Question to the Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2019 to Question 227143 on Africa: EU aid and with reference to a Channel 4 news report on migrant deaths of 25 February 2019, what information her Department holds on the number of migrant deaths in facilities run by (a) the Directorate for Combating Illegal Migration and (b) other facilities funded by the EU Emergency Trust Fund for Africa.

The British Government does not hold information on the number of migrant deaths in detention centres in Libya. The centres are the responsibility of the Libyan authorities. No UK funding or European Union Emergency Trust Fund (EUTF) funding is allocated to the Libyan Department for Combatting Illegal Migration (DCIM), nor detention centres in Libya. The EUTF is working to improve conditions for migrants in DCIM-run centres on a humanitarian basis. Initiatives include providing safe spaces for the most vulnerable, installing air ventilation, water, sanitation and hygiene items, toilet facilities, and providing mobile medical assistance. In parallel, the EU is seeking sustainable and humane alternatives for those in these centres, including by supporting voluntary returns or resettlement in safe third countries.