6. Debate: Human Rights

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:03 pm on 3 May 2022.

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Photo of Huw Irranca-Davies Huw Irranca-Davies Labour 5:03, 3 May 2022

Thank you, Minister, for giving way to a brief intervention. There was a time, and I alluded to this previously, in the aftermath of the second world war, when there was a strong cross-party consensus on not just the importance of human rights, but particularly in terms of refugees. And you now have the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees saying that transferring

'refugees and asylum seekers to third countries in the absence of sufficient safeguards and standards'— is—

'contrary to the letter and spirit of the Refugee Convention', which we jointly put together in the United Kingdom. We supported it, we helped craft it, and now it is splitting asunder because the lack of universal support for it. Would she join me in appealing to all Members here, but also in the UK Parliament who might be listening to this, to say, 'We need to get that consensus back and stand behind the refugee convention in letter and spirit'?