PARLIAMENTARY EARLY DAY MOTION
Post-WWII forced deportation of Chinese seafarers (6 June 2021)

Motion Details

That this House notes that this is the 75th anniversary of the forced deportations of thousands of Chinese seafarers after the Second World War, which left many families abandoned without support and with no idea of what had happened; notes that the restricted papers, made public after 50 years, show that decisions taken by the Home Office led to the forced deportation of over 2000 Chinese seafarers from Liverpool, many of whom put their lives on the line for the Allied war effort and who were repaid with this act; notes that this was one of the most nakedly racist incidents ever instigated by the Government, and that countless families suffered a lifetime of trauma as a result, many of whom died without ever knowing the truth about what happened to their loved ones with descendants still searching for answers and lost family members; and calls on the Government to acknowledge this atrocity and issue a full and formal apology for these grave injustices.

Sponsored by:
Kim Johnson (Labour)

EDMS Sponsor By Party

Party
Votes
%
 
Labour
11
46%
 
 
Scottish National Party
5
21%
 
 
Independent
4
17%
 
 
Democratic Unionist Party
2
8%
 
 
Liberal Democrat
1
4%
 
 
Alba Party
1
4%
 
Sponsor List (24 sponsors)
Party
Member
Constituency
Lab
Paula Barker
Liverpool Wavertree
Ind
Richard Burgon
Leeds East
Lab
Dan Carden
Liverpool Walton
SNP
Allan Dorans
SNP
Marion Fellows
Lab
Mary Kelly Foy
City of Durham
Alba
Neale Hanvey
LD
Wera Hobhouse
Bath
Lab
Sir George Howarth
Lab
Kim Johnson (Sponsor)
Liverpool Riverside
Lab
Ian Lavery
Blyth and Ashington
Lab
Tony Lloyd
Ind
John McDonnell
Hayes and Harlington
Lab
Navendu Mishra
Stockport
SNP
Carol Monaghan
Lab
Charlotte Nichols
Warrington North
SNP
Brendan O'Hara
Argyll, Bute and South Lochaber
Lab
Kate Osborne
Jarrow and Gateshead East
DUP
Jim Shannon
Strangford
SNP
Chris Stephens
Ind
Zarah Sultana
Coventry South
Ind
Claudia Webbe
Lab
Mick Whitley
DUP
Sammy Wilson
East Antrim

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