THAILAND'S TREATMENT OF ROHINGYA REFUGEES

EDM number 670 in 2008-09, proposed by Alistair Carmichael on 03/02/2009.
Categorised under the topics of Asia and Asylum.

That this House is appalled that Thailand's navy has left around 1,000 Rohingya refugees adrift in the ocean in boats without engines or food or water; is deeply concerned that hundreds may have died as a result; notes that the Rohingya people face severe persecution in Burma, including denial of citizenship, a ban on marriage without government permission, severe restrictions of movement, religious persecution, extortion, land confiscation and restrictions on access to education; and calls on Thailand to grant UNHCR access to Rohingya refugees in Thailand, to end forced repatriations and to allow Rohingya and other refugees in Thailand to claim asylum and be given sanctuary.

This motion has been signed by a total of 51 MPs, 1 of these signatures have been withdrawn.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Alistair Carmichael	03/02/2009	Orkney & Shetland	Liberal Democrat	Proposed
Lindsay Hoyle	03/02/2009	Chorley	Labour	Seconded
Bob Russell	03/02/2009	Colchester	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Robert Smith	03/02/2009	Aberdeenshire West & Kincardine	Liberal Democrat	Seconded
Bob Spink	03/02/2009	Castle Point	Independent	Seconded
Stephen Crabb	03/02/2009	Preseli Pembrokeshire	Conservative	Seconded
Peter Bottomley	03/02/2009	Worthing West	Conservative	Signed
David Drew	04/02/2009	Stroud	Labour	Signed
Paul Flynn	04/02/2009	Newport West	Labour	Signed
Hywel Francis	04/02/2009	Aberavon	Labour	Signed
Andrew George	04/02/2009	St Ives	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Rudi Vis	04/02/2009	Finchley & Golders Green	Labour	Signed
John Leech	04/02/2009	Manchester, Withington	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andrew Dismore	04/02/2009	Hendon	Labour	Signed
Jeremy Corbyn	04/02/2009	Islington North	Labour	Signed
Martin Caton	04/02/2009	Gower	Labour	Signed
Colin Burgon	04/02/2009	Elmet	Labour	Signed
Alan Meale	04/02/2009	Mansfield	Labour	Signed
Chris McCafferty	04/02/2009	Calder Valley	Labour	Signed
Lynne Jones	04/02/2009	Birmingham, Selly Oak	Labour	Signed
Kelvin Hopkins	04/02/2009	Luton North	Labour	Signed
David Heyes	04/02/2009	Ashton-under-Lyne	Labour	Signed
Michael Weir	05/02/2009	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Edward Davey	05/02/2009	Kingston & Surbiton	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Andy Reed	05/02/2009	Loughborough	Labour	Signed
John Pugh	05/02/2009	Southport	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Paul Rowen	09/02/2009	Rochdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Mike Hancock	09/02/2009	Portsmouth South	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Neil Gerrard	09/02/2009	Walthamstow	Labour	Signed
Bill Etherington	09/02/2009	Sunderland North	Labour	Signed
Ann Cryer	09/02/2009	Keighley	Labour	Signed
Marsha Singh	09/02/2009	Bradford West	Labour	Signed
Harry Cohen	10/02/2009	Leyton & Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	10/02/2009	Ayrshire North & Arran	Labour	Signed
James McGovern	10/02/2009	Dundee West	Labour	Signed
Jim Devine	10/02/2009	Livingston	Labour	Signed
David Hamilton	11/02/2009	Midlothian	Labour	Signed
Janet Dean	11/02/2009	Burton	Labour	Signed
Elfyn Llwyd	11/02/2009	Meirionnydd Nant Conwy	Plaid Cymru	Signed
Nick Harvey	23/02/2009	North Devon	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Eddie McGrady	23/02/2009	South Down	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Richard Younger-Ross	23/02/2009	Teignbridge	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Brian Jenkins	24/02/2009	Tamworth	Labour	Signed
Greg Mulholland	24/02/2009	Leeds North West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John Austin	25/02/2009	Erith & Thamesmead	Labour	Signed
Alan Simpson	25/02/2009	Nottingham South	Labour	Signed
Tim Farron	26/02/2009	Westmorland & Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
John McDonnell	27/02/2009	Hayes & Harlington	Labour	Signed
Don Foster	09/03/2009	Bath	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Sarah Teather	23/03/2009	Brent East	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Michael Jabez Foster	Unknown			Withdrawn

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