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Baroness Chapman of Darlington (Lab)

Speaking in the House of Lords on 18 June 2025

Debate

Abducted Ukrainian Children

Contribution

It is good see my noble friend and to hear his question. We all wish there was a lever that we could pull. At the moment, the first challenge is to locate the children. The circumstances are all quite different; some are in institutions in Russia, some have been placed with families and others are in another country altogether, and the Belarusians have been facilitating these crimes. The truth is there is no agency that can intercede and do what we would all love to do, which is to travel to Russia, pick up the children and bring them home. That has happened in some instances—some families have been able to bring home their children themselves— but this is far from standard. To have only 900 returned at this stage, when this has been going on since 2014, concerns us all hugely.

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