Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what steps his Department are taking to provide consular support to people who have been trafficked to Libya whilst fleeing Sudan.

Consular support is severely limited in Libya and the British Embassy in Tripoli does not provide consular services. To date, the FCDO has not received any requests for consular assistance in Libya from British nationals who have been smuggled from Sudan. Should we be approached, the British Embassy in Tunis stands ready to provide consular support to British nationals where possible, but this is severely limited.