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Written question asked by Layla Moran (Liberal Democrat) on Monday, 4 September 2017, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 6 September 2017. It was answered by Robin Walker (Conservative) on Wednesday, 13 September 2017 on behalf of the Department for Exiting the European Union.

Refugees: Families

Question

To ask the Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union, whether the Government will continue to apply the family reunification Dublin III Regulation when the UK leaves the EU.

Answer

The UK’s family reunion policy is generous; we have and continue to reunite many refugees with their immediate family. We have granted over 23,000 family reunion visas over the last five years.

Whilst we remain a member of the EU, we will continue to participate in Dublin III. We are ready to discuss our future relationship on establishing responsibility for processing asylum claims as part of negotiations. It would be wrong to set out our position on the nature of any future relationship here, but we expect our close cooperation on asylum and migration with our European allies to continue after the UK leaves the EU.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
7675
Session
2017-19
Subjects
Families Refugees Dublin Convention Brexit
Link
View this Written question on www.parliament.uk