PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
Relocation of aslyum seekers and refugees from Aegean Islands (22 September 2020)
Motion Details
That this House recognises the deteriorating conditions faced by asylum seekers and refugees on the Aegean Islands and notes the recent fire at the Moria camp in Lesvos which has left 13,000 people without shelter; welcomes the fact that Germany, France and Norway have agreed to take some of those vulnerable people; and calls on the UK government to participate in relocating asylum seekers and refugees from the Aegean Islands to local authorities in the UK and to provide the necessary support to enable that relocation.
Sponsored by:
Stuart C McDonald (Scottish National Party)
EDMS Sponsor By Party
Party
Votes
%
Scottish National Party
31
42%
Labour
14
19%
Liberal Democrat
10
14%
Independent
9
12%
Plaid Cymru
3
4%
Democratic Unionist Party
2
3%
Alba Party
2
3%
Social Democratic & Labour Party
2
3%
Green Party
1
1%
Sponsor List (74 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Ms Diane Abbott
Hackney North and Stoke Newington
Lab
Debbie Abrahams
Oldham East and Saddleworth
SNP
Hannah Bardell
Ind
Apsana Begum
Poplar and Limehouse
SNP
Ian Blackford
SNP
Kirsty Blackman
Aberdeen North
Lab
Olivia Blake
Sheffield Hallam
SNP
Steven Bonnar
SNP
Deidre Brock
SNP
Alan Brown
Ind
Richard Burgon
Leeds East
SNP
Amy Callaghan
LD
Mr Alistair Carmichael
Orkney and Shetland
LD
Wendy Chamberlain
North East Fife
SNP
Joanna Cherry
LD
Daisy Cooper
St Albans
LD
Ed Davey
Kingston and Surbiton
SNP
Martyn Day
SNP
Dave Doogan
Angus and Perthshire Glens
SNP
Allan Dorans
SDLP
Colum Eastwood
Foyle
Ind
Jonathan Edwards
LD
Tim Farron
Westmorland and Lonsdale
SNP
Marion Fellows
Ind
Margaret Ferrier
SNP
Stephen Flynn
Aberdeen South
Lab
Mary Kelly Foy
City of Durham
SNP
Patricia Gibson
SNP
Patrick Grady
SNP
Peter Grant
SDLP
Claire Hanna
Belfast South and Mid Down
Alba
Neale Hanvey
SNP
Drew Hendry
LD
Wera Hobhouse
Bath
SNP
Stewart Hosie
LD
Christine Jardine
Edinburgh West
PC
Ben Lake
Ceredigion Preseli
SNP
Chris Law
Dundee Central
Lab
Clive Lewis
Norwich South
Lab
Tony Lloyd
Ind
Rebecca Long Bailey
Salford
Green
Caroline Lucas
Alba
Kenny MacAskill
Ind
Angus Brendan MacNeil
SNP
Stewart Malcolm McDonald
SNP
Stuart C McDonald (Sponsor)
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Navendu Mishra
Stockport
SNP
Carol Monaghan
LD
Layla Moran
Oxford West and Abingdon
SNP
John Nicolson
SNP
Brendan O'Hara
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
LD
Sarah Olney
Richmond Park
SNP
Kirsten Oswald
Lab
Bell Ribeiro-Addy
Clapham and Brixton Hill
DUP
Gavin Robinson
Belfast East
Lab
Lloyd Russell-Moyle
PC
Liz Saville Roberts
Dwyfor Meirionnydd
DUP
Jim Shannon
Strangford
Lab
Mr Virendra Sharma
SNP
Tommy Sheppard
SNP
Alyn Smith
SNP
Chris Stephens
LD
Jamie Stone
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross
Ind
Zarah Sultana
Coventry South
SNP
Alison Thewliss
SNP
Owen Thompson
SNP
Richard Thomson
Ind
Claudia Webbe
Lab
Mick Whitley
Lab
Nadia Whittome
Nottingham East
PC
Hywel Williams
Lab
Beth Winter
Lab
Mohammad Yasin
Bedford
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