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Debate between Miriam Cates and Jack Brereton
Monday 27th November 2023

(1 year ago)

Commons Chamber
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Miriam Cates Portrait Miriam Cates (Penistone and Stocksbridge) (Con)
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6. What steps he is taking to tackle illegal migration.

Jack Brereton Portrait Jack Brereton (Stoke-on-Trent South) (Con)
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9. What steps he is taking to tackle illegal migration.

James Cleverly Portrait The Secretary of State for the Home Department (James Cleverly)
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The Government have a plan to tackle illegal migration by means of a number of methods, and that plan is working. Small-boat crossings are down compared with those in other countries across Europe, where they are up. We are working closely with our international partners, including our nearest geographical neighbour France, we are dismantling the organised criminal gangs who are smuggling people, and we are taking action to reform the asylum system.

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