Asylum
The asylum system is intended to protect people fleeing persecution in their own countries. Parliament has voted on subjects including: routes via which people may enter the United Kingdom to seek asylum; the circumstances in which those seeking asylum may work; support for those seeking asylum and if to allow those claiming asylum to be removed to other countries while their claim is assessed.
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Jeremy Corbyn almost always voted against a stricter asylum system
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On 18 May 2022:
Jeremy Corbyn was absent for a vote on Programme for Government — Amendment from the Leader of the Liberal Democrats
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On 26 Apr 2022:
Jeremy Corbyn was absent for a vote on Nationality and Borders Bill — Before Clause 11 — Compliance with the Refugee Convention
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On 26 Apr 2022:
Jeremy Corbyn was absent for a vote on Nationality and Borders Bill — Before Clause 11 — Compliance with the Refugee Convention — Direct Travel and Prompt Presentation Assessments
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On 20 Apr 2022:
Jeremy Corbyn voted to explicitly require that no refugees will be returned to a country where they face serious threats to their life or freedom as a result of the operation of new asylum laws.
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On 20 Apr 2022:
Jeremy Corbyn voted to allow those seeking asylum, and their adult dependents, to work if a decision on their application has not been made within six months.
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On 20 Apr 2022:
Jeremy Corbyn voted to prevent anyone from being removed from, or required to leave, the UK while their asylum application is pending.
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On 20 Apr 2022:
Jeremy Corbyn voted for UK law to allow entry to the UK to seek asylum and against UK law enabling unaccompanied children in Europe who have a family member in the UK to seek asylum in the UK.
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On 20 Apr 2022:
Jeremy Corbyn voted against creating an offence of entering the United Kingdom without a valid entry clearance (if one is required), and in favour of creating an alternative narrower offence of arriving in the United Kingdom in breach of a deportation order.
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On 20 Apr 2022:
Jeremy Corbyn voted not to make it an offence to help an asylum-seeker enter the UK even where that help is provided "for gain" and not to make it an offence to help an asylum-seeker if there is a "reasonable excuse" for helping.
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On 22 Mar 2022:
Jeremy Corbyn voted to explicitly require that no refugees will be returned to a country where they face serious threats to their life or freedom as a result of the operation of new asylum laws.
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On 22 Mar 2022:
Jeremy Corbyn voted not to permit treating refugees who have not "come to the United Kingdom directly from a country or territory where their life or freedom was threatened" and "presented themselves without delay to the authorities" differently from those who have.
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On 22 Mar 2022:
Jeremy Corbyn voted to allow "asylum seekers and their adult dependents, including failed asylum seekers who have raised further submissions, to work on the same terms as a person with refugee status if a decision on their claim has not been determined within six months".
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On 22 Mar 2022:
Jeremy Corbyn voted forbid removing someone from the UK, even to a safe third country, whilst their asylum claim is pending.
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On 22 Mar 2022:
Jeremy Corbyn voted to allow people to enter the United Kingdom to seek asylum if they are coming from Europe and have a family member living lawfully in the UK.
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On 22 Mar 2022:
Jeremy Corbyn voted for the resettlement, in the United Kingdom, of at least 10,000 refugees per year.
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On 22 Mar 2022:
Jeremy Corbyn voted not to make it an offence to knowingly arrive in the United Kingdom without a valid entry clearance, if such a clearance is required.
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On 22 Mar 2022:
Jeremy Corbyn voted not to consider asylum seekers who fail, when requested, to provide information relating to them being a victim of slavery or trafficking within a set time-limit, to have reduced credibility.
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On 22 Mar 2022:
Jeremy Corbyn voted to raise the threshold for denying an individual the 30-day recovery period for victims, or potential victims of slavery or trafficking, during which they cannot be removed from the United Kingdom, and to prevent those under 18 years ever being denied the recovery period.
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On 8 Dec 2021:
Jeremy Corbyn voted against a series of changes to the law on immigration and nationality, against permitting the removal of asylum seekers with applications pending to other countries and against provisions aimed at discouraging unsafe and dangerous routes of entry.
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On 7 Dec 2021:
Jeremy Corbyn voted to exempt those facing persecution in their own countries, and others in need of international protection, from a new offence of arriving in the UK without a valid entry clearance.
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On 20 Jul 2021:
Jeremy Corbyn voted against a series of changes to the law on immigration and nationality, against permitting the removal of asylum seekers with applications pending to other countries and against provisions aimed at discouraging unsafe and dangerous routes of entry.
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On 20 Jul 2021:
Jeremy Corbyn voted against a series of changes to the law on immigration and nationality, against permitting the removal of asylum seekers with applications pending to other countries and against provisions aimed at discouraging unsafe and dangerous routes of entry.
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On 19 Oct 2020:
Jeremy Corbyn voted to allow those in the EU who wish to make a claim for asylum in the UK, and who would have been eligible for transfer to the UK under EU regulations, to enter the UK to make their claim.
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On 30 Jun 2020:
Jeremy Corbyn voted to retain rights for unaccompanied asylum-seeking children, spouses, vulnerable adults and dependant adults to join a family member who is legally present in the United Kingdom.
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On 22 Jan 2020:
Jeremy Corbyn voted to require ministers to seek to negotiate with the EU to allow unaccompanied children seeking asylum to join their relatives by moving from the UK to the EU or vice-versa, and voted against merely requiring the Government to set out its policy on this subject.
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On 8 Jan 2020:
Jeremy Corbyn voted to retain a requirement for ministers to seek to negotiate an agreement with the EU to enable unaccompanied child refugees to join their relatives.
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On 25 Apr 2016:
Jeremy Corbyn was absent for a vote on Immigration Bill — Asylum Seekers: Permission to Work after Six Months
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On 14 Dec 2015:
Jeremy Corbyn was absent for a vote on European Union Documents — Relocation of Migrants in need of International Protection
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On 1 Dec 2015:
Jeremy Corbyn was absent for a vote on Immigration Bill — Clause 8 — Offence of Illegal Working
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On 1 Dec 2015:
Jeremy Corbyn was absent for a vote on Immigration Bill — Clauses 13-16 — Residential Tenancies
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On 1 Dec 2015:
Jeremy Corbyn was absent for a vote on Immigration Bill — Support for Failed Asylum Seekers and Illegal Migrants
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On 1 Dec 2015:
Jeremy Corbyn was absent for a vote on Immigration Bill — Clause 34 — Human Rights Appeals within the United Kingdom
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On 1 Dec 2015:
Jeremy Corbyn was absent for a vote on Immigation Bill — Third Reading
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On 13 Oct 2015:
Jeremy Corbyn voted against creating criminal offences of renting a home, driving, and working, while disqualified from doing so due to immigration status; and against other measures in the Immigration Bill
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On 13 Oct 2015:
Jeremy Corbyn voted against creating criminal offences of renting a home, driving, and working, while disqualified from doing so due to immigration status; and against other measures in the Immigration Bill.
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On 9 Sep 2015:
Jeremy Corbyn was absent for a vote on Opposition Day — Assistance for Middle East Refugees
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On 25 Jul 2007:
Jeremy Corbyn was absent for a vote on The Asylum (Designated States) Order 2007
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On 29 Mar 2006:
Jeremy Corbyn voted yes on Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill — Allow failed asylum seekers to be given cash rather than vouchers — rejected
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On 16 Nov 2005:
Jeremy Corbyn voted yes on Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill — Prevent the government from interpreting the Geneva Convention so that terrorism can be used as grounds to dismiss asylum claims — rejected
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On 16 Nov 2005:
Jeremy Corbyn was absent for a vote on Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill — Third Reading
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On 16 Nov 2005:
Jeremy Corbyn voted no on Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Bill — Excuse employers who employed illegal immigrants but took reasonable steps to comply with the necessary requirements — rejected
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On 1 Mar 2004:
Jeremy Corbyn voted no on Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, Etc.) Bill — Burden of proof on prosecution rather than defendant in cases where immigrants to not have travel documents — rejected
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On 1 Mar 2004:
Jeremy Corbyn voted yes on Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, Etc.) Bill — Give support to failed asylum seekers and their families — rejected
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On 1 Mar 2004:
Jeremy Corbyn voted yes on Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, Etc.) Bill — Asylum appeals should be referred to a higher court — rejected
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On 1 Mar 2004:
Jeremy Corbyn voted yes on Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, Etc.) Bill — Give support to asylum seekers even when they make a late claim — rejected
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On 1 Mar 2004:
Jeremy Corbyn voted no on Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, Etc.) Bill — Third Reading
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On 17 Dec 2003:
Jeremy Corbyn voted yes on Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill — Decline to give a Second Reading — rejected
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On 17 Dec 2003:
Jeremy Corbyn voted no on Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc.) Bill — Second Reading
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On 16 Jul 2003:
Jeremy Corbyn voted no on Asylum (Designated States) (No. 2) Order 2003
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On 17 Mar 2003:
Jeremy Corbyn voted no on Asylum (Designated States) Order 2003
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On 5 Nov 2002:
Jeremy Corbyn acted as teller for a vote on Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Asylum seekers can be placed in accommodation centres even if there is no local school pace for dependent children
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On 5 Nov 2002:
Jeremy Corbyn voted no on Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Refuse support to asylum seekers who make a late claim
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On 12 Jun 2002:
Jeremy Corbyn voted no on Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Allow the withdrawal of support from immigrants and asylum seekers in certain circumstances
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On 12 Jun 2002:
Jeremy Corbyn voted yes on Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Do not penalise those who bring passengers to the UK without the necessary authority — rejected
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On 12 Jun 2002:
Jeremy Corbyn voted no on Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Third Reading
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On 11 Jun 2002:
Jeremy Corbyn was absent for a vote on Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Only allow destitute asylum seekers and those under residence restrictions to live in accommodation centres for a maximum of 10 weeks — rejected
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On 11 Jun 2002:
Jeremy Corbyn voted no on Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Do not allow appeals against rejected asylum claims from within the UK if the claim is unfounded
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On 11 Jun 2002:
Jeremy Corbyn voted yes on Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Bill — Allow earlier rights of appeal — rejected
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