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date	11/01/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	English Channel: Undocumented Migrants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with French authorities on travel by migrants and asylum-seekers across the English Channel.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	207560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>FCO officials, in collaboration with other government departments – including Home Office (Border Force) and the National Crime Agency – are working closely with their French counterparts to tackle irregular migration. UK and French ministers have spoken about the issue of Channel crossings on a number of occasions, and senior level engagement is ongoing to develop a joint approach to the issue. The Home Secretary is due to meet his French counterpart in the coming weeks. The UK and France are committed to addressing illegal migration as set out in the Sandhurst Treaty and we are working jointly to stop the crossings by small boats and avoid loss of life.</p> answering member constituency Rutland and Melton answering member printed Sir Alan Duncan question first answered 21/01/2019 17:15:34 answering member 343 label Biography information for Sir Alan Duncan
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz

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registered interest
date	11/01/2019
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
hansard heading	Mediterranean Sea: Refugees
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions has he had with his counterpart in (a) Morocco, (b) Algeria and (c) Libya about migrants and asylum-seekers crossing the Mediterranean.
tabling member constituency	Leicester East
tabling member printed	Keith Vaz
uin	207562
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The British Government is committed to tackling unmanaged migration through concerted interventions at every stage of the migrant journey to address root causes, tackle criminality and trafficking, increase awareness of the risks of undertaking perilous journeys, and strengthen borders and returns processes.</p><p>I met Moroccan Deputy Foreign Minister, Mounia Boucetta, during the Intergovernmental Conference to endorse the Global Compact for Migration in Marrakech in December. We support Moroccan efforts to address the root causes of migration, as the most effective long-term solution to unmanaged, irregular migration, using development assistance.</p><p>I have spoken with Noureddine Bedoui, the Algerian Minister of Interior about the challenges facing Algeria from migration.</p><p>I have raised the importance of offering humanitarian support to migrants and the need to respect human rights with Ahmed Maiteeq, the Libyan Deputy Prime Minister.</p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 21/01/2019 14:53:30 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	338 label Biography information for Keith Vaz