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UNHCR AND PATHWAYS FOR ADMISSION OF SYRIAN REFUGEES

EDM (Early Day Motion) 1223: tabled on 09 March 2016

Tabled in the 2015-16 session.

This motion has been signed by 37 Members. It has not yet had any amendments submitted.

As this motion is using historical data, we may not have the record of the original ordering, in which case signatories are listed alphabetically.

Motion text

That this House notes that the world is currently experiencing the greatest refugee crisis since the end of the Second World War with 19.5 million refugees across the globe and another 40 million people internally displaced; further notes that Syria is the largest source of refugees in the world and that since the start of the Syrian conflict nearly 4.8 million people have fled that country due to violence; recognises that the vast majority of Syrian refugees are hosted by countries bordering Syria, including 2.6 million refugees in Turkey, 1.1 million refugees in Lebanon, and 640,000 refugees in Jordan; is concerned by the failure of European member states to work co-operatively to welcome refugees and provide adequate safe and legal routes for refugees to find safety; welcomes the Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme that aims to resettle 20,000 vulnerable Syrian refugees in the UK by the end of the Parliament and congratulates the Government on reaching its target of resettling 1,000 Syrian refugees by Christmas 2015; further welcomes the high-level meeting on global responsibility sharing through pathways for admission for Syrian refugees organised by UNHCR that will take place on 30 March 2016 in Geneva; and calls on the Government to use the opportunity of the high-level meeting to ensure that the UK takes greater responsibility for the protection of Syrian refugees by providing safe and legal routes for refugees, including through expansion of the Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme, by making it easier for refugees to reunite with family members already in the UK, and by introducing humanitarian visas.

The first 6 Members who have signed to support the motion are the sponsors. The primary sponsor is generally the person who tabled the motion and has responsibility for it. The date shown is when the Member signed the motion.

In addition to the sponsors, the following Members have signed to support the motion.

Bardell, Hannah
Scottish National Party
Signed on 15 March 2016
Livingston
Black, Mhairi
Scottish National Party
Signed on 16 March 2016
Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Blackford, Ian
Scottish National Party
Signed on 16 March 2016
Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Brake, Tom
Liberal Democrat
Signed on 15 March 2016
Carshalton and Wallington
Brown, Alan
Scottish National Party
Signed on 15 March 2016
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Cadbury, Ruth
Labour
Signed on 21 March 2016
Brentford and Isleworth
Cherry, Joanna
Scottish National Party
Signed on 21 March 2016
Edinburgh South West
Crawley, Angela
Scottish National Party
Signed on 15 March 2016
Lanark and Hamilton East
Day, Martyn
Scottish National Party
Signed on 11 March 2016
Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Donaldson, Stuart Blair
Scottish National Party
Signed on 14 March 2016
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Ferrier, Margaret
Scottish National Party
Signed on 14 March 2016
Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Gethins, Stephen
Scottish National Party
Signed on 17 March 2016
North East Fife
Godsiff, Mr Roger
Labour
Signed on 14 March 2016
Birmingham, Hall Green
Grady, Patrick
Scottish National Party
Signed on 14 March 2016
Glasgow North
Harris, Carolyn
Labour
Signed on 14 March 2016
Swansea East
Hendry, Drew
Scottish National Party
Signed on 11 April 2016
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Lammy, Mr David
Labour
Signed on 15 March 2016
Tottenham
Law, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on 15 March 2016
Dundee West
MacNeil, Angus Brendan
Scottish National Party
Signed on 14 March 2016
Na h-Eileanan an Iar
McGarry, Natalie
Independent
Signed on 16 March 2016
Glasgow East
McNally, John
Scottish National Party
Signed on 14 March 2016
Falkirk
Monaghan, Carol
Scottish National Party
Signed on 15 March 2016
Glasgow North West
Monaghan, Dr Paul
Scottish National Party
Signed on 21 March 2016
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Newlands, Gavin
Scottish National Party
Signed on 21 March 2016
Paisley and Renfrewshire North
O'Hara, Brendan
Scottish National Party
Signed on 14 March 2016
Argyll and Bute
Qureshi, Yasmin
Labour
Signed on 18 April 2016
Bolton South East
Saville Roberts, Liz
Plaid Cymru
Signed on 17 March 2016
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
Stephens, Chris
Scottish National Party
Signed on 10 March 2016
Glasgow South West
Thewliss, Alison
Scottish National Party
Signed on 14 March 2016
Glasgow Central
Thompson, Owen
Scottish National Party
Signed on 16 March 2016
Midlothian
Vaz, Keith
Labour
Signed on 14 March 2016
Leicester East

There are no withdrawn signatures for this motion.