Baroness Hamwee – 2015 Parliamentary Question to the Home Office

January 1, 2023 admin 2015, Baroness Hamwee, Parliamentary Question

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Baroness Hamwee on 2015-11-11.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many (1) parents of a minor, (2) siblings of a minor, and (3) other persons, were granted, on the basis of exceptional compelling, compassionate circumstances outside the Immigration Rules, a family reunion visa for reunion with a family member in the UK with refugee leave or humanitarian protection, in each year from 2011 to date; and from which countries those persons have come.

Lord Bates

Family reunion applications are considered within the scope of the Immigration Rules. Under these Rules, only pre-existing families are eligible for family reunion i.e. spouse, civil partner, unmarried/same sex partner and minor children who formed part of the family unit at the time the sponsor (the person granted protection in the UK) fled to seek asylum.

Family reunion visas are available to help families that become fragmented. Family reunion is intended to allow family members who formed part of the family unit before the refugee fled their country of origin, to reunite in the UK.

The number of Family reunion visas issued and the country of application from 2011 to date can be found in the table below. It is not possible to break down the data to the applicant’s relationship with the individual that has already gained asylum in the UK.

To note: ‘*’ appears where there are less than three applications.

	Applications issued
Country of application	2011	2012	2013	2014	2015 (Jan-Jun)
Albania	*	*	*	5	–
Algeria	–	–	*	–	5
Bahrain	*	15	10	5	5
Bangladesh	–	10	5	10	10
Belarus	*	5	–	5	–
Belgium	–	5	5	–	5
Burma	20	25	5	5	5
Cameroon	60	40	30	55	15
Canada	*	*	*	–	*
China	25	15	20	20	10
Congo (Dem. Rep.)	80	55	70	45	15
Cuba	–	*	–	5	–
Denmark	–	*	5	–	5
Egypt	20	50	145	135	120
Ethiopia	685	475	450	295	85
France	5	–	5	*	–
Gambia	40	40	40	80	50
Georgia	–	5	5	*	–
Germany	*	–	5	–	–
Ghana	15	25	25	30	10
Greece	*	5	5	10	5
India	45	30	30	25	15
Iran	190	55	*	–	–
Iraq	–	–	*	35	30
Irish Republic	*	5	–	–	–
Israel	5	*	10	15	–
Italy	5	5	5	5	*
Ivory Coast	–	–	–	10	*
Jamaica	5	–	–	*	–
Jordan	20	40	95	385	60
Kazakhstan	*	*	–	–	–
Kenya	160	160	105	80	20
Kuwait	25	25	30	40	40
Lebanon	10	110	280	405	260
Libya	*	*	5	5	*
Morocco	–	–	*	10	5
Mozambique	*	*	–	–	–
Namibia	*	*	*	*	–
Nepal	10	–	10	15	5
Netherlands	*	*	5	5	–
New Zealand	*	–	–	–	–
Nigeria	5	10	10	10	5
No biometrics	775	595	740	630	80
Pakistan	345	305	360	525	300
Portugal	–	–	5	–	–
Qatar	–	*	5	*	5
Romania	–	–	5	–	–
Russian Federation	5	5	*	10	–
Rwanda	5	5	5	5	–
Saudi Arabia	5	10	10	25	40
Senegal	5	5	5	5	5
Sierra Leone	35	10	15	20	5
South Africa	55	25	20	25	10
Sri Lanka	305	250	305	220	105
Sudan	215	380	360	355	230
Sweden	–	5	5	*	*
Switzerland	–	–	5	–	*
Syria	235	105	5	–	–
Tanzania	15	5	10	10	5
Trinidad and Tobago	–	–	–	*	5
Tunisia	5	5	–	*	–
Turkey	55	215	330	550	215
Uganda	85	135	225	195	45
Ukraine	*	5	*	*	–
United Arab Emirates	25	100	120	75	70
United States	*	–	5	5	5
Uzbekistan	10	5	5	*	–
Vietnam	5	–	–	5	*
Zambia	10	*	–	10	*
Zimbabwe	640	265	145	110	25
Grand Total	4305	3670	4120	4540	1940

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