Refugees Syria - All Types

Select Committee

MENA0064 - The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa

Written Evidence Dec. 18 2023

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: countries in the Middle East and North Africa, and is currently operational in Iraq, Lebanon, and Syria

Lords Chamber
Universal Declaration of Human Rights - Mon 11 Dec 2023
No Department present

Mentions:
1: Baroness Helic (Con - Life peer) Similarly, the contrast between our warm welcome to Ukrainians and our hostility towards refugees from - Speech Link
2: Lord Thomas of Gresford (LD - Life peer) Perhaps the most apposite on this day, today, is the UN Convention relating to the Status of Refugees - Speech Link
3: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) Government for leading debates at the HRC, and for raising issues and tabling resolutions concerning Syria - Speech Link
4: Baroness Swinburne (Con - Life peer) Lady Helic that we have led on resolutions establishing or removing UN accountability mechanisms for Syria - Speech Link

Scottish Government Publication (Strategy/plan)
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate
Ukraine Resettlement Directorate

Mar. 28 2024

Found: Scotland but also reserves the right to speak out on behalf of refugees. 9While refugees bring many

Lords Chamber
Israel and Gaza - Wed 22 May 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Baroness Deech (XB - Life peer) anything to say about the hundreds of thousands of people who have died recently in Congo, in Yemen, in Syria - Speech Link
2: Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon (Con - Life peer) On Syria, we have announced further funding of £89 million, so we are very much seized of the humanitarian - Speech Link
3: Baroness Helic (Con - Life peer) million Palestinians, 2.3 million of whom live in Jordan, and hundreds of thousands of whom live in Syria - Speech Link

Select Committee

Oral Evidence Mar. 26 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: The situation is even worse for Syrian refugees, 90% of whom are in extreme poverty.

Select Committee

Oral Evidence Mar. 26 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: The situation is even worse for Syrian refugees, 90% of whom are in extreme poverty.

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Home Office

Sep. 19 2023

Found: Government enhances support for refugees to find jobs

Lords Chamber
Illegal Immigration - Mon 20 Nov 2023
Home Office

Mentions:
1: None The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees operates its own refugee scheme in Rwanda. - Speech Link
2: Lord Carlile of Berriew (XB - Life peer) Finally, does the Minister agree that the Government should put all people who are de facto refugees - Speech Link
3: Lord Sharpe of Epsom (Con - Life peer) I also accept that a treaty already exists regarding refugees; that is incontestable. - Speech Link
4: Lord Paddick (Non-affiliated - Life peer) the weekend stated that, between 2020 and 2022, 100% of asylum claims by people from Afghanistan and Syria - Speech Link

Departmental Publication (News and Communications)
Home Office

Feb. 27 2024

Found: They include but not limited to people from Ukraine, Hong Kong, Afghanistan, and Syria.

Parliamentary Research
Relationship between the UK and the Kurdistan Region of Iraq - CDP-2024-0025
Feb. 01 2024

Found: Lopresti MP. 2 Background Iraqi Kurdistan is an autonomous region of northeastern Iraq, bordering Syria