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To ask Her Majesty’s Government what response they have made to the request from the Director General of UNESCO that the dispute about the Parthenon sculptures should be settled by mediation. [HL3907]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what response they have made to the request from the Director General of UNESCO that the dispute about the Parthenon sculptures should be settled by mediation. [HL3907]
The Government will respond to the request from UNESCO in due course.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 25 February (WA 188), how many asylum seekers who have arrived in the United Kingdom in the last five years were first registered in Greece; how many of those have been returned to Greece;...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 25 February (WA 188), how many asylum seekers who have arrived in the United Kingdom in the last five years were first registered in Greece; how many of those have been returned to Greece;...
Since 2008, the Home Office is aware of 4,708 cases where evidence suggests that there were previous links to Greece. A total of 564 cases were returned to Greece under the Dublin Regulation between 2008 and September 2010.
In September 2010, a decision to suspend transfer from the UK to Greece under the Dublin Regulation was made. The decision was taken pending the outcome of the case of NS referred by the Court of Appeal to the European Court of Justice. As a result, asylum applications that would have otherwise been the responsibility of Greece fell to be considered substantively in the UK by the Home Office. Since this decision was taken, approximately 1,164 cases have been identified by the Home Office that would have otherwise been the responsibility of Greece.
Greece is continuing to implement its Action Plan on Managed Migration and Asylum Reform. There have been some notable improvements in Greece's asylum system, including the opening of the new Asylum Service in June 2013. The UK and other Member States continue to offer support to Greece via the European Asylum Support Office, however we judge that more progress is still needed in all aspects of the Greek asylum system before the EU can be confident that a resumption of Dublin returns to Greece would stand up to judicial scrutiny.
Note: The above statistics are based on management information data that is not quality assured under National Statistics protocols. The figures do not constitute part of National Statistics and should be treated as provisional.
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Stella Creasy (Walthamstow) (Lab/Co-op):
Tyrell Matthews-Burton was a bright 19-year-old from Walthamstow who had everything to live for. His only crime was to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Yet two months after his brutal murder in Crete, the only contact that the Greek authorities have had with his family has been their posting home of the clothes that he was wearing that night. Will the Prime Minister meet me, and his grieving mother, to see how we can get justice for Tyrell?
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Stella Creasy (Walthamstow) (Lab/Co-op):
Tyrell Matthews-Burton was a bright 19-year-old from Walthamstow who had everything to live for. His only crime was to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Yet two months after his brutal murder in Crete, the only contact that the Greek authorities have had with his family has been their posting home of the clothes that he was wearing that night. Will the Prime Minister meet me, and his grieving mother, to see how we can get justice for Tyrell?
I shall be very happy to hold that meeting. I think it is really important for us to do everything we can to help families who are put in such a position. To be fair to our consular services around the world, I think that they cope extremely well. They try to go the extra mile. They work very hard, and I know that the Foreign Office encourages them in all that they do. However, there are cases in which things do not work out in the way they should, and we struggle to get answers from other countries about their justice systems and what is happening.
I shall be very happy to hold that meeting. I think it is really important for us to do everything we can to help families who are put in such a position. To be fair to our consular services around the world, I think that they cope extremely well. They try to go the extra mile. They work very hard, and I know that the Foreign Office encourages them in all that they do. However, there are cases in which things do not work out in the way they should, and we struggle to get answers from other countries about their justice systems and what is happening.
I shall be very happy to hold that meeting. I think it is really important for us to do everything we can to help families who are put in such a position. To be fair to our consular services around the world, I think that they cope extremely well. They try to go the extra mile. They work very hard, and I know that the Foreign Office encourages them in all that they do. However, there are cases in which things do not work out in the way they should, and we struggle to get answers from other countries about their justice systems and what is happening.
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Stella Creasy (Walthamstow) (Lab/Co-op):
Tyrell Matthews-Burton was a bright 19-year-old from Walthamstow who had everything to live for. His only crime was to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Yet two months after his brutal murder in Crete, the only contact that the Greek authorities have had with his family has been their posting home of the clothes that he was wearing that night. Will the Prime Minister meet me, and his grieving mother, to see how we can get justice for Tyrell?
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has held with his Greek counterparts regarding human rights abuses in that country; and if he will make a statement.
[164353]
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has held with his Greek counterparts regarding human rights abuses in that country; and if he will make a statement.
[164353]
All EU member states have committed to respecting human rights through the Treaty on EU and the Charter of Fundamental Rights. The British ambassador in Athens regularly discusses human rights with Ministers and senior officials, including issues around racism and the asylum process. In recent months the Greek Government has taken positive steps to tackle racism with the introduction of a directorate within the police force dedicated to tackling racism and legislation aimed directly at combating racism and xenophobia. We also expect Greece's recent efforts to develop further their system of processing asylum claims to improve conditions for migrants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on Operation Zeus in Greece; and what discussions he has had with the Greek government concerning the treatment of EU nationals affected by this operation.
[164354]
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on Operation Zeus in Greece; and what discussions he has had with the Greek government concerning the treatment of EU nationals affected by this operation.
[164354]
I have received regular reports form the British embassy in Athens about Operation Zeus and the wider migration issues faced in Greece. The British embassy in Athens has not been alerted to any cases of EU nationals being affected by Operation Zeus.
Both the Secretary of State for the Home Department, my right hon. Friend the Member for Maidenhead (Mrs May), and the Minister for Immigration, my hon. Friend the Member for Forest of Dean (Mr Harper), have discussed Operation Zeus with the Greek Minister for Public Order and Citizen Protection.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of relations between Macedonia and Greece in respect of the naming issue.
[162178]
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of relations between Macedonia and Greece in respect of the naming issue.
[162178]
The name dispute between Macedonia and Greece is a bilateral issue. The UK is keen to see an early resolution, acceptable to both sides, and we therefore continue to encourage both to engage constructively in negotiations, under the auspices of the UN envoy Matthew Nimetz.
The Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council was held on 6 and 7 June in Luxembourg. My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Justice
(Chris Grayling MP) and My Right Honourable Friend the Home Secretary (Theresa May MP) attended on behalf of the United Kingdom.
The Council began with...
The Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council was held on 6 and 7 June in Luxembourg. My Right Honourable Friend the Secretary of State for Justice
(Chris Grayling MP) and My Right Honourable Friend the Home Secretary (Theresa May MP) attended on behalf of the United Kingdom.
The Council began with...
The Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council was held on 6 and 7 June in Luxembourg. The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, my right hon. Friend the Member for Epsom and Ewell (Chris Grayling), and I attended on behalf of the United Kingdom.
The Council began with the...
The Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council was held on 6 and 7 June in Luxembourg. The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, my right hon. Friend the Member for Epsom and Ewell (Chris Grayling), and I attended on behalf of the United Kingdom.
The Council began with the...
The Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council is due to be held on 6 and 7 June in Luxembourg. My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Justice (Chris Grayling) and my right honourable friend the Home Secretary (Theresa May) will attend on behalf of the United Kingdom. As...
The Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council is due to be held on 6 and 7 June in Luxembourg. My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Justice (Chris Grayling) and my right honourable friend the Home Secretary (Theresa May) will attend on behalf of the United Kingdom. As...
The Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council is due to be held on 6 and 7 June in Luxembourg. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Justice and I will attend on behalf of the United Kingdom. As the provisional agenda stands, the following items will be discussed.
The...
The Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council is due to be held on 6 and 7 June in Luxembourg. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Justice and I will attend on behalf of the United Kingdom. As the provisional agenda stands, the following items will be discussed.
The...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much they contributed towards International Monetary Fund and European Union bailouts and other crisis loans to (1) Cyprus, (2) Spain, (3) Portugal, (4) Greece, and (5) the Republic of Ireland in the past five years; and under what repayment terms each of those loans...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much they contributed towards International Monetary Fund and European Union bailouts and other crisis loans to (1) Cyprus, (2) Spain, (3) Portugal, (4) Greece, and (5) the Republic of Ireland in the past five years; and under what repayment terms each of those loans...
I refer the noble Lord to the previous answers given by my predecessor on 8 and 19 November 2012, which set out the UK’s involvement in financial assistance to euro area member states.
Since then, Cyprus has officially requested financial assistance from euro area member states through the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and from the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Cyprus reached agreement with the IMF, European Commission and European Central Bank on the key elements of a €10 billion financial assistance programme on 25 March 2013.
As part of that programme, the IMF has reached staff level agreement for a €1 billion extended fund facility agreement with Cyprus. As a member of the IMF, the UK will be involved in any IMF contribution to the programme. The decision to provide IMF funding still has to be agreed by the IMF Board, on which the UK has a seat. The UK lends to the IMF as an institution and not to particular programmes; therefore it is not possible to provide an exact estimate of the UK’s contribution to individual IMF programmes.
The UK is not a member of the ESM and therefore has no exposure to financial assistance provided by it, either directly or indirectly through the EU Budget.
(3) what assessment he has made of whether the UK has discharged its outstanding legal obligations in terms of the Treaty between Great Britain, Bavaria, France, Greece and Russia, relative to the Succession to the Crown of Greece; and on what date prior to 31 December 2012 his Department last...
(3) what assessment he has made of whether the UK has discharged its outstanding legal obligations in terms of the Treaty between Great Britain, Bavaria, France, Greece and Russia, relative to the Succession to the Crown of Greece; and on what date prior to 31 December 2012 his Department last...
The several thousand ‘live’ treaties to which the UK is party, play a crucial role in governing the UK's place in the world and its relations with other states, to the benefit of all its people. Such treaties include extradition, mutual legal assistance, military co-operation, double taxation, tax information exchange, and aviation treaties, to name but a few. They also include the founding treaties of international organisations, such as the EU and NATO. In the event of Scottish
independence, the remainder of the UK would continue as a party to these treaties, while the new independent Scottish state would have to go through a process of becoming a party to (or confirming its participation in) however many of those treaties it wished to join.
Some of the 14,000 treaties on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office UK Treaties Online database are either no longer in force, or they are no longer in force for the UK because they were concluded by the United Kingdom on behalf of a former colonial territory. The treaty referred to in the question is likely to fall into one of these categories.
(4) when his Department last recorded concern relating to breaches of treaty obligations by the signatory states in respect of the Treaty between Great Britain, Bavaria, France, Greece and Russia, relative to the Succession to the Crown of Greece; and if he will place a copy of any relevant documentation...
(4) when his Department last recorded concern relating to breaches of treaty obligations by the signatory states in respect of the Treaty between Great Britain, Bavaria, France, Greece and Russia, relative to the Succession to the Crown of Greece; and if he will place a copy of any relevant documentation...
The several thousand ‘live’ treaties to which the UK is party, play a crucial role in governing the UK's place in the world and its relations with other states, to the benefit of all its people. Such treaties include extradition, mutual legal assistance, military co-operation, double taxation, tax information exchange, and aviation treaties, to name but a few. They also include the founding treaties of international organisations, such as the EU and NATO. In the event of Scottish
independence, the remainder of the UK would continue as a party to these treaties, while the new independent Scottish state would have to go through a process of becoming a party to (or confirming its participation in) however many of those treaties it wished to join.
Some of the 14,000 treaties on the Foreign and Commonwealth Office UK Treaties Online database are either no longer in force, or they are no longer in force for the UK because they were concluded by the United Kingdom on behalf of a former colonial territory. The treaty referred to in the question is likely to fall into one of these categories.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 6 February (WA 57–8), where is the major point of illegal entry to the United Kingdom by asylum seekers first registered in Greece; what response they have received from the European Commission regarding their...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 6 February (WA 57–8), where is the major point of illegal entry to the United Kingdom by asylum seekers first registered in Greece; what response they have received from the European Commission regarding their...
The nature of illegal migration makes it impossible to establish with certainty how and where illegal immigrants evade our controls but we have observed that those who seek to enter the UK illegally tend to do so either with the use of forged documentation or clandestinely, often by targeting channel ports. However, we have tough measures in place to combat these risks, which involve the border force working closely with our French and Belgian partners in order to detect and disrupt individuals seeking to evade border checks in northern France and Belgium. Other preventive measures include research
and analysis of migration trends, debriefing of illegal migrants in the UK and work with our partners in the UK and abroad to gather intelligence about migration routes.
In 2012, FRONTEX increased its operational activity at the Greek land border with Turkey. As part of those operations FRONTEX assists local law enforcement authorities with technologies and processes that encourage the correct registration of illegal migrants in Greece. Within the updated Greek action plan, submitted to and approved by the Commission, there are specific actions designed to improve the recording of fingerprints at the border.
We continue to offer practical support to Greece via the European Asylum Support Office (EASO), including expertise on the management of asylum systems and reception centres in order to build capacity there. The Government have no plans to provide bilateral financing for accommodation for asylum seekers in Greece but building reception facilities that meet relevant human rights standards is a key part of the Greek action plan on asylum and migration, which is being supported by EASO.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 23 January (WA 209–10), what is the major point of illegal entry by asylum seekers first registered in Greece; what is their estimate of how many asylum seekers access the United Kingdom by that...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 23 January (WA 209–10), what is the major point of illegal entry by asylum seekers first registered in Greece; what is their estimate of how many asylum seekers access the United Kingdom by that...
We monitor the routes of illegal migrants to the EU via the Frontex Risk Analysis Network, which publishes quarterly reports on the trends and movements of illegal immigrants to the EU. It is evident from their reports that the major point of entry to the EU in the past has been via the Greek land border with Turkey.
According to the European Commission’s 2011 annual report on EURODAC, there were 195 fingerprint matches in 2011 from asylum seekers who have entered the EU illegally via Greece. We think this is a low figure and have raised the issue with the Commission. It will never be possible to say exactly how many asylum seekers transit Greece en route to the UK but we believe the numbers to be significant. This is why the Government are committed to helping Greece improve the recording of fingerprints as part of its wider support for Greece in building its border security and migration management capability.
We are actively supporting Greece to build capacity and implement reforms to its asylum system. However, due to the strict austerity measures in place in Greece we feel that it will still take some time to rectify. We,
and our EU counterparts, continue to monitor the situation. Successful delivery of the Greek Action Plan will ensure that Greece meets its international obligations towards asylum seekers. When it is clear to us that Greece is meeting its obligations in practice, and that as a result the criticisms detailed in the MSS v Belgium and Greece ruling no longer apply, we will seek to resume returns under the Dublin regulation.
FRAN Quarterly Risk Analysis Q3 2012
http://frontex.europa.eu/assets/Publications/Risk_Analysis/FRAN_Q3_2012.pdf
http://europeanmemoranda.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/files/2012/10/14139-12.pdf
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the reported comment by Angela Merkel that governments are likely to take a loss on Greek debt; and whether, and to what extent, the United Kingdom would be affected.[HL4591]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the reported comment by Angela Merkel that governments are likely to take a loss on Greek debt; and whether, and to what extent, the United Kingdom would be affected.[HL4591]
It would not be appropriate for the Government to speculate on events in Greece.
The UK does not have any direct exposure to financial assistance provided to Greece, as set out in the Written Answer given on 14 June 2012 [HL584].
The Informal Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council was held on 17 and 18 January in Dublin. The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice and I attended on behalf of the United Kingdom. The following items were discussed.
The first plenary session of the interior day focused on migration...
The Informal Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council was held on 17 and 18 January in Dublin. The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice and I attended on behalf of the United Kingdom. The following items were discussed.
The first plenary session of the interior day focused on migration...
The informal Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council was held on 17 and 18 January in
Dublin. My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Justice (Chris Grayling) and my honourable friend the Minister of State for Immigration (Mark Harper) attended on behalf of the United Kingdom. The following...
The informal Justice and Home Affairs (JHA) Council was held on 17 and 18 January in
Dublin. My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Justice (Chris Grayling) and my honourable friend the Minister of State for Immigration (Mark Harper) attended on behalf of the United Kingdom. The following...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 14 December (WA 262), what was their estimate of the cost of answering the original question.[HL4254]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 14 December (WA 262), what was their estimate of the cost of answering the original question.[HL4254]
In order to provide a complete answer to the original question, it would be necessary to examine 760 cases. Asylum consideration is dealt with at various centres across the UK, and as mentioned in the original answer, the information being sought is not held centrally. It is estimated that the cost of locating the files, examining them and collating the information requested would considerably exceed the £800 threshold for providing an answer.