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Chamber and committees

Deportation of Refugees After Five Years

  • Submitted by: Ross Greer, West Scotland, Scottish Green Party.
  • Date lodged: Thursday, 16 March 2017
  • Motion reference: S5M-04652

That the Parliament condemns the UK Government’s new policy to permit the deportation of refugees after five years of living in the UK; considers that this creates an unacceptable level of additional stress and anxiety for refugees who have already suffered the trauma of having to flee their homes; notes that this policy is premised on undertaking an official review of the safety of the country of origin; recalls that the Home Office has already deported thousands of young people to dangerous countries, including Afghanistan and Iraq, who had originally arrived in the UK as unaccompanied child asylum seekers; considers that Home Office reviews of the safety of countries does not reflect the real danger to life that is present, and calls on the UK Government to abandon this policy and instead secure the right of refugees to remain in the UK permanently.


Supported by: Neil Findlay, John Finnie, Patrick Harvie, Bill Kidd, Richard Lyle, John Mason, Ivan McKee, Pauline McNeill, Mark Ruskell, Maree Todd, Andy Wightman