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<p>The Government believes that the best way to help EU Member States who are experiencing
high levels of illegal migration and asylum claims is through practical co-operation
and support to build up their capacity so they can cope with the pressures on their
system. We already provide such support and will continue to do so, both through the
European Asylum Support Office and bilaterally. We are also working with EU partners
to strengthen border security, improve cooperation with source and transit countries
and tackle the organised criminal groups involved in people smuggling and human trafficking.</p><p>We
do not agree that burden sharing in the sense of intra-EU relocation of asylum seekers
or refugees as advocated by the countries referred to is the right solution: we believe
that such measures would induce even more illegal migrants to risk their lives making
the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean.</p><p> </p>
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