§ Mr. MillerTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans Her Majestys Government has to offer sanctuary to non-Yemeni nationals resident in the Yemen who are forced to flee due to the civil war but whose travel documents do not confer a right of settlement elsewhere.
§ Mr. Charles WardleNone, but we are keeping the situation in the Yemen under review.
§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of applications for leave to remain or entry clearance have been refused to the third country national family members of citizens of the Union exercising free movement rights in the United Kingdom in accordance with the treaties in each of the past five years.
§ Mr. Charles WardleInformation is not available in the form requested. However of 1,251 applications received since March 1993 from non-European Economic Area nationals for residence documents of limited validity as the family member of an EEA national, 44 have been refused.
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§ Mr. AllenTo ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what measures have been put in place or are being put in place to give effect to the right under article 52 of the European. Community treaty of companies and other legal persons to establish themselves in business in the United Kingdom deploying such staff as the company considers best able to fulfil its requirements irrespective of the nationality of the staff;
(2) how the Government have discharged their obligations under article 54(3)(f) of the EC treaty and the abolition of restrictions on freedom of establishment both as regards the conditions for setting up agencies, branches or subsidiaries in the United Kingdom and as regards the conditions governing the entry of personnel, including personnel not holding the citizenship of a member state or an European economic area state, belonging to the main establishment into managerial or supervisory posts in such agencies, branches or subsidiaries.
§ Mr. Charles WardleFollowing completion of the single market and implementation of the European Economic Area agreement, EEA nationals or companies may establish themselves here for business purposes including setting up agencies, branches or subsidiaries, under the same terms as United Kingdom businesses. EEA nationals have the right to enter the United Kingdom simply on production of a valid EEA passport or identity card and to work here in any capacity. Non-EEA nationals who wish to take up employment in the United Kingdom must satisfy the requirements of the immigration rules.