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Select Committee
Chatham House, Helen Lackner, and Dr Elisabeth Kendall

Oral Evidence Jan. 30 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: that people in the Middle East have when the UK and the US do something together is with the last Iraq

Lords Chamber
Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill
2nd reading - Mon 29 Jan 2024
Home Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Baker of Dorking (Con - Life peer) Albania will not take refugees from Syria, Iraq, Turkey, Egypt, or any of the sub-Saharan African countries.What - Speech Link
2: Lord Kirkhope of Harrogate (Con - Life peer) enhanced co-operation between our countries, and further agreements were secured—correctly—with Bulgaria, Turkey - Speech Link
3: Lord Hacking (Lab - Excepted Hereditary) assumption is that they took the land route, and that they would have had to go through Pakistan, Iran, Iraq - Speech Link
4: Lord Wolfson of Tredegar (Con - Life peer) that, by failing to comply with an interim measure ordered under Rule 39 to prevent a deportation, Turkey - Speech Link

Lords Chamber
Ukraine - Fri 26 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Stirrup (XB - Life peer) With that in mind, it is worth remembering that the Iran-Iraq war—a brutal conflict that ended in stalemate—lasted - Speech Link
2: Lord Collins of Highbury (Lab - Life peer) neighbours, particularly Uzbekistan, Georgia and Armenia, and that bilateral arrangements had been made with Turkey - Speech Link
3: Earl of Minto (Con - Excepted Hereditary) Your Lordships may like to know that the Foreign Secretary is in Turkey today, and hopefully that situation - Speech Link

Departmental Publication (Guidance and Regulation)
Home Office

Jan. 25 2024

Source Page: Immigration Rules archive: 28 December 23 to 15 January 2024
Document: Immigration Rules archive: 28 December 23 to 15 January 2024 (PDF)

Found: Article 41 of the Additional Protocol to the European Community Association Agreement (ECAA) with Turkey

Commons Chamber
Situation in the Red Sea - Wed 24 Jan 2024
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Mentions:
1: Bob Seely (Con - Isle of Wight) According to the House of Commons Library, there are 12 Iranian proxy forces in Bahrain, Iraq, Lebanon - Speech Link
2: John Healey (Lab - Wentworth and Dearne) It is not just about the risks of Iranian-backed proxies in Iraq: the Iranian interests in Iraq, and - Speech Link
3: Alicia Kearns (Con - Rutland and Melton) Friend the Member for Isle of Wight (Bob Seely) rightly raised his concerns about Iraq. - Speech Link

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

Mentions:
1: Lord Howell of Guildford (Con - Life peer) Indeed, there between 5 million and 6 million migrants already in Turkey—that is just a start.We have - Speech Link
2: Lord Balfe (Con - Life peer) European entity.I noticed today that Prime Minister Meloni of Italy has gone to see President Erdoğan in Turkey - Speech Link

Scottish Government Publication (Progress report)
Equality, Inclusion and Human Rights Directorate

Jan. 22 2024

Source Page: UN Human Rights Council Universal Periodic Review - fourth cycle recommendations: Scottish Government response
Document: United Nations Human Rights Council: Universal Periodic Review Fourth Cycle (November 2022): Scottish Government Response to the Recommendations (PDF)

Found: Internat ional Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (Argentina) (Iraq

Parliamentary Research
International affairs and defence: Parliamentary debates and statements in the 2022-23 session - CBP-9824
Jan. 17 2024

Found: January 2024 1.6 Middle East and North Africa 11 May 2022 714 cc141 -9 Jim Fitton: Detention in Iraq

Deposited Papers
Cabinet Office

Jan. 17 2024

Source Page: I. Conflict, Stability and Security Fund: Annual report 2022/23. Incl. annexes. 32p. II. Letter dated 11/01/2024 from Baroness Neville-Rolfe to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding a document for deposit in the House libraries. 1p.
Document: Conflict.pdf (PDF)

Found: In Turkey, CSSF-funded capacity building and equipment have led to improved intelligence gathering

Departmental Publication (Transparency)
Cabinet Office

Jan. 16 2024

Source Page: Conflict, Stability and Security Fund annual report 2022 to 2023
Document: Conflict, Stability and Security Fund annual report 2022 to 2023 (PDF)

Found: It has also improved cyber security capability in Georgia, Iraq, the Indo-Pacific, the Commonwealth