With Sir Iain Duncan Smith and General Liubajeva at the Belarus- Lithuania Border where Lukashenko- Putin’s puppet - has cynically used refugees as human canon fodder. General Liubajeva described how a 30 million Euro border fence has had to be constructed on the...
Displaced People Worldwide Debate – House of Lords
House of Lords 6th January 2022Lord Alton of Liverpool to move that this House takes note of (1) the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ estimate that 82.4 million people are displaced worldwide, 42 per cent of whom are children, and 32 per cent of whom are...
UNCLOS: fit for purpose in the 21st century? – Questions to Government Minister Lord Goldsmith 8/12/21
International Relations and Defence CommitteeWednesday 8 December 2021 Witness: The Right Hon. the Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park, Minister for the Pacific and the International Environment, Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office and Department for Environment,...
Government responds to concerns about Eritrean refugees forcibly returned from Tigray and says “There are numerous shocking reports of atrocities committed by Eritrean forces in Tigray, and their continued presence is fueling insecurity. These forces must leave Ethiopia immediately. We continue to press hard for this commitment to be delivered.”
Lord Goldsmith of Richmond Park, the Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office, has provided the following answer to your written parliamentary question (HL3547): Question by Lord Alton of Liverpool To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of...
On this anniversary of Kristallnacht – and Kindertransport which followed- the plight of today’s unaccompanied refugee children was raised in Parliament.
On this anniversary of Kristallnacht - and Kinder-transport which followed- the plight of today’s unaccompanied refugee children was raised in Parliament. Today we commemorate the anniversary of Kristallnacht—the night of broken glass—which included the destruction of...
October 5th: Oral Question raised in Parliament -getting to the roots of displacement of refugees – speeches on the Immigration Bill Report Stage on Citizenship and the importance of Physical Documentation
This number has now risen to 70.8 million. Why do we never address the root causes? October 5th: Oral Question -getting to the roots of displacement of refugees - speeches on the Immigration Bill Report Stage on Citizenship and Physical Documentation Lord Alton...
October 5th: Oral Question raised in Parliament -getting to the roots of displacement of refugees – speeches on the Immigration Bill Report Stage on Citizenship and the importance of Physical Documentation
This number has now risen to 70.8 million. Why do we never address the root causes? October 5th: Oral Question -getting to the roots of displacement of refugees - speeches on the Immigration Bill Report Stage on Citizenship and Physical Documentation Lord Alton...
Immigration Bill Given a Second Reading In The House of Lords – July 22nd – Government challenged on trafficking, exploitation, family visas, child refugees, data collection, the adequate staffing of care homes and indefinite detention.
Immigration Bill Given a Second Reading In The House of Lords - July 22nd - Government challenged on trafficking, exploitation, family visas, child refugees, data collection, the adequate staffing of care homes and indefinite detention. 5.32 pm Lord Alton of...
For 18 years David Alton was a Member of the House of Commons and today he is an Independent Crossbench Life Peer in the UK House of Lords.
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Lord Alton – Borders Bill – 26th June 2025.
Lord Alton made a speech on the Borders Bill urging Government to tackle the root causes of mass migration and displacement and to hit the smuggling gangs while upholding our obligation to protect the vulnerable. https://youtu.be/HLVBKjHRRpo Lord Alton of...
APPG for Pakistani Minorities Welcomes Historic Passage of Child Marriage Restraint Act 2025
PRESS RELEASEFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE31 May 2025 APPG for Pakistani Minorities Welcomes Historic Passage of Child Marriage Restraint Act 2025 London, UK — The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) for Pakistani Minorities warmly welcomes the signing of the Islamabad...
My analysis today for @GIS_Reports of the geopolitical role of the papacy-why Pope Leo needs to reassess the Vatican’s embrace of the CCP-which commits genocide, persecutes religion, imprisons political dissenters, uses slave labour, tramples on human rights – and why, Hong Kong’s Venerable Cardinal, Joseph Zen, warned the Conclave’s voting Cardinals to avoid the whiff of red smoke.
My analysis today for @GIS_Reports of the geopolitical role of the papacy-why Pope Leo needs to reassess the Vatican's embrace of the CCP-which commits genocide, persecutes religion, imprisons political dissenters, uses slave labour, tramples on human rights - and why...