Trafficked Britons in Syria

Select Committee

Correspondence Apr. 17 2024

Committee: Home Affairs Committee (Department: Home Office)

Found: the context of British nationals who are detained in North East Syria, including a number of likely

Departmental Publication (Statistics)
Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities

Mar. 25 2024

Found: one study published in 2020, 50% of Britons felt that this was the most divided Britain had ever been

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

Mentions:
1: Lord Kerr of Kinlochard (XB - Life peer) Much the largest groups came from Afghanistan, Iran, Eritrea, Sudan and Syria. - Speech Link
2: Baroness Whitaker (Lab - Life peer) Members in the other place cited Savanta’s findings that 72% of Britons were dissatisfied with the policy—hardly - Speech Link
3: Baroness Bennett of Manor Castle (Green - Life peer) I asked it during the passage of the Nationality and Borders Bill, when we declared millions of Britons - Speech Link
4: Baroness O'Loan (XB - Life peer) I do not think that many of us could live in Syria, Afghanistan or anywhere else on a salary of about - Speech Link
5: Lord Purvis of Tweed (LD - Life peer) of claiming that they have been trafficked here, so how will the Rwandans know? - Speech Link

Select Committee

MENA0030 - 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: MENA0030 - The UK’s engagement with the Middle East and North Africa All Party Parliamentary Group on Trafficked

Select Committee

Oral Evidence Nov. 22 2023

Inquiry: Daesh Inquiry
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Human Rights (Joint Committee)

Found: The APPG on Trafficked Britons in Syria has conducted an inquiry and found that ISIS was able to traffic

Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Migration to Scotland: Scottish Government Proposals - Tue 14 Nov 2023

Mentions:
1: Hepburn, Jamie (SNP - Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) The positive impact of migration to Scotland can be felt in our families, in our communities, in our - Speech Link
2: Stewart, Kaukab (SNP - Glasgow Kelvin) Our early history was a melting pot of Britons, Picts, Angles, Gaels and Norse. - Speech Link
3: Grant, Rhoda (Lab - Highlands and Islands) The national referral mechanism, which people who have been trafficked are referred to for their situation - Speech Link
4: Greer, Ross (Green - West Scotland) in directly engaging in conflicts such as the one in Afghanistan. - Speech Link
5: Forbes, Kate (SNP - Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch) Last week, I had the privilege of meeting a number of former refugees from Syria who, in the past few - Speech Link

Lords Chamber
King’s Speech - Wed 08 Nov 2023
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: Lord Bellamy (Con - Life peer) aware of increasing instances where begging is being organised by criminal gangs, with potentially trafficked - Speech Link
2: Lord Bew (XB - Life peer) Balmoral in Belfast in the autumn of 1997. - Speech Link
3: Lord Roberts of Llandudno (LD - Life peer) It might be to Ukraine, Afghanistan, Syria, Gaza or even our fellow nations of the UK. - Speech Link
4: Lord Browne of Belmont (DUP - Life peer) Kingdom is restored.If Northern Ireland citizens and businesses are to be treated as equal to our fellow Britons - Speech Link

Select Committee

CTE0011 - The UK’s international counter-terrorism policy

Written Evidence Sep. 14 2023

Inquiry: The UK’s international counter-terrorism policy
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: Detention situation in for UK citizens in North-East Syria 4.The Special Rapporteur brings to the Committee

Select Committee

CTE0013 - The UK’s international counter-terrorism policy

Written Evidence Sep. 14 2023

Inquiry: The UK’s international counter-terrorism policy
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: , Trafficked to ISIS: British families detained in Syria after being trafficked to Islamic State,

Select Committee

CTE0014 - The UK’s international counter-terrorism policy

Written Evidence Sep. 14 2023

Inquiry: The UK’s international counter-terrorism policy
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Foreign Affairs Committee (Department: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office)

Found: CTE0014 - The UK’s international counter-terrorism policy All-Party Parliamentary Group on Trafficked