Mediterranean: Refugees and Migrants Debate

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Department: Home Office

Mediterranean: Refugees and Migrants

Lord Campbell-Savours Excerpts
Tuesday 11th November 2014

(10 years ago)

Lords Chamber
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Lord Bates Portrait Lord Bates
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The noble Lord asked about surveillance. We are part of the general effort, through Eurosur, which is the surveillance component of Frontex. We have offered to provide additional services if they are called upon. Eurosur is doing a lot of work in that area through drones, exactly as the noble Lord suggests. Through our partnerships in-country, particularly in Syria, we are trying to head this off at source by making people aware of the Syrian resettlement programme and other UNHCR resettlement programmes, of which our Government are a part.

Lord Campbell-Savours Portrait Lord Campbell-Savours (Lab)
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My Lords, the country in the front line in dealing with this problem is Italy. In so far as many of the people crossing the Mediterranean are intending to come to the United Kingdom, what support are we giving the Italian Government to deal with the problem?