Results 1-20 of 51 for iraq speaker:Beverley Hughes

Written Answers — Home Department: Asylum Seekers (30 Mar 2004)

Ms Beverley Hughes: At present, removals to Iraq are on a voluntary basis, but on 24 February 2004 my right hon. Friend the Home Secretary announced that the UK was the first country to reach agreement with the Coalition Provisional Authority to begin enforced returns of failed Iraqi asylum seekers. The pilot scheme will begin in April and will allow 30 Iraqis per month to be returned initially; it will be...

Written Ministerial Statements — Home Department: Immigration and Nationality Directorate (25 Mar 2004)

Ms Beverley Hughes: ...for providing support to single failed asylum seekers under section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 which provides for exceptional help to those asylum applicants whose claims have failed; Iraqis will no longer be routinely eligible for section 4 support unless they are co-operating with voluntary returns. This is in line with our section 4 policy for other nationalities now that...

Written Answers — Home Department: Asylum and Immigration (2 Mar 2004)

Ms Beverley Hughes: ...United Kingdom has had a tripartite Memorandum of Understanding in operation governing returns to Afghanistan and very recently agreed with the Coalition Provisional Authority to effect returns to Iraq. Applications(37) , (38) received for asylum in the United Kingdom, excluding dependants, for nationalities from which the UK has received more than 1,000 asylum applications within the last...

Written Answers — Home Department: Asylum Seekers (23 Feb 2004)

Ms Beverley Hughes: The tables show the available information, relating to the outcomes of initial decisions, including refusals of leave to remain, and grants of asylum and the outcome of appeals at the IAA, for Iraqi nationals, who have applied for asylum in the United Kingdom, for each year from 1997 to September 2003. Data by nationality are not available for outcomes at the other levels of appeal....

Written Answers — Home Department: Asylum Seekers (23 Feb 2004)

Ms Beverley Hughes: ...failed asylum seekers who are unable to leave immediately due to circumstances entirely beyond their control. Currently accommodation will be provided to Kurds from the Kurdish Autonomous Zone of Iraq because until recently there was no viable route of return. Now that Kurds from Iraq can leave under the Voluntary Assisted Return and Reintegration Programme the policy of providing...

Written Answers — Home Department: Asylum Seekers (23 Feb 2004)

Ms Beverley Hughes: holding answer 12 February 2004 Failed Iraqi asylum seekers are expected to return to Iraq voluntarily once they have exhausted the appeal process; they can do so through the Voluntary Assisted Return and Reintegration Programme operated by the International Organisation for Migration. We are currently working on proposals for enforced return.

Written Ministerial Statements — Home Department: Race Relations (Amendment) Act (23 Feb 2004)

Ms Beverley Hughes: ...is to identify individuals who have claimed asylum, are failed asylum seekers or absconders, or who already have some form of status in another country and who subsequently claim asylum in the UK. Iraq, Turkey, Iran, Somalia and Sudan were the top five nationalities subject to third country/Dublin action in the last six months of 2003. This means that other EU member states are properly...

Written Answers — Home Department: Asylum Seekers (2 Feb 2004)

Ms Beverley Hughes: Estimates of the number of nationals of Iraq who had sought asylum at some stage and who were removed from the UK from 1997 to June 2003 (the latest date for which figures are available) are shown in the table. These figures include persons departing 'voluntarily' after the initiation of enforcement action against them, and persons leaving under Assisted Voluntary Returns Programmes run by...

Written Answers — Home Department: Asylum Seekers (2 Feb 2004)

Ms Beverley Hughes: Estimates of the number of nationals of Iraq who had sought asylum at some stage and who were removed from the UK since the fall of Saddam Hussein in April 2003 to June 2003—the latest available figures—are shown in the table. These figures include persons departing 'voluntarily' after the initiation of enforcement action against them, and persons leaving under Assisted Voluntary...

Written Answers — Home Department: Asylum (15 Jan 2004)

Ms Beverley Hughes: ... Jamaica 390 65 325 215 35 180 Americas other 80 25 55 60 25 35 Americas total 625 120 505 370 85 285 Middle East Iran 655 190 465 625 190 435 Iraq 2,135 270 1,865 635 65 570 Middle East other 265 85 180 230 80 150 Middle East total 3,055 540 2,515 1,490 340 1,155 Africa Algeria 210 35 175...

Written Answers — Home Department: Immigration (15 Jan 2004)

Ms Beverley Hughes: ... 2,720 Sudan 20 Tanzania 10 Uganda 160 Other Africa 275 Africa 3,810 Bangladesh * India 20 Pakistan 75 Indian sub-continent 95 Iran 140 Iraq 335 Kuwait 15 Lebanon 85 Yemen 5 Other Middle East 20 Middle East 600 Afghanistan 1,890 China 15 Sri Lanka 90 Hong Kong 5 Other Asia 5 ...

Written Answers — Home Department: Asylum and Immigration (5 Jan 2004)

Ms Beverley Hughes: ...subject to administrative removal, removal due to illegal entry action or those refused entry at port and subsequently removed. Estimates of the number of nationals of Somalia, Afghanistan and Iraq who had sought asylum at some stage and who were removed between January and June 2003 are shown in the table. These figures include persons departing 'voluntarily' after the initiation of...

Written Answers — Home Department: Asylum Seekers (17 Nov 2003)

Ms Beverley Hughes: ..., Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Canada, Central African Republic, Chad, China, Congo, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Djibouti, Ecuador, Estonia, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea-Bissau, Hungary, Iraq, Ivory Coast, India, Jamaica, Kenya, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malawi, Mali, Malta, Mauritania, Mauritius, Moldova, Mongolia, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Pakistan, Poland,...

Written Answers — Home Department: Asylum Seekers (17 Nov 2003)

Ms Beverley Hughes: ...20 20 Total: 3,125 2,125 1,415 Americas Colombia 110 90 60 Ecuador 90 65 40 Others 585 470 275 Total: 785 625 370 Middle East Iran 820 655 625 Iraq 4,275 2,135 635 Others 350 265 230 Total: 5,445 3,055 1,490 Africa Algeria 245 210 100 Angola 340 300 165 Democratic Republic of Congo 690 460 300 ...

Written Answers — Home Department: Asylum Seekers (21 Oct 2003)

Ms Beverley Hughes: ...30 25 25 15 Africa Other 25 20 20 30 35 35 35 30 65 Africa Total 290 250 320 330 355 365 320 365 350 Iran 20 70 35 45 50 40 50 35 40 Iraq 40 25 15 15 35 40 60 55 90 Lebanon 5 5 5 5 5 5 10 10 10 Middle East Other 20 15 5 10 10 15 15 15 10 Middle East Total 85 115 65 70 105 100 135 110...

Written Answers — Home Department: Asylum Seekers (15 Jul 2003)

Ms Beverley Hughes: The table shows the number of Iraqi asylum applicants, excluding dependants, refused asylum or exceptional leave to remain in the United Kingdom between January 1998 and December 2002. These statistics relate to initial decisions only and exclude the outcome of appeals or other subsequent decisions. Initial decisions on applications received for asylum in the United Kingdom(30) for nationals...

Written Answers — Home Department: Asylum Seekers (15 Jul 2003)

Ms Beverley Hughes: Decision making on Iraqi asylum applications was suspended on 20 March 2003 at the onset of military action. The rapidly changing country conditions meant that there was insufficient information to make a fully considered decision, either positive or negative, about an applicant's claim and whether they would qualify for asylum under the United Nations Convention. We decided to resume...

Written Answers — Home Department: Work Permits (8 Jul 2003)

Ms Beverley Hughes: ...Guinea 17 Guinea-Bissau 5 Guyana 170 Haiti 12 Honduras 3 Hong Kong (British) 199 Hong Kong (Chinese) 379 Hungary 851 India 31,820 Indonesia 303 Iran 341 Iraq 60 Israel 578 Ivory Coast 28 Jamaica 1,515 Japan 4,104 Jordan 194 Kazakhstan 138 Kenya 993 Kosovo 8 Kuwait 31 Kyrgyzstan 13 Laos 2 Latvia...

Written Ministerial Statements — Home Department: Asylum Claims (16 Jun 2003)

Ms Beverley Hughes: On 20 March we suspended consideration of Iraqi asylum applications following the start of military action in Iraq. We have been keeping under review whether this suspension should be kept in place. Large numbers of Iraqis have come to the UK to seek asylum in recent years. We have provided them with asylum or protection on other grounds when they have needed it, but the situation in Iraq...

Written Answers — Home Department: Asylum Seekers (10 Jun 2003)

Ms Beverley Hughes: We do not currently enforce returns to: Burundi, where the general security situation is poor; to Iraq, previously due to the nature of the Saddam regime and subsequently due to the recent conflict; to Somalia, due to conditions arising from fighting between rival militia; or Zimbabwe, where we introduced a temporary suspension of enforced removals in January 2002 due to the political...