An incoming Labour Government should appoint a Minister for Migration with joint departmental responsibilities in the Home Office and Foreign, Commonwealth, and Development Office to tackle the current migration crisis, deal with small boats, and responsibly manage migration ODA spending.

There is substantial evidence that the Lukashenko government has sought to capitalise on current regional instability by creating false promises of a simple journey into the EU, using Belarus as a point of access.

The situation in Afghanistan is worsening by the hour. It reflects a catastrophic miscalculation of the capacity and legitimacy of the Afghan government, and the resilience of Afghan forces.

Labour’s approach to China must move beyond a focus on foreign policy and human rights and particularly address domestic policy, with an emphasis on supply chains, resilient infrastructure and technological autonomy.

For the last five decades, Israel’s occupation of the Palestinian territories - namely the West Bank, including East Jerusalem, and the Gaza Strip - has resulted in systematic human rights violations against Palestinian citizens.

On the morning of Monday 1 February, Myanmar’s military seized power from the Government in a coup, detaining de facto leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other senior members of the country’s ruling party.

Sri Lankan Muslims have been left stripped of their human rights amid a new wave of cases of the government forcibly cremating Muslims under the guise of COVID-19 regulations.

The Kashmir conflict is both a struggle for land and a debate about the right of people to determine their future. To date, no consensus has been reached by India and Pakistan, nor with the people, on the future of the region.

China continues to deflect international condemnation of the state-run detention camps, and also contends that freedom of religious belief is protected by law in Xinjiang.

The UK increasingly recognises China as a security risk, and the US has been even more proactive in challenging increased Chinese military aggression.