2 w. ago MPs demand explanation as colleague refused entry to Hong Kong

Liberal Democrat MP Wera Hobhouse said she was detained by security, questioned and then put on a flight back to the UK.

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3 w. ago Labour MPs put on show of solidarity with their two colleagues who were refused entry to Israel

Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed were joined by scores of other Labour MPs in Parliament's Westminster Hall following their return from the Middle East.

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3 w. ago Two Labour MPs denied entry to Israel speak out in powerful Commons moment

Labour MPs Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed were forced to abort their visit to the occupied West Bank over the weekend after being detained and denied entry into Israel

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3 w. ago British Government 'disappointed' at Israel as row over MPs denied entry to country deepens

Foreign Secretary David Lammy has spoken to his counterparts about the incident, and called the situation ‘unacceptable, counterproductive and deeply concerning’

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3 w. ago Kemi Badenoch snaps back in furious row after Tory leader defends Israel's right to refuse entry to two Labour MPs

Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed were detained and then deported after travelling to Israel this weekend.

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3 w. ago Kemi Badenoch says Labour 'promoted Hamas propaganda' after Israel denies two MPs entry

Israel’s decision was defended by the Tory leader

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3 w. ago Lammy and Badenoch escalate row over MPs denied entry to Israel

The Foreign Secretary criticised the Tory leader for ‘cheerleading another country for detaining and deporting two British MPs’.

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3 w. ago Tory leader Kemi Badenoch under fire after she backs Israel's right to refuse entry to two Labour MPs

Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed were detained and then deported after travelling to Israel this weekend.

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3 w. ago Two MPs ‘astounded’ to be denied entry to Israel returning to UK, minister says

Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed have said that they are ‘astounded’ by the decision.

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3 w. ago David Lammy slams 'unacceptable' detention of two Labour MPs refused entry to Israel

The Foreign Secretary said it was 'unacceptable, counterproductive and deeply concerning' that Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed were held and then deported.

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3 w. ago David Lammy says ‘deeply concerning’ two MPs refused entry to Israel

Labour MPs Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed were detained by Israeli authorities, the Foreign Secretary said.

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3 w. ago UK foreign secretary criticises Israel for denying two Labour MPs entry

David Lammy says it is ‘unacceptable’ that the parliamentary delegation had been detained and deportedThe UK’s foreign secretary has criticised Israeli authorities for denying two Labour MPs entry into the country and deporting them. Yuan Yang and Abtisam Mohamed were rejected because they were suspected of plans to “document the activities of security forces and spread anti-Israel hatred”, according to a statement from the Israeli immigration ministry cited by Sky News and Politics UK. Yang, who represents Earley and Woodley in Berkshire, and Mohamed, the MP for Sheffield Central, both flew into Ben Gurion airport from Luton with their aides, according to reports. The foreign secretary, David Lammy, said in a statement on Saturday: “It is unacceptable, counterproductive, and deeply concerning that two British MPs on a parliamentary delegation to Israel have been detained and refused entry by the Israeli authorities. “I have made clear to my counterparts in the Israeli government th...

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