Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what (a) funding, (b) assets and (c) personnel the Government provides to Frontex in the Aegean region.

The UK does not provide assets or funding to Frontex in the Aegean region. However the UK provides humanitarian assistance in the Aegean through ongoing deployment of a Cutter to carry out vital search and rescue operations alongside the Hellenic Coastguard.

Since 2015 UK vessels deployed to the Aegean have rescued over 20,000 lives. In addition, due to the strong UK-Greece bilateral relationship we continue to offer support and exchange expertise on effective migration management to alleviate the pressures on the Greek islands.