DAY OF SOLIDARITEE
Early day motion 579, tabled 22 November 2017 by Tim Farron (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 14 members.
That this House expresses concern that access to legal aid in refugee camps across mainland Europe is scarce; regrets that funds have not been made more widely available to enable human rights lawyers to go out to camps in mainland Europe to work with asylum seekers; congratulates the work of the campaign group SolidariTee for its work selling custom made tshirts on university campuses to raise funds for Advocates Abroad, a non-governmental organisation which provides legal aid and representation to refugees in Greece and Turkey; welcomes the Day of SolidariTee on 24 November 2017; and urges the Government to address the lack of funding being directed towards vital work carried out by legal aid workers in refugee camps.
Signatures by party: Scottish National Party 8, Labour 2, Conservative 1, DUP 1, Green 1, Liberal Democrat 1.