Nadia Whittome

Nadia Whittome

Labour — Nottingham East

Speaking in the House of Commons on 21 October 2024

Debate

Safe Countries for Removal: LGBT Rights

Contribution

The safe state designation that the previous Government introduced was intended to allow Georgian and Indian nationals to be returned without any individualised assessment of the safety of the country for each person. In both countries, persecution of certain minorities is on the rise; that makes their inclusion on the list particularly wrong, but also highlights the wider dangers of blanket inadmissibility of asylum claims based on nationality. What steps will the Government take to ensure that individuals’ asylum claims are always properly assessed?

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