We held a very brief meeting with MEP Ignazio Corrao while in Brussels on 22 October and outlined the need for civilian protection through a no-bombing zone. MEP Corrao was supportive of our stance but outlined the practical difficulties of implementing such a proposal on a European level.
We met with Afzal Khan MEP on 16 October to discuss our upcoming trip to European Parliament to brief the Human Rights Subcommittee on the situation in Syria. Afzal provided us with very helpful information and recommendations. His office will also be assisting us in arranging meetings with other MEPs.
Yasmin Qureshi MP kindly accepted our request to meet with her in her constituency office in Bolton. We met with her on 15 October to discuss Syria, which is pertinent given the potential Parliamentary vote on Syria within the next month and given that she sits on Parliament's Foreign Affairs Committee.
We met with Mexican Ambassador to the UK Diego Gomez Pickering on 7 October to discuss Syria. Ambassador Diego wanted to hear our opinion as to what is happening in Syria, we emphasised to him that there is a root cause of the problem which is Assad which needs to be dealt with in order for any solution to materialise.
Richard Harrington MP hosted a number of Syrian groups on 2 October to discuss issues pertaining to the resettlement of Syrian refugees to the UK after he was appointed as the special minister to oversee this process.
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