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Motion · S6M-02122 · 12 Nov 2021

Small Boat Channel Crossings

Lodged by Ross Greer (Scottish Green Party) Standard Motion 13 supporters

The motion

That the Parliament notes the recent reports of a record number of people arriving in the UK on small boats via the Channel, with the Home Office reportedly confirming that 1,185 people made the crossing on 11 November 2021; regrets the lack of alternative, safer modes of passage for people seeking refuge and/or asylum; mourns the many who have lost their lives in an attempt to make this crossing; thanks the coastguard and lifeboat workers and volunteers who are working tirelessly to save lives in the Channel; condemns what it sees as the UK Government's attempts to criminalise people seeking refuge and/or asylum and, it considers, to deliberately block them from seeking safe passage, and urges the UK Government to withdraw the Nationality and Borders Bill, which it believes has proposals that would exacerbate the migration crisis and lead to more distress for those seeking to enter the UK.

Supporters (13)

Source: the Scottish Parliament motions and amendments record.