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Select Committee
Anti-trafficking Monitoring Group
 MSA0039 - Modern Slavery Act 2015

Written Evidence May. 14 2024

Inquiry: Modern Slavery Act 2015
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee

Found: asylum to Rwanda unlawful, in part because it does not consider Rwanda a safe country to remove refugees

Select Committee
Joint Modern Slavery Policy Unit of Justice and Care and the Centre for Social Justice
 MSA0037 - Modern Slavery Act 2015

Written Evidence May. 14 2024

Inquiry: Modern Slavery Act 2015
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee

Found: also the most common nationality referred in 2023 making up 25% of all referrals —most of them children

Select Committee
Barnardo's
 MSA0029 - Modern Slavery Act 2015

Written Evidence May. 14 2024

Inquiry: Modern Slavery Act 2015
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee

Found: Clause 11 categorises refugees as either Group 1 or Group 2; those who travelled to the UK through

Commons Chamber
Illegal Migration Act: Northern Ireland - Tue 14 May 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Alison Thewliss (SNP - Glasgow Central) , obligations to potential victims of modern slavery and human trafficking, and responsibilities to children - Speech Link
2: Tim Farron (LD - Westmorland and Lonsdale) The Government know that most of these folks will turn out to be genuine refugees if their cases are - Speech Link

Westminster Hall
Prevention of Sexual Violence in Conflict - Tue 14 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Stella Creasy (LAB - Walthamstow) against men and boys, and particularly against LGBTQI people in humanitarian settings, and also against refugees - Speech Link
2: Kirsty Blackman (SNP - Aberdeen North) Sexual violence is often used in conflict and in post-conflict zones; it is important to say that refugees - Speech Link
3: Lyn Brown (Lab - West Ham) The impact on children, women, families and communities is enormous. - Speech Link

Westminster Hall
Palestinians: Visa Scheme - Mon 13 May 2024
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Kate Hollern (Lab - Blackburn) Sadly, that includes 14,500 children. - Speech Link
2: Andy Slaughter (Lab - Hammersmith) It provides a raft of services and advice to Ukrainian refugees in the UK. - Speech Link
3: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) The children are still being killed and mutilated, yet we provide no assistance to allow those children - Speech Link
4: Nadia Whittome (Lab - Nottingham East) or parents of children under 18. - Speech Link
5: John McDonnell (Lab - Hayes and Harlington) Children are being maimed; children are being injured. - Speech Link

Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

May. 10 2024

Source Page: Gender equality and social inclusion mainstreaming research: final report
Document: (PDF)

Found: UNDP UN Development Programme IDB Inter-American Development Bank UNHCR UN High Commissioner on Refugees

Select Committee
Crisis
 CJB0012 - Criminal Justice Bill 2023

Written Evidence May. 10 2024

Committee: Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: (1986) Begging under false pretences of need Fraud Act (2006) Forcing others to beg, including children

Select Committee
Formal Minutes of the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee in Session 2022−23

Formal Minutes May. 09 2024

Committee: Northern Ireland Affairs Committee (Department: Northern Ireland Office)

Found: society in Northern Ireland Independent Reporting Commission Northern Ireland Commissioner for Children

Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Department for Work and Pensions

May. 09 2024

Source Page: The Evaluation of the Restart Scheme
Document: (PDF)

Found: Figure 2.6 Children in the household by gender Children in household by Gender 9%18%24%49% 4%4%8%84%