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Refugee Family Reunion

Proceeding contribution from Lindsay Hoyle (Labour) in the House of Commons on Thursday, 20 June 2019. It occurred during Backbench debate on Refugee Family Reunion.

That was the longest two minutes I have ever seen.

Question put and agreed to.

Resolved,

That this House notes that 20 June is World Refugee Day; further notes that, with record levels of global displacement across the world, many refugee families have been separated by war and persecution; welcomes that in 2018 the UK granted 5,806 family reunion visas to partners and children of refugees in the UK; and calls on the Government to introduce reforms to family reunion rules to ensure that the close relatives of all refugees in the UK have safe and legal pathways to reunite with their families in the UK.

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
662 c413 
Session
2017-19
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
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