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Channel crossings, migration and asylum: first report of session 2022-23
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. House of Commons. Home Affairs Committee
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. House of Commons
- Publication year:
- 2022
- Pagination:
- 59
- Place of publication:
- London
This report seeks to consider why there has been a sharp and apparently continuing rise in the number of small boats carrying migrants to the United Kingdom across the English Channel in the past five years. The report finds that while the numbers now travelling on boats have increased sharply, and the nationality, gender and age of those attempting the crossing has become more diverse, the overall numbers of people seeking asylum in the UK are not exceptional either within the UK's recent history or by comparison with the numbers applying to EU member states. More significant are the facts that decision-making within the asylum system is hindered by outdated technology and high staff turnover; the number of people requiring state support, while waiting increasingly long periods for those decisions, has exceeded the available supply of accommodation; and new arrangements for the return or transfer to Europe of people whose claim for asylum is not to be considered in the UK, together with provisions for safe and legal family reunion in the UK, remain unresolved following the UK's exit from the EU. The report urges the Government to show leadership through redoubling efforts to engage and co-operate with international partners. The provision of safe and legal routes to the UK should be a key part of the Government's strategy to counter the criminal trade, and this has not yet received the attention it deserves. The Government risks undermining its own ambitions and the UK's international standing if it cannot demonstrate that proposed policies such as pushbacks, now abandoned, and offshore processing, such as the Rwanda partnership now being legally challenged, are compatible with international law and conventions. (Edited publisher abstract)
Female genital mutilation: abuse unchecked: ninth report of session 2016-17: report, together with formal minutes relating to the report
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. House of Commons. Home Affairs Committee
- Publisher:
- Great Britain. House of Commons
- Publication year:
- 2016
- Pagination:
- 34
- Place of publication:
- London
Updates on the effectiveness of Government measures to tackle Female genital mutilation (FGM) since the Committee published its previous report in 2015 and highlights additional action required. The report draws on evidence from a roundtable discussion attended by survivors, grassroots organisations, clinicians, representatives from the criminal justice system and education. It looks at progress made in the collection of data on FGM, mandatory reporting of FGM by clinicians, the effectiveness of current safeguarding policy; and levels of prosecutions of those carrying out FGM. It finds there has been some progress in the collection of data on FGM, but recommends using a more reliable methodology that engages more directly with women and families from practising countries. There have been no successful prosecutions for an FGM offence since it was made illegal over 30 years ago, and the Committee highlights effective practice in other countries to support girls who are prepared to give evidence against perpetrators. Recommendations include: the introduction of stronger sanctions for healthcare professionals, social care workers and teachers who do not meet the mandatory reporting responsibility; and centrally collated data on the mandatory reporting of FGM. (Edited publisher abstract)
Female genital mutilation: follow-up: sixteenth report of session 2014-15: report, together with formal minutes
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. House of Commons. Home Affairs Committee
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2015
- Pagination:
- 20
- Place of publication:
- London
Report summarising progress to tackle Female genital mutilation the UK since the Home Affairs Committee published their report 'Female genital mutilation report: the case for a national action plan' in July 2014. The report looks progress in raising the profile of FGM, prosecuting FGM, female genital cosmetic surgery, safeguarding at-risk girls. It also summarises Government action since June 2014 with the introduction of the Serious Crime Act 2014 and making funding available for campaigners and community projects. The report acknowledges progress achieved, but that more still needs to be done to: increase awareness among professionals of the training available to them, and the support services available to victims of FGM; bring and secure more prosecutions; encouraging doctors and health workers to report FGM; and improving communication with and for campaigners within communities. (Original abstract)
Managing migration: the points based system: thirteenth report of session 2008-09: volume I: report together with formal minutes
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. House of Commons. Home Affairs Committee
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 131p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This volume consists of the thirteenth report of session 2008-2009 of the House of Commons Home Affairs Committee inquiry into the Government’s implementation plans for its new Points Based System of migration together with formal minutes. The report considers the architecture of the new system; the points based system and the current economic climate; the types and assessment of labour shortages; the fairness, transparency and flexibility of the point criteria; sponsorship; biometric visas and delays; responsiveness of the UK Border Agency; sector-specific issues (catering and hospitality, health and social care, information and communications technology, legal services; higher education and students, arts and entertainment, agriculture and horticulture); and MPs’ representations. Several recommendations are made.
Managing migration: the points based system: thirteenth report of session 2008-09: volume II: oral and written evidence
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. House of Commons. Home Affairs Committee
- Publisher:
- Stationery Office
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 258p.
- Place of publication:
- London
This House of Commons Home Affairs Committee report states that in the context of the current economic climate it is important that the Points Based System for immigration is able to respond flexibly to the changing economic and labour market needs, and that the process of assessing shortages and awarding points for skills is accurate, fair and transparent. The number of job vacancies in the UK has been reduced by a third over the last year and currently stands at its lowest level since comparable records began in 2001, it is obvious and right that employers should seek to recruit first from the UK labour market. However, where there are certain skills of which a genuine shortage exists, recruitment from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) should be allowed if otherwise the UK’s global competitiveness could be harmed.
Serious youth violence: sixteenth report of session 2017-19
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. House of Commons. Home Affairs Committee
- Publisher:
- House of Commons
- Publication year:
- 2019
- Pagination:
- 85
- Place of publication:
- London
A report of the Home Affairs Committee inquiry into the rise in serious youth violence, the issues driving these trends, and whether the Government's response to the problem. The report includes discussion of the Government's Serious Violence Strategy, county lines, policing and prevention, early intervention and youth services. The inquiry says the rise in serious youth violence is a social emergency, and that the Government’s Serious Violence Strategy is an inadequate response. It welcomes the Government's commitment to a public health approach and action on a wide range of causes of violence, from tackling deprivation and vulnerability to increasing policing. However, it believes the Government strategy lacks leadership and that more action is needed to address ‘county lines’ and the changing drug market, more long-term support for neighbourhood policing, and more early intervention and prevention work to prevent young people falling into crime. The Committee calls for stronger leadership from the Government; accountable leaders in every local area of England and Wales to bring down serious violence; investment in local youth services and prevention work, including a new 'Youth Service Guarantee' to help prevent young people becoming caught up in violence; action to tackle county lines, including stronger local safeguarding plans; and action to cut school exclusions and end the part-time timetables in alternative education provision. (Edited publisher abstract)
Domestic abuse: ninth report of session 2017-19
- Author:
- GREAT BRITAIN. Parliament. House of Commons. Home Affairs Committee
- Publisher:
- House of Commons
- Publication year:
- 2018
- Pagination:
- 59
- Place of publication:
- London
The report from a short inquiry held by the Home Affairs Committee into the Government’s proposed strategy for tackling domestic abuse. The inquiry aimed to identify issues which the Government should address in the draft Domestic Abuse Bill and in its future policies. The report covers the themes in the Government’s consultation paper promoting awareness; protecting and supporting victims, including refugees, specialist support services and the impact on children; pursuing perpetrators, and improving performance. The report identifies problems with lack of refuge space and advice support for victims of domestic abuse, weaknesses in the police and court response, and welfare reform policies that make it harder for victims to leave or to avoid economic abuse and control. The report recommends that national refuge funding, a new stalkers register, and an end to single Universal Credit Payments should be part of new Government Bill on Domestic Abuse. It also proposes that the Government widen the Bill to be a Violence against Women and Girls and Domestic Abuse Bill. (Edited publisher abstract)