Darfur Asylum Seekers

EDM number 2279 in 2005-06, proposed by Clare Short on 05/06/2006.

That this House believes that in present circumstances it is unsafe forcibly to return Africans from the Darfur region of Sudan back to their country of origin, particularly as the only legitimate way of returning to Sudan is through Khartoum International Airport which is likely to place returnees in the hands of the Sudanese National Security and Intelligence Service; notes that returns conducted from the United Kingdom increase the likelihood of arbitrary detention and torture; and further notes that those displaced from the crisis in Darfur and resident in the Khartoum region are likely to be identified, harassed and displaced on the basis of their ethnicity as demonstrated in the Aegis Trust report of June 2006 `Safe as Ghost Houses - Prospects for Darfur African Survivors removed to Khartoum'.

This motion has been signed by a total of 53 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Clare Short	05/06/2006	Birmingham, Ladywood	Labour	Proposed
John Bercow	05/06/2006	Buckingham	Conservative	Seconded
Andrew Dismore	06/06/2006	Hendon	Labour	Seconded
Alan Meale	06/06/2006	Mansfield	Labour	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	06/06/2006	Worthing West	Conservative	Seconded
Ian Gibson	06/06/2006	Norwich North	Labour	Seconded
Andrew George	06/06/2006	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mark Durkan	06/06/2006	Foyle	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Colin Breed	06/06/2006	South East Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bob Spink	06/06/2006	Castle Point	Conservative	Signed
Jim Devine	07/06/2006	Livingston	Labour	Signed
Rudi Vis	07/06/2006	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
Mike Hancock	07/06/2006	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Diane Abbott	07/06/2006	Hackney North & Stoke Newington	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	07/06/2006	Gower	Labour	Signed
Ronnie Campbell	07/06/2006	Blyth Valley	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	07/06/2006	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	07/06/2006	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Mark Williams	08/06/2006	Ceredigion	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	08/06/2006	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	08/06/2006	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
John Pugh	08/06/2006	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Bill Etherington	12/06/2006	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	12/06/2006	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Helen Goodman	12/06/2006	Bishop Auckland	Labour	Signed
Mark Hunter	13/06/2006	Cheadle	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Leech	13/06/2006	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Tim Farron	13/06/2006	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Ancram	13/06/2006	Devizes	Conservative	Signed
Mark Lazarowicz	13/06/2006	Edinburgh North & Leith	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	13/06/2006	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Stephen Williams	14/06/2006	Bristol West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Betty Williams	14/06/2006	Conwy	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	14/06/2006	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
David Drew	14/06/2006	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Michael Clapham	14/06/2006	Barnsley West & Penistone	Labour	Signed
Ken Purchase	14/06/2006	Wolverhampton North East	Labour	Signed
Julie Morgan	14/06/2006	Cardiff North	Labour	Signed
Nick Harvey	15/06/2006	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Williams	15/06/2006	Brecon & Radnorshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	16/06/2006	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Harry Cohen	19/06/2006	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Michael Moore	20/06/2006	Berwickshire, Roxburgh & Selkirk	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Ann Cryer	20/06/2006	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Daniel Rogerson	20/06/2006	North Cornwall	Liberal Democrat	Signed
David Heyes	21/06/2006	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Roger Godsiff	21/06/2006	Birmingham, Sparkbrook & Small Heath	Labour	Signed
John Hemming	22/06/2006	Birmingham, Yardley	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	22/06/2006	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	27/06/2006	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Mohammad Sarwar	06/07/2006	Glasgow Central	Labour	Signed
Tony Lloyd	17/07/2006	Manchester Central	Labour	Signed
Jo Swinson	25/07/2006	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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