Kurdish Asylum Seekers

EDM number 609 in 1989-90, proposed by David Steel on 26/02/1990.

That this House recognises that Kurds in Turkey are the victims of persecution and discrimination on political, racial and religious grounds, and that Turkey has persistently violated accepted human rights standards in its treatment of minorities and opposition groups; and calls on the Government to place a moratorium on the removal of any of the 3,700 Kurdish asylum seekers who arrived before the imposition of visas on Turkish citizens pending further investigation into the situation of Kurds in Eastern Turkey which could provide corroboration of the asylum seekers' testimonies.

This motion has been signed by a total of 79 MPs, 2 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
David Steel	26/02/1990	Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale		Proposed
James Lester	26/02/1990	Broxtowe		Signed
Alistair Darling	26/02/1990	Edinburgh Central		Signed
Jim Wallace	27/02/1990	Orkney & Shetland		Signed
Norman Godman	27/02/1990	Greenock and Port Glasgow		Signed
Terry Davis	27/02/1990	Birmingham, Hodge Hill		Signed
Alex Carlile	27/02/1990	Montgomery		Signed
Keith Bradley	27/02/1990	Manchester, Withington		Signed
Alan Meale	27/02/1990	Mansfield		Signed
David Alton	28/02/1990	Liverpool Mossley Hill		Signed
Ronnie Fearn	28/02/1990	Southport		Signed
Russell Johnston	28/02/1990	Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber		Signed
Kim Howells	01/03/1990	Pontypridd		Signed
Malcolm Bruce	01/03/1990	Gordon		Signed
Tom Cox	01/03/1990	Tooting		Signed
Harry Barnes	01/03/1990	North East Derbyshire		Signed
John Battle	01/03/1990	Leeds West		Signed
Dafydd Wigley	02/03/1990	Caernarfon		Signed
Ian McCartney	02/03/1990	Makerfield		Signed
Tony Lloyd	02/03/1990	Stretford		Signed
Andrew Rowe	05/03/1990	Kent Mid		Signed
Chris Smith	05/03/1990	Islington South & Finsbury		Signed
Jimmy Hood	05/03/1990	Clydesdale		Signed
Audrey Wise	05/03/1990	Preston		Signed
Allan Rogers	06/03/1990	Rhondda		Signed
David Knox	06/03/1990	Staffordshire Moorlands		Signed
Win Griffiths	06/03/1990	Bridgend		Signed
John Cummings	07/03/1990	Easington		Signed
Andrew Smith	07/03/1990	Oxford East		Signed
Keith Raffan	08/03/1990	Delyn		Signed
Margaret Ewing	08/03/1990	Moray		Signed
Michael Colvin	09/03/1990	Romsey and Waterside		Signed
Lewis Moonie	12/03/1990	Kirkcaldy		Signed
Gerry Bermingham	12/03/1990	St Helens South		Signed
Gerry Steinberg	13/03/1990	Durham, City of		Signed
Jimmy Dunnachie	13/03/1990	Glasgow, Pollok		Signed
Ken Livingstone	13/03/1990	Brent East		Signed
Clare Short	13/03/1990	Birmingham, Ladywood		Signed
Brian Sedgemore	13/03/1990	Hackney South & Shoreditch		Signed
Joyce Quin	13/03/1990	Gateshead East		Signed
Robert Parry	13/03/1990	Liverpool, Riverside		Signed
Jim Sillars	14/03/1990	Glasgow, Govan		Signed
Nigel Spearing	14/03/1990	Newham South		Signed
Richard Livsey	14/03/1990	Brecon and Radnor		Signed
Maria Fyfe	14/03/1990	Glasgow, Maryhill		Signed
Dennis Turner	14/03/1990	Wolverhampton South East		Signed
Harry Cohen	15/03/1990	Leyton		Signed
Geraint Howells	15/03/1990	Ceredigion and Pembroke North		Signed
John Hume	16/03/1990	Foyle		Signed
Bruce Grocott	16/03/1990	Wrekin, The		Signed
Jim Cousins	19/03/1990	Newcastle upon Tyne Central		Signed
John Fraser	19/03/1990	Norwood		Signed
Chris Mullin	20/03/1990	Sunderland South		Signed
Menzies Campbell	21/03/1990	Fife North East		Signed
Gavin Strang	21/03/1990	Edinburgh East		Signed
Keith Vaz	21/03/1990	Leicester East		Signed
David Blunkett	22/03/1990	Sheffield, Brightside		Signed
Richard Caborn	22/03/1990	Sheffield Central		Signed
Roland Boyes	22/03/1990	Houghton and Washington		Signed
Tony Worthington	23/03/1990	Clydebank & Milngavie		Signed
James Wray	26/03/1990	Glasgow Provan		Signed
Gwyneth Dunwoody	27/03/1990	Crewe & Nantwich		Signed
Mo Mowlam	27/03/1990	Redcar		Signed
William McKelvey	27/03/1990	Kilmarnock & Loudoun		Signed
John McWilliam	03/04/1990	Blaydon		Signed
George Howarth	05/06/1990	Knowsley North		Signed
Alun Michael	05/06/1990	Cardiff South & Penarth		Signed
Paul Boateng	06/06/1990	Brent South		Signed
Frank Field	06/06/1990	Birkenhead		Signed
Julian Critchley	06/06/1990	Aldershot		Signed
Joan Ruddock	06/06/1990	Lewisham, Deptford		Signed
Alice Mahon	07/06/1990	Halifax		Signed
Dale Campbell-Savours	12/06/1990	Workington		Signed
Robert Hicks	14/06/1990	South East Cornwall		Signed
Harry Greenway	18/06/1990	Ealing North		Signed
Douglas French	23/07/1990	Gloucester		Signed
George Young	Unknown			Withdrawn
Norman Buchan	Unknown			Withdrawn
	Unknown			Signed

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