Refusal Of UK Visa For Helen Berhane (EDM1531)

Refusal Of UK Visa For Helen Berhane

EDM number 1531 in 2010-12, proposed by Jeffrey Donaldson on 03/03/2011.
Categorised under the topic of Nationality.

That this House regrets the decision by the UK Border Agency to refuse a visa for Helen Berhane to enter the UK; recalls the enormous suffering and persecution endured by Helen whilst held prisoner in Eritrea in appalling conditions in a shipping container where she was tortured, abused and beaten because of her strong Christian faith; notes that Helen desires to share with people in the UK a message of hope, peace and reconciliation; and calls on the Home Office to intervene urgently to ensure that this decision is reviewed and a visa issued to Helen Berhane.

This motion has been signed by a total of 41 MPs.

MP	Date	Constituency	Party	Type
Jeffrey M Donaldson	03/03/2011	Lagan Valley	DUP	Proposed
William McCrea	03/03/2011	South Antrim	DUP	Seconded
Nigel Dodds	03/03/2011	Belfast North	DUP	Seconded
Jim Shannon	03/03/2011	Strangford	DUP	Seconded
Ian Paisley Jnr	03/03/2011	North Antrim	DUP	Seconded
David Simpson	03/03/2011	Upper Bann	DUP	Seconded
Gregory Campbell	08/03/2011	East Londonderry	DUP	Signed
Michael Weir	09/03/2011	Angus	Scottish National Party	Signed
Alasdair McDonnell	17/03/2011	Belfast South	Social Democratic and Labour Party	Signed
Mike Gapes	31/03/2011	Ilford South	Labour	Signed
John Thurso	31/03/2011	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Martin Caton	01/04/2011	Gower	Labour	Signed
Annette Brooke	05/04/2011	Mid Dorset and North Poole	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Lady Hermon	26/04/2011	North Down	Independent	Signed
Gerald Kaufman	26/04/2011	Manchester, Gorton	Labour	Signed
David Davies	26/04/2011	Monmouth	Conservative	Signed
Sammy Wilson	26/04/2011	East Antrim	DUP	Signed
Philip Davies	03/05/2011	Shipley	Conservative	Signed
Heidi Alexander	03/05/2011	Lewisham East	Labour	Signed
John Cryer	04/05/2011	Leyton and Wanstead	Labour	Signed
Alan Reid	04/05/2011	Argyll and Bute	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Charles Kennedy	11/05/2011	Ross, Skye and Lochaber	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Joan Walley	12/05/2011	Stoke-on-Trent North	Labour	Signed
Katy Clark	12/05/2011	North Ayrshire and Arran	Labour	Signed
Gordon Banks	13/05/2011	Ochil and South Perthshire	Labour	Signed
Paul Goggins	17/05/2011	Wythenshawe and Sale East	Labour	Signed
Gary Streeter	24/05/2011	South West Devon	Conservative	Signed
Simon Danczuk	07/06/2011	Rochdale	Labour	Signed
Tim Farron	07/06/2011	Westmorland and Lonsdale	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Roger Godsiff	07/06/2011	Birmingham, Hall Green	Labour	Signed
Ann Clwyd	07/06/2011	Cynon Valley	Labour	Signed
Gordon Marsden	08/06/2011	Blackpool South	Labour	Signed
John Whittingdale	08/06/2011	Maldon	Conservative	Signed
Jonathan Evans	09/06/2011	Cardiff North	Conservative	Signed
Jo Swinson	09/06/2011	East Dunbartonshire	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Anne Main	16/06/2011	St Albans	Conservative	Signed
Michael Crockart	21/06/2011	Edinburgh West	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Alan Beith	29/06/2011	Berwick-upon-Tweed	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Duncan Hames	19/07/2011	Chippenham	Liberal Democrat	Signed
Edward Leigh	11/08/2011	Gainsborough	Conservative	Signed
Tom Brake	10/10/2011	Carshalton and Wallington	Liberal Democrat	Signed

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