Debates between Emily Thornberry and Nusrat Ghani during the 2024 Parliament

North-West Syria

Debate between Emily Thornberry and Nusrat Ghani
Monday 2nd December 2024

(3 weeks ago)

Commons Chamber
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Nusrat Ghani Portrait Madam Deputy Speaker
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I call the Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee.

Emily Thornberry Portrait Emily Thornberry (Islington South and Finsbury) (Lab)
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During the Syrian civil war, millions of Syrians moved to Turkey and southern Lebanon, so they have already been displaced once. In Turkey, Erdoğan has been encouraging them to go home to Syria, and in southern Lebanon they have had to move back into Syria to flee from the invasion. Multiple traumas have been suffered by multiple innocent families, who have no guilt in any of this but are simply victims again and again. When families face such multiple traumas, what assistance are the British Government able to give them?