Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Kim Johnson (Labour), on Wednesday, 9 September 2026, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 16 members in total.

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Deported Chinese seafarers

That this House notes that this is the 80th anniversary of the forced deportations of thousands of Chinese seafarers after the Second World War, which left many families abandoned without support and with no idea of what had happened; further notes that the restricted papers, made public after 50 years, show that decisions taken by the Home Office led to the forced deportation of over 2000 Chinese seafarers from Liverpool, many of whom put their lives on the line for the Allied war effort and who were repaid with this act; also notes that this was one of the most nakedly racist incidents ever instigated by the Government, and that countless families suffered a lifetime of trauma as a result, many of whom died without ever knowing the truth about what happened to their loved ones with descendants still searching for answers and lost family members; and calls on the Government to acknowledge this atrocity and issue a full and formal apology for these grave injustices.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

786 

Session

2026-27

Other sponsors

Jim Shannon

Neil Duncan-Jordan

Siân Berry

Bell Ribeiro-Addy

Hannah Spencer

Subjects

Deportation Anniversaries Crew China Shipping World War II

Link

View this Early day motion on edm.parliament.uk