Asked by: Baroness Hoey (Non-affiliated - Life peer)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what arrangements are in place with the government of Ireland for illegal immigrants to be returned from that country to the United Kingdom.
Answered by Lord Sharpe of Epsom - Parliamentary Under-Secretary (Home Office)
We have no plans for a specific returns agreement with Ireland on the return of asylum seekers.
Jul. 22 2009
Source Page: Declaration on immigration of the French-British summit of 6 July 2009. 2 p.Found: governments reaffirm their intention to take resolute action to reduce the pull factors for illegal immigrants
Sep. 26 2024
Source Page: The Historical Roots of the Windrush ScandalFound: ............................... .......................... 29 THE 1962 AND 1968 COMMONWEALTH IMMIGRANTS
Mentions:
1: Neil O'Brien (Con - Harborough, Oadby and Wigston) Finally, and above all, will the Government start to address the deeper reasons why illegal immigrants - Speech Link
2: Nick Timothy (Con - West Suffolk) She said that her policy was instead to consider the asylum claims of all illegal immigrants subject - Speech Link
3: Rupert Lowe (RUK - Great Yarmouth) The vast majority of these men are not “irregular”, or asylum seekers; they are illegal immigrants and - Speech Link
4: Nigel Farage (RUK - Clacton) They put knives in the dinghies, but the problem is that the prospective illegal immigrants just hide - Speech Link
Written Evidence Jan. 10 2024
Inquiry: UK-Rwanda asylum AgreementFound: URA0007 - UK-Rwanda asylum Agreement The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI) Written Evidence
Asked by: John Hayes (Conservative - South Holland and The Deepings)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether he has had discussions with the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care on the advice given to immigrants by care worker agencies on finding suitable accommodation in the UK.
Answered by Tom Pursglove
The Department of Health and Social Care have published guidance for people applying for health and social care jobs which can be found below: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/applying-for-health-and-social-care-jobs-in-the-uk-from-abroad.
The Legal Migration and Borders Minister has met regularly with his counterpart in DHSC to discuss care worker visas.
Reduce the £38,700 per year salary threshold requirement for immigrants to obtain a job via the skilled workers route, which has been implemented in 2024.
Found: Reduce the £38,700 per year salary threshold requirement for immigrants to obtain a job via the skilled
Asked by: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green Party - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the progress in ensuring immigrants from Hong Kong achieve employment commensurate with their education and skills; and what steps they are taking to assist new and recent arrivals to achieve this.
Answered by Baroness Scott of Bybrook - Opposition Whip (Lords)
Since April 2021, DLUHC's Hong Kong British National (Overseas) [BN(O)] Welcome Programme has provided universal and targeted support. For the financial year (FY) 23/24, this included funding for VCSE organisations at both a national and regional level to deliver employability support.
In 2024/25, we continue to fund local authorities across England to provide English language support, alongside a network of Welcome Hubs across the UK.
Recent research has shown that almost half of employed BN(O)s, of all levels of skill and qualifications, report that their job does not match their skills and experience. To address this need, further VCSE grant funding is being provided in FY 24/25, for targeted employability support in England only. The deadline for grant applications was the 28 April and the successful organisation will be announced shortly.
BN(O) visa holders can also contact their local Hong Kong BN(O) Welcome Hub (delivered by Strategic Migration Partnerships) which DLUHC funds for further information on employability support offered locally.
Written Evidence Jan. 29 2024
Committee: Human Rights (Joint Committee)Found: RWA0004 - Safety of Rwanda (Asylum & Immigration) Bill Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants Written
Asked by: Andrew Rosindell (Conservative - Romford)
Question to the Home Office:
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate he has made of the number of illegal immigrants who gain entry to the United Kingdom via air travel; and what steps he has taken to tackle illegal immigration to the United Kingdom via air travel.
Answered by Tom Pursglove
The Home Office publishes statistics on detected irregular arrivals to the UK in the ‘Irregular migration to the UK’ statistics release, available on gov.uk. Data on irregular arrivals by method of entry is published in table Irr_D01 of the ‘Irregular migration to the UK detailed datasets’, with the latest data up to the end of September 2023.