Clause 11 - Differential treatment of refugees

Nationality and Borders Bill – in the House of Commons at 5:48 pm on 20 April 2022.

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  • Division number 248
    A majority of MPs voted not to explicitly require that no refugees will be returned to a country where they face serious threats to their life or freedom, or have their family unity impacted, as a result treating refugees who have not "come to the United Kingdom directly from a country or territory where their life or freedom was threatened" and "presented themselves without delay to the authorities" differently from those who have.

Motion made, and Question put, That this House disagrees with Lords amendment 6B.—(Tom Pursglove.)

Division number 248 Nationality and Borders Bill — Clause 11 — Differential Treatment of Refugees — Impact

A majority of MPs voted not to explicitly require that no refugees will be returned to a country where they face serious threats to their life or freedom, or have their family unity impacted, as a result treating refugees who have not "come to the United Kingdom directly from a country or territory where their life or freedom was threatened" and "presented themselves without delay to the authorities" differently from those who have.

Aye: 304 MPs

No: 224 MPs

Aye: A-Z by last name

Tellers

No: A-Z by last name

Tellers

Absent: 118 MPs

Absent: A-Z by last name

The House divided: Ayes 309, Noes 225.

Question accordingly agreed to.

Lords amendment 6B disagreed to.