Uyghur asylum seekers

Early day motion 1010, tabled 14 October 2020 by Alistair Carmichael (Liberal Democrat). Signed by 19 members.

That this House notes reports from human rights groups which state that the Chinese Government is interning over one million Uyghur people in re-education camps across the Xinjiang Autonomous Region; further notes reports from the camps which allege that detainees are being kept in squalid conditions and are forced to renounce their religion or face torture; expresses serious concern at emerging research which alleges that the Chinese state is forcing Uyghur women to be sterilized; condemns the detention of Uyghur diaspora returning to Xinjiang by the Chinese Government; notes that other European Governments such as the Government of Sweden has announced that it will grant refugee status to all Uyghur asylum-seekers from China; calls on the Government to automatically grant refugee status to all Uyghur people fleeing to the UK as a result of religious persecution from the Chinese state.

Signatures by party: Liberal Democrat 5, Plaid Cymru 3, Scottish National Party 3, DUP 2, Labour 2, Alliance 1, Conservative 1, Green 1, Independent 1.