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David T C Davies Excerpts
Wednesday 8th July 2015

(9 years, 4 months ago)

Commons Chamber
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Justine Greening Portrait Justine Greening
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We have been discussing with civil society what steps we can take to help the situation in Burundi. As the hon. Lady knows, many countries in Africa routinely face refugee flows within and across their borders, which is why we are right to be doing the work we are on the ground.

David T C Davies Portrait David T. C. Davies (Monmouth) (Con)
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T4. Would my right hon. Friend consider building more refugee camps in north Africa to which illegal migrants in Europe could be returned to allow their asylum claims to be heard in a fashion fair to all concerned?

Justine Greening Portrait Justine Greening
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There are many elements of the strategy that need to be in place to tackle the migration crisis. How and where we deal with applications can be part of that, and I know that those discussions are going on inside the EU.