EDM 653: Humane Treatment For Migrants With HIV 04.02.03

      NeilGerrard: That this House notes the recent upsurge in inflammatory media coverage depicting asylum seekers as disease carriers and terrorists, notes how damaging such reports can be to people who have come to this country, in search of a safe haven and freedom from political persecution but also have HIV; believes that such media attention only fuels racism and stigma which is wholly counterproductive to the necessity to treat such individuals with respect and compassion; and urges the Government not to succumb to this media pressure by adopting policies which would only drive serious communicable disease further underground, but rather to continue to demonstrate the international leadership towards the epidemic that has been present for the last two decades.

Signatures (48)

Labour Party
Barnes/Harry
Best, Harold
Buck, Karen
Campbell, Ronnie
Caton, Martin
Clark, Helen
Clarke, Tony
Cousins, Jim
Cryer, Ann
Daisley, Paul
Da, is, Terry
Dean, Janet
Dismore, Andrew
Dobbin, Jim
Drown, Julia
Gerrard, Neil
Gibson, Ian
Griffiths, Win
Hamilton, Da, id
Hopkins, Kel, in
Jackson, Glenda
Jones, Lynne
Lewis, Terry
Marris, Rob
McNamara, Ke, in
Meale, Alan
Pope, Greg
Rapson, Syd
Smith, Chris
Stinchcombe, Paul
Turner, Desmond, is, Rudi
Wareing, Robert N
Williams, Betty
Open: 34

Liberal Democrats
Barrett, John
Cable, , incent
Da, ey, Edward
George, Andrew
Holmes, Paul
Jones, Nigel
Tonge, Jenny
Tyler, Paul
Open: 8

Plaid Cymru
Llwyd, Elfyn
Thomas, Simon
Open: 2

Ulster Unionist Party
Beggs, Roy
Hermon, Syl, ia
Smyth, Martin
Open: 3

Source for this page: Home Office Website

The contents of this page are the sole responsibility of the author/s.

==============
Disclaimer: NCADC's web site is an important part of our work in educating the public on immigration, asylum and anti-deportation issues. As part of that work our web site hosts news and views from different individuals, organisations and campaigns working in the same field as us. The contents of named/signed articles are the sole responsibility of the author/s and are not necessarily endorsed by NCADC.