Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether she has had discussions with her counterpart in Japan on the effectiveness of that country's policies to reduce illegal immigration.

On 16 October 2023, the Home Secretary had a meeting with her counterpart, Minister Matsumura, Chairperson of the National Public Safety Commission.

Whilst formal responsibility for migration sits within the Justice Ministry’s competence in Japan, their discussion acknowledged the global challenge posed by illegal migration, and the Home Secretary looked forward to further engagement with partners on this matter at the G7 Interior and Security Ministers’ meeting in Japan in December.