Mentions:
1: Lord Alton of Liverpool (XB - Life peer) That takes me to Nigeria. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Cox (XB - Life peer) I will focus first on Nigeria. - Speech Link
Asked by: Ruth Jones (Labour - Newport West)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask the Minister of State, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle the kidnappings of schoolchildren in Nigeria.
Answered by Andrew Mitchell - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office) (Minister for Development)
The UK Government is monitoring the recent kidnappings of schoolchildren in Nigeria and condemns this crime. At the latest UK-Nigeria Security and Defence Partnership (SDP) dialogue in February, we strengthened our commitment to providing mentoring and capacity-building support to agencies tackling the threat of kidnap within Nigeria. As part of this partnership, the UK National Crime Agency is working with Nigeria to create a Multi-Agency Kidnap Fusion Cell to increase interoperability between security and justice agencies responding to kidnaps. This will help reduce harm to victims and hold those responsible to account.
Mar. 14 2024
Source Page: Operation of police powers under TACT 2000, to December 2023Found: 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Bribery Act 2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Child Abduction
Mar. 14 2024
Source Page: Operation of police powers under TACT 2000, to December 2023Found: 0 0 0 2 Trade Mark Act 1944 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 Bribery Act 2010 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Child Abduction
Feb. 29 2024
Source Page: Inspection report on Home Office country of origin information - Thematic report on the coverage of statelessness (February 2023)Found: harbouring or receipt of persons, by means of the threat or use of force or other forms of coercion, of abduction
Feb. 29 2024
Source Page: Inspection report on Home Office country of origin information, Albania and Pakistan (October 2023)Found: trafficking for labour exploitation is poorly reported. 8 Braimah, T. (2013) ‘Sex trafficking in Edo State, Nigeria
Asked by: Baroness Cox (Crossbench - Life peer)
Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:
To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that rates of kidnappings for ransom have increased in central Nigeria.
Answered by Lord Benyon - Minister of State (Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office)
The UK Government condemns the abduction and captivity of all persons for ransom. We are aware of a rise in kidnappings in central Nigeria. It is difficult to provide a definitive figure because of differing recording practices across agencies and because not all kidnaps are reported to the Nigerian authorities. At the latest UK-Nigeria Security and Defence Partnership (SDP) dialogue in February, we strengthened our commitment to providing mentoring and capacity-building support to the agencies with a mandate to tackle the threat of kidnap. This will help reduce harm to victims and hold those responsible to account.
Mentions:
1: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) Nigeria and the middle belt of Africa are awash with weapons. - Speech Link
2: Jim Shannon (DUP - Strangford) The FORB violations in Nigeria impact everyone in Nigeria; that is where we are—everybody is affected - Speech Link
3: Fiona Bruce (Con - Congleton) The case is now going to the Supreme Court in Nigeria. - Speech Link
4: Leo Docherty (Con - Aldershot) of the insurgency, but those groups have also targeted Christians, including through the large-scale abduction - Speech Link
Found: Freedom of religion or belief in Nigeria
Mentions:
1: Fiona Bruce (Con - Congleton) which includes reports of attacks on churches, homes and businesses, detention without trial, jailing, abduction - Speech Link
2: Lyn Brown (Lab - West Ham) of Nigeria, is still in prison. - Speech Link