Written question asked by John Hayes (Conservative) on Wednesday, 22 July 2020, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 1 September 2020. It was answered by James Cleverly (Conservative) on Tuesday, 1 September 2020 on behalf of the Department for International Development.
Europe: Undocumented Migrants
- Question
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To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what support her Department is providing to the (a) Maltese and (b) Italian authorities to help deter and prevent boats carrying illegal migrants from reaching Europe.
- Answer
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The UK and Italy have a regular dialogue on migration and last met in February 2020. The UK and Malta signed a bilateral MoU on Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking in December 2018, and a UK-Malta Migration dialogue took place on 27 July led by the UK's Migration and Modern Slavery Envoy.
The UK Government has a comprehensive whole-of-route approach to global migration, working in countries of origin and transit to address the drivers of migration, reduce the need of migrants to leave their home country or to enable migrants to stay in a safe third country where possible. This whole of route approach is the only way to achieve long-term and sustainable reductions in irregular migration.
Secondary information
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- Written question
- Reference
- 78499
- Session
- 2019-21
- Subjects
- Boats Undocumented migrants Europe Malta Italy
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- 2020-09-01 10:38:47 +0100
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