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Commons Chamber
Asylum and Migration - Thu 14 Mar 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Priti Patel (Con - Witham) It has worked with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees to support more than 130,000 refugees - Speech Link
2: Joanna Cherry (SNP - Edinburgh South West) Looking at the figures for displaced people and refugees, there are 36 million refugees in the world. - Speech Link
3: Jeremy Corbyn (Ind - Islington North) met them—are desperate people, some of whom are victims of war, some of whom are victims of war in Afghanistan - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Haiti - Tue 12 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Bellingham (Con - Life peer) he look back on the lessons to be learned from the 2010 earthquake, which triggered at least 2,500 refugees - Speech Link
2: Lord Cameron of Chipping Norton (Con - Life peer) We can look at examples from Afghanistan to Yemen, Libya and elsewhere, where the need for an inclusive - Speech Link
3: Viscount Waverley (XB - Excepted Hereditary) shares a border with Haiti is the Dominican Republic, which has a record of sending back into Haiti the refugees - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
International Women’s Day - Fri 08 Mar 2024
HM Treasury

Mentions:
1: Baroness Uddin (Non-affiliated - Life peer) and justice while women in Palestine, Sudan, Congo, Nigeria, Eritrea, Syria, Yemen, Iraq, Libya and Afghanistan - Speech Link
2: Baroness Goudie (Lab - Life peer) We have to fight harder for those in Afghanistan, where women protesting against the Taliban are being - Speech Link
3: Baroness Hodgson of Abinger (Con - Life peer) there is a country in the world today—the noble Baroness, Lady Goudie, has already alluded to this—Afghanistan - Speech Link
4: Lord Bishop of Southwark (Bshp - Bishops) The drop to 0.5% is exacerbated by the fact that domestic spending on refugees is allowed out of the - Speech Link
5: Lord Young of Norwood Green (Lab - Life peer) I am cognisant of the fact that we seem to have gone backwards in Afghanistan, given the plight of women - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Foreign Affairs - Tue 05 Mar 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Smith of Newnham (LD - Life peer) We have a legacy of 20 years in Afghanistan. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Deech (XB - Life peer) and bring peace is to treat Palestinians like all the other refugees in the world. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Report stage - Mon 04 Mar 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Meyer (Con - Life peer) She also pointed out that refugees from the UK came from different backgrounds to refugees from neighbouring - Speech Link
2: None Some of these very brave men and their families and dependants are hiding in Afghanistan. - Speech Link
3: None As I said then, in addition to those who are in Afghanistan and Pakistan, there are others who are here - Speech Link
4: Lord German (LD - Life peer) The evidence from the UNHCR to the Supreme Court detailed that citizens from Afghanistan had a 0% success - Speech Link


Grand Committee
Myanmar: Health System - Thu 29 Feb 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) She described the plight of Rohingya refugees from Burma who fled across the border and are in Cox’s - Speech Link
2: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) conflict zones and circumstances can be tremendously difficult.Just as an example, some women from Afghanistan - Speech Link
3: Lord Benyon (Con - Life peer) ensure the conditions necessary for the voluntary, safe, dignified and sustainable return of Rohingya refugees - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Ceasefire in Gaza - Wed 21 Feb 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Miriam Cates (Con - Penistone and Stocksbridge) Why are they not calling on Egypt to assist refugees, as the Polish did upon the invasion of Ukraine? - Speech Link
2: Liz Saville Roberts (PC - Dwyfor Meirionnydd) My constituent has seen the support provided by the UK Government to Ukrainian refugees for two years - Speech Link
3: Jeremy Corbyn (Ind - Islington North) the occupation, end the settlement policy, and recognise the plight of those thousands of Palestinian refugees - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Balochistan: Human Rights - Tue 20 Feb 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Zarah Sultana (Lab - Coventry South) Does he also share my grave concerns about Pakistan’s treatment of Afghan refugees who have fled to the - Speech Link
2: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) constituents whose families are still facing severe intimidation in Pakistan, although they have fled from Afghanistan - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Committee stage part one - Mon 19 Feb 2024
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: None international law, the Government need to reconsider their approach, both generally in relation to refugees - Speech Link
2: None Queer LGBT refugees often face societal pressure and discrimination, with instances of anti-LGBT+ groups - Speech Link
3: None Rwandan officials claim that queer refugees should not fear persecution as they do not criminalise them - Speech Link
4: Baroness Kennedy of Shaws (Lab - Life peer) Many of those fleeing Afghanistan are Hazara. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Committee stage - Wed 14 Feb 2024
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Brinton (LD - Life peer) It is important to note that, on 22 January, the Guardian reported that at least 1,300 child refugees - Speech Link
2: Lord Browne of Ladyton (Lab - Life peer) Some of these very brave men and their families and dependants are hiding in Afghanistan, and others - Speech Link
3: Lord Bellingham (Con - Life peer) I urge the Minister to look at this seriously.One point that occurred to me is that many illegal refugees - Speech Link
4: None It is a state party to the 1951 United Nations convention on refugees and to the seven core UN human - Speech Link
5: None We will disapply the UK Human Rights Act from asylum seekers and refugees in the Illegal Migration Act - Speech Link