ACCESS FOR HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES TO RAKHINE STATE IN BURMA

Early day motion 58, tabled 1 June 2015 by Valerie Vaz (Labour). Signed by 55 members.

That this House expresses its concern at the number of Rohingya Muslims from Burma and Bangladesh who have fled their countries since the start of the year, risking their lives in order to reach Indonesia, Malaysia and Thailand; calls on the Government to make clear to the Burmese government the need to address the reasons that people feel forced to do so; and further calls on the Government to ask the UN Secretary-General to take a personal lead in negotiating with the Burmese government to allow access for humanitarian agencies to Rakhine State.

Signatures by party: Labour 23, Scottish National Party 14, DUP 4, Liberal Democrat 4, Plaid Cymru 3, Social Democratic and Labour Party 3, Conservative 2, Independent 1, Labour/Co-operative 1.