Oxfam Asylum Positive Images Project

The motion

That the Parliament congratulates Oxfam on its Asylum Positive Images Project; welcomes the project’s aims of promoting accurate, fair and well-informed media coverage of asylum issues; recognises the findings of a recent Mori Poll commissioned by Oxfam which found that more than 83% of people surveyed agreed that individuals seeking asylum in Scotland should be given the opportunity to work; notes that 64% of people maintained that Scotland should be a safe haven for those fleeing persecution and that a further 60% believed that children should not be held in detention centres; acknowledges that these findings illustrate the goodwill that exists towards refugees and asylum seekers in Scotland; considers that the Scottish Executive has a responsibility to recognise, promote and encourage such attitudes as part of the drive towards a more inclusive and tolerant Scotland, and suggests that the continued operation of Dungavel House immigration removal centre undermines this objective.


No recorded vote on this motion. Most motions are never debated, and many that are debated are agreed without a division. Vote records are published from 2011.

SNP 10 Green 5 SSP 5 LD 2 Ind 1 SSCUP 1

Party shown is each supporter’s party when the motion was published.

No contribution in the Official Report cites S2M-02145 by reference.