Asylum Hotels and Illegal Channel Crossings Debate
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Nusrat Ghani
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Asylum Hotels and Illegal Channel Crossings
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Several hon. Members rose—
Madam Deputy Speaker (Ms Nusrat Ghani)
Order. Questions are getting considerably longer. Can we keep them on point?
Jeremy Corbyn (Islington North) (Ind)
Like the right hon. Member for Herne Bay and Sandwich (Sir Roger Gale), I have visited Calais on a number of occasions, and I have met people there who are desperate. They are victims of war, human rights abuses, environmental degradation and sheer poverty and desperation. They do not cross the channel without a reason to do it. What conversations is the Minister having with those in European countries, north Africa and the middle east about the root causes of the huge numbers of people globally who are seeking asylum at the present time? Inhumanity and deportation will not work.