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Westminster Hall
Asylum Reforms: Protected Characteristics - Wed 17 Dec 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) For a woman who has come here from Afghanistan, for example, who could not learn when they were in Afghanistan - Speech Link
2: Edward Morello (LD - West Dorset) She mentions Afghanistan. - Speech Link
3: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) That is partly because refugees, by their nature, have suffered trauma, post-traumatic stress disorder - Speech Link
4: Carla Denyer (Green - Bristol Central) Requiring refugees—not asylum seekers who are waiting for their decision, but refugees who the Government - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Kashmir: Self-determination - Wed 10 Dec 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Andy McDonald (Lab - Middlesbrough and Thornaby East) students in India face surveillance, hate speech is rising, and nearly 1,900 Muslims and Rohingya refugees - Speech Link
2: Hamish Falconer (Lab - Lincoln) Kashmir, but related to the Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan and ongoing tensions between Pakistan and Afghanistan - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
War in Ukraine - Thu 04 Dec 2025
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Roughly 5 million to 6 million people are registered as refugees abroad, with a further 3.5 million internally - Speech Link
2: Al Carns (Lab - Birmingham Selly Oak) It was used in Afghanistan. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Immigration Reforms: Humanitarian Visa Routes - Tue 25 Nov 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) It is worth bearing in mind how many Ukraine and Hong Kong refugees are in those boats: none, because - Speech Link
2: Luke Taylor (LD - Sutton and Cheam) These are political refugees fleeing persecution in Hong Kong at the hands of the CCP. - Speech Link
3: Andy McDonald (Lab - Middlesbrough and Thornaby East) Stories claiming that refugees would be stripped of valuables provoked fear. - Speech Link
4: Will Forster (LD - Woking) Since 2015, we have welcomed more than 300 refugees from Afghanistan, Syria and especially Ukraine, and - Speech Link
5: Will Forster (LD - Woking) That will put unbelievable strain on the Home Office, and it worries my constituents who are refugees - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Migration: Settlement Pathway - Thu 20 Nov 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Shabana Mahmood (Lab - Birmingham Ladywood) As has already been set out, refugees on core protection will qualify for settlement after 20 years, - Speech Link
2: Max Wilkinson (LD - Cheltenham) we are discussing today is distinct from some of the discussions we had on Monday about desperate refugees - Speech Link
3: Barry Gardiner (Lab - Brent West) She will know that in my constituency I have many families from Syria and Afghanistan, who came under - Speech Link
4: Bobby Dean (LD - Carshalton and Wallington) majority of those figures were made up of Hongkongers arriving here under the BNO scheme, Ukrainian refugees - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Asylum Policy - Thu 20 Nov 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None While some are refugees, others are economic migrants seeking to use and abuse our asylum system. - Speech Link
2: None Over 100,000 people now live in asylum accommodation, and over half of refugees remain on benefits eight - Speech Link
3: None To encourage refugees into work, we will also consult on removing benefits for those who are able to - Speech Link
4: Lord Davies of Gower (Con - Life peer) If we are to have legal routes for refugees, we absolutely cannot reward those who enter illegally. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Gaza and Sudan - Wed 19 Nov 2025
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab - Life peer) His view is very clear: the war is political, it needs to stop, and we can do all we want with refugees - Speech Link
2: Baroness Royall of Blaisdon (Lab - Life peer) I am really glad that the Government are working with the surrounding countries where the refugees will - Speech Link
3: Lord Austin of Dudley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) starvation, 10 million more starving and millions more internally displaced or leaving the country as refugees - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Asylum Policy - Mon 17 Nov 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Shabana Mahmood (Lab - Birmingham Ladywood) While some are refugees, others are economic migrants seeking to use and abuse our asylum system. - Speech Link
2: Shabana Mahmood (Lab - Birmingham Ladywood) They are not classed as refugees, because they are here temporarily on that scheme. - Speech Link
3: Shabana Mahmood (Lab - Birmingham Ladywood) I absolutely agree about the contribution that migrants and refugees make to our country. - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Conflict in Sudan - Wed 05 Nov 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: James Naish (Lab - Rushcliffe) What support is being provided to Chad and neighbouring countries that are housing refugees from Sudan - Speech Link
2: Hamish Falconer (Lab - Lincoln) We have a programme of support for refugees displaced in the region. As my hon. - Speech Link
3: Hamish Falconer (Lab - Lincoln) I am happy to enter into the wider debate about aid funding, whether in relation to Sudan, Afghanistan - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
Report stage - Wed 05 Nov 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None I know that Sudan and Afghanistan, the other two countries on the Home Office list, are more difficult - Speech Link
2: Lord Cameron of Lochiel (Con - Life peer) Genuine refugees are mixed with those who exploit the system, and the public rightly question whether - Speech Link
3: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab - Life peer) Previously, the most common reason for a safeguarding incident raised was homelessness.Young refugees - Speech Link
4: Lord Dubs (Lab - Life peer) I am not quite sure how that relates to child refugees. - Speech Link