Syria British Nationals Abroad

Select Committee

Oral Evidence Jan. 23 2024

Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: I was in the British Cabinet between 1997 and 2010.

Select Committee

Oral Evidence Jan. 23 2024

Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: I was in the British Cabinet between 1997 and 2010.

Select Committee

Oral Evidence Jan. 23 2024

Inquiry: The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: I was in the British Cabinet between 1997 and 2010.

Scottish Government Publication (FOI/EIR release)
External Affairs Directorate

Jan. 22 2024

Found: funded by the Scottish Government and is a reciprocal programme with students in Scotland placed abroad

Lords Chamber
Asylum: UK-Rwanda Agreement - Mon 22 Jan 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) We want a system that is not gamed, either from those within the UK or by organised crime abroad, but - Speech Link
2: Lord Kerr of Kinlochard (XB - Life peer) wished to note Rwanda’s 100% rejection rate for asylum claims there by applicants from Afghanistan or Syria - Speech Link
3: Baroness Lister of Burtersett (Lab - Life peer) three-quarters of them despite many of the asylum seekers coming from countries such as Afghanistan and Syria - Speech Link
4: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) support the continued operation of the ETM until 2026.The Home Office has granted refugee status to nationals - Speech Link

Deposited Papers
Cabinet Office

Jan. 17 2024

Found: enabling a more secure UK by tackling serious organised crime and countering terrorist threats from abroad

Commons Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Committee of the whole House day 2 - Wed 17 Jan 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Suella Braverman (Con - Fareham) The British people are fed up. - Speech Link
2: John Hayes (Con - South Holland and The Deepings) what my right hon. and learned Friend the Member for Fareham rightly described as activist lawyers abroad - Speech Link
3: Jerome Mayhew (Con - Broadland) nationals of Hong Kong descent; we have had the Syria programme, which I believe involved about 20,000 - Speech Link

Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Cabinet Office

Jan. 16 2024

Found: enabling a more secure UK by tackling serious organised crime and countering terrorist threats from abroad

Non-Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Conflict, Stability and Security Fund

Jan. 16 2024

Found: enabling a more secure UK by tackling serious organised crime and countering terrorist threats from abroad

Commons Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
Committee of the whole House Day 1 - Tue 16 Jan 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) Gentleman can sit down; he has made his point.Fellow human beings, from Afghanistan, Syria, Yemen, Libya - Speech Link
2: John Hayes (Con - South Holland and The Deepings) Friend is making a compelling argument about the difference between this country and those abroad who - Speech Link
3: Edward Leigh (Con - Gainsborough) If they have come from a hell-hole like Syria, Iraq or Afghanistan, why would they not want to take that - Speech Link
4: Miriam Cates (Con - Penistone and Stocksbridge) The responsibility of the British Government is the safety and welfare of the British people. - Speech Link
5: None legislation to add India and Georgia to the list of safe countries to which we will be able to return nationals - Speech Link