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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Chris Skidmore generally voted for a stricter asylum system
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On 26 Apr 2022:
Chris Skidmore 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:
Chris Skidmore was absent for a vote on Nationality and Borders Bill — After Clause 12 — Changes to the Immigration Act 1971 — Asylum Applicants — Right to Work
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On 20 Apr 2022:
Chris Skidmore was absent for a vote on Nationality and Borders Bill — Schedule 3 — Removal of Asylum Seeker to Safe Country
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On 20 Apr 2022:
Chris Skidmore was absent for a vote on Nationality and Borders Bill — After Clause 37 — Immigration Rules: Entry to seek Asylum And Join Family
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On 20 Apr 2022:
Chris Skidmore was absent for a vote on Nationality and Borders Bill — Clause 39 — Illegal Entry and Similar Offences
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On 20 Apr 2022:
Chris Skidmore was absent for a vote on Nationality and Borders Bill — Clause 40 — Offence of Assisting an Asylum Seeker
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On 22 Mar 2022:
Chris Skidmore voted 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:
Chris Skidmore voted against "allowing 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:
Chris Skidmore voted to permit removing someone to a safe third country whilst their asylum claim is pending.
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On 22 Mar 2022:
Chris Skidmore voted against allowing people who are in Europe and have a family member living lawfully in the UK to enter the United Kingdom to seek asylum.
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On 22 Mar 2022:
Chris Skidmore voted in favour of making 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:
Chris Skidmore voted 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, unless there is a good reason for the delay in providing information.
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On 22 Mar 2022:
Chris Skidmore voted not 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 and to allow those under 18 years to be denied the recovery period.
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On 8 Dec 2021:
Chris Skidmore was absent for a vote on Nationality and Borders Bill — Third Reading
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On 7 Dec 2021:
Chris Skidmore was absent for a vote on Nationality and Borders Bill — Clause 39 — Illegal Entry and Similar Offences — Exemptions
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On 20 Jul 2021:
Chris Skidmore voted for a series of changes to the law on immigration and nationality, including permitting the removal of asylum seekers with applications pending to other countries and provisions aimed at discouraging unsafe and dangerous routes of entry.
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On 20 Jul 2021:
Chris Skidmore voted for a series of changes to the law on immigration and nationality, including permitting the removal of asylum seekers with applications pending to other countries and provisions aimed at discouraging unsafe and dangerous routes of entry.
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On 19 Oct 2020:
Chris Skidmore voted not 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:
Chris Skidmore voted to remove 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:
Chris Skidmore voted against requiring 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 instead voted to require the Government to set out its policy on this subject.
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On 8 Jan 2020:
Chris Skidmore voted to remove 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:
Chris Skidmore voted against giving asylum seekers permission to work if a decision on their application takes over six months.
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On 14 Dec 2015:
Chris Skidmore voted to support the Government's decision not to opt into a European Union response to disproportionate migration into certain states involving measures to relocate individuals in need of international protection (asylum).
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On 1 Dec 2015:
Chris Skidmore voted to restrict the support available to failed asylum seekers and illegal migrants.
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On 18 May 2022:
Chris Skidmore voted not to express support for a broad set of policies put forward by the leader of the Liberal Democrats. The policies in question were: providing more help to unpaid carers; tackling issues in education relating to special educational needs or disability; supporting pupils impacted by the pandemic; doing more in respect of the cost of living; cutting VAT from 20 to 17.5%; tackling violence against women and girls; providing sanctuary to refugees fleeing war and persecution; tackling the shortage of GPs and dentists; tackling longer ambulance waiting times; restoring the target of 0.7% of Gross National Income for aid, and not cutting the armed forces.
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On 26 Apr 2022:
Chris Skidmore was absent for a vote on Nationality and Borders Bill — Before Clause 11 — Compliance with the Refugee Convention
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On 20 Apr 2022:
Chris Skidmore was absent for a vote on Nationality and Borders Bill — Before Clause 11 — Interpretation of Part 2 — Compliance with International Agreements
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On 22 Mar 2022:
Chris Skidmore voted not 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:
Chris Skidmore voted against the resettlement, in the United Kingdom, of at least 10,000 refugees per year.
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On 1 Dec 2015:
Chris Skidmore voted in favour of making it a criminal offence for someone to work if their immigration status prohibits it.
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On 1 Dec 2015:
Chris Skidmore voted to make it an offence to rent a home to someone who is disqualified as a result of their immigration status from occupying premises under a residential tenancy agreement.
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On 1 Dec 2015:
Chris Skidmore voted to extend the power to deport an individual before considering an appeal on human rights grounds so it applies to all those appealing on human rights grounds against their removal.
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On 1 Dec 2015:
Chris Skidmore voted to create criminal offences of renting a home, driving, and working, while disqualified from doing so due to immigration status; and for other measures in the Immigration Bill.
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On 13 Oct 2015:
Chris Skidmore voted to create criminal offences of renting a home, driving, and working, while disqualified from doing so due to immigration status; and for other measures in the Immigration Bill
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On 13 Oct 2015:
Chris Skidmore voted to create criminal offences of renting a home, driving, and working, while disqualified from doing so due to immigration status; and for other measures in the Immigration Bill.
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On 9 Sep 2015:
Chris Skidmore voted against greater international efforts through the United Nations to secure the position of refugees across the Middle East and against the UK playing a full role, with others, in providing sanctuary.
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