Asylum Seekers Resettlement and Relocation 2020-09-28
2020-09-28
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Following a fire at Moria refugee camp on Lesvos, leaving 13,000 homeless and affecting unaccompanied refugee children, the questioner seeks relocation assistance for these individuals.
If she will relocate a number of unaccompanied refugee children affected by the recent fire at Moria refugee camp on Lesvos from Greece to the UK. The hon. Member for Walthamstow (Stella Creasy) asks if we can assist with relocating some of these vulnerable individuals.
We are investigating ways that the United Kingdom Government can help our colleagues in Greece, including using overseas aid money and assisting with family reunion rules under Dublin regulations. The Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office is looking at providing shelter assistance.
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Specific commitment to relocate vulnerable children beyond family reunion rules was not provided
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Q2
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Conditions in Aegean islands are overcrowded and worsened by a fire leaving 13,000 homeless. Ten countries have agreed to take some unaccompanied minors.
Given the Home Secretary's emphasis on safe legal routes, will the Government join Germany and France in offering to relocate vulnerable asylum seekers from Aegean islands beyond family reunion rules?
We are investigating ways that we can help Greece, including using overseas aid money and looking at people entitled to be relocated under Dublin regulations. We will do everything possible to meet our obligations.
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Specific commitment to relocate beyond family reunion rules was not provided
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Q3
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13,000 refugees are homeless due to fires in Greece. 21 confirmed cases of COVID-19 with a quarantine capacity of just 30. Ten countries have agreed to take some minors.
Some 13,000 refugees are without shelter after recent fires in Greece, including 3,800 children. The UK has taken only 16 from the camp under the Dubs scheme while promising to take 3,000. Will the Minister meet to discuss what more can be done?
We have fulfilled our Dubs obligation by bringing 380 unaccompanied children from Europe. Over 100 people have been relocated from Greece directly here. The FCDO is looking at ways to provide shelter assistance in the Aegean islands.
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Specific commitment to meet and discuss further actions was not provided
Fulfilled Dubs Obligation
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Partner agencies were notified to lift a ban on asylum evictions as of September 15, raising concerns about public health risks.
The Home Office lifted the ban on asylum evictions as we enter a second wave of infections. Can the Minister share the plan to ensure these risks do not become reality?
On 27 March, cessations were paused for positive asylum cases and resumed on August 11 in a phased manner. We are now beginning the process for negative cases, moving them carefully into local authority accommodation.
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Specific plan to ensure risks do not materialize was not provided
Phased Approach
Careful Steps
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