular basis to understand the impacts of the NRPF condition.

The Government published an overarching Equality Impact Assessment on the Compliant Environment measures, of which No Recourse to Public Funds (NRPF) is part; Compliant environment: overarching equality impact assessment (accessible) - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

In general, temporary migrants are expected to support themselves and any accompanying family members in the UK without recourse to public funds. This is a well-established principle that protects taxpayer-funded public services from becoming overburdened.

Nonetheless, there are important safeguards in place for those in genuine need. Migrants with permission under the Family or Private Life routes, or the Hong Kong British National (Overseas) routes, can apply, for free, to have their NRPF condition lifted by making a ‘Change of Conditions’ application. An individual on these routes can apply to have their NRPF condition lifted if they are destitute or at risk of imminent destitution, if there are reasons relating to the welfare of a relevant child, or where they are facing exceptional circumstances affecting their income or expenditure.

For all other immigration routes (other than Family or Private Life, or the Hong Kong BN(O) routes), the general expectation is that they will return to their home country should they become unable to meet their essential living needs in the UK. If there are particularly compelling circumstances why leaving the UK is not possible, discretion can be used to consider if the circumstances justify access to public funds.

Local authorities may also provide basic safety net support, regardless of immigration status, if it is established either that there is a risk to the wellbeing of a child or there is a genuine care need that does not arise solely from destitution: for example, where a person has community care needs or serious health problems. Support provided to a child by local authorities is not dependent on the immigration status of the child or their parent(s).

Migrants with NRPF who have paid the necessary National Insurance contributions or have relevant periods of employment or self-employment, can claim contributory benefits and statutory payments such as New Style Jobseekers Allowance, Statutory Sick Pay, and the State Pension.

Asylum: Rwanda
Asked by: John McDonnell (Labour - Hayes and Harlington)
Thursday 2nd May 2024

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the aid budget of preparations to transport migrants to Rwanda including costs (a) paid to the Rwandan Government, (b) defending legal challenges (c) passing the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill and (d) for flights and accommodation in the last 12 months.

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

The funding for the Migration and Economic Development Partnership with Rwanda is separate from, and additional to, the Official Development Assistance (ODA) budget.

The most recently published information, which includes costs paid to the Rwandan government and legal fees, is the National Audit Office Report which can be found here: UK-Rwanda Partnership - NAO report.

Universities: Overseas Students
Asked by: Philippa Whitford (Scottish National Party - Central Ayrshire)
Wednesday 1st May 2024

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will make an assessment of the potential financial impact of trends in the level of enrolments of international students on universities.

Answered by Luke Hall - Minister of State (Education)

The government seeks to ensure that there is a fair and robust migration policy, whilst maintaining the UK’s place as a top destination for the best and brightest students from around the world. The department remains committed to the ambitions set out in the government’s International Education Strategy to host 600,000 international students per year and to increase the value of education exports to £35 billion per year, both by 2030.

The department expects the UK to remain a highly attractive study destination. The UK has four universities in the top ten, and 17 in the top 100, worldwide. The UK has a highly sought after higher education (HE) experience, which is respected by students across the globe. The department is hugely proud to have met its international student recruitment ambition two years running.

However, the level of legal migration remains too high. As a result, on 4 December 2023, the government announced a new package of measures to reduce net migration and curb abuse and exploitation of the country’s immigration system.

The Office for Students (OfS), the independent regulator of the HE sector in England, continues to work closely with the Home Office, Department for Business and Trade, and other governmental departments to assess the impact of these changes on HE providers.

Universities are autonomous institutions responsible for managing their own budgets. The department also works closely with the OfS to understand the evolving landscape, including on risks relating to international students.

Accident and Emergency Departments: Migrants
Asked by: Catherine West (Labour - Hornsey and Wood Green)
Wednesday 1st May 2024

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what guidance her Department provides to NHS A&E departments to ensure staff are aware that A&E services are free of charge regardless of immigration status.

Answered by Helen Whately - Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)

The Department issues guidance to the National Health Service on charging overseas visitors for some NHS services. This guidance is reviewed regularly and makes it clear that some services, including accident and emergency, are free at the point of delivery for everyone. NHS England works with Overseas Visitor Managers in NHS trusts to operationalise this guidance effectively.

EU Countries: Immigration Controls
Asked by: David Jones (Conservative - Clwyd West)
Wednesday 1st May 2024

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, whether his Department has held recent discussions with the European Commission on a derogation for the UK from the EU Entry/Exit System.

Answered by Nusrat Ghani - Minister of State (Minister for Europe)

The Government engages with the European Commission on a range of border issues, including the EU Entry/Exit System.

This is a cross-government effort and we continue to work closely with the Home Office and Department for Transport.

Visas: Skilled Workers
Asked by: Daisy Cooper (Liberal Democrat - St Albans)
Tuesday 30th April 2024

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make it his policy to exempt people who arrived in the UK before 1 January 2024 from the new earnings threshold for skilled worker visa applications.

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

The Government position was originally set out on 8 December 2023. Updated details are available here: homeofficemedia.blog.gov.uk/2024/02/01/reducing-net-migration-factsheet-december-2023/.

Those already in the Skilled Worker route before the Immigration Rules changes are exempt from the new median salary levels when they change sponsor, extend, or settle. We would, however, expect their pay to progress at the same rate as resident workers; therefore, they will be subject to the updated 25th percentiles using the latest pay data when they next make an application to change employment, extend their stay, or settle. This is in line with normal practice.

Anyone switching into the Skilled Worker category after 4 April will be subject to the new salary requirement. This includes those in the UK switching from other immigration routes.

Immigration Controls: Republic of Ireland
Asked by: Jim Shannon (Democratic Unionist Party - Strangford)
Tuesday 30th April 2024

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department is taking to ensure the border between the UK and Republic of Ireland is secure against the passage malign foreign actors.

Answered by Tom Tugendhat - Minister of State (Home Office) (Security)

We continue a high level of cooperation on border security with Ireland; working closely together to identify and tackle those who seek to abuse arrangements from entering the Common Travel Area.

Schedule 3 to the Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 allows a Counter-Terrorism Police Officer to stop, question and, when necessary, detain and search, individuals and goods travelling through UK ports and the “border area” for the purpose of determining whether the person (or the goods) appears to be someone who is, or has been, engaged in hostile activity.

In Northern Ireland, a place is within the “border area” if it is no more than one mile from the border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland or it is the first place at which a train travelling from the Republic of Ireland stops to let passengers off.

Individuals who seek to abuse the Common Travel Area arrangements are liable to be detained, and if unlawfully entering the UK, removed.

Asylum
Asked by: Navendu Mishra (Labour - Stockport)
Tuesday 30th April 2024

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of applicants refused asylum did not appeal that decision in the last 12 months.

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

The requested information cannot be accurately extracted from our internal systems. To provide this information would require a manual trawl of asylum refusal decisions and to do so would incur disproportionate cost.

It might be helpful to explain that data on asylum outcomes is published as part of the Immigration Statistics at Immigration system statistics data tables - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Tab Asy_D02 of the Asylum and Resettlement tables contains data on asylum refusal decisions. Data on appeal volumes is published by HM Courts and Tribunals Service on a quarterly basis. The latest publication can be found at Tribunals statistics quarterly: October to December 2023 - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk). Table FIA_1 of the Main Tables section shows asylum and protection appeal volumes data to 31 December 2023.

Undocumented Migrants
Asked by: Helen Grant (Conservative - Maidstone and The Weald)
Tuesday 30th April 2024

Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Deputy Foreign Secretary, what diplomatic steps he is taking to strengthen international co-operation to tackle illegal migration.

Answered by Andrew Mitchell - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)

We engage with partners worldwide, including through international fora such as the G7 and the UK-hosted European Political Community summit in July 2024, to improve returns processes, tackle organised immigration crime and address the root causes of irregular migration.

In 2023/2024, we signed new deals with Bulgaria, Belgium, and Frontex (European border and coastguard agency), and through our close partnership with France stopped over 26,000 crossing attempts in 2023.

On 17 April 2024, the UK signed an agreement with Vietnam to increase cooperation on tackling illegal migration.

Visas: Graduates
Asked by: Philippa Whitford (Scottish National Party - Central Ayrshire)
Tuesday 30th April 2024

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of (a) the increase in (i) visa and (ii) Immigration Health Surcharge fees and (b) the removal of the ability of taught masters students to bring dependants on trends in the level of demand for graduate visas.

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

The Home Office produced Impact Assessments (IA) alongside the visa and Immigration Health Surcharge (IHS) fee changes and the package of Student route reforms, including the change to dependant eligibility.

The Migration Advisory Committee are undertaking a review of the Graduate route. We will consider any evidence put forward by the MAC very closely.

Immigration
Asked by: Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central)
Monday 29th April 2024

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when his Department plans to publish guidance on the operation of section 8AA of the Immigration Act 1971.

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

Guidance on the operation of section 8AA of the Immigration Act 1971 will be published in due course.

Overseas Students
Asked by: Baroness Jones of Whitchurch (Labour - Life peer)
Monday 29th April 2024

Question to the Department for Education:

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact of the estimated 33 per cent fall in overseas students on the financial viability of UK universities.

Answered by Baroness Barran - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department for Education)

The government seeks to ensure that there is a fair and robust migration policy, whilst maintaining the UK’s place as a top destination for the best and brightest students from around the world. The department remains committed to the ambitions set out in the government’s International Education Strategy to host 600,000 international students per year and to increase the value of its education exports to £35 billion per year, both by 2030.

The department expects the UK to remain a highly attractive study destination. The UK has four universities in the top ten, and 17 in the top 100. The UK has a highly sought after higher education (HE) experience, which is respected by students across the globe. The department is hugely proud to have met its international student recruitment ambition two years running.

However, the level of legal migration remains too high. As a result, on 4 December 2023, the government announced a new package of measures to reduce net migration and curb abuse and exploitation of the country’s immigration system.

Our universities are autonomous institutions responsible for managing their own budgets. The department works closely with the Office for Students, the independent regulator of the HE sector in England, to understand the evolving landscape including on risks relating to international students.

It also continues to work closely with the Home Office, the Department for Business and Trade, and other governmental departments to assess the impact of these changes on HE providers.

Immigration: Overseas Students
Asked by: Lord Johnson of Marylebone (Conservative - Life peer)
Monday 29th April 2024

Question to the Cabinet Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review their statistical methods regarding the inclusion of international students on postgraduate taught courses in net migration figures.

Answered by Baroness Neville-Rolfe - Minister of State (Cabinet Office)

The information requested falls under the remit of the UK Statistics Authority.

Please see the letter attached from the National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority.

The Right Hon. the Lord Johnson of Marylebone

House of Lords

London

SW1A 0PW

19 April 2024

Dear Lord Johnson,

As National Statistician and Chief Executive of the UK Statistics Authority, I am responding to your Parliamentary Question asking what plans there are to review the statistical methods regarding the inclusion of international students on postgraduate taught courses in net migration figures (HL3762).

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is responsible for publishing long-term international migration statistics. The most recent edition is for year-ending (YE) June 2023[1].

Net international migration accounts for a significant part of population change. Therefore, it is important that long-term international migration estimates account for those joining or leaving the UK population for all reasons, including international students (on both undergraduate and postgraduate courses). This ensures that the size of the population can be measured and the impact of migration on the economy and service requirements can be understood.

However, I recognise that there is also a user need for estimates of specific groups such as international students, as well as the need to understand the contribution of students to net international migration. Therefore, the latest long-term international migration estimates for YE June 2023 include breakdowns by reason for migration.

Alongside the latest estimates, the ONS also published an article named Reason for international migration: international students update: November 2023[2]. This presents further analysis of net migration of non-EU international students up to the YE June 2023 along with cohort analysis that provides insight on the changing behaviours of international students. This includes how long they spend studying in the UK before emigrating or, for example, transitioning onto work visas.

The ONS are continuing to develop their research in this area to provide more granular estimates, further insights on migration patterns of international students and identify priority areas for further research based on user priorities. Afurther update on this work will be published in May 2024, including estimates of international student migration for the YE December 2023.

Yours sincerely,

Professor Sir Ian Diamond

[1]https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/bulletins/longterminternationalmigrationprovisional/yearendingjune2023

[2]https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/populationandmigration/internationalmigration/articles/reasonforinternationalmigrationinternationalstudentsupdate/november2023

Immigration: Universities
Asked by: Steve McCabe (Labour - Birmingham, Selly Oak)
Monday 29th April 2024

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of his immigration policies on universities.

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

We keep all our immigration policies under constant review to ensure they best serve the UK and reflect the public’s priorities. Impact assessments are produced and considered when developing Government policies.

We have been successful in delivering our International Education Strategy goal of hosting 600,000 students per year by 2030, earlier than planned, and expect universities to be able to adapt to policy change.

Asylum
Asked by: Tulip Siddiq (Labour - Hampstead and Kilburn)
Monday 29th April 2024

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he plans to issue his Department's guidance on the circumstances in which exceptions will be made for asylum seekers from countries on the safe list.

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.

Overseas Students: Postgraduate Education
Asked by: Lord Johnson of Marylebone (Conservative - Life peer)
Monday 29th April 2024

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government what proportion of international students on student visas are undertaking postgraduate taught courses that can be completed in less than 12 months, and whether that proportion has increased following the COVID-19 pandemic.

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

The Home Office does not publish data on the proportion of student visas for postgraduate taught courses or how long people were resident in the UK on student visas.

The Home Office publishes data on sponsored study visas in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on the outcomes of student visas are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the detailed entry clearance visas dataset. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates up to the end of December 2023.

The Home Office also publishes data on how people move through the immigration system in the Migrant Journey report. The report contains information on the number of people starting a journey each year broken down by immigration route (e.g. study) and for how long they continue to hold leave. It does not contain information on how long people were resident in the UK or the level of qualification for which they were studying. The latest report covers up to the end of 2022.

Overseas Students: Postgraduate Education
Asked by: Lord Johnson of Marylebone (Conservative - Life peer)
Monday 29th April 2024

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government how many international students on student visas who complete postgraduate taught courses and leave the UK within 12 months do not subsequently return to the UK on that visa.

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

The Home Office does not publish data on the proportion of student visas for postgraduate taught courses or how long people were resident in the UK on student visas.

The Home Office publishes data on sponsored study visas in the ‘Immigration System Statistics Quarterly Release’. Data on the outcomes of student visas are published in table ‘Vis_D02’ of the detailed entry clearance visas dataset. Information on how to use the dataset can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data relates up to the end of December 2023.

The Home Office also publishes data on how people move through the immigration system in the Migrant Journey report. The report contains information on the number of people starting a journey each year broken down by immigration route (e.g. study) and for how long they continue to hold leave. It does not contain information on how long people were resident in the UK or the level of qualification for which they were studying. The latest report covers up to the end of 2022.

General Practitioners: Personal Records
Asked by: Christopher Chope (Conservative - Christchurch)
Monday 29th April 2024

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what evidence of (a) identity and (b) immigration status GPs require from patients seeking to access their services; and whether her Department provides guidance to GPs on ensuring that identification provided by those people is genuine.

Answered by Andrea Leadsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Department of Health and Social Care)

Patients have the legal right to choose a general practice (GP) that best suits their needs. An individual should not be refused registration or appointments because they do not have proof of address or personal identification. Patients do not need to provide proof of address or immigration status, identification, or a National Health Service number to register with a GP. The vast majority of migrants are required to pay the Immigration Health Surcharge when applying for a visa to stay in the United Kingdom for longer than six months.

Overseas Students: Postgraduate Education
Asked by: Lord Johnson of Marylebone (Conservative - Life peer)
Monday 29th April 2024

Question to the Home Office:

To ask His Majesty's Government why all international students on postgraduate taught courses are counted as migrants, even though a proportion of those students leave the UK after less than a year.

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

Long-term international migration estimates are produced by the independent Office for National Statistics (ONS). Any decision around the methodology used to estimate net migration would be for the ONS. They use the “UN-recommended definition of a long-term international migrant”, a person who moves to another country other than their own for at least a year (12 months). Students who leave the UK within one year of their arrival are not considered to be long-term migrants. In their ‘Reason for international migration, international students update’ they said:

“An international student is currently defined as someone who arrives in the UK to study and remains for a period of 12 months or more. In line with the current United Nations (UN) definition of a long-term migrant, international students are included in our estimates of long-term immigration.”

Immigration
Asked by: Alison Thewliss (Scottish National Party - Glasgow Central)
Monday 29th April 2024

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what entitlements and restrictions will be attached to leave granted under section 8AA of the Immigration Act 1971 prior to the commencement of section 2(1) of the Illegal Migration Act 2023.

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

The length and conditions associated with leave granted under section 8AA of the Immigration Act 1971 prior to commencement of section 2(1) of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 will be set out in full by Ministers in due course.



Secondary Legislation
Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) (Amendment) Rules 2024
The Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) Rules 2008 (S.I. 2008/2698) (‘the UT Rules’), governs the practice and procedure that apply to proceedings before the Upper Tribunal. These Rules amend the UT Rules to implement the provisions of sections 44 to 46, and 48 to 49 of the Illegal Migration Act 2023 (c. 37) (‘the Act’).
Ministry of Justice
Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation - Made affirmative
Laid: Wednesday 1st May - In Force: Not stated

Found: Tribunal Procedure (Upper Tribunal) (Immigration and Asylum Chamber) (Amendment) Rules 2024

Immigration (Guidance on Detention of Vulnerable Persons) Regulations 2024
These Regulations bring into force revised guidance specifying matters to be taken into account in determining whether a person would be particularly vulnerable to harm if that person were to be detained or to remain in immigration detention and, if so, whether that person should be detained or remain in immigration detention.
Home Office
Parliamentary Status - Text of Legislation - Made negative
Laid: Tuesday 30th April - In Force: 21 May 2024

Found: Immigration (Guidance on Detention of Vulnerable Persons) Regulations 2024



Parliamentary Research
Supply of semiconductor chips - POST-PN-0721
May. 02 2024

Found: other countries, such as the US, for talent so some stakeholders suggest addressing skilled worker immigration

Higher education around the world: Comparing international approaches and performance with the UK - CBP-9840
Apr. 30 2024

Found: The programme is open to immigrants, regardless of their immigration status and those who began a higher

Disinformation: sources, spread and impact - POST-PN-0719
Apr. 26 2024

Found: activists both in support of, and against, certain issues, including Black Lives Matter, gun rights, and immigration



Bill Documents
May. 03 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 3 May 2024
Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24
Amendment Paper

Found: Clause— “Reasonable force in domestic abuse cases (1) Section 76 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration

May. 02 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 2 May 2024
Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24
Amendment Paper

Found: Clause— “Reasonable force in domestic abuse cases (1) Section 76 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration

May. 01 2024
Written evidence submitted by Hunters & Frankau Ltd (TVB22)
Tobacco and Vapes Bill 2023-24
Written evidence

Found: As we do not have evidence on the impact this policy would have on tourism and immigration, we have not

May. 01 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 1 May 2024
Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24
Amendment Paper

Found: Clause— “Reasonable force in domestic abuse cases (1) Section 76 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration

May. 01 2024
HL Bill 76 (as amended in Committee)
Leasehold and Freehold Reform Bill 2023-24
Bill

Found: and Freehold Reform Bill 212 Schedule 9—Part 2: consequential amendments to other legislation Immigration

May. 01 2024
HL Bill 74 Explanatory Notes
Renters (Reform) Bill 2022-23
Explanatory Notes

Found: immediately 7B No right to rent At least one of the tenants (but not all) has no right to rent under immigration

May. 01 2024
HL Bill 74 (as brought from the Commons)
Renters (Reform) Bill 2022-23
Bill

Found: Immigration Act 2016 10 41 In section 41 of the Immigration Act 2016 (order for possession of

Apr. 30 2024
Written evidence submitted by Tor Imports Ltd (TVB07)
Tobacco and Vapes Bill 2023-24
Written evidence

Found: As we do not have evidence on the impact this policy would have on tourism and immigration, we have

Apr. 30 2024
Written evidence submitted by the Imported Tobacco Products Advisory Council (ITPAC) (TVB08)
Tobacco and Vapes Bill 2023-24
Written evidence

Found: As we do not have evidence on the impact this policy would have on tourism and immigration, we have

Apr. 30 2024
Written evidence submitted by Barkers of Harrogate (TVB02)
Tobacco and Vapes Bill 2023-24
Written evidence

Found: As we do not have evidence on the impact this policy would have on tourism and immigration, we have

Apr. 30 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 30 April 2024
Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24
Amendment Paper

Found: relation to UK prisons and escort arrangements under amendments to the Prisons Act made by the Immigration

Apr. 29 2024
HL Bill 71 Explanatory Notes
British Nationality (Irish Citizens) Bill 2023-24
Explanatory Notes

Found: The person must have been in the UK for the requisite period with limited absences; be free from immigration

Apr. 29 2024
HL Bill 71 (as brought from the Commons)
British Nationality (Irish Citizens) Bill 2023-24
Bill

Found: after “4A,” insert “4AA,”. 5 (4) In section 50A (meaning of references to being in breach of immigration

Apr. 29 2024
Notices of Amendments as at 29 April 2024
Criminal Justice Bill 2023-24
Amendment Paper

Found: relation to UK prisons and escort arrangements under amendments to the Prisons Act made by the Immigration

Apr. 26 2024
HL Bill 57-III Third marshalled list for Report
Victims and Prisoners Bill 2022-23
Amendment Paper

Found: or evidence to assist the investigation or prosecution of the crime, must not be used for any immigration



National Audit Office
May. 02 2024
How government works with technology suppliers (webpage)

Found: Borders and immigration Business and industry Childcare and children’s services Commercial and financial

May. 01 2024
Military support to Ukraine (webpage)

Found: Borders and immigration Business and industry Childcare and children’s services Commercial and financial



Department Publications - News and Communications
Friday 3rd May 2024
Home Office
Source Page: Solicitor jailed for selling fraudulent immigration advice
Document: Solicitor jailed for selling fraudulent immigration advice (webpage)

Found: Solicitor jailed for selling fraudulent immigration advice

Tuesday 30th April 2024
Home Office
Source Page: Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats to enhance security checks to prevent illegal working
Document: Deliveroo, Just Eat and Uber Eats to enhance security checks to prevent illegal working (webpage)

Found: advantage of the system to avoid completing right to work checks, leading to an increase in operations by Immigration

Tuesday 30th April 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Source Page: UK sanctions corrupt politicians in Uganda who stole from vulnerable communities
Document: UK sanctions corrupt politicians in Uganda who stole from vulnerable communities (webpage)

Found: entity  A travel ban means that the designated person is an excluded person under section 8B of the Immigration

Tuesday 30th April 2024
Home Office
Source Page: Hate preachers and extremists banned from the UK
Document: Hate preachers and extremists banned from the UK (webpage)

Found: Hate preachers and extremists will be automatically referred to the Home Office for immigration action

Tuesday 30th April 2024
Home Office
Source Page: Home Secretary action delivering major cut in migration
Document: Home Secretary action delivering major cut in migration (webpage)

Found: Strong action taken by the Home Secretary to transform the UK’s immigration system and cut unsustainable

Tuesday 30th April 2024
Ministry of Justice
Source Page: Member of the Tribunal Procedure Committee reappointed
Document: Member of the Tribunal Procedure Committee reappointed (webpage)

Found: Gabriella Bettiga is a consultant solicitor who is the Director of MGBe Legal and provides advice on immigration



Department Publications - Guidance
Friday 3rd May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Source Page: Iceland: notarial and documentary services
Document: Iceland: notarial and documentary services (webpage)

Found: This could be the local town hall, registry office, tax authorities, immigration office or another authority

Thursday 2nd May 2024
Home Office
Source Page: MLA guidelines for authorities outside of the UK
Document: (PDF)

Found: Cooperation Passport Records/Immigration Status ✓ ✓ Requests for this information can be sought

Thursday 2nd May 2024
Home Office
Source Page: MLA guidelines for authorities outside of the UK
Document: (PDF)

Found: • Home Office (w tym brytyjskie służby graniczne i imigracyjne - UK Border Force and Immigration

Thursday 2nd May 2024
Home Office
Source Page: MLA guidelines for authorities outside of the UK
Document: (PDF)

Found: os pedidos de Auxílio Judiciário Mútuo serão encaminhados para o HM Passport Office, UK Visas and Immigration

Thursday 2nd May 2024
Home Office
Source Page: MLA guidelines for authorities outside of the UK
Document: (PDF)

Found: Toutes les demandes d e MLA seront transmises au HM Passport Office, à UK Visas and Immigration ou

Thursday 2nd May 2024
Home Office
Source Page: MLA guidelines for authorities outside of the UK
Document: (PDF)

Found: Pasaport Dairesine (HM Passport Office) ya da Birleşik Krallık Vize ve Göçmenlik Dairesine (UK Visas and Immigration

Thursday 2nd May 2024
Home Office
Source Page: MLA guidelines for authorities outside of the UK
Document: (PDF)

Found: • L’Home Office (compresa the UK Border Force and Immigration Enforcement).

Tuesday 30th April 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Source Page: UK/Rwanda: Agreement for the Provision of an Asylum Partnership to Strengthen Shared International Commitments on the Protection of Refugees and Migrants [TS No.20/2024]
Document: (PDF)

Found: ndividuals not fa lling under Articles 10(1) and 10(2), Rwanda shall : a. regularise that person’s immigration

Tuesday 30th April 2024
Ministry of Justice
Source Page: Information sharing and the effective managment of electronic monitoring: PI 01/2019
Document: (PDF)

Found: instructions HMPPS HQ Public Sector Prisons Contracted Prisons Governors Immigration

Monday 29th April 2024
Home Office
Source Page: Rwanda: country policy and information notes
Document: (PDF)

Found: International BTI Bertelsmann Stiftung’s Transformation Index DGIE (Rwandan) Directorate General of Immigration

Monday 29th April 2024
Home Office
Source Page: Rwanda: country policy and information notes
Document: Rwanda: country policy and information notes (webpage)

Found: Guidance Rwanda: country policy and information notes Guidance used by UK Visas and Immigration

Monday 29th April 2024
Home Office
Source Page: Rwanda: country policy and information notes
Document: (PDF)

Found: source material ensures transparency, traceability and that it is fully disclosable to claimants, the immigration

Monday 29th April 2024
Home Office
Source Page: Rwanda: country policy and information notes
Document: (PDF)

Found: taken to immigration which starts the process.

Monday 29th April 2024
Home Office
Source Page: Rwanda: country policy and information notes
Document: (PDF)

Found: There are immigration offices at all borders and throughout Rwanda.

Monday 29th April 2024
Home Office
Source Page: Rwanda: country policy and information notes
Document: (PDF)

Found: DGIE Directorate General of Immigration and Emigration in Rwanda.

Friday 26th April 2024
Attorney General
Source Page: Attorney General’s Code of Practice issued under Section 377A of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
Document: (PDF)

Found: exercised by the Director General of the NCA and members of their staff, constables, officers of HMRC, immigration

Friday 26th April 2024
Home Office
Source Page: Recovery of cryptoassets: code of practice issued under section 303Z25
Document: (PDF)

Found: power by Officers of Revenue and Customs .... 9 Limitations on the exercise of the search power by Immigration

Friday 26th April 2024
Home Office
Source Page: Search, seizure and detention of property (England and Wales)
Document: (PDF)

Found: powers by officers of Revenue and Customs .................... 12 Limitation on exercise of powers by immigration

Friday 26th April 2024
Home Office
Source Page: Investigations: code of practice issued under section 377
Document: (PDF)

Found: code in relation to investigations in Northern Ireland); • officers of Revenue and Customs; • immigration



Department Publications - Policy paper
Thursday 2nd May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Source Page: UK-EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement, UK Domestic Advisory Group: 2024 to 2025 priorities report
Document: (PDF)

Found: Broaden the range of visitor categories under the UK’s own immigration system .

Tuesday 30th April 2024
Home Office
Source Page: Draft revised guidance on adults at risk in immigration detention, April 2024
Document: (PDF)

Found: Draft revised guidance on adults at risk in immigration detention, April 2024

Tuesday 30th April 2024
Home Office
Source Page: Draft revised guidance on adults at risk in immigration detention, April 2024
Document: Draft revised guidance on adults at risk in immigration detention, April 2024 (webpage)

Found: Draft revised guidance on adults at risk in immigration detention, April 2024

Tuesday 30th April 2024
Home Office
Source Page: Draft revised guidance on adults at risk in immigration detention, April 2024
Document: (PDF)

Found: Draft revised guidance on adults at risk in immigration detention, April 2024

Tuesday 30th April 2024
Home Office
Source Page: Draft revised guidance on adults at risk in immigration detention, April 2024
Document: (PDF)

Found: Draft revised guidance on adults at risk in immigration detention, April 2024

Tuesday 30th April 2024
Home Office
Source Page: Draft revised guidance on adults at risk in immigration detention, April 2024
Document: (PDF)

Found: Draft revised guidance on adults at risk in immigration detention, April 2024



Department Publications - Consultations
Wednesday 1st May 2024
Home Office
Source Page: Updating the domestic homicide review statutory guidance
Document: Draft domestic homicide review statutory guidance (PDF)

Found: In this section you may also want to consider insecure immigration status and geographical factors

Tuesday 30th April 2024
Home Office
Source Page: Proposed amendments to PACE Codes of Practice A and C: strip searches
Document: Draft revised PACE Code 2024 C (PDF)

Found: at a police station in England or Wales are the same as those in Scotland; (ii) arrested under the Immigration



Department Publications - Statistics
Tuesday 30th April 2024
Home Office
Source Page: Monthly entry clearance visa applications
Document: Monthly entry clearance visa applications (webpage)

Found: The quarterly Immigration system statistics provide detailed information on visa applications and outcomes



Non-Departmental Publications - News and Communications
May. 01 2024
Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner
Source Page: OISC Code of Standards
Document: OISC Code of Standards (webpage)
News and Communications

Found: The Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner’s new Code of Standards has now been published.

Apr. 30 2024
Tribunal Procedure Committee
Source Page: Member of the Tribunal Procedure Committee reappointed
Document: Member of the Tribunal Procedure Committee reappointed (webpage)
News and Communications

Found: Gabriella Bettiga is a consultant solicitor who is the Director of MGBe Legal and provides advice on immigration



Non-Departmental Publications - Guidance and Regulation
Apr. 30 2024
HM Prison and Probation Service
Source Page: Information sharing and the effective managment of electronic monitoring: PI 01/2019
Document: (PDF)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: instructions HMPPS HQ Public Sector Prisons Contracted Prisons Governors Immigration

Apr. 26 2024
Government Operational Research Service
Source Page: Government Operational Research Service - Mainstream Recruitment
Document: Government Operational Research Service - Mainstream Recruitment (webpage)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: 2:2 or higher degree and a highly numerate postgraduate degree you satisfy both the nationality and immigration

Apr. 26 2024
Government Operational Research Service
Source Page: Government Operational Research Service - Sandwich Student Scheme
Document: Government Operational Research Service - Sandwich Student Scheme (webpage)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: return to university for your final year after your placement you satisfy both the nationality and immigration

Apr. 26 2024
Government Operational Research Service
Source Page: Government Operational Research Service - Summer Student Scheme
Document: Government Operational Research Service - Summer Student Scheme (webpage)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: return to university for your final year after your placement you satisfy both the nationality and immigration

Apr. 26 2024
Government Operational Research Service
Source Page: Government Operational Research Service - Fast Stream
Document: Government Operational Research Service - Fast Stream (webpage)
Guidance and Regulation

Found: 2:2 or higher degree and a highly numerate postgraduate degree you satisfy both the nationality and immigration



Deposited Papers
Thursday 2nd May 2024
Home Office
Source Page: I. Independent Family Returns Panel (IFRP) interim report 2022-23. 9p. II. Letter dated 29/04/2024 from Michael Tomlinson MP to Diana Johnson MP regarding a document for deposit in the House libraries. 1p.
Document: IFRP_Annual_Report_2022-23.pdf (PDF)

Found: Section 54A of the Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Ac t 2009 as inserted by the Immigration Act

Friday 26th April 2024
Home Office
Source Page: Letter dated 23/04/2024 from Lord Sharpe of Epsom to Baroness Hamwee amd others regarding the scope of the annual report referred to in the government amendment 9C, as discussed during the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill - Lords consideration of Commons amendments and reasons. 2p.
Document: Will_Write_Letter-to_Baroness_Hamwee.pdf (PDF)

Found: report referred to in the government amendment 9C, as discussed during the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration




Immigration mentioned in Scottish results


Scottish Cross Party Group Publications
Minute of Meeting for 7 March 2024 (PDF)
Source Page: Cross-Party Group in the Scottish Parliament on Colleges and Universities
Published: 7th Mar 2024

Found: The topic of the meeting was Immigration policy and the prospect of further reform as led by the UK



Scottish Government Publications
Wednesday 1st May 2024
Ukraine Resettlement Directorate
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Source Page: A Warm Scots Future Equality Impact Assessment Record
Document: A Warm Scots Future - Equality Impact Assessment Record (PDF)

Found: Immigration as a reserved matter As immigration is a reserved matter, the Scottish Government has

Wednesday 1st May 2024
Ukraine Resettlement Directorate
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Source Page: A Warm Scots Future Equality Impact Assessment Record
Document: A Warm Scots Future Equality Impact Assessment Record (webpage)

Found: learning opportunities, and preventing full understanding of their access to rights and entitlements.As immigration

Monday 29th April 2024

Source Page: Pension Age Winter Heating Payment (PAWHP) - Draft Regulations 2024
Document: Pension Age Winter Heating Payment (PAWHP) : Draft Regulations 2024 (PDF)

Found: respect of the qualifying week by virtue of a decision made after that week or that section 115 of the Immigration

Friday 19th April 2024
Financial Management Directorate
Source Page: Scottish Governments Budget calculation: FOI release
Document: Scottish Governments Budget calculation: FOI release (webpage)

Found: Grant35,99336,94037,449RT 23-24 prices38,18836,94036,831    Year on Year Change, £m -1,248-109    Change % -3.3%-0.3%    Immigration



Scottish Parliamentary Debates
General Question Time
37 speeches (19,813 words)
Thursday 2nd May 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Gougeon, Mairi (SNP - Angus North and Mearns) The UK Government’s immigration policies fail to address Scotland’s distinct demographic and economic - Link to Speech

First Minister’s Question Time
87 speeches (44,276 words)
Thursday 2nd May 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Adam, Karen (SNP - Banffshire and Buchan Coast) asylum seekers across the United Kingdom, following the passing of the UK Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration - Link to Speech
2: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) This Government has consistently opposed the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Act 2024, while - Link to Speech
3: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) The Government stands absolutely steadfast in our opposition to the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration - Link to Speech

First Minister’s Question Time
76 speeches (42,964 words)
Thursday 25th April 2024 - Main Chamber
Mentions:
1: Yousaf, Humza (SNP - Glasgow Pollok) Over the past year, Douglas Ross and the Tories have supported the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration - Link to Speech