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Bashar al-Assad: Human Trafficking

Commons · Question 24792 · Tabled 17 Jan 2025 · Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · Official record

Answered 28 Jan 2025

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Asked by Edward Morello

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what assessment his Department has made of the potential impact of the fall of Bashar al-Assad on the trafficking of (a) British and (b) other (i) women and (ii) children by

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Answered by Hamish Falconer, 28 Jan 2025

As the present situation in Syria unfolds, we are working closely with partners to monitor Daesh activity and prevent them from exploiting the current instability, including through our work with the Global Coalition Against Daesh. Daesh's ability to dire...