Found: Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill MARSHALLED LIST OF MOTIONS AND AMENDMENTS TO
Found: Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill MARSHALLED LIST OF MOTIONS AND AMENDMENTS TO
Formal Minutes Apr. 17 2024
Committee: Women and Equalities CommitteeFound: (b) Any other support not included in Category 2(a) Name of donor: The Refugee, Asylum and Migration
Apr. 17 2024
Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 11 March 2024 to 3 April 2024Found: Applications for asylum 328.
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: 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
3: 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
4: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) Rwanda has a strong track record of welcoming asylum seekers and looking after refugees, and it has also - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Wendy Chamberlain (LD - North East Fife) Saying that Afghanistan is not a safe place is something of an understatement. - Speech Link
2: Joanna Cherry (SNP - Edinburgh South West) Dunbartonshire (Martin Docherty-Hughes) has already mentioned, in our report on the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum - Speech Link
3: Anne-Marie Trevelyan (Con - Berwick-upon-Tweed) I would not compare Rwanda, which we consider to be a safe country for those who are ineligible for asylum - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Sammy Wilson (DUP - East Antrim) the Minister give the assurances he has given today, but the fact remains that we have been out of Afghanistan - Speech Link
2: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) We had an urgent question earlier today about the people from Afghanistan who are being yeeted out of - Speech Link
3: None uncertainty and fear, with the prospect of being executed by the Taliban should they be removed back to Afghanistan - Speech Link
4: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) fact that a number of veterans sit in Cabinet means that the system will work for those who served in Afghanistan - 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: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) eligible for support in the UK are currently in limbo and are potentially going to be repatriated to Afghanistan - 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) They face certain death if they are forcibly removed to Afghanistan, as do their families. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Lord Stewart of Dirleton (Con - Life peer) Relocating migrants to safe third countries to process their asylum claims is, in principle, compliant - 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: 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
Written Evidence Apr. 15 2024
Committee: Public Accounts CommitteeFound: UKR0008 - Asylum Accommodation and UK-Rwanda partnership The Migration Observatory Written Evidence