Business of the House

Mark Durkan Excerpts

Thursday 26th May 2016 Commons Chamber

[Mr Speaker]

Order. Time is becoming very constrained and it is almost certain that some people will not get in, but brevity will help.

[Mark Durkan (Foyle) (SDLP)]

May we have a statement or debate on the rationale and details of the UK-Sudan strategic dialogue and the Khartoum process—the EU horn of Africa migration route initiative—both of which pretend that Sudan is simply a transit route for refugees, when it is in fact a significant source country of refugees fleeing the predations of a regime that has been indicted by the International Criminal Court but is now being indulged by those two processes?

[Dr Coffey]

I am sure that the Foreign and Commonwealth Office will have heard the hon. Gentleman’s comments, but as of now there are no plans for such a statement or debate.