Oral question asked in the House of Commons, by Jack Brereton (Conservative). It was answered on Monday, 28 September 2020 on behalf of the Home Office.
Cross-Channel Illegal Migration
- Question
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People across Stoke-on-Trent are extremely concerned about the number of people we are seeing crossing the English channel illegally. Does my hon. Friend agree that asylum should be claimed in the first safe country and that we should deport those here illegally?
- Answer
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My hon. Friend is absolutely right. France is a safe country and, as I said, people who wish to claim protection from persecution when they are in
northern France should do so by claiming asylum in France. There is no need at all to attempt this dangerous and illegally facilitated crossing. When people do make the crossing, we are using all the legal means available to us to ensure that they are returned—for example, to countries where they previously claimed asylum under the Dublin regulation—and flights doing that took place last week and will take place this week.
Secondary information
- Type
- Oral question
- Reference
- 681 c951
- Session
- 2019-21
- Oral question type
- 1st Supplementary
- Chamber / Committee
- House of Commons chamber
- Subjects
- Undocumented migrants English Channel
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