UN International Migrants Day

EDM number 828 in 2016-17, proposed by Stuart McDonald on 19/12/2016.
Categorised under the topic of Asylum.

That this House acknowledges the significant contribution that migrants make to all parts of the UK; welcomes those who choose to call the UK their home whether they are joining family, studying, working or seeking refuge or asylum; remembers all those migrants that have lost their lives fleeing persecution; and joins in celebrating UN International Migrants Day, 18 December 2016, as an opportunity to raise awareness of the rights of migrants in this country and the UK's duty to provide a place of protection and safety.

This motion has been signed by a total of 34 MPs.