EDM: Border violence · GB Politics

Border violence

Tabled by Nadia Whittome (Labour) 30 signatures

The motion

That this House notes that 2024 was the deadliest year ever at the UK-France border with NGOs also witnessing increased levels of non-fatal border violence throughout 2024 and 2025; further notes the new Humans for Rights Network report You Can’t Stay, But You Can’t Go has found high levels of state-organised violence against people throughout their time at the border alongside state neglect, as well as the Project Play report We Want To Be Safe documenting a sharp increase in instances of police violence against migrant children and record child fatalities in 2024 at the UK-France border; acknowledges that the Government does not officially record or report on these deaths at the border; and calls on the Government to establish an independent statutory public inquiry into the UK’s role in the escalation of border violence to demonstrate cross-border accountability for incidents and fatalities in the Channel, to end the criminalisation of people seeking asylum, and to ensure the availability of safe and accessible routes to asylum.

Signatories (30)