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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Gill Furniss almost always voted against a stricter asylum system
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On 17 Jan 2024:
Gill Furniss voted no on Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill Committee: Third reading
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On 26 Apr 2022:
Gill Furniss voted to be more lenient when assessing if a refugee had "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", to put the onus of proof on the Government, and to give due weight to the best interests of children and family unity, in relation to such determinations, and to require the law to ensure refugees should not be returned to a country where they face serious threats to their life or freedom.
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On 20 Apr 2022:
Gill Furniss 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:
Gill Furniss 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:
Gill Furniss 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:
Gill Furniss 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:
Gill Furniss 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:
Gill Furniss was absent for a vote on Nationality and Borders Bill — Clause 11 — Differential Treatment of Refugees
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On 22 Mar 2022:
Gill Furniss was absent for a vote on Nationality and Borders Bill — After Clause 12 — Changes to the Immigration Act 1971 — Asylum Seekers' — Employment
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On 22 Mar 2022:
Gill Furniss was absent for a vote on Nationality and Borders Bill — Clause 28 — Removal of Asylum Seeker to Safe Country
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On 22 Mar 2022:
Gill Furniss 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 22 Mar 2022:
Gill Furniss was absent for a vote on Nationality and Borders Bill — Clause 39 — Illegal Entry and Similar Offences
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On 22 Mar 2022:
Gill Furniss was absent for a vote on Nationality and Borders Bill — Clause 58 — Late Compliance with Slavery or Trafficking Information Notice: Damage to Credibility
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On 22 Mar 2022:
Gill Furniss was absent for a vote on Nationality and Borders Bill — Clause 62 — Identified Potential Victims etc: Disqualification from Protection
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On 8 Dec 2021:
Gill Furniss 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:
Gill Furniss 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:
Gill Furniss 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:
Gill Furniss 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:
Gill Furniss 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:
Gill Furniss 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:
Gill Furniss 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:
Gill Furniss 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 18 May 2022:
Gill Furniss 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:
Gill Furniss voted to require that, so far as possible under new asylum laws, no refugees will be returned to a country where they face serious threats to their life or freedom and to require a court or tribunal breaching that principle to make a declaration to that effect.
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On 20 Apr 2022:
Gill Furniss 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:
Gill Furniss was absent for a vote on Nationality and Borders Bill — New Clause — Compliance with the Refugee Convention
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On 22 Mar 2022:
Gill Furniss was absent for a vote on Nationality and Borders Bill — After Clause 37 — Refugee Resettlement Schemes — 10,000 Refugees Per Year
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