Mentions:
1: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) Rwanda has a long history of supporting and integrating asylum seekers and refugees, having already hosted - Speech Link
2: None Many of them are refugees in the first place only because they served this country. - Speech Link
3: Lord Browne of Ladyton (Lab - Life peer) from the Government about the fate of this small body of brave soldiers who fought with our forces in Afghanistan - Speech Link
4: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) and did all they could to ensure that the values of this country and the coalition that operated in Afghanistan - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Wendy Chamberlain (LD - North East Fife) Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office if he will make a statement on the deportation of Afghan refugees - Speech Link
2: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Con - Berwick-upon-Tweed) deportation of Afghanistan’s citizens, and we are working with the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees - Speech Link
3: Naz Shah (Lab - Bradford West) It smacks of a sick joke that, on one hand, we are talking about bringing Afghan refugees here, but on - Speech Link
4: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Con - Berwick-upon-Tweed) Importantly, those Afghan refugees who are eligible to come here under one of our two incredibly broad - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Michael Tomlinson (Con - Mid Dorset and North Poole) our numerous debates, Rwanda has a strong track record of welcoming asylum seekers and looking after refugees - Speech Link
2: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) She has raised concerns about the mechanisms of scrutiny in Rwanda itself, and about the treatment of refugees - Speech Link
3: Rachel Maclean (Con - Redditch) They are a generous people—we have accepted refugees from around the world and given them a warm Redditch - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) I would also add that a sizeable number of those who returned to Afghanistan more recently did so voluntarily - Speech Link
2: Baroness D'Souza (XB - Life peer) Lords, I wonder if the noble Lord has any further information from the IOM or other sources about the refugees - Speech Link
3: Lord Lancaster of Kimbolton (Con - Life peer) My Lords, I declare my interest having served in Afghanistan as a soldier. - Speech Link
4: Lord Browne of Ladyton (Lab - Life peer) As the Minister has said, among the Afghan refugees in Pakistan are a significant number of former Afghan - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Stewart of Dirleton (Con - Life peer) facts to be recognised.Rwanda is a signatory to key international agreements protecting the rights of refugees - Speech Link
2: Lord Coaker (Lab - Life peer) Minister of Pakistan had used the Rwanda Bill as a legitimate reason that he could send people back to Afghanistan - Speech Link
3: None The Government cannot get anybody to fly these refugees and migrants—they cannot persuade anybody. - Speech Link
4: Viscount Stansgate (Lab - Excepted Hereditary) My abiding concern remains for a class of people who served our country, who endured great danger in Afghanistan - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) They put their trust in the UK-US project in Afghanistan, and that trust has been thoroughly breached.I - Speech Link
2: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) The mass migration of people—refugees, or those fleeing from the consequences of climate change, seeking - Speech Link
3: None Members, I have spoken to people who escaped Afghanistan—people who helped the police and UK armed forces - Speech Link
4: Claudia Webbe (Ind - Leicester East) The late Tony Benn put it well when he said that how Governments treat refugees is an indication of how - Speech Link
5: None They have been left in Afghanistan with their families in a desperate plight, often having to go from - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) If he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing a visa scheme for Palestinian refugees - Speech Link
2: Patrick Grady (SNP - Glasgow North) United Kingdom to offer humanitarian visas to people caught up in the conflicts in Ukraine, Syria and Afghanistan - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Carey of Clifton (XB - Life peer) works in many contexts around the world, bringing aid and support to minority Christian groups and refugees - Speech Link
2: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) More recently, questions in this Chamber have related to concerns that exist within India and Afghanistan - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) the terms of the treaty.I remind the House of Rwanda’s track record in providing sanctuary to many refugees - Speech Link
2: Lord Dubs (Lab - Life peer) would be in keeping with the traditions of this House to take a stand in supporting unaccompanied child refugees - Speech Link
3: Baroness Coussins (XB - Life peer) In his words:“I endangered my life and future working for the UK Government in Afghanistan. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Alexander Stafford (Con - Rother Valley) How many more immigrants does he want to come to the UK from Afghanistan? - Speech Link
2: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) That is a significant amendment, particularly in the context of Afghanistan. - Speech Link
3: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) When Afghanistan fell, we had about 80 people in touch who had relatives in Afghanistan, but I know of - Speech Link
4: Joanna Cherry (SNP - Edinburgh South West) people and more than 36 million refugees in the world. - Speech Link
5: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) The first relates to Lords amendment 10 and those who helped us in Afghanistan. - Speech Link