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Commons Chamber
Asylum Seekers: MOD Housing - Wed 29 Oct 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Alex Norris (LAB - Nottingham North and Kimberley) I would gently say that both sites have been used recently for the Afghan resettlement scheme, so there - Speech Link
2: Carla Denyer (Green - Bristol Central) security checks, to people from countries that mean they are almost certain to be recognised as refugees - Speech Link
3: Alex Norris (LAB - Nottingham North and Kimberley) Whether it is regarding Syrian refugees, Homes for Ukraine, the Afghan resettlement scheme, or British - Speech Link
4: Richard Foord (LD - Honiton and Sidmouth) Some of that money was previously used to prevent conflict and to help refugees find refuge in their - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
Committee of the whole House - Mon 20 Oct 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) I respect what he has to say, but I point him to remarks from the Chagos Refugees Group, which said in - Speech Link
2: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) Of course, Mauritius will be able to develop a programme of resettlement on the islands other than Diego - Speech Link
3: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) I am sympathetic to the concerns put forward about resettlement. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Asylum Seekers: Support and Accommodation - Mon 20 Oct 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Tony Vaughan (Lab - Folkestone and Hythe) We have to take our fair share of refugees. - Speech Link
2: Seamus Logan (SNP - Aberdeenshire North and Moray East) Refugees must not be scapegoated. - Speech Link
3: Ashley Fox (Con - Bridgwater) in hotels and temporary accommodation, we need to change the way we deal with refugees. - Speech Link
4: Will Forster (LD - Woking) We should recognise the value that refugees have given to our country. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
Committee stage part two - Mon 13 Oct 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Murray of Blidworth (Con - Life peer) arrivals, few of whom will ever return home.The state’s right to exclude asylum seekers and some refugees - Speech Link
2: Lord Sandhurst (Con - Excepted Hereditary) We cannot decriminalise all illegal migration so that we may feel virtuous when discussing refugees. - Speech Link
3: None This would narrow the UK’s current interpretation of Article 31, preventing refugees who travelled to - Speech Link
4: Lord Katz (Lab - Life peer) That is not, as I say, the intention of this Government’s policy towards asylum seekers, refugees and - Speech Link
5: None We are talking here about people who are subsequently accepted as refugees. - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
Committee stage part one - Mon 13 Oct 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None We must also acknowledge that resettlement numbers have fallen to record low levels. - Speech Link
2: None This would risk reducing our capacity to assist the most vulnerable refugees. - Speech Link
3: Baroness Chakrabarti (Lab - Life peer) The UK could say that all refugees are the responsibility of France. - Speech Link
4: Baroness Fox of Buckley (Non-affiliated - Life peer) Don’t you care about refugees?” - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill - Tue 16 Sep 2025
Department for Work and Pensions

Mentions:
1: Baroness Garden of Frognal (LD - Life peer) Refugee and asylum-seeking children and those on resettlement schemes may be among the most disadvantaged - Speech Link
2: None admission of children in the asylum process with refugee status or on humanitarian protection and resettlement - Speech Link
3: None Clause 55 will therefore already enable local authorities to initiate a direction for children of refugees - Speech Link


Commons Chamber
Diego Garcia Military Base and British Indian Ocean Territory Bill
2nd reading - Tue 09 Sep 2025
Ministry of Defence

Mentions:
1: Luke Pollard (LAB - Plymouth Sutton and Devonport) Under the treaty, Mauritius will now be free to carry out a programme of resettlement of the outer islands - Speech Link
2: Jeremy Corbyn (Ind - Islington North) Cardiff South and Penarth (Stephen Doughty), included all the Chagossian groups, including the Chagos Refugees - Speech Link
3: Calum Miller (LD - Bicester and Woodstock) Resettlement of the Chagossians could have provided a model for community-led conservation on the islands - Speech Link
4: Jeremy Corbyn (Ind - Islington North) Indeed, I have met him many times since, including recently at the launch of his book.The Chagos Refugees - Speech Link
5: Stephen Doughty (LAB - Cardiff South and Penarth) It will be for Mauritius to set the terms of and manage any future resettlement. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Indefinite Leave to Remain - Mon 08 Sep 2025
Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Mentions:
1: Apsana Begum (Ind - Poplar and Limehouse) life, and given last week’s announcement of the suspension of the family reunification scheme for refugees - Speech Link
2: Rachel Blake (LAB - Cities of London and Westminster) and the lives of asylum seekers.My constituency has a long track record of welcoming migrants and refugees - Speech Link
3: Jamie Stone (LD - Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross) Far away from London in the highlands of Scotland, the same is true: we have refugees who have fitted - Speech Link
4: Adam Thompson (Lab - Erewash) programme was established in 2021, Long Eaton in my constituency was chosen as one of the preferred resettlement - Speech Link


Lords Chamber
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill
Committee stage - Mon 08 Sep 2025
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Randall of Uxbridge (Con - Life peer) The Saracens Foundation has also involved refugees and so on into sports. - Speech Link
2: None The UK resettlement scheme originated from the resettlement programme in response to the crisis with - Speech Link
3: None The UK resettlement scheme operates through a quota. - Speech Link
4: Lord Lemos (Lab - Life peer) The UK operates global safe and legal routes for refugees, including the UK resettlement scheme, in partnership - Speech Link
5: Lord German (LD - Life peer) Commissioner for Refugees in this year—2025—is zero. - Speech Link


Westminster Hall
Humanitarian Situation in Sudan - Tue 22 Jul 2025
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Kate Osamor (LAB - Edmonton and Winchmore Hill) Fifthly, they should expand resettlement schemes for Sudanese nationals, to ensure swift and compassionate - Speech Link
2: Catherine West (Lab - Hornsey and Friern Barnet) announced that the UK would provide £36 million in funding for the financial year 2025-26 for Sudanese refugees - Speech Link