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Written question asked by Lord Green of Deddington (Crossbench) on Thursday, 28 January 2016, in the House of Lords. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 11 February 2016. It was answered by Lord Bates (Conservative) on Wednesday, 23 March 2016 on behalf of the Home Office.


Asylum

Question

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many asylum seekers have been transferred from the UK to other EU member states under the Dublin Regulations owing to (1) family reasons (Articles 8, 9 and 10), and (2) irregular entry (Article 13.1), in each of the years for which data are available.

Answer

Data is available from 2007. In those years there have been no transfers to other EU member states under the Dublin Regulations owing to family reasons (Articles 8, 9 and 10). The table below indicates those years and numbers where we have transferred cases for reasons of Irregular Entry (Article 13.1)

Year of Return

Returns

2014

20

2015

75


Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
HL5572
Session
2015-16
Subjects
Asylum EU law Dublin regulations
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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