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<p>The UK Government is supportive of the UN’s Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and
Regular Migration, both as a step forward in international co-operation to tackle
irregular migration and as a framework to help us deliver our commitments under the
Sustainable Development Goals.</p><p> </p><p>As a leading voice in the negotiations,
the UK Government secured positive outcomes in the final text which clearly support
the Prime Minister’s main objectives as set out in her speech to the United Nations
General Assembly. This includes a clear differentiation between refugees and migrants;
the recognition of a State’s right to control their borders and proposals to help
States build capacity in this area; and an explicit acknowledgement of States’ responsibility
to accept the return of their nationals who no longer have the right to remain elsewhere.</p>
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