Written question asked by Ben Obese-Jecty (Conservative) on Monday, 10 February 2025, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 12 February 2025. It was answered by Angela Eagle (Labour) on Monday, 24 February 2025 on behalf of the Home Office.

Calais Group

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether Border Security Command have commenced working with the Calais Group of Interior Ministers.

Answer: On 10 December 2024, Home Secretary, the Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP, jointly with German Federal Minister of the Interior and Community, Nancy Faeser, convened the Calais Group Interior Ministers meeting with Belgium, France, and The Netherlands, in London, in the presence of the European Commission and its agencies. All Calais Group partners agreed to jointly deliver the Calais Group Priority Plan in 2025, committing to enhancing cooperation to address the acute challenges that migrant smuggling groups pose to our collective border security. Border Security Command officials are working closely with Calais Group official and operational counterparts to deliver the plan. The Home Secretary, Border Security and Asylum Minister and officials regularly engage with Calais Group partners as important near neighbours in the fight against organised migrant smuggling groups.

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