European Migrant Smuggling Centre
(asked on 6th November 2017) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the work of the European Migrant Smuggling Centre (EMSC); how much the EMSC has cost to operate in each year since its inception; and whether they intend to continue to work with, or otherwise support the work of, the EMSC following the UK’s withdrawal from the EU.
Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The intelligence exchange that the UK undertakes with the European Migrant Smuggling Centre (EMSC) is a very important part of our efforts to tackle organised immigration crime in source, transit and destination countries.
Europol funds the EMSC and the UK contributes indirectly through our contribution to the EU budget.
The Government recently set out its proposals for an ambitious strategic agreement to support our future cooperation with the EU on security and law enforcement in “Security, Law Enforcement and Criminal Justice – a future partnership paper” published on 18 September and available on the GOV.UK website at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/security-law-enforcement-and-criminal-justice-a-future-partnership-paper.