Lead member
Nadia Whittome
Labour, Nottingham East
Commons
Decision
No decision
The House has not considered this amendment.
Amendment text
To move the following Clause—
“Duty to report and publish data on deaths in the asylum system and small boat crossings
(1)
The Secretary of State must, on a quarterly basis, publish and lay before Parliament a report that includes the number of deaths that have occurred in relation to the UK asylum system in the three months preceding the date specified in that report.
(2)
The specified date under subsection (1) must be no more than six months prior to the date of publication.
(3)
A report under subsection (1) must include―
(a)
The total number of deaths occurring, during the specified period, of persons who were, at the time of death―
(i)
in receipt of accommodation under sections 4, 95 or 98 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999; or
(ii)
awaiting the outcome of a claim for asylum while residing in other forms of accommodation or at no fixed abode; or
(iii)
undertaking an unauthorised crossing of the English Channel;
(b)
the cause of death for each person reported, if known; and
(c)
the locations in which each death occurred, if known.
(4)
The first report under this section must be made published no later than one year after the passing of this Act.
(5)
For the purposes of this section―
(a)
A “claim for asylum” is defined in accordance with section 167 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999; and
(b)
an “unauthorised crossing” is a sea crossing made by an individual without leave to enter the United Kingdom, made from dry land in France, Belgium or the Netherlands for the purpose of reaching dry land in the United Kingdom.”
Member's explanatory statement
This new clause would require the Home Office to publish quarterly statistics and information on deaths in the asylum system and in small boat channel crossings.