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Detention of Asylum Seekers from DRC |
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19 June 2008 - That this House calls for the immediate release of all asylum seekers from the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) who are still being held in immigration detention centres around the UK, including one in Belmarsh Prison, as their deportation is not imminent while the DRC country guidance is being appealed against; and considers that their continued detention, in some cases far in excess of 12 months, is becoming unlawful, as it is blatantly punitive rather than administrative. For full reference, click here. |
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Early Day Motion on the Country Guidance Tribunal on DRC |
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19 June 2007 - That this House maintains that, in the light of the imminent Country Guidance tribunal on the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), due to commence in July, which will address risk on return for failed asylum seekers from this country, all further deportations and removals to DRC should be suspended until the case has been heard and a decision reached, as it would be imprudent to return DRC nationals if there is a possibility that credible evidence may be presented in the tribunal to demonstrate that there is a real and substantial risk of serious ill treatment of returned asylum seekers. For a full reference click here. |
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Early Day Motion on Ugandan Diplomatic Passports in the UK |
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10 June 2008 -That this House notes the Prime Minister's letter published in The Times on 2nd June, which says that the extension of the maximum length of pre-charge detention is necessary because `the police find themselves investigating multiple identities and passports'; notes the 29th February 2008 conviction in the UK of Rose Birungi, former aide to General Salim Saleh, President Museveni's brother and State Minister for microfinance, who has been sentenced to 12 years for trafficking Class A cocaine while travelling on a Ugandan diplomatic passport; further notes the recent statement by the Uganda Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr Okello Oryem that his government does not know how many people have diplomatic passports; fears that these passports could fall into terrorists' hands; and calls on the Government to check routinely everyone entering or leaving the UK while carrying a Ugandan diplomatic passport. For full reference click here. |
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EDM on Sexual Violence in Congo |
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5 June 2007 - That this House notes with concern the continuing instability within the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) caused by violence perpetrated by both Congolese government troops and by various rebel militia; notes with distress the high incidence of rape and sexual violence occurring in the region which has led to some commentators calling the rapes `weapons of war'; observes that the Home Office is currently deporting women and children back to the DRC on the pretext that the country is now safe for returnees; believes that the risk of sexual violence and abuse at the hands of security forces and rebel militia that these women face is too high for them to be safely returned to their country; and calls on the UK Government to halt deportations to the DRC in order to protect the human rights of asylum seekers from that country.
To see the motion and signatures click here. |
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