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Birth Of The First Child Of Syrian Refugees In Aberdeen

EDM number 520 in 2016-17, proposed by Kirsty Blackman on 11/10/2016.
Categorised under the topics of Asylum, Children and families and Middle East.

That this House welcomes the birth of Ibrahim Al Hussein, thought to be the first child of Syrian refugees born in Aberdeen; congratulates his parents Fadila and Khalid and his brother Shadea on making their new home in the North East of Scotland after fleeing the horrors of war-torn Damascus; recognises the harrowing experiences Fadila and Khalid went through living in the refugee camp outside Erbil in Iraq for 27 months; regrets that they were unable to reach the UK before Shadea's birth meaning Fadila had to give birth to her eldest son in the camp where the family lived in a small tent with a mud floor; believes that more refugees must be brought into the UK in order to prevent more individuals and families from living in such horrific conditions; and calls for the Government to take in more refugees fleeing the war in Syria so that more children like Ibrahim can be born in safe and peaceful circumstances.

This motion has been signed by a total of 27 MPs.

MPDateConstituencyPartyType
Phil Boswell05/01/2016Coatbridge, Chryston and BellshillScottish National PartySigned
Brendan O'Hara05/01/2016Argyll and ButeScottish National PartySigned
Owen Thompson05/01/2016MidlothianScottish National PartySigned
Kirsty Blackman11/10/2016Aberdeen NorthScottish National PartyProposed
Jim Shannon12/10/2016StrangfordDUPSeconded
Alison Thewliss12/10/2016Glasgow CentralScottish National PartySeconded
Martyn Day12/10/2016Linlithgow and East FalkirkScottish National PartySeconded
Michael Weir12/10/2016AngusScottish National PartySeconded
Stephen Gethins13/10/2016North East FifeScottish National PartySeconded
Ian Blackford17/10/2016Ross, Skye and LochaberScottish National PartySigned
Chris Stephens17/10/2016Glasgow South WestScottish National PartySigned
Chris Law18/10/2016Dundee WestScottish National PartySigned
Patrick Grady18/10/2016Glasgow NorthScottish National PartySigned
Lisa Cameron20/10/2016East Kilbride, Strathaven and LesmahagowScottish National PartySigned
Kirsten Oswald20/10/2016East RenfrewshireScottish National PartySigned
Angus MacNeil21/10/2016Na h-Eileanan an IarScottish National PartySigned
Alex Salmond21/10/2016Signed
Alan Brown21/10/2016Kilmarnock and LoudounScottish National PartySigned
Carol Monaghan21/10/2016Glasgow North WestScottish National PartySigned
John Nicolson24/10/2016East DunbartonshireScottish National PartySigned
Drew Hendry24/10/2016Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and StrathspeyScottish National PartySigned
Natalie McGarry25/10/2016Glasgow EastScottish National PartySigned
Keith Vaz25/10/2016Leicester EastLabourSigned
Hannah Bardell27/10/2016LivingstonScottish National PartySigned
Peter Grant01/11/2016GlenrothesScottish National PartySigned
Mike Gapes02/11/2016Ilford SouthLabourSigned
Alasdair McDonnell16/11/2016Belfast SouthSocial Democratic and Labour PartySigned

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