51729
2017-19
1258
70th Anniversary Of The Nakba
Richard Burden
2018-05-11
That this House notes that 15 May 2018 marks 70 years since the Nakba catastrophe in which more than 750,000 Palestinians fled or were expelled from their homes; further notes that Palestinian refugees' right of return as recognised by UN Resolution 194 has been blocked by successive Israeli governments; notes that there are now over five million Palestinian refugees in the West Bank, Gaza, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon and overseas, as well as internally displaced Palestinians living in Israel; notes the restrictions on civil and political rights for refugees in some of those countries and the extreme vulnerability of Palestinian refugees to the conflict in Syria; calls on the UK Government to work to improve the wellbeing of Palestinian refugees in host countries, without prejudice to their rights under international law, and therefore to respond positively to the UN's appeal to offset the funding crisis now facing the vital work of UNRWA, which has been dramatically worsened by the US' decision to withhold $65 million from the Agency; believes that a just solution for Palestinian refugees based on human rights and international law will be an essential ingredient of durable peace in the Middle East; and further calls on the UK Government to pursue that objective in its international diplomacy.
Asylum
Human rights
International politics and government
Middle East
Richard Burden
2018-05-11
Proposed
Birmingham, Northfield
Labour
Alistair Carmichael
2018-05-11
Seconded
Orkney and Shetland
Liberal Democrat
Andy Slaughter
2018-05-11
Seconded
Hammersmith
Labour
Grahame Morris
2018-05-11
Seconded
Easington
Labour
Tommy Sheppard
2018-05-11
Seconded
Edinburgh East
Scottish National Party
Philippa Whitford
2018-05-11
Seconded
Central Ayrshire
Scottish National Party
Catherine West
2018-05-14
Signed
Hornsey and Wood Green
Labour
Jim Cunningham
2018-05-14
Signed
Coventry South
Labour
Martyn Day
2018-05-14
Signed
Linlithgow and East Falkirk
Scottish National Party
Jo Stevens
2018-05-14
Signed
Cardiff Central
Labour
Jonathan Edwards
2018-05-14
Signed
Carmarthen East and Dinefwr
Plaid Cymru
Brendan O'Hara
2018-05-15
Signed
Argyll and Bute
Scottish National Party
Chris Stephens
2018-05-15
Signed
Glasgow South West
Scottish National Party
Ben Lake
2018-05-15
Signed
Ceredigion
Plaid Cymru
Peter Bottomley
2018-05-15
Signed
Worthing West
Conservative
Chris Law
2018-05-15
Signed
Dundee West
Scottish National Party
Carol Monaghan
2018-05-15
Signed
Glasgow North West
Scottish National Party
Ronnie Campbell
2018-05-16
Signed
Blyth Valley
Labour
David Linden
2018-05-16
Signed
Glasgow East
Scottish National Party
Kelvin Hopkins
2018-05-17
Signed
Luton North
Labour
Lloyd Russell-Moyle
2018-05-17
Signed
Brighton, Kemptown
Labour/Co-operative
Matt Western
2018-05-21
Signed
Warwick and Leamington
Labour
Tom Brake
2018-05-21
Signed
Carshalton and Wallington
Liberal Democrat
Marie Rimmer
2018-05-22
Signed
St Helens South and Whiston
Labour
Alan Brown
2018-06-12
Signed
Kilmarnock and Loudoun
Scottish National Party
Drew Hendry
2018-06-12
Signed
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey
Scottish National Party
Hannah Bardell
2018-06-13
Signed
Livingston
Scottish National Party
Douglas Chapman
2018-06-14
Signed
Dunfermline and West Fife
Scottish National Party