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<id>28441</id>
<session>2005-06</session>
<number>242</number>
<title>CITY AND ISLINGTON COLLEGE STUDENTS' SUCCESS</title>
<proposer id="10133">Jeremy Corbyn</proposer>
<date>2005-05-26</date>
<text>That this House congratulates Abdul Aziz Turay and Robel Kahsay on their recent awards for outstanding achievements in their studies at City and Islington College; further notes the welcome support to the students given by the Highbury and Islington Express; further notes that Abdul Turay, aged 19 years, fled his native Liberia, where he had been forced to serve as a child soldier; notes that Robel Kahsay, aged 18 years, was detained and tortured by the authorities in Ethiopia because of his father's political activities; and calls on the Home Office to ensure that both students' asylum applications are dealt with swiftly and sympathetically.</text>
<topics>
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<signatures>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10133">Jeremy Corbyn</mp>
		<date>2005-05-26</date>
		<type>Proposed</type>
		<constituency>Islington North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10323">Lynne Jones</mp>
		<date>2005-06-06</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Birmingham, Selly Oak</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10288">Kelvin Hopkins</mp>
		<date>2005-06-06</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Luton North</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10057">Peter Bottomley</mp>
		<date>2005-06-06</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Worthing West</constituency>
		<party>Conservative</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10616">Rudi Vis</mp>
		<date>2005-06-08</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Finchley &amp; Golders Green</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10541">Alan Simpson</mp>
		<date>2005-06-09</date>
		<type>Seconded</type>
		<constituency>Nottingham South</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="11656">Emily Thornberry</mp>
		<date>2005-06-09</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Islington South &amp; Finsbury</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10142">Ann Cryer</mp>
		<date>2005-06-13</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Keighley</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
	<signature>
		<mp id="10383">John McDonnell</mp>
		<date>2005-07-04</date>
		<type>Signed</type>
		<constituency>Hayes &amp; Harlington</constituency>
		<party>Labour</party>
	</signature>
</signatures>
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