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Motion · S6M-01126 · 7 Sep 2021

Aberdeen City Council and the UK Government Afghan Relocation Scheme

Lodged by Douglas Lumsden Standard Motion 18 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament commends Aberdeen City Council for working with the UK Government to relocate more than 100 people from Afghanistan; understands that Aberdeen City Council, working together with the Home Office, will provide services and support to relocated families to help them build new lives in Aberdeen; gives thanks to the UK Armed Forces personnel involved in Operation Pitting, the evacuation effort, which, it understands, brought more than 15,000 people from Afghanistan safely to the UK; notes with deep concern the current situation in Afghanistan, and what it sees as the threat to life, liberty and equality; welcomes the relocated families to Aberdeen, and wishes them the very best for their futures.

Supporters (18)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.