Immigration
This page highlights some of the current parliamentary material available on immigration. This includes select committee reports, briefing papers on current legislation and other subjects produced by the parliamentary research services, and the latest Early Day Motions put down by MPs.
Standard Notes
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 04.03.2013 | Migration Statistics |
| A guide to understanding UK migration statistics, explaining the concepts and methods used in measuring migration and setting out a range of data on migration in the UK and in European Union countries. | |
| 04.03.2013 | Viral emails protesting about financial assistance for "illegal immigrants/refugees living in Britain" |
| A viral email claims that "illegal immigrants/refugees living in Britain" receive significantly more financial assistance from the Government than UK pensioners. The email originates from abroad and the figures quoted do not reflect the true situation in the United Kingdom. | |
| 01.03.2013 | Asylum decisions: Social Indicators page |
| Summary statistics on asylum decisions in the UK. | |
| 01.03.2013 | Asylum seekers: Social Indicators page |
| Summary statistics on asylum seekers. | |
| 01.03.2013 | International migration: Social Indicators page |
| International migration: Social Indicators page. By Oliver Hawkins and Richard Cracknell. SN/SG/2652. |
Research Papers
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 09.01.2013 | Crime and Courts Bill [HL] |
| The Bill would establish a new National Crime Agency and make a number of changes to the administration of justice. It also deals with the law of self defence as it applies to householders defending themselves from intruders; makes changes to community sentences and to immigration appeal rights; and introduces a new drug driving offence. | |
| 01.11.2012 | European Union (Croatian Accession and Irish Protocol) Bill [Bill 76 of 2012-13] |
| Croatia is expected to join the EU in July 2013. This Bill would allow the UK to ratify Croatia's accession treaty and would also cover the Protocol to the Lisbon Treaty put forward by the Irish Government. | |
| 08.06.2011 | Welfare Reform Bill: Committee Stage Report |
| This is an account of the House of Commons Committee Stage of the Welfare Reform Bill. It complements Research Papers 11/23 and 11/24, prepared for the Commons Second Reading debate. | |
| 04.03.2011 | Welfare Reform Bill: reform of disability benefits, Housing Benefit, and other measures |
| This paper has been prepared for the Second Reading debate in the House of Commons. For information on the provision in the Bill relating to the introduction of Universal Credit, please see the complementary Library Research Paper, 11/24. Besides Universal Credit, the Bill proposes a number of other significant welfare reforms, including replacement of the current Disability Living Allowance, restriction of Housing Benefit entitlement to social housing tenants whose accommodation is larger than they need, time-limiting the payment of contributory Employment and Support Allowance to twelve months, and capping the total amount of benefit that can be claimed. | |
| 09.07.2009 | Borders, Citizenship and Immigration Bill [HL]: Committee Stage Report. Bill 115 2008-09. |
| This Bill would deal firstly with the transfer of border customs functions to the new UK Border Agency. It would also introduce new naturalisation requirements, deal with various other citizenship issues and place a new duty on the UK Border Agency to safeguard the welfare of children, also making provisions in relation to trafficking babies and children for exploitation. Some elements of the Bill underwent significant change in the Lords. The Bill as first published would have provided for immigration control to be introduced on air and sea routes within the Common Travel Area (the UK, Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands), but these controversial provisions were defeated in the Lords. Originally the Bill would also have restricted the involvement of the higher courts in immigration and nationality cases, but a Lords amendment limited the scope of this restriction. At the Commons Committee stage, the clause relating to the Common Travel Area was changed again and the original provisions reinstated. The introduction in the Lords of a grace period for those close to qualifying for naturalisation was reversed and the original provisions relating to judicial review were also reinstated. |
Select Committee Reports
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 20.12.2011 | The work of the UK Border Agency (April-July 2011). |
| Government response. Home Affairs Select Committee report [Commons] | |
| 20.10.2011 | Government response to the Scottish Affairs Select Committee fifth report: |
| Government response. Scottish Affairs Select Committee report [Commons] | |
| 19.07.2011 | Student immigration system in Scotland. |
| Scottish Affairs Select Committee report [Commons] | |
| 10.05.2011 | The work of the UK Border Agency. |
| Government response. Home Affairs Select Committee; Home Office report [Commons] | |
| 08.03.2011 | Draft Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants, etc) Act 2004 (Remedial) Order 2010. |
| Human Rights Joint Select Committee report [Commons and Lords] |
Early Day Motions
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 15.11.2011 | RESOURCING OF UK BORDER AGENCY |
| That this House believes that the UK Border Agency is suffering from a damaging cuts programme resulting in chronic under-resourcing; notes with concern staff reports that the Agency ... | |
| 11.07.2011 | UK BORDER AGENCY AND THE DATA PROTECTION ACT 1998 |
| That this House notes that the Order that amended the Data Protection Act 1998 which came into force on 17 December 2002 removed the Act's restrictions on the disclosures of sensitive ... | |
| 11.07.2011 | UK BORDER AGENCY INTERNATIONAL GROUP |
| That this House regrets that although the Government advocates transparency, officials in the UK Border Agency International Group are refusing to place in the Library telephone/fax ... | |
| 06.07.2011 | IMMIGRATION AT STANSTED AIRPORT |
| That this House notes that immigration and special branch officers are deeply concerned about potential abuse of the Common Travel Area Channel at Stansted Airport, where travellers ... | |
| 04.07.2011 | TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENTS FOR EU MIGRANT WORKERS |
| That this House notes recent figures showing that nearly 90 per cent. of the 400,000 jobs created since May 2010 have been taken by foreign workers; further notes that the transitional ... |
Lords Library Notes
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 23.01.2012 | Question for Short Debate on 2 February: Human Trafficking |
| This Lords Library Note provides definitions of human trafficking, statistics on its incidence, and an outline of domestic and international policy to combat the problem. | |
| 17.01.2008 | Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill (HL Bill 16, 2007-08). LLN 2008/001 |
| Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill. House of Lords Library Note 2008/001 |
