Written questions

Undocumented Migrants: Albania

Commons · Question 28942 · Tabled 5 Feb 2025 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 10 Feb 2025

Question

Asked by Chris Philp

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make an assessment of the potential implications for her policies of the Italian Government decision to use naval ships to transport migrants to Albania.

Answer

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 10 Feb 2025

The Italian navy has competence for the transfer of migrants rescued in international waters to the centres in Albania run by the Italian government.As part of this Government’s expansion of international cooperation in the fight against Organised Immigra...